Steve and Maddie: The Early Years

Chapter Nine: First Date

Disclaimer: If I owned anything to do with the show, Lori Weston would never have existed. Thankfully, I own my OC's...


''Hey Maddie, wait up!''

Maddie frowned, and stopped in the middle of the corridor, ''Sean, you okay?''

Sean Jackson, he and Maddie sat together in Physics, but didn't really speak outside of class.

''Yeah, yeah, I er...'' Sean awkwardly scratched his head, as he stammered. ''Well, I was wondering if maybe...you wanted to catch a movie this weekend?''

Maddie stared at him for a full thirty seconds, before what Sean said caught up with her.

''A movie?'' She repeated, dumbly.

Sean nodded, ''Yeah, you know, movie, pizza. A date.''

Maddie wasn't exactly sure how she was supposed to respond. She had seen other girls agree to go out with a guy, they usually looked excited, but Maddie felt no such feeling.

Besides she was supposed be going surfing this weekend with Steve and Mary.

''Oh, um...'' She started.

''Maddie!'' Steve called, as he headed towards her.

She stared at him, still rather dazed by Sean's question. ''Yeah?''

''You mind if we make surfing an other day? Matthews is having a party at his house, and Dianne talked me into going,'' He said in a rush.

''Sure, we can go another day.'' Maddie felt her face grow warm though as Sean cleared his throat.

''Sean, I...'' This shouldn't be this hard. ''Pizza and a movie sounds great.''

Sean smiled at her, in obvious relief. ''That's great, we can talk about it more in class.''

''Okay, I'll see you later,'' Maddie nodded.

After Sean walked away, Maddie looked at Steve and saw he was gaping at her.

''Steve?'' She said.

He shook himself and blinked at her, ''You're going out with Jackson?''

Irritation soared through her at the look on his face; part shock, part anger, and part something else.

''Yes, I am. You got a problem with that?'' She snapped.

Steve frowned at her before shrugging, ''Why would I?''

''I have no idea. You tell me.'' Maddie crossed her arms over her chest and glared at him.

Steve licked his lips, ''I don't care. You can date whomever you like.'' He said. Nevermine the small fact the his blood was boiling, and he was lying through his teeth.

Sean Jackson? He was an idiot, Maddie could do so much better than him.

Maddie flinched before she could stop herself, ''Fine. I will. Enjoy your party.'' She said, hotly.

She turned to leave, and added, ''Maybe you could take Dianne surfing with you, I'm sure you'll have much more fun with her.''

With that, she stormed off down the corridor, leaving Steve staring after her.

***H50***

Steve wasn't sure exactly what had happened between himself and Maddie, but she was acting very strangely.

They hadn't hung out like they usually did for the last few days. They hadn't even really spoken since Monday.

Steve was slowly going insane.

They were sat in English, and he had no idea what to say to the girl next to him. Maddie was still his best friend, but she seemed distant.

Probably thinking about Jackson...He thought angrily.

He didn't have a clue what the hell she saw in him, but Steve was determined to find out.

Maybe Dianne could help...

***H50***

Steve knocked on the Sinclairs door later that night, feeling nervous for some reason.

It's Maddie, stop being an idiot...He told himself, over and over again.

Kevin opened the door and frowned at Steve, ''Since when does family knock, son?''

Steve grinned at him, ''Is Maddie home?''

Kevin nodded and stepped away from the door, ''Go on upstairs, she said something about homework.''

Steve hurried towards the stairs, and chuckled nervously as Kevin added, ''Keep the door open!''

He stood outside Maddie's door for a few moments, before sticking his head through the door.

''You busy?'' He asked.

Maddie jumped up from her bed, startled. ''Steve, what the hell? You never heard of knocking?''

Steve grinned at her, ''Since when does family knock?''

Maddie rolled her eyes and glared at him, ''And what if I had been naked?''

The grin dropped from Steve's face, as various thoughts of a very inappropriate nature flooded through his mind, ''Right.''

Maddie smirked, ''Yeah, right.'' She sat back down on her bed. ''Why are you here anyway?''

Steve tried to ignore the stabbing sensation her words caused him, by smiling and sitting down next to her.

''I have an idea,'' He started, but Maddie cut him off.

''Don't strain yourself...'' She narrowed her eyes at him.

''Haha, you're a comedian.'' Steve replied. ''But seriously, I have an idea. This weekend you're going out with Jackson, right?''

Maddie nodded slowly.

''Well, Dianne was wondering if maybe you wanted to double up?''

Her eyebrows shot up, ''You want to go on double date?''

Steve shrugged again, ''Why not, we do everything else together...''

Maddie glared at him again, ''Oh well in that case, go to hell McGarrett.''

''What?'' He said, in surprise.

''I said, Go. To. Hell. I wouldn't go on a date, a double date or a fricking group date with you right now, so just...just leave.''

Steve stood up and turned to her, with his mouth open, ready to apologize for whatever he had said.

''Don't okay. Just don't, if you do, then I'm going to end saying something we will both regret. So please, Steve just leave...''

Steve nodded, and left.

***H50***

''You really can't surf?'' Maddie smiled, as Sean nodded.

''Yeah, I've tried, but I just can't stand up on a board.'' He replied, laughing. ''Who taught you?''

''Well Steve and I learned together, but Mamo taught us in our official lessons.'' She answered.

''Official lessons?'' Sean repeated, grinning. He couldn't help but wonder how many times McGarrett would be mentioned during their date.

''We may have gone to the beach once or twice to practice on our own...'' Maddie chuckled, to herself at the look on Sean's face.

''Wow, couple of badasses, huh?''

Maddie grinned at him, ''Well, I am...not too sure about Steve...''

Sean laughed and nudged her in the side, ''Speaking of Steve...''

Maddie frowned as Sean pointed towards the doors of the theater, and she spotted Steve and Dianne walking in.

Dianne saw them looking and waved to them, before dragging a reluctant looking Steve towards them.

''Aloha guys! Steve said he asked if you guys wanted to hang out, but he never said if we were or not. The party was so lame, so we decided to come hang here for a few hours. This is gonna be so much fun!'' She gushed, clapping her hands together.

Sean looked rather confused, but went along with it, talking to Dianne about whether she minded watching horror movies.

''Oh, I can always hide behind Stevie, he'll protect me...'' Dianne said, pulling on Steve's hand.

Maddie took great satisfaction in the look of abject horror on her friends face.

She rolled her eyes, as their gazes met. Steve struggled to hide his grin.

''Stevie?'' She mouthed at him. His face flushed as he shrugged.

''Don't ask...'' He breathed back.

''Maddie, we should totally go shopping sometime! Stevie and Sean can go to a football game, and we can have a girls day!'' Dianne squealed, suddenly turning her attention towards her.

Maddie couldn't help the grimace that flashed across her face, but luckily only Steve caught it. He grinned at her.

''I'm not really a shopper,'' Maddie tried quickly.

Dianne laughed, ''Oh we'll change that, don't worry.''

As Dianne looped their arms together, and started towards the confection stands, Maddie shot a look over her shoulder at Steve.

It was all his fault.

***H50***

''You have no idea what you're talking about, the movie wasn't that scary!'' Maddie said, shaking her head.

''You jumped three feet in the air at least five times,'' Steve replied smoothly.

''Did not. You imagined it, McGarrett.''

''Whatever Sinclair, I know what I saw.''

''Shut up.''

''Make me.''

''Okay,'' Maddie laughed, as she lightly punched Steve in the arm. ''There, mortally wounded.''

The two friends stopped laughing though, as they caught sight of their 'dates' kissing behind them.

They stared at them, before glancing at each other.

''Surfing?'' Maddie suggested, nodding her head towards the exit.

''Surfing.'' Steve agreed, smiling at her.

They hurried out of the building, already talking about catching the big waves.

Their argument, and dates forgotten.

A/N: Thanks for reading! I'm kinda drawing a blank for future chapters, so if anyone has any ideas or suggestions, don't hesitate to let me know!