"Mike! Mike! Help me!"

He had to watch her get taken by Brenner every night, there were no other dreams.

"Mike! Time for breakfast!"

He woke up, he was in his room, El was still asleep, he didn't want to wake her, so he would just bring er something after breakfast.

He went to the kitchen.

"What are we having?"

"Cereal extraordinaire."

"So corn flakes?"

"Yeah."

He ate as fast as he could

"I'm going to make some waffles and go up into my room, I think there's still some homework I have to do."

"Ok."

He made the Eggos and went to his room

"Hey, I got you Eggos."

"Ooh." She said, sleepily

"Oh come on, you have to get up sometime."

"Fine."

She sat up, and ate her Eggos.

"So, I was thinking we could go see a movie and then go see the boys, is that ok?"

"Yes."

She didn't know what a movie was, but as long as she was with Mike, she was happy.

"Hey Mike? What's a dance?"

"Huh?"

"The night I left, you said you wanted to take me to a dance, what is that?"

"Well, a dance is where you move in a certain way with someone else at a gym usually."

"Oh, ok. When are we going to the Snow Ball?"

"Yeah, that was around two months ago, but there is the spring dance."

"Spring dance?"

"It's basically the Snow Ball, but with different decorations."

"Can we go?"

"Yeah, sure, we can go."

"Thanks."

"Ok, here's the plan, I'll distract my mom and you get to the basement, ok?"

"Yes."

"Ok, let's go."

He walked downstairs first, his mom was in the kitchen.

"Hey mom, do you know where the flour is? I was looking for it yesterday."

"Sure honey, it's just down here."

She was getting the flour

Mike motioned for El to rush for the stairs, she had just gotten to the basement stairs when Mike's mom got up.

"Ok, thanks, I just needed to know where it is, I want to make cookies for the Byers'"

"Ok."

He went downstairs to the basement

"Ready to go El?"

"Ready."

They went outside and hopped on Mike's bike, they biked over to the theater.

"What movie do you want to see?"

She pointed at Pete's Dragon.

"Cool, I wanted to see that too."

They walked in, Mike saw a poster for couples night for that night, two people were cheaper than usual.

"Hey, we'll go tonight instead."

"Why?"

"Because, it costs less money to go tonight."

She was confused, Mike never thought about explaining currency to her.

"Oh, money is a piece of paper, that you can give to someone for candy or a movie."

"Oh."

They walked out of the theater

"You wanna go to Will's house then?"

She nodded

They biked over to the Byers' house, avoiding the Mirkwood shortcut.

"Ok, when we get there, hide behind the wall next to the door, if Will answers, I'll walk in and you can surprise him."

"And if he doesn't?"

"Then we can just walk you in, got it?"

"Yes."

They arrived, and set their places.

"Ready El?"

"Ready."

He knocked, Will answered the door.

"Hey, I was just checking to see if you were ok."

"Yeah, I'm fine, did you get her?"

"No, we couldn't find her." He said looking like he was about to cry

"Well, come in, we can try to come up with ideas for the next campaign."

"Ok."

They walked in

"But, I would like you to meet someone."

El walked in

"This is El."

"Hi." Said Will, dumbfounded

"Hi."

"Thank you, for you know, helping save my life."

She smiled

"Ok, Will, what I need you to do is, call Lucas and Dustin to get here right away, tell them I've had a breakdown and you need my help or something. El, once they get here, hid in Jonathan's room, it the second door to the left, I'll come with you."

"Ok." Said Will

"Ok." Said El

"Ok, Will, call them."

Around twenty minutes later there was a ring on the doorbell

"Ok, El, follow me."

They went into Jonathan's room

Will answered the door

"Hey, glad you came."

"Where is he?" Said Dustin

"What is it over this time?" Said Lucas

"He's crying over the lights, he's in Jonathan's room." Said Will

They rushed into Jonathan's room

"Dude, you got to get over her." Said Lucas

"Shut up." Said Will, elbowing her

"It's fine, I would but-" Said Mike

El walked out

"El!" Said Dustin

"El! Sorry I said he should get over you." Said Lucas

She glared at him

"Hey, I said I was sorry." Said Lucas

Her glare turned into a smile

They stayed at Will's house for a few hours, then Joyce got home for lunch.

"Hey, what's all the commotion about?" Said Joyce

El walked out

"Hi."

Joyce went to hug her

"Wh- When did you get back?"

"Last night." Said Mike, who looked noticeably happier Joyce noted

"Well, can I get you guys anything?" Said Joyce

"No, we are going to stay for a little bit longer." Said Mike

They stayed for another hour, but Mike wanted to start heading to the movie theater.

"Hey, ready to go?" Said Mike

"Yes." Said El

They left, and started heading towards the theater.

"Mike?"

"Yeah?"

"Why was she so happy?"

"Because, she missed you."

"Like you did?"

"Somewhat, I probably missed you more."

She smiled

They arrived at the theater, it was close to three.

"Let's go." Said Mike

They walked in, and bought the tickets, then they bought some popcorn and candy.

The theater was basically empty, there were a few people here and there.

The movie had started, and El liked it, Mike liked it too, but he liked her more.

They were walking out of the theater

"How did you like it?" Asked Mike

"I liked it." Said El

They biked back home, and went to Mike's room, his mom wasn't home, so it was just them.

"Hey El?"

"Yeah?"

"I'm glad your back."

"Me too."

They kissed, it was a little longer, and a little more prepared for than the one in the cafeteria.

El smiled, she was home.