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Chapter three

Mike's POV

El and I jumped apart, I can't believe I almost kissed her, I wish I could have.

"DUSTIN WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO?" I yelled.

"I FELL ASSHOLE." Dustin yelled back, he sounded like he was in a lot of pain.

"ARE YOU OKAY?" El asked

"NO, MY LEG HURTS A LOT."

"DO YOU NEED TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM?" Will asked

"Maybe." Dustin said limping out of the bathroom.

"How did you even do that?" Lucas asked

"JUST TAKE ME TO THE HOSPITAL!"

~

We arrived at the hospital, Dustin could've driven himself or just one of us could've come with but we were still having a sleepover so we decided to all come with.

Dustin had just went to get his leg x-rayed and everyone else was in the waiting room. We were all pretty bored, this wasn't part of our sleepover plans, well I was bored everyone else looked decently entertained. Will was drawing, Max and Lucas were watching Dance Moms on Max's phone and El was playing piano tiles. She looked exhausted.

"Are you alright, El?" I asked softly

"Yeah." She said yawning. She put her phone down and closed her eyes as she rested her head on my shoulder. I could feel myself blushing. Her touch felt comforting, I smiled. I forgot everything else I had been thinking about, and just thought about her, how I wanted to make her feel loved and protected forever. Her arm was resting on the arm rests of the waiting room chair I hesitantly reached for her hand and we interlocked fingers. It all just felt so perfect. At some point I leaned over and rested my head on hers and drifted off to sleep.

~

"I'm crippled." Dustins voice pulled me out of my sleeping state. He was hopping towards us with crutches. El woke up too she sat up so she wasn't leaning on my shoulder but she continued to hold me hand, which I loved because I wanted to hold her hand but my hands were also super sweaty because she tends to make me very nervous.

"So how did you do that?" Lucas asked

"I was pretending the side of the bathtub was a balance beam and then I fell." Dustin confessed. We all giggled. We stood up and began to walk to the car.

El's POV

I didn't want to let go of Mike's hand, I knew I'd have to eventually but I really didn't want to. As we got closer to the car I noticed Max giving me a certain look. I blushed and hesitantly let go of Mike's hand, I felt the warmth I was feeling fade away.

~the next day~

After the whole incident with Dustin breaking his leg, we all decided that the sleepover should be postponed, we were all way to exhausted to stay up all night. Luckily, we planned the sleepover for tonight and nothing could stop us this time.

"What to you guys wanna do?" Max asked us.

"I brought monopoly." Dustin said, pulling the board game out of his bag. About an hour later we were well into the game and we all hated each other.

"El it's your turn." Mike said softly and innocently, which I found adorable since he had just been yelling at Lucas. I rolled the dice and heard quiet giggles when I rolled a five and a six. I moved my piece which of course landed on a property that my dear brother owned. I felt anger build up in me, I was NOT about to give him my last $200. I closed my eyes tightly in anger and heard gasps. I didn't realize what had happened until I felt the blood trickle from my nose and saw the board game on the floor.