CHAPTER 2: THE PLAN

"You can't control who I date, I'm a junior and how do you expect me to make friends with king of the nerds, the hate is mutual." El said looking at her father.

"Wasn't hard for you to be mean and let your EX-boyfriend kick his ass, so I suppose you better figure out!" Hopper shot back looking at El before cranking up the truck and pulling off.

The entire trip to their home El had been furious with her father for this unreasonable amount of punishment for a crime she had nothing to do with. When they finally arrived home El was quick to get out of the car until she noticed a certain pale and lanky boy walking into his home with a bandage on his head. El had an internal debate as to if she should start the friend's thing now but figured it would work better tomorrow at school when he's not so pissed.

After just getting home from the hospital, Mike was headed inside when he couldn't help but notice a certain brunette staring at him from her own driveway. Her stare looked to be intense and full of thought, but after about fifteen seconds she turned away and simply walked in her home. Mike thought it was pretty weird but didn't pay it much mind since he just wanted to get inside. One thing Mike knew was that he would try to have no contact with El Hopper for the rest of his high school years. Although the next day the universe proved to Mike that hope is indeed for suckers. Mike hadn't even been at school for a minute before the chief's truck sped into view and out came El Hopper all dolled up ready for another day of running the school halls, but unlike all the other days she wasn't heading towards the main entrance. El was speed walking towards Mike like a woman on a mission and it made him very uncomfortable.

"Hi, uhh Mike right?" El said in the nicest tone she could make even though she was very bitter about the situation.

"Listen if you need help with your grades or anything find some other chu-." Mike started to say before being cut off by El.

"Listen I don't need tutoring help, I was just coming over to say sorry." El actually felt sympathy for Mike and his friends and all the hell they endured on a daily basis, but she'd never admit it.

"Yeah, well you didn't seem too sorry when your boy toy decided to beat my face in so you and that pathetic apology can go to hell." Mike was furious that she had the audacity to try to apologize now like it would fix anything.

"You know what I tried to say sorry, but you're being a dick as usual so screw you loser." El said before storming off into the building.

El knew she had to get Mike to be her friend, but she wasn't a people person. El thought on it through first and second period and still couldn't come up with a plan until she was on the way to lunch.

"Everyone loves me because I'm popular and hot, if I can use some of that on Mike maybe I can win him over." El said mumbling to herself while walking to lunch.

El had a plan she'd use her popular charm and looks on Mike just until her dad got off of her back and then she'd drop the loser.