After enough negotiation Hopper finally agreed to let El go shopping with Max and Nancy, under the condition that he came along. None of the girls were too happy about daddy Hopper tagging along on their girls' day, but they understood why he had to come, they were already breaking one of his rules so of course measures had to be taken. He knew he'd have to give the girls some space, but he was still on edge about the whole thing.

They picked up Max first, her parents came out to meet the chief of police and their daughter's first girl friend. El was still warming up to Max, but she decided it was better to have another female friend to go through all this growing up stuff with.

Next was Nancy, Mike of course came out to say hi to El, she got out of the car to let Nancy have the front seat.

"Hi Mike."

"Hi El."

They hugged each other tightly, as they always did.

"Alright kid, it's girls' day, beat it." Hopper said jokingly, although how much the two hugged each other bugged him a little bit. He was growing more and more protective of El everyday, and wearier of teenage boys too.

They said a quick goodbye and El got back into the car.

"Alright, I don't want to be out in public for too long, so this is not a shopping spree, this is get the stuff you need and get out." Hopper explained to the three girls.

"Okay, but we're women, shopping takes at least twice as long as it does for men." Nancy said with a smile trying to calm the chief down a bit.

"Nancy, you're the only one who can be considered a woman, these two are girls." Hopper didn't want El growing up any faster than she already was.

"Alright, well do you think the girls could come back to my house after? I don't want this girls' day to end so soon!" Nancy said flashing a smile to the backseat.

"That's fine, El would probably be running over to see your brother anyway."

El blushed and looked down at her sneakers, he was right, but she didn't want him to know he was right.

Soon enough they were at what would be considered a mall in a small town like Hawkins. Nancy led them to the store that she has been going to since she was El and Max's age.

"I'm gonna let you three do your thing, and I'll wait over here," Hopper said standing awkwardly by the door, "But remember if you see anything suspicious, you come straight to me okay?"

"Okay."

"Alright, now have fun." He smiled ruffling her hair.

"Okay, so we don't want to blow all your dads money to let's start with the essentials and then work from there, so underwear first."

She led the girls to the section of the store that had the bras and panties.

"Pick out some underwear, and then we'll move on to bras."

They walked over to the table where all the underwear was displayed. El felt all the fabrics, she didn't know panties came in so many different colors and cuts and fabrics, she didn't know where to begin. She picked up a pink pair, they were soft and had a little lace detailing. For some reason while looking at them she thought of Mike. What his underwear looks like, and what he would think of the ones she was holding. Her face got hot, and she immediately shook the thoughts out of her mind. She ended up picking that pair in a couple different colors.

"Oh those are really cute! Nice pick." Nancy exclaimed.

"Thanks." She said shyly.

"Now on to bras."

"Hey Max," El said quietly, trying to make sure Nancy didn't hear, "What's a bra?"

"Oh, it's kind of like underwear for your chest, so they don't move around as much and stuff."

"Oh, okay."

Nancy led El to the bras, "So, what size do you think you are?"

"I have no idea." El said with a tinge of embarrassment.

"Well that's okay! We'll figure it out." She could see how nervous the girl was, "I'm about a B cup, but I'm small chested for my age, so that might be good for you!"

Nancy and Max grabbed a few bras ranging from A to C, just for good measure.

Nancy and Max sat outside the dressing room, making small talk. She didn't know Max all that well yet, but it was nice to be out for a girls' day, since Barb died she's been missing stuff like this, plus she liked to be that cool older sister these two desperately needed.

"Hey Nancy, do you think you can come and uh- "

"Yeah, I'm coming!"

"Don't worry, it's hard to do by yourself for a while." She said fastening the bra, "You should see a boy try to unhook it, it's like trying to solve a Rubik cube for them."

That made her think of Mike, would he know how to unhook it?

After trying on the various sizes with Nancy's help, they finally decided she was a B cup, which Max said was big for her age and continued to inform El that was a good thing. They found the colors that matched the underwear she found, she didn't know why they had to match, but Nancy told her she always felt better when her underwear matched, claiming it was a "girl thing".

Next they picked out a couple pairs of shorts, shirts and pajamas, Nancy even convinced her to buy a skirt.

"Alright I think we should get you at least one dress, for more formal occasions and stuff."

"Can it be pretty?"

"Of course it will be!" Nancy said with a smile, "and I think Max just found you the perfect one." Pointing behind El where Max stood.

El looked at herself in the mirror, the dress was more casual than her one for the snowball, but just as pretty, it had capped sleeves that fell just below her shoulders, clinched at the waist and fell about mid thigh. And most importantly it was her favorite color, light pink.

"Oh my gosh El! Mike is gonna freak when he sees you in this!" Nancy said practically jumping up and down.

"It's a good thing." Max added seeing the girl's eyes widen in confusion.

El retrieved Hopper as the girls piled the clothes onto the check out counter. His eyes widened when he saw the undergarments she picked out.

"Put these back, you don't need them yet." He said handing El one of the bras.

"Come on Chief, she's a growing girl, and trust me she definitely does." Nancy defended before EL could even get a word in.

El was happy Nancy stepped in, she really didn't know what to say to her new dad to make him understand. She was just as new to this stuff as he was. He ended up spending a little more than he anticipated, but he really didn't mind.

"Thank you Dad." El said smiling up at Hopper.

"Well it was about time you stopped wearing my old t-shirts."

The ride to the Wheeler's house went by quickly as Nancy blasted the radio and sang along with the girls to some new Cyndi Lauper song he didn't recognize, much to his annoyance. But he was happy to see El having fun with other girls, he just wanted her to be happy and become as normal as she could be, given what she has been through.

"Alright El, I'll be back later to pick you up." He said turning the down the radio while pulling into the Wheeler's drive way.

The three began to pile out of the car when Hopper put his hand on Nancy's shoulder, "I want you to take this girl time to talk to her about, you know, girl stuff, things I'm not really qualified to talk to her about."

"Don't worry Chief, I'll fill her in."

"Thanks Nancy, I owe you one."

Nancy led the girls into the house, only to be met by an out of breath Mike that must have heard them come in.

"Oh I'm happy you guys are home! The guys are here and we were just going to start a Star Wars marathon, I've really wanted to show you them!"

El opened her mouth to respond but was cut off by Nancy, "Sorry Mike, but it's girls day, El and Max are going to spend the afternoon with me, come on girls." She said smugly leading them up the stairs leaving Mike dumbfounded. He quickly retreated to the basement.

"Listen up, Nancy, El, and Max just got home, and they're going up to Nancy's room for girl time!" Mike said sounding panicked.

"Who cares? They're probably just gonna eat ice cream and talk about how hot Tom Cruise is." Dustin replied looking back to the TV.

"Well Lucas and I should care! Max and El aren't gonna talk about Tom Cruise, they're gonna talk about us! And Will, Nancy is definitely gonna talk about Jonathan!"

"I don't want to know anything about that." Will said making a disgusted face.

"Well now I'm a little curious." Lucas said now feeling as anxious as Mike.

"And don't you guys want to know what girls talk about behind closed doors?" Mike added trying to convince Will and Dustin.

"Fine, but you realize this is a total invasion of privacy." Will claimed feeling a little uncomfortable about the whole thing.

"Well yeah, but I wanna know if Max says anything about me!" Lucas said before Mike could begin to defend his plan.

"Fine, because I know you and Mike won't shut up about it unless we agree, even though this is just wishful thinking, they may not even mention you guys." Dustin said with a tinge of resentment, he was still a little burnt by the whole Max and Lucas thing, but Steve was helping him move on.

"I guess I'm in." Will added, and the boys headed up to Mikes room.

In Nancy's room the girls sat together on Nancy's bed surrounded by the bags of El's new clothes.

"So what do we do during a," El searched for the term Nancy used, "Girls' day?"

Nancy looked at both of the girls, Max was wondering just as much as El was, this was clearly a first for them, "Well, we talk about girl stuff, stuff you don't talk about with the boys!"

"Oh." El said still a little confused on the whole thing, she didn't know there was things you couldn't talk to the boys about.

Nancy decided to ease into the conversation, "So El, what do you think about the stuff you bought today?"

"I really like everything, mostly the dress." She said flashing a coy smile at Max.

"I know, no offense Max but I didn't think you'd have such great taste!" Nancy added.

"Hey I might not wear this crap, but I know what's nice and what's not." She said laughing, "so what do you think of your new bras, who knew you'd be a B cup!"

Through the wall Mike's face went bright red.

"Ooo, you hear that Mike, a B cup!" Lucas said hitting his arm.

"Shut up Lucas, don't talk about her like that."

"Sorry Mike, I know, that's for only you to know."

Mike rolled his eyes and put his ear back to the wall straining to hear their muffled voices.

"I really like them, but I don't think I'll be able to hook it."

"It'll get easier trust me, the best thing to do is just to hook it in front first and then spin it around."

"Yeah, soon you'll be an expert at it."

Nancy took the opportunity to move the onto the topic of boys, something Hopper probably wanted her to talk about, "Yeah and wait until a boy tries to unhook it, you'll definitely feel like an expert then."

"That'll definitely be a challenge for Mike." Max said trying to conceal her laughter.

"Come on Max that's my brother."

Through the wall the boys we're doubled over trying to hold in their laughter as Mike held his burning face in his hands.

"But why would he take it off?" El asked innocently.

Max and Nancy shared a look, "Why don't you take this one Nancy, you're experienced."

Nancy shot her jokingly hurt look, "Well El, sometimes when you're with a boy you really like, you'll want to touch each other, you know?"

El nodded thinking about the longing she feels for Mike sometimes.

"But this usually happens once you're really comfortable with someone, and you really like them."

"Yeah like after you kissed them a couple times and stuff like that." Max added.

"Kiss?"

"Yeah when you someone puts their lips on yours."

"Oh." El said with a big smile forming across her mouth.

"Ooo El, do you have something to tell us?" Max said poking the girl with her finger.

"Mike kissed me." She said through a smile.

"Oh my gosh, when?" Nancy asked curious about the nature of El and her brothers relationship.

"Well first- "

"First?!" Nancy cut her off.

"Well once after the bath, and again at the Snowball."

"Oh my gosh El! How cute, this is too much!"

The boys had their ears pressed against the wall intently, until Dustin broke the silence, "You kissed El twice, and never told us!" He whispered.

"I didn't know I had to tell you guys." Mike said his face bright red, resembling a sun burn.

"You're the first one of us to kiss a girl and you didn't think to tell us?"

"Shhhh I'm trying to listen!" Lucas spat.

"What about you Max? Have you kissed anyone yet." Nancy asked loving how this conversation was going.

"Well, I may or may not have kissed Lucas at the Snowball."

"Oh my gosh!" El let out.

"Was that your first kiss?"

"Yeah it was." Max answered blushing.

All the boys turned to look at Lucas, "Oh so there's another one who didn't let us in on his first kiss!" Dustin said, now even more a little annoyed at him.

"Does anyone want to get anything else off their chest, before more stuff comes out?" Will asked tentatively, trying to stay out of the confrontation as much as possible.

"No." The boys said in unison.

"Wait so all those late night sneak outs with El, you guys didn't kiss or anything?" Lucas asked raising an eyebrow.

"Well I wanted to, but I didn't know if she wanted to."

"Pay up boys." Will said smugly.

"You guys had a bet whether or not El and I were out kissing?" Mike said shocked at the idea.

"Well Lucas bet you guys were kissing, Dustin bet you guys were fooling around."

"Oh my god guys! That's so disgusting!" Mike said feeling annoyed and also a little wound up at the idea of fooling around with El.

"Sorry Mike." They all said looking at their feet feeling a little ashamed.

"It's okay, just don't think about me and El anymore, it's weird."

Through the wall the girls were continuing their conversation, Nancy decided to leave the boy conversation there, she didn't want to go into too much detail regarding sex, they were too young for that, plus she didn't want Hopper to think she was giving the girls any ideas. First and second base was all they needed to know about right now.

"So Nancy, do you think you and Jonathan would want to go camping with us sometime this summer?" Max asked while flipping through one of Nancy's countless magazines.

"Yeah I think that would be a ton of fun, but good luck convincing Hopper."

"You don't think he'd let us?" El asked quietly.

"Well you know how protective he is of you." She started, "But I might be able to convince Joyce to talk him into it."

"Oh really Nancy!? Would you do that for us!?" El asked pretty much jumping up and down.

"Yes, yes, just calm down and don't get your hopes up, this won't be easy." She replied with a chuckle, "so who came up with this whole camping idea?"

"Well El did after we watched Friday the 13th."

"El, why would that movie make you want to go camping?"

"Well, Mike explained what camping exactly was to me and I thought it would be fun."

"Well like I said, I can't make any promises, but I'll try to get Joyce to put in a good word with the chief."

"Did you guys hear that? Nancy is going to try to help us go camping!" Mike said ecstatically, he imagined camping with El and his friends would be one of the best things they could do all summer, "do you guys think your parents would be okay with that?"

"Well if we're going with the chief, I don't see why my parents would have a problem."

Dustin nodded in agreement with Lucas.

"Yeah, and I'm guessing my mom would want to come with us anyway, plus she wants this summer to be the best one yet for me." Will added feeling a little embarrassed by his mother's constant concern for him, "But what about you Mike, your parents wouldn't let you go on a boy-girl camping trip."

"Well like Lucas said, if we're with the chief what's there to worry about? And Nancy will be with us."

The boys and girls continued their separate days until Jonathan came to pick Nancy up for their date, a little after 5. The girls joined the boys down in the basement, where they retreated to earlier trying to avoid suspicion from the girls.

"So how was your girls' day?" Dustin asked mockingly.

"It was actually fun, El bought a lot of cute stuff today." Max said, shocking everyone with her comment about having fun.

Mike felt his face warm thinking about the bras El bought, his eyes slowly made their way over to her chest, causing his stomach tighten. His gaze lingered a little too long and El caught his eyes. He looked into her eyes as quickly as possible, feeling his cheeks burn. He could see a blush spreading on her soft skin and a smile form on her lips. This made his stomach coil again. He was worried he offended her, feeling like a creep, but her smile made him feel a little better. Little did he know El didn't feel uncomfortable, his look made her nervous, but in a good way, and her earlier discussion with Nancy helped her understand why a little bit more.

"uhm," Mike cleared his dry throat, "So did you guys think anymore about going camping?" He said desperate to change the conversation.

"Yeah, actually Nancy is going to talk to Will's mom, and she's going to try and convince El's dad!" Max said.

"Oh really?" Dustin said, as the boys made similar comments, trying to act like this was the first time they were hearing about it.

"Yeah so it's actually a possibility." Max responded.

"But it's going to be hard trying to convince Hopper to go along with it." Dustin commented.

"Alright, so we have a new mission, get Hopper to say yes to camping!" Mike explained as everyone nodded in agreement.

So I really hope you guys liked this chapter! I wanted to do something with the girls and boys being separate, and El and Max getting a little closer. I want to thank you all again for reading and reviewing, I love reading your reviews, they really bring a smile to my face! I'm hoping to update within the next couple days. Once again I hope you guys enjoyed!