The Way She Makes Me Feel-Elmax [UNDER EDITING]

Chapter 10-Take The Time You Need

-This chapter takes place during Season 3 Episode 5: The Flayed-

-Max's POV-

          "I found him", El says. "Where is he?", I ask her. Blood drips down El's nose. "Woods", she says. "With Will's mom". Will's eyes go big as he moves slightly closer to her. "My mom? What's he doing with my mom?", he asks, panicked. Mike lets out a chuckle and I slap his knee. Jesus teenage boys are so immature. "Ow", the taller boy says, clutching his knee. "What are they doing?", I ask my brunette girlfriend. "Ill... annoy. They're going to Ill-annoy". Mrs. Wheeler knocks on the basement door calling for breakfast. "Not now mom!", Mike snaps. I turn to him with a crazy look on my face. What kind of mom lets their son talk to them like that? He turns back to El as she removes her blindfold. "Illinois? Like the state of Illinois?", he asks her. "Ill-annoy", El says again.

          I take her into the bathroom to get the blood of her nose and I notice her inspecting her neck where Billy was choking her. "Does it still hurt?", I ask. She looks at me. "Only when I talk". "At least your not Mike then. Blah, blah, blah, blah, I mean you'd be in constant pain". She laughed, which made me laugh. 

-Will's POV-

           "Something's not right. I can't get Hopper off my back all summer, and now all of a sudden he's hiking with your mom to Illinois? And Dustin's M.I.A. too? I mean this can't be a coincidence", Mike says to me. 

I nod. "Why does it matter? They're not here so we gotta do it ourselves", I say.

"Do what ourselves, exactly?", Mike responds.

"Find Billy and stop him".

"Okay yeah. That's a really nice sentiment, but even if El could find him again, and that's a pretty big if, then what?".

"We burn the crap out of him, and make sure he doesn't escape this time".

"Then what?".

"Then we win".

"No Will", Mike says. "See that's the problem. We don't win. We got the Mind Flayer out of you before but he just came right back. We don't just have to stop Billy. We have to stop the Mind Flayer".

"How do we do that?".

"I don't know".

"Maybe El knows".

"Maybe".

          I look over to Lucas. He's watching Julie, who's wearing El's blindfold. She said she can see the future paths easier when it's darker. I look back at Mike who's just staring at me. "What?", I ask him. "About what I said. Yesterday at the pool", he starts. I feel my face flush. It felt almost unreal. Mike Wheeler, the boy I had a crush on since forever, liking me back.  "Mike I-", I take a breath in. Don't immediately cave Will, I tell myself. Stop, think about it. You don't want to get hurt. "Mike, I do like you. And I'm glad you think you like me too. But as you said. You only think that. I want to give you the time for you to figure your stuff out. Okay? So you take the time you need. When you know, we can talk. Alright?". Mike nodded, looking slightly disappointed. "Yeah, okay". 

           Our conversation was interrupted by a banging on the door. "I said not now mom!", Mike shouts. "MIKE! Open the door!", Nancy's voice shouts back. Mike looks at me confused and I shrug. He runs up the stairs and let's Nancy and Jonathan down. Jonathan gives me a kind of side hug, which isn't normal. Something's definitely off with him. When he hugs me he gives me a full on bear squeeze. "We have to talk", Nancy says. It's kind of weird because it seems like everyone is saying that nowadays.