stranger things imagines

sleepover

"no no no, you push with that foot." max explains for the thousandth time.

"max, it doesn't work!" i tell her through laughter.

max had been trying to teach me how to skateboard outside her house, but to not much avail.

"i think you're getting worse." she jokes, but she was probably right.

attempting to skate again, i push off from one of my feet, and suddenly the board flies out from underneath my feet.

my body lands on the ground, hitting my elbow pretty hard. it was definitely gonna leave a bruise.

"shit are you okay?" max asks concerned as she helps me up.

down the road in front of me, i see the board by el's feet as she picks it up.

"el?" i ask her, confused. she wasn't usually allowed out, especially not by herself.

she walks up to us, holding the skateboard close to her body.

"hi." el stated bluntly.

"hi?" max and i say at the same time, our tones with matching confusion.

"can we talk?" el asks us. max leads her inside, and i follow behind them into max's house.

max shuts the door of her room behind us, and stands in front of el and i that were sat on the bed.

"what did you want to talk to us about el?" i asked her. el's gaze flips between max and i, her expression showing she was clearly nervous for what she was about to say.

"you both have boyfriends. mike and lucas." she says.

"yeah." i look expectantly at her, not really sure where this conversation was going.

"well, i like someone. as a boyfriend." max and i both looked at el in surprise, but immediately wanted the details.

"el who is it? how long have you liked them? tell us everything!" el giggles and blushes slightly at us bombarding her with questions.

it was great being friends with the party, but it was nice to have another girl-friend, so there was a little group of us girls- max, el and i.

"it's dustin." max and i both squealed.

max wasn't usually one to be a real girly-girl, but when it came to things like this, she was all over it.

"okay, this definitely calls for a sleepover. el can we go to yours?" max asks el.

"sleepover?" el looked confused.

"yeah, when your friends stay at your house for the night and eat ice cream, have girly talk, that kinda thing." i explain to her.

"i'll meet you guys there, i'm going to go back to my house to get some things." i tell them before speed walking back home.

my house wasn't far from max's so i was home within a couple of minutes.

as i was packing my bag, the phone rang. my parents were both at work, so i answered it.

"hello?" my tone seemed rushed, hoping to give the impression i wasn't going to talk for long.

"hey y/n, it's me, mike." my boyfriend's voice sounded through the phone.

"oh, hey mike, what's up?" my tone softened since i didn't want to seem rude and like i wanted to get away from him, but i was really excited to get to this sleepover.

"i was wondering if you wanted to go to the movies? the rest of the party said they wanted to watch back to the future." he sounded hopeful, which made me feel bad for having to decline.