phobia | elmax

sleepover

max woke up on the couch the next morning
she glanced around and noticed billy was no where to be seen.
must've gone up to bed left me down here! that jerk!
shit!
max immediately sat up and grabbed her phone to check the time.
max sighed in relief when she saw that it was 6:00 only.
she went upstairs to get ready before going back downstairs and made herself breakfast.

"im suprised your lazy ass got up." maya chuckles, startling max.

max looks up to maya and rolls her eyes.

"can you just leave me alone for once?" max scoffs.
"yeah, i can. but i don't want to." maya smirks and sits down.

maya just stares at max.

"what?" max asks, slightly creeped out by maya's staring.
"did you make me food?" maya yawns.
"go make it yourself." max glares.

maya sadly gets up and makes herself breakfast.

"you should probably leave now if you want to get to school on time." maya yelled from the kitchen.
"thanks?" max was suprised by maya actually doing something to help her.
"what? i can be nice sometimes." maya sits back down with her food.

max gets up and leaves without saying goodbye.
~
"hey max!" mike waves to max.

max slowly walked over to mike.

"where's el?" max looked around.
"i don't know if she's coming."
"what? why?" max furrowed her eyebrows.
"she wasn't feeling so good yesterday." mike shrugged.

max rolled her eyes at how careless mike was being.
eleven never missed school.
maybe i'm worrying too much.

max and mike awkwardly waited for their friends to show up.
max and mike didn't exactly get along.

"so why didn't you come yesterday?" mike finally speaks up, breaking the silence.
"i wasn't in the mood." max shows no interest in the conversation.
"okay." mike laughs.

max shifts herself and faces mike.

"what's so funny about that, mike?"
"i wasn't in the mood. wasn't in the mood my ass!" mike mocks max.
"why do you care anyway, mike?"
"i don't. i really don't give a fuck." mike glares.
"then stop asking me questions. it's none of your business!" max yells.

someone jumps in between max and mike.
max looks at the persons face.
it's eleven.

"el!" max pulls eleven into a big hug.

when max pulls away and notices eleven wince in pain, she becomes concerned.

"what's wrong eleven?"
"nothing. just stop arguing." eleven glares at mike.
"what? she started it!" mike points at max.
"i started it? you were being a jerk first!"
"who was the one who started yelling"
"i said shut the fuck up!" eleven snaps.

mike stares at eleven wide-eyed.

"im sorry." max sighs.

eleven sighs too.

"it's okay max. let's just go somewhere else." eleven grabs max's hand and drags her to the side of the school.
"what's going on with you and mike?"
"what? nothings going on with mike and i!" eleven gasped.
"do you really expect me to believe that?" max raised her eyebrow. "i can sense the tension between you two."
"max i said nothing is going on between us." eleven stares into max's eyes.

max wants to believe her bestfriend but deep down she knows she's lying.
it hurt her that her bestfriend would lie to her.
did she not trust her?

"are you sure?" max tries to give eleven another chance to tell the truth.
"i promise." eleven responds.

max stares at eleven in doubt for a while before letting it go.

"okay. let's go back then." max forces a smile.

eleven nods in agreement and walks back to their friends with max by her side.
~
the whole day max noticed eleven was doing anything she could to avoid mike.
max wanted so badly to talk to eleven about this but she didn't want an argument.
max closed her locker  and waited for eleven to finish getting her stuff.

"are you busy today?" eleven closes her locker too.
"nope. got no plans." max shrugs.
"yay! do you wanna have a sleepover tonight?" eleven jumps up in excitement.
"sure, why not?" max says with no enthusiasm in her voice at all.
"you seem excited." eleven says sarcastically.

max laughs.

"no...im really excited." max smiles.
"doesn't sound like it." eleven playfully narrowed her eyes.
"i can not wait to have a sleepover!" max yells enthusiastically this time.
"that sounds more like it." eleven laughs and runs out of the school with max.
~
it was 9:00 at night.
max and eleven were watching a movie while lying in bed.

"they are so cute." eleven fangirls over a couple kissing.

max rolls her eyes.

"yeah sure."

eleven turns to max and stares at her.
max looks back and furrows her eyebrows.

"soooo max?" eleven reaches over to max and places her arm on her shoulder.
"yes?" max stares at eleven in confusion.
"are you ever going to date one day?" eleven winks.
"no." max looks in shock by elevens sudden question.

she hasn't asked that before.

"why?" eleven frowns
"i don't know el. i don't want to date right now."
"but—"
"eleven no. im not ready." max glares at eleven.
"okay." eleven sighs.

max shakes her head and looks back at the TV.

"but if you ever do im here to help you know." eleven smiles sadly.

max doesn't answer.

"max?" eleven looks with concern.
"im getting tired and we have school tomorrow so let's go to bed." max turns her back to eleven.
"the movies not over." eleven points at the TV.
"we can watch it tomorrow. good night." max whispers.
"good night." eleven whispers back.