baby i'm yours // arctic monkeys
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mike & el
Ever since El had met Mike, she was introduced to so many new things in the world. One of those things just so happened to be the concept of jealousy, which she had gotten to experience the effects of firsthand, but only just a few times...
There was the time she saw Mike with Max in the gym at the middle school, which only embarrasses her to think about, due to how she had reacted. It was silly, especially now that she's so close with Max, but she hadn't known any better at the time.
Then, there was this one time at the mall, when a girl who was in Mike's eighth grade science class came over to say hi, make a little small talk, then hugged him. Yeah, you read that right. She hugged him. El kept her cool, though, only giving the girl a forced smile as she said her goodbyes. As much as El wanted to do something to the girl, because how dare she hug her boyfriend, she didn't. It would only bring attention to herself and well, she could possibly hurt the girl. Even if she was extremely jealous, she didn't want to hurt anyone. So, she did her best to forget it had even happened, no matter how difficult that was for her to do.
El was clearly no stranger to jealousy when it came to her beloved Mike, but now that she had started high school with the rest of the Party, jealous might as well be her new middle name. Well, she actually didn't have a middle name, so it would have to be her one and only.
She just didn't understand why she felt this way so often, but oh man, was it bad when she did.
She couldn't help it. Girls would smile at him much longer than they should, invite only him to their birthday parties, or ask him to tutor them in simple topics that even she could understand. She even saw them look at Mike the way she looks at Mike and, well, that wasn't okay with her.
This day in particular, El and Mike were eating lunch with the rest of their friends at their usual table near the back.
Everything was as normal as ever, until Emma Sattler walked up to the table, with the brightest smile on her face.
"Hi, Mike." She spoke happily, her chirpy voice pulling all their eyes to look in her direction, even though her own bright blue ones were set on Mike and Mike only.
"Oh, hey, Emma. What's up?"
She smiled at him sweetly while flipping her long, brown hair over her shoulder, then leaned down closer to him.
"I was wondering if you could stay after class today and explain some things to me from our reading assignment. I missed class yesterday, so I'm way behind. I know you're super smart, so I figured you could help me out?"
El's eyes were glued on the girl since the moment she had walked up and if looks could kill...
She really couldn't have asked someone else?
El was also in that class with them and knew for a fact that there were plenty of "super smart" people in there. She also knew that the reading assignments were one of the easiest parts of the class.
But of course, being the nice, helpful person that he is, Mike agreed. "Yeah, sure. I can do that."
"Great! Thanks, Mike! You're just a lifesaver!" Emma gushed, placing her hand on his arm, a little too long for El's liking.
