Becoming better friends Chapter 3
When Stacy got back to the RV she stomped through the door and sat on the couch bitterly. Just then, Pizza Steve walked up. "What's wrong Stace?" Pizza Steve asked her, calling her by one of his many nicknames he had for her. "My dad!" She shouted. "Did he not like your new look?" Pizza Steve asked. "NO! He didn't!" Stacy shouted, again. "SORRY! For…freaking out…" Stacy continued. "It's alright." Pizza Steve replied. Stacy sighed. "I knew it would end badly…" Stacy sniffled. "What happened?" Pizza Steve wondered. "My dad hated the way I looked, he said my long hair makes me look like a hippie and the red makes me look like a…. well I don't want to repeat what he said. I'm not going to lie, it upsets me too much." Stacy cried.
Pizza Steve put his hand on Stacy's shoulder. "Look," Pizza Steve
Began. "I know how you feel, really, really I do." Pizza Steve continued. "You do?" Stacy questioned. "Yep, I didn't exactly have a good dad either." Pizza Steve smirked. "What?" Stacy wondered. "Yeah," Pizza Steve said then paused. Pizza Steve and Stacy just looked at each other for a few minutes. "Well thanks for this talk Pizza Steve, I really appreciate it." Stacy said. "It's no problem." Pizza Steve replied. "Ok well! Time to get ready for your party!" Pizza Steve said. "We're going to start decorating while you go get ready!" Pizza Steve continued. "Alright!" Stacy replied as she hopped off the couch and went to Tiger's room to get ready.
It was finally 4pm and everyone was waiting for Stacy to make her grand entrance. Just then the elevator doors opened and there was Stacy wearing her beautiful red dress she wore during her 14th birthday that Tiger got her as a birthday present that year. But she had it altered with some sparkles. She looked stunning as her brown curly locks bounced as she walked with the train of her dress following behind her. She then walked up to her friends. "This is the greatest I've ever seen you look." Pizza Steve said. Getting lost in her gorgeous robin egg blue eyes. "Thanks!" Stacy replied. Then Pizza Steve shook his head, "Uh! Should we get the party started?" Pizza Steve asked. "Yeah!" Stacy exclaimed. They were all dancing when all of a sudden, a slow dance song came on. Everyone looked at Uncle Grandpa, since he was the one that made the song playlist. "What? I like this kind of music." Uncle Grandpa said as everyone stared at him, confused. "Well…. should we take advantage of this song?" Stacy asked, hoping Pizza Steve would slow dance with her. "I guess." Pizza Steve replied. Then he grabbed Stacy as he hesitated. Stacy held on to Pizza Steve as they began to dance. Pizza Steve wasn't sure if he was uncomfortable or not, but he didn't want to ruin it for Stacy. So, they continued to dance for two minutes, till the song ended. "Thanks Pizza Steve, that was really nice," Stacy said. "It's no problem, it was... kinda fun." Pizza Steve replied. Then they went on with the rest of their night.
It was midnight when they finally got tired, and they all had a sleepover in the living room. As everyone was setting up their beds in the living room, Stacy went to Tiger's room to change out of her dress and take off her make up. Pizza Steve noticed that she was not in the living room and went looking for her, and the first place he looked was Tiger's room. Pizza Steve knocked on the door, even though it was cracked open a little. "Can I come in?" He asked. "Oh! Pizza Steve! Yeah! Sure, come in!" Stacy replied. "I had a lot of fun today." Pizza Steve admitted as he walked into Tiger's room. "I did too!" Stacy responded. "Thanks for the dance it was really comforting considering the day I just had with my dad and stuff." Stacy continued. "Oh yeah! Oops I forgot about that dance, yeah it was… cool." Pizza Steve said. "Oh…" Stacy mumbled. "I love your dress, I really like that red color." Pizza Steve said, changing the subject. "Thanks." Stacy replied. "Well, I'll be out in a few minutes, so I'll meet you out there." Stacy continued. "Alright." Pizza Steve replied as he left.
Stacy walked up to Tiger's mirror. "What was I thinking?" Stacy said to herself. "He was obviously uncomfortable from the very beginning of that dance. I should've never asked for him to dance with me. He probably hates me now!" Stacy went on. Then she grabbed her pillow that she had in Tiger's room and headed for the living room.
"There you are!" Uncle Grandpa said as Stacy walked into the living room and joined her friends, who were just about to tell scary stories. "You're just in time! We were about to start telling scary stories!" Uncle Grandpa said. "I love scary stories! Good thing I made it in time!" Stacy replied. Then Uncle Grandpa began telling one of his scary stories, and for the next couple of hours they were all having fun trading scary stories with each other.
It was 2am. Pizza Steve and Stacy were the only ones still awake. They were talking about their favorite rock songs when Stacy decided it would be a good time to apologize about the dance from earlier. "Hey, Pizza Steve…." Stacy said. "Yeah?" Pizza Steve replied. "I wanted to apologize…. about the dance earlier. I feel like I forced you to dance with me and I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable." Stacy said. "What? There's no need to apologize, I mean, yeah… I wasn't expecting it but…" Pizza Steve paused. "You never know what kind of songs Uncle G is going to play! It would've been awkward if we didn't dance!" Pizza Steve continued. "Yeah, Uncle G is pretty unpredictable, and maybe it would've been weird. Can you image us standing there awkwardly for three minutes? Now that would've been weird!" Stacy responded, then they both laughed about it. "*Yawn* I'm getting pretty tired. I think I'm going to go to sleep now." Stacy said. "Same here." Pizza Steve replied as he yawned. "Thanks again for the party." Stacy said. "And the dance." She giggled. "It's no problem." Pizza Steve responded. "Goodnight, Pizza Steve." Stacy said as she laid down. "Goodnight." Pizza Steve replied as he too laid down.
Stacy made sure to wake up early and fix her hair so her friends didn't see her bed head. After she finished brushing her hair, Stacy walked back into the living room and saw that her friends had already cleaned up & made breakfast. "Hey Stacy! We made breakfast! Come join us!" Uncle Grandpa said. Stacy walked over to the table. "Thanks for making breakfast Uncle G!" Stacy said. "It's no problem!" Uncle Grandpa replied. Stacy sat down and they all continued to eat breakfast.
When they finished eating, Pizza Steve and Stacy went outside to ride skateboards. "Nice one, Stacy!" Pizza Steve said as Stacy did a little flip on her skateboard. "Thanks. Hey! How about we go get some gelato?" Stacy suggested. "That sounds awesome!" Pizza Steve replied. So, Pizza Steve popped his head in the door of the RV. "Uncle G!" Pizza Steve shouted. "What is it, Pizza Steve?" Uncle Grandpa said as he walked to the door. "Can Stacy and I go get some gelato?" Pizza Steve asked. "I guess so." Uncle Grandpa responded. "Thanks Uncle G!" Pizza Steve replied as he walked away. "Alright! We can go get some gelato!" Pizza Steve said as he walked over to Stacy. "Yay! Let's go!" Stacy replied then they started to walk to the ice cream parlor.
When they got in line to order, Pizza Steve suggested a flavor that Stacy should get. "Hey, Cici, you should get triple chocolate, it's really good!" Pizza Steve suggested. "Oooh!" Stacy beamed. "You know what, I will get that! It sounds super good!" Stacy continued. So, they both got triple chocolate gelato. Then once they ordered they went back to the RV, and sat in the grass, eating their gelato.
. "So, tell me Stacy, how long have you had problems with your dad?" Pizza Steve asked. "Um… I'd rather not talk about that, Pizza Steve." Stacy replied. "Why not? It's not that big of a deal, just tell me I won't tell anyone." Pizza Steve insisted. "No Pizza Steve! I don't want to talk about it! And I'm ashamed of you for trying to force it out of me! Shame on you, you're better than that!" Stacy shouted. "Well sorry!" Pizza Steve sassed. "I thought we were closer than that!" Pizza Steve went on. "We are very close, but I never like to talk about my situation with my dad. You know that!" Stacy responded. "Ok, ok to be honest, we relate when it comes to that, and I'd like someone to talk to about it." Pizza Steve said. "Oh, I get it." Stacy replied.
Stacy put down her gelato, grabbed Pizza Steve's hand and headed inside. When they got inside Stacy dragged Pizza Steve to his room. She closed the flap to his pizza box, turned on the hot sauce lamp for a little light and turned off the light.
The only light they had in the room was the lamp. "Uh… Stacy, why did you bring me in here?" Pizza Steve asked. "To talk about our dads of course! That's what you wanted to do right?" Stacy replied. "Yeah, ok. I just didn't expect you to give in." Pizza Steve said. "Uh! I did not give in!" Stacy joked. "Yeah, sure." Pizza Steve responded, catching on to her little joke. "So, where do we start?" Stacy asked. "Oh, I never thought we'd get this far." Pizza Steve replied. "Well, aren't you lucky?" Stacy teased. "Well I guess I'll start." Stacy continued.
They talked for hours. It was about 9pm when the flap to Pizza Steve's pizza box opened. "Oh! There you guys are! I've been looking all over for you! I was so worried!" Uncle Grandpa exclaimed. "Sorry Uncle G! We didn't mean to hide. Just having a friendly conversation." Stacy replied. "What do you need Uncle G?" Pizza Steve asked. "I just came to say it's time for bed." Uncle Grandpa responded. "Is it alright if I stay the night?" Stacy asked. "Yeah! Go ahead." Uncle Grandpa encouraged. "Thanks Uncle G!" Stacy said as Uncle Grandpa left.
"Do you want to stay in my room tonight?" Pizza Steve asked. "Um, I would, like to, but I'm not so sure it's a good idea." Stacy hesitated. "Why not? What's your concern?" Pizza Steve wondered. "Well, I'm… ya know, female. And you're, male, and we're both… grown." Stacy replied. "Oh! I see. Yeah that's understandable but Stacy, we're practically siblings, it's nothing weird or uncomfortable." Pizza Steve explained. "Yeah, I guess you're right. So, I guess I'll stay in here. It could be fun!" Stacy exclaimed. "Exactly!" Pizza Steve replied. "I'll go grab the air mattress." Stacy said as she walked out of Pizza Steve's room.
When Stacy walked back into Pizza Steve's room there was a pile of snacks that Pizza Steve was standing next to. "Hey! I grabbed us some snacks, hope you don't mind." Pizza Steve jested. "Um of course I don't mind! I love food!" Stacy chortled. "Awesome!" Pizza Steve cheered.
Stacy and Pizza Steve played videos games, ate snacks, talked, rode skateboards, practiced karate moves, watched movies, listened to music, and told jokes, all night. It was 5am when they finally fell asleep. Uncle Grandpa had to wake them up at 1pm. "Stacy! Pizza Steve! Wake up!" Uncle Grandpa shouted. Pizza Steve got up and went into the living room, Stacy went to brush her hair. "Hey Uncle G." Pizza Steve said in a wearied way. "You know better than to sleep in too late." Uncle Grandpa baffled. "Sorry Uncle G, we stayed up late hanging out." Pizza Steve replied. "How late?" Uncle Grandpa clouded. "Um…." Pizza Steve hesitated. "5am." Pizza Steve quivered. "Pizza Steve…." Uncle Grandpa said. "You know you guys can't stay up past 12am." Uncle Grandpa continued. "But Stacy and Tiger get to stay up till like 3am." Pizza Steve replied. "That's different, Pizza Steve, they're girls, it's just a girl thing." Uncle Grandpa explained. "Not really. Girls stay up talking and doing fun things, that's what we were doing!" Pizza Steve retorted. "Pizza Steve, don't argue with me!" Uncle Grandpa shouted. "Whatever." Pizza Steve replied as he walked away. When he was walking towards the elevator door Stacy was walking out and they bumped right into each other and fell. They both looked at each other and started laughing hysterically. Uncle Grandpa rushed over and grabbed one of each of their hands and picked them up. "You guys alright?" Uncle Grandpa asked. "Yeah, we're perfectly fine." Stacy giggled. "Yep, we're fine." Pizza Steve laughed. "You two should be more careful you could've gotten hurt." Uncle Grandpa worried. "We're fine Uncle G!" Pizza Steve insisted. "You are this time, just be more careful." Uncle Grandpa implored. "Alright, fine Uncle G." Pizza Steve replied. "Come on cheesy, let's go do guitar practices." Stacy said. "Alright." Pizza Steve responded as the both went to Pizza Steve's room.
A few hours later Uncle Grandpa shouted for them. "Stacy! Pizza Steve! Dinner's ready!" Stacy and Pizza Steve walked into the living room, over to the kitchen, and sat down at the table. "How was your day guys?" Uncle Grandpa asked. "It was fine." Stacy and Pizza Steve said at the same time. Uncle Grandpa smiled as he sat down at the table to eat. "You guys are such great friends." Uncle Grandpa said. "Yeah, I guess we are." Pizza Steve said. "Oh! I almost forgot! I need to call my grandma. Uncle G, is it ok if I stay tonight and all weekend?" Stacy exclaimed. "You could stay here as long as you want Stacy." Uncle Grandpa replied. "Thanks Uncle G!" Stacy responded as she hopped down from her seat and went to call her grandma.
A couple minutes later, Stacy came back. "Can I help clean up?" Stacy asked as she walked up to Mr. Gus who was washing dishes. "That's so sweet of you to offer but you don't have to do that." Mr. Gus replied. "Please! I want to! You guys are always doing things for me now I want to help!" Stacy insisted as she hopped on the counter. Then she grabbed a sponge, a plate, and started helping. "You're so sweet Stacy." Mr. Gus said. Just then, Pizza Steve walked into the kitchen. "Hey Stacy, what are you doing?" Pizza Steve asked. "Helping Mr. Gus with the dishes." Stacy answered. "Ugh! Mr. Gus is making you clean dishes?" Pizza Steve replied. "No, I wanted to help!" Stacy said. "Wouldn't you rather ride skateboards with me outside?" Pizza Steve asked. "Nah, I'm ok. I'm going to help Mr. Gus for a little bit." Stacy answered. "Alright, suit yourself." Pizza Steve said as he went outside.
It was going on 9pm. Uncle Grandpa had Stacy and Pizza Steve sit on the couch so he can talk to them. "Alright, Stacy you can stay the night but! You have to stay in Tiger's room. This doesn't mean you can't stay in Pizza Steve's room anymore, it just that you stayed up really late last night. So, staying in Pizza Steve's room is something that won't happen too often. Also, Tiger knows that you stayed up really late so she will be going to bed early for you tonight." Uncle Grandpa explained. "She doesn't have to go to bed early just so I do." Stacy replied. "Um…. She's monitoring you." Uncle Grandpa said. "What!?" Stacy blurted. "I want to make sure you go to sleep." Uncle Grandpa answered. "You don't, trust me?" Stacy asked with the biggest puppy eyes. "No, no! I do it's just that, I want you to get some sleep tonight." Uncle Grandpa explained. "Alright," Stacy sympathized as she hopped off the couch and headed to Tiger's room. "You too Pizza Steve." Uncle Grandpa said. "Ok." Pizza Steve mumbled as he too hopped off the couch and headed to bed.