Mike's POV~
"I don't want to lose you again." I say to Eleven.
"You won't lose me." El says.
"Promise?" I said with tears in my eyes.
She holds my hand and grips it tightly.
"Promise." She says looking at me with her beautiful, brown eyes.
El begins to lean in, just like I did when we were back at home and I called her pretty.
If this was going to be the last time I ever see El, I want to kiss her before she leaves.
We're close to each other's lips, then...
"El! Let's go." Hopper interrupted.
Son of a bitch.
I'm still on bad terms with him. He kept El away from me. He told me he didn't know who she was, but he was hiding her!
She then gives me a reassuring look.
With every step she takes toward the car, El slowly drifts from my grasp.
As the car leaves, I reach my hand out in front of me, to find myself trying to clasp the air.
Then I feel a hand on my shoulder.
I turn around to see Max.
I quickly turn back around. I don't feel like dealing with her right now.
"Hey. Can we talk?" She says in a soft voice.
Can't she just leave me alone?! Fine. What do I have left to lose?
I turn to face her and I nod.
We walk to the porch and sit down.
We sit there in silence for a minute.
She broke the silence when she said,
"Listen, I'm really sorry. This must be so hard on you. I know you hate me, but I just wanted to apologize for being a brat. I shouldn't have tried to just be in the party. I totally get it now."
She started to stand when I grabbed her hand.
"It's okay. It- it's okay..." I said trying not to show that I was crying.
"Mike? Are you okay?" She said in worry.
Then I just nodded no.
How could I be ok? I just reunited with the love of my life, and now she's gone. Again.
"I- I'm sorry. I don't know what to do to help." She says trying to be helpful.
Then, I tried to keep more tears from flooding my cheeks.
Then she touched my shoulder again.
"It's okay. I'm- I'm here for you." Max said comforting me.
Then, I just hugged her and cried on her shoulder.
Max seemed shocked at first but hugged me back and continued relaxing me.
It took a few minutes to calm down. When I finally did, she said, "You good now?"
"Yeah. I'm good." She nodded okay.
"Thanks Zoomer."
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I'm pacing back and forth. I just can't stop thinking about El.
