I didn't say her name. Because if I did that I would be suspected by the others. So I decided to play along. I brought her to my room, and the guys followed me inside. First, I did unlock it by climbing back through the balcony, which was quite easy for me.
Dustin was probably over the edge, because he had this weird expression on his face when he saw Eleven. I couldn't help but curiously watch what he was about to do. He decided to scare her, but I stopped him. I said, "Dus.. She is scared, don't do this alright. You look like a bully, man. ".Dustin looked at me with an expression of disbelief, but he didn't say anything. That's when there was a roar of thunder outside, this made Eleven to flinch in fear. She grabbed my clothes, probably because I was the nearest to her.
That's when I noticed her soaking wet clothes.I sighed and said, "Hey, wait a minute, okay. " She was reluctant to leave my cloth, so she followed me around. I couldn't help but smile, when I saw her cute actions.
If not for the age factor and the fact that she was innocent and had no idea about romantic shit, I would have kissed her right then and there. I walked towards the laundry basket, which was filled with my washed clothes. I took out a Tshirt and gave it to her. She rubbed my T-shirt on her cheek, and then she decided to give some olfactory test to my Tees.
The others found it weird, but I still found her cute.
Then I said, "Alright. Now you can change into clean and dry clothes, okay. " I smiled at her warmly. This probably relaxed her, since she nodded with a smile, and then hugged me. It was a weird feeling. It wasn't anything like I felt with Nancy.
I was frozen there, and the others probably noticed this. Then Eleven stood up, and brought her hands on the Tshirt, she was wearing. It was probably something she had picked up from Benny's. At least that should be if the things are going on as in the plot.
She was about to remove her clothes then and there. I grabbed her hands with quick speed. Although she flinched, but she didn't show it on her face. Instead she was more confused than panicked.
I said, "You cannot change in front of opposite gender. That's not good. " Then I pointed at the others, who had their back to us and still covered their eyes.
Then I pointed to the bathroom in my room, and said, "You can only change your clothes in the bathroom. Privacy, right?"
She was still confused, probably from the word Privacy, but she still nodded to me, like she agreed to my words. Then she took my clothes to the bathroom and was about to change her clothes, with the door wide open.
But I stopped her again. I said, "Let's close this door, okay?" She frowned and immediately replied, "No. " I could see she was frightened a little. "So you can talk?", I asked with a smile. Though she didn't reply to me, I remained unchanged. Then I said, "Let's close this door.. this much?" She had her hand on the door, probably to stop me from completely closing the door. Where did she know that if I wanted to, I could close the door and there was nothing she could do to stop me. Thankfully I am a good, handsome man.. No, good, handsome boy. If not for that, I would have done that.
I just left a little gap, but I could see inside clearly and Eleven could see outside clearly. Then I was about to leave, since my work here was done. But just when I was about to leave, I heard Eleven's voice, "Stay.. " I turned around and looked at her. Then she spoke again, "Stay.. Please. " I nodded st her, and she was relieved by my words. At least her relieved sigh and relaxing of shoulders did suggest that.
Mike and the others were on my bed, talking with each other. Even if someone who couldn't hear, see them, he/she could tell that they are talking about something serious. Moreover I could hear their each and every word.
Dustin said, "She might have escaped from Pennhurst. " Mike was confused and so was Lucas. Mike asked, "What?" Dustin explained, "Pennhurst. The Nuthouse in Kerley county. " I couldn't help but speak up, "Guys, you aren't exactly speaking softly. I could hear it and so could the girl inside. And Dustin, that's rude. " Yep, there voice weren't exactly soft. They were speaking loudly, so it was obvious that El could hear it too. But it was probably because she didn't understand their words, or else she might have reacted.
Lucas didn't cared about this fact, and instead argued, "But he is right. She has a buzzed hair, nearly shaven hair, she can speak only Yes or No. Or a few words. I mean your younger sister can speak more than that. She tried to get naked in front of us. She had blood on the Tshirt she was wearing. She is definitely a psycho. "
"The last one, seriously doesn't indicate she is from a mental hospital. ", I replied to his doubts.
Finally after a few more minutes of arguing, they all agreed to tell about her to Karen. Even Mike agreed to this. 'It's probably because he isn't interested in Eleven, unlike in the series.', I thought. But I stopped them with a few simple sentences.
I said, "First, I won't let you guys do that. Second, what would you tell, you found a girl in the forest at night. Oh wait, you can't because ayou were supposed to be grounded. "
Their faces paled, since they understood what I was saying.
By this time, El had returned outside with her olc Tshirt in her hand. The guys just left both of us alone. I heard their words before they were about to leave. It included, "Mental", "Psycho", "Crazy".
I didn't really cared about them.
That's when El asked me, "What is Psycho?" Shaking my head, I said, while patting her head, "Nothing serious. " She closed her eyes, when she felt me patting her head, and even rubbed her head on my hand, which made me doubt, if she was a cat.
To change the topic, I asked, "So how about we introduce ourselves? To begin with, What is your name?" El raised her sleeves, since the Tshirt I gave her was full sleeved one.
There written on her hand was "011". I asked, "So your name is Eleven?" She nodded. I couldn't help but try to touch it, but I stopped, when I saw her frightened expression. I instead showed her my hand, trying to shake her hands. Probably she understood what I wanted to do, probably thanks to Late Benny. Then I said, "I am Joey. " She smiled at me, which again made her look so cute. I even though of squeezing her cheeks and I did just that. She didn't react and instead continued muttering, "Joey. "