Chapter 1 ~ The letter
Eleven woke up in Hopper's shack. Her room was warm and her unicorn slippers were waiting for her at the foot of her bed. Pulling back her teal duvet she got up, her pale pink night-dress keeping her warm. She padded into the kitchen where some Eggos and bacon were sat. Hopper smiled softly as El took her place, and he offered her a fried egg.
" Did you sleep well?"
El nodded in reply, already tucking into her breakfast. She was eagerly tucking into her breakfast, listening to the static crackling of the radio as Hopper tuned it into a channel. Her thoughts began to drift away from Hawkins and towards the idea of going on holiday. She wanted to go somewhere else to clear her head from all that had occured in the last year. She wanted to go away with her friends and forget about everything. Hopper broke her thoughts when the radio fired into action and he spoke, smiling at her with soft eyes.
"You do know a letter came for you in the post!"
The food practically fell out of El's mouth! She had never had a letter before.
"Really?!"
"Yes!" Hopper handed her an envelope with a crest containing a lion, a snake, a badger and an eagle. They were in four colours; red, green, yellow and blue. Sloping handwriting addressed the letter to 'Jane (Eleven) Hopper, the shack in the woods, Hawkins, America'
She pulled it open and inside was an acceptance letter to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She must call Mike and tell him.
" El! This is amazing you will be going to England to go to school, you have to phone Mike right away!"
Instantly the phone rang. It was Mike.
"El! How are you? Meet me at my basement in 20 minutes we need to discuss something!"
Her eyes began to glow as she got butterflies in her stomach, this happened whenever she saw Mike. They had been dating for a month now, but she still felt this way every time she heard his voice. Nancy had told her it was normal to get nervous arround someone you love, she felt the same way arround Johnathan.
El had grown a lot closer with Nancy, especially as she was dating Mike. They had spent a lot of girl time together, gossiping, doing makeup and nails. Most of the time Max joined in too.
She ran into her room to get dressed. She put on her pair of blue denim dungarees, her yellow shirt and her red converse. She combed her longer hair untill the waves hung softly about her shoulders, put on some makeup (it used to be Nancy's) and asked Hopper if she could ride her new bike to Mike's house. She had been given the bike for a welcome to my family gift. It was a beautiful shade of glittery turquoise and had a purple bell. It was the same make as Mike's and they could ride on the bikes together, not leaving him the pressure of riding with her sat on the bike! She walked out onto the decking and where her bike was waiting for her. El threw her leg over the saddle and the bell tinkled.
" Ok, but be careful. And stick to the road!" Hopper was still overprotective after everything that El had gone through, but she liked how kind he was.
She pushed off the front step and wobbled down the makeshift path Hopper had constructed after the rain turned the woods into a quagmire. She turned onto the road only to hear the rattle of Max's skateboard rolling down the path.
"El!" Max waved, her long ginger hair flowing behind her as they picked up speed. Soon they rounded a corner and Mike's house came into veiw.
They crept arround the side of the house and parked their vehicles round the side. When I said parked I meant chucked into the perfectly trimmed bush! They walked back round discussing what they thought the letter had in store for all of them. Max knocked on the front door and waited patiently for Mike to come to the door. They were silent.
Sorry this is a short chapter but I promise that chapter three is double the length of this! Please share, save and leave a review!