STRANGER THINGS S4/ "ONE MORE TIME"

Chapter 13.- "Let him go".

In Dustin's house the phone rang.

"Hi, Henderson's house". Joyce replied.

"Mrs. Byers! ... I'm glad it's you, it's Mike, could you please talk to El?"

"Does your mom know you're out of bed?". Joyce questioned a little funny, she knew that Mike had improved.

"Mrs. Byers, I'm fine ... I just." "I'm messing with you Mike, I'll call her, she'll come in a moment" .

Mike felt relief at Joyce's words, to be honest, he was a little tired of being treated like a baby.

"Mike" . The most beautiful voice in the world appeared on the other side of the line, it was music of angels for his ears.

“El… I'm glad to hear you, I wanted to know where we will meet today, you know to continue practicing, I think we should return to the woods, so there will be no danger of someone seeing us.

"I agree, I think we can meet there at… 2:00 pm, near Mirkwood?".

"Perfect, it's a date ... I mean, not a date, like a date, it's like…" . Mike started stuttering until Eleven's laugh stopped him.

"I understood Mike, see you there at 2:00 pm ... I love you." Eleven sighed as she took the phone harder and suppressed a smile of emotion, it felt so good that now they could let those words out so easily.

"I love you more, so much moooooore". Mike hung up the phone, with a big smile on his face, he had to get ready, make sure his mom saw him take all his medicines if he wanted her permission to leave.

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"I think the important is that you think of Hopp, the whole group ... in me." Mike said blushing a little. "Think of the people you love, the people who make you happy, your desire to protect, to save everyone".

Eleven concentrated hard, while paying attention to Mike's words, they wanted to start with a small branch, she stared at it, while pointing her hands in that direction, she had almost 10 minutes trying to move it.

"Come on El , you're strong, you can do it, it's just a branch, you can move it, I know you can". Mike kept cheering her on, he knew there wasn't much he could do to help her but if his support and love could make a difference, he would do everything to be by her side at the time.

The branch trembled on the ground, rose for a few seconds and then fell again.

"Amazing". Mike exclaimed happily, but immediately noticed the worry on Eleven's face. "Hey come on! You could move it, you should be happy, all progress is important”.

"This is very little Mike, it is not enough, I will not be able to open the portal if my powers do not return".

They had days practicing in the woods and the advances were very small, Eleven was beginning to feel desperate, she needed to recover her powers, control them, Mike had been a great support and did not want to be unfair to him but every day she felt more frustrated, everyone had done they part of the job, Dustin knew how to circumvent security to be able to enter Starcourt, Max and Lucas had the perfect quarter to mislead adults, they could start the plan at any time but they wouldn't do it without Eleven's powers, Mike wasn't Silly, he knew what was going through her head.