PhantasmoplastSex Ed
El hears a new word for the first time, and decides to ask Mike what it means. Takes place 2 years after the events of Season 1.
Chapter 1
The girls were getting on Eleven's nerves again.
She had come to expect it during her eighth period algebra class at Hawkins Middle. It was the last class in her school day, and her least favorite, because it was the only one she did not share with her friends Mike, Lucas, Dustin, and Will. She instead sat at a table with three other girls - Lola, Bianca, and Nancy (Nancy confused El at first — she was quite surprised to learn that two unrelated people could sometimes have the same name).
They were giggling, as per the usual. El shut her eyes briefly and gave her head a little shake, trying to concentrate on what the teacher was saying. It had been nearly a year since Joyce had deemed her education caught-up enough to begin attending school, but she still struggled at times to understand all the new information.
And then she was immediately assigned a seat next to the three biggest gossips (as Dustin called them) in the school, because the old fashioned math teacher figured El would get along better with other girls. The logic was clearly flawed, as she found these particular three unbearable, but Eleven couldn't bring herself to really hate them — after all, they were nice and they meant well. But the presence of constantly giggling, whispering girls next to her did little to help her concentration…
"Psst, El!"
…particularly when they started talking to her.
"El, do you mind if we ask you a— a personal question?" That was Bianca. No sooner were the words out of the girl's mouth than she, along with Lola and Nancy, collapsed in a fit of giggles. El raised her head from her notes to stare at Bianca wordlessly, hoping she would get the message.
She didn't. "So, you and Mike Wheeler…" Bianca's voice dropped slightly as a mischievous grin spread across her face. She leaned forward and whispered, "Have you done it yet?" Her friends giggled harder. El wouldn't have thought that to be possible if she hadn't seen it. She wrinkled up her brow, confused.