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The boys didn't get up until about 10:30 so the girls just sat in the kitchen talking, that is, until they heard a thump and,

"Son of a bitch!" Mike exclaimed. They all looked into the living room to see him laying on the floor.

"Michael!"

"Sorry mom!" He lifted his head to look at her and let it fall back on the floor. Karen shook her head at him, a small smile on her face. He eventually got up and joined them in the kitchen.

"I don't know how I haven't given myself a concussion yet." He said. Karen raised an eyebrow at him. "I smacked the crap out of the floor when I fell, I fell going up the stairs twice this week, and I can't even get in Hopper's truck without hitting my head." He explained. She shook her head once again, the smile still on her face.

"You're getting tall, that's why. You're my height now." He grinned at that but she pouted. He just laughed.

Hopper arrived at about 4:30 instead of 5 like he said, but instead of leaving then, El somehow managed to convince him to play in the snow with them. Jonathan had come to get Will and Steve was there to pick Max and Dustin up like usual to take them home.

"Never had a snowball fight." She told him, giving him a pitiful look. He sighed and looked at Mike, who shrugged as innocently as he possibly could.

"Fine." He drug the word out as if he was annoyed, but he really wasn't. She smiled widely and insisted that she pick the teams. It was Steve and Jonathan, Nancy and Dustin, Lucas and Will, her and Max, and finally, Mike and Hopper. No one had a clue why she chose the groups she did but didn't question it.

"Hey! What the hell? Who said you could hide behind the truck?" Dustin yelled from the other side of the yard.

"No one said we couldn't!" Mike yelled back, grabbing the snowball Hopper held out to him and threw it at Dustin, knocking his hat off his head. Of course, El and Max were winning because El was a cheater as Dustin had childishly called her. Soon, it was just Mike and Hopper against El, and she had two snowballs floating in front of her, a devious smile on her face. Everyone watched them, entertained.

"You really think she'll do it?" Hopper mumbled to Mike, who kind of nodded, then shook his head, and nodded again. "Oh come on, El, you wouldn't throw snowballs at your old man and boyfriend-"

SMACK!

"Well then." Everyone roared in laughter at the two, who had gotten a snowball each to the face.

"I was terribly wrong." Hopper said.

"Did you get that, Jonathan?" Karen asked, having come outside with Holly just a few minutes prior.

"Yes ma'am." He said, chuckling.

"Good."

"Oh my God!" Mike yelled. "What the hell! I'm gonna kill you!" He exclaimed, running after his laughing older sister. He did some weird dance as he ran, like he had ants in his pants.

"She put snow in his underwear." Lucas said, giggling. Mike slipped and fell in the snow and got up again, ran a few feet, only to fall again, then fall attempting to get up. Soon, he just gave up and laid in the snow, making snow angels, all by himself while the others laughed. Hopper walked over to him.

"You okay kid?" He asked, chuckling. Mike was red faced and grinning from ear to ear. He nodded. Hopper held a hand out for him to take, and he took it. Hopper pulled him up and Mike dusted himself off, picking up a handful of snow and packing it as tight as he could. He threw it as hard as he could and hit Nancy in the back of her head. She put her hand where it hit and turned and gave him a death glare. He gave her a smug grin as he walked over to them, Hopper following him.

"What? All's fair in love and war."

Everyone left after having hot chocolate, and of course, El was reluctant to leave, but Hopper had a surprise for her at the cabin, so she willingly agreed to leave. She kissed Mike goodbye and hugged his mom and sisters and left with Hopper. Mike waved at her as she left, and walked back inside to see his mom giving him a look.

"What?"

"Nothing."

When they got back to the cabin, El immediately looked around for her surprise and he chuckled, shaking his head.

"Sit at the table and I'll get it." He said. She nodded, her leg bouncing up and down. He went in the cabinet and pulled out a green box. He set it on the table and she looked at it weird.

"What is this?" She asked.

"This is a gingerbread house. Like in the movies." Her eyes widened and she grinned widely. "Me and you are going to decorate it today. The smile didn't leave her face as he opened the box and pulled everything out. There were many different candies and pieces of the house, and two packets of icing. She watched him curiously as he ripped open the pack of cookies and set them on a piece of cardboard that came with it. He handed her two of the pieces and she looked at them confused. He smiled and grabbed a pair of scissors, cutting the corner off both packets and handing one to her. "Okay so just watch what I'm doing, okay?" He asked and she stood up to watch him. He put a square in the middle of one of the pieces he had, and it looked like a window so that's what she assumed it was. Then he put a couple of candies on it like it's a windowsill. "You basically just do that, but you can put whatever you want on it." He told her. She pointed at the box.

"Can it look like that?"

"You can do it like that, yeah, but it doesn't have to be the same as on the box."

"On the box it's pretty." He chuckled and nodded.

"Go for it, kid."

Despite the fact that she's never done anything like this, her side of the gingerbread house looked a lot better than his did, which she found hilarious. After they decorated each piece they let the icing harden and then put it together, and Hopper took pictures of it, and then a picture of her sitting in front of it grinning.

"You did good, kid. It looks great." She stood up and hugged him. He was shocked, but happy nonetheless and hugged her back.

"Thanks dad."

"You're welcome, kid."