Lumax One Shots

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PHOEBE

"There's no way Suzie looks like Phoebe Carter, no girl is that perfect!" Lucas exclaimed chuckling. Suddenly, Max stood up looking at him sassily "Excuse me? What do you mean by that?" she asked with an eyebrow raised.

"I-I mean, it's just that-" Lucas got cut off by Max laughing at him. "It's ok, obviously I'm perfect and Dustin is obviously lying" she said while standing up and dusting off the grass off her shorts. "But-" Dustin tried to say, but got cut off my Max. "No, it's late and I have to go home" Max said and helped Lucas stand up. "Bye Dustin, see you tomorrow" Lucas said and left with his girlfriend.

~LATER THAT DAY~

Max was looking at some pictures of Phoebe . "She's not that pretty" "What does she have that I don't?" "Does Lucas want me to look like that?". All this questions were going through her head. She stood from her bed and went to the mirror, lifting up her shirt; she sucked in her stomach and sighed. Then she put her head up in a bun.

She heard a knock on her door and rolled down her shirt. "Come in!" she yelled at whoever was knocking. Eleven came and slightly smiled at her. "Hi, umm Hopper has to stay the night out of town and I was wondering if I could stay here" Eleven said looking at the floor.

"Of course, it'll be fun to have a sleepover" Max said smiling at her. "What were you doing?" El asked her. "Oh, I was looking at pictures of Phoebe" Max said not making eye contact". "Why?" El said. "Because Lucas said there's no one that perfect like her" Max said looking down. "Why?" El said looking confused. "Probably because she's prettier than me" Max said and sat down on her bed.

With glossy eyes, Max looked at El. "I'm just so insecure sometimes" Max said while a tear left her eye. "Why you insecure?" El asked placing a hand on Max's shoulder. "I don't know, maybe Lucas doesn't like me that much" Max said, full in sobbing now. "Lucas hurt you?" El said looking mad "He hurt my feelings, but I want him to be happy" Max explained. They continued having their sleepover which consisted on El comforting Max.

~THE NEXT DAY~

The party was hanging out at Mike's basement today. El and Max were the last ones to arrive. "Why are you guys late?" Mike asked as the girls were on the stairs. "We had a sleepover and-" Max was cut off by El, who threw a pillow at Lucas' direction. "You hurt Max!" El yelled as she walked closer to Lucas. "What do you mean?" Lucas exclaimed confused.

"She's feeling insecure and it's your fault" El said looking deadly serious at Lucas. "What?" Lucas said, looking at Max who had her head hidden on her legs. "Max, what is she talking about?" Lucas asked, crouching down to her level. He listened to her silent sniffles and his heart broke in two.

Lucas looked back and signaled the others to leave. They all understood the message right away and left. "Baby? What's wrong? What did I do?" Lucas asked as he moved his girlfriend's hands out of her face. "Do you think Phoebe is prettier than me?" Max asked as she wiped some tears off her face. "What?" Lucas asked slightly confused.

"Yesterday, when you said that no girl is as perfect as Phoebe" Max said playing with the hem of her sweatshirt. "Oh baby, you're not perfect and that's ok" Lucas said and Max tilted her head to the side confused. "You have flaws, you're sassy, your hair is messy almost all the time" Lucas said. "Thank you" Max scoffed and tried to get away from him. "But" Lucas started saying as he brought her closer "that's what I like about you, your flaws, the fact that you're not perfect, that's what makes you perfect" Lucas said and kissed her forehead. Max blushed and cuddled up to his chest. "You're still a dork" Max said and kissed him.

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A/N- Picture of a young Phoebe Cates up there :)