A/N: Please let me know if Steve is OOC and any suggestions. I always get worried that the characters are going to be OOC but I have at least two more filler chapters planned before season three. There could be an extra one if y'all wanna see more
One month later
Things were a little different now. I would hang out with Steve and the party on the weekends as they would want to go to the movies, the arcade or out to eat. Dustin was the one who would invite Steve and then Max would have me tag along. When we were out with the party I got to know Steve and that was far from the rumors I was told. Even though I never brought up the subject of Nancy, when one of the party members mentioned her I looked to Steve. The expression on his face was enough for me to know that he wasn't over Nancy.
As the final bell rang I got up out of my seat and went to go wait outside the door for Dawn as she was giving Max and I, a ride home. When Steve left the class he smiled at me before walking off.
"Hey, what are your plans for tonight?" Dawn asked me as she came up to me,
"I was gonna help Max get ready for the Snow Ball, but that's it. Why?" I looked to her as we started walking. I wasn't sure why she was asking but knowing Dawn, it had to do with alcohol.
"My brother is throwing a party tonight you should come." She invited me as she looked ahead. I watched a smile creep on her face as her eyes went wide,
"You should invite Steve too!" She said to me like it was the best idea in the world,
"He's not gonna want to go to some college party." I rolled my eyes. I saw her give me a devilish smirk before looking straight ahead and cupped a hand around her mouth,
"Hey, Harrington!" She yelled, I looked ahead to see Steve talking to Tommy and Tina before looking over to us. I waved as I was dying on the inside, Dawn could be so embarrassing sometimes. Dawn motioned for Steve to come closer and I watched him tell his friends something before walking our way.
"Hey Dawn, Ty. What's up?" He asked as he looked to the two of us,
"My brother is having a party tonight. If you aren't doing anything you should come!" She smiled. Steve stood there for a second confused at the sudden invite, "There is going to be no one else there that Tyler knows and if I end up passing out, she's gonna need a friend." She added,
"Unfortunately, your the next closest friend I have." I shrugged playfully. I watched him laugh,
"I have to drive Dustin to the dance, I can pick you up after that." He told me,
"Can you pick me up before? I wanna see how he looks." I asked him,
"Yeah. I'll see you later." He nodded. I smiled at him as I walked off
Dawn had this smug look on her face as we walked to her car. I rolled my eyes as she was right.
"You're welcome." She smiled at me as she got into the car,
"You know we're just good friends, right?" I asked her as I slumped into the passenger's seat,
"You totally like him." She looked over to me, "You guys have been spending more time together than you did when you first started." She told me. I sighed as if she only knew of the shit we had been through.
"I don't. We're friends and we also hang out with the party on the weekends sometimes." I explained to her. Steve and I weren't really ever alone together, and if we were it was only for a few minutes before one of the party members came to ask us something.
"Why do you call them that?" Dawn looked to me as she still didn't get the nickname,
"It's a Dungeons and Dragons thing." I looked out the window to see Max skating over to the car.
"Max, do you think your sister likes Steve?" Dawn asked as soon as Max got into the car,
"Yeah." She answered,
"I don't." I looked back at her,
"Bullshit. I see the way you look at him." Max crossed her arms. I huffed as I turned around. I saw Dawn grinning ear to ear,
"Shut up, Dawn. You both know it's not like that." I huffed
"Sure." Max and Dawn said at the same time
"Whatever." I looked out the window
"Do you think Steve likes her back?" Dawn asked Max,
"Maybe.." Max answered
"Can we just drop this?" I asked as I turned up the radio. I was annoyed as Dawn continued to try to convince me that I infact liked Steve more than a friend and I was 'denying' my feelings. It was so hard keeping everything that happened last month from Dawn as that was how I even started being friends with Steve.
"I'm gonna help you pick out an outfit." Dawn smiled at me as she took the key out of the ignition once she pulled into my driveway. I got out as I knew Dawn wouldn't take no for an answer. When we walked into the door, Billy was sitting in the living room drinking a beer and paid us no mind.
Ever since Max threatened him, he's left us both alone and it had been so great. Dawn had thought of it as a quick change in character. I wanted to tell her how Steve tried to beat him up and then Max threatened him. But if I did that, she would have so many questions. I walked past him to my bedroom, Dawn went straight to my closet. She gave me my black leather jacket, and red tank top
"Definitely those two andd…" She went to my dresser to find pants, "These with your doc martins." She handed me ripped jeans with the bottom cuffed. "He won't be hung up on Nancy if he sees you in this." Dawn smirked. I sighed as I took the clothes. Dawn went over to close my door and turn around.
"There isn't going to be anyone there that we know, right?" I asked her,
"All college kids." She answered,
"I'm all set." I told her,
"Now for the makeup!" She smiled as she went over and rummaged through my stuff. I sat on my bed as I let her go through my makeup. She had me do a cateye and put on red lipstick, as Dawn put it 'guys can't resist a girl in red'.
After Dawn left I helped Max get ready and my mom was taking so many pictures. I was happy to see her going to her first dance, and that she had friends to spend it with.
"Have fun tonight." I smiled at her before I gave her a hug.
"Where are you going tonight, Tyler?" My mom asked me as I could hear a car pull in the driveway,
"To Dawn's. A friend is picking me up. I might sleep at her place tonight so don't get worried if I'm not home." I gave her a quick hug before bolting out the door.
"Hey Harrington." I smiled as I opened the door. I looked to the maroon sweater he was wearing. I don't think he was wearing that earlier, but either way it looked good on him.
"Mayfield." He greeted with a smile. I flipped through the radio on the way to Dustin's,
"So there's going to be all of Dawn's brother's friends?' he asked,
"Yeah. I think her main reason for going is because of her brother's friend." I looked over to him, "But a party's a party, right?" I asked him and he nodded.
When we got to Dustin's Steve went up and rang the doorbell and I leaned up against the car. As Dustin came out I smiled as he looked so handsome, even with Steve's hairstyling tips.
"You look so handsome!" I exclaimed as he came down.
"Thanks, Tyler!" He beamed as he gave me a hug, "What are you doing with Steve?" He asked,
"We're going to my friend's party. He's the next closest friend I have." I shrugged as I got in the back seat.
On the drive over Steve was giving Dustin a pep talk and I was just sitting in the back amused.
"Here we are. So, remember, once you get in there." Steve started
"Pretend like I don't care." Dustin looked to Steve
"You don't care." Steve repeated
"I don't care." Dustin nodded
"There you go. You're learning, my 're learning." Steve encouraged Dustin. I watched him adjust the review mirror to look at himself,
"Hey." Steve said as he readjusted it
"What?" Dustin asked
"Come look great, okay? You look You look great." He reassured Dustin, "Now you're gonna go in there"
"Yeah." Dustin nodded
"Look like a million bucks."
"Yeah."
"And you're gonna slay 'em dead."
"Like a lion." Dustin said before he purred
"Don't do that, okay?" Steve advised
"Okay." Dustin nodded before they did their handshake
"Good luck." Steve spoke. I got out of the car,
"Have fun, Dustin." I gave him a hug before I got into the front seat.
"I still can't believe you." I rolled my eyes,
"What?" He was looking past me. I looked and noticed that Nancy was in the window. I sighed but didn't want to mention it,
"All the crap that you tell Dustin. It doesn't work." I looked back at him,
"It does and he's going to have all the girls in there wanting to dance with him." Steve pointed,
"I'll believe it when Dustin gets a girlfriend." I crossed my arms,
"He will." Steve nodded as I could tell he was now even more determined to prove me wrong.
"By the way, thanks for picking me up and coming with me." I smiled at him,
"Of course." He paused, "So it's going to be all people her brother goes to school with?" He asked,
"Yeah." I nodded, "I may even embarrass myself as we won't see these people ever again." I added. I saw him look over at me for a quick second, "Kidding." I gave him a lopsided grin. If I got extremely drunk, nothing was off limits when it came to my opinions and Steve didn't need to see that side.
As Steve pulled up to the side of the street, you could tell that there was a party going on and to be honest, it looked like one of Tina's. I guess college kids still partied like teenagers.
"I never really pictured Dawn as the partying type." Steve stated as we got out of the car and started walking up to the house,
"Dawn likes parties because it's free booze and entertainment." I looked over to him. I watched him think for a second and nod.
As I walked into the house I heard a faint 'Finally' over the music.
"I've been waiting for you guys to get here!" Dawn came over with an older guy behind her, "This is Jake." She gestured to him, "Jake this is my best friend, Tyler, and her friend, Steve." She introduced,
"Hi." I waved, I watched Dawn whisper something in his ear before he went into the crowd of dancing people. Dawn grabbed my hand and lead me into the kitchen, I looked behind me to see if Steve was following.
"That's Danny's friend. The one I was telling you about." She looked to me, "Isn't he cute?" She asked,
"I guess?" I shrugged as I hopped up on the counter.
"You want something to drink?" Steve asked probably to excuse himself from the conversation. I nodded and Dawn handed Steve her empty cup. She looked back to me and raised her eyebrows "How was the drive over?"
"Fine?" I watched Steve get our drinks, "I listened to as Steve gave Dustin bogus advice." I rolled my eyes. I watched Dawn raise her eyebrows, "That was it. How much have you had to drink?" I asked her,
"Enough." She gave me a devilish smirk, "I'm gonna ask Jake out tonight." She informed me. I raised my eyebrows,
"Really?" I looked at her,
"Well, if he wants to spend the night and get breakfast." She shrugged like it was the same thing.
"Won't your brother be mad at Jake or something?" I asked her
"Don't know and don't care." She spoke as Steve handed her the cup she gave him. "Thanks!" She smiled before looking into the crowd, "Excuse me while I go play DJ." She disappeared leaving Steve and I alone.
"Out of all of the parties I've been to. This has to be the best one." I joked as Steve knew that this would be my second party in all the years I've been in High School.
"Are you going to Tina's New Years Eve party?" Steve asked
"I don't know." I made a face, "But knowing Dawn she'll drag me there." I sighed as I took a sip of my drink.
"You know I can't believe that the school year is almost over." I commented as it was going by quickly,
"You're that excited to get away from me?" He kidded,
"Totes." I rolled my eyes, "I'm surprised you're not sick of me yet." I joked,
"I could never get sick of you." He shook his head before he looked me in the eyes.
It felt like time was going so slow as I stared into his eyes. What a beautiful shade of brown they were.
Fuck.
Was I actually getting feelings for Steve Harrington? The more time I spent with him, the deeper my feelings were getting. Then "Shook Me All Night Long" by ACDC started playing and that was one of my favorite songs to dance to,
"Well in that case, if I end up going" I started to slide off the counter, "then I'm dragging you with me." I poked him before going into the crowd to sing and dance. I really didn't care who was watching me but I did notice that Steve joined me on the dance floor.
"Shook me all night long!" I half sang half yelled at him. I watched him smile before he started dancing beside me.
The entire night was so much fun but went too quickly. Steve danced with me a majority of the time as we both were the only high schoolers there. Dawn was passed out upstairs in her room so I would call her at some point tomorrow. When Dawn drank too much, she would be out like a rock. Steve hadn't drank too much as he needed to drive me home and then himself. On the drive home I turned up Steve's radio and rocked out to the songs that I knew.
Before I knew it, he was already in my driveway. I was kind of sad that the night was coming to an end. He turned down the radio and looked to me, "Alright rockstar. You're home."
"I guess you can have fun, Harrignton." I smiled, "Goodnight, and thanks again." I waved as I got out of his car,
"Goodnight, Mayfield." He smiled and I felt little butterflies in my stomach. His smile right there confirmed that I was indeed falling for Steve Harrington.