"Pregnant." Tears came to Nancy's eyes she never would have thought she would get pregnant. Steve and her had broken up shortly after Eleven moved in and her relationship with Jonathan became serious. El gave Nancy a hug as tears rolled down her face.
"Thanks Eleven. Hey, El can you do me favor?" Nancy uttered.
Eleven replied, "Of course anything after everything you did for me."
"Will you keep this quiet until I can tell my parents and Mike all at the same time?" She asked.
"Sure Nance. What about Jonathan?" Eleven asked.
Nancy answered, "I'm gonna go talk to him now. Bye El."
Mike got home twenty minutes later. He told his friends by and shut the door racing downstairs to start working on a new D&D game. Eleven opened the door and left with the boys. They were all going to pick out a present for Mike's birthday that weekend. Eleven was going to use the money she had earned helping do laundry and dishes.
Eleven knew exactly what she wanted to get Mike. She was going to get him some more Star Wars figures to go with his Yoda. All the other boys weren't sure what to get, so Eleven helped them. She handed Will a large bag of Mike's favorite candy and his favorite soda. El pointed out the new Star Wars movie to Lucas. Then she suggested Dustin and her each get three Star Wars figures.
El walked into the house with Mike's present in a grocery bag. Suddenly, she heard footsteps coming up the stairs from the basement. She hid the bag behind her back knowing she would run into Mike.
"Hey El, where did you go?" Mike asked.
"Just to the store." El replied.
Mike replied, "Oh, well what do you have there?"
She paused for a second then replied, "Ummm...girl stuff."
"Oh. Do you want me to put that away for you? You don't have to hide it from me." Mike explained.
"Ummm...No I'm going up there anyway to talk to Nancy." She said.
Eleven rushed past Mike and ran upstair and placed Mike's gift in a colorful birthday bag she had got. Then El placed the present in her dresser drawer. She walked down to Nancy's room to see how it went with Jonathan. Eleven shut the door whenever Nancy said she could come in and went to sit next to Nancy.
"Hey Nance, how did it go with Jonathan?" El asked.
"Great. He is actually really happy. Jonathan said it will all be fine not to worry he has money saved up from working for the last two years." Nancy explained.
El replied, "That's good Nancy. I'm happy that Jonathan wants the baby."
"I'm still worried. I've got to get a job and raise a human being." Nancy ranted.
"You can do it Nancy. I know you can." El reassured her.
Later that night Eleven laid in bed thinking about Mike and how she was excited to give him his present. She was scared of the storm that was also going on. The loud thunder reminder her of Papa yelling and the flashing lightning reminded her of the Demogorgon. El got up and ran downstairs to the basement. She tapped Mike on the shoulder."
"El? What are you doing up so late?" Mike asked.
"The storm is scaring me. Can I sleep in here with you?" She asked.
He replied. "Sure El. Let's sleep in the fort."
Mike stood up come here El. She looked very worn out like she could barely move. He picked her up like a baby and carried her to the fort. Mike kissed her on the cheek and placed El down. He laid there as El clung to him. They both fell asleep immediately. The next morning El woke up when Mike did and ran up to her room, so would think she slept there. She laid down and fell back to sleep. When she awoke she got dressed, because her tutor would be there in about twenty minutes. Mike had already left for school when she went downstairs. She walked into the living room and her mouth dropped at what she saw...