Feeling a bit better now, back to work tomorrow. Updates may take a while again. Unless the chapter gets 10 reviews or more, then I might be inclined to spend part of my free time after work to write ;)
CaptainRex21: And don't forget that those infinite ammo guns also never seem to overheat. When I was in the army, me and my squad fired a machine gun to get rid of the remaining ammo during a week-long bivouac (We were fuel and ammo supervisors and we didn't want to list it back in :D). I had to change the barrel twice due to heat.
Also, watched Under Siege last night, haven't seen that in years and when Steven Seagal started running with guns blazing, I thought to myself when he was halfway done, this is the moment he should run out of ammo :D
Alright, enjoy :)
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters and I write for my own pleasure and that of the readers.
"Thanks, mommy and daddy." Holly giggled, holding her presents to herself.
They had gotten her new clothes since she also began to grow out of her old ones, as well as a new bike, some toys and lots of candy. Mike and El had given her a beautiful unicorn, albeit one made out of plush. Then it came time for Mike to get his presents, his parents handing him a simple envelope.
"What's this?" Mike asked as he opened it. "What the... is this real?"
"Yes, son." Ted nodded.
"What is it?" El asked.
"It's the registration for driving school." Mike looked stunned. "Starting in the spring."
"And it's fully paid for." Ted smiled.
"And this is from me." El grinned and handed him a wrapped gift.
"A sweater." Mike laughed, holding it to his torso. "Finally, a first replacement for the three you took with you to Chicago."
"They're comfortable and they smell like you." El shrugged innocently. "It soothes me."
"No worries, I love when you wear my things, they look good on you." he smiled and gave her a kiss, Holly making more gagging noises before Mike handed a small gift box to El. "And this is for you."
"Mike, this is breathtaking." El gasped when she unlocked the box, finding a beautifully crafted necklace with a small heart-shaped broach hanging from it that had a tiny ruby in its center.
"You can open this and put pictures in there." Mike smiled as he unclasped the heart, opening it up.
"Well, I think we need a picture of you and one of me." El smiled back and pressed a kiss against his lips.
"Ew, gross." Holly commented on their display of affection.
"Oh, photo time." Karen jumped up and ran out of the room to get her camera.
"See, what you've done?" Mike sighed in exasperation, leaning his head back as Karen returned with her camera, gleefully giggling.
At first El had no idea why Mike was so averse to the idea of his mom taking pictures, but an hour later, she understood why. Karen made them pose for dozens if not hundreds of pictures, some of them alone, some as a couple and some with the entire family, those last making El almost cry because Karen simply included her without any afterthought, even though Nancy wasn't present this year.
After the torture, as Mike called it, was over, he asked her to come on a walk with him and twenty minutes later, both were walking slowly through the woods, the lights of the town still visible in the distance. El took a deep breath of the cool air, smelling the scent of wood and some animals, the sensations bringing back memories, which came to the forefront when they passed a small box on the ground.
"What is it?" Mike asked, seeing her cry suddenly.
"This is the box dad put food into for me to get." she sniffed and hugged him, seeking comfort.
"What exactly happened?" Mike asked after she had calmed down again. "I mean, after you destroyed the Demogorgon."
"I woke up in the Upside Down." she told him. "I got up and started calling your name and I ran around in panic because I was alone. Then I saw a red glow and found a small gate back to here."
"And you got through?"
"Yes, I used my powers to make it big enough for me to crawl through and when I did, the school was empty." she nodded. "I ran to your house but I found it surrounded by cars and some of the men there saw me and I had to flee and hide in the woods. I decided to stay there, so I wouldn't put you in danger."
"You could have come back." he whispered, hugging her tight. "I would have hidden you."
"I know but I didn't want to risk it." she snuggled into his embrace. "I spent several weeks in the woods, I killed squirrels and other small animals to cook and eat them. An old man found me while I was doing that and I knocked him out to steal his jacket and hat."
"Wasn't it cold?"
"Very." she nodded. "Early, I found this box, and there was a box of food in it and several eggos. I took them and returned to the box every night and there was food in it every time."
"Hopper did this?"
"Yes, but at first I didn't know." she nodded. "One night, I decided to wait close by and watch who was feeding me. I saw him put more food into the box and when he left, I followed him and showed myself. Then he took me to the cabin. We fixed it up and he taught me morse code."
"Is that where you heard me call you on the radio?" Mike asked.
"Yes and I desperately wanted to tell you that I was there." El sniffed. "But dad said that if I do that, the bad men could find me."
"How was it, living like that for a year?" he wanted to know, both starting to walk again, this time back towards the house, the hour turning late.
"At first it was fine." she sighed. "I felt save, it was warm, I got food. But as the weeks turned to months and I heard you call every night, I started to feel... I don't know, like I was in prison."
"Cabin fever." Mike helped her. "It's when you are cooped up somewhere for a long time and you feel like the roof is coming down on your head."
"That was it." she nodded. "So, one day, I snuck out when dad was at work. I simply started walking into town and reached your school. And there I saw you with Max, she was riding her skateboard around you."
"I remember that." he interjected. "At that point in time, I found her annoying and I didn't want her to be in the party because it felt she was replacing you. Then she said something stupid and she fell from her board. Wait, was that you?"
"I saw you smile at something she said and I was so mad that you seemed to like her that I lashed out." El revealed. "I left right after because I felt so bad."
"I sensed you there." Mike held her hand tightly. "I came out of the gym but the corridor was empty."
"Anyway, when I returned to the cabin, dad was there. He was really mad." El continued. "But I was mad as well because whenever I asked when I could get out, he always said soon. Soon, soon, soon. And when I cornered him about it, asking about a number of days and he kept brushing me off, I kinda lost my temper."
"You mean...?"
"Yeah, windows were blowing out, furniture was pushed over and a door banged shut. I cried in my room." she told him. "When dad had left for work, that's when I went into the void to find mama."
"And then you left for Chicago." Mike nodded. "And came back right in time to save us."
"Yeah." she breathed another sigh of relief, sometimes wondering what might have happened if she had arrived even an hour later.
"Remind me to never piss you off." Mike grinned in an attempt to cheer her up from the bad memory. "At least not while we're inside a building."
"As long as you continue to ignore that bitch's attempt to get to you, you're safe." she giggled.
With El in a much better mood, they returned to the house and watched more Christmas programming on TV.
"That was a lot better." Mike commented her latest attempt.
"Well, it hurt a lot less this time." El chuckled and rubbed her chest to get the stinging out. "Can you show me again?"
"Sure." Mike nodded and climbed out of the pool again and back on the starting block. "You don't have to put your hands on the block, I just do it because the professional swimmers to it to get an extra boost."
"Huh, I think I'm not vertical enough when I hit the water, am I?" she asked after he had resurfaced.
"Yes, you jump off to flat. For a perfect jump in a race, you need to enter the water at an angle between ten to twenty degrees." Mike explained. "If it's more, you get in too steep and have no speed, any less and you simply splash into the water, also killing your speed."
"I never imagined that water could be so hard." she chuckled.
"Yes, landing on water in a wrong way can be deadly even from low altitudes." Mike nodded. "If you land really badly, you can break your neck even when falling from like ten feet."
"Then how do these people do it that I've seen on TV that are jumping from high cliffs?" El wondered,
"Well, first, these guys know what they're doing. And then of course, they dive in after coming down vertically, so the impact is not as bad." Mike shrugged. "Come on, try again."
"Okay." she nodded and climbed out of the pool, Mike right behind her.
She got back onto the starting block and put her hands on it, right in front of her feet. An appreciative whistle from behind her startled her, making her turn her head to see her love looking at her behind, eyes full of desire. It made her hot just thinking about how his reaction was just from seeing her covered behind, knowing that he'd already seen it naked.
She jumped off, pushing her arms forward and putting one hand on top of the other. This time, she felt the impact a lot less than before, her body entering the water and rapidly piercing through it until her momentum was used up and she surfaced. She whooped in exultation and watched as Mike jumped in behind her, also remaining under water until he suddenly appeared right in front of her, his arms wrapping around her body and his mouth pressing against hers.
"That was perfect." he congratulated her. "I told you, you're a natural."
"That was fun." she giggled but stopped when they were interrupted by a knock on the window next to the lifeguard office. "What was that?"
"Is someone out there?" Mike wondered and turned around, lifting his body out of the water and walking to the window where the knock came from. "It's Dustin!"
"Guys!" his muffled voice came through the glass.
"Dustin?" El asked, joining Mike and staying behind him, only pushing her head past him to prevent Dustin from seeing her in a bathing suit.
"What are you doing here?" Mike shouted to be heard through the glass.
"Your mom told me you're here." Dustin yelled.
"Dustin, wait!" Mike stopped his friend from talking. "I'll open the door."
"Thanks." Dustin nodded and waited while Mike walked into the lifeguard office and retrieved the key for the emergency door, allowing Dustin to come in.
"Stay at the door please." Mike said.
"Why?" Dustin asked.
"Because your shoes are dirty and I don't want to sweep the entire area." Mike chuckled. "What's up?"
"The date is in three days." Dustin started.
"Yeah, so?" El asked, getting over her shyness and stepping out of Mike's shadow.
"I'm nervous." Dustin fidgeted.
"Why?" Mike sighed. "Dustin, she already agreed to go out, the hardest part is done."
"But what if I blow it?" Dustin fretted.
"If you start doubting yourself, you will definitely blow it." El said to him. "Calm down."
"I can give you two pieces of advice." Mike said.
"Hit me." Dustin nodded eagerly.
"One, don't do that growl thing you started two years ago." Mike chuckled. "It's neither funny, nor particularly sexy."
"Fine, and the second?"
"Don't change your hair into that monstrosity from the Snow Ball again." El giggled, Mike nodding.
"Seriously, you two are creepy." Dustin shuddered when he saw how they thought alike.
"If Steve gives you styling tips, listen to his advice, then ask Robin what she thinks and she'll give you the correct advice." Mike laughed.
"One more thing, we planned to go to see a movie after the dinner, right?" Dustin asked.
"Yeah, why?" Mike nodded.
"There's a dance at the old retro cafe." Dustin suggested.
"Isn't that for ballroom dancing?" Mike looked confused. "It'll be mostly old people doing slow dances we can't do."
"Oh, alright." Dustin shrugged. "Movies it is then."
"Hey Dustin, what did you get for Christmas?" El asked before their friend could leave.
"A pair of pants, some sweaters and a new microphone for my Cerebro." Dustin smiled with glee.
"And what was that thing that you bought at radio shack that you wanted to show us after you assembled it?" El continued. "Did you assemble it?"
"I did." Dustin nodded. "It's a relay module for my Cerebro."
"Which does what?" Mike wanted to know.
"I installed it into my Cerebro on Weathertop and now I can activate, use it and deactivate it from home." Dustin almost hopped with glee. "Which means I can now talk to anyone from home without having to trek all the way out there."
"That's cool." El had to admit. "Now you can do what Mike does."
"Yeah, keep rubbing salt in the wound." Dustin squinted his eyes at her when El began to grin.
"Here's another piece of advice." Mike spoke up again. "Don't talk about Suzie unless she asks and if she does, explain who Suzie is but don't spend minutes talking about her."
"Unless you don't want Jennifer as your girlfriend." El added.
"I still don't know if I really want that." Dustin admitted. "I don't know her well enough. Yet."
"Well, after the date, don't leave her hanging." Mike said. "If you don't feel like you want her to be your girlfriend, tell her. Otherwise, it would be unfair to her."
"I agree completely with that." Dustin nodded.
"You're a good man, Dustin." El said.
"Well, thanks for the advice." Dustin took a deep breath. "See you tomorrow?"
"Yeah, we can watch movies again or play a game for three or four, if Holly joins us." Mike confirmed.
"Alright, see you then." Dustin waved and left the building, El shivering from the cold air that blew into the building when the door was open.
Mike quickly closed it again and grabbed a mop from the office, wetting it in the pool before swiping the floor to remove the muddy footprints that Dustin had left behind. While he did that, El jumped into the shallower pool, enjoying the warmer water and doing a few swims with breaststroke and freestyle while she waited for her love to join her.
When she saw him jump into the pool, she swam into the, what Mike had called an igloo, which was supposed to be where Eskimos lived. It was even warmer in it, the only opening being the entrance and it was almost as warm as the Jacuzzi that Mike had shown her earlier. Mike leaned against the side, sitting on an underwater bench and El joined him, turning around to sit on his lap.
"Thank you for teaching me how to swim." she said lovingly and leaned into his embrace.
"Thank you for being so beautiful and kind." he replied as he kissed her cheek.
"Mike?" El asked, her voice almost a whisper.
"Yeah?"
"Do you want to have sex with me?" El asked straightforwardly.
"Wha... what?" Mike stammered. "Right now?"
"No." El quickly calmed him. "I mean, in general."
"In general? Of course." Mike quickly nodded. "I'd do it right now if I could. But I am really confused about the whole thing."
"Why?"
"Nancy threatened me not to do it, she even hit me because Joyce took some of Jonathan's condoms to give to you. Told me I was too young." Mike explained. "So, I don't really know if we should or even could."
"Well, legal age minimums don't apply, since we're both the same age." El told him, remembering the magazine article she showed Joyce. "But Joyce gave me the same advice."
"We don't have to rush." Mike said. "I think if we did that, we'd drive ourselves crazy and it would be a very bad first time."
"Agreed." El chuckled and felt his hands caress her body. "That feels so good."
"Yeah?" he smiled and kissed her earlobe. "What about this?"
Her breath hitched when his hand found its way between her legs, gently beginning to rub the sensitive area there. After a minute of caressing her down there, he increased his pressure and speed, causing her to moan loudly into the empty building. He kept whispering into her ear but she couldn't hear it, the blood rushing past making it inaudible and with a scream, she climaxed, her body quivering with the aftershocks of her orgasm.
With a satisfied hum, she let herself go, feeling her body go horizontal in the water. Mike watched her, happy to have caused her current blissful state and watching her float inside the pool. When the lights began to flicker suddenly, he felt apprehensive, his eyes going to her face to see if she was causing it.
When El opened her eyes, she suddenly found herself in the void, her bare feet not making any noise in the water under her feet. With her heart rate increasing from the fear she started to feel, she took a few steps forward, turning her head left and right to see if something was in here with her. A metallic object came into view, four thin poles extending from the ground.
As she walked closer, it became more visible, a horizontal plate with two more metallic pipes bending upwards and another plate attached to them vertically. One more step and it turned out to be a chair, a strange mist surrounding it. El took two more steps and saw a man coming into view, his hands clasped together behind his head. His familiar face was serene but as she took another step to get closer, she saw it move in dismay and the eyes opened, boring into her soul.
"You again!" the man said and the last thing El saw before her head jerked out of the water was the 001 on his left wrist.
"El!" Mike said, almost in panic, as he was holding her up. "What happened?"
"Mike!" El gasped, hugging him hard.
"El, what's going on?" Mike asked, more calmly this time. "You looked like you did a few years ago when you were trying to find Will.
"I was back in the void." El tried to describe her experience. "There was a man there."
"A man?" Mike looked confused. "Hopper?"
"No, someone I don't know." El told him. "I saw him once before, when you were with me in Chicago. I dreamed of him."
"Okay." Mike hesitated, not knowing how to react to his girlfriend dreaming of another man.
"He had a tattoo like mine." El said, startling Mike with that fact. "It said zero zero one."
"So he's someone like you?" Mike wondered.
"I don't know." El held him harder. "But both times, he saw me in the void too."
"Could you draw his face?" Mike suggested. "Maybe we can find out who he is."
"I can try." El nodded and followed Mike out of the pool, both separating to take a shower before they met again outside the changing booths, now dressed in their clothing.
They rode their bikes back home, entering the house through the garage again and after changing, sitting down at the dinner table to eat lunch. It was the same meal as the day before, Karen having made more dumplings, another pot of red cabbage and the leftover meat, which was more than enough for the five of them.
Holly talked excitedly about her new toys, giddy to show them to her friends. Once they were done with lunch, El and Mike retreated into the cellar where El began drawing the face of the man she had seen, trying to remember details to make it easier for them to possibly find him or at least find out, who he was.
"Hey guys." a suddenly appearing Dustin startled them.
"Hey Dustin." Mike nodded to him and turned his gaze back to the paper in front of El.
"What is she doing?" their friend asked when he saw El with the pencil in hand.
"After you left, we went into the igloo in the pool." Mike told him. "And when she laid down in the water, like she did in the tub when she tried to find Will, she went into the void again."
"Wait, your powers are back?" Dustin looked aghast.
"Not like that." El shook her head. "I need to concentrate very hard to do some things but nothing like before."
"That sucks." Dustin was disappointed. "Who this?"
"I saw him." El said quietly. "In the void."
"Is it another Russian spy?" Dustin asked.
"No, I think he's like El." Mike told him. "El said he has a zero zero one tattooed on his wrist."
"Wait, there are more like El?"
"Given she has an eleven on her wrist, don't you think it's likely there were ten more before her?" Mike shrugged. "And she met her sister in Chicago already."
"El has a sister?" Dustin was even more confused.
"Not by blood." El said. "She was raised in the lab too, she's number eight."
"Really?" Dustin gaped. "Can she do the same things you can?"
"No, her powers are different." Mike shook his head. "I've seen them. They're awesome too."
"How?"
"She can make you see things." Mike grinned. "Everything. Dragons, Monsters, whatever."
"Wow, dude!" Dustin hopped in joy. "El, you need to get her here."
"What?" El looked dumbfounded.
"Why?" Mike looked the same.
"Can you imagine playing Dungeons and Dragons with her?" Dustin was beside himself with glee. "She could make us see every monster, we could actually play our characters, not just push miniatures around!"
"You do realize that that could possibly kill her, right?" Mike chuckled at his friend's enthusiasm. "If she's anything like El, she'll get tired when using her powers."
"Still, it would be awesome." Dustin was still hopeful.
"Yeah, it would." Mike agreed. "But I met the girl, I highly doubt she'd play Dungeons and Dragons with us."
"You met her?" Dustin gaped. "When?"
"When we went to that mall in Chicago the first time." Mike answered. "She was there. With her friends."
"Yeah." El chuckled. "Finished."
"Nice." Mike nodded and looked at the face El drew.
"Okay, so how do we find out who he is?" Dustin asked, which was followed by a long silence.
"Uh..." Mike hesitated. "I have no idea."
"Movies?" El asked, starting to laugh at the two.
"Movies." both Dustin and Mike said in unison.
"I'm telling you, this could become the greatest comedy movie franchise in the world." Dustin stated. "Like, the Star Wars of comedy."
"Dustin, it's Ghostbusters." Mike said. "Granted, it's a great movie, but come on, comparing it to Star Wars? That's heresy."
"Haven't you heard, they're making a second part." Dustin grinned. "And it's definitely going to be better than the first."
"How can you be sure?" El asked.
"Because The Empire Strikes Back was better than A New Hope." Dustin argued.
"That argument is flimsy." Mike smirked. "Star Wars is still the greatest movie ever made."
"I like Disney movies better." El shrugged, Mike looking wide-eyed at her. "What?"
"I don't even know you." Mike gasped. "Who are you?"
"Shut up." El poked out her tongue before pressing a kiss against Mike's lips.
"Dustin!" Karen's voice interrupted them from the basement door.
"Yes, Misses Wheeler?" Dustin called back.
"Your mother called, she's waiting for you." Karen told him.
"But she said I can stay until..." he began, looking at his watch. "Ah, crap!"
"Bye Dustin." El waved as Dustin quickly said his goodbye and ran upstairs.
"Mike, El, can I talk to you?" Karen came down the stairs after Dustin had left.
"Sure." Mike nodded, sitting up on the couch, El doing as well.
"Listen, how would you feel about taking care of Holly for a few days?"
"Uh... what?" Mike couldn't quite understand what his mother was asking.
"Your dad's Christmas present for me was a romantic getaway over New Year's." Karen explained. "We'd leave on December 29th and come back on the 1st. If you don't think you can, we'd take Holly with us and drop her off at my sister's, since it's on the way."
"I have no problem with it." Mike shrugged.
"Me neither." El nodded.
"Wait, the 29th?" Mike remembered. "Uh... we're going on a date on the 29th."
"You two are going on a date?" Karen grinned. "That's so cute!"
"Yeah, I got Dustin a date with Jennifer Hayes and we realized that we never had a real date." Mike explained. "So we decided to go to the same restaurant but at different tables so we can interject with Dustin if he really screws up."
"The 29th wouldn't be a problem." Karen said. "Holly wanted to go to a sleepover at one her friend's house. If she can stay here with you over New Years, she could go there."
"Yeah, we can take care of her." El nodded.
"Great! Thank you so much, you two." Karen gushed and pressed a kiss on Mike's cheek, which he reacted to with an embarrassed smirk and a quick swipe of his hand. "Wait, how do you get to wherever you are going to on your date?"
"Steve and Robin offered to drive." Mike told her.
"Steve Harrington? Nancy's former boyfriend?"
"Yeah." Mike nodded.
"And who's Robin?"
"His girlfriend in all but name." El giggled. "They work together at the video store. Robin as a large van for eight people, she's driving."
"Good to hear that you're chaperoned." Karen nodded. "Good, I'll let Holly know that she doesn't have to go to her aunt."
"Tell her, if she misbehaves, we're going to bring her to the woods and leave her there." Mike called after her.
"No, we won't." El gasped, giving him a slap on the head.
"El, do that five more times please." Karen smirked, knowing that her boy was just joking but enjoying how his girlfriend wasn't allow any shenanigans.
"Ow!" Mike yelled when El did just that. "Stop hitting me! I was kidding!"
"Then don't joke about something like that." El moped and waited until Karen had left. "It's not funny, I know what it's like to get stuck in a forest in winter."
"Oh, I forgot, I'm so sorry." Mike accepted her punishment.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" a blond ball of energy skipped down the stairs and jumped into Mike's lap, with him managing to lift his knees a bit this time to avoid the crotch jump from the morning of the day before.
"But you have to behave and do what we tell you, understand?" El lifted a finger, looking serious at the little girl.
"Yes, El." Holly nodded.
"Good." El smiled. "Now go to bed, it's past your bedtime."
"Yes." Holly didn't even argue.
"Damn, you're good." Karen gasped in admiration. "Would you be willing to move in here?"
"Gladly." El beamed, surprising Karen, who hadn't expected that answer.
"How long are you going to stay down here?" Karen quickly changed the subject.
"We thought of watching another movie." Mike told her. "If you don't find us in my room in the morning, we probably fell asleep."
"Well, you could change into your pajamas before so you don't forget." Karen suggested.
"We can do that." El agreed. "I'm going to take a shower and change into my pajamas."
"Me too." Mike agreed and saw his mother's eyes go wide. "After El is done of course."
"Of course." Karen chuckled and returned upstairs.
El giggled and ran her hand over his shoulders as she walked past him. Once upstairs, she grabbed her pajamas from Mike's room and went into the bathroom, undressing and stepping into the bathtub to take a shower. As the spray of water ran over her, she wondered how it would feel to take a bath with Mike, sitting between his legs and feel his hands running all over her.
She thought back to the morning at the pool, what he did inside the igloo. His hand pressed against her center, his fingers moving over the fabric, making her shiver in delight. She wondered once again how it would feel if he was touching her without clothes separating them or how it would feel to have him inside her.
Shaking off her thoughts for the moment, she stepped out and dried herself off, putting on a different pair of pajama shorts for tonight, one that was looser than the ones she usually wore. Second came the oversized, what was formerly Mike's, shirt that almost went to her knee, completely hiding the shorts and making it look as if she wasn't wearing anything else at all.
"I'm finished." she said as she skipped back down the stairs.
"Alright, my turn then." he nodded and walked past her, his own hand running over her back, making her shiver again.
While he was gone, she walked to the small cabinet the TV and VCR were standing on, rifling through the available movies to find one to watch. With a grin, she pulled a tape out of the stack, not even knowing before that this movie was in the collection. But she decided to believe that it was one of Holly's movies, hence Mike not telling her that he had that too.
"Alright, done." Mike said as he returned to the basement, his hair still a bit damp, making El lick her lips at the absolute hotness of her boyfriend and seeing their toothbrushes in his hand. "Chose a movie?"
"Yep." she grinned and held up the tape.
"Oh no!" Mike groaned and flopped down on the couch.
"Oh yes!" El giggled.
"Alright, but I'll watch that only because I love you." Mike moped and sighed as she put The Princess Bride into the VCR. "Hey, wanna pull out the couch?"
"What?" she asked.
"The couch is a pullout, it can act like a bed." he explained and showed her. "We can use the pillows and blankets from inside the fort."
El pulled a couple of pillows and the large comforter out of the fort, placing the latter on the couch to act as sheets. Mike grabbed another blanket from a cabinet, spreading it out and getting onto the couch after grabbing the remote and placing their juice bottles and the snacks next to them. El hit play and snuggled into his body, putting her head on his chest and feeling his heartbeat while she watched the movie.
When the movie was three quarters done, El hit pause and walked into the basement bathroom and used the toilet before brushing her teeth. Following her example, Mike did the same, El keeping the movie on pause, much do his chagrin, until he had returned and she was in his arms again. After turning off the lights, except for the one in the corner, El hit play again and Mike tried to stay awake until the credits rolled and El turned off the TV
She turned her head to kiss him and pushed him backwards on their replacement bed, almost lying on top of him. As they have done before when they were alone, their tongues danced the slow dance of love, gently moving against each other. Mike's hand moved down her back, along the fabric of the shirt she wore and found the waistband of her shorts.
When he felt her grin against his mouth, he realized the reason for the new, looser shorts. It made it a lot easier for his hand to glide under it, so he used this new freedom to quickly press his hand against her cheek, gently squeezing it and enjoying the feeling. El seemed to like it as well, rolling a bit so she could straddle him fully and give his other hand the chance to do the same thing.
For several minutes, he gently squeezed and caressed her butt, El making low moaning noises that drove him crazy as well. He had no idea if he should take it further but his right hand had its own idea, slowly moving until his index finger just barely touched her most sacred area. She gasped into the kiss and Mike saw it as an invitation to continue, so he added a tiny amount of pressure to hear her gasp again. What he didn't expect was El suddenly stopping the kiss and jumping off the bed before she ran into the bathroom.
"Fuck!" he cursed heavily, using a word he never really said before and put his left arm over his eyes. "Dammit Mike, how could you have been so stupid?"
Busy as he was in wallowing in self-pity, he didn't notice El returning. He only realized that she was there when he felt the couch dip after she had climbed back into it, kneeling next to him, her shirt covering everything but her knees. She gave him a shy smile and he looked at her with complete adoration, her perfect features making her appear like an angel.
"I'm so sorry, I..." he began, but El put a finger on his mouth to stop him from talking.
"Shhh." she smiled. "It's okay. It was just unexpected."
"So..." he wanted to talk again but she wouldn't let him.
"Remember when I tickled you and you promised me that you would do anything I asked for?" she asked.
"Of course, and I meant it." he nodded.
"Good." she sighed in relief. "I want you to kiss me."
"Oookay." he agreed, but wondered why she would use that favor for something so mundane while he put his hand on her face and tried to pull her head down to him.
"No." she stopped him again and pulled off her shirt, revealing the reason she had left the room for.
Mike could only gape at her fully naked form. He had seen her topless and in tight pajama bottoms, he had seen her naked butt but he had never seen her like this. El looked at him and felt self-conscious for a moment, fearing that Mike wouldn't like the look of what she had gotten when she shaved between her legs.
"That looks so amazing." Mike breathed, his voice barely audible.
"I want you to kiss me here." she said and spread her legs, which was somewhat difficult given that she was kneeling and sitting on her feet, and pointed right at her vagina.
Mike just looked into her eyes, finding a mix of apprehension, desire and need. He looked down to where she pointed to, moved his head forward and kissed.
Well, well, well ^^
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