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mike went home crying that night. el was there to comfort him. he couldn't tell nancy. jonathan would probably give her the whole run-down of the situation, anyways.
though, el was once sour to the young couple, she was most heartbroken when will decided they had to fall apart. she cried more than mike did. she thought they would find happiness and get married, together forever. it was through mike and will that she understood the concept of love.
besides that, things were going smooth for el. mike's family helped el find her true home and her real mother and father. it turns out that her biological father was actually hawkins' chief police, jim hopper, and her real name was jane. when chief hopper was notified that the wheelers were caring for his lost telekinetic child, he was overjoyed and more than ecstatic. they met for the first time and chief hopper abandoned himself into jane's arms, uncontrollably sobbing.
el was happy to find her father as well. it felt like, for the first time, she had finally belonged. hopper had asked el if she wanted to stay with him forever, until she grew up, and of course, she said yes.
the brunette girl was going to move out of mike's house in a week. she'd be living with her father. and mike wouldn't have his friend. but it'd be one less person for mrs. wheeler to care for, though she did enjoy eleven's company.
mike didn't want to lose her. he'd already lost will, and now his best friend, too?
"i'm not really leaving, mike," she said to him two nights after the will incident, "you know that, right?"
"yeah, but, you won't be here," he sniffled.
"but i'm not leaving hawkins," she sat criss cross on the lazy boy in the basement, "you know that, right?"
"yeah, yeah," he brushed a lock of his raven hair out of his face, "yeah, i know."
"and i'll probably still go to hawkins high, though it's not decided yet."
it was mid-december, which meant winter break was coming up, and winter break meant christmas. mike wished he could have will to hold and watch the grinch with. they hadn't spoken since the dreaded saturday. will spent most of his time with dustin and mike spent his with el or lucas.
but el seemed to be hanging out with max more, these days.
"i'm heading out, mike," el said.
"where are you going, it's like 8 something in the night," mike replied inquisitively.
