Asher had been following Max and Eleven around the mall for around two hours now and he wasn't having the best time in the world; but he'd rather be following the two girls around, carrying their bags, watching them get a photoshoot and getting revenge on some random girls from school than whatever Will, Lucas and Mike were doing. While he could of complained about being the bag carrier for the girls for the whole time, which he didn't, he had found himself thinking about what he would have done that day if he didn't have Eleven showing up at his doorstep that morning; which is either doing nothing or going over to the Henderson household to see what Dustin was doing and follow him around.

But, instead of doing that, he was sat outside the dressing rooms of some random store, with Eleven showing him and Max all of the outfits that she liked so she can get their opinions. While the two had told her to get outfits that she liked, not based on anyone else's opinion, she still wanted to look nice. And who was better to ask than the two most brutally honest people she knows?

"Okay, the final outfit is ready" Max says as she walks over to Asher with a smile on her face "Are you ready?"

"My butt has gone numb" Asher whines in response, not being able to feel his butt anymore from how long he had been sat in that seat for.

"Can you at least act like you're interested? Even if it's just a little bit?" Max bluntly asks Asher "El needs her supporters right now, okay? So act happy and like you're interested in all of this stuff."

"Yes ma'am" Asher sarcastically says as Eleven comes out of the dressing room in a jumpsuit, which is mostly black with colorful patterns scattered across it.

"Do I look pretty?" Eleven asks the two nervously. While she did remember Max saying to dress for herself and not for anyone else, she still wanted to look pretty, so she wanted their opinion.

"You don't look horrible" Asher says, coming up with the best compliment he could.

"Is that seriously your way of telling El that she looks nice?" Max, once again, bluntly asks, not being happy with Asher's attempt at a compliment.

"You look beautiful, El" Asher honestly says, making Eleven smile "Can we leave now? I can't feel my ass right now and I'm getting pretty concerned."

"That was the last outfit anyway" Max says "Just got to pay for everything that El likes."

"How do you even have the money for all of this?" Asher asks, being confused on how they have enough money for all of the clothes.

"Well, we know someone who has money because he stole it from people and will do anything to cheer El up" Max says with a smile, trying to hint at Asher to pay.

"You want me to pay, don't you?" Asher asks Max, making her nod her head "Fuck... okay, fine. I'll pay for the stupid fucking clothes. Call me sugar daddy Asher."

"What's a sugar daddy?" Eleven asks, being confused.

"You don't want to know" Max tells Eleven "And never call him that."

After paying for all of Eleven's clothes, the three had decided to go and get ice cream, so their final stop of the day had ended up being Scoops Ahoy.

"Okay, here you go, you got one strawberry, a vanilla with sprinkles, extra whipped cream and a chocolate with whipped cream" Steve says, handing the three their ice creams.

"Dude, when I told you to surprise me, I thought you'd pick something less boring" Asher mentions to Steve, who just rolls his eyes. Asher couldn't decide which ice cream he wanted, so he just told Steve to pick, thinking he'd come up with some random but nice mix of ice cream, not just boring chocolate by itself.

"Well if you didn't like it, you would beat my ass, and I know you like chocolate, so you got chocolate ice cream" Steve says to Asher.

"That is true" Asher says with a smile, making both of the girls give him a weird look.

"Wait a second" Steve says, looking over at Eleven "Are you even allowed to be here?" He asks, only getting giggles from the girls as a response before they walk out of the store "They didn't even answer my question."

"I don't think she's allowed to be here, so please don't tell Hopper" Asher quickly says before running to catch up with the girls, who had somehow already made it to the front doors of the mall "How do you two run so fast?" Asher asks them.

"Maybe you're just slow" Max says with a shrug "You guys wanna trade?"

"Only if I can have the strawberry" Asher answers as Max gives him her ice cream, Eleven gets Asher's and Max is given Eleven's "You know, strawberry is such a boring flavor but it's so good."

"Can I try?" Eleven asks.

"Sure" Asher says with a smile as Eleven takes a bite from the ice cream, before nodding her head to say that she likes it "See, it's so good and--"

"Oh, you've got to be shitting me" Max bluntly says, making Eleven and Asher look over to where Max is looking to see both of the girls boyfriend's and Will.

"They're in deep shit" Asher mutters to himself before following the girls over to the three boys.

"Isn't this a nice surprise" Max sarcastically says, matching her tone with a fake smile.

"What are you doing here?" Mike asks Eleven as he drops his bike

"Shopping" Eleven bluntly replies, not being very happy with Mike. Looking at it from both perspectives, Asher knew that Eleven is in the right. If he was in a relationship with someone and they had lied so they didn't have to see him, he'd be just as annoyed as Eleven is or maybe even more. If Mike had made other plans, he should of just said instead of lying to her about it.

"This is her new style. What do you think?" Max asks Mike with a sly look on her face.

"What is wrong with the both of you?" Mike asks Asher and Max "You know she's not allowed to be here."

"Dude, she's just out with two friends having some fun for once" Asher explains to Mike "She's thirteen, she's allowed to leave the house once in a while."

"But she can't be around this many people" Mike argues back.

"What is she, your little pet?" Asher asks Mike "Just because you are her boyfriend, that doesn't mean you can make decisions for her."

"Yeah, am I your pet?" Eleven repeats to Mike.

"What? No" Mike defends himself.

"Then why do you treat me like garbage?" Eleven asks with a hurt look on her face.

"What?" Mike asks again, being completely and utterly confused. Yesterday, Eleven was completely fine with him and then she spends one day with Asher and Max and then suddenly has a problem with him. He has no idea what the two had said to Eleven, but he knew that they had something to do with this.

"You said Nana was sick" Eleven states.

"She is. She is sick" Mike says as he looks at Lucas and Will for support.

"Yeah, sick... she's sick" Lucas says, while Will just stays silent "She's super sick. That's why we're here actually."

"Y-yeah, we're shopping" Mike says, adding onto the lie "Not for us, but for her, for Nana."

"For Nana!" Lucas exaggerates, making Max give him a death glare.

"Also, we're here to get a gift for you" Mike says to Eleven "Just, we couldn't find anything that suited you and I only have, like, three dollars and fifty cents, so it's hard."

"Super hard" Lucas says "It's expensive."

"Are you buying any of this bullshit?" Asher whispers to Max.

"Not one bit of it" Max whispers back to Asher.

"You lie" Eleven says to Mike with hurt in her voice "Why do you lie?" She asks, which makes Mike just stay silent.

"Oh God, he's not explaining himself" Asher whispers to Max as Eleven walks closer to Mike "This isn't good."

"I dump your ass" Eleven says to Mike before turning around and walking towards the bus, making Asher and Max follow.

"I cannot believe I witnessed someone put Mike in his place that wasn't me or Max" Asher says with a laugh as they get on the bus "El, I think that has to be the most badass thing I've ever seen you do."

"Badass?" Eleven asks as Max gives her a high five.

"Totally badass" Asher says with a smile.

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