"Hey, can El come out and hang?" The boys had just gotten out of school and wanted to see if she could come with them to the Hawkins Annual Fair.

"I guess she could use a break, she's done good so far. Let me go get her real quick" Hopper was proud of El. He hired a private tutor for her, and she was catching on so fast. If she kept it up he knew it wouldn't be long before she could be enrolled in school.

"Okay you got this, just start from line one again and it read it slowly" Ms. Clement pointed to the line in the book.

"The p-p-rince ki-s-s-sed c-c-in-d-der-ella and they lived h-h-a-ppily ever after." Eleven stuttered

"Good Job El! That was awesome!"

"Miss Clement?"

"Yes El?"

She pointed to the sentence "What does that mean?"

"Well when the Prince finally found Cinderella, he wanted to always be with her and she wanted to always be with him. They made each other so happy that's why they call it their happily ever after"

Eleven quickly thought about Mike. He was the only one that could make her feel all tingly inside with happiness. He had found her just like the prince found cinderella on that dark and rainy day. So maybe they could have a happily ever after too?

Hopper cut into her thoughts "El! Your friends are outside waiting on ya, so how bout you finish this up tomorrow, go have some fun kid"

El nodded eagerly and ran to the front door

"Hi El! You wanna go to the fair with us!" Mike asked excitedly

She looked at Mike with an eyebrow lifted "Whats a fair?"

"It has a bunch of fun rides!" Lucas chimed in

Dustin also interjected "Ooh Oooh and a bunch of yummy food like funnel cake and cotton candy!"

"Yeah it's great, We go every year!" Will added

Whatever this fair was it sure sounded like a fun time. She couldn't wait to go and see what it was all about

She jumped onto Mike's bike and held onto his shoulders as he and the boys quickly rode off. She loved riding with Mike. For some reason being so close to him made her feel that tingly feeling in the pit of stomach and he always made her feel safe.

As they approached the fair. El's eyes grew wide. The fair was huge! The music, the laughter and the lights just made everything seem so inviting.

Mike noticed the expression on El's face "Yeah it's really cool, huh?"

"Yeah really cool" She replied staring wide-eyed at everything around her

Will grabbed Mike and El by the arm "Come on guys, we gotta get in line before the tickets get sold out!"

"Can you guys save our place in line, Lucas and I are gonna grab some hotdogs" said Dustin as they headed towards the concessions

Will shook his head "Wow they just ate and they're already hungry again"

El observed Will for the first time since they officially met. He was smaller than the rest of the boys and more quiet. She noticed that the boys never mentioned the upside down around him and Mike explained to her that it was because it would upset him. She knew that he had seen things that only he and her would understand and she wanted to discuss it with him. Even though Will acted like everything was okay, she could tell something wasn't quite right.. But now wasn't the time or the place.. She just wanted to try to have fun.

"Mike that looks fun" El pointed into the distance

"You're talking about the Ferris Wheel, We can go on it if you want" he smiled

"You two can go on that.. But I'm going on that one!" Will pointed to the flamethrower. The flamethrower was one of the fastest rollercoasters there.

Once the boys grabbed their tickets they were anxious to get on the rides

"What about El though? Don't you guys think that would be a lil too much for her first ride?"

Lucas was agitated "Okay then. You can stay with El and we'll ride the flamethrower, since you always wanna be around her anyways.."

"It's not like that."

"Oh yes it is" The boys chorused

"Alright whatever, you guys just go ahead" He marched away with El trailing behind him

"Ugh he always wants to be with her. What about El you guys? El can't ride that. El. El. El." mocked Lucas in a high pitched voice

Dustin put his hand on his shoulder. "Hate to break it to ya buddy, but Mike has officially been abuducted by the girl species."

Lucas snided "I bet she used her powers on him"

"Mike. Mike. you okay?" El questioned

"Yeah, I'm fine. They'll be okay without me, but anyways what do you wanna do first?"

She looked over at the man working the concessions, he was spinning a pink cloud like thing, and she couldn't help but be fascinated

Mike noticed this and smiled "You want to get some cotton candy?"

"Cotton Candy?"

"Yeah it's what that guy is spinning over there. It's really good!"

As Mike payed for the cotton candy he handed one to El

"Pink one for you and a blue one for me"

She pressed the cotton candy against her face. It was so soft and fluffy and it for some reason it smelled really good.

Mike laughed "You're supposed to eat it El, like this" he said biting a piece

As she ate a piece of the candy her eyes grew big

"It disappeared!" She yelled eating more

"Haha Yeah it kinda melts in your mouth"

"Mike. are you happy?"

This question has been bothering her all night. She wanted to see if he was happy like the Prince in the story. El wanted him to happy around her so eventually they could have a happily ever after.

"I'm very happy, why do you ask?"

El looked down at her feet. She wanted to tell him why she asked but the words just wouldn't come to her. She felt a knot in her throat and quickly changed the subject

"What's that?" El said running off

Mike was happy being with El. She made him the happiest he had been in awhile. He loved showing her new things and being a part of it as she was learning about the world. He couldn't help but think about the kiss they shared that day in the gym. Everything just seemed so perfect at that moment and he wondered what she thought about it. Maybe she didn't even like it. Maybe she only liked him as a friend. He had to know though.

"Step right up! Knock the bottle over and win a prize!"

El looked over at the game. The man said she could win a prize for knocking over that bottle? well that seemed easy enough

Mike caught up with her "You wanna play? These games are usually rigged but you can give it a try anyways"

"Alright young lady let's see what ya got!" the man said handing El a baseball "You have 3 tries"

"Just throw the ball at the bottle, you got this" Mike reassured her

She threw it but she fell short and missed the bottle completely. She then tried again, but this time she threw it over the bottle.

"You try." she said giving the ball to Mike

"Uh alright, but for the record I'm kinda bad at throwing.."

Mike looked at the bottle intently. He really wanted to impress El and win her a nice prize.

"Okay Mike you can do this. Steady. Steady." He thought as he released the ball.

He hit the side of the bottle and it started rocking back and forth slowly.

"Come on. Fall over already"

The bottle seemed as though it was taking forever as it continued to move around. Suddenly it fell over.

Mike jumped up and down "What! I won! I actually won!"

El smiled widely. She had knocked over the bottle using her powers but she loved seeing how excited Mike was so she kept that little secret to herself.

Mike chose a giant teddy bear for the prize and gave it to her.

"For me? But.. I didn't win"

"I want you to have it though.. So, I guess.. You can always um.. remember this day.."

Remember? How could she ever forget. This day would definitely be something she would keep with her forever.

She gave Mike a hug "Thank you"

Mike blushed "uhh um.. So did you still wanna ride the ferris wheel?"

She looked over at the giant ferris wheel with it's flashing blue lights and couldn't wait to go on it

She nodded at Mike as she grabbed his hand and ran over to the ride