Hi! Here is chapter 3! This is going to be a bunch of Nancy and El bonding! Next chapter will most likely be the actual party. Sorry last chapter didn't have any Mileven. I wanted it to be mainly about Mike's conversation with the jeweler. Okay! Enjoy and Review!


Chapter 3: A Great Day for Shopping

El waited impatiently as Nancy drove around the parking lot of the mall, looking for a spot. Finally, Nancy found a place and she stopped the car, she turned to see that El was already out of the car. Nancy chuckled.

"You seem excited for your first real shopping trip." El nodded and hurried to open the door. Nancy followed her and laughed as she watched El's jaw dropped in awe of all the stores.

"Come on, Let's get you something for the party." El ran to catch up with her as they entered one of the stores. They wandered to the dress section and looked at everything.

El skimmed the rack of dresses until one caught her eyes. A soft pink dress with a white lace collar. "Nancy. I found dress. Pretty."

"Oh. El it is pretty! We have enough money for three dresses and a pair of shoes. We can get this, but we should also get something super cute for the party tonight. Something that will make Mike's jaw drop." Nancy said this with a smirk.

"Jaw drop?"

"Yeah. It's when he finds you so pretty, that he won't even be able to speak."

"Oh no. I want Mike to be able to speak." El said with a frown.

"Oh El. Not literally. He's going to think your so pretty, he's not going to know what to say!"

"Oh!" Nancy laughed and carried the dress that El picked out, over to a cashier and paid for it. As they walked out of the store, another place caught Nancy's eyes.

"Ooo! This is my favorite store! Come on El! We are going to find your jaw dropping dress here. I know it!" Nancy grabbed El's hand and pulled her close behind.

After two more hours of shopping, they finally decided to head back to the Wheeler house. As they got into the car, El was already talking about playing cards with Mike when they got home.

"Actually, El. I think you need a girls afternoon. To do makeup and nails and to put on your outfits. You know, talk about girl things."

"Girl things?l

"Yeah. Secrets, jokes, gossip. That kind of thing." El thought for a moment. She hung out with Mike every day. She loved being with him. Surly one afternoon without him couldn't hurt? And, Nancy did buy her the dresses. El smiled.

"Okay!"


At the Wheeler household...

El's P.O.V

When we got to Mike's home, he was already waiting for me.

"Hey El! Ready to go play BS?"

"Actually Mike, El is going to hang with me this afternoon. You'll see her at the party anyway." Mike glared at her, as we walked by.

"Sorry Mike." I felt bad, but I wanted to see what "girl's afternoon" was. I sat on Nancy's big bed as she locked the door behind her.

"Okay El! We have about two hours until the party. We will probably spend an hour doing hair and makeup and stuff, but what would you like to do now?" I thought about what she said in the car. Secrets. I knew what they were, but I didn't have secrets. Friends don't lie. So there are not secrets. I say it anyway.

"Secrets?"

"Sure. Okay! I'll go first. Umm... I kissed Johnathan." She said it so coolly.

"What's kissed?"

"Oh! That's right. I should explain that. It's when people press each other's lips together. You do it when you really like someone, more than a friend." I remember when Mike do kissed to me at the school. It had made me feel all warm inside... then I had to go to upside down. Was the kissed a secret?

"Nancy. Mike did kissed. To me. At school."

"He what?! The little shit told me otherwise! Oh my god, El. That's adorable! I knew it! I knew that he liked you!"

"No." Mike did not like me. Friends like. He said more than friends. I didn't know what that meant.

"Mike said. Friends are like. He said I was more than friend."

"Oh My God! He's in love with you El! This is too cute! We have to make sure you look extra good today. We need to start right away." Nancy said, leaping off her bed and rummaging around the room for supplies. I watched her carefully.

She pulled out so many boxes, and mirrors, and cloths. It made me dizzy to look at it all. I looked at the clock. 2-5-3. 1 hour until party.

"Okay! Let's get started!"


Nancy's P.O.V

El sat on the bed kind of awkwardly and looking a bit nervous about the makeover. It was too cute.

"It's okay El. First, we need to do the makeup. Mike did your makeup before right?" El nodded. I chuckled at the thought of my little brother attempting to put makeup on El.

"Okay first comes the foundation... well technically, you don't need any. So, I guess we can move on. How about blush?" She nodded. I dipped the brush into the pinkish powder and lightly brushed her cheeks. She moved her head back in surprise. I chuckled. Already there was more color to her face.

"Okay. Next is the eye makeup. You cannot move, Okay?" She nodded. "Good. Okay. First is the eyeliner. I'm just going to put it on the upper and lower lids a little." I did so and El tried not squrim. I could tell she didn't like the feeling of it.

Once we were done with all the eye makeup, including eye shadow,(a natural look) eyeliner, and a little mascara. El looked beautiful. And extremely grown up. Forget jaw-dropped, Mike was going to faint. Next was the dress. El had picked out two dresses for any day of the week, but I had found a beautiful dress for the party. It was a light blue dress, with a white lace collar and with white lace at the ends of the sleeves. It had three little white buttons in the back, and slightly ruffled design in the front. It was perfect. It was El.

"What do you think?"

"Pretty."

"Yep! Let's do your hair!" I brushed and tugged at her curly hair for a while before I finally found a style that worked. Her hair was pushed back neatly, and laid back on her shoulders in neat waves. "Done!" I announced. El smiled and twirled in the mirror. It was beautiful. I looked at the clock. 3:48. "Oh shit! We have to go! Come on El!" She burst out of the house and into my car as I sped down the road to the Byers house. They were holding the party there.

Once I pulled up into the driveway, El was already getting out and running the front door. Before she went in however, she smoothed out her dress and looked at me. "Still okay?"

"Still pretty." I said with a smile. With a deep breath and an excited expression, El knocked on the door.


That's the chapter! Next one will be the party! Yay! Sorry to leave it on a cliffhanger. (Not sorry. Hehe) I also had a super awesome idea for when the story is finished. Guess your going to have to wait for my idea. (Hehe) until next time,

-Daisy