Chapter 44- Mike's Eleven

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Oh my god! This is not happening. Was I in another universe or something? God, please listen to me this one time don't give me such realistic daydreams. I literally dug my nails into my sweaty palms.

I saw Ryder there sit on his knee with a cute brown teddy and a rose-filled with little candies in it. How are his ideas so impeccable every single time? This all was happening and I, on the other hand, was rooted at the same spot with my hands clasped on my mouth. Someone pushed me from behind. That is when I heard the silence. I went near him...as he spoke.

"Hey I'm Mike, wanna be my eleven?"

My god, Stranger Things has grown onto him in like 2 days. My heart was doing all kinds of aerobics it could at the moment. I had forgotten that I need to answer. I was the happiest person alive on Earth. All I could see was Ryder on his knee. Even If I wanted to say no my neck wouldn't agree with me. All the team members were screaming Yes as if they were on a strike.

I finally nodded and replied with a "Yes". He dropped the teddy and rose and engulfed me into the warmest hug possible. Sorry for my mistake, the most stinky hug possible but I didn't want to move away either. We stood there and the whole team started howling like lunatics.

He pulled away and wiped my tears with his thumbs, and held my head in his hands. We stared into each other eyes and his gaze dropped on my lips and back at my eyes. I knew what was gonna happen, our lips were almost centimeters apart. We both closed our eyes.

"Dude! That's my sister." Andy said, pulling me away. Way to ruin the moment Andy!

"You just ruined the best moment of her life," Syd said, coming behind and slapping his arm.

"Whatever. But no PDA. Although I permit you to say y.."

"Excuse me? I don't need your permission to accept somebody as my boyfriend." I said giving more importance to 'my' as I crossed my arms.

"Uh-huh. Is it? Then.."

Before he could finish Zach came and dropped one arm on Ryder's and my shoulder.

"Cut the crap. I'm happy for you both." He said glancing at each of us.

"Don't act like you're blessing us at our wedding."

"Oh, so you've already planned for a wedding? I thought I'll be the wedding planner." Syd said poking me on the side. I don't know what happened but everyone, including Ryder, started talking. The level of annoyance was rising inside me like a volcano.

"Stop!" I shouted.

"I am going home and Andy, If you wanna reach the party on time, follow me right now!" I yelled and walked away. I was really annoyed at everyone for ruining the moment and the period cramps weren't helping. I heard Ryder calling after me but it faded. Andrew was right on my heel. We drove in silence and I expected an apology from him but got nothing.

On the way home, Ryder called me.

"Rory! Are you fine? What happened?" he asked from the other side.

"I'm fine. The noise was annoying me," I replied.

"I'll come to pick you up or will you come with Andrew?" He asked, knowing very well that I was angry at Andrew.

"I'm not coming to the party," I replied.

"Come on! It'll be fun."

"My mom denied and I was grateful that she agreed to let me come to the game," I said, smiling at myself.

"Me too. Then I'll meet you in your room?" he asked.

"Noo! You should go to the party. The whole school would be there waiting to celebrate the victory," I said, in a sad tone.

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