A/N: I'm back!
Glad you guys liked the first chapter! This is going to be a really intense story, like I've said before. If you guys saw my Instagram, Finn Mileven Love, I think you might have an idea of things that could happen in this story. There are a few flashback stuff coming up in a few chapters to explain El's past. And to answer a question from AnnaBrownWolfhard011, El never knew Mike until now. More of her past will be explained so you get this.
But I'm sure you'll love this story! It's my first time writing this sort of thing so I hope that it's good for you guys. So sit back and enjoy because this one will be a long ride. But you will enjoy it! I DARE YOU! (Millie's new music video she stars in! Check it out! She's amazing!)
Here we go!
It was now lunchtime at school. El was on the lunch line to get some food, hoping that it would be good food instead of gross food that no one liked. But for El, it was the same thing everyday, she always got the salad and some kind of sandwich. She couldn't bear to eat any grody food they served.
El got a new kind of sandwich they were serving that day. It was a salami, cheese, and tomato sandwich. She decided to try it because that was normally the only good thing they served. After she got her sandwich, she walked into the cafeteria to look for Max so they could sit with Mike. She saw her sitting alone at their normal table and she looked annoyed. El walked over to her best friend, but didn't sit down at the table like she normally would.
"Max, what's up?" She asked her friend.
Max just shrugged and put her elbows on the table. "The whole video project thing. I never asked to be with Lucas Sinclair. I don't want to be paired up with him. But at least we only work on the project at school in that one class. I don't want to see him for the rest of the day," she complained. That was when she noticed that El was still standing. "Why aren't you sitting down? What's up?"
El stuttered a little to find her words to her. She just hoped that she would agree to the arrangement of them sitting at a different table. "Well, um, I sort of can't sit here. I promised my partner that I'd sit with him and meet his friends," she told Max.
Max's eyes widened at her. "What do you mean? Do I have to sit by myself? You're ditching me?" She exclaimed.
"No! I asked him if you could also sit with them and he said you could. Come on," El gestured. Max stood up from her seat and grabbed her lunch as El looked around the cafeteria to find where Mike was. Then she saw him talking to three other boys at a table in the back. She walked over to them with Max following her. Mike noticed the two girls and waved them over. El smiled when she saw him notice her and pulled up a chair to the table.
"Hey El! These are my friends, Will, Dustin, and Lucas. Guys, this is El. She's my partner for the video project," Mike introduced. El smiled at all of them while the other boys waved at her, curiously.
"Hi. I'm El and this is my friend, Max. It's nice to meet you guys," El said, quietly. She was surprised that she was actually talking to them instead of not talking due to her shyness. She noticed Max's eyes widen when she walked closer to the table. Lucas was her partner and he was Mike's friend. El gave her best friend a confident smile and she pulled up a chair next to Mike. Max reluctantly pulled up a chair and sat next to Dustin.
"So, uh, El, where do you come from? I don't really recognize you," Will asked.
"It's my first year here in Hawkins. I used to live in Clarksville but now I live here with my mom and aunt. They decided that it was time when my life needed a change. For the better. Clarksville never felt like home to me," El explained. "On my first day, I didn't feel at home yet when a mouth breather named Troy started bullying me for looking like a freak due to my pixie cut hair. Max quickly came to my rescue and we became fast friends."
Mike's eyes widened at the story. "That's why you wanted to do bullying for the video project? Because of Troy? We get bullied by him too," he said.
Dustin nodded. "Yeah he does. He does it because we are nerds. He calls me Toothless due to my clydocranial dysphasia. He calls Mike 'Frogface', Lucas 'Midnight', and Will a queer. We all hate him," he said.
"Oh, and speak of the devil," Lucas said, seeing Troy and his friend James come over to the table. They all glared at him, wanting him to go away and leave them alone for once.
"Hey look! The freak made friends with the freak show! Pretty fitting for a girl like her!" Troy said, smirking at them.
El glared at Troy and stood up from her seat. She only wanted that one encounter on her first day, not another one today. "Go away, mouthbreather," she said. "We aren't freaks," she added, not knowing what else to say. Her shyness was taking over for some reason she didn't understand.
Troy and James looked at each other with fake surprise. Everyone just continued to glare at them, waiting for them to leave. "Looks like the freak thinks that she can speak now! She finally moved up from preschool to kindergarten! That's a long step for a freak like you!"
"I said GO AWAY!" El screamed.
Suddenly, Troy flew backwards into another table. He crashed into the table, causing the food to splatter all over him. Everyone stared at the scene in shock, not knowing what had just happened. They all looked over at El, who started to turn red from all the attention she was getting. Then she felt something going down her nose. She gently touched the spot where the liquid was coming from and saw that she was bleeding from her nose. She gasped in shock and looked over at Troy for a minute and then back at her table, who were also staring in shock.
The lunch teacher, Mrs. Watson, came over with a nasty look on her face. "What happened here?! Someone please explain to me right now!" She yelled.
Before El could say anything, Troy immediately took action. "I just came over to have a simple conversation with her, but then she pushed me back with some sort of force. I didn't do anything for her to harass me like that!" He claimed.
El's eyes widened as Mrs. Watson looked over at her. "Is this true? Did you do that to this boy?" She asked with a tone of anger in her voice.
El struggled to find an answer to her question. She didn't know what to say, anything she could say would get her in trouble because she still harmed Troy. As she was about to take the blame, Mike quickly stood up and came to her aid.
"She didn't do anything wrong! Troy came over and started to bully us for no reason. He called El a freak and us a freak show. She told him to go away, twice, but somehow he got pushed back into the table. El was the victim in this. Troy is lying like he normally does to get out of trouble that he always causes," Mike explained.
Mrs. Watson eyed Mike and then looked at El and back at Troy. El held her breath, hoping that what Mike said would work. She didn't want the bully to win like they normally did back at Clarksville. Troy glared at them and Mike and El glared back, then they looked back up at the teacher. She took a deep breath and looked at Troy with a death glare.
"Come with me, Mr. Harrington. You have detention for two weeks," she said, roughly grabbing his arm and dragging him out of the cafeteria. Mike, Will, Lucas, Dustin and Max smirked at the shocked looking Troy, happy that he lost this battle.
El had tears streaming down her face and she ran off to the bathroom to hide. Everyone watched her leave with confused expressions. Mike also had a confused look and he ran after her to see what was wrong. He was puzzled on why she ran off crying instead of being happy about Troy getting in trouble. He quietly went in the bathroom and saw El with her face leaning against the wall, sobbing. Mike slowly walked over to her and put a hand on her shoulder.
"What's wrong, El? What happened back there?" He asked.
El looked up at him and quickly wiped away some tears. "I-I don't know. Something's wrong with me. Everything is wrong with me!" She sobbed.
Mike gave her another confused look. "What do you mean? Nothing's wrong with you. But seriously, do you know what happened back there?" He asked.
"I-I can't t-tell you. You would h-hate me," El said. Then she bolted out of the bathroom, leaving Mike wondering what she was talking about. Something was up with her and he wanted to help. She seemed like someone who had a troubled life, which was why she said that Clarksville was never a home for her.
Mike ran out of the bathroom, hoping to find El and get some answers.
A/N: Woah, what happened here?
So, El still has some sort of powers. Will be explained. Clarksville was never a home to her. Will be explained. Basically, everything about El will be explained! What else? It's going to be really rough when she explains it.
But isn't Mike the greatest? He had just met her that day, but is there to comfort her and to stand up for El. Seriously, we all need a Mike Wheeler and a Finn Wolfhard in our lives. They are the sweetest and the greatest! FINN COME TO MY HOUSE AND MARRY ME! Okay, that's weird with the marrying part. JUST COME TO MY HOUSE FINN!
I hope you enjoyed! Please review!
