thirteen

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MAX AND Y/N were practicing skateboarding on max's street, they did this a lot, they would just go on max's street and just practice skating.

max accidentally messes up the trick, and her skateboard goes rolling down the street.

"shit!" max curses, looking at her board rolling across the street.

but just like that, someone stops max's skateboard, and picks it up.

it was el, she held the skateboard in her hands.

el walks up to max, and looks her in the eye, also handing max her skateboard.

"hi." el says quietly.

"hi?" max replies, confused on why el was talking to her, since el never talked to her.

"can we talk?" el asks, looking sad.

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"-and then he said he missed me, and then he just hung up." el explains to y/n and max.

"he's a piece of shit." y/n insults mike.

"what?" el asks.

"mike doesn't have jack shit to do today, and his nana obviously isn't sick." y/n explains to el.

"i guarantee you, him and lucas are playing atari right now." max adds.

"but friends don't lie." el defends.

"yeah, well boyfriends lie. all. the. time." max reminds el.

max and y/n sat down next to el.

"you're going to stop calling him." max tells el. "you're going to ignore his calls. as far as you're concerned, he doesn't exist."

"doesn't exist?" el repeats.

"he treated you like garbage." max continues. "you're gonna treat him like garbage. give him a taste of his own medicine."

"give him the medicine." el repeats.

"and if he doesn't fix this, if he doesn't explain himself. dump his ass." y/n finishes.

max got el up, grabbing el's arms.

"come on." max tells el.

"where are we going?" el asks.

"to have some fun." y/n replies with a smile.

"there's more to life than stupid boys, you know?" max adds.

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max held y/n's hand excitedly as the three girls walked around the mall.

they stopped in the middle of the mall, and el looked around the mall in awe.

"so, what should we do first?" y/n asks el with excitement.

max laughs. "you've never been shopping before, have you?" max says to el.

el shakes her head no.

"well, i guess we'll have to try on everything." max tells the girl with a smile.

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el looked around for clothes, in awe at all the clothes, then she stared at an outfit.

"do you like that?" y/n asks el.

"how do i know... what i like?" el asks confused.

"you just.. try things on." max replies. "until you find something that feels like you."

el turned to max, with her jaw slightly dropping.

"like me?" el asks.

"yeah." max responds with a smile. "not hopper. not mike. you."

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el tried on different things to see what she liked, she tried on a beret, but put it on wrong.

max shook her head, and placed it correctly on el.

el didn't even worry about mike right now, all she cared about was having a good time at the mall.

y/n and el tried on a dress, then y/n got a belt, and max kept spinning y/n as she put on the belt, while the two continued laughing.

y/n was about to fall over, and max caught her, while both of them were still laughing.

eleven looked at herself, smiling and fluffing up her hair. she really liked the dress.

by now, y/n wasn't wearing the dress she tried on anymore, she didn't really like it.

max and y/n wore their sunglasses, which were matching.

the girls walked out of the store, el and max shared a glance, and started laughing.

max looked over to y/n, who was still staring straight ahead of her.

max studied y/n's face, while still walking, and max smiled to herself.

the girls went to a photo shoot place, where they put different outfits, that you would wear on a runway.

they did poses, and the photographer took pictures.

"that's it, girls!" the photographer encourages. "okay, here we go. wardrobe change, please! wardrobe change."

the girls took more pictures, posing like they were on a cover of a vogue magazine.

"shake it. shake it out for me!" the photographer encourages.

y/n practiced wearing heels, with max holding y/n's hand and helping her walk in them.

y/n fell onto the ground, causing her, el, and max to laugh.

max grabbed y/n's hand, and arm to help her get up, while laughing.

they noticed people staring at them weirdly, but they didn't care.

the girls went up to a girl that was talking with her friends, and hid behind a pillar.

el concentrated on the drink that the girl was holding, el slightly lifted up her head, then the girl's drink burst open, splattering everywhere.

the girls started laughing at the scene playing out in front of them, then they ran away.

"see, what'd i tell you?" max asks el as they all laughed. "there's more to life than stupid boys."

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"okay, here you go, you got a strawberry, a chocolate, and a vanilla with extra sprinkles." steve hands out ice cream to the three girls on a cone.

"thanks." the girls said in unison.

"wait a second." steve realizes, then looks at el. "are you even allowed to be here?"

el looked at max, then the three girls started giggling, then they left.

the girls exited the mall, el feeling better than she did before, after she got to hang out with max and y/n.

el started to wonder why she just didn't hang out with max or y/n sooner, when she could've been having this much fun all along.

"wanna trade?" max asks y/n.

y/n nods her head with a smile, then she swaps her ice cream with max.

"that's ridiculous." y/n heard a voice in the distance, who she recognized as mike's. "why can't i just.."

"oh, you've got to be shitting me." max curses.

the three girls watched as, lucas, mike, and will got their bikes.

"isn't this a nice surprise?" max asks as her, and the others walks up to the boys.

mike immediately dropped his bike in disbelief, wondering why el was even here, and with max.

"what are you doing here?" mike asks el.

"shopping." el simply replies.

"this is her new style." y/n adds. "what do you think?" y/n also asks mike, she didn't actually want his answer, it was sarcasm. she was kinda disappointed that he would lie to his own girlfriend.

"what's wrong with you?" mike harshly scolds y/n, but she didn't take it to heart. "you know she's not supposed to be here."

"what is she, your little pet?" y/n argues back.

"yeah." el agrees. "am i your pet?" she turns to mike.

"what? no!" mike defends.

"then why do you treat me like garbage?" el asks.

"what?"

"you said nana was sick." el reminds mike.

"she is." mike lies, then turns to lucas.

lucas joins in on the lie with mike, causing max to roll her eyes at lucas.

"that's why we're here, actually." lucas adds.

"yeah, we're shopping." mike agrees. "not for us, but for her, for nana."

"for nana." lucas agrees.

"also, we're here to get a gift for you." mike persuades el. "because, i couldn't find anything that suited you, and i only have like $3.50, so it's hard."

"super hard. it's expensive." lucas dramatically says.

y/n just rolled her eyes, she really hoped max, or even el didn't feed into mike or lucas' lies.

"you lie." el spoke to mike. "why do you lie?"

mike opened his mouth, to say something, or to explain himself. but nothing came out.

y/n heard a screeching noise behind her, coming to a halt. she looked behind her to see the bus, which was her, max, and el's ride.

el looked at the bus, and back at mike, then she walks closer to mike.

"i dump your ass." el harshly says to mike.

max and y/n we're impressed, surprised that el actually dumped him.

max's jaw drops with a smirk.

y/n looks over to mike, and gives him a cold stare for treating el like that.

the three girls go onto the bus, leaving the boys there.

max glared over to y/n with a wide smile on her face.

y/n turned back over to max, and smiled too, then they both high fived each other.

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