𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋 𝐒𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓, mileven.

one

- note: this is set in modern time.

EL HOPPER was 16 year old. well, 17 in a few months but same thing. her best friend, max mayfield was already 17.  the two had just finished a very long and boring summer together. their summers usually consisted of them in el's house, watching movies and going out to the mall. it was fun at first, but then it became such a consistent thing they did that they eventually got tired of it.

but now, school was here. though their summer wasn't as fun as they hoped, el still wasn't excited to go back to school. i mean, who would be? it was their senior year though, both el and max were ahead in their school work and finished off junior year with an amazing gpa. so this year was gonna be easy for them. plus, there were so many activities for the seniors this year. last year the juniors got to choose if they wanted a whole week of fun activities such as senior sunrise, going to an amusement park, and other stuff like that. or, if they wanted the weekened at a hotel on the beach. el was hoping for the weekend at a hotel on the beach meanwhile max was rooting for the weekend full of activities.

"the whole week of activities would be fun as hell and would also last longer." max said. "okay but a weekend on the beach would be amazing and much more memorable." el told her.

at the end of junior year, the administration had told the juniors that their senior year activities would be a weekend at a hotel on the beach. max wasn't too let down, she tried to think of the positive aspect of things. plus, a weekend at the beach doesn't sound too bad, she thought. el was so excited though. her and max would share a room, since they said they would be allowed to pick who they wanted to room with. they said that the boys and girls will be separated and will be on entirely different floors so a boy and a girl couldn't room together.

but it didn't matter to max or el. they were both girls so they could share a room. they had already signed up and paid for the trip, they did it right at the end of junior year. in fact, they were so early that they got to choose which room they wanted and which floor. el told max she wanted a room at the end of the hall and max said she wanted the floor to be in the middle, so not too high, but not too low either.

el wasn't as excited as max was to be attending the first day of school. max and el have been best friends for a total of seven years and every single year, max was ecstatic to attend the first day of school. el used to be excited for the first day of school, but when sophomore year came around, she started to dread it. max and el went shopping this year and they both shopped for many new back to school clothes. el loved shopping so much, it was one of her guilty pleasures.

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el woke up at 6:45 and brushed her teeth before she started to get ready for school. el always took showers the night before, she hated morning showers unless they were on the weekend. she hated feeling like she was rushed to take a shower because el was guilty of spending way too long in the shower. she likes the alone time and the quiet-ness. sure, as an only child it was quiet and lonely in the house most times, but max was always around and el never really got alone time. don't get her wrong, she loved max. el absolutely fucking loved her and didn't know what she would do without her. but...she didn't get very much alone time except for in the very late nights. el didn't mind though, she loved having max around and wouldn't trade it for anything else in the world.

el put on regular semi-ripped black jeans and a white–perfectly cropped–shirt. the shirt didn't show her stomach which el was thankful about, el's body was nice and anyone could tell you that, but she just didn't feel very comfortable with it. she loved wearing sweaters and t-shirts that she could tuck in. but el couldn't wear sweaters and sweatshirts now since it was still extremely hot outside. she did love the shirt she was wearing, it was cropped perfectly where her jean button was. el made sure to note that if she lifted her arms, the shirt would expose her stomach which was something she did not want.