max was sitting in the basement of mike wheeler's house, scribbling down on a piece of paper. she glanced at mike warily every few seconds, hoping eleven wouldn't see. how would eleven feel if her best friend was in love with her boyfriend? surely not happy, of course. max looked over at mike again and looked away quickly. "mike?" eleven said. mike was looking at max, not paying attention to eleven. "mike!" eleven said. "oh," mike said softly. "y-yeah?" mike asked. "can we kiss like the people in the movies?" eleven asked softly. max looked at eleven and mike, trying to forget what eleven said. "sure, i guess." mike mumbled. eleven pressed her lips onto mikes, mike not paying attention. max looked at them and looked away, grabbing the piece of paper and walking up the stairs to the kitchen. "leaving so soon, maxine?" mrs. wheeler said. "it's max." max mumbled. "i mean-" max said. "yeah, i guess." "bye, mrs. wheeler." max said, she walked out of the door, but didn't notice she dropped her paper. "max!" mike shouted, running to the door. he opened the door and saw max, already 100 feet away. he threw his arms up in defeat and closed the door. he was just gonna go back to the basement, when, he found her paper. it was a drawing of him and max. he put it in his hand and grasped it so eleven wouldn't see. "hey, el?" mike said. "yeah?" eleven replied. "it's pretty late," he looked at the picture in his hand. "maybe we should go to sleep now." eleven, will, jonathan, and joyce were staying at the wheeler's for a visit. "oh," "okay." eleven said softly. they were already in pajamas, since nancy and mike go to bed early for school. eleven walked to mike's room. she was staying in his room for the visit. will was on the couch, joyce was on the couch too, and jonathan was in nancy's room (surprise, surprise) eleven set up blankets and pillows on the floor of mike's room and fell asleep. mike turned off the lights and went into bed. he looked at the drawing of him and max and sighed. he put it under his bed, hoping no one would see. he closed his eyes and tried not to think about max. max's locker was close to his, so it would be hard not to make eye contact with max the next morning, he finally stopped thinking about max and fell asleep.
short chapter sorry
