A/N: So here is part 2! I legit just finished writing this. I didn't want to upload part 1 without part 2 because I know I've kept you guys waiting. There might be a small hiatus before the California chapters as I am trying not to get too burnt out to the point where I totally abandon this. I really don't want that to happen. Enjoy!
It didn't take me long to fall asleep as I always got tired after I cried a lot. I had some nightmares where Steve and I never made up and we went our separate ways.
"Wake up sleeping beauty!" I heard Dawn hum as she turned on my bedroom light
"Really?" I groaned as I put the covers over my head
"Yes really. It's almost eleven." She pulled the covers off, "We made plans to go out and Max called me to come over and get your ass out of bed." She folded her arms
"Really, Max?" I half yelled. Dawn rolled her eyes before she went to my closet,
"As you take your time, I'm going to put together a killer outfit for today." She spoke as I watched her pick out some clothes before Max came in and joined. I squinted my eyes as I looked to the shirt Max was wearing, "Is that mine?" I asked her
"Yeah." She shrugged, "You don't really wear it anymore so I figured I would take it." She told me. I rolled my eyes as I looked back up at the ceiling.
"This would look totally cute." I heard Dawn say, "But I think we need to fix this top." I heard her say.
"What are you doing?" I asked her
"Putting together a killer outfit, duh." She sighed, "No matter how much you protest, you are going to wear what I pick out. " She commanded, "I'll be back." She told me before I heard her leave.
"You couldn't let me sleep in for a little longer?" I half asked
"You need to get up. No use moping around." Dawn spoke as she came back into the room. She threw the outfit she picked out on my bed. I slowly sat up to look over it. My attention was immediately drawn to the black spaghetti strap top. I picked it up to see that it was no longer the tank top I had...it was now a crop top. "Seriously?!" I questioned,
"You're wearing that." Dawn gave me a stern look, "Just pull the skirt up to just about the hemline of the shirt and I also included that oversized grey cardigan you have and tights." She crossed her arms. I was about to open my mouth, "I chose the thinnest pair of black tights you have and we're going to be inside an air conditioned space most of the time." She added, "Get dressed, we'll be waiting outside." Dawn commanded before leaving the room with Max. I grumbled as I put on the new shirt, the light blue ruffled skirt, the grey cardigan, black tights and my combat boots. When I was done getting dressed, I looked myself over in the mirror. I hated to admit it but Dawn was amazing when it came to picking out outfits for me. I pulled the skirt down just a little bit more to show a tiny amount of skin. I did some quick makeup before grabbing a small purse to carry my money and house keys in.
As I came out of my room I watched as Dawn's eyes lit up.
"I hate you." I groaned
"You don't mean that." She smirked, "I know you love the outfit." Dawn came over and hugged me, "You're welcome by the way." She pulled away, "Let's go get some outfits for your trip back home." Dawn grabbed my hand and dragged me out the door.
The three of us went to a few stores (in the mall that was one town over) to pick out different outfits but I had left with more outfits than I would need. It actually took my mind off of Steve for the time we were shopping. As we passed by a lingerie shop Dawn stopped to look inside. I as I was looking through some of the items I started to get down again,
"You two are going to make up and be fine." Dawn looked over to me, "The makeup sex is always good too." She told me. I saw her eyes light up and that look I knew that she had an idea...whether it was good or bad, was questionable.
"You should get something for when you guys make up!" She hit my arm lightly
"That's not necessary." I told her
"It may not be, but it could be fun." She turned back to the sets she was looking at, "You know, make him work for it." I could tell she was smirking
"I really don't need to hear about my sisters sex life." I heard Max groan
"Sorry Max." Dawn turned to her, "You'll understand one day." She told her. I looked back to Max as she rolled her eyes, "Maybe we should go get food or something." I suggested,
"I'm just gonna go pay for this. You guys can wait outside." Dawn gestured to the purple lacey set she picked out.
"What are the boys and El doing today?" I asked her
"I think the boys are playing DnD." She told me as we leaned against the wall outside the store, "El is probably with them." She shrugged
"You didn't have to come today if you didn't want to." I told her
"Tyler, I want to be here. You've been there for me so many times. I don't know what I would do without you." She looked up to me, "Us Mayfields need to stick together, so if you're hurting, I want to be there to do whatever I can to make you feel better." She explained. I looked down at her and started to smile, sometimes she sounded so much older than she was.
"Sometimes I think you were meant to be the older sister." I kidded
"Sometimes I think that too." She teased. I rolled my eyes as I brought her in for a hug. She truly was the best sister I could have ever ask for. Some of my friends didn't get along with their siblings and sure Max and I did have our off days but usually we always got along. I couldn't be more thankful for that.
When Dawn came out she let us lead the way to the food court.
"So what are you going to do when I drop you off?" Dawn asked Max
"Go to the movies with the party." She answered
"Do you want me to drop you off at the theater?" She asked
"No, we're gonna meet up at my house and go from there." She looked to Dawn
"Why didn't Robin want to come with us?" I asked Dawn,
"I called her after you hung up and I told her what happened. We had both thought that it would be best if Robin hung out with Steve since his old friends don't really talk to him anymore, which is total bullshit." Dawn rolled her eyes, "One reason why High School sucked, it was a stupid popularity contest and after Steve got knocked off the throne, his stupid superfical friends left him." She complained,
"He did gain us as friends though." I told her,
"Yeah and I'm actually thankful for that. Ever since he started hanging around with Dustin and you guys he changed. No longer a jerk and actually a decent guy." She complimented him. I smiled as I was thinking back to the first time I ever really hung out with Steve and Dustin. I knew if I didn't investigate that night, I don't think I would have gotten as close to Steve.
"What's that look?" Dawn asked me,
"Just thinking back to the first time I hung out with Steve." I looked over to her,
"The night of my party?" She asked me. I wanted to say no but looking back, that was probably the first time I ever hung out with Steve without the party.
"It was your brother's party."I corrected her,
"Still." She rolled her eyes, "You know I put your favorite song on, so you would get off the counter and dance." She smirked
"I figured since you said you were going to play DJ." I leaned back in the chair
"Whatever." She rolled her eyes, "You should have seen it, Max. The two of them were talking and then they stopped. I think they had a little moment that started the spark." Dawn told Max,
"That was total bullshit." I looked to her,
"Then why were you guys cuddling on the night of prom?" Dawn asked,
"You spent the night with Steve after prom?" Max asked. I looked over to her as I must have forgotten to tell her that detail,
"Yes but it was at Dawn's house. He chose to hang out with us instead of going to Tina's." I shrugged, "It wasn't a big deal." I brushed off the comment, "Can we just stop talking about Steve?" I asked the two of them as continuing to talk to him made me think about our fight more.
"So you're gonna be staying in Hawkins for the year?" Dawn asked,
"I think it's better like this." I looked to her, "I'll miss you though, so you better call or write when you're not home on break." I told her
"Of course!" She exclaimed, "And if anything bad happens, and you don't tell me, Max is going to have to." She looked over to Max
"Someone is going to have to cheer you up if I can't." Max shrugged
"I hate it when you're both right." I shook my head as we continued to talk.
After we dropped Max off, we made a pit stop to pick up snacks and pizza to eat. Dawn's parents were out of town for the night so that meant we could smoke upstairs in her room. I wish my mom was cool about me smoking weed but I knew she would flip if she ever found out. As we got to Dawn's room, I dropped my shopping bags and collapsed on her bed. Dawn had lit the joint and then placed a small bag beside me,
"What's that?" I asked her as she passed the joint,
"Open it and find out." She shrugged. I took a long drag before handing the joint back. I peeked over and moved the tissue paper to the side. I saw black lacy fabric and looked back up to her before taking it out. I shook my head as I couldn't believe she bought me black lingerie,
"Dawn I can't-"
"It's my graduation present to you." She handed me the joint before opening a bag of chips. I rolled my eyes as I knew that was a bullshit excuse,
"It's not going to fit." I countered,
"Ty, it is." She looked at me as she ushered me to stand up. She told me to hold the straps as she did the shirt waist trick to show me. I groaned, "So when you two make up, wear that. I know he's going to love it." She smirked. Dawn had put the lingerie back in the small bag and put it with my other shopping bags. Dawn put in a random movie in her VHS so we would have something to watch while we chill out.
About halfway into the movie, the doorbell rang. I looked over to Dawn as she shrugged. We both went down the stairs and as Dawn answered the door, I could see Steve on the other side.
"I think you have a visitor." She looked back to me
"Can we talk?" Steve asked, I looked down to his hand where he was holding a bouquet of roses. I nodded,
"You want to come inside, Robin?" She asked
"I definitely don't want to be out here when the two of them make up." I could tell she was rolling her eyes,
"Hello to you too, Robin." I rolled my eyes as I went outside on the porch.
"Hey." I said to Steve as I closed the door behind me,
"Hey." He said back, "You look beautiful." He complimented.
"Thanks." I smiled
"These are for you." He handed me the roses and I could tell he was nervous,
"Steve, I-"
"Tyler, I shouldn't have said any of those things to you. I'm so sorry." He shook his head, "My dad's reaction got the best of me and I shouldn't have taken out my frustration on you. It wasn't right because you were only trying to help." He took a deep breath in, "I really do appreciate everything you do for me. I'm so sorry I made you cry, I love you and I never want to hurt you like that again." Steve explained. I stared at him for a moment,
"I'm sorry too." I took a step forward, "I shouldn't have said any of that stuff either." I caressed his cheek, "I love you and if you can't come with us, I'll call you every night." I told him. Steve grabbed my hand and kissed it before pulling me in for a kiss. I leaned in as I missed his lips. I started to run my hands through his hair before he pulled away,
"One more thing." He smiled, "My mom said she would buy my ticket and that I could go." He told me,
"What about your dad?" I asked him,
"She said not to worry about him." He shrugged. My face lit up before I kissed him again. "You want to come inside and hang out for a bit?" I asked him as I pulled away,
"Only if you come sleep over tonight." He looked into my eyes,
"Of course, Harrington." I smiled, "I want to show you the outfits I bought. Maybe you can help me narrow down a few to bring with us." I turned the knob before I pulled him inside.
The rest of the night the four of us hung out until Steve and I left to go to his house. Robin had planned on staying the night at Dawn's since Dawn said that she had something planned for Robin in the morning. My guess, it was a blind double date. Also Dawn was right about the make up sex, and that Steve would love the lingerie Dawn bought for me. If I didn't make Steve work for it, he probably would have ripped it off within seconds of seeing me in it. I was just happy that we made up and that Steve would be coming home with Max and I for the weekend.