Finally, Mike uttered, "Really El? Why would pick me when you are pretty enough to have anyone else?"
El replied, "You are perfect to me. I love you more than eggos Mike."
Mike looked surprised and said, "You must really love me then. I love you El!"
"I love you too Mike." El said.
Suddenly their lips were getting closer and they kissed. El didn't understand what the feeling was but she had butterflies in her stomach. Mike grabbed Eleven's hand and pulled her up. They were now standing across from each other and El was staring into Mike's eyes. Mike gathered all the confidence he had.
Mike looked straight into El's eyes and said, "Eleven will you go on a date with me next Friday?"
El was so excited and of course she said yes. Both of them were nervous and anxious for Friday even though it was days away. Mike gave Eleven a goodnight kiss on the cheek and she went upstairs to her room. For the first time Eleven wouldn't dream of the demogorgon, papa, or eggos. Instead, El would dream a about Mike and how the date would go. Mike wouldn't lay in bed talking on the supercom or planning D and D games that night. Instead, he layed in bed thinking about how much he loved Eleven.
The day had come Eleven was to begin tutoring. The first thing Mrs. Feeny taught Eleven was how to write her name. She had learned how to write her name perfectly in cursive and print in twenty minutes. Within three days she had learned to count and had memorized the alphabet. During those three days she practiced writing the alphabet in print and cursive and remembering the numbers 1-100. By the end of the fourth day she was working on vocabulary by reading small books. She had a notebook and when she heard a new word she wrote it and it's definition to study. El loved vocabulary and tended to look over and remember the meanings of words. On Friday she had written her own ten sentence story with all the words she had learned. With help from her teacher she wrote a letter to Mike showing what she'd learned to give to him on their date that night.
Immediately, Eleven rushed upstairs to Nancy's room after her tutor left. Nancy was elated to beautify El for her date. Mike was taking El on a picnic and to the movies afterward. Nancy chose the the floral sweater and denim skirt, because it was casual and elegant. Nancy applied a small amount of blush to El's face, and it reminded her of when the boys dressed her to go to the school. She also applied some mascara, lip gloss, and a light eyeshadow. Eleven looked beautiful, but she was still self conscious about her hair. El liked to wear the wig, because she thought she looked more like a girl. Nancy reassured her by saying that she looked beautiful, and that Mike would love it.
Eleven walked down the stairs to find Mike dressed in a button down shirt. She had never seen him in anything other than a T-shirt. She liked seeing him dressed up, because she thought he was so handsome. El looked in Mike's eyes and smiled as he glared at her. He was thinking about how gorgeous she looked in her girly outfit though she even looked good in his ugly sweats.
Mike said, "You look beautiful Eleven."
"Thanks Mike. You look beautiful too." El replied. Mike couldn't help but chuckle even if he knew she meant handsome.
"Are you ready to go?" Mike asked.
"Yes, let's go." She replied. Mike took Eleven's hand and they headed to the park. Mike set out a red and white blanket and the picnic basket. Although, instead of classic sandwiches he brought eggos and fruit. El was excited to see Mike had brought her eggos. They ate and chattered about things like teaching El to play D&D, the snowball the following week, and weekend plans. At the end of dinner Mike was digging through the picnic basket and pulled out a pink rose. He handed it to El and she smiled.
"Thank you for the rose and eggos Mike." El said.
"Your welcome El. Are you ready to head to the movie theater?" Mike asked.
"One second I have something for you first." El replied. El reached for the note in her pocket. She handed it to Mike to read.
"My teacher helped me write this letter to you. Using the words I learned this week." El stated. Mike thanked Eleven and began to open the envelope the note was in. Mike was anxious to read the first thing Eleven had ever wrote to him. Mike read the note aloud and it said...