"i wish i were..."
the door to the wheeler house finally closed, which was el's signal that everyone was gone.
she turned on nancy's radio and switched through the stations until she heard static.
el put the blindfold around her head and took a deep breath.
she thought about max and looked at her surroundings.
max was outside on her skateboarding on her skateboard.
el smiled a little when she saw max successfully do a trick.
"max? can you hear me?" el asked.
max didn't reply, she did another trick on her skateboard.
"hey, max? can we talk?" a voice asked from behind eleven.
she turned around and saw lucas.
"uh, sure, i don't see why not." max shrugged and picked up her skateboard.
"i'm really sorry for doing all of those bad things to you." lucas apologized.
"me too. it was foolish." max replied.
the two looked at each other silently, while el watched.
"max, can you hear me?" el repeated.
"so..." max trailed off.
lucas walked over and hugged her.
max hugged back and sighed.
"max." el whispered.
"eleven?" max whispered back.
"max!" el exclaimed.
max looked around, confused.
"are you okay?" lucas asked.
"oh, yeah, i'm good, i just thought i heard something." max answered.
lucas nodded and pulled away. then, out of nowhere, he kissed max.
el's heart sunk and she could feel the tears pricking her eyes.
before anything else could happen, el ripped off the blindfold and missed the most important part.
"lucas! what the hell!" max pushed him off of her.
"but i thought..." lucas trailed off.
"well you thought wrong! now leave!" max yelled and ran inside of her house.
lucas sighed and trudged home, sadly.
el let the tears flow out and cried hard.
a few moments later, she heard the front door open.
"el? are you okay?" will called.
him and mike came running up the stairs and saw her sitting on nancy's bed with tears and a bloody nose.
will sat down next to her and mike turned off the radio.
"do you want to talk about it?" will asked.
el shook her head and continued to cry.
will wrapped his arms around her. mike came over with a box of tissues. he then also sat and hugged eleven.
"el, whatever you saw, it won't hurt you, we won't let it." mike assured.
"yeah, and we'll always be there for you, we promise." will added.
el slightly nodded and continued to cry, not wanting to reveal the real reason she was crying: max mayfield.
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for some reason we got number 1 in nancy wheeler which is pretty good. also heather came on while i was finishing this chapter and i was lowkey vibing.
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𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 • (byler)
Fanfictionthis story is based on the song heather by conan gray, in which will is jealous of mike and eleven's relationship because he has a crush on mike. will believes mike will never like him back because mike is straight, but what if will is wrong and mik...
