how you get the girl pt 2
warning : use of cursing.
sypnosis : steve broke your heart when you were a sophmore and you had transferred schools but now that you are back at Hawkins, regrets not staying.
You were glad to finally be out of your third class out of the five. Every single bitch who didn't recognize you tried to be your friend or even flirt with you but you still remembered that they were the ones who laughed at your humiliation.
You walked toward the cafeteria, looking for the Robin. You saw her sitting alone at a table as you went up to her, "Hey!" You greeted.
"Oh hey, come sit." You accepted, sitting next to her.
"Thanks." You grinned at her.
"Oh by the way, just to initiate you into the friend group of us including my friend, you should totally hang out with us later." Robin said, starting to eat her hot dog.
"Are you guys like murderers?" You asked.
"Only on special occasions." Robin joked with a mouth full as you giggled.
"Didn't you say you had a friend eating with us?" You asked, opening your salad.
"Oh yeah, there he is." Robin pointed.
You looked over to see Steve Harrington approaching the table in total shock at your presence.
You rolled your eyes with a sigh, "That's your friend?"
Robin looked confused, "Yeah why?"
"He just-" You started as he interrupted.
"Oh hey." He said, looking at you.
"Don't hey me Harrington." You fumed.
Robin looked at the both of you, "Am I missing something?"
You stood up, "Actually, I can't hang out, I am afraid I don't hang out with assholes." Your eyes darted to him as you picked up your backpack, walking off.
"What did you do to her?" Robin asked, open-eyed.
He scrunched his face, "Long story." He sighed, rubbing his temples.
You couldn't help but feel pure anger that it was Steve who was best friends with your only new friend that you had made the entire day.
What made you angrier is that he couldn't find the courage to even go to your house and apologize to you.
He never cared to reach out all this time to tell you that he regretted what he did and he should've never tried to hide you. But instead, he just kept going with his life as if you hadn't meant a single thing.
You just wanted to go home, back to your old school where everyone treated you human and as if you weren't a freak who had no emotions.
As you were lost in your thoughts in the hallway, Steve yelled your name which caused you to walk faster. He grabbed your wrist as you snapped it back, "Don't touch me."
"I know that my apology means nothing now-" He started speaking.
"And it never will mean anything, I don't need to hear your excuses for why you chose to act so immature all those years ago but you didn't deserve for me to hear you out then and you certainly don't now." You harshly spoke, "Please just let me live out the rest of the days in this miserable school without Steve "The Hair" Harrington terrorizing me."
You walked away before he could even say the next syllable. You just couldn't believe his audacity to even try talking to you.
I mean how could Steve Harrington change? He is incapable of considering other people's feelings. Something deep in your gut makes you feel guilty but you promised your younger self you would never let any guy treat you like that again.
You decided to just go home at that point, you have had enough of Hawkins for the moment and just needed to get away.
You walked inside your house, closing the door behind you. You decided to just eat what your mom had made and relax on the couch.
As you started to eat, you heard the telephone as you mentally cursed whoever was disrupting you.
"Hello?" You said, still chewing.
"Hey! It's Robin from school." You opened your eyes widely as she spoke.
"Oh hey, what's up?" You attempted to sound cool but you could already tell it was failing.
"I just wanted to know if you wanted to stop by the record store later where Steve and I worked to just hang out." She invited you.
"Oh I don't really think so, I have a lot of homework and-" You started making excuses.
"Come on Y/N, I swear that it won't be as bad as you think, many people don't get the opportunity to hang out with us." She begged.
"Steve won't bite and I really want to get to know you." Robin pushed.
"Okay, I'll be there but how did you get my number?" You asked.
"Oh Steve just remembered it." She said as your eyes widened and you heard bickering in the background as they whispered, "Anyways see you soon!" Robin said in a quick motion.
"But what's the-" You heard the dial, "Address." You sighed.
After what felt like hours, you walked around enough to find the record store but you looked like a sweaty mess. You wish you had just got your license like a normal teen but you were lazy. You quickly wiped off all the sweat and fixed your hair before going inside.
You walked in to be greeted by Robin and Steve in which Robin looked like she was ecstatic to see you and Steve looked like he had seen a tiger walk into the store.
"Hey!" Robin cheered, "Welcome to the best place on Earth." She raised her hands up in a cheering position.
You giggled, "Glad to be here."
"We have an hour on the shift so you can just talk with us and then we can grab something to eat." She explained.
"Sounds cool." You said, not exactly wanting to spend more like five minutes with Steve Harrington.
"How long have you guys been working here?" You asked, looking at the different records.
Robin hit Steve to answer, "About four months." He said with a slight stutter.
"Nice." You replied, touching the records with your finger tips.
"What do you listen to lately?" He asked, trying to spark up a conversation with you.
"Not assholes." You murmured as Robin mentally cursed Steve for what he had done.
Robin fake laughed, "So Y/N, do you wanna help sort the records until we can go?" She asked.
"Yeah sure." You said with a smile.
Steve watched you sort the records, you looking at the back to see where to place it. He would watch your smile as you looked at an ABBA record. He remembered the talks you guys used to have when you were just friends hanging out.
"Steve, we have to go to the ABBA concert someday, I have to see Agnetha live." Your younger self cheered towards Steve in his living room.
"I guarantee they will not be in Hawkins any time soon." He said with a laugh as you hit his chest then laying on it.
"You know we would shock the school if we dated." You said, looking up at him.
He blushed, "What makes you think that?" You heard his heart quicken.
"Because you are Steve "The Hair" Harrington and I am just some totally lame girl that you hang out with in secret." You shrugged.
He felt guilty, "If we were to date, I would never hide you." He said with a smile.
"You promise?" You practically whispered.
"I promise." He kissed your the top of your head.
Steve wondered if you had ever remembered those moments, it didn't seem like you did. He knew what he did was extremely wrong but he wished you could remember the moments where he meant every word he said.
"Okay I believe that they perfectly sorted." You said with a grin, snapping him out his daydream.
"Maybe I should check." Steve said.
"Don't trust my sorting abilities Harrington?" You asked with a playful tone.
He gave you a smile as a response as you remembered the hatred and turned back around.
"Okay guys, let's go." Robin quickly said as you all exited to the front and she locked the door.
"So are we going in your car Robin?" You asked as she laughed at the assumption she can drive.
"Y/N, I hate to break it to you but I can't drive." She said, going to the side of Steve's car where the passenger seat was.
"Oh so this is your car." You said with a sigh.
"Yep, hop in." He went inside the car as you sat in the backseat, putting your seatbelt on.
He started the car as Robin turned on the radio to Honey, Honey by ABBA. Your face lit up as Steve looked in the mirror above him to see you slightly singing it.
He grinned as he started driving to a drive-thru called Billy Bob's. You had loved this place since you were little. Your mom used to take Steve and you to the drive-thru every single time you hung out which was like almost every day in sophmore year.
As you relived the memory, you noticed you had driven past the ordering machine. You were deeply confused and you guessed Steve had seen your face because he said, "Oh I'm sorry, I assumed your order because of the last time we went." He said.
The last time you guys went was two years ago.
"Oh okay, thank you?" You said, shifting in your seat.
He grabbed your order as he passed it to you, "Thank you for paying." You practically whispered.
"No problem Y/N, I owe you more than that." He said as your mouth agaped.
"God I love this place." Robin said, shoving fries in her mouth interrupting you guys as you and Steve both laughed.
The radio suddenly turned to When I Kissed The Teacher by ABBA as you couldn't hold yourself back, "Steve, turn this up now." You said as he quickly did, being happy that you said his name.
You started singing very loudly as Robin and Steve looked at each other in shock.
They both shrugged and started singing with you until the song finished and you were all panting.
You all laughed as you went towards Robin's house, "Bye guys!" Robin waved as you both waved goodbye.
The pure silence in the car was actually louder than anyone could've thought.
"I know that you don't wanna hear it once again but I really do want to apologize for everything." He said as he drove, "I was really stupid and I truly did like you, I just cared for what others thought about me more." He glimpsed at you through the mirror, "I never ever meant to hurt you, you meant the world to me and I have regretted it since you left."
You were starting to tear up at this point, "Thanks Steve, I really appreciate but I just can't forgive you, it wouldn't be right for myself." You gave a slight smile.
He nodded his head but you could tell he was visibly upset. He arrived at your house, "Thanks Harrington, stay cool." You smiled.
He waved goodbye as you entered your house.
Were you wrong for not forgiving him? I mean he had ruined your entire self-esteem, he didn't deserve forgiveness.
Or maybe he had changed and you just felt like you had to be angry.
Your emotions felt mixed and you couldn't decide what you wanted.
Did Steve Harrington actually change?
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