Hi guys! I hope you enjoy this mileven AU (I'm on a mileven binge bear with me if you've come here from my Harry Potter stories). Basically just a high school AU if Eleven never grew up in the lab and met the boys at school.

Mike Wheeler rushed into his homeroom class, heading straight over to his friends who were already in their seats. He sat at a desk next to Will Byers, setting his backpack on the ground. It was unlike him to be late, but he'd over slept after the batteries in his alarm clock died in the middle of the night. He skipped breakfast and went 5 mph over the speed limit just to get in at a reasonable time. His friends looked over at him as he settled into his seat, ignoring the look he was receiving from his homeroom teacher.

"Morning sleeping beauty." Lucas said, ruffling Mike's already messy bedhead. Mike pushed his arm away before trying to smooth his hair back down. "Nice of you to show up."

"Shut up." He said, both to Lucas and his other two friends who laughed at his lame joke. "My alarm clock died, it's not my fault."

Dustin rolled his eyes, "Only you, Mike."

Mike tried rubbing the sleep out of his eyes, leaning his elbows on the desk. The group was supposed to head to Benny's diner after school and Mike had volunteered to drive, so he could understand why they had been a bit antsy about him not showing up. Dustin and Lucas went back to the bickering they had been doing when Mike walked in as if nothing had interrupted them, Will and Mike looking at each other and rolling their eyes.

"They've been arguing all morning." Will told him, "Thank god you showed up."

Mike shook his head, "They've been arguing for 10 years."

Will laughed, opening up his notebook to the notes he had for a test second period. While he looked them over Mike rested his chin on his hand, starring towards the front of the room and letting himself zone out. He could still hear his friends voiced behind him as they continued to go back and forth.

The classroom door opened and a girl Mike had never seen before walked in, with a backpack hanging off her thin shoulders and a piece of paper in her hand. She walked up to the teacher and handed him the sheet of paper. All heads in the room turned towards her, no one recognizing her. The girl glanced at the classroom, noticing the looks she was receiving, bit the teacher seemed totally oblivious.

"Ah, you must be Jane, our new student." He said with a bright and teacherly smile spread across his face.

"Yes." She answered shortly. The girl was dressed in jeans and a flannel button up open on top of a grey t-shirt, with dark curly hair that reached her shoulders. Her eyes scanned the room nervously before looking back at the teacher.

"Welcome. Feel free to take any seat."

Her eyes did another once over of the room, landing on the free seat only a few feet in front of Mike. She walked across the room, her hair falling in her face as she attempted to keep her head down. Mike's eyes followed her as she neared the chair in front of him, where sunk down once she reached it. His eyes were glued on the back of her head, unable to look away. A few moments passed and he continued to stare. Sitting up slightly, the girl turned in her chair and glanced at him over her shoulder.

Their eyes met and Mike's cheeks instantly started to burn, embarrassed that she had caught him starring. He tore his eyes away from her, looking down at his hands. Mike waited for 10 seconds to pass before looking back up at her, surprised to see she was still looking back at him. Once their eyes met a second time she quickly turned back in her chair and faced forward once again.

Lucas bumped his shoulder with his arm, grabbing Mike's attention once again. "Mike, chill with the heart eyes. You're not nearly as subtle as you think."

"Shut up." He said, his cheeks going hot once again.

"Forget it, man." Dustin told him, glancing at the girl in front of them. "She's way out of your league. You always aim too high."

Mike shoved Dustin lightly, "Would you guys stop?" He said, "She's sitting like 7 feet away." The last thing he wanted was for her to overhear the conversation after she caught him starring at her.

None of them made any other comments, but they all looked over at the girl as she rolled up the sleeves of her flannel shirt. While most of the other girls in school dressed girly and feminine this girl, Jane, looked like a total tomboy. It was a refreshing change. Mike could already feel an intense curiosity about this girl starting to stir in the back of his mind.