Chapter 9: Revelations
The next morning Eleven woke swaddled in her duvet and hair stuck to her cheek with drool. She was not a morning person as Hopper had come to realise. And he dreaded nothing more then to wake Eleven on Monday morning and today was one of those fateful days.
"El?" He said knocking on the door and letting himself into the room. Eleven did not respond to his words but he could see in the small space in the blanket that was open, El glaring at him with blood shot eyes, her brows furrowed. "Last night was a disaster but you need to go to school."
"No."
"And why not?" Hopper said tugging the blankets off her and throwing them to the ground but in seconds they had been shot back up with an invisible force. Hopper sighed at El and what proceeded was Hopper playing tug of war with thin air.
"I don't want to get up!"
"Why?"
"I'm upset!" Eleven said pulling the blankets over her small head.
"Why are you upset?" Hopper asked, trying to be reassuring but failing miserably.
"Because Joyce's mama was mean to me. And she was mean to Will."
"She's mean to everyone El." Hopper said slowly pulling the blanket off her.
"She called me weird."
"Your not weird El, your just unique and she's a cow."
"She called Will a failure."
"She did but I'm sure she didn't mean it. She was shocked like most would be to find out their son had a baby at age eighteen." Hopper said as he picked an outfit out for El from the wardrobe, Eleven making metal notes to change every piece of clothing he had selected as a green jumped and orange shorts did not go together.
"She was a mouthbreather."
"She was, and tell Mike he should stop teaching you words like that. It's not nice. And in her defence El you did fling a roast across the room at her with your mind." Hopper said holding back his laughter at Eleven's miserable face.
"So?"
"You can't do that. It wasn't nice and now you've been uninvited from 'high tea' tonight." Hopper said grimacing at the words 'high tea'.
"I don't care. I'm going to Mike's tonight anyway." Eleven stated lighting up at the thought of a night alone with Mike. Will was of course going to high tea as he had not flung a roast at his grandmother, Dustin was going to his neighbour's cat's funeral, and Max was planning on hanging around the junk yard with Steve. He promised her a driving lesson so that if they ever needed her expert zoomer skills again they could do it with some safety. And of course Lucas was still not on talking terms with them.
"How about tomorrow to make up for last nights disaster and as I was the one who forced you to go, you invite that nice girl Kat Sunny over. She seems like a lovely girl-"
"Kat Sunny?" El said her mind going blank for a second.
"Yeah Kat Sunny. I heard her moms a teacher at your school, a real witch Steve said." Hopper said hocking around for a pair of shoes for Eleven to wear, coming up with a pair of white sneakers.
"Mrs Sunny is he mama?" Eleven said shocked. Of course, it all made sense! Kat had mentioned her brother Alex, and Raw's real name was Alex. And Steve had mentioned Alex's mom was Mrs Sunny. How had they not realised it before! Suddenly Eleven felt a sharp pain of guilt knowing she had stopped talking to Kat even though her family life was so horrible and all she needed was a good friend. It was at that moment that Eleven remembered the day Kat had been running up to her to give her a page of notes, notes for Mrs Sunny's science class, and she had went back to the school gates instead of back home. She was probably getting a convenient lift with her mom.
"Mike?" Eleven said as she spotted Mike and Will leaning against the bike rack.
"Yeah El. What's up?"
"Miss Sunny is Kat's mama." Eleven stated so randomly that Mike was confused if it was even a question.
"Yeah... And?"
"And Alex is her brother."
"Yeah." Mike said thoroughly confused at the conversation her was having.
"I didn't know."
"Oh. OK. Everyone know, but maybe you just didn't realise before." Mike said matter of factly.
"Yes. But Kat's Amanda's friend." Eleven stated once again.
"Yes, well I wouldn't call her a friend, more like a leader."
"And Amanda is Lucas' girlfriend?" Eleven stated and Mike's face went a little colder at the mention of Lucas' name.
"Yes." He spat out.
Eleven was not very fast in thinking and it took her a few seconds to take it all in, that Kat had lied about her parents as it was common knowledge Miss Sunny's husband and her were happily married, they had been caught holding hands in church, and Kat was also hanging out with Lucas, the boy who had deserted his friends and Kat knew that. Katherine Sunny was not a good person, her innocent appearance a trick to lure you in so she could get under your skin. At least that was what Eleven thought as she was very dramatic when it came to people who lie.
"When Kat met me she asked if we were a couple, or if we made out." Eleven stated and Mike nodded along wondering where Eleven was going with this. "And you had a fight with Lucas because he wanted to know private questions. Lucas doesn't ask those questions."
"Oh my god! And that night at the party I did see Kat talking to Amanda! Maybe she was telling her that Lucas liked her and Amanda decided to take him to the bathroom!" Will exclaimed, him and Eleven now running with the theory that Kat was evil and had set them all up so she could have some gossip, a ticket into the popular crowd and with your mother being the most hated teacher in the school that must have been hard. She would do anything, as El already knew, to be friends with Amanda and her loyal gang of cheerleaders.
"We need to talk to Lucas, see if this is true." Mike said and they all stormed off, eyes set on the target which was to question Lucas and find out the real reason why he had turned against them.
