Season Three Inspired Oneshots~

~12~

Hey this is kinda a vent i'm sorry :(

Are You Bored Yet? - Wallows feat. Clairo

"Are you crazy? I couldn't." Mike said back to Lucas.

"Why? You clearly like her." Lucas shot back to Mike. They were talking about a girl they had seen at the pool, who was eyeing Mike. Lucas being an asshole assumed he liked her when he didn't. Not to mention she was hanging around him and being extra touchy, smearing on an extra layer of lip gloss.

El was listening from around a corner, her heart sinking lower and lower the more the pair talked about it.

"What? No, no. Why would I like her she's so annoying!" Mike argued.

El obviously thought they were talking about her, and she felt like she could hear her heart shatter.

A girl bumped past El. She had long brown hair, and green eyes, a clear complexion and an evil smirk on her face.

She was seemingly just so, perfect.

"Mike, hey! What do you say we go out for lunch?"

"Uh, no thanks, Jena." Mike rolled his eyes.

"Oh come on, it'll be fun."

"N-no. I'm interested in somebody else."

"Oh? Is it that ugly girl around the corner? She looked pretty sad, was it anything you guys said?" Jena smirked.

"Oh, shit." Mike stormed off.

El was gone by the time he was around the corner and scanning the area.

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El wandered slowly down the train tracks, alone. In silence. No conversation or even happiness in the air.

That girl, she liked Mike. He was calling El annoying, so he probably liked her too. El always really worried about the other girls in Hawkins.

Mike would get bored eventually, she thought. It was only a matter of time before he found a girl who was just so perfect she was out of this world.

El looked up at the trees, semi adorned with leaves, the leaves light green, screaming summer in your face.

Tears were streaming down her face, as memories of walking these tracks came back.

She finally arrived at the junkyard, and climbed to the top of the old bus that had been sitting there longer than she had been out of the lab. The sun was slowly setting, and she didn't mind. Hopper would, but her curfew was 10 PM, in the summer nobody really cared, and Hopper just wanted her home before it got too dark.

Voices echoed in the distance.

"EL?! EL!?" Dustin called out.

"EL!" Max said.

"OH MY GOD WHEELER STOP FUCKING PACING WE'LL FIND HER!" Lucas exclaimed.

"MIKE!" Dustin yelled.

El turned around from watching the sunset and saw a boy with raven hair, and a freckled face, relief slapping him in the face as he saw her.

He walked over to the bus and climbed the ladder inside sitting next to her, she didn't dare make eye contact.

"El, what's wrong?"

"Mike are you, are you tired of me?" She asked, turning to face him and look him in the eyes.

His eyes widened, and his brows furrowed, the question was so outlandish to him, he just couldn't imagine being tired.

"Yeah, I am tired." her heart broke. "I'm tired of you putting yourself down, and acting like you aren't perfect, because although nobody is perfect, you're pretty damn close to it."

"But the other girls, they're--"

"Nothing like you, El. You're amazing just the way you are, and that's why I lo- like you, El." his face turned a light shade of red, and El smiled softly.

"I could never get tired of you." he said quietly.

"P-promise?" she said, at the same volume as him.

"Promise."

i apologize for the vent of a chapter, i just feel like everybody is sick of me cause my best friend is talking behind my back saying im annoying and stuff

you guys probably hated this because of it being a vent but that's okay.

i feel a bit better because i did some drawing and stuff, but it still kind of hurts

(lmao no wonder i have trust issues)

~bella