What Now? Chapter 11
It was finally March. The rest of February flew by smoothly. Stacy was getting sick of the cold weather and just wanted it to be warmer outside. On March 3rd it was pretty warm outside. So Pizza Steve & Stacy rode Pizza Steve's speed cycle to the park. "It's so nice outside!" Stacy exclaimed as her hair blew in the wind.
They rode around the park for a little while. They started to get bored of the park and decided to ride around town. Pizza Steve & Stacy stopped by the ice cream shop and picked up some gelato. Pizza Steve didn't want any gelato to drip on his speed cycle so he parked it next to a bench and they sat on the bench while they ate their gelato. Once they finished, Stacy wanted to stop by her friend Molly's doll shop. "Hey Cheesy, do you mind if we stop at my friend's doll shop?" "Doll shop?" "Yeah, she makes some of my clothes." "I guess we could."
Pizza Steve took her to the shop. They walked in, Stacy walked up to her friend who was at her desk and Pizza Steve looked around. "Hey Stacy! What brings you in today?" "I need some spring clothes." "Simple dresses, t-shirts, and jeans.. right?" "You know it!" "Let me go grab my catalog." She walked away as Pizza Steve walked up to Stacy. "You done yet? This is boring." "No, she is going to grab her catalog so I can show her what kind of clothes I like." "How do you know this lady?" "She's my friend's cousin." Then she came back. "Ok Stacy, here's the book. Just look through it and tell me what you're into." "Alright!"
Stacy and Molly spent about thirty minutes looking at clothes and talking. "Stacy, can we go yet? we've been here for an hour! I wanted to take you to the arcade!" "Alright, alright! We'll go! Thank you so much for your help, here's $40 for now. I'll bring about 20 more when I pick up the clothes." "You don't have to do that! $20 should be good for it all!" "No way, I owe you more than that!" Pizza Steve got annoyed. He snatched $20 from Stacy's hand and threw it on the desk. "Thank you for helping her but we have to leave!" He grabbed her arm and they hopped down from the desk and left.
They got on the speed cycle and headed off to the arcade. They hung out at the arcade for about two hours. Once they got bored, and ran out of coins, they went back home. Uncle Grandpa was sitting on the couch when they walked in. "Oh hey! Where have you two been?" He asked. "Just out and about." Stacy replied. Then Pizza Steve and Stacy headed off to Stacy's room to hang out. They played video games, listened to music, watched TV, and did so many other things late into the night.
The next morning, Stacy had to work. She got up, showered, and left before Pizza Steve even woke up. When he woke up and realized she wasn't there, he called her. "Hey, I'm working right now. What's up?" "Oh, when I woke up you weren't here, so I called you." "Oh. Well, I'm at work I have to go I'll be home this afternoon." Then Stacy hung up. Pizza Steve sat around the RV all day waiting for Stacy to get home that afternoon. When she finally got home, they all went out for lunch at the foodcourt in the mall. Then, after they ate, they did some shopping. It was 8pm before they left the mall, so they ended up eating at the mall again before leaving.
Back at home, Stacy was getting ready for bed. She took a long, warm bath. It was dark, the only thing lighting up the room was a few candles she had lit. Stacy relaxed in the bath tub with good smelling candles, up beat music, and some chocolate she bought at a candy store at the mall earlier. She had been in the bath for about 20 minutes before she heard her bedroom door open. She jumped out of the bath, raced over to the light switch to turn it on, grabbed a towel, and ran out of her bathroom to see who had entered her room. "Uh, it's just you." She said as she came to an immediate stop when she saw Pizza Steve.
"Yeah, whatch doing?" "Well.. I was taking a relaxing bath before you came in." "Cool." There was a silent pause. "What do you need?" She asked. "Oh nothing." Stacy sighed as she walked into her walk in closet and into her bathroom. After a minute, Pizza Steve went in. When he walked into the bathroom she had already turned the light back off, re-lit the candles, and got back in the tub. Pizza Steve switched the lights on. "Do you mind?" She asked, irritated. "What? I can't sit in here with my GF?" "Can I not have a little bit of time to myself?" "Do you not want me around?" "No it's not tha-" Then suddenly, Stacy's phone rang. "Great." she said, in a very fumed tone.
She answered, it was her cousin, Monique. "Hello?" Stacy answered, in an obviously annoyed tone. "Heyy... We haven't talked in a while. I got your letter." "Monique?! Yeah it has! You did! Great!" "Yeah, I was too lazy to write a letter so I thought maybe you had a minute to talk?" "Yeah, of course!" Stacy shooed Pizza Steve away so she could talk to Monique for a bit. "So, I have a few qustions." Monique started. "Go ahead!" "Ok, first, I did hear about grandma. I cried when I got the call. So you have Cali?" "Yeah." "Cool, you mentioned something about having new friends and... living in their RV?" "Yep! We travel around the world helping people. My friend, Uncle Grandpa, is everyone in the world's Uncle and Grandpa. I'm dating his friend, Pizza Steve." "Sounds interesting. So, you want me to come visit?" "Yes! That would be awesome!"
"I have a week off of work in April, how about I come by then? If it's ok with your friends." "OMG! Really!? That would totally be ok! I'll go tell Uncle G about it right now!" "Ok! Sounds great. Talk to you later!" "Bye!" Stacy hung up the phone. She got out of the bath, and raced out of her bathroom. When she pulled the bathroom door open, Pizza Steve was outside the door. He had been listening the whole time, and heard everything Stacy said. "What are you going to ask Uncle G about?" "My cousin wants to come visit!" "Cool." "Yeah, I'm going to talk to Uncle G about it." Stacy walked out of her room, with Pizza Steve following behind.
When they walked into the living room Uncle Grandpa was on the couch, watching TV. "Hey, Uncle Grandpa. My cousin wants to come visit for a week sometime in April. Can she come over and stay? She'll stay in my room. She's super nice and not annoying and-" "Of course she can!" "Awesome! Thanks Uncle G!" Stacy ran back to her room. Since it was 9pm, she got in bed. Pizza Steve gave her a goodnight kiss then left to go to bed as well.
Stacy woke up early the next morning. She was ecstatic about her cousin coming next month. Monique would be the first person from Stacy's family that her friends were meeting, not counting her parents. They haven't even met Stacy's brother yet, aside from the time they saw him at the skate park. But they didn't go up to him. Stacy called Monique to let her know that Uncle Grandpa was ok with her visiting. She gave her their address and then they talked for a bit. Stacy had a college class soon after they talked, so she took a quick shower, put on some comfy clothes, and got into her class.
After Stacy's class, she had an hour before she had to leave for work. She hung around the RV, exploring some fun rooms, until she had to leave. It was an tolerably cool day outside, so Stacy convinced Pizza Steve to take her to work on his speed cycle. She had to work until 9pm. Knowing earlier that it would be dark outside, Stacy brought a flashlight to work so she could walk home. It had gotten colder outside by 9pm. Stacy froze all the way, bringing a jacket didn't even cross her mind.
When she had finally arrived home, she took a quick warm shower, to warm herself back up. When Stacy got out she got into cozy pajamas. Stacy then went to the kitchen to make some popcorn. As she entered her room, she turned the light off. Afterward, she hopped into bed and enjoyed her popcorn as she watched TV until she fell asleep.
The next couple weeks went on as usual. Stacy worked and did her college classes about everyday. Her and her friends hung out everyday. The last Monday of March was a little different. Stacy woke up sick. She called off work but still did her college class. Uncle Grandpa made her some soup and checked on her every once in a while. Later in the day, Stacy decided to take a warm bath. While in her warm bath, Pizza Steve sat in the bathroom with her to keep her company. They talked and listened to music until Stacy got out of the tub. Stacy was resting in bed later that evening when her mom called. "Hello?" She answered sounding very ill. "Oh, wow. Are you sick? You sound horrible!" "Yes, I am. What do you need?" "Well, I've been this off because I can't bring myself to do it but, I need to go through your grandma's stuff. So I was wondering if you could help me." "Sure. What day?" "Wednesday." "Ok, see you then." Stacy hung up the phone and went back to resting.
When Wednesday finally came, Stacy and Pizza Steve rode over to Stacy's grandma's house on Pizza Steve's speed cycle. Diane was already there and had already started going through boxes, so Stacy and Pizza Steve walked inside. They found Stacy's mom in a bedroom going through a box. Diane looked up when they came in the room. "Oh, hello sweetheart." "Hey. I hope you don't mind, Pizza Steve wanted to tag along." "That's fine." "So, what should we do?" "There is some boxes of your stuff in your old room, you can go through them." "Ok."
They headed to Stacy's old room and started to go through boxes. They were going through some boxes when Pizza Steve found a worn out pink rabbit stuffed animal. It was Stacy's, but she was too embarrassed to admit it. "Hey, Stacy?" "Yeah?" She answered, looking up from the box she was going through. "Is this yours?" He asked holding up the pink rabbit. "No, it's my mom's" It was actually Stacy's rabbit from when she was younger, she named it Bunny and carried around everywhere.
They went through boxes for hours. They all finally got tired and left for the day around 7pm. When Pizza Steve and Stacy got home, dinner was ready, so they joined their friends and told them about their day. Afterwards, it had been a while since Pizza Steve and Stacy canoodle and such so they ran off to Stacy's room for some private time.