19: The Gate

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"Eleven

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"Eleven." Mike said walking up to her with teary eyes of happiness.

"Mike." She said and gasped as they hugged. They both cried.

"Is that..-?" Max asked looking at Lucas and me, Lucas, and Dustin we all nodded in union.

"I never gave up on you, I called you every night. Every night for th-"

"Three hundred and fifty three days." She smiled finishing his sentence. "I heard."

"Why didn't you tell me you were there? That you were okay?" He asked with sadness.

"Because I wouldn't let her." Hopper said. "The heck is this? Where you been?" He asked.

"Where have you been?" She cried. They hugged each other.

"You've been hiding her. You've been hiding her this whole time!" He yelled pushing Hopper.

"Hey!" Hopper yelled back grabbing Mikes shirt. "Let's talk. Alone." He said and walked Mike into Jonathans room to talk.

Eleven hugged Lucas and Dustin. "We missed you." Lucas said.

"I missed you too." She said back.

"We talked about you pretty much everyday." Dustin laughed. El backed out of the hug and looked at Dustin with a smile. Then her smile turned into curiosity.

"Teeth." She said and poked Dustin's front teeth.

"What?" He asked backing away.

"You have teeth." She stared.

Dustin laughed and looked at Lucas. "Oh, you like these pearls?" He purred. I laughed and Lucas looked at him stupidly.

"Eleven?" Max asked smiling as she walked up to her. "Hey, um, I'm Max." She happily stuck out her hand for El to shake. "I've heard a lot about you."

El just stared at her for a second and then pushed past Max ignoring her and walking to me.

She hugged me really tight. "I found more." She said as she hugged me. I pulled away a little bit.

"What?" I asked shocked.

"There's more, I found 008." She repeated.

"Oh my god." I laughed. I hugged her again. "Where?"

"Far away." She answered

"Is that who... did all this?" I asked with a laugh and she laughed too.

"Who is he?" She asked.

"What?" I asked.

"Your jacket, it's not yours."

"How.. do you know?" You asked.

"It smells like smoke, you don't smoke. And it's too big on you."

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