One by one they arrived at the house. They arrived between the times of 17:00 and 17:15 Will and El first, then Dustin, Mike and Max last. Max was a noticeable girl on account of her fiery red hair. She had moved to Hawkins, IN last summer from California and almost immediately made friends with Dustin and Lucas. Her brother used to be quite abusive but after a certain Demo-dog attack at the Byers' house, he kept out of her way. Mike took a bit longer to accept her as he thought that they were trying to replace El on account of her being kept hidden away by Hopper for a year. He finally accepted her when El came back and El and Max formed an unlikely friendship
The D&D set was bought out set up and before long they were playing. Max had slowly learned how to play but still occasionally asked questions about it. After about 45mins of playing El suddenly asked 'Mike, what is sex?' They all froze and looked at El.
There was at least 30 seconds of awkward silence before Dustin said 'Yeah Mike, please explain what sex is'.
Mike went as red as he could possibly go 'Umm, we already learn about it in Sex Ed I don't think that –'
'For El's benefit, remember she wasn't that well over the three day course we took last April' Dustin said cutting him off. El had a stomach bug and so missed out on the Sex Ed course. The boys had forgotten to tell her about it.
Before Mike could think of another excuse El said 'Mike please say and remember friends don't lie.'
Will had been listening in on the conversation not wanting to say anything on account of El being his 'sister'. Finally, he plucked up the courage to join in and asked 'What's all the fuss about.'
'Mike is just about to tell us what sex is, aren't you Mike' Lucas said looking at Mike
'He doesn't have to, he looks uncomfortable' said Will.
It's ok Will, but thanks' replied Mike.
Mike exhaled a deep breath before starting. 'Sex is when two people love each other very much and they show that through physical actions.'
'Like me and you?' asked El.
Mike responded with 'Yeah I guess so. Maybe sometime in the future'
'When?' asked El, and at her asking this Dustin, Max and Lucas burst out laughing
'I don't know, sorry' Mike replied, blushing.
It's ok Mike' replied El
'I think that you should Mike' encouraged Lucas.
'No Lucas. I think Mr. Clarke is more the person you should be asking this too as he taught us all of it and he has more knowledge of it than we do' said Mike
'Ok, I'll go ask him tomorrow' replied El.
Mike let out a sigh of relief but it was interrupted by complaints from all the boys attending.
'Come on' said Dustin and Lucas in unison
Max said 'Since I'm new here I'll tag along as well El.'
El simply nodded in acknowledgment.
Despite Dustin's protests at first, they finished their D&D game with no more mention of the s-word (sex). By the time they had finished it was past midnight and Lucas's sister came down to ask them to 'shut up nerds' numerous times. Lucas's Mom had to come down so that they didn't have another game.
They all shuffled into their sleeping bags and one by one fell asleep except Mike. He kept wondering whether El would enjoy doing it. What he wanted to think is 'Yeah, she'll love you forever.' What he really thought however was 'I hope I don't screw things up and make it super awkward'.
He finally went to sleep imagining what it would be like. The house fell silent except for the snoring. Until El suddenly awoke in the night with a nose bleed…