Chapter Four: Love is a Funny Thing When You Think Of You and I

Stephanie's POV:

It was 10:00 when I finally walked into my house. Gia's mom had driven me home, and on the way I had told Gia all about Rusty. She though it was romantic that we had reconnected and fallen in love after all these years.

Rusty and I had kissed so romantically under the stars. After that we slow danced and spent the rest of the evening together. Despite the fact that I was afraid of how my father would react, I was so happy that DJ would be home. I wanted to tell her all about Rusty, and ask her for advice on how to tell dad. Me dating Rusty would mean that dad might have to see Cindy, and I knew he didn't want that.

So that was why I found myself humming the song that Rusty and I had had our second kiss too while back in the dance, All You Need Is Love by the Beatles.

Everyone was about doing their own thing. Most of them would never know I was in love until the day Rusty actually visited our house, which was a looonggggg time away.

I went upstairs to DJ's room, where she was unpacking her things. Well, actually, DJ's room was my room now. I would be sleeping in Michelle's room for now until DJ left on Sunday, which I was fine with.

"Hi, DJ." I greeted her, walking in. After all, it was my room now. :-) (A/N: The smiley face is totally random, but that's me! RANDOMNESS RULES! Now back to the story...)

"Hi, Steph!" She came over and hugged me.

"I have sooo much to tell you!" I said, letting go. "But it's private. What I say here stays here, and never leaves this room!"

"Calm down, Steph, what is it?"

"You better sit down for this." I warned her.

"You're not pregnant, are you?" She said, sitting down.

"NO!" I said. Then, taking a deep breath, I told her everything about Rusty, everything from our first "meeting" to our first kiss (as teenagers) tonight and how Rusty even asked me to be his girlfriend right before I left.

When I started, she was shocked, but as I told her how much he had changed she went from shocked to slightly surprised. She even asked me how I liked the kiss, which I admitted I loved.

Finally, I was done and DJ was smiling.

"I always thought you two would grow up and fall in love as long as Dad and Cindy didn't get married." She gushed.

"You did not!"

"I did, too!"

"Okay, maybe I didn't always. It was just a thought when I saw you kiss him on New Years." She said, smiling.

"Hardeeharhar."

We chatted for awhile and she told me how Steve asked her to marry him after college already, which I thought was so cool and romantic. DJ said college was great but she missed all of us. I told her that we all missed her, too.

And after an hour of chatting I went to my old room to sleep. All night I found myself dreaming of Rusty.