JANUARY 9 1985

It was noon on a Saturday. Usually Mike would be at El's by now, but he told her beforehand that he was practicing for the tournament next weekend. She understood. El didn't understand the tournament concept in its entirety, but she understood that Mike could really use her support.

She walked out of her room after having a long talk with Mike about the tournament; he kept on telling her too much about it and it was about to overload her brain.

She saw Hopper eating bacon and eggs at the table. She thought now was the right time to ask him since he wasn't in a bad mood.

El slowly walked over to Hopper, taking step after step, until finally sitting in front of him.

Hopper was trying to ignore her and enjoy his food. El let out an intentional cough, forcing him to give her his full attention.

"Something you need help with?" Hopper asked, curious to what she wants this time.

"I wanna go to the arcade next weekend," El said without breathing.

"Absolutely not," Hopper immediately replied, sounding casual.

"Why? Just one day. That's all I ask!" El said with a desperate tone in her voice.

"I knew this would happen…"

"What?"

"I knew that as soon as I let Mike start visiting, you'd become more entitled and ask for more things. It's exactly the thing I feared. Now you're gonna annoy me to go to the arcade. Next week you'll wanna stay over at Mike's and meet his parents. It's a slippery slope that'll never end. So no."

El didn't like hearing the word 'no' from Hopper's mouth. It made her feel inferior; it also made it seem like he was out to get her and make her sad. El was too set on seeing Mike win the tournament to take no for an answer.

"I. Want. To. Go!" El said, pouting at Hopper.

"Why? What's so important about going to the arcade next weekend?" Hopper wondered as he continued to eat his eggs.

"Mike is in a tournament. If he wins 1st place he gets three-hun-dread dollars. He wants me to be there and support him. And I want to support him."

"How romantic," Hopper replied, not taking her request seriously.

"So… I can go?" El said, confused from his sarcastic reply.

"NO, EL. You can't. It sounds like this tournament is gonna go on for hours and hours in front of a huge group of people. That's not a safe place for you. You know this. No. You can't go."

"NO!" El shouted, her face turning red with anger.

"Young lady, you better quit with the attitude before I decide that Mike shouldn't visit you today…"

"You wouldn't…"

Hopper gave her a wicked smile.

"Oh, I sure would."

El wanted to break his plate with her powers, but she refrained. She stood up in anger.

"UGGHGGHGH!" El Growled and walked to the fridge.

She looked for her daily eggos meal that kept her sane along with Mike. Only problem is she couldn't find them.

"Where are the eggos?" El asked, panicking on the inside.

"Oh shoot! I think I forgot to get some more last night. Sorry, I'll get them Monday."

El slowly shut the fridge and looked at Hopper with crazy eyes.

"M-Monday? That's… like… two days from now."

"Yeah? And?"

"I can't wait that long!" El shouted, getting ready to break.

"There's other food in this cabin, kid. Your taste buds are gonna change soon. Might as well get a head start and eat something besides eggos."

"NO!" El yelled, wanting to scream her lungs out.

"Don't talk back to me!" Hopper ordered her.

El's anger was about to turn into tears.

"This is fucking bullshit!" El said.

"HEY! LANGUAGE!"

She'd been rubbing off the bad language from the boys, but especially this new Mike, who had been dropping the F bomb a lot recently.

El ran into her room and slammed the door shut with her powers. She didn't hesitate to grab her walkie talkie and call for Mike.

"Mike… I know you are probably busy… but get back to me whenever you can," El said, sounding like she was gonna cry.

Mike was in the middle of a game with Lucas when he heard her apparently crying. He went into the arcade's bathroom and called back to her.

"El?! What's wrong? I'm here!"

"Hopper said I can't go to the arcade next weekend," El said as she officially started crying.

Mike let out a sad sigh.

"Yeah. That sucks. I mean, what do you expect though? He's an unhappy asshole," Mike said, making El chuckle.

"He sure is," El replied, slowly getting in her bed and wanting to sleep to get away from her prison.

"El. I don't know what you want me to say…"
"Don't say anything then, Mike! Because I don't have anything. I don't have you, I don't have freedom, I don't have my eggos because the unhappy asshole forgot to get them last night! I have nothing. I'm a loser!" El said, completely hating her life at the moment.

"Please don't start, El. You're not a loser. Look, I'll be over in, like, an hour. No need to be sad when you're so beautiful."

El stopped crying when she heard that and her face lit up.

"OK. I'll see you soon, Mike."

"See ya soon, El!"

An hour later, Mike knocked on the cabin door and Hopper opened it.

"Loverboy's here!" Hopper said, having a grin on his face while looking down at Mike.

Mike was holding a box of eggos that he took from his house. He didn't want to say anything to Hopper; he just wanted to see El right away.

"Come on in, then. She's in her room."

Mike quickly walked to her room and opened the door.

"Surprise! Got'cha a gift!" Mike said, holding the box of eggos up to his chest.

"EGGOS!" El shouted and jumped out of bed to hug Mike.

She snatched the box of eggos from Mike after the hug, eliciting a chuckle from Mike.

"I'm getting really good at Karate Champ. I'm feeling good about the tournament!" Mike sounded happy and confident.

El threw the box of eggos on her bed and pecked Mike on the lips.

"That's good! I know you will win!" El said, trying to boost his confidence.

"You're such an amazing girlfriend!" Mike said.

Mike picked El up, making El squeal as she naturally wrapped her legs around his waist. Mike wasn't the same Mike from the Snowball. He was still skinny, but he grew a couple inches; El liked that he was so much taller than her. It made her feel safe from anything bad in her life.

El saw that the door was open all the way and closed it according to Hopper's rules.

"Tell me, El. Do you wanna kiss me?" Mike asked, having a sly grin.

"Mike-"

"No-no-no, Tell me, yes or no, do you want to kiss me?" Mike asked again, wrapping his arms around her waist.

"Yes!" El answered with so much enthusiasm.

"What's the magic word?"

"I… I don't know."

Mike giggled at how pure El was.

"OK. I'll tell you just this once. It's Eggos. Now say the magic word if you wanna kiss me."

"Can't I just kiss you without saying it?" El asked, not understanding the submissive game he was playing with her.

"No. You want my precious lips, you gotta say the magic word," Mike said, causing El to laugh out loud.

"Fine. Eggos!"

El wasted no time diving into his mouth. They were roughly attacking each others mouths. It was definitely the most aggressive make-out session yet for them. Mike pinned her against the wall and continued smooching her. El had no problem being dominated by Mike like this. She would do more for him if he wanted. To El, she belonged to Mike and only Mike.

"HEY! What do you two think you're doing?!" An angry Hopper marched into their room.

Out of panic, Mike tossed El onto her bed and tried to act nonchalant.

"We're doing nothing sir. Nothing at all," Mike said as he tried to fix his hair.

El was adjusting her clothing and hair as Hopper shamefully stared at them.

"I don't ever wanna see you holding El up like that in this cabin ever again. We clear?!"

Mike didn't answer. He didn't feel like answering.

"Yes. We're clear!" El said with a huge smile on her face.

"What a big man you are, Mike. Letting El talk for you? No respect," Hopper shook his head and walked out of the room.

Mike shook his head and turned to face Eleven who was lying in bed.

"I told you. We can do whatever we want in the cabin," Mike said as they both exchanged smirks.

Mike got in bed beside Eleven and they started kissing again.

In the middle of the make-out session, Mike moved his head down to her neck and started planting kisses to that area.

"OOh, Mike, that feels so good!" El moaned, not hiding her joy or being shy about it anymore.

Mike took pride in hearing that.

"I'm glad you like it. I gotta be careful though or else I could give you a hickey."

"A hickey?"

"It's a bruise on the skin from kissing or sucking on it too hard." Mike explained, only making El feel more weird and tingly.

"D-D-Does it hurt?"

"From what I know, not really."

Mike went back to smooching her neck. All El could do was moan and grab a handful of his hair.

"Woo-oowww! This feels so different!" El said as she started to lose her mind over how good it felt.

"If you're a good girl and guess the magic word on your first try from now on, I'll be sure to keep doing this."

El moaned and nodded her head.

"I-I'll be a good girl! I swear!" El replied, sounding so innocent and sweet.

"I know you will. You're my girl, aren't ya?" Mike asked.

"Yes! All yours!" El immediately said, too weak to acknowledge how submissive she was being.

"Good."

Mike grabbed El's cheek and stared into her eyes. He gave her one last kiss.

When he leaned away, it felt like El just broke out of a spell cast on her by Mike. She didn't mind though.

"Wow. That was… amazing," El said.

"Jesus, I can't believe I just did that," Mike laughed to himself.

"I don't know what came over me there," Mike added on.

"Whatever it was, I liked it," El said with a dirty grin on her face.