Triple Threat

Confessions pt.1

*Third Person POV*
Will laughed at his best friends as they stole each other's food. El was quietly observing Max. Max glanced at El and she turned back to Lucas and Dustin, who were arguing. They'd been in the diner for around 40 minutes.

'Hey guys. We should probably get back home now.'
'Can we come to your place still or nah?'
'I think I should spend time with my mom and Brooklyn.'

The group nodded.

'I'll pay.'
'No, Lucas don't.'
'And why not Maxine?'
'Because we're big kids. We can pay for ourselves.'

Lucas rolled his eyes but complied. They all put they're money on the table and left.

'I get the AUX cord this time!'
'In your dreams Henderson!'

While Lucas and Dustin fought over who would get the AUX cord, El grabbed it and connected her phone. 'Show and Tell' by Melanie Martinez started playing and the boys quieted down.

As they group narrowed down to just Will and Max, Will spoke up.

'Do you think El's been acting weird lately?'
'What?'

Max glanced at Will with a confused look.

'She's been acting kinda strange.'
'Yeah I guess so.'

El had in fact been acting strange the past few days. Her face was constantly flushed and she fumbled over her words.

'Maybe she's sick?'
'I don't, Max. I'll call Hopper tonight and see what's happening.'
'Okay.'

They reached Wills house.

'See you later, Byers.'
'See you, Mayfield.'

Will closed the car door and walked to the front door of his house. He took his key out of his pocket and unlocked it.

Joyce was sitting on the couch. She looked up at her youngest son and smiled.

'Hi baby. We're you out with the others?'
'Yeah we went to the diner in town for lunch.'
'That's nice.'

She patted the area next to her indicating that Will sit there.

'Where's Brooklyn?'
'She's sleeping on my bed. She only had her dad.'
'Does that mean we're like adopting her?'
'We can only try, sweetheart.'

Will nodded and got up.

'I'm going to my room.'

He walked into his baby blue bedroom. He decided to call Mike.

The phone rang twice before Mike picked up.

'Hey Will. What up?'
'Jeez I don't know anymore.'
'Oh. What's wrong?'
'I just found out I have a twin sister, and my one friend might be sick. Oh and on top of that my sisters dad died in a car accident like two hours ago!'
'Oh. That's a lot. Um I'm sorry Will.'
'No, no. Don't apologize you did nothing wrong.'
'I wish there was something I could do.'
'I have to call my friends dad. I want to make sure she's okay.'
'Yeah okay. Bye for now Will.'
'Bye.'

Will hung up. He pressed Hoppers contact.

'Hey kid.'
'Hey Hopper. I just called to see if El is okay. She's been really red in the face and she seems a bit strange.'
'Oh. I'll check on her now.'

Will heard Hopper yell for El.

'Hey Will what's up?'
'Hi El. I was calling to see if you were okay. You've been acting strange these past couple of day.'

El was quiet for a moment. She cleared her throat.

'Will can you sleepover tonight? I'll explain everything.'
'I have to ask my mom. Don't hang up I'll be one second!'
'Okay.'

Will placed his phone on his desk and ran out to find his mom.

'Hey mom! Can I have a sleepover at El's house tonight?'
'Yeah I don't see why not.'
'Thanks mom!'

Will ran back to him room and picked the phone up.

'I can sleepover! What time should I be there?'
'Let me ask Hop real quick.'

Will heard El's quiet voice in the background and Hoppers rough voice. About a minute later El came back to the phone.

'Hoppers leaving for work at six. So six.'
'Great. See you in a few hours!'
'See you!'

Will hung up. He grabbed his sketchbook, pencil, and eraser. He thought he might as well finish the project he was working on.

It was a portrait of all five of them. El and Max were in the middle, smiling with bright, cheerful eyes. Lucas, Will, and Dustin we're behind the girls. All smiling with arms wrapped around each other.

Will had to finish drawing Dustin and then all was left to do was colour it.

*Timeskip to 5:30pm*

*Wills POV*
I checked the time to see it was five thirty. I jumped out of my bed and started searching for my duffel bag. It was hiding under my bed.

I put the bag on my bed and started picking out clothes for tomorrow. I chose a light green sweater and jeans. I threw in my basketball shorts and old t-shirt for pyjamas.

I went to the bathroom and grabbed my toothbrush, deodorant, and comb. I tossed my items into my duffel bag and zipped it.

'See you later mom. I'm heading to El's house now!'
'Okay. See you tomorrow sweetie.'

I closed the door and walked to my car. It was an old black pickup truck, but I loved it.

I threw my bag into the passenger seat and started it up. Once it got started I turned the radio on and started pulling out of the driveway.

I reached El's house in 10 minutes. I turned my truck off, grabbed my bag, and went to the front door. I knocked and waited for El.

Her small head popped out and she smiled at me.

'Come in Will!'
'Hello to you too El.'

She rolled her eyes but smiled. She sat down on the couch and waited for me to join. I sat beside her after putting my bag down.

'So what's wrong El?'

She bit her nail.

'El, c'mon you're my best friend! You can tell me anything.'
'Well. Uh jeez Will it's a lot. Promise you won't judge me?'

She held her pinky out towards me and I hooked mine with hers.

'I promise. Now what's wrong?'
'Well. First things first. I'm bisexual.'
'Really? El I'm so proud of you!'

I gave her a hug. She pulled away so I sat back down.

'Second. Jesus. So I kinda haveacrushonMax.'
'What was that El? You spoke to fast.'

She sighed.

'I kinda have a crush on Max.'

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Oops another cliffhanger. I'm sorry but I'm low key exhausted. I just got home from a hockey game. Also almost 400 reads? That's insane! Thank you so much! Anyways peace for now!