The next day Lizzy went to town to turn in all her applications. While she was in town she stopped by the DX to get herself a pop and something to munch on.
When she arrived there she pulled up next to the building, turned the engine off, pulled her keys out of the ignition and forced her door open to her car.
She groaned when she had to slam it shut and the door popped back open. She rammed her hip into the door and got it to shut tight. "I really need to get that door fixed," she told herself, as she made her way to the door to the DX.
As she opened the door the bells jingled, indicating someone was there. Steve came out and smiled when he saw Lizzy there.
"Hey Liz, what's up?" Steve calmly asked. Even though his heart started to race a little when she smiled his way.
"Hey Steve. not much, just got done turning in my applications," she replied as she got herself a pop out of the cooler.
She searched the aisles a little and found some snack cakes. She also grabbed a chocolate moon pie. She slowly made her way to the counter soon after placing the stuff on top of it.
"Liz, I got your door fixed, I know you were going to ask later," the voice of Soda came from behind her. She turned and saw him standing there with a grin.
"Oh, okay, thanks Soda," she replied. Soda nodded in return and went behind the counter with Steve. "So, any plans tonight boys?" she asked kindly.
"Nope," they both told her at the same time. She giggled and got the money out before Steve told her the price. He chuckled as she laid the money on the counter.
"Thanks for letting me tell you the price," he joked with her and she chuckled in reply.
"Anytime Steve," she joked in reply as she opened her pop, then took a drink.
"What are your plans Liz?" Soda asked her as he took a drink of her pop.
"Not sure, might sit around the house where it's warm and read a book, since my parents left this morning to go who knows where," she said in reply. She actually liked the idea of having the house to herself for who knows how long.
"Sounds fun. Maybe Tim, could show up and keep you company," Steve told her with disappointment in his voice.
She gave him a confused look and shook her head no. "what went on this time?" Soda asked her.
"Sylvia," was all she said and the boys knew what was going on, "if you two want to come over for a couple hours you're more then welcome to."
"Okay, sounds good to me, not sure about Soda here," Steve told her and she nodded with a light smile on her face.
"Maybe," Soda told her as he went back to the garage to finish working on the truck that was there to get fixed.
"Okay, well, I better head home and find something to do, probably start a fire in the fireplace and sit and relax," she told them. Steve nodded and watched her walk out of the store. He liked the way she held herself and walked.
She wasn't like any other girl he knew, she wasn't scared to get dirty but at the same time she knew how to be a lady when needed. In more then one way she was more of a tomboy then a girly girl, but there were days that you wouldn't believe that she was a tomboy. That's what Steve, liked the most about Lizzy.
Soda came back out of the garage and saw the weird, love-sick, puppy look on his best friends face. "Everything okay, Steve?" Soda asked kindly, making Steve jump a little.
"Huh? Oh yeah, everything is fine," Steve replied with a smile as he went to the garage with Soda, to finish the truck up.
"Okay, just wondering since you have a look of love in your eyes, you can tell me if you like Lizzy," Soda told him and he just shrugged.
"I have no idea what you are talking about, Soda," Steve told him in reply, wondering what the heck his friend was talking about. 'I don't like Lizzy that way, there was no way in heck I liked her,' he, thought still wondering why Soda would think that. He had a girlfriend and wouldn't dare to cheat on Evie, specially not with one of his good, close friends.
"Okay," was all Soda said as he worked on the motor of the old pickup. He chuckled when he saw the look Steve was giving him. For the rest of the day neither of the boys talked unless it was about cars or how to fix something on the truck.
Later that night Lizzy, was sitting on the couch enjoying a nice bowl of chicken noodle soup by the fire when there was a knock on the door. She gently put her bowl of soup down and quickly walked over to the door. She glanced through the window that was next to the door and saw it was Steve. She opened the door and he slowly made his way in.
"Hey Steve," she greeted softly, as he took his coat and shoes off by the door.
"Hey Liz," he replied with a smile as they made their way over to the couch to sit by the warm fire, "What are you up to?"
"Just enjoying a bowl of hot chicken noodle soup, would you like a bowl?" she replied.
"No thanks, Liz, I just had a hamburger at Darry's," Steve told her kindly.
She nodded as she picked her bowl of soup up and slowly ate it. She didn't have much left and it didn't take her long to finish it. When she was done she placed the bowl on the coffee table and turned to Steve.
"So, what would you like to do?" she asked him kindly, as she turned on the couch so her body was facing him.
"Well, we could, I have no idea Liz," Steve told her with a smirk. Liz chuckled at that idea. She felt the same way, not sure on what to do.
"Sounds like a plan," she joked.
He chuckled as he lightly shook his head. He was actually getting nervous around her right then.
They glanced at each other and he felt his heart flutter. That was when he realized that he actually might be falling in love with his friend Elizabeth, "So, um, we could play a record or something, have some music playing," he told her and she nodded in reply. She got up and lead him to where her father kept the record player was along with a few records.
Steve glanced through the records and found a romance one and started it playing. He glanced up smiled as he slowly stood up from the record player. He held his hand out and she hesitantly took it and the two of them slow danced to the song that was playing. About three songs later they decided to sit by the fire.
"Would you like a cup of hot cocoa Steve?" She kindly asked.
He nodded in reply and got up and followed her to the kitchen after she got up.
The two went to the kitchen and she started the tea kettle on stove and searched for the cocoa mix. Steve started to look in the other cabinets, "is this what you're looking for?" he asked as he showed her the jar of cocoa mix. She chuckled as she nodded and took it from him.
Steve got a couple coffee mugs down from the cabinet and placed them gently on the counter by the stove. Lizzy, measured out the right amount for each cup, but added just a little more to give it more of a chocolate taste. The tea kettle started to whistle, Lizzy, reached over and turned the burner off. Steve grabbed the pot holder and poured the hot water into the mugs for her so she wouldn't burn herself. Lizzy, got a couple spoons out and placed one in each cup. Steve took the two cups out to the living room and placed them on the table.
Lizzy stirred her's, for some reason there was a weird silence in the house. Neither of them knew what to talk about. She glanced over and saw a weird look in his eyes, "Are you okay Steve?" she asked kindly.
"Yeah, I'm fine Liz, just thinking," he replied with a sigh. He wasn't sure what all to tell her, or if he should tell her that he and Evie have been arguing a lot the past few days.
"You're thinking, that's kinda scary," she joked with a smile. He smiled back with a chuckle.
"Yeah, yeah, I know it can be scary sometimes," he replied then took a drink of his hot cocoa, "So Elizabeth, what to do now?"
"Well Steven, I have no idea," she replied with a smile as she took a sip of her hot cocoa. He chuckled and shook his head. That's one thing about them, they could make each other laugh when they weren't in a good mood or if they were upset about something.
Steve glanced over and saw Lizzy yawn, he got up, went to her room, grabbed a pillow and a blanket and took them out to her, "In case you fall asleep on me, I want you to be comfortable," he told her and she smiled and nodded at him.
"Okay," was all she said with another yawn, "you can stay if you need to you know?"
"I know Liz, I might just do that since I don't want to go home and face my dad tonight," he replied with a slight yawn. The fire was so nice and toasty that it was making the both of them on the tired side. Or it could be because it was getting late at night. Steve got up, took the empty cups to the kitchen and put a little water in them so the chocolate wouldn't stick as much. He went to the spare room and got himself a pillow and a blanket. He went out to Lizzy and she was sound asleep on the couch already. He chuckled as he covered her up, he then added in a couple logs on the fire then stretched out on the floor after placing his pillow down. He covered up and slowly fell asleep himself.