𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 • (byler)

047

"i wish i were..."

after opening presents and eating breakfast, el got a call from michelle.

"hello?" el answered.

"hey, merry christmas!" michelle cheered.

"merry christmas, michelle." el smiled.

"so, how's your christmas going?" michelle asked.

"it's pretty good, how about you?" el answered.

"it's amazing. i got everything i wanted, of course. we even got a new puppy!" michelle exclaimed.

"that's nice." el replied.

"anyway, steven and i are going to the park. do you and will want to come with us? oh, and your friend who's here visiting you guys, we want to meet him." michelle offered.

"yeah, that sounds fun, we'll be there."

"good. i'll call you later."

"bye."

both girls hung up.

"michelle invited us to go to the park with steven." el informed will and mike.

"are those your new friends?" mike asked.

"yeah, they want to meet you." el replied.

"okay, then let's go meet them. how about you will, do you want to go?" mike asked.

"sure, sounds cool." will shrugged.

the three got ready and went to the park. it was a little bit cold out and there was snow on the ground, but playing in the snow would probably be fun.

when they got to the park, michelle and steven were already there.

"hey, guys." el greeted.

"el! hi!" michelle exclaimed and hugged eleven.

"what's up, guys." steven waved.

michelle went over to hug will after her and el pulled away.

"and you must be mike." michelle said when she pulled away.

"yeah, that's me. i'm will's boyf—." mike started.

"best friend." will cut him off.

"yeah, they've known each other since they were in kindergarten." el informed.

"really. how about you el? i thought you'd have known mike as well if you guys are siblings." steven commented.

the three looked at each other.

"el's my step-sister, remember. my mom and her dad got together after i met mike in kindergarten." will half-lied.

"oh. yeah."

"well, it's really nice to meet you mike." michelle hugged mike this time.

"say, why don't we have a snowball fight." mike smirked.

"oh my god, that sounds so much!" michelle yelled.

el sneakily made a snowball and used her powers to throw it at steven.

"i already got you."

"oh, you're on!" steven shouted and the games began.

they all threw snowball after snowball after snowball, leaving them all wet and covered in snow.

after, they dropped to the ground and lied in the snow.

"it's so cold." el giggled.

"yeah, but it feels good." michelle grinned.

she grabbed el's hand and started making snow angels with her.

mike grabbed will's hand and started making snow angels with him. the boys smiled at each other as they made snow angels.

steven raised his eyebrows at them, suspiciously, but decided to ignore it. he sat up and looked around, until he saw someone walking towards the park.

as the person got closer, he realized it was alex.

"alex?" steven stood up. "what're you doing here."

"michelle told me you guys would be here, so i came to say hi." alex answered.

soon, the other four stood up. michelle dragged el over to see alex with her, but mike and will stood behind.

"that's the alex that kissed you." mike whispered to will.

"yup, that's the one." will sighed.

"he's not even that attractive." mike cringed.

"don't be rude, mike." will scolded.

"i should give him a piece of my mind." mike seethed and stepped forward.

"mike, stop. it won't do any good." will held him back.

"hi, will." alex said.

"oh, uh, alex. hi." will replied.

"can we talk?" he asked.

will looked up at mike who shook his head, then back at alex.

"sure." will decided.

they went off to a bench next to the park and sat down.

"again, i'm really sorry about the kiss, i don't know what got into me. i'm such an idiot and i was selfish and i wasn't thinking." alex blurted.

"honestly, alex, it's okay. mike and i figured everything out and we're doing great now. but i think it's my turn to apologize. i'm sorry that you hand to take the blame for what happened in the hallway. you had nothing to do with it whatsoever, yet you still went to the office and confessed. i should've confessed. i shouldn't have let you do that." will blurted.

"slow down there. "i deserved to take the blame, alright will. and it doesn't matter anyway, it's not like i got expelled or in trouble with the police or anything, i promise."

will nodded and the two sat in silence for a moment. will looked over at mike who was keeping a close eye on them.

"will?"

"hm?"

"do you think we can still be friends?"

will looked over at alex and thought for a second, then smiled.

"sure. friends."

alex hugged him and felt a sense of relief. he was relieved that the drama with alex was finally over and they could be friends once again.

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