A/N: So here is their first date! I'm hoping the next chapter gets done soon as it's kind of mostly written. I also write these on google docs so I can write when I'm out. Enjoy :)
When I told my mom and Neil that I was going to take a year off from school, they weren't happy with it. I told them that I wanted to be there for Max and that I would get a job. It took some convincing but they finally gave in. I was relieved that I didn't have to argue with them anymore.
The funeral was hard but Steve was there for Max and I. Dawn was too and she believed the lie that I told her. It was hard now that Robin and I had to keep a secret this bigfrom Dawn. I mean, I had done it before with everything that happened last year but it just seemed harder this time. Maybe it was because she was my best friend and I told her everything. I wanted to tell her but I didn't want her to be in danger if anything else was to come up.
Steve and I finally planned our date for tonight and I was so excited. Steve had planned to pick me up to go see the new horror movie that was coming out. I picked out a Jessica check halter dress and some flats that would match. I was fixing my hair when I noticed my mom stand in my doorway,
"Where are you going tonight?" She asked,
"Out with Steve." I stated,
"Steve?" She paused, "Isn't he that boy who comes to pick you up sometimes and who was with you at Billy's funeral?" She asked
"Yeah." I nodded, "We're going on a date tonight." I told her
"So you didn't want to introduce your new boyfriend to your mom?" She asked
"No." I shook my head, "I figured we could have dinner one night or something." I lied because I really didn't want him to have dinner with my mom and Neil yet. Of course I had met Steve's parents (only because I had spent so much time at his house) and his mom seemed really nice, but I wasn't ready for doing dinner with our parents.
When I heard the doorbell ring I looked over to my mom with pleading eyes before she moved out of the way. I ran to the door and opened it to see Steve on the other side with a bouquet of roses.
"You are so beautiful." He complimented as he looked me over, "These are for you." He held out the roses
"You really know how to romance a girl, Harrington." I smirked as I took the flowers from him, "I'm going to put these in a vase." I gestured to the flowers. When I turned around I saw my mother off to the side as she was listening in on our conversation. I gave her a look as she rolled her eyes,
"I'll put the flowers in a vase. Go have fun." She smiled as she held her hand out. I gave her the roses and kissed her on the cheek before heading outside. Steve took my hand as he walked me to the passenger side door and opened it for me.
"I think we're going to have dinner with our parents soon." I looked over to Steve,
"Why?" He asked,
"Because my mom said something about me not introducing you." I sighed, "So I said we would have to do dinner or something." I shrugged,
"And you want to do that?" He asked,
"Well not soon but at some point." I looked to him as I watched him think. I looked him over and just thought how lucky I was to call Steve my best friend andboyfriend.
"What?" Steve asked as he looked over to me at a red light,
"Just enjoying the view." I smirked. He grabbed my hand and kissed it before he continued driving. His hand stayed intertwined with mine as our hands rested on our lap.
"How has Max been?" He asked,
"She's been a little better. I try to spend time with her and take her out when she doesn't have plans with El, Lucas or the entire party." I told him, "I just want to give her the best summer I can."
"I'm sure she already thinks that." Steve spoke, "You guys have this bond and you do a lot to make her happy already." I looked over to Steve,
"You always know what to say." I smiled at him as he pulled into the parking lot of the movie theatre. I leaned over and kissed him before getting out of the car. I leaned against the car as I waited for him to get out and he took my hand.
We had picked out seats in the middle of the theatre and had settled in as the previews started. Steve tried to slyly put his arm around me and I looked over to him as he did the whole 'yawn' thing.
"Just put your arm around me, Harrington." I whispered as I leaned in closer to him. He did so as we started to watch the movie.
At one point I was on the edge of my seat as I was getting nervous. I had covered my hand over my eyes as I was afraid of the outcome.
"Never thought you were the one to get scared during horror movies." Steve whispered in my ear,
"I'm usually not the one." I whispered back as I looked at him, "I'm just really nervous of what's about to happen." I furrowed my eyebrows. I watched a smile creep onto Steve's face, "What?" I asked him,
"You-" Steve started before the person behind us shushed us. I looked back to give them a glare and I noticed some people duck in their seats. I tried to do my best to see who it was but I couldn't see without standing up. I didn't want to be that disrespectful. I shook my head before looking back at the movie.
"What were you looking at earlier?" Steve asked me as he had noticed I was looking at the seats behind us
"I thought I saw some people ducking their heads when I turned to look back at that guy. It could have just been my imagination." I sighed,
"Probably some teenagers making out or something." Steve shrugged, "Where do you want to go next?" Steve asked,
"Get a milkshake and fries?" I asked him
"Anything for you, Mayfield." He smirked, "I just want to use the bathroom before we leave." He kissed my cheek before walking off. I went to a nearby wall and leaned against while waiting for Steve. Out of the corner of my eye I saw red hair. I looked quickly to see Max going down the hall. I didn't know that she was going to be at the movie today but it was weird that she wouldn't come over and say hi. Unless the party was spying on us. I rolled my eyes at the thought that if they were, it wasn't cool.
"What's wrong?" Steve asked as he came back,
"I'll tell you in the car." I whispered, "Ready for milkshakes?" I asked him louder than I would,
"Yeah." He said as he looked at me weird. I grabbed his hand and dragged him out to his car, "Tyler, why are you acting weird?" He asked me,
"Because I think the party is spying on us." I told him,
"Tyler why would they want to spy on us?" He asked,
"No idea but I knew I saw Max walking in the opposite direction." I looked to him,
"Maybe she was sneaking into another movie." He shrugged,
"If she was, she would have came over to say hi." I raised my eyebrows. I watched him open his mouth and then close it, "Listen, I'm not trying to ruin our date. That's the last thing I want to do." I grabbed his hand
"Tyler you could never ruin a date." He brought a hand to my cheek,
"Thank you but I have an idea." I smirked, "How about we play a prank on them?" I asked him
"What did you have in mind?" He asked,
"Start driving and I'll explain." I leaned in and kissed him.
The plan was to stage an argument between Steve and I that would make it seem that the date wasn't going to go well. It could have been a little cruel but they shouldn't have been spying on us. Steve and I were hanging outside of his car so we could not draw too much attention to the people in the restaurant.
"This has been the most amazing date ever." I nudged Steve,
"You know I was once told that being yourself is the best way to get a girl to like you." He looked down at me,
"She sounds smart. Kinda glad you took her advice rather than your own." I teased
"Yeah, but she does still owe me a pizza." He teased. I rolled my eyes before looking up at him,
"Ready?" I asked him. He nodded before I took a deep breath in.
"Really Steve?" I asked him angrily
"You're one to talk." He shrugged, "You were flirtingwith Jake's friend. So clearly you aren't taking this relationship serious." He argued
"I'm not?" I took a step back, "I wasn't evenflirtingwith him. You give me no time to explain and then you make plans to go out with this other girl. Afterour date." I crossed my arms. As Steve started to open his mouth, "No. Just drive me home." I turned around to get in the car, "Going on this date was a mistake." I looked to him before getting in the car. As he turned on the car, I turned up the stereo as we drove off. Once Steve got back to my house, I leaned in for a kiss,
"I'll call you in a bit." I pulled away before he grabbed my chin and pulled me closer for another kiss, except it was a lot longer and more passionate than the one before.
"Okay, loverboy." I took a deep breath in, "I'll sneak out around ten to come get you, if you want to spend the night." I bit my lip. I saw the look on his face as I offered him to stay in my bed,
"Do you have to ask, Tyler?" He asked. I laughed,
"Okay. You better leave before Max comes back. I'll call you." I got out of the car and ran inside.
"How was your date?" I heard my mom call,
"Awesome." I called back, "But like don't say anything to Max about it." I asked her as I went into the kitchen,
"Why?" She asked,
"Because I want to tell her." I told her. She looked at me for a second before turning back continuing to wash the dishes.
"I put the flowers in your room." She spoke, "He seems like a really nice boy." She told me, "I hope we can have dinner soon." She added,
"We will." I sighed before disappearing into my room. I was listening to music as I was waiting for Max to come back home. It felt like it was taking forever but when there was a knock on the door I took a deep breath in.
"Hey." I heard Max yell over the music. I turned it down and looked at her,
"Hey." I replied,
"So what did you do tonight?" She asked,
"I went on a date with Steve." I answered,
"How did that go?" She asked as I heard her walk to my bed. I turned to her as I saw her sit down,
"Not well. I found out he had a date with another girl after our date. I should have never kissed him." I shook my head, "But maybe you knew that already." I looked at her and crossed my arms.
"What?" She asked
"I saw you at the movie theatre. I figured that you guys were spying on us so we staged a fight." I shrugged
"I knewsomething was up!" She exclaimed, "It was Dustin and Lucas's idea. I told them that I could just find out what happened and told them but they wanted to see Steve in action." She started to pace, "And when you guys started fighting...it didn't make sense." She shrugged, "You guys are crazy about each other. Steve wouldn't do something that stupid to mess it up with you." She explained. I sighed as nothing could get past her. Sometimes I felt like Max was toosmart.
"So do the boys still believe that something happened?" I asked her
"Probably." She shrugged, "But next time you want to pull a prank, I want to be in on it." She smirked,
"Deal." I smiled as I pulled her in for a hug, "The date went amazing by the way." I beamed,
"So are you going to call him?" She asked,
"That andsneak him in to spend the night." I whispered so our mom or Neil wouldn't hear. If they had known that I was sleeping over at Steve's they would have probably ground me or take my car away or something. Steve's parents were okay with it but they were rarely home anyway so it didn't matter.
"What do I need to do?" She asked,
"Make sure mom or Neil doesn't come barging in. I'm picking him up around ten." I looked at her, "I'll take you to the movies and to get pizza one day this week." I offered,
"And shopping." She added,
"You got it." I smiled, "You're the best." I hugged her again,
"Just be quiet when he comes over." She gave me a look,
"Wehaven't gone that far yet." I crossed my arms, "Even if we had, it would be when there was no one else around." I told her. She made a face and I rolled my eyes as I ushered her out of my room.
When ten o'clock rolled around I snuck out my window to get Steve. He had never seen my room so I tried to clean it up a bit.
"I don't think I told you yet but tonight was an amazing first date." I bit my lip as he climbed in my window first
"So would this be our second date?" Steve smirked as he leaned out the window,
"No." I shook my head as I climbed in, "Second date is me buying pizza and then the third is when you buy me a pizza." I looked to him. He nodded his head as I walked over to my bedroom door to check to see if my mom and Neil were asleep.
"And spending the night after each one?" He asked
"Maybe." I turned as he pulled me closer, "I do need to spend time with my best friend and sister too." I poked his chest,
"Fair." He shrugged before nuzzling his face in my neck. His breath on my neck sent shivers down my spine.
"Stevie." I breathed as he pulled away. He looked into my eyes before bringing me over to the bed, "Just because you took me out doesn't mean I'm not having sex with you tonight." I told him. As I sat down on the bed, he sat down beside me,
"I wasn't expecting you to." He told me, "I don't want to rush anything. When you're ready you'll let me know." He kissed my cheek.
A smiled grew on my lips before I got under the covers,
"My mom and Neil have finally stopped nagging me about taking a year off." I told him as he climbed in next to me,
"So they're okay with it?" He asked
"Kind of? They gave up on telling me not to because I had already sent in a letter to the Dean." I looked over to him, "I still think they don't like the idea but they can't do anything about it." I told him as he pulled me closer.
"Well, we should start looking for jobs soon." He sighed,
"Yeah but that can wait for a little while longer." I looked up at him, "I want to enjoy the rest of my summer as much as I can."
"What do you want to do with the rest of it?" He asked,
"Maybe go back home with Max for a long weekend." I started before a lightbulb went off, "Maybe we can even take Dustin to visit Suzy!" I whispered as I was excited,
"Now that would be fun." I felt Steve wrap his arms around me,
"How are we gonna tell our parents that we're taking Dustin to see his girlfriend?" Steve asked,
"We're going on a mini road trip so we can meet our friend's girlfriend." I shrugged, "We'll figure out the details when that happens." I nuzzled my head into his chest, "Let's just go to sleep." I mumbled into his chest. He hugged me tight as I felt him kiss my forehead.
I really did want to live out the rest of my summer and do everything that I could before finding another job. I actually had amazing friends to spend it with and I didn't want to miss going out and making memories.