Eleven woke up the next morning ready to go to her first day of her Junior year. She tore the warm blanket off her skin, lightly shivering at the cool air. `It'll warm up later` she thought to herself. She stood up and walked over to the window. She slowly pulled the curtain away and opened the window, allowing the warmer air to come flowing into her room. She smiled to herself and stood in the morn sunlight.

She walked over to her nightstand and grabbed the Super-Com the boys had got for her birthday years ago. She turned it to her and Mike's special channel. "Mike," she said into the speaker of the Super-Com. She walked back over to the window with the Super-Com in hand. She waited a minute. The walkie crackled and a very muffled, low, groggy voice was heard from the other end.

"Good morning beautiful." his voice was soft. El smiled, "We have school, it's time to get up." she told him. Mike whined, "No… I wanna stay in summer and have more freetime with you and the Party." El grinned again, now gazing out her window at the rising sun. "Mike, it's 6 o'clock, it's time to get moving." she comprised. "Babe… you sound just like my mom." Mike complained. "Yeah well, I feel like your mom right now so…" El laughed. "Shush it." Mike laughed with her.

"It's okay to feel like my mom but, I can promise you I don't kiss my mom like that." Mike smirked. El didn't need to see his face to know he was smirking, she blushed at his comment. She thought back to yesterday on the blanket. Their long lasting kiss that left them breathless, their mouths forming the words; I love you, the way their tongues glided against each other, the burning feeling in the pit of their stomachs from pleasure, the way their hips had moved together till the burning subsided.

"Babe, you good?" Mike's voice rang statically through the walkie. "Beyond." she stated happily. "Okay well, I'm up and moving so-" El could no longer understand Mike's voice it was all static. "Mike I need to get a phone in my room like you, the Super-Com is breaking." she laughed a little. Mike let a breathy laugh as well. "I said, I'm up and moving so I will pick you up in an hour." "Alright." she grinned. "Bye babe, I love you." "I love you too, babe" she beamed "bye." and with that she turned off the walkie and walked to her bedroom door.

Eleven opened her bedroom door to see a smirking Will standing there with two mugs of coffee. "I heard you talking to Mike so I figured I'd bring you a cup." "Thank you so much!" she beamed grabbing the mug and immediately taking a sip. "Will, I think your coffee is better than mine." she tried to say with a straight face until she busted out laughing. Will laughed as well, "So not true, nothing beats your coffee in the morning." She nodded taking another sip. "Although I do have to say, it does taste a LOT better than last time." They both laughed.

"So, what are we wearing today?" Will asked. Will had become like one of the girls when it came to Max and El. The three of them were the closest. Will was more of a sensitive and supportive friend than a brother. It was one of those friendships. El smiled at her brother. "I don't know, Max helped me pick out two outfits a couple days ago and said I should wear whatever one I'm more comfortable with." Will nodded at her and they both walked into her room.

"Well which one?" he continued. "I don't know, haven't tried them." she answered. "Chop, chop girl get to it!" Will joked. Eleven smiled and picked up her clothes before walking into her and Will's Jack and Jill style bathroom. She walked out in black high-waisted shorts and a black and white striped crop top. She threw her chucks on and opened the door. Will stood up, "Holy shit, El! You're going to kill my best friend!" he laughed. Eleven blushed.

"What's the other outfit like?" Will asked. "The other one is just a cut tee and my denim skirt, me and Max were gonna dress it up more with my makeup if I wore that." she stated simply. "I take it you wanna wear this though?" Will asked knowingly. "Yes, I'm just gonna put some mascara on and we can go eat." She said walking over to her desk.

She sat down and pulled out her mascara, carefully applying a layer. Will smirked at her. "What?" she questions looking at him through the mirror. "I love you too, babe." he quoted what she had told Mike earlier over the Super-Com. El's face turned bright red, coated in blush. "What are you talking about?" she tried to play it off like she didn't know what he was talking about. Will laughed and walked up behind her, "I heard you on the Super-Com, that wasn't the first time you guys said it right? Like the first time he said he loved you it was sweet and romantic and thoughtful and not over a Super-Com." Will gave her a look. El nodded.

"It was yesterday after everyone had left, we were sitting in the sun and he was so nervous and so adorable when he finally said it." Eleven said closing her mascara and turning to face her brother. Will's smile only grew, "Awe, did you say it back?" he questioned. El smiled to herself, remembering exactly how she reacted. She was shocked at first but, then she just kissed him. And when they pulled apart after ten seconds, she confessed the love she had for him back. Then what happened after that, popped into her head. She blushed.

"El?" Will said her name, pulling her attention back to him and, away from the thoughts of what her and Mike had gotten up to. "Did you say it back?" he asked again. "Not at first but, yes. Of course I did. I've been waiting for the perfect moment to tell him in the past couple months, I guess he beat me to it though." she admitted Will nodded as they made their way out of her room.

They walked into the kitchen and saw a note saying that Joyce had already left for work. They threw 4 eggos into the toaster and waited. Hop came down the stairs and greeted them. "Morning kids." he said groggily. His uniform shirt was still unbuttoned showing the white t-shirt he wore underneath. "Morning Daddy!" El chirped. "Morning Dad." Will said at the same time. Hopper walked over and kissed El on the top of her head as she ate her waffles. "Someone's in a good mood." Hopper said as he moved on to hug Will.

"No, someone's in love." Will stated in a sing-song voice. Hopper spit out the coffee he had just drank back into the mug. "Who's in love?" he asked. El's face turned red, "Mike and Eleven." Will continued to make things worse. "Wheeler finally grew a pair and told ya, huh?" Hopper asked in a knowing voice. El just nodded. "I think things are getting a little too serious between you and Mike." Hopper stated as he sat down across the table from El. El stood up and walked over to the sink with her dirty dishes in hand. "Daddy, we have been together for almost five years now, I think it's fine." El said as she rinsed her plate off.

She sat back down next to Will and Hopper grabbed her hands from across the table. "Honey, a lot of things come with Love. Do you even know what love is? I think you just like him a lot." Hopper asked in a tone as if he was doubtful of the love she most certainly had for Mike. El took her hands out of Hop's, "Love is the indescribable feeling I get that only Mike can give me, It's the one where my world stops when he smiles, it's the one where my heart skips a beat just from making eye contact, I get butterflies at the sound of his name. So no, I don't just like him a lot Dad, I love him." She stood up from the table.

"Okay, I'm sorry if you took it the wrong way, it's just, Love is a big word, and it comes with a lot of new feelings and things. And you and Wheeler aren't exactly little anymore." Hopper explained. "I know Dad, but, we aren't doing those things." she told Hop. She thought back to yesterday, it was only making out, technically, and Hop already knows they do that. "Still I think maybe it's time me and Joyce talk to you and Mike." Hop said sounding upset about it himself. Will busted out in laughter. "We are NOT having the talk, Dad. We learned it in school, Mike's mom lectured him on it, Joyce has spoken to me about it as well as Nancy." Eleven explanied.

"But have you and Mike talked about it to each other?" Hopper questioned knowing the answer was no. El shook her head. "Look Dad, we know what we need to know and maybe when both of us are ready to start those kind of things we agreed to talk to each other first. We are good." El smiled. "But promise me one thing Daddy?" El hugged him. "If me and Mike ever do, do something, promise me you won't be mad or hurt him?" Eleven felt Hopper chuckle under his breath, "Sure kid. I promise." El sighed then looked to Will.

"Alright family talk over: we gotta do out teeth grab our bags and go." Will said, and that's exactly what they did. Mike pulled up about ten minutes later and watched as Eleven came down the porch steps. Bookbag slung behind her hanging off of one shoulder. She lazily opened the passenger side door, closing it as she sat down. She immediately placed her hand on the side of Mike's face and brought him in for a kiss. It lasted for about seven seconds. They pulled apart and El rested her forehead on Mike's, "Good morning babe." he greeted. "Good morning." she said with her eye's closed. They sat apart from each other and El threw her bag into the back seat.

"What? No Will today?" Mike presumed. "Nope, Sadie is going to pick him up." Mike nodded and El buckled up. Mike pulled out of the driveway heading towards school as Eleven went through his tapes before settling on a classic tape from Foreigner. 'I've Been Waiting' came on and Mike sang all the lyrics to El as they drove. He held her hand in the center between them and rolled into the school parking lot as soon as the next song, 'I Wanna Know What Love Is' finished.

El looked over at Mike as he rewinded the tape. "Mike, I'm kinda nervous." she said. Mike ejected the tape and put in the center before picking up Eleven's hand. "What are you nervous about? The bullies? C'mon Troy moved there's no worries." Mike comforted. "No, it's not the bullies. It's me, like, my appearance. If you noticed." El stated, face slightly flushed. "El, baby, if you think for a second I didn't notice then you have got another thing coming. Nobody is going to say anything about your body El." Mike continued to try and comfort her. "Mike… I don't know. Last year nobody said anything because I wore baggy clothes and now I have these boobs." Mike's eye's traveled down her body as she sat next to him.

Mike smiled a little, "Are you feeling self conscience about your hot ass body and that you finally have clothes that fit it the right way?" Mike laughed a little and placed a hand on her cheek, "You worry too much, " El closed her eyes and leaned her head into his hand further, "just trust me, okay babe? If anyone says something I will be right here with you." Mike finished his sentence and she opened her eyes looking up at him a little bit.

"I love you." she stated leaning in slightly. "I love you too." Mike said as he too, leaned in. Their lips touched and it was a soft and light kiss. Mike kept one hand on her face as he moved the other around her waist pulling her into the kiss more, causing her to deepen it. They grinned against each other's lips. "Y'know if we stay like this too long we are going to be late." she smirked. "I'm okay with that." Mike answered as he reconnected El's lips with his own. She pulled away, "Maybe you are but, I'm not. Besides I gotta show all those mouth breather girls how wrong they are because, the boy I love said I have a hot ass body." El smiled and so did Mike. He kissed her one last time, letting it linger.

As they were walking in hand in hand, El ran her unoccupied hand through her hair. Parting it to the opposite side it had been falling on. Mike looked at her as she did so. He was just admiring the beauty that was El until, he saw it. There on the right side of her neck, was a hickey. He smirked to himself, proud that she forgot to cover it up so now everyone would know without them having to announce it. People stared as they continued to walk into the school. They made their way over to their friends who were all gathered the same place in the hallway as the previous years.

A guy wolf whistled and El immediately felt screwed. Mike squeezed her hand to comfort her a little more. He had no idea why she was self conscience about the way she looked because most girls would kill to have a body like hers. It took him by surprise when she didn't want to show it off like others would. She wore what she wanted to. Mike felt beyond lucky to have her, even before the body change.

They finally approached their friends, "Morning guys!" El said excitedly. She was happy for school, just nervous. Her and Mike still had their fingers interlocked. "Going public finally I see." Max winked at them, gesturing to their hands. "We've been public we just didn't like pda." Mike bit back. El laughed, "Or we got written up for pda." "Wait that's the real reason?" Dustin asked shocked. El nodded as her and Mike's cheeks tinted pink. "What were you guys doing? Or do we not want to know that?" Lucas snarked. "Says the one whos always hitting Max's ass." El fought. Lucas put his hands up in the surrender position. "It was nothing bad, we were just making out a little." El admitted. "A little?" Dustin smirked, "Wheeler was probably all over you." he continued exaggerating. "I think it's time we get to class, what do you say?" Mike said wrapping an arm around El.

They walked off towards the doors that led to the back of the school. "Hey lovebirds!" They stopped walking when they heard Will's voice call out, "Class is that way!" he laughed as he pointed behind him with his free hand, his other had his fingers interlaced with Sadie's. "Wanna go somewhere?" Mike whispered in El's ear she stood in front of him, his arms wrapping around her. She laughed a little, "Where?" she whispered back. "Somewhere… " he whispered as he lightly grabbed her ass. El jumped forward a little and the group laughed at her jumping, having a slight idea as to why she jumped. She yelled back to Will, "Yeah, I know." Mike grabbed Eleven's hand and pulled her outside, ignoring Lucas and Dustin's cat calls.

Mike pulled El out the back doors, "Did I tell you how hot you look?" he questioned. "No." she answered as she rubbed his nose with hers and blushed. "Well, you look absolutely beautiful." he complimented. El's blushed deepend. "I have to say Mike, I'm not too nervous now that I made it through the doors." Mike smiled at her. He tilted his head a little to help compensate for the height difference. Their lips collided. Softly moving as they kissed. Mike's hands held her waist as her arms wrapped around his neck. He gently pressed her back into the wall of the school. El slowly worked her way down to Mike's neck, kissing his jaw on the way. She was now flat-footed and kissing his neck. She softly began to suck on his neck, leaving a fairly noticeable love bite.

They pulled away and smiled while leaning their foreheads on each other. "Let's get to class." Mike said grabbing her hand again as he turned to walk. El didn't move, she tugged his head down and kissed him one more time allowing it to linger. She smiled brighter than before, "Okay, now we can go to class." Mike snickered to himself at her comment.

They walked back in and the party was still waiting. "Have a nice quickie?" Dustin questioned. "No one had a quickie, you perv." Mike sent him a warning look. "Awe, their embarrassed to admit that they did it." Dustin continued picking on them. "Y'know if I did it with Mike it wouldn't be your business." El cut in. "I agree." Mike said, pulling her body closer to his, his arm draped over her shoulders. El smiled at him. Dustin looked as if he was at a loss of words.

"Why should someone be embarrassed to admit to that kind of love?" Max jumped in, holding Lucas's hand. "Yeah but, your saying that because we walked in on you two screwing, not because you aren't ashamed of the love." Will cut. "Yeah, okay, fair enough." Lucas finished. "Besides, we already know that if the lovebirds did it they'd be embarrassed to admit it." Will stated again. El and Mike nodded knowing Will was right because hell, they were embarrassed to admit that they made out last year. The whole group laughed and split up to go to their classes.

Mike and El held hands, their fingers intertwining perfectly as they made their way towards the science room. Across the hall from the science room they stopped by the lockers. Mike turned to face her and leaned his head against her's. Gently placing his lips on her forehead, leaving a gentle kiss. El closed her eyes. Mike leaned his forehead against hers and connected their lips softly. Holding there for a little longer than usual for being in school. He slowly started moving his lips and El followed his lead. The bell rang but they didn't move.

They weren't making out, in the matter of: there was no tongue. They heard a teacher clear their throat. Mike slowly pulled away from El, looking slightly irritated. El blushed and smiled at his reaction. "Yes?" he asked as he turned to face the teacher. "Class has started." the teacher announced. Mike turned his head to look at her. "Right, sorry." Mike stated as he took a step back from El.

"Please don't write us up." El begged in a sweet voice. "Don't worry hun, we've all been there. It's that stinking summer fever. You guys are off the hook and in my class so, let's move!" the teacher beckoned. El and Mike walked into the science room behind the teacher, immediately taking their seats. The teacher started her introduction, "Hi, I'm and welcome to science class. Today is the first day of your junior year and in my classroom we will be completing multiple partner projects. So now, I want you all to look to you desk partner and be ready because that is who you will be doing projects with."

Mike and Eleven looked at each other and smiled. Mike winked at her before they turned their attention back to the teacher. Mike placed a hand on her knee. El was used to this, whenever they sat next to each other he would either hold her hand or rest his hand on her leg. El loved that he did that, it reminded her he was there and all the good things that happened. She rested her hand on top of his.

"For the first week of class, each person will be responsible for completing a packet to see what you can remember from last year. This packet is due by Friday and that's all I have so everyone come up and grab a packet and get to work. Oh and feel free to work with your partner on this." finished. She set a stack of packets down on the edge of her desk before she, herself sat down at her desk and began doing some sort of paperwork.

Mike tapped El's leg twice before getting up and walking ever so slowly to the front of the room. Another girl moved and sat beside El. "Hi!" she chirped. "Hello." El spoke unsurely. "I'm Maria, your Jane? Right?" the girl questioned. Eleven nodded, at school she had to go by her legal name although she preferred the name the love of her life gave her when he rescued her. "Are you and Mike Wheeler, like, a thing?" she questioned getting even more into the conversation. Maria started leaning forward, talking in a whisper-like voice. "Why is that important to you if me and Mike are together or not?" El questioned back. "C'mon, help a girl out! If he's not with you then he's single! I was wondering if you'd put in a word for me?" Maria questioned.

Mike walked up behind El and wrapped his arms around her waist as she sat at a stool. He rested his head on her shoulder and lightly planted a kiss on her cheek, El blushed. "Hey Maria, hey babe." he stated putting his head back on El's shoulder. Maria looked kind of angry as she looked at El but when she looked at Mike her heart eyes were falling out of her head. "Um, yeah, we are." El answered the question Maria asked before Mike arrived. El grabbed his hands that were on her waist and interlocked their fingers as she answered with pride. "We are what?" Mike asked. "We are together." She said as she tilted her head to look at Mike. Mike leaned his head back and turned to look at her. He leaned in and touched his nose to hers, she responded by nudging back. "Well Mike, " Maria started and El and Mike turned to look at her as she stood up from Mike's stool. "Come find me if you ever get bored." she winked at him, "or you could just leave her." she said as she walked away. "Trust me, he won't get bored. And if he ever does leave me, your the last person he'd leave me for." El said angrily.

Mike walked quickly and sat in his stool, him and El facing each other. He pulled her stool closer using his foot. He brought her into a hug. "Someone's jealous." he lightly smirked, she pushed him away and out of the hug. "Am not." she declared. "Then what do you call it?" he pulled her in as close as he could. "It's called being territorial, Michael, there's a difference." she stated still kind of angrily. "What's the difference then?" he continued. "Jealous is when you want something that's not yours. Territorial is keeping what's already yours, and you, " she poked his chest, "are mine." He smiled and leaned in connecting their lips for a happy and love filled peck. They pulled away and rested their foreheads on each other's. "Baby, you know I could never get bored of you, and I would never even dream of leaving you." he concluded looking her seriously in the eyes. "Do you promise?" she asked. "I promise." They grinned and kissed each other again.

"Alright, I don't want to have to do homework during the first week of school so, let's get this done." El said. "Agreed." He pecked her lips one more time and allowed it to linger before they turned back to the desk and started the packet.