warnings: bullying (angela is annoying)
pairings: el hopper x reader
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el laughs at your contorted face, “tastes bad?” she asks,
“terrible!” you cough out,
“water?” she hands you a glass, which you take. anything to get that sour candy taste out of your mouth,
“hey jane?” she turns towards you and smiles softly,
“yeah?”
“not trying to invade your privacy or anything,” she tenses up at this, “but where did the nickname el come from?”
“oh i-“ she couldn’t tell you about the lab, or about the mind flayer, or about the demogorgeons, or about what happened will, or-
“hey it’s okay if you don’t want to tell me,” you grab her hand and smile at her, “you can tell me when you’re ready.”
a huge wave of relief crashed over eleven and she smiled back at you, “thank you,”
“hey no problem! do you wanna go get ice cream or something? we can get will and i’m pretty sure there’s one near by, we can walk.”
“yes that sounds fun,” she gets up takes your arm and drags you to what you assume is will’s room, “will?” jane calls out,
“yeah el?”
“y/n and i were going to get ice cream, she wanted to know if you can come.”
“yeah i’ll be by the front door in a second!” will liked how you always included him in everything, you never wanted your friends to feel left out. especially when these two were all you had and you assumed since they moved here it’s the same both ways.
“what’s he do in there?” you ask el, as you walk towards the kitchen to tell ms. byers where you’re going,
“he said he’s working on a painting to give to mike, when we go back to visit indiana.” she pronounced indiana oddly in (pause) dee (shorter pause) an uh. your eyebrows knit together at this and you’re sure ms byers notices because she looks at you with a worried face,
“oh cool is that where you’re from?” you see past the mistake, you’ve heard that’s where they are from but, he won’t go into much detail how it was there,
“yes.” she brushed it off quickly,
“so who’s mike?” you try and change the topic a little bit, jane doesn’t seem to like this person as her jaw clenched,
“friend.” is all she gives you,
“el c’mon! lets go!” you and el make your way towards the front door. when you’re on your way to the ice cream shop it’s not awkward at all surprisingly, conversation flowing and laughing. it was only about a 25 minute walk from the house to there, when you walked in the bell rang and you saw angela and her friends standing in line. el immediately tensed up and you can notice she’s uncomfortable,
“we can come back later if you want jane,” you whisper,
“no it’s okay.” she says walking towards the back of the line and completely ignoring angela’s presence. you and will follow, it’s peace for about 30 seconds before you hear someone talking,
“oh my goodness!” angela laughs airily, “hey guys!” the three of you ignore her completely, and continue with your conversation. “ahem.” she pokes you on the shoulder,
you turn and roll your eyes, “yes?
“i said hello,”
“okay?”
“why are you so mean to me?” el’s voice randomly asks,
“oh? so you do speak outside of class?” angela laughs,
“yeah no shit sherlock,” you respond, nudging el a little bit so the line can keep moving,
“i am not mean to you jane!” angela feigns offense, “i thought we were friends!”
jane tears up, like she wants to say something but she can’t, she walks forward ignoring what angela said,
“jaaaneee,” she waves her hand in front of her face which you smack out of the way,
“angela,” you say in a warning tone, “ she clearly doesn’t want to talk to you, fuck off.”
“what’re you defending your girlfriend,” now this makes you tense up, you did like girls, but nobody, absolutely nobody knew about how you felt for jane. you’re sure your face is beet red, “oh my god!” angela laughs, “you are! i knew you were a weirdo jane but,” she giggles, “this is worse than i can imagine.”
you look over at jane with tears in your eyes, she seems furious that you’re upset,
“go away.” jane grits out,
“sorry?” angela laughs,
“go the fuck away angela,” you shout with tears of embarrassment running down your face, earning stares from the people inside of the shop, you turn and look at will, “can we leave?”
“ye-yeah lets go.” will seemed really uncomfortable, the three of you walk out of the shop and el is holding onto your hand tight. she always had your hand or arm in her hand, she liked to know you were close to her. you thought it was weird at first but after you developed your crush for her you didn’t mind at all,
“she’s a bitch,” you sniffle,
“are you crying?” jane stops in her tracks and takes your hand in her face and wipes the tears, “my dad said don’t cry over people like her.”
“your dad has good advice,” you laugh wiping more tears off your face, “don’t cry over assholes, check.” which makes jane smile
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i ❤️ el hopper with all of my being
