Chapter 2-Dancing the Night Away

The high school gym is decorated to a ten. The theme color is blue. There are crescent moon and stars decorations hanging from the ceiling. There are also blue and white balloons surrounding different areas of the gym. There is a big banner titled Dance under the stars: Prom 1989, where the DJ is. The DJ is playing "Tell it To My Heart" by Taylor Dayne. It's a upbeat pop song, so teens are dancing all over the place. Eleven holds on to Mike's arm, and smiles at him. Mike smiles back at her.

"Still nervous El"? he asked her in a concerned voice.

"No not as much as I was." Eleven replied. Mike leaned in and gave her a soft kiss. Eleven kissed him back. He put his arms around her waist. She wrapped her arms around his neck. They heard someone clear their throat and turned around to see their friend Dustin Henderson standing there.

"Damn guys get a room" their friend Dustin Henderson said with a big grin on his face. He was dressed in a green tuxedo. Mike gave him an annoyed look

"Where is your date, Mr. wonderful?" Mike asked.

"As a matter of fact she is in the powder room." "You know, how girls are wanting to make sure they look good for their dates." Dustin said laughing. Mike rolled his eyes. sked him. Dustin smiled.

"So is all the gang here?" Mike questioned him.

Dustin points to the table they are sitting at. "Gotcha, let's go chat with them El." Mike says taking his hand in hers. Eleven smiles back at Dustin. The DJ starts playing the up-tempo song, "Express Yourself" by Madonna. Stacey Thompson was dancing and bumped into Eleven. Stacey was a popular girl, and a mouth breather as Eleven referred to her. Eleven strongly disliked her, ever since she found out that Stacey turned down an offer to dance with Dustin. Stacey looked at her in disgust.

"Watch are you are going, you stupid bitch." Stacey snarled. Mike looked at her in anger.

"You bumped into her." Mike yelled. Stacey crossed her arms.

"What, the retard can't speak for herself?" Stacey snickered. Eleven focused her eyes on her, and made her trip with her mind. Mike couldn't help but laugh and took Eleven's hand and walked away from Stacey. Eleven wiped the blood from her nose. They walked to the table where all their friends Lucas Sinclair, Lucas's girlfriend Max Mayfield, who was also their friend, Will Beyers and his date Cindy.

"Hey guys, you look great, especially you El. Max said smiling at them.

"Thanks, Max, you look so pretty." Eleven smiled at her. Max was wearing a sparkly red dress, and her red hair was teased. Eleven didn't like Max at first because of a misunderstanding with Mike, but now they were the best of friends. They were practically like sisters. Max got out of her chair, and gave her a bug hug. Eleven hugged back. They started chatting it up. Mike gave them some girl time and sat at the table with Lucas, Will, and Cindy.

"Man can you believe it? our senior prom" Lucas asked excited. Lucas wearing a red and black tuxedo.

"I know, it's crazy man." Mike smiled at him. "The prom decorations are awesome though."

"Yeah, they are, it was Cindy's idea to pick this theme." Will said smiling at Cindy. Will and Cindy had been dating for a few months now. She was Will's first girlfriend.

"Well actually, Will helped me think of a theme, so I have to owe some of the credit to him." Cindy gushed as she took a sip of her punch.

Cindy was wearing a blue dress, and her blonde hair was styled in an up do. Will was wearing a blue tuxedo. Another up-tempo song was playing. It was "When I think of You" By Janet Jackson. "Oh, I love this song." Cindy said bopping her head. "C'mon will, lets dance." Cindy said looking at him putting her hand on his shoulder.

"Ugh I don't know." Will said nervously.

"Get your ass on that dancefloor will, tonight is about having fun." Lucas said trying to encourage him.

"He's right Will, live it up." Mike agreed.

"Ok Cindy, let's go." Will gave in. They stood out of their chairs and walked hand in hand out to the dancefloor and started dancing.

"I'm really happy for will." Mike said placing his hands on the table.

"Yeah me too, Cindy is good for him. Lucas agreed.

"Where the hell is Dustin." Mike asked. "El and I saw him when we first came in. He said his date was in the bathroom, I guess he went to the bathroom too."

"Yeah to fuck what's her face." Lucas snickered. Mikes eyes grew wide.

"What, c'mon Dustin isn't getting laid in the bathroom." Mike said bursting out laughing.

"It's not that far of a stretch, I mean it is prom night after all." Lucas looked over at Max, and smiled. Mike thought about El, and what he wanted their plans to be tonight. Mike suddenly turned red.

"Why are you turning so red for mike." Is it because I brought up sex?" Lucas asked.

"What, no of course not." Mike said looking down.

"C'mon friends don't lie, tell me what's up wheeler." Lucas protested.

"Ok, I've been thinking about this for a while, I want to get a hotel room tonight after prom, he sighed, I want to have sex with El for the first time." Mike replied.

"I think you should Mike." Lucas said.

"Really?" Mike asked.

"Yeah, go for it man, you totally should, you love each other, that is the most important thing." Lucas reassured him.

"What about you and Max, is tonight the night for you guys?" Mike asked curiously.

"Well, we actually did." Lucas responded.

"What? When?" Mike questioned as his eyes grew wide.

"Well it was actually tonight before prom." Lucas told him. "It just kinda happened man, it surprised us both. We were in the car making out and one thing lead to another." Lucas said. Mike looked shocked.

"Do you feel any different now." Mike asked.

"Yeah, I actually do, man." Lucas replied. "I have to say, I really enjoyed it, but Max not so much, it was really painful for her." Mike suddenly worried about Eleven, he knew sex hurt girls the first time, and he would never dream of hurting her. Dustin, and his date Marilyn walked back to the table. She was wearing a pink dress, and Dustin was wearing a pink and black tuxedo. Her hair was crimped. Marilyn's hair was messy, and Dustin was sweating.

"I'm gonna go get us some punch." Marilyn said giving him a quick kiss and walked away. Mike and Lucas both stared at him.

"What?!" Dustin asked them. Mike and Lucas both laughed.

"Man, we totally know what you two were doing, in the bathroom of all places." Lucas said raising his eyebrows at him. Mike pointed his finger at him.

"Shame, shame Dustin." Mike said laughing. "Well, I guess she couldn't resist these pearls, grrrrrr. Dustin responded. They all busted out laughing. Max and Eleven finished their girl talk, and walked back to the table. Max sat in Lucas's lap.

"So, did we miss any interesting conversations guys?" Max asked.

"Nope, not all." Lucas replied. She smiled at him.

"Oh. I'm sure of that." She said. The couple began to make-out. Eleven sat close to mike. He looked over her and smiled. Marilyn came back to the table with punch for her and Dustin. They took a few sips and headed straight to the dance floor.

The DJ spoke, "Hey, hey how are we all doing tonight?" Teens responded with different answers. "I think it's time for a slow one." The DJ started playing the ballad, Eternal Flame by The Bangles.

"El, do you wanna dance"? Mike asked. Eleven smiled.

"Yes" She replied. He took his hand in hers and led her to the dance floor. He wrapped his arms around her waist, and she wrapped her arms around his neck. He leaned in and kissed her. She kissed him back. He breaks away from the kiss, and they continue to move along to the music. Eleven laid her head on his chest. Mike smiled and held her close. The DJ played another slow song. It was Heaven by Warrant. Eleven raised her head up, and kissed him. He kissed her back. He broke away from the kiss.

"I love dancing with you El, I love being close to you, and feeling your touch." Mike said smiling at her. Eleven blushed.

"Me too Mike, we should dance more often." She said smiling at him.

"We could always dance in my basement, there is plenty of room." He laughed. Eleven smiled, and rested her head on his chest again. She sighed.

"Mike, I don't want this night to end." I wanna stay here forever in your arms." Eleven said.

"You have no idea El, I would love that." Mike replied. They continued to move to the music. It was as if they were the only two people on the dance floor, or on the planet. The song ended and The DJ started playing the up-tempo song, Every Little Step by Bobby Brown. Eleven started to dance to the upbeat song, Mike did as well. They danced to several more upbeat songs, having the time of their lives. Eleven noticed something fell out of mike's pocket.

"Hey, I think you dropped something." Eleven said. Mike began to panic he didn't want her to see the condom, he hadn't even mentioned it to her.

"Oh really, he bended down and saw the condom and picked it up fast." "I'm gonna go get us some punch." He said in a rushed voice. Eleven followed behind him. Mike was pouring the punch for him and her. He turned around, and was startled to see her standing there. "Jesus El, don't sneak up on me like that." He said handing her the cup of punch. Eleven took a sip of it, and looked at him.

"What's wrong?" She asked.

"Nothing is wrong, El. He replied. Why do you ask?" He said nervously taking a few drinks of the punch.

"What did you drop?" Eleven asked.

"Forget about it, nothing." Mike sighed. "c'mon let's dance." He grabbed her hand.

She pulled away from him.

"No, Mike." She crossed her arms.

"El, just forget about it ok." He said in a loud tone. Eleven looked sad, she looked down. Mike immediately felt bad. "Hey, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to yell. Eleven looked up at him and gave him a reassuring smile.

"It's ok Mike." But will you please tell me what you drop?" Eleven continued to question him.

"It was a condom ok." Mike sighed. Eleven blushed.

"You dropped a condom?" she asked still blushing. Mike blushed as well.

"Yeah, El I didn't want you to find out that I had one like that." He replied. Eleven continued to look at him. "See I have had this planned for a while, I have money saved from where I work at the record store, and I wanted to stay at hotel room tonight after prom, just me and you." he said he reached down to hold both her hands. "El, I want to make love to you tonight." He bluntly said. Eleven blushed, she was silent for a moment.

"You want us to have sex for the first time?" She asked.

"Yeah, I do" He replied. "But, I don't want to force you, if you are not ready. So, we can just do the after prom thing with everyone and go bowling and watch a movie." Eleven kissed him to shut him up. Mike kissed her back. She broke away from the kiss.

"Mike, I want to." Eleven said. Mike still was unsure, he knew sex would hurt her the first time, but he couldn't deny that he wanted to have sex with her. He desired to be with her that way.

"El, are you sure, this is major?" He asked her.

"I am sure Mike." Eleven nodded smiling at him. Mike smiled back.

"Promise?" Mike asked.

"Promise." Eleven reassured him.

He leaned in and gave her a quick kiss and hugged her. "Let's go now" Eleven said. After finding out what Mike had planned for them, Eleven wanted to leave right away and be with him in that special way she secretly longed for ever since she learned about sex.

"But, the prom isn't over and they haven't announced the prom king and queen, although I'm sure it'll be that bitch Stacey and her mouth breather of a boyfriend. He laughed. Eleven laughed as well.

"So, we should go then." Eleven protested.

"Ok El." Mike said. Lucas looked over at him and waved as they both left the gym.

"Hmm I wonder where they are going?" Mike and Eleven walked out to the car. He opened the door for her. He got in the car and drove away from the high school. They were both silent. Mike felt extremely nervous, as did El. He started to have doubts again, but ignored them. Eleven nervously looked down. Mike pulled into the closest hotel. The hotel looked decent. It was white, with brown doors, red around the windows, and the roof was red. Mike looked over at El.

"Well here we are" He said nervously. Eleven smiled.

"yeah" she responded nervously.

"Ready to check-in?" he asked her. She smiled and nodded. He got out the car and opened the car door for her. She smiled at him and he shut her door. He took his hand in hers and they walked inside the hotel together.

I fixed all the errors, and the paragraphs in this chapter, so I hope it's easier for you guys to read. I will fix chapters 3, and 4 as soon as I can.