What Now? Chapter 12
The beginning of April started off kind of stressful. April 1st was Easter, April Fools Day, And Uncle Grandpa's birthday. Easter morning, everyone woke up to an Easter basket. They also woke up before Uncle Grandpa. When Uncle Grandpa woke up, there was a surprise waiting for him in the living room. He walked into the room and there was a giant Easter basket filled with gifts and candy.
"Happy Birthday!" They all shouted. Uncle Grandpa's face beamed with joy. "Awww, you guys are the best!" He exclaimed, giving them all a big group hug. Mr. Gus helped him take the basket into his room, Pizza Steve and Stacy sat together on the couch, eating some of the candy from their baskets. Then Mr. Gus and Uncle Grandpa came back out into the living room and went into the kitchen to start making Easter dinner. Pizza Steve and Stacy hopped off the couch and followed them into the kitchen.
They hopped up onto the table. Pizza Steve got on his phone while Stacy hopped over to the counter. "Can I help cook? Please! Pretty pretty pretty please!" "Sorry Stacy, It's not safe. We don't want you to get hurt." Mr. Gus told her. "Aw, come on! Can I at least set the table?" "I don't think that's a good idea. Remember last time?..." Uncle Grandpa said. "Oh, yeah." Stacy groaned. "That was one time! I broke one plate, and almost got crushed.. but I won't let it happen this time! I swear!" "No, Anastasia." Mr. Gus said firmly. Stacy hopped back over to the table with Pizza Steve.
She sat on the edge of the table, pouting with her arms crossed. "Everything alright?" Pizza Steve asked as he walked up behind her. "It's not fair that I can't help cook because they think I'm too little. I'm pretty sure I'm capable of being close to the stove without walking onto it." "Well, at least we don't have to cook, they cook it and we just eat it." "But I want to cook! My grandma let me help cook all the time!" "The kitchen in the RV is bigger than the one at your grandma's house." Stacy didn't respond. She was pissed. Stacy jumped off the table and stomped to her room.
After about an hour later, Uncle Grandpa came in to check on Stacy. He knocked on her door, and she opened it. "You doing ok? You disappeared and we haven't seen you in a while." "Everything's fine." She grumbled. "Doesn't sound like it." Uncle Grandpa walked over to her bed and sat down. "I know you wanted to help cook, but we're just worried that you'll get hurt." "I know." "Dinner's almost ready." Uncle Grandpa said as he gave her a hug and left to go back to the kitchen.
15 minutes later, Stacy came out to eat. She joined her friends at the table. They ate dinner, and had some birthday cake then Stacy headed back to her room for the night. She walked into her room, slowly closed the door, then locked it. Stacy grabbed her phone, turned the lights off in her room and headed to the bathroom for some alone time. She soaked in the tub while eating some gelato, and listening to music. Once she was done in the bath, she put on some cozy pajamas and watched TV until she fell asleep.
Before they knew it, the second week of April had finally arrived. It was the 9th and Stacy's cousin was to arrive later that afternoon. Stacy couldn't contain her excitement. To some, seeing your cousin wasn't a big deal but to Stacy it was huge. She hasn't seen her in 7 years. She spent the whole morning making everything perfect.
Stacy waited by the door for Monique to show up. She stood there quietly with a big smile on her face. Her friends watched as she stood by the door waiting eagerly. Then, there was a knock on the door. Stacy was supposed to wait for Uncle Grandpa to come open the door, since she couldn't reach, but she was so excited she ran out the little pizza door. She hugged Monique tightly, causing her to drop her bags. "I can't believe it! You're finally here!" Stacy exclaimed. Uncle Grandpa opened the door and they went inside.
Stacy introduced Monique to everyone. After talking and introducing, Stacy and Monique went to Stacy's room. Pizza Steve went with them, but just hung out on Stacy's bed while Stacy and Monique talked some more. They spent hours talking in Stacy's room. They even forgot to eat lunch. Around 5pm, they finally stopped talking. Monique's stuff hadn't been unpacked yet so Stacy helped her unpack.
When Monique had all her stuff put away, Her and Stacy watched movies late into the night. The next morning, Uncle Grandpa had to go help some kids. Stacy called off work so her and Monique could tag along. Pizza Steve, Stacy, and Monique went along with Uncle Grandpa for the day. After helping about 3 kids so far, They ran into a child who needed help setting up a swimming pool. Uncle Grandpa helped him inflat the pool while Pizza Steve, Stacy, and Monique grabbed a hose.
Once the pool was inflated, Stacy and Monique held onto the hose while Pizza Steve turned the water on. Monique decided to get in the pool to hold the hose inside. It wasn't a very good idea because she had planned to get out when the water got too high but she waited too long and didn't know how to get out. Uncle Grandpa and the kid were busy inflating floaties in another spot in the yard, and didn't notice. Pizza Steve and Stacy pulled themselves up onto the side of the pool and tried to pull her out. As the pool filled, Monique got closer to the top. Pizza Steve grabbed one hand and Stacy grabbed the other. They managed to pull her out before the water got really high.
They sat in the grass to catch their breath. "Oh my gosh, my life flashed before my eyes! I actually thought I could've died." "Have you ever been swimming before?" Pizza Steve asked. "Not... really. I've never been good at swimming." "That's alright, at least you're ok." Stacy insisted.
Uncle Grandpa finished helping with the pool, then they went home for the day. When they got home, Monique went into Stacy's bathroom to dry her hair. That night, Tiger invited Stacy and Monique into her room for a girls sleepover. While they were hanging out, they got into a deep conversation about Stacy dating Pizza Steve.
"So, when did you start liking him?" Monique asked. "I know it's cliche but, ever since I laid eyes on him. I never did believe in love at first sight until it happened." "How did he feel?" "I don't know, he hasn't told me." "Have you thought about having kids?" "Um.. I don't know, have you, Monique?" She joked. "Alright, I know I've been married for 7 years but I'm still not ready. But seriously, have you thought about rather Pizza Steve is the one?" "Maybe... I mean, Pizza Steve and I have actually had sex before..." "What!? Already?" "Yes." "When?" "Valentine's Day.." "Figures.."
They all slept in Tiger's room that night. Stacy woke up early the next morning to do her college class then go to work. While Stacy was at work, Monique decided to stay in Stacy's room until she got back. She was too shy to leave Stacy's room and risk seeing the gang in the RV. Not because she didn't like them or anything, just because she hadn't known them for very long yet and was still getting comfortable.
It was around 2pm. Stacy still wasn't home yet, but Pizza Steve came in to say hi to Monique. He knocked on the door and went in. "Hey." He greeted, walking in. "Oh, hey. Stacy isn't here right now." "I know, I came in to say hi. You sure you want to stay in here all day? Uncle G is making some hotdogs for lunch." "Nah, I'm ok." "Alright, suit yourself!" Pizza Steve then started to walk out of the room before monique stopped him. "Hey! Um.. can I talk to you?" "I guess, what do you want?" "Um.. how do you feel about Stacy?" "I love her." "Yeah but like, how do you know? When did you know?" "What's with the personal questions?" "Oh, it's nothing personal, I'm just curious." "I don't know, I just love her." "Why?" "Because..?" "That's not a very good answer coming from a boyfriend." "Why is it any of your business?" Pizza Steve started to get nervous. He knows he loves Stacy but he doesn't like personal questions about his life.
"Just wondering because it's my cousin." "Well it's my girlfriend!" Pizza Steve shouted then stomped out of the room. A couple hours passed before Stacy got home. When she walked in the door, Pizza Steve convinced her to sit on the couch with him and watch TV. While they were sitting, Monique came out into the living room. "Oh, hey Monique. How was your day?" "It was pretty good, I just did some stuff on my computer." "Cool, want to watch TV with me and Pizza Steve?" "Sure."
Wednesday, the 11th, Stacy and Monique went out and about all day spending the day together. The longer they were gone, the more mad Pizza Steve got. They were gone all day, so Pizza Steve was furious. When they got home that evening, Stacy couldn't find Pizza Steve any where. Once she did find him, he was hiding away in the attic. Hey, what are you doing up here?" She asked. "Go away." "Woah, what's wrong with you?" Pizza Steve got up and stomped out of the attic.
Stacy followed him to the couch. "Could you not follow me?" "Could you tell me what's wrong?" "Why did you leave me all day and hang out with Monique!?" There was a pause before Stacy finally spoke. "You're so cute when you're jealous." "Whatever." Pizza Steve huffed as he walked away.
A couple hours later, Stacy found Pizza Steve in his room. She lifted the pizza box lid and peeked in. "Can I come in?" Pizza Steve didn't answer so she just went in. She walked over to him and hugged him tightly. They dropped to the floor and she hugged him tighter. "Let go!" He demanded as she squeezed him. "Stop being mad at me!" "Why should I?" "Because I didn't do anything wrong!" She let go of him and he stood up. "I know you're upset about me not being around, but you're so clingly. I was gone for a few hours and you're pissed at me?" "You could've at least told me.." "Ok.. next time I plan on leaving the RV without you, I'll tell you, deal?" She giggled, as Pizza Steve grabbed her hands and spun her around.
Twirling around turned into tickling and tickling turned into cuddling. They cuddled on Pizza Steve's pizza bed and talked about life. "I love you." Pizza Steve said softly. Stacy's eyes started to water, she knew Pizza Steve loved her, but it's not something he'd admit too easily. They ended up falling asleep in Pizza Steve's bed. It was getting late, and Monique was wondering why Stacy hadn't come back to her room yet.
She went out of Stacy's room to look for her. She found Stacy in Pizza Steve's room, sound asleep next to Pizza Steve who was also asleep. Monique let them sleep and just went back to Stacy's room for the night. The next morning, Stacy woke up in Pizza Steve's bed. She panicked when she realized she never went back to her room like she told Monique she would. She raced to her room, not evening realizing Pizza Steve wasn't next to her when she woke up. She ran into her room, but Monique wasn't anywhere in her room. Confused, she went into the living room. To her surprise, Monique was eating breakfast with her friends.
"Goodmorning Stacy." Uncle G greeted as Stacy came to a stop when she saw Monique. "We made eggs for breakfast, would you like some?" He continued. "Look at you!" She exclaimed. "You went from being shy around my friends to eating breakfast with them without me in 3 days!" "Yeah, you have some really awesome friends!" She laughed. "Yep! The best ones possible!" Stacy joined her friends and had some breakfast.
After they ate, Mr. Gus drove the RV to they park and they spent the day there. Later that evening, Uncle Grandpa walked to Burger Queen to get them some dinner. After they ate dinner, they all did their own thing. Mr. Gus was reading on a bench, Uncle Grandpa and GRFT played frisbee, Monique was on the bench next to Mr. Gus and texting her husband, and Stacy & Pizza Steve were no where to be found. Monique looked up from her phone and noticed that Pizza Steve and Stacy weren't around.
She hopped off the bench and walked around for a minute to find them. When she found them, they were sitting on a small hill watching the sunset. They were holding hands and just enjoying some alone time together. Monique walked away and let them be, but about 10 minutes later she came back. She walked up behind them. "Hey." Pizza Steve and Stacy looked back at the same time. "Uncle Grandpa wanted me to come get you because it's time to leave." "Oh, ok." Pizza Steve and Stacy stood up and they all went back to the RV. Monique took a shower in Stacy's bathroom. Once she was done, Stacy took a bath. While Stacy was in her bath, Monique watched some TV.
Stacy and Monique stayed up late on their phones and would small talk a little bit. Stacy laid in her bed, and Monique was on her air mattress, in pitch black. The only lights they had were coming from their phones. It was 4am when they got the munchies. They snuck into the kitchen, quietly. Monique looked in the fridge, and Stacy looked in the cabinets. Stacy found a couple snack cakes, and Monique found string cheese. They rushed back to Stacy's room without waking anyone up. The two of them ate their snacks then fell asleep.
Friday morning and afternoon flew by smoothly, since Stacy was at work all day. That night, Pizza Steve, Stacy, and Monique stayed up late watching scary movies. Stacy didn't have any classes and didn't have to work over the weekend, so they started their weekend with scary movies. Pizza Steve was curled up next to Stacy in her bed, and they were all eating popcorn. Suddenly, there was a jumpscare in the movie, and Pizza Steve jumped, flinging the popcorn all over Stacy's bed. "Pizza Steve!" She exclaimed. Monique got up, and turned the bedroom light on.
They began cleaning the popcorn up, piece by piece. Once it was all cleaned up, Monique went to get other snacks. Since it was late, Monique couldn't make any more popcorn in the microwave, she didn't want to wake anyone up. So she grabbed some chips, ice cream, and cookies. While Monique was in the kitchen, Stacy turned the lights off and hopped back into bed with Pizza Steve.
A few minutes later, Monique came back with the snacks. They continued to watch the movies until late into the night. When it was time to go to sleep, Pizza Steve was too afraid to. Of course, he wasn't going to admit that. He made up so many excuses, such as, wanting to watch more movies, and wanting to stay up longer to play some board games, and many more. Stacy finally got annoyed. "Pizza Steve! I'm not staying up any longer! I'm tired! Monique's tired! Why don't you want to go to bed?" "Because! We should spend time with your cousin!" "She's leaving Tuesday, we've got plenty of time." Stacy looked at Pizza Steve for a minute. "You're scared, aren't you?" "No!" Stacy pulled Pizza Steve close, and tucked him in next to her.
The next morning, they all woke up late. They were very sluggish all day. Stacy and Pizza Steve laid around in Stacy's bed and Monique played with Stacy's duck, Cali. It wasn't until lunch time when they got out of bed, when Uncle Grandpa came in demanding they eat lunch. Since they didn't eat breakfast. Once they finally had some food, they were feeling more awake. Pizza Steve and Stacy went out into the front yard to sit. They sat down in the grass, then Pizza Steve tackled Stacy and started tickling her. "Pizza Steve! Stop it!" She demanded through her giggling. He finally stopped and laid in the grass, catching her breath.
After about an hour, they went inside. As the two of them walked back to Stacy's room, Pizza Steve was feeling flirty. He grabbed Stacy's hand and tugged as he said "We should go to my room, for some alone time.." "I don't know, Pizza Steve. Don't you think it's a little rude to leave Monique in my room while we.. ya know." "I'm sure she'll be fine, come on." "Ugh, fine." They went into Pizza Steve's room, and were in there for about an hour. They headed back to Stacy's room.
"Hey, Monique." "Hey, where were you?" "Oh.. um, Pizza Steve wanted to hang out in his room for a moment." "...o-oh...oh yeah, ok I get it. Yeah, ok. That's fine." "Yeah.." Stacy scratched the back of her crust as she blushed. "So, Stacy, I was thinking instead of staying up late watching movies, we play some video games." "That sounds fun! What do you think, Pizza Steve? Rather play video games?" "Yeah, sounds cool." "Great!"
That night, Stacy and Monique gathered some snacks as Mr. Gus and Uncle Grandpa went to bed. They grabbed their snacks, and went back to Stacy's room. When they walked in, Pizza Steve was putting in a game. Luckily, they had exactly three controllers. Uncle Grandpa likes to play video games with them sometimes, so they have three. They started playing and eating their snacks. Before they knew it, it was already 2am, but they weren't tired yet.
At 4am, Monique was getting sleepy. So she stopped playing and went to sleep. Pizza Steve and Stacy sat close together as they continued the game. They were so invested that they weren't even talking. Until Pizza Steve won the game. "HA yes! I beat you!" He shouted, waking up Monique... and also.. Mr. Gus. "What are ya'll doing in here?" He said in a weary tone as he rubbed his eyes. "Sorry Mr. Gus! We're were just playing some video games, didn't mean to wake you!" Stacy apologized. Mr. Gus looked up at the clock hanging on Stacy's wall "Have you guys been to sleep yet?" He asked. "No..." "You two need to turn off the game and go to sleep." Mr. Gus turned and walked out of the room, turning the light back off as he left.
Stacy was going to turn off the game but Pizza Steve stopped her. "What are you doing? Mr. Gus told us to turn it off." "How many times have I told you, Mr. Gus isn't the boss of us." "Yeah.. I guess, but we should just listen." "No, we don't need to." Pizza Steve started to play the game again. Stacy hesitated at first, but she continued as well.
They finally got tired at about 7am. Pizza Steve and Stacy hopped into Stacy's bed after turning the game off. But about ten minutes later, they could hear Uncle Grandpa wake up and head to the living room. Shorty after, probably about twenty minutes since Uncle Grandpa got up, he came in to wake up all three tuckered out slices of pizzas. "Goodmorning! Time to rise and shine!" He exclaimed. They all groaned. "We just went to bed, Uncle G!" Stacy whimpered. "It may seem like it, but it's time to get up!" "No, seriously, we stayed up all night." "We just got into bed." Pizza Steve added. "I've only gotten three hours so far." Monique said, as she started to wake up and hear the conversation.
"You shouldn't stay up late, sleep is important!" "Sorry Uncle G." Stacy apologized. "I'll let you sleep for a few hours, but don't do this again." Uncle Grandpa added before leaving the room. They all went back to sleep. Monique woke up an hour before Pizza Steve and Stacy did, only because she had already gotten a few more hours before them. Monique got out of bed around 9am. Pizza Steve and Stacy didn't get up until 12pm. Although all three of them had gotten a total of five hours of sleep, they were extremely exhausted. Monique was outside reading by a tree when Pizza Steve and Stacy stumbled out into the kitchen.
"Well, look whose finally awake!" Uncle Grandpa exclaimed. Stacy looked over at the clock as they hopped up to the kitchen table. "We only got five hours?" "If you two would have turned off the game when I told you to, you would have eight hours by now." Mr. Gus replied. Uncle Grandpa placed a couple bowls of cereal in front of Pizza Steve and Stacy. "Does anyone know where Monique is?" Stacy asked as she was eating her cereal. Mr. Gus pointed out the window in the kitchen. Stacy jumped up into the window and saw Monique sitting outside, quietly reading.
Stacy finished her cereal and went outside. Monique looked up as Stacy was walking towards her. "Finally awake?" "Not really." "What time did you wake up?" "Twelve, you?" "Nine. So we both got five hours." "It doesn't feel like it." Monique went back to reading as Stacy sat down next to her. "It's such a nice day outside. I'm probably going to sit and read all day." "That's so like you to do." Stacy laughed. "I might go hang out with my mom today, wanna come?" "Sure! I haven't seen your mom since the last time I saw you." "Omg, obviously." They both laughed, then they sat quietly for a minute.
Stacy called her mom and they decided to meet up at the park. Stacy ran inside real quick to tell Uncle Grandpa that they were going to leave. They met Stacy's mom at their local coffee shop. Since it was a nice day, they sat outside and started to catch up. "How is your husband?" Stacy's mom asked Monique. "He's doing good." "Have you though about having kids yet?" "Not yet." They talked for a couple hours before Stacy and Monique headed back to the RV.
Later that night, they decided to take it easy and just watch movies all night and try to stay up. Pizza Steve fell asleep around 1am. Stacy fell asleep around 3am. Monique was able to stay up the longest, she didn't, and couldn't, fall asleep until 5am. Monique was actually trying to fall asleep the whole time. She loved being at the RV and loved being with Stacy but alas she was starting to feel home sick. This was the longest and furthest she's ever been away from home. She wasn't going to tell anyone about it, she didn't want them to feel guilty.
Monique only got two hours of sleep. She woke up at 7am. Since Pizza Steve and Stacy were finally well rested, they woke up before Monique and were in the kitchen eating breakfast when Monique woke up. Monique decided to take a long, warm shower, since she was still feeling sad and missing her husband. Pizza Steve and Stacy finished their breakfast before Monique was out of the shower. "Where's Monique?" Pizza Steve asked, walking into Stacy's room and noticing Monique wasn't where she was when they left. "I hear the shower running so she must be in there."
Stacy and Pizza Steve sat in Stacy's room for a little bit, just hanging out and such. Thirty minutes had passed and Monique was still in the shower. Stacy started to get concerned. "Monique? You doing ok?" She asked, knocking on the bathroom door. "Oh. Uh... yeah, doing fine!" Just then, the shower turned off and Monique was out of the bathroom within five minutes. "Let's hope you're actually clean concidering how long you were in there." Stacy joked. "Huh, yeah."
They all did their usual hanging around the RV like they would do most any day. When it was finally time to go to sleep that night, they decided to actually stay up late since it was the last night they were able to do so because of Monique leaving early Tuesday morning. They watched TV as they played board games for a few hours before deciding to play some truth or dare. They kept their truth questions not so personal, and their dares easy. The three little slices fell asleep at 4am.
The next day, Stacy and Monique chose to sit outside and just enjoy each other's company before Monique left and not knowing when she'd be back. Uncle Grandpa even brought their meals out to them so they wouldn't have to be interrupted. They were having such a good day until they got to their final hours before bed. They were both silent for a moment when suddenly, Stacy's eyes began to water and she started to sob quietly. "Please don't be sad." Monique begged. "I'm sorry." Stacy began as she wiped her tears. "I'm just.. going to miss you. I don't know when I'll see you again. It could be seven years again or longer!" She covered her eyes with her hands before sobbing harder. Monique soon started to cry as well.
They hugged each other as they slowly started to calm down. "Next time I'm able to get off work I'll come visit." Monique promised. "What if that's years from now?" "It won't be, trust me." Monique checked the time on her phone. "I guess I should go inside and get to packing, since we'll have to be in bed soon." "Ok." They stood up and headed towards the door of the RV. Pizza Steve, Mr. Gus, and Uncle Grandpa were in the kitchen and had been talking about Stacy and Monique. The three of them watched quietly as Stacy and Monique entered the RV and began to go to Stacy's room.
Monique got her suit case out and started packing. Stacy sat on her bed next to the suit case and watched Monique pack. Stacy sniffled the whole time because of her runny nose she caused by crying. Once the packing was done, they got into bed. At 5am, Monique got up to leave. Stacy woke up to say her goodbyes, and Mr. Gus drove the RV to the airport. They all said goodbye to Monique, except for Pizza Steve, he was asleep the whole time.
They waited until Monique had to get on her plane before they left. Stacy got back in bed and didn't wake up again until 10am. When she woke up, Pizza Steve was in her bed next to her, waiting for her to wake up. "Hey." He said as Stacy sat up and rubbed her eyes. "Hey, sleepyhead." "Why are you calling me the sleepy one?" "We were all awake when Monique left, except for you." "I was tired." Still feeling sad, Stacy cuddled with Pizza Steve to make herself feel better.
Within minutes, Stacy got hungry. She went into the kitchen to make some toast. Stacy sat at the table and ate the toast she had made, but then she had to shower and get dressed because she had to work that afternoon. She had to be at work at 2pm, and wouldn't get home until 6pm. Since she missed dinner, she bought a slice of pie from work and ate it while taking a bath. When she got out of the bath, she lit a candle and got into cozy pajamas.
It was getting late, and Stacy was getting sleepy. Then suddenly, there was a knock on her door. It was Pizza Steve coming in for his goodnight kiss. He came in, planning on getting a kiss then leaving, but he ended up getting into Stacy's bed. They canoodled for a bit, before Stacy made him leave so she could get some sleep since she had a college class early the next morning.
In the middle of the night, Stacy woke up sick. She flew out of bed, raced to the bathroom, and started vomiting. Since Tiger's room was next to Stacy's, she heard Stacy throwing up and came in to check on her. "*ROAR*" Stacy cleaned her face and came out of the bathroom. "Oh, hey Tiger. Did I wake you up?" "*ROAR*" "Sorry about that, I'm sick." Tiger leaned down and nudged Stacy, encouraging her to hop on. Stacy climbed on slowly, and Tiger flew to the kitchen. Stacy hopped off Tiger and onto the counter.
She got into the cabinet and grabbed some medicine. She hesitated before downing the medicine as quickly as possible. Tiger took Stacy back to her room, then went back to her own. Stacy tried really hard to fall asleep. Being sick drained all of her energy but her stomach hurt too much to be able to sleep. She started to get chills so she wrapped herself up in her blanket then ripped it off not too long after when her fever broke causing her to be hot. She got out of bed, walked over to the window, and opened it. Stacy's nostrils were congested and she had a terrible cough. She sat in bed and watched TV, hoping she'd end up falling back asleep.
Stacy had finally calmed down before racing out of bed and to the bathroom to throw up again. When she stopped vomiting, she broke down and started crying. She hated being sick, it was always too stressful for her. She was going to put up with being sick and wasn't going to bother her friends, but she had already accidentally woken up Tiger. So she got up and went to Uncle Grandpa's room. Choking back tears, she went into his room. "Uncle G, I'm sick." She said, waking him up. "Oh, you poor thing!" Tears started running down her bright red face. "I hate this." Uncle Grandpa lifted her up and placed her on his lap. He fondled her hair, trying to get her to calm down. She was hysterical.
"Have you taken any medicine?" Uncle Grandpa asked. "Yes, but I still feel awful. I had chills, then my fever broke so I got hot. I vomited twice now. I can't breath through my nostrils, and I can't stop coughing. All I want to do is sleep!" "That's terrible. I wish there was something I could do." Uncle Grandpa looked over at a clock to see that it was 2am. "I guess I could make you some soup." "Nah, I'll be fine." "I really think you should have some soup." "Fine."
Uncle Grandpa sent Stacy back to bed, then went into the kitchen to make her a bowl of soup. Stacy was sitting up in her bed when Uncle Grandpa came in with the soup. "I don't know if this is such a good idea, Uncle G. I feel like I'm going to vomit again, what if the soup comes right back up?" "I wouldn't worry about it." Uncle Grandpa sat on the edge of Stacy's bed and started to feed her the soup. Stacy eat all of the soup and started to feel a little bit better.
Soon, Stacy was able to breath through her nostrils again and managed to fall asleep. She woke up at 7am with a fever. Stacy had an hour before she had to get online for her class so she took a warm shower. When she got out, she put her hair up so it was out of her face. Stacy put some different pajamas on and was starting to feel even better.
Meanwhile in the kitchen, Uncle Grandpa was cleaning up from the soup and cooking breakfast. Pizza Steve and Mr. Gus were sitting at the table. "When did you make soup?" Mr. Gus asked. "Late last night. Stacy was sick." "Stacy's sick!?" Pizza Steve panicked. He hopped down from the table and was going to run to Stacy's room. "No, Pizza Steve! Let her rest!" Pizza Steve came to a sudden stop. "I'll check on her and bring her breakfast." Uncle Grandpa insisted.
Uncle Grandpa finished cooking and went to take Stacy's breakfast to her along with some medicine. He knocked on her door. As soon as he heard a "come in" he opened the door and went in. Stacy was in her bed with her laptop. "How are you feeling?" Uncle Grandpa asked. "I could feel better, but it's not as bad as last night." "That's good. I brought you some oatmeal." "Thanks." "I also brought you some medicine, I want you to take that before you can have the oatmeal." Stacy quickly gulped down the medicine. Then, Uncle Grandpa sat on the edge of her bed and fed her the oatmeal.
As Uncle Grandpa was feeding Stacy the oatmeal, her class started. He continued to feed her while she was doing her class. Stacy finished her class around the same time Uncle Grandpa was done feeding her breakfast. He took the bowl and medicine bottle to the kitchen and let Stacy rest for a few hours. Stacy was lying in bed. She was sad and missing Pizza Steve. She called him since Uncle Grandpa didn't want her out of bed. "Hello?" He answered. "Hey babe." "Oh, hey. Heard you were sick." "Yeah, I miss you." "Uncle G won't let me see you." "He won't let me out of bed, probably best though."
"I should let you go, so you can get some sleep." Pizza Steve insisted. "Aww.. ok. I love you." "Love you too." Stacy fell alseep for a few hours. She was woken up around 1pm to the sound of knocking on her door. "What?" She groaned. Uncle Grandpa came in with her lunch. "Oops, did I wake you? Sorry. I brought you more medicine and some mac & cheese for lunch." "Aw yes! Mac & cheese sounds great right about now!" Once again, Uncle Grandpa sat on Stacy's bed to feed her.
Right before Uncle Grandpa left her room, Stacy requested he open the window for her, so he did. He left her room and let her sleep for a couple more hours. Stacy woke up a couple hours later feeling sad, she missed Pizza Steve. She called him to see what he was doing. "Hey baby. Watcha up to?" She asked. "Nothing much, just watching TV with Uncle G." "I wish I was watching TV with you.." "Ok I hope you feel better." Then Pizza Steve hung up. "Hello!?" She yelled into the phone in shock. She got really upset, thinking Pizza Steve didn't care about her and just hung up the phone to continue watching TV.
She was mad, but too sick to be furious. Just then, there was a knock on the door. She was still mad, she cursed aloud before shouting "What do you want!?" Thinking it was Uncle Grandpa. "I wanted to come watch TV with you." To her surprise, it was Pizza Steve. "*Gasp!* I thought we weren't allowed to see each other." "We're not." "How did you not get caught?" "Easy, I just walked past Uncle G." "He didn't ask where you were going?" "Nope" "Well hop up here and cuddle with me!" He went up into her bed and they cuddled for a bit.
When it was time for dinner, Pizza Steve was able to run out of Stacy's room before Uncle Grandpa came in with her dinner and medicine. "How are you feeling?" "Much better!" "That's great!" "But I still feel pretty sick." "Well, we're going to fix that." Uncle Grandpa gave Stacy her medicine and fed her some dinner. After Stacy ate, Uncle Grandpa left her alone for the night. Her and Pizza Steve texted each other back and forth.
Stacy's illness lasted for two more days before finally feeling up to going back to work. But since it was Friday she only had to work from 9am to 2pm then had the weekend off. They didn't do much over the weekend. Pizza Steve and Stacy went with Uncle Grandpa on Saturday to help some kids. Then on Sunday, Pizza Steve went to pick up her clothes from Molly. Later Sunday afternoon, they whole gang went out to help kids.
Nothing too big happened for the rest of the month. It was starting to feel like spring and Stacy was pretty excited about it. The last Friday of the month, the 28th, Pizza Steve and Stacy were hanging out in Stacy's room that evening. They were both quiet, doing their own thing and just enjoying each other's company. "Hey, so uh... do you want to go on a date on Sunday night?" Pizza Steve asked. "Oooh, we've never really been on a romantic date before! That sounds pretty nice, what did you have in mind?" "I don't know... maybe the movies?" "Hm.. maybe. How about we go get some ice cream?" "That's what we always do." "Then... how about... we... wow. We pretty much go on dates all the time!" "No we don't!" "Think about it! We go out and get ice cream, we go to the arcade, go to the park to ride skateboards. The only thing we don't do often is go to the movies, so might as well go do that."
When the time came on Sunday, Stacy was dressed in a very cute red and black 60s outfit. She waited for Pizza Steve to be ready in the living room. "Oh,w-wow! You look good!" He nervously exclaimed, with his face turning a light pink. Stacy blushed, more than Pizza Steve, then hopped off the couch. "Ready to go?" "Yeah." They headed out and walked to the movie theater. A few minutes after the movie started, they got bored and weren't enjoying the movie. "This movie is really bad." Pizza Steve whispered over to Stacy. "Agreed. We could've had a more entertaining date doing stuff in bed." She giggled quietly. "Then maybe we should find out how much more fun that would be... Do you want to.. get out of here?" "Definitely." They got up and left without bringing any attention to them or away from the movie.
When they got home, Uncle Grandpa was watching TV on the couch. "Oh! You two are home early!" "Yeah, the movie was boring. We're going to have some alone time in Stacy's room. So, don't bother us!" "Ok! You two have fun!" Uncle Grandpa shouted as they ran off to Stacy's room. They ran into Stacy's room. Closing and locking the door behind them as they both went inside.
That night, Stacy slept in Pizza Steve's room for old times sake. They didn't stay up late like usual since they were very tired. Stacy had to wake up early the next morning for a college class then work later that afternoon. She woke up before Pizza Steve and went into her bathroom to shower and get dressed. While Stacy was taking a shower, Uncle Grandpa made breakfast. When Stacy was finally clean and dressed, she came out into the kitchen. Before she ate her breakfast, Stacy took breakfast to Pizza Steve who was still asleep in bed.
Pizza Steve woke up as Stacy walked in with some oatmeal. "Hey Cheesy. I brought you some breakfast." "I'm hungry but I don't want to move." Pizza Steve groaned. "Well, I guess I'm just going to have to feed you myself." They were both quiet as Stacy fed Pizza Steve. A few minutes later, Uncle Grandpa came in looking for them. "There you two are!" "Yep. Just feeding Pizza Steve some breakfast!" "That's sweet of you!" After about five more minutes, Pizza Steve and Stacy got up. Stacy went into her room for her class, and Pizza Steve went into the living room.
Once Stacy finished her class, she headed to work. She was at work until 10pm. When she got home, Pizza Steve was asleep in her bed. She tucked him in and went into her bathroom to take a bubble bath. She was in the tub for thirty minutes, then she got into fluffy pajamas and climbed in bed next the Pizza Steve.