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april 6, 1985
the day before mike wheelers 14th birthday, and his girlfriend was excited yet nervous
she's been on her walkie all day talking to the group to see what mike likes the best. she wanted it to be perfect for him, she doesn't know much about birthdays or when hers is but she overheard mike's mom talking about his birthday, and she just wanted to make it special.. because he's mike. he's always made her feel special..
"d-dustin—we're talking about mike.." she says over her walkie while she lays on her stomach with her legs kicking back and forth slowly on her bed, while listening to the mix tape mike made her for valentine's day
"right right sorry uhhh, well he's mike, you know him better than any of us" the boy says over the other line which makes el huff in frustration
"if-if i knew him i wouldn't be asking f-for help" it was frustrating honestly, wanting to find the perfect gift she can for mike. she has quite a couple coins from hop that she got for helping him around the cabin, and she wanted to use it all to get him something for his birthday
but the thing is, she doesn't know what to get him. so she's been trying to get help by dustin since he's known him longer than her... turns out that was a bad idea
he was talking about everything and anything expect mike and she getting slightly annoyed so she just turned the walkie off when he was mid sentence
"uhhh why-why is this so.. so.. dif-difficult"
"whats so difficult kid?" hopper asks while leaning by her door
she looks up seeing him as she sits up straight and marks dustins name off the paper she had "i'm..im trying to.. to find the perfect gift for mike.."
the chief of police rolls his eyes slightly at the name he knew was gonna slip through her lips, of course, it was about wheeler
he sighs and walks in her room sitting at the end of her bed which makes her rise up a bit as she held one of her pillows with a small pout "kid.. why don't you ask him yourself?"
why? because she wanted it to be a surprise. she wanted mike to be aghast.. she wanted him to feel how he makes her feel..
"i.. i want him to be aghast"
"the hells aghast?" he furrowed his brows looking at her
"s-surprised.." she corrects herself
he thought of it "oh—well.. maybe, i could ask joyce? she's known mike since he was a baby"
her eyes light up with a smile "r-really? you'd do that?"
he nods with a small smile while leaning over and ruffling her hair "anything for you kid"
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the sound of lips coming together and pulling apart was the only thing you could hear other than music coming from the yellow little radio in el hoppers room
mike was over and she was so happy to see him. he had to come over a little later since today he had to do school today, which she was thankful for because hopper got to talk to joyce who talked to karen and she got some information about what mike likes. so tomorrow she's gonna try and see if hop can go with her so she can get some things
the two teens sat on her bed and just kissed while listening to music. one of mike's hands near her waist and the other on her knee, her hands cupping his face gently in her small hands
