[𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗗𝗘 𝗧𝗪𝗢: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗦]

SAGE WHEELER WAS SITTING ON THE counter as her mom was packing some stuff up to head over to the swimming pool with holly. the phone then rang and karen walked over, picking it up, and answering.

"hello, this is the wheelers," karen said with a smile. "yeah, just a sec,"

sage raised her hands and covered her ears with her hands knowing what was gonna happen.

"mike!" karen shouted, covering the phone with her hand. "phone!"

"okay!" mike shouted back from the basement.

"he's in trouble," sage mumbled as she removed her hands from her ears. "you know what it's about?" karen asked her daughter, hand still covering the phone as she listens to the conversation mike and eleven are having.

sage nods. "mike's supposed to be at el's,"

karen nodded then continued to listen to the teenagers conversation.

"what?" karen then suddenly gasped into the phone. "mom! get off the phone!" mike shouted form the basement making sage snort. "how many times?!"

"did nana call?!"

"no, mom! just get off the phone!"

karen scoffs then hangs up the phone. sage looks at her mom then raises her hands in defense when she got a look sent her way. karen shook her head and swung her bag over her shoulder.

"can you help me put holly in the car?"

the younger wheeler twin nods and hops off the counter, walking over to holly's room upstairs.

"holly! honey, time to get up. mom's taking you to the pool again." sage called and walked into her younger sister's room.

the blonde girl jumped up from her bed and into sage's arms. the wheeler teen laughed, went downstairs, and outside to the vehicle where her mom was waiting. sage put holly in the backseat in her car seat, strapped her in, and then went to the front seat — hopping in.

"max's right?" karen asked her daughter, reversing out of the driveway. "yes ma'am," sage replied while putting her seatbelt on.

SAGE WAS NOW CURRENTLY AT THE mayfield teens house. she was outside, sitting on the walkway as max attempts to do some tricks on her board.

max jumps up on her board, and slips. sage jumps up, and catches her by the waist as max's board skates away itself.

"shit,"

the two teens look up to see eleven with the skateboard. sage moves her hands from max's waist as the hopper teen walks over.

"hi," eleven says. "hi?" max replies, taking her skateboard back.

"can we talk?"

the three teen girls walk inside of the house and straight into max's room — immediately talking about eleven's situation with mike.

"and then he said he — he missed me. and then he just hung up." eleven explained, watching max pace around the room. "he's a piece of shit." max told the hopper teen. "what?" el asked her.

"mike doesn't have jack shit to do today!" max told her. "and our nana obviously isn't sick." sage added in. "i guarantee you, him and lucas are playing atari right now." max said to eleven.

"but friends don't lie." eleven said. "yeah, well, boyfriends lie." max informed the girl. "all the time." sage told her friend.

"you're going to stop calling him. you're going to ignore his calls. as far as you're concern, he doesn't exist." max listed to the hopper teen, sitting next to her on the bed. "doesn't exist?" eleven asked then turned to sage.

the wheeler twin nodded her head. "he treated you like garbage. you're gonna treat him like garage." sage told eleven with a grin.

"give him a taste of his own medicine." max added in. "give him the medicine," eleven repeated making the two teen girls nod. "mhm. and if he doesn't fix this, if he doesn't explain himself —"

"dump his ass." max and sage say in unison.

MIKE GROANS AS HE THROWS HIMSELF back on the couch in his basement.

"i'm not gonna lie, it's gonna be bad." lucas told the older wheeler twin making mike groan more.

"but . . . you can fix this. it's just one little mistake." lucas informed mike as he stood up. "i've made hundreds, thousands. max has dumped me five times."

yeah, probably cause she's confused about being in love with my twin sister AND you, mike thought to himself.

"but what have i done? huh? have i despaired? no. i've marched back into battle, and i've won her back every single freaking time." lucas finished off. "how?" mike asked his friend.

"i'll show you." lucas smirked. "come on."

"COME ON," SAGE SAID AND GOT UP from max's bed, pulling eleven up with her.

"where are we going?" eleven asked when she saw max getting up too. "to have some fun. there's more to life than stupid boys, you know?" max told eleven with a smile.

"there's a reason i go for girls instead," sage said to eleven and smiled.

max giggled then reached for sage's hand, holding it tightly. the wheeler girl looked down at their hands and blushed. eleven glanced at sage's flustered state and furrowed her eyebrows.

   ELEVEN, SAGE, AND MAX MADE IT TO the starcourt mall, and hopped off the bus with each other.

"so what do you think?" max asked the hopper teen, smiling at her. "hey, what's wrong?" sage asked the teen girl, putting a hand on her back.

"too many people. against the rules." eleven informed the wheeler teen. "seriously?" max asked with a scoff. "you have superpowers. both of you. what's the worse that could happen?"

eleven nodded a little with a small smile. sage let out a deep breath then gently grabbed eleven's hand, dragging her inside the mall with max. the teen girls went down the escalator, sage and max smiling hugely as eleven looks around.

"so, what should we do first?" max asked the hopper teen. the red-head then laughed a little at eleven's face. "you've never been shopping before, have you?" eleven shook her head.

"well, then i guess we're just gonna have to try everything," sage said with a smile then saw a store, smiling. "hey, come on," the wheeler twin said to the hopper teen, grabbing her and max's hand, rushing over to the store.

THE GAP

"i just . . . i don't understand what we're looking for." mike said as he walked through the mall with lucas and will. "something pretty and shiny that says "i'm sorry"." lucas replied.

"what, just something that literally says "i'm sorry"?" mike asked. "no!" lucas sighed and held his hands over his face.

eleven looks through different shirts, pants, shoes, hair ties, etc. max and sage follow behind her with smiles on their faces seeing how shocked the hopper teen was to see new clothing.

the hopper teen then looked up at a blue shirt. she seemed so fascinated by it.

"do you like it?" sage asked the girl. "how do i know . . . what i like?" eleven asked her, looking at her and max. "you just try things on." max told her. "until you find something that feels like you." she added in. "like me?" eleven asked.

"yeah. not hopper. not mike. you." sage replied with a smile.

max smiled at the two teen girls, slowly reaching over to hold sage's hand. the wheeler teen took ahold of max's hand, squeezing it as eleven began to take as many clothes in her hands as possible.

sage giggled then watched the hopper teen walk into the dressing room, changing into the clothes. eleven then hopped out of the dressing room after about a minute, and walked in front of the mirror where sage and max were waiting.

max handed el a yellow hat and the hopper teen simply placed it on her head, posing. max shook her head and chuckled, fixing the placement of the hat. eleven looked down at the clips that were holding her pants up and stretched them. eleven laughed causing sage and max to laugh with her.

with mike, lucas, and will: mike was looking through some gorgeous jewelry. the older wheeler twin then saw a perfect golden bear that seemed to be perfect to buy. he smiled then looked over at the man behind the desk.

"excuse me, sir." mike said. "mhm?"the man hummed, looking over at mike. "how much for this teddy bear right here?"

the man looked over at the teddy bear then looked at mike, giving him a look.

"three hundred?" lucas asked as the three teen boys walked out of the store. "three hundred." the sinclair teen repeated. "i should've shoved that teddy bear right up his —" mike said.

with the girls, eleven came out of the dressing room in another outfit that had to do with the topic of painting.

some boys kiss me, some boys hug me

sage held up a yellow belt while max held up a red belt for eleven to choose. eleven poked the yellow belt and sage smiled, putting it on for her.

i think they're okay

max took eleven by the shoulders and began twirling her around. the hopper teen smiles before almost falling due to being dizzy. max catches her making sage laugh.

eleven walked back into the dressing room to try on a different outfit.

max was trying on some sunglasses while sage was just watching her.

if they don't give me proper credit

i just walk away

max grabbed some red glasses then put them on, smiling at how good she looked in them. the red-head then saw some blue glasses, and grabbed them. sage watched as max turned to her with a smile. the wheeler girl giggles as max puts the blue glasses on the wheeler twin.

"you look amazing," max said with a laugh. "you mean, we look amazing." sage corrected, smiling.

they can beg and they can plead

but they can't see the light (that's right, that's right)

cause the boy with the cold hard cash is always mister right

eleven glances at the two girls and softly smiles at them before walking out of the changing room. sage turns to look at eleven and gasps.

the hopper teen flips her hair as she looks at herself in the mirror. eleven turns to sage and max with a smile before pulling them to the cash register. they place their items on the counter and max and sage mix their money, paying for the sunglasses, and eleven's clothes.

the three teen girls walk out of the store, max and sage wearing their sunglasses, and eleven wearing her new outfit.

cause we are living in a material world and i am a material girl

max grabs onto sage's hand and holds it tightly while the red head has her arm linked with el's.

you know that we are living in a material world and i am a material girl

with the boys, mike, lucas, and will are smelling different kinds of perfumes. the byers boy smells one and softly smiles, looking at the woman in front of him and motioning he wants to buy it.

"hey, mike," lucas calls the wheeler boy. mike looks at lucas then gets sprayed perfume in his face. the older wheeler twin wipes his face, feeling his eyes begin to burn.

sage, max, and eleven run into the flash studio so they can get their pictures taken together.

if they can't raise my interest . . .

the three teen girls sign up before getting changed into their clothes.

"that's it, girls! okay, here we go."

the girls pose as the camera flashes. they get into a different pose where max has her back to eleven, hand to her cheek. eleven has her chest facing max's back and her arm is on her shoulder. sage has her chest facing eleven's back and her hands were placed on el's waist, holding it.

after the picture was taken, the girls go into a giggling fit.

"wardrobe change, please! wardrobe change! thank you!"

the teen girls get changed then get into a pose, watching the camera flash.

another wardrobe change and another pose. another wardrobe change and, again, another pose.

"shake it. shake it out for me!"

the three girls shake their heads with smiles as the camera flashes. the teens then decided to take separate photos with each other. sage with max, max with eleven, and eleven with sage.

after that was done, they changed back to their normal clothing and were now helping eleven walk in heels.

cause we are living in a material world . . .

eleven gasps and falls to the ground, laughing. max and sage reach over to help eleven off the ground while they laugh as well.

you know that we are living in a material world and i am a material girl

the teens look over to see stacy with her friends. sage gulps remembering how she asked out stacy in the sixth grade and she was rudely rejected. stacy was the reason everyone knew sage was a lesbian. the three teen girls look at each other and laugh once again.

they were out of the store, sage was now holding two bags in her hands. the three girls peek their faces out from behind a wall, seeing stacy and her friends flirting with guys.

living in a material world and i am a material girl

you know that we are living in a material world and i am a material girl

sage and eleven focus on stacy's drink. before tilting their heads causing her drink to explode. the girls gasp while the three teens laugh, rushing off with each other.

"see? what'd i tell you? there's more to life than stupid boys." max tells eleven with a smile before heading to the ice cream parlor.

"can we please play dnd now?" will asked his friends, bored. "no!" lucas and mike reply.

sage, max, and eleven order their ice cream and the wheeler twin puts the money on the counter even know she knew they didn't really have to pay considering they knew steve.

"okay, here you go, you got a strawberry and vanilla with sprinkles, extra whipped cream and a chocolate with sprinkles also extra whipped cream." steve said as he handed the three girls their ice cream. "thanks," the three reply.

"wait a second," steve said, noticing eleven. "are you even allowed to be here?"

sage and max look at eleven before laughing, walking off quickly.

"money's on the counter! keep the change!" sage shouted as she walked off.

the three teen girls walk out of the mall together and max speaks up.

"you guys wanna trade?"

eleven smiles then takes max's ice cream as max takes sage's, eleven handing sage hers. they giggle as they hand their ice cream to each other before max stops, hearing mike.

"that's ridiculous. why can't i just . . ."

"oh, you've got to be shitting me," max said, looking at the boys.

sage and eleven look over and the younger wheeler twin sighs.

"haven't got that much," lucas told mike. "okay, what if we split it?" mike asked him. "split it with what? does that even make sense?"

"isn't this a nice surprise." sage said as her, max, and eleven walk over to the boys. the three boys look at the three girls, mike dropping his bike.

"what are you doing here?" mike asked eleven.

"shopping," she simply replied. "this is her new style. what do you think?" max asked.

"what's wrong with you? you two know she's not allowed to be here." mike scolded his sister and the red-head. "what is she, your little pet?" max asked him. "yeah. am i your pet?" eleven asked.

"what? no!"

"then why do you treat me like garage?"

"what?" mike scoffed. "you said nana was sick." el told him. "she is. she is. she is sick."

sage rolled her eyes as mike looked at lucas to help him out.

"yeah, sick — she's sick."

"she's sick. she's super sick. that's why we're here, actually." lucas said. "yeah, we're shopping. not for us, but for her, for nana." mike joined in.

"for nana!"

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

"super hard. it's expensive." lucas added in.

"lucas?" sage said. "yeah?" he asked.

"shut up."

lucas shut his mouth as eleven spoke up.

"you lie." she said. "why do you lie?"

mike opens his mouth to speak but nothing comes out of it. the bus appears and the girls look behind them. sage quickly walks behind lucas and mike, handing will a bag she had.

the hopper teen walks towards mike, glaring at him. "i dump your ass."

sage holds back a shocked laugh as max has her mouth open from shock. will hands sage a bag he had and smiles softly at her, thanking her. sage thanks him before walking off with max and el, but then walks back to mike.

"you should know better than to lie. you have a sister that hangs out with your now ex girlfriend." sage tells her twin before running off to the bus, sitting down in front of her friends.

the wheeler girl turns to look at her friends with a smile and gives them a high five, laughing.

AUTHORS NOTE //

sorry i didn't update yesterday, my loves !! i was extremely tired and drained.

btw, i think some of these chapters will just be one episode, one chapter. not one episode, two chapters like season two. maybe at the end when it starts getting more intense there will be one episode, two chapters. maybe!

next chapter will be up soon !!

bee <3