phobia | elmax

seven minutes in heaven

max looks around the room for a way to escape.
they can't leave.
nancy would just stop them.

"there's no escaping so don't even try thinking about that." nancy says, literally reading max's mind.

max sighs and sits in the circle.
eleven sits next to her.

there was almost a hundred people in the room.
the chances of the bottle landing on max had to be pretty rare, right?

"who's going first?" a random kid asks.
"how about max?" mandy grins.

max's eyes widen.

"what do you say, max?" nancy places the bottle in front of max. "wanna make up for last years incident?"

"i-i don't want t-to go first." max stutters and mentally cursed herself for doing so,
"too bad. your doing it anyway." nancy yells and pushes the bottle closer to max.

max sighs and looks at her friends.

"you can do it." dustin whispers.

lucas and will give max a thumbs up.
eleven gently squeezes max's hand.

"don't worry, max. it's just a kiss." eleven smiles.

eleven didn't understand.
max had never kissed or dated anyone before.
it was hard for her, unlike eleven.

"hurry up and spin the damn bottle." a girl complains, followed by a bunch of others.

max rolls her eyes in annoyance and spins the bottle.
each second the bottle spun around felt like hours.
max's heart was beating fast as the bottle slowed down.

thump thump thump

the bottle stops, pointing to the person on the left side of her.
max turns her head to see who it was.
eleven.

max gasps.
how was she supposed to kiss her bestfriend?

"what a coincidence!" mandy laughs. "it's landed on your lesbian lover."
"shut up." max growls.

eleven was just as surprised as max was.
she didn't know what to do as she had never kissed a girl before.

as much as max wanted to run out of the house, her feet were glued to the floor.
she was stuck and didn't know what to do or say either.

"well? are you going to kiss her, or are you going to run out like a pussy again?" nancy teases.
"i-i..." max trails off, sighing.
"you can't force her to do it, nancy." eleven glares.
"fine." nancy rolls her eyes. "ill make it easier for you."

max slowly looks up to nancy, hopeful.

"i'll give you a few minutes to go into my room and kiss in private." nancy offers.
"she doesn't want to do it." eleven narrows her eyes.
"it's either that or you two kiss right in front of all these people now!"
"i said—" eleven raises her voice.
"i'll do it." max whispers.

everyone turns to max, shocked.

"what?" eleven furrows her eyebrows.
"we mind as well take the offer." max shrugs.
"this evil bitch is trying to force you to do something that you clearly don't want to do. if you don't want—" eleven points at nancy.
"ill do it." max repeats in a louder tone,

eleven stares at max, in shock.
max was surprised herself that she was brave enough to accept the offer but she was so tired of being called uptight and not being like everyone else.
she had to prove to people that she could let loose for once.

"are you sure?" eleven asks.

max responds quietly with a nod.
eleven got up and started to walk with max upstairs.

"don't lie and say you kissed when you didn't. i will find out." nancy warns.

max and eleven look at nancy in confusion before shrugging it off and turning back upstairs.

~
"are you sure, max?" eleven asks again, when they are inside nancys room.
"eleven you've asked me a million times and i said i'd do it." max smiles.
"i know, i'm sorry. i just feel like your being forced." eleven frowns.
"well, i am technically being forced. nancy said she'd find out, what the hell does that mean? is there a camera in here or something?" max looks around the room.
"i don't think i want to know." eleven laughs.

max laughs and they stare at eachother for a while,

"this will be your first kiss max." eleven looks at max with concerned eyes.

she still was unsure about max's decision.

"if i was forced to have my first kiss, which iam, im glad it's with you." max admits.
"really?" eleven tries to hide her smile.
"yeah. i mean, you're my bestfriend. i know your not going to judge me." max shrugs.
"i would never." eleven smiles.

they stare at eachother again for a while before eleven finally leans in,
max's heartbeat was now very fast.
eleven places her hands on max's cheek and places her lips on max's.
max was tense at first but she slowly closed her eyes and relaxed into the kiss.

it was a slow, lingering kiss.
eleven made sure not to use any tongue since it was max's first time.
their lips were moving in sync which made max feel a bit uncomfortable at first.

max started to get more comfortable, as she placed her hands on elevens waist.
they knew they had been kissing longer than planned when they heard nancy turn the doorknob.

eleven and max quickly separated from eachother, both a blushing mess.

"are you guys done? other people have to kiss y'know." nancy complains.
"i-i... we were talking so..." eleven could barely speak.

this surprised max since eleven never stuttered.

"i don't care what excuse you have, just get downstairs." nancy orders.
shes so demanding.

max and eleven rolled their eyes and do what they were asked.
eleven, still unsure, glances over to see max's expression while they were walking downstairs.
max was still blushing as she glanced up and smiled at eleven.
eleven smiled back.

this is a pretty long chapter but they finally kissed! what do you think is going to happen in their relationship next?