Chapter 21 - Forgiving But Not Forgetting

Mike's POV

We were all at the cabin looking outside at the winter wonderland. "Can we go outside?" Thirteen asked looking over to me. 

"Sure," I said. "We should have a snowball fight!" Dustin said already getting his coat on. "Totally. Let's invite Max." Lucas said excited but not as much as Dustin. 

Thirteen rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. "Why?" I asked. "Cause, she's good at sports," Lucas said going to the phone. 

"I don't want her to come over." Thirteen said. Lucas stopped and looked over at Thirteen. "Why?" I asked. 

Thirteen's POV

I looked up at Mike. Remembering that day when Mike and Max were in the gym smiling at each other. "Mike likes her," I said. 

"Ew! Where the hell did you hear that?" Mike said sounding disgusted. "I saw you at the gym. She was on her small car thing. You two were smiling." I said. 

"Small car?" Dustin asked. "Just because I was smiling doesn't mean I like her," He said before looking at me like he figured something out. 

"You were the one that threw her off her skateboard." He said. "Yeah..." I said feeling a bit guilty. "Look... Max is just a friend. We hate each other but she helped us." He said. 

"So, I didn't get to see Thirteen do her powers?" Dustin asked. Everyone looked at Dustin wrapped up in winter wear. 

"Max is my girlfriend," Lucas said. "See, so there won't be a problem cause she likes Lucas. Not me." Mike said trying to reassure me. 

I sighed. "Fine... call her," I said. "We were going to anyways. If I apologized for being a jerk to her, then you're going to apologize too." Mike said. 

I sighed and teleported to my jacket before slipping it on. "Alright," I said wiping the little trickle of blood.

"So cool!" Dustin said as we both went outside. Lucas and Mike stayed inside calling Max and putting on winter wear. 

"Alright, so you grab snow then form them into a ball and then throw at your opponent," Dustin said Explaining the game to me. 

I nodded as I kneeled in the cold snow. "We should get Lucas and mike when they come out," Dustin said laughing. 

"Won't it hurt?" I asked. "Nah." He said making some more. Mike came out first and then got hit in the chest with a snowball. 

"Dude, What the fuck?" Mike asked. I threw one at him making it hit his leg. He looked at me jokingly. "It's a snowball fight," I said throwing another one. 

Mike ducked making the snowball hit Lucas in the face. Dustin started to crack up laughing. I threw another one hit mike in the arm. "Oh, so you wanna play like that?" He asked. 

I nodded. "Snowball fight!" Lucas yelled out. Dustin and I started throwing snowballs at Lucas and Mike while they kept making little ones and trying to throw them at us. 

Lucas threw a snowball at me which hit me right in the face. The coldness hurt. "Yes!" Lucas screamed out in victory. "Oh, Thirteen!" Mike yelled getting up. 

Dustin laughed along with Lucas making me Angry. I focused on the snow. "Thirteen?" Mike asked. I stood up and raised my arm as all the snowballs made, were in the air. 

I saw my hair turning white. "Oh, Shit," Dustin said before I made all the snowballs hit them. They screamed. 

"Whoa... if I knew that'd the snowball fight would be like this. I would've stayed home." We heard making me stop and turn around. 

Max stood in a winter outfit, holding her bike up. "Max! Save me!" Lucas said. "No, thanks, Stalker," Max said. 

I wiped the blood off my nose and wiped it on my jacket before looking at Mike. "I'm fine," I said rubbing my cheek. 

"Maybe we should go inside." Mike offered. I nodded and he grabbed my hand and lead me into the cabin. 

"Even though that hurt, that was so awesome!" Dustin yelled out happily. I turned to him and smiled. I looked over and saw Max standing by the door. "You can come in," I said. 

"Yeah, cause Thirteen has something to tell you," Lucas said. Max looked at Lucas confused then over to me. 

I walked closer to her before using my powers to close the door behind her. "I'm... sorry I've been treating you badly..." I said feeling guilty. 

"Oh... it's fine. I'm sorry for making you mad." She said looking off to the side. "And I'm sorry for knocking you off your... tiny rolling thing when you were showing affection for Mike," I said. 

She looked at me confused before her face turned redder. "I wasn't showing affection towards Mike." She said looking over to Mike with disgust. 

"Yeah, gross," Mike said disgustedly. It then was silent. Max and Mike kept avoiding eye contact and looking disturbed. "Well, this is awkward," Dustin said. 

"How about we watch a movie or something," Lucas said. I turned my head to the side and you could now hear my soap opera's on. 

Dustin went over to the couch and groaned. "We're not watching soap opera's." He said. I looked over and went over to him. "Why not?" I asked looking at the screen. 

It was an episode I already watched before. "Don't you love me?" The man asked. "Of course I love you. It's just so sudden. I mean, it's not like you." Erica said. 

"Can we change the channel?" Lucas said. "Sh!" I said. "They're going to be aghast," I said still looking at the scene before me. 

"Shouldn't we watch what everyone want's to, Thirteen?" Mike asked putting a hand on my shoulder. I sighed as I saw the man kiss Erca's neck. "And Impetuous." The man said. 

I turned my head and the channel changed. "Come on girl's!" A lady said in very bright clothes. "Keep up the pace and move your hips!" She said swaying. 

"No-" "Keep it on!" Dustin said cutting off Mike. "Change it," Mike said. I changed it and it went to a cigarette commercial. 

After ten minute's of flipping through channel's, everyone got bored. "There's nothing on," Lucas whined. 

I rested my head on Mike's shoulder and sighed. "You okay?" Mike asked. I nodded while looking at the tv. I kept thinking back to when the man kept getting close to Erica's neck and kissing it. 

"Can you kiss my neck?" I said gaining everyone's attention. "Thirteen!" Mike said putting his hand's in his face. 

"Wow, you're very bold," Dustin said. I looked at them wondering what I did wrong. "What?" I asked. "You don't just talk about those things." He said. 

"Why not?" I asked. "Cause that's not for everyone to know." He said. His face was red. "I'm sorry," I said looking down. 

soon enough everyone had to go home. Mike was last to leave. I stood outside while he was in front of me. "I'll see you tomorrow." He said smiling. 

I smiled then looked ahead when hearing a car. Hopper was home. "Bye..." He said walking to get his bike. "Bye..." I said. 

"I'll talk to you on the super-com before bed." He said getting on his bike. I nodded as he started to bike away. "Hey, kiddo," Hopper said. 

"Hey... dad," I said still very much trying to get used to calling him, dad. He offered me a smile which I gladly returned. "I'm hungry. let's have dinner." He said. 

I nodded following him inside the cabin. I looked behind me to not see mike anymore. I sighed and shut the door. 

"How was your day, kiddo?" Hopper asked getting dinner ready. "Good, we played out in the snow then looked at channels for a while before getting bored," I said sitting at the table. 

"Fun, well, I had a tough day dealing with that new stupid election." He said annoyed. "I'm sorry," I said seeing how annoyed he was. 

He only gave me a heartfelt smile. "Don't be." He started grabbing plates and setting them down on the dinner table. "It's stupid." He said. 

The rest of dinner was us eating and sorta talking before it was time for us to take showers. I let him go in there first which he gladly accepted. "Thank's Kid." He said grabbing his towel. 

I smiled and went into my room looking for pajamas to wear and picking an outfit to wear for tomorrow. 

I grabbed Mike's old star wars shirt he couldn't fit in anymore and smiled. All the boys have grown taller so they can't fit in their clothes anymore. 

So, they gave me stuff that they thought I wouldn't mind wearing. I smiled picking out wills old pajama pants since they fit me best and I sat them on my bed. 

"Thirteen?" I heard all static-y. I looked over for the super-com and used my powers to grab it. "Mike?" I asked. "Hey. Over." He said. 

"Hi. Over." I said. "What are you doing? Over." He asked. "Waiting for Hopper to get out of the shower," I said slightly annoyed. He's always taking long ones and wasting the hot water.

It was silent. "Mike?" I asked. "Y-you didn't say over, Thirteen. Over." He stuttered. "I'm sorry... over," I said. "It's fine. Over." He said. 

"What are you doing?" I asked only for it to be silent. "Over," I said annoyed. "Just finished dinner." He said. "Can we not use over at the end?" I asked. 

"I guess... but don't tell the others." He said making me giggle. "Alright," I said. "Um, I was thinking I could bring over a board game for us to play so you won't get bored." He said.

"Just being with you makes me excited," I said happily. I heard him cough weirdly over the Super-com. "O-oh?" He said. 

"Yeah, I like being around you all the time. I wish... you were here with me now." I said getting bummed. 

"I'll be there tomorrow, Thirteen." He said. "But I want to see you now..." I said wanting to see him. A knock was heard. 

"I want to see you again, too," Mike said while Hopper came in. "Didn't you guys just see each other?" He asked. "Dad!" I said.

"Thirteen?" Mike questioned. "Anyway's say goodbye to wheeler. The shower is empty." He said. I flipped the switch. "Alright. thanks... dad." I said. 

Hopper left and I looked at the super-com getting a good idea. "Can I see you in the void?" I asked. "Through teleportation?" He asked. 

"Nope," I said. "Um... I-well-" "I'll see you in a minute." I said cutting him off. I turned off the super- com and grabbed my pajamas and towel before rushing to the bathroom. 

I turned on the water and plugged the tub, waiting for it to fill up. I was about to strip but then blushed thinking of privacy. 

I use to see him in there naked but my powers weren't strong enough at the time. Sometimes he can see me now. I sighed and turned off the water once it became full enough. 

I decided to take off my pants and just leave my shirt on before stepping into the warm water and just laying in there for a moment. 

I closed my eyes and thought about Mike. My Mike. "Thirteen?" He asked. "Mike," I said seeing him sitting on the edge of his bed. He looked into my direction and smiled. 

I walked over to him and sat down beside him. He tensed up. "So, why not teleportation?" He asked. "If Hopper found out again..." I started thinking about how mad he was. 

"Oh, right..." Mike said remembering. "I think it's cool when you break the rules." He said before thinking twice about what he said. 

"It's bitchin' but not necessarily me," I said giggling. "I wish I could see you." He said. His face was entirely red. 

I tired concentrating harder I then fell but it was bouncy. I teleported to his room. "Thirteen!" Mike whispered yelled at me. 

I wiped my nose and gave him a slight smile. "I missed you," I said. "Michael?" We both heard. He looked terrified as he ran over and locked his door. 

The door tried to open. "Michael? Are you alright?" We heard his mom yell. "Yeah, just... tripped." He said. 

He turned to me and looked down. "A-alright." His mom said. "I never got to have a goodnight kiss," I said grabbing his hands. 

He gulped before kissing me like the night at the snowball. "If my mom saw you, she'd probably call the police..." He said frowning. 

"Do you think she'd recognize me with shorter hair?" I asked. He looked at me shocked. "You love your hair." He said. "I'd cut it for you," I said wrapping my hands around his neck. 

"I... I lo-like you so much." He said kissing me again. Instead of pulling away he kept it their longer. He was so warm while I was shivering from being wet. 

He pulled away and gave me a shy look. I smiled as we locked eyes. "you should probably go back before Hopper gets mad. 

"Yeah..." I said not wanting to leave. "I'll see you at ten-forty-five." He reassured. "When you come over tomorrow..." I started. 

"Can you kiss my neck like the man in my soap operas?"

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