Chapter 2: The Date

"Michael..."

"Michael!"

I woke up to the voice of my sister screaming at me and shaking me awake from my amazing sleep.

"Nancy what do you want?" I said to her as I pulled the pillow from under my head and put it over my face.

"Oh I don't want anything Mike, but I'm pretty sure El does."

"SHIT!" I yelled as I practically jumped from my bed into my clothes.

"And Mike?"

"Yes."

"Set your clock for once." Nancy said as she walked out of my room.

Never in my life did I think it was possible to get dressed this fast, I was done within 3 minutes of waking up.

Now you're probably wondering "Mike, what the hell are you doing? It's Saturday." Well today isn't just any Saturday, today is the day I go on my first date and now I had slept in late, something you probably shouldn't do on a first date.

I hadn't even bothered to brush my hair, at this point there's no time to do anything at all. The only thing I knew was that I'm leaving my date for the day waiting down there.

"Alright see ya Nance!" I said as I ran past her door, not even waiting for a response as I practically jumped down the entire staircase to get to the bottom, and boy, what a sight for sore eyes once I got down there.

El was standing there with her hair in a shoulder length ponytail, wearing a blue sweater with a pair of tight blue jeans and converse shoes.

She looked beautiful.

"Hi Mike."

"Hi El... look I'm really sorry I was late getting down here and I'm sorry I slept in and I'm sorry I forgot to set my clock and I know that's the worst thing I could do on a first date and-" I was cutoff by El putting her finger over my lips

"Mike, it's okay. You talk to much."

"El, thank you." I said, and with that, we stepped out into the cool September day, ready for a day of fun.

Just me and El.

... (El's POV)

It was quite a long walk to downtown Hawkins, about fifteen minutes from Mike's house but it was completely worth it knowing I get to spend the whole day with Mike, Mr. Boyfriend.

Thinking of the name brought a smile to my face and a warm ness to my heart, being able to call Mike my boyfriend always gives me butterflies in my stomach, knowing that he was too good for me.

"El?"

"Yes Mike?"

"What did you want to do first?"

"I'm hungry."

"Well then I guess we should get some food." Mike said with a smile.

"Where did you want to go El?"

"Diner." I said, it was the only place really in Hawkins that I knew of off the top of my head, considering how small Hawkins is I'm pretty sure it's the only restaurant here.

As we walked in we were treated by the waitress who sat us down at a table and took our orders, she was quite nice, she was patient with me as I tried to say what I wanted to eat, a bacon and cheese omelet.

Mike had ordered his usual whenever we ate here, a BLT with extra bacon, Mike has always been kind of limited as to what he likes in terms of food. If he could, I swear he would order pizza three meals a day. But I always liked to get something different, ever since I arrived in Hawkins I always got something different here.

Suddenly though Mike put his hand on mine while we were sitting there, it was then that I'd realized I've been staring into space for the past few minutes.

"Are you okay El?"

"Just thinking... thanks Mike." I said, giving him a smile. I knew he always loved to see me smile, ever since that day in Mike's house, when he reclined me in his dead's recliner, I smiled and I could see the way it brightened his mood.

Just as we were starting to feel a bit of electricity going through our fingers it was cut short by the waitress, not to blame her or anything but I was quite liking being able to hold Mike's hand, feeling like it was just me and him, suspended in time.

"Here you go you two, one BLT with extra bacon and one bacon and cheese omelet."

"Thank you Ms... and here you go for the amazing service." Mike said as he handed her a 5 dollar bill, which was quite generous as it was almost half the price of our food, but that's just another reason why I like... love, Michael Wheeler.

... (Mike's POV)

After we finished eating we decided to head to a movie, there wasn't much out but El had said she wanted to go see "Back to the Future". It was our third time seeing it since it came out but we didn't care, there was just something about that made us want to see it, again and again and again.

But once we got there, we were greeted by the biggest dick hole in all of Hawkins, Troy.

"Well, well, well if it isn't Wheelie out with his little freak of a girlfriend." Troy said as he walked up to me and El.

"Buzz off, Troy."

"Why don't you make me, Wheeler." Troy said as he tried to shove me but before he could I was pulled to the side away from him making him shove the air in front of him.

"...You." He said as he looked over to El, but it looked like she wasn't even worried about him. She even had a smile on her face.

"Bring on Troy." El said.

"El you don't-"

"Mike, let me handle."

And with that I stepped away while Troy made his advancement... of one step. On the second step he slipped and fell onto his back, knocking the wind out of him.

"You two are dead." Troy said as he started to raise from his wheezing crouch but at he stood his jaw snapped shut and his body stiffened before he spun around and stiffly walked into the girls bathroom.

El who now had a slight nosebleed lessened her focus once she heard a scream come from the bathroom.

"Alright I think we good." El said looking proud and accomplished.

"That was amazing El."

"I impress even myself sometime." With that El flashed me a toothy grin going all the way from her left to her right ear.

"I suppose you aren't really in the mood to watch a movie now?"

"Not really."

"What do you want to do now then?"

"Home."

So that's where we went it was another 15 minutes to walk back home but it was all worth it because I got to spend it with the person I like... love, El Hopper.

... (Still Mike's POV)

We got home and, of course, Nancy ran out with Jonathan so I needed to go and find the extra key left around the back of the house, with nobody being home because mom and dad had left for the day on a mini vacation over in Indianapolis.

Once I eventually found the key and we were finally in me and El decided to go to the one place we could always find peace no matter what happened, the basement.

"So what did you want to do then El?"

"I have surprise!" El said as she jumped up. I had no idea she had something planned so to say that I was excited to see what was going to happen would be an understatement.

El began to rush around the basement, turning on the TV and switching it to white static and bringing over two blindfolds.

"Here, put on Mike."

"What for?"

"Just do it." El said as she playfully began to get frustrated over exaggerating by putting her hands on her hips and rolling her eyes.

"Alright, alright Mrs. Bossypants." And with that I threw the blindfold on waited for El's surprise.

"Hold my hand Mike, and just let happen."

"Alright El, I trust you."

El took my hand and after a second I felt a tingle at the back of my mind as it began to spread all the way around and cover my head and engross me. I began to see shapes and colours form, eventually I could feel myself standing, the breeze hitting my face. In an instant I realized we were overlooking a large city, I turned to my side and saw and saw an empty rooftop and to the other side, El.

"Don't let go Mike."

"I won't El, but where are we?"

"New York."

"Wow, but why New York?"

"It's the only place I had a picture of."

"So you're showing me this, with your mind?"

"Yes, there's also another reason I brought you here."

"What's that?"

"...Michael Wheeler, you are the greatest boy anyone could ever meet, you are too good for me and I know that but I just want you to know that even though out in the real world I may be a freak with telekinetic abilities but Mike all I want to say is... I love you."

I could feel tears begin to well up in my eyes, I understood why she brought me here. It wasn't because of the view, it was because here in her mind she could speak to her hearts content, not limited out in the real world by her speech, she wanted to tell me how she felt, not write about it.

"El."

"Yes Mike?"

"Being able to hear you speak... it's one of the greatest sounds I've been able to hear in my lifetime, what you said... you're not a freak, never call yourself that, you're the greatest girl any guy could ever have and I'm not too good for you, you are too good for me and... I love you too Eleven Jane Hopper."

Tears started to form in the eyes of El when I noticed it.

"El, your nose."

"Oh, I'm sorry Mike but we have to go."

With that things started to blur, the bright lights of the city, the next thing I knew everything was black.

I ripped the blindfold off at the exact same time as El, her nose was bleeding in both nostrils and I could tell she had been crying recently, not to mention I could feel that my cheeks were wet as well.

"El your nose..."

"Mike... your nose." She said looking at me. I wiped at my nose, blood.

"I guess that makes us both nose bleeders then huh?" I said with a smile.

"Look like it." El said with a giggle.

"Mike?"

"Yes El?

"Cuddle?"

"I would love to."

We snuggled up to each other and moved as close as possible on the couch as both of us fell asleep, putting to an end, the first, and best date I will ever be on.