A/N: OMG GUYS IM SO FUCKING SORRY!

I suck so much by having you guys wait for updates. I really do suck. It's just that summer has been, surprisingly, busy for me and I never found time. I had sailing camp, I was in Ireland, crazy shit comes around. Basically, I just suck at finding time to do things! But I'm back and ready for action!

So last chapter, El got into a squabble at lunch with Troy and she used a sort of power. When Mike tried to comfort her, she ran away from him saying that he would hate her if she told him everything. What is going to happen? Will El explain herself?! AHHHHHHHHHH SUSPENSE!

Here we go!

El ran as fast as she could out of the school and into the woods. She ran out of breath and stopped by a tree where she cried her eyes out. She knew what she did back at the cafeteria. But she also knew that if she told anybody, they would despise her for life. She didn't want to lose her friends. They were her first ever friends.

She remembered Clarksville, which felt like a distant memory in her mind. El had no friends and no one she could look up to. It wasn't until she met her mom and aunt when things started to change for her. She thought that her life would be normal and not awful like in Clarksville.

But El was wrong. It had all resurfaced in the cafeteria and everyone saw. She hated herself now more than ever.

Suddenly, the girl heard footsteps coming her way. El jumped at the sound, but she couldn't move. She was scared of who it could be and what they were going to do once they saw her. But then she saw Mike walking towards her and she sighed in relief, but also tensed up. She knew exactly what he was going to ask her and she also knew that she would have to tell him. Mike would hate her, but El had to be honest.

"El, what are you doing here? Why did you run away from me earlier?" Mike asked her.

El took a deep breath and wiped away a few tears. She watched as Mike sat down next to her before speaking up. "When I was little, I lived in Clarksville like I said earlier. But it was just pain and torture. I was bullied a lot from everyone in my school because of how weird I was. But that wasn't my fault. It was my papa's fault. I lived with him for most of my life. He only let me go to school and back, but being home with him was awful. He kept me in my basement for hours whenever I misbehaved. But when he found out my secret, things got worse," she said.

Mike put a hand on her shoulder when she started to have tears fall. "What happened? What did he do?" He asked her calmly.

El looked right into his brown eyes. "I have powers. Telekinetic powers. I hid it for a few years but then he found out when I was eight years old. Things got worse. My papa dropped me out of school and he just used me for my powers. He tried to shave my head as well, but I resisted so he let that go. He just used me. He wouldn't let me leave the basement and I barely had anything to eat. But that all ended when I was able to use my powers against him. I... I snapped his neck. Then I ran out of the basement and out of my house, not knowing where I could go."

She looked down and started to cry openly. Instead of him leaving her in disgust, Mike stroked her back in comfort. El wasn't expecting it at all. She was expecting him to hate her and him to not want to talk to her again. She appreciated the comfort and she continued the story. "I ran really far away from the house and into the woods. But then I saw a house that I felt some sort of connection too. When I knocked on the door, a woman named Becky answered, who I later learned was my aunt. She let me in and I met her sister, who knew who I was. I was her daughter. I felt a little worried about them, but they treated me nicely once they knew who I was. When I told them my backstory, they were shocked. So then before school started this year, we moved over to Hawkins just in case anyone wanted me. I've hidden my powers after I killed my papa too but they resurfaced today. That's how Troy got pushed into a different table. I'm a monster," she finished.

Mike leaned forward and hugged her tightly. "I am so sorry you had to face that in Clarksville. You don't deserve that. I only know you a little bit, but I feel really bad. You are a sweet and kind person. Only that guy you call your papa is too evil to understand," he said.

El smiled at him and hugged back. When they let go of each other, she lifted up her sleeve, showing a 011 tattoo on her arm. "He gave it to me when I became his experiment. He liked to call me Eleven instead of El. I knew that I wasn't a number then or now," she explained.

Mike's eyes widened at the tattoo, as if he recognized it or something. El gave him a confused look as he stared at it. She wondered why he had a shocked look on his face, but she guessed it was because she was a teenager who had a tattoo. But what she didn't know was what Mike was going to say next.

"I've seen that kind of tattoo before," Mike said, barely a whisper. But El still heard it. She raised an eyebrow at him, growing more confused.

"What do you mean? I'm not the only one with powers who has been abused like me?" El asked. Mike shook his head at her, which made her more confused than she had ever been before.

"I don't know the person. I am the person," he said, pulling up his sleeve. El's jaw dropped as she read what was said on Mike's arm.

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A/N: WHAT THE FUCK?!

Did you read that right? Did you? I bet you didn't so I'm going to repeat it! MIKE HAS A TATTOO LIKE EL'S! WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?! AHAHYDHIDSRYJNSRUOP! I'm kidding. I know what it means, but you don't! Because I'm writing it and you are the readers!

I'll do my best to update as soon as I can! I won't make you guys wait longer than you needed to.

I hope you enjoyed! Please review!