Hey guys!!! This is the sequel to We need her so if you haven't read that, you frickin should or you will be VERY confused!! Hello to all the readers who have read this since the beginning and hello to the new ones!! This part of the story is literally the in between of everything so it's mostly going to be happy, WHAT ME WRITING HAPPY STUFF!?? WHAT IS THIS?! No But I seriously hope you enjoy this!!
July 17th, 1986
For the most part, after everything that had happened, the strange group of outcasts went back to their normal lives. Or at least, as normal as they could be considering that they had two telekinetic teens and another who could shape shift into an inter dimensional monster.
They all went to school, played dungeons and dragons, went out and did normal teenage things. And for once in their lives they felt like everything was going perfectly. Sure, their lives had changed drastically.. but without those experinces and horror filled moments, their lives would've been completely different. Ordinary to be exact.
The days after saving the town, Mike's nights were filled with terrifying nightmares that only he could understand. He realized shortly after everyone came back safely that they didn't remember the monster killing them off one by one. They just knew that something had happened to all of them and to their dismay, they realized they couldn't help Mike since they didn't understand what he saw.
At the time Mike was 15 years old and after a long, horrifying strand of painful months, he felt hope. He and El had just closed the gate and he felt so incredibly relieved. Then the worst thing could've been imagined, happened. One of the strongest beings that the Upside Down had to offer appeared to Mike and pulled him and El outside with the others. He had dropped Mike in the middle of all his friends so he could watch that demon kill the people he loved, one by one. Every inch of hope, light, and everything that Mike was, died along with his friends. Mike had been broken, and he was the only one who fully understood why.
After that, every night was filled with a different nightmare. Another reason for him to be terrified to close his eyes. His friends did everything they could to help him. They filled his days with joy and laughter, they stayed with him at night and stayed awake incase he woke up. Mike began to feel like a burden, he noticed how as time went on, his friends couldn't help but sleep during the day. He noticed the dark bags under their eyes when they were awake. He hated himself for a good period of time.
He yelled at his friends for constantly watching over him and not taking care of themselves. He cried while seeing the hurt on their faces. He broke down when they actually looked somewhat scared of him.
"YOU NEED TO GET AWAY FROM ME!" Mike screamed, falling to the floor sobbing, clutching his head close to the ground.
His friends stood in shock around him, the basement filled with his cries.
El was the first to act. She slowly went over to him and kneeled in front of him. She wiped the tears off her face and placed her hand on his shoulder.
"Mike." She said quietly.
Mike flinched, not bothering to look at her.
"Mike please... just look at me." She begged.
Mike shook his head, his body shaking.
Will came over and sat next to Mike, putting his arm around him.
"It's okay... we're here.." He whispered.
Lucas quickly followed Will, along with Dustin and Max. They crowded around Mike in the basement of the Wheeler household, at 2:53 am.
Mike let out a stiffled sob and slowly looked up at his friends.
El gasped as she saw his face. Dark, heavy bags hung under his bloodshot eyes. Veins appeared on either side of his face, throbbing as he cried. El timidly lifted her hand up to his cheek. She wiped away a tear with her thumb.
She silently pulled him into a hug, knowing that dispite what he said, he needed this. He needed them.
Will wrapped his arms around both of them, along with Lucas, Dustin and Max.
They sat there, silently letting out all of their pain from the past couple of weeks.
When they finally parted, tear stains could be found on all of their shirts and faces.
Mike let out a watery laugh of relief, "Look at us.." He said, wiping his eyes with the back of his hand.
El chuckled slightly, "What happened?"
"We... fought monsters.." Lucas said.
"I thought it would be cooler..." Dustin muttered, giving a small smile.
Mike laughed, something that hasn't been heard in a while. El smiled, along with Will.
"It's only cool in the movies." Max snickered.
Lucas nodded in agreement and soon, they were all talking and laughing. They talked until the sun rose and were found tangled up together on the floor at 12pm by Mrs.Wheeler, who silently smiled to herself.
They were finally being teenagers.
July 29th, 1986
Lucas always found it funny to boss around the group, since he was the first one to turn 16. Max would always call him out for it and say that he was only a week older than her.
He practically shit his pants when she turned 16 because damn could that girl scare him.
"I'm still taller!" Lucas had squeaked when Max approached him.
Max raised her eyebrows at him and then smirked, "But are you faster?" She said before chasing him through the yard.
Lucas' high pitched screams could be heard all through out the neighborhood.
"Go Max!!" El cheered as she laughed at them sprinting through the grass.
"That boy is in deep shit." Dustin said as Max tackled him.
Will grinned and then spit out his lemonade laughing as Lucas just layed their screaming out random apologies.
"Oh my God!! El, if I ever make you mad, give me a head start will you?" Mike asked while holding back laughter.
"Sure, and I love that you already know that Max and I are very similar." El said.
"She turned you against me!" Mike protested.
"And you are as scared as Lucas-Mc-Scaredy pants over there." El said, sipping her lemonade.
Mike muttered something under his breath.
"What was that?" El asked, raising her eyebrows.
Mike's face went white, "Nothing." He squeaked.
"He said prove it." Dustin said as he pretended to cough.
"Shi-" Mike yelled as he took of sprinting.
El yelled something at him before following him.
Will and Dustin were left laughing hysterically as the two toughest guys in their group were being attacked by their girlfriends.
"Wheeler!" El yelled as she jumped on Mike's back.
"I didn't say that!" Mike screeched as El pinned him to the ground.
Her face was pink as she failed at holding back her laughter.
"Ahha! El I'm sorry!" Mike laughed as he cupped the side of her face with his hand.
El just shook her head and leaned down and kissed him.
"You're an idiot." She shispered, playing with his hair.
"I know.." Mike mumbled, staring at her.
"A very.. hopeless idiot." El said, kissing him again.
Mike sat up and hugged El, burying his face in her shoulder.
"I love you." He said, his voice muffled by her t-shirt.
El smiled to herself, "I love you too."
Mike stood up, holding out his hand for El.
She took it and they walked back to their friends, grinning.
They came back to Will, Dustin, and Max laughing at Lucas, who was still apologizing to Max.
Once he caught sight of Mike he stopped, "Man, you have it easy. El just went all lovey on you!" He said, going red in the face.
El raised he eyebrows at him and then made him spill his cup of lemonade on his shirt.
"Ah, It's cold!" Lucas yelled with a high pitched voice.
Max laughed and kissed his cheek, "Come on dummy, let's go clean you up." She said as she pulled him into the house.
"Let's hope she goes all lovey on you, Lucas!" Dustin called after him.
Lucas flipped him off as the door shut.
El and Mike sat down on the steps of the porch, staring at the clouds.
"Hey Dustin, lets go get some more lemonade." Will said, grabbing the pitcher.
Dustin looked from Will to Mike and smirked, "Riighht.. Lemonade." He said.
"No but seriously... we need more lemonade." Will said.
Dustin looked at the empty pitcher, "Oh, right." He said, grabbing the cups and then following Will inside.
El intertwined her fingers with Mike's and continued looking at the sky.
"This is nice." She said.
Mike looked at her, "What?"
"This.. laughing and.. being.. kids. It's nice." She said, looking at him.
Mike smiled, "I guess we all kind of forgot what it was like for a while." He said.
"I'm glad we ended up this way.. All of us.. I think we deserve a happy life." She said.
Mike nodded, "A happy life." He repeated, staring back up at the clouds.
El kissed his cheek and then rested her head against his shoulder, closing her eyes.
And there they sat, listening to the wind, watching the clouds, and feeling completely happy for the first time in years.
MILEVEN IS MY OTP. Season 2 just gave me so many mileven feels and I can't wait to see future mileven moments.
I really hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and please stay tuned!