Rhiannon // Max Mayfield

5: climb a tree

"Talk to you in a minute, I'm putting sweatpants on so i don't get cold," she told him, noticing with the storm a cold breeze had come along as well. He nodded, walking into the men's changing room to do the same, Alex assumed he would leave now considering it's probably going to rain for a while.

Alex quickly dried her shorts and pulled her sweatpants overtop, not worrying about tying them up and instead letting them hand low as she was already wearing shorts beneath.

She walked out and was met with Rocky, surprisingly still there. "Not going home Stalker?" she asked, using the nickname she thought of earlier. He raised his hands in mock offense, 

"Me! A stalker! Never, i was just enjoying a pretty girl," he said, stepping closer, Alex stepped back, not wanting to give him the wrong message. "And nah, i thought i would stay here for a bit, don't want to make you lonely," he said.

Alex almost blushed but with held it, settling for a smirk, "Oh really," she asked, suddenly feeling the cold again, making her regret having an exposed torso and arms. Rocky noticed this and took his jacket off before sliding off his button up, leaving him in just a tank top and denim jacket. He offered the shirt to her and she took it gratefully, not buttoning it up but using it as a jacket, he helped her to roll the sleeves down.

"Thanks," she said earnestly, enjoying the bit of warmth the blue checked shirt gave her. He smiled back warmly, 

"No problem Pretty girl,"

Alex raised her eyebrows, "Pretty girl?"

"Well you never gave me a name, so i had to think of a fitting one," he said back, now also smirking.

"Alexia, Alexia Summers but don't call me my full name," she says, "You never told me yours either," she countered, she had to get Luke to tell her their names, a weeks or so ago.

"Rocky, Rocky Munson," he responded, brushing the hair out of his face with a smile, "Your name's pretty, Lexi." He said, settling on a shortened version, Alex didn't mind he went for that instead of Alex like everyone else, she liked the way it sounded when he said it.

He looked over to the clock hanging above the lockers and cursed, "Shit, my brother is meant to be picking me up like, five minutes ago." He said, rushing away but not before calling over his shoulder, "See ya, Pretty girl!"

Alex couldn't hide the blush this time as she countered back, "See you around, Stalker!" It wasn't wrong of her to blush right, she was just embarrassed that he kept calling her pretty.

Then she realised she was still wearing his shirt.

~~

Max and El finally arrived at Hawkins pool. The rain was pouring and there had been a few lightening strikes. They were both wearing bright raincoats as they wondered over to the front desk with the fanny pack in hand.

Alex had ditched the sweatpants, the breeze dying off even though it was raining it was still fairly warm. She was still wearing Rocky's shirt though, not wanting to be completely exposed.

Max walked up to the desk where Alex and the other boy she was on shift with sat, talking amply to pass the time. Max didn't even realise it was her girlfriend, the girl was turned to the side, her hair obscuring most of her face. "Excuse me," Max spoke up.