Chapter 2: The sleepover

2.8K 86 283
                                    

Max POV

After I gathered all my toiletries and clothes, I quietly opened my window and jumped out to avoid questions from my stepdad. I grabbed my skateboard and rode to Mike's house.

Eleven's POV

I sat in the passenger seat as Hopper was quietly singing along to the car radio.

A couple of minutes had passed and the car came to a stop.

"Okay, I'll be back here at 11 tomorrow. Call me if there's any trouble," Hopper said.

"I know," I said while giving him a hug before walking up to Mike's door and ringing the doorbell.

I was hoping that the rest of the party had already shown up, so I didn't have to be alone with Mike.

I used to love him. But, whenever he touched me, It didn't feel the same.

I tried to force myself to like it. But never managed to. It was like a force kept pushing me away from him.

I kept thinking about how I'd feel if Max was the one touching me, but I hid those feelings because girls weren't supposed to like girls.

Right?

Mike opened the door.

"Hi El," he said with a big smile on his face.

It made me feel guilty that I didn't have the same feelings as Mike did towards me.

Mike grabbed my hand and pulled me inside, which made that sick feeling surface again. Mike dragged me downstairs into the basement.

As I looked around I saw that I was the first one that had shown up.

Shit.

No El that's good, he's your boyfriend, and you like boys...I think.

"I'm excited to see you," he smiled.

"Me too" I lied giving him a slight smile.

"I feel like we haven't been able to spend a lot of time lately," he said gazing into my eyes.

I looked down avoiding eye contact "yeah...uh- I've been busy...with school," I lied.

The doorbell rang, which made me relax. Mike went upstairs to open the door while I stayed down here.

"Hi Dustin, Max, Will," I heard Mike say from upstairs.

Max. I smiled to myself at the thought of the girl. Whenever she was around me I felt safe, comfortable, I felt like the luckiest girl in the world.

Max's POV

I walked downstairs and saw El sitting on the couch. She turned her gaze towards me and smiled, I smiled back. I and Eleven became really close over the summer, we now hang out about every weekend on top of hanging out after school.

"Max!" She yelled standing up and gave me a big hug almost knocking me over.

"Where did that come from?" I giggled, her touch sending shivers all over my body. She gave me a toothy smile before pulling away. I could never get used to her hugs, they sent me to a whole new universe.

"I'm just happy to see you," she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.

We were interrupted by stomping coming down from the stairs. The boys started setting up their D&D game. Then the doorbell rang once again.

elmaxWhere stories live. Discover now