mike got home, and plopped down onto his bed. what was he going to do?
"lucas, come in. out." mike called in his walkman.
"what's up? what happened? out." lucas replied.
"call dustin, and come over. out." mike sighed.
"got it. over." lucas nodded.
lucas called dustin and biked over to mikes. mike was in the basement as they arrived.
"why did you make me do it in the first place?" mike asked, angered.
"you didn't have to!" lucas said, backing himself up.
"but it sounded like you wanted me to." mike sighed.
"first of all, tell us what happened." dustin added in.
"he said he loved me." mike said, quickly. "and max even warned me to not go break his heart."
"how does max know everything about will? you're his best friend." lucas asked.
"they got really close. yes, will and i are best friends, but he tells max a lot of things." mike said.
"okay? and what did you say?" lucas continued.
"i said we better get going, and i didn't talk to anyone for the rest of the day because i was so shocked." mike said. "he probably doesn't even want me to tell you. max said she wouldn't tell you guys, but i thought i needed to tell you."
"okay. well just keep acting like you love him for a while." dustin suggested.
"that's what i was going to do. but please don't smear in his face that he's gay. he already has troy nagging him about it." mike pleaded.
"okay." the other boys said in unison.
as dustin and lucas we're leaving, mike started thinking what he should do after a while of acting. he didn't want to think about it. but he felt his cheeks get rosy, and a smile almost come on his face, when he talked about will.
mike just sat there for a while. he has no idea what to even do. why did he get a smile on his face when he talked about will? he thought he liked girls. he was dating el, but they broke up.
mike then pondered on that thought. he realized he broke up with jane, because he lost interest. he felt like he loved someone else. but, was that someone else will byers?
