"Scared him." El confirmed as she gapped at Peter, who's mouth was hung slightly after Max's explanation.

"No!" Peter cut in quickly with wide eyes, "Well, yes, yes, did scare me. But not- seriously? I mean, I read all about Barbara Holland, sweet girl by the way, and the lab and then, you know, your mom because my dad use to say she was crazy. And that was you, I mean, that was really you then."

"Jesus, invite us to the party." Max said sarcastically with a odd look.

"Believe us?" El asked him with a raise of her eyebrows. Max stood up to grab her radio across the room.

"Well, it makes perfect sense." Peter blinked, sitting up better as El gave him curious eyes, "There was so much going on last year between Barbara's death and then that crazy man talking about a little Russian weapon. That was you! And then the thing with your mama, my dad is a mouth breath, so now, yeah, I believe you."

El smiled at him, getting one back.

"Ready?" Max cut in, handing El the blindfold and laying the radio infront of her.

"Oh my god, i'm watching X-Man right infront of me." Peter gapped, crossing his legs across from El, "Should we even be in this room? Will it give, like, bad waves to us and we'll have aneurisms or something?"

"Is this really gonna work?" Max asked in questioning, eyes going wider. El nodded, tying the blind fold around her eyes, "Holy shit, this is insane."

"Shh." El cut in, "Both."

"Shh, we have to be quiet." Peter nudged Max quickly, "Shh."

"Shh." Max mocked him dramatically. The pair watched closely as El sat completely still behind the blind fold, the radio static before her.

"I see them." El spoke up. Max crawled on the ground next to her while Peter scooted infront of her more.

"What are they doing?" Max asked curiously.

"Eating." El said back.

"Typical." Peter shrugged.

"They say we are species." El spoke up a moments later, Max's jaw dropping in disbelief.

"Like reptiles?" Peter spoke up, "Thank god you broke up with him, that's so weird."

"Emotion, not logic." El added in from the boys words.

"What?" Max rose her voice in disbelief.

"God, that's worse then reptiles. You know, my dad doesn't let my mom come on property tours because of that exact reason. And i'm all like 'Dad, what's wrong with being emotional and logical at the same time?Most people act on emotions, my uncles a science teacher, I would know.' And then he just yells at me and says if I want to-" Peter stopped suddenly with El yanked the blind fold off, his eyes going wide, "I was talking too much. Sorry El."

She began to laugh hysterically, falling over in the process.

"What?" Max asked, starting to laugh at El's laughter, "What?"

And before he knew it, Peter was laughing too. The car pulling up outside made the three pause, turning toward the door quickly. Peter looked to El, both their eyes wide. The girl waved her hand quickly, Peter feeling as though he was a magnet, his entire body being thrown under her bed, "Door isn't three inches, be quiet."

He nodded, giving a thumbs up out the side of the bed before retracting his hand. There was a yell through the house, loud foot steps, before the door swung open immediately. Peter could only see the feet, but he knew from what El and Max told him, it was Chief Hopper.

"Do you knock, jeez?" Max said in disbelief.

"Yeah, jeez." El agreed, Peter cracked a grin from under the bed.

"Ohhh, hey. I'm sorry." Hopper apologized quickly as he looked in shock at the pair of girls, "I thought that's ugh-"

"Mikes not here." Max gave a odd look.

"Max wanted to have a sleepover." El nodded her head slightly, "Is that...okay?"

"Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Your parents know about it?" Hopper questioned Max, clearly in shock and disbelief at El hanging out with a girl.

"Yup." Max gave an annoyed expression.

"Uh, yeah, it's cool." Hopper slurred his words, "That's really cool."

Silence fell over the room for a few more moments before Max spoke up again, "Did you need something?"

"No, no, i'll leave. I'll just let you- i'll leave you." he stumbled over his words, backing up and pulling the door shut in the process.

After a few seconds, El peaked her head under the bed to look at Peter, "Close one."

"Yeah, close one." he agreed, pulling himself out with a small roll, "Must be weird having a cop as a parent. Really can't break any rules then."

"Breaking rules now." El pointed as him, "Door isn't three inches."

Peter ginned, holding a finger out before turning toward his bag. El watched as he pulled a small mix tape from the front pocket. He boyish grin went across his face, "Tell me if this blows your mind."

Peter let his painted nails dry, El's doing after she picked a red color for him, watching the bottle spin before him. Max scoffed when it stilled, "Mr Wheeler, boring."

"Yeah, boring." El giggled.

"Totally boring." Peter agree, blowing on his right hand.

"Spin again." Max encouraged.

"Against the rules?" El gave a questionable look.

"We made our own rules." Max shrugged in return.

Peter grinned, his stretched out leg bumping El, "Go again."

El did so, watching the empty coke bottle twirl around. Peters mix tape playing behind them, the bottle landing on Billy's name.

"That guy scares me." Peter spoke up, his eyes going wide as he realized what he said, "Not that I'm scared of other people, definitely not. He doesn't scare me, he scares other people and that's scary because- well because-"

"He is scary." El agreed, cutting him off.

"Okay, look, I should just warn you, if he's with a girl or doing something gross, just get out of there right away before you're scarred for life." Max spoke up quickly, walking across the room to get her radio.

"Max-" El began.

"No, i'm just saying, i'm serious. He's really gross." Max cut her off quickly.

"Max!" El exclaimed with wide eyes. Peter gave a minor chuckle, pressing his thumb to his nails to check if they'd dried.

"Shutting up now." Max nodded, pulling Peters mix tape from her radio and tossing it his way.

As Max searched for an empty channel, El looked Peters way, "Did blow my mind."

He looked up from where he was now laying sideways on the bed, "Huh?"

"Music. Did blow my mind." she nodded, making him grin, earning one back.

El tied the blind fold around her eyes after Max found the channel, laying the radio before her. Peter propped himself up on one of his elbows, watching with curious eyes.

"I found him." El spoke after a second.

"What's he doing?" Max asked quickly.

"I don't know." El said, blood dripping from her nose. Peter sat up just a little, using his index finger to catch the drip after it fell from her chin, "He's on the floor talking to someone."

After a few more seconds, El yanked the blind fold off with gasps.

"What is it?" Max asked in a panic, Peter sitting up quickly with worried eyes, "What happened?"

El continued to gasp for air, Peter placed his hand on her knee, "El, just breath."

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