𝐖𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃, stranger things 2

𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 - 𝐬𝐩𝐲 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬

"i don't know. he's my first boyfriend." el answered sheepishly.

"ex-boyfriend." max corrected, making el's face drop.

"don't worry about it, el. that boy is head over heals for you. he will be back to you in no time, on his knees, begging for forgiveness." arlo told her.

"how did you end up with them anyways?" max questioned.

"lucas called me and said to meet them at the mall. they didn't tell me why until they got there, and mike didn't want to tell me about the whole nana is sick thing." arlo shrugged.

"god, what i wouldn't give to see their stupid faces." max said, going back to the topic of the boys. this made el and arlo share a knowing look, thinking of a way on how they could spy on the boys. "what is it?"

el had quickly explained to max that she was able to do just that, which led to the mayfield girl saying they should do that. el turned the station of her radio until the sound of static replaced singing voices while arlo grabbed her something that would cover her eyes. now el was sat on her carpeted floor in front of her dresser where the radio was, the telekinetic girl tying the blindfold around her head.

"is this really gonna word?" max asked, looking between el and arlo in excitement. both girls nodded, arlo sitting next to the strawberry blonde on el's bed. "holy shit, this is insane."

"maxine." arlo called in a way that always made max's stomach fill with butterflies.

"yeah, quiet. i'm sorry." the freckled girl quickly apologized, leaning into arlo. the harrington girl only laughed quietly, her arms snaking around max's waist.

after a few seconds of quiet, el's voice rang through. "i see them."

"what are they doing?" max asked, slowly getting of the bed and joining el on the floor.

"eating."el responded before going quiet again. arlo and max shared a look before they turned back to look at el. arlo started to think if she could go into the void like el can, but maybe she didn't need the blindfold or the static. maybe she just needed her shadows. "they say we are 'species.'" el's voice appeared again.

"what?" max and arlo asked in unison.

"'emotion, not logic.'" el continued, making max repeat what she had said. arlo simply shook her head at her boys, thinking that she had raised them better than that. she knew that it had to be mike or lucas because she definitely raised will and percy better than that. el then pulled her blindfold off, a look of shock on her face as blood rolled down from her nose.

"what? what happened?" arlo quizzed, a peak of anxiety appearing in her blood.

instead of answering, el just bursted out laughing, slowly falling on the carpet as she did so. max and arlo shared a confused look but couldn't help the smiles that made their way onto their faces at the sound of el laughing. they soon joined in on the laughter, still asking the telekinetic girl what had happened and what she had seen. but before she could answer, the sound of a car pulling up outside caught the trio's attention.

"oh, papa bear's home." arlo mumbled, jumping up from the bed to flick the radio to a music station. she joined the girls on the floor while el wiped the blood from her nose, max grabbing the magazines from the el's bed before she handed one to el. arlo looked at max's magazine, seeing that the girl had purposely grabbed the one with ralph macchio in it. "you did that on purpose."

"maybe." max mumbled, a small smile on her face. she was getting ready to say something else but the door to el's room slammed opened, revealing a disheveled hopper in a colorful shirt and a bottle of wine in his hand. "do you knock? jeez!" max asked him.