phobia | elmax

getting dressed

max woke up to the sound of the tv.
she looked at the empty spot next to her on the bed.
eleven must already be up

she put her socks on and headed downstairs.

"morning, sunshine." eleven chirps.
"hey." max chuckles. "i didn't expect you to get up before me."
"it's the weekend. and the day of the party. of course i'm up." eleven smiles.
"and the day of the party." max playfully mocks elevens voice. "damn, all you talk about is the party."
"hey! terrible impression. my voice does not sound like that! and i do not talk about the party all the time." eleven defends herself, laughing.
"uh, yeah you do. and my impression was pretty spot on." max giggles.

max sits next to eleven and they watch tv together for a while.

~
it was now 2 hours before the party and eleven and max wisely decided to start picking out their outfits during this time.

"how are we supposed to dress? fancy or casual?" max asks.
"judging by the girls at school, they are probably going to wear something fancy or slutty." eleven responds.
"i'm going with casual anyway of course." max shrugs.

max was always dressed like a boy.
she didn't like wearing anything dressy or revealing like every other girl at school.
eleven on the other hand was the complete opposite.
she was very girly and liked to wear fancy things.
sometimes max wondered how they became so close with how different their style and personality was.

"i'm going with fancy but i don't want to look like a fool so not anything too fancy." eleven decides.

max and eleven started getting ready.
max went first and then went eleven.
when eleven was finished getting dressed, she asked max for her opinion.

"wow." was all max could say.

eleven was wearing an aqua dress with ruffles at the bottom.
it wasn't too short but it wasn't too long either.
it was perfect and it fit eleven very well.

"what? is it too fancy?" eleven pouts, hating the idea of going through the trouble to find another outfit.
"no. it's perfect. you look perfect." max compliments.

eleven blushes at the compliment.

"thanks. you look great too." eleven compliments back.

max cringes as she knows she looks nowhere as good as eleven does.
all she was wearing was a plain white tank top and black jean shorts.

"thanks." she says anyway. "what should we do with an hour and half of free time?"
"can i please straighten your hair? you'll look amazing." eleven begs.
"ugh, fine." max playfully rolls her eyes.

eleven squeals and quickly pulls max into the bathroom with her.

~
once they were done, they had 30 minutes to get to the party.

"shit!" eleven yells.
"what?" max looks at eleven, concerned.
"we only have 30 minutes to get to the party. who's going to drive us there?" eleven panics.
"don't worry, i asked billy to drive us last night." max smiles. "he should be here soon."

eleven smiles back and sighs in relief.
max and eleven sat in the living room, patiently waiting for billy.

"where are you two going all dressed up?" maya asks, entering the living room and sitting across from them.
"if you must know, we are going to a party." max rolls her eyes.
"a party! wow. your really going after last year?"
"can you not bring that up." max clenches her jaw.
"alright, alright." maya grins. "you see, i thought you guys were going on a da—"

before maya can finish her sentence, she's interrupted by the sound of the door opening.
it's billy.
max and eleven quickly leave without saying goodbye to maya.

"have fun lovebirds." maya yells before the door slams.

max ignores maya and silently prays that eleven didn't hear her.