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The sleepover

"Hey, what's wrong? Lost in Australia?" Mavis teased as she nudged Mike's arm as he looked down at her.

"Did you agree to this? Did any of you?" Mike asked, referring to Max as he looked at Mavis, then at the two Byers siblings walking a little behind them.

"What?" Will asked confused as he turned off the camera.

"To her, joining our party" Mike explained as he pointed toward Max.

"I don't think she's joining our party, Mike" Carrie shook her head at him in a way of trying to make him feel better.

"Yeah, maybe she just is gonna trick or treats with us" Mavis explained as her feet began to hurt from the heels.

"They should have checked with me" Mike explained, making Mavis roll her eyes and push some hair out of her hair.

"They were excited, and guess thought you'd be okay with it" Will shrugged as he spoke softly, hoping Mike wouldn't start to get all mad.

"She's ruining the best night of the year," Mike said as Mavis groaned.

"She's not even doing anything besides talking. Lose the attitude, Mike," Mavis said with a glare his way as she walked off, not wanting to stand near him anymore.

"Mav! Mavis wait comes back I'm sorry" Mike said as he chased after her and began rambling on how he didn't want her to be mad, and then both their names by two different people were being yelled through the air.

"Is that Will and Carrie?" Mavis asked as Mike and Mavis's names were yelled again, causing the teens to take off in the direction.

"Do you see them?" Mike asked in a panic as they looked around, rounding a corner, Mavis saw the two curled up together shaking.

"Will! Carrie!" Mavis yelled as she grabbed both their shoulders, Mike not far behind her.

"What's wrong? We couldn't find you guys" Mike explained as he looked between the two.

"Hey, hey calm down" Mavis spoke as she cradled Will closer to her, considering he was shaking a lot more than Carrie did. The short-haired girl held onto Mike as he whispered to her.

"Holy shit!" Dustin explained as he ran down the steps with Max and Lucas not too far behind him.

"Are they okay?" Lucas asked worriedly.

"I don't know, I'm gonna get you guys home okay?" Mike asked as Carrie began to thrash away from him.

"No! No! Not home! I don't wanna go home" she said in a panic as Mike looked at Mavis worried as she nodded and grabbed the girl's arms.

"Let's take a walk first okay, let's take a walk" Mav spoke to her softly while wrapped an arm under her arms and walking away as Carrie leaned on her some.

"Hey! Wait up!" Max's voice was heard as she chased the two down the sidewalk.

"Don't wanna talk about it" Carrie mumbled as she put most of her weight onto Mavis. Max nodded knowingly.

"I know, just figured you guys could use some company. Listen not to be that friend but I really don't wanna go home tonight, Billy went to some party and I don't wanna deal with him with he comes home" Max explained as she looked between the two, Mavis nodded knowingly.

"My house is open, you'll just have to come through the window because my Mom doesn't like when girls are over. Both of you can stay, like a sleepover. I've got plenty of clothes" Mavis nodded as Carrie send her a smile as Max did back.

"Who's Billy?" Carrie asked as she turned to look at Max now, who groaned.

"My stepbrother," she said as Mavis sent her an eyebrow raise.

"Take it you don't like him very much?" she asked as Max inhaled a breath.

"He's so rude, it's like he blames me for his Dad falling for my Mom. That's not my fault, he makes my life a living hell" Max explained as Mavis frowned, she didn't like that Max felt that way and it made her angry.

"You said he was at a party.., you wouldn't happen to know the address would you?" Mavis asked with a knowing look as Max frowned her eyebrows, Carrie slapped her forehead.

"Mav, this is a bad idea" Carrie voices her thoughts moments later after they arrived at the huge party just a few streets down.

"It's gonna be so worth it, which ones his?" Mavis asked as Max pointed to a nice-looking car a few feet away.

"Cover for me," Mavis said as the two girls nodded as she hurried over, pulling the keys out of her pocket. The annoying shriek of metal on metal was heard as Mavis cringed, but didn't stop until she was done.

"There, think he'll like the new paint job?" Mavis asked with a giggle as the three looked down at the two boobs, carved with Mavis house key, into the side of Billy's car.

"Your best work" Carrie admited with a shrug as she stood next to the pink-haired girl.

"He's gonna lose his shit, you are easily the coolest person I know" Max laughed as she hugged Mavis making her laugh before the three ran off before they were caught.

Sneaking into the house, Mavis rolled her eyes at her mother on the couch, passed out. Walking up the stairs, she helped Carrie and Max into her window as she passed them clothes to change into.

"Wow, you guys look so small" Max laughed as she looked at the picture of the original five on Mavis's wall.

"Well it was two years ago" Mavis laughed as she sat at her large vanity to take the makeup from Halloween off. Carrie was sitting in her bed, reading through her diary.

"Hey, who's this?" Max's voice caught Mavis's attention again as she looked into the mirror to see Max pointing at a picture of El. Mavis felt her face drop as she looked down at her hands then back up again.

"That's my girl," Mavis said as Max gave a small smile and looked back at the photo of a slightly smaller Mavis and a skinny bald girl.

"Where is she now?" Max asked as Mavis shrugged, turning around in the chair to face her.

"I don't know, she left about a year ago" he explained as Max frowned and sent her an apologizing look.

"Her name was El, she was awesome and I only met her once" Carries voice cut in as Mavis quickly cleared her throat and stood up.

"I'm gonna um go grab us some popcorn and sodas, be right back" Mavis explained as she left the room as quick as possible, not wanting her tough-girl vibe to break.

"I didn't mean to" Max began as she looked to Carrie as the girl shook her head.

"It's not you, it's just hard on her" Carrie spoke as Max frowned and looked down with a nod.

"Is she coming back?" Max asked as Carrie frowned.

"I don't think so, Mavis still thinks she will. She's holding on to something that might not be there and non of us can bring ourselves to tell her it's time to move on" Carries said with sad eyes as she shut the book and sat up straighter.

"I hope she does... Mavis deserves someone to make her happy. She's hurting, I can see that" Max said as Carrie sighed and nodded knowing she was right.

"She wasn't always so hardcore and violent, she use to be really sensitive actually, or that's what Mike says at least. With El gone, it's like her lights gone in a way" Carrie said as Max's eyes went back to the spot Mavis once was with a sad look, feeling sorry for her friend.

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ot3 back to own my ass again.