everytime. steve harrington// love story.

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we make it to nancys house, robin said she wasn't gonna wear a dress, she's gonna wear shorts and a button up because she doesn't feel comfortable in a dress. nancy was gonna wear a dress that was fitted around her torso and the bottom flows out. it goes above her knees. im wearing my silky red dress that i bought to impress eddie. but i guess im using it for a party.
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nancy curls my shoulder length blonde hair and robin does my mascara.

"so cayley. you and steve?" robin asks me smirking.

"woah woah woah. no way." i say quickly

"oh come on man, it's so obvious!" nancy said.

"i just got out of a relationship, i don't like steve like that. i don't think i ever will." i say.

"mhm whatever" robin says as she continues my mascara.

they finish my hair and makeup and it's 8:46. the party was at nine so we decided to just go ahead and leave.
we got there and steve and jonathan were already there. they're standing at steve's car. they both surprisingly wore suits. steve's was black and jonathan's was just a normal buttons up and fancy pants.

the party was hosted by a random girl at our school, she was rich and she invited everyone. i didn't think a lot of people would show up. i guess i was wrong. there was over 100 people there it seemed. i guess since it was the last day of school they wanted to throw a party.

as we get into the building, there's already drunk teenagers, couples dancing in the living room and dining room. there were many make out seshes happening. and there you saw, eddie. he was with rachel. playing spin the bottle. the sat beside eachother. i go to the kitchen and see the big bowl of punch. of course it had alcohol in it. i get a solo cup and drink a cup of it. i get another cup full and walk into the dining room where everyone was dancing.

i start dancing by myself. im not drunk yet so i'm just dancing for fun. i finished my second cup and someone offers me a refill, i politely decline and continue dancing. instead i go over to the punch bowl myself and fill up my third cup. steve comes up to me and says

"damn caldwell. that's your third cup."

"and? im having fun. here have a cup!"

"i've already had 2. im good" he says declining my offer.

"steve! get drunk with me! have some funnn!"

"fine cayley. i'll get drunk with you. just because you asked me to." he says

i smile and he takes the cup. i grab another cup and chug it. he slams his empty cup onto the counter and i do the
same.

"let's go dance!" i shout to him and grab his hand.

i pull him into the crowd of people. we both start dancing and smiling. the song OMG by usher and will.i.am, i grab steve's hands and place them on my waist while i turn facing the opposite direction of him and start dancing. he moves my hips with his hands and we just enjoy the moment. we're both drunk at this point. we didn't care what anyone said or did at this point. i completely forgot about eddie and rachel.
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                         11:24 pm

"your makeup is smudged cayley." steve says. we've been sitting on the couch for a little while now. we both get up and go to the bathroom. i look in the mirror and laugh. "you weren't wrong" i told steve as he laughed too. i started wiping the makeup off and tell steve that i had to pee. he nods and walks out the bathroom.

as i finishing using the bathroom i decided to go ahead and finish wiping off my mascara that ran down my face from all the sweat. i look at myself in the mirror and thoughts keep going through my head.

no wonder eddie cheated on you. you're fat. you're ugly. you're nothing compared to rachel. why would he have cheated? you're a worthless piece of shit. grow up cayley. you're never gonna get a boyfriend again. he just felt bad for you. you're disgusting.

i started crying at this point. my thoughts are right. i am disgusting. i am a worthless piece of shit. i wash my hands quickly and run out of the bathroom.

"cayley!" steve yells running after me. i take off my heels quickly and run. fast. i run out the door to the driveway. i sit on the sidewalk pulling my knees up to my chest and cry. i cry so hard because i had nothing else to do. i was broken. eddie broke me.

"cayley!" steve says causing me to turn around to him.

"steve...i can't do this anymore. he broke me. i cant." i say while getting up. steve walks towards me and hugs me. i hold him tightly and cry into his shoulder. he pulls me closer and i feel comfortable. i feel safe. i pull away and he tells me that he can take me home if i wanted. i nod and he goes inside real quick to find nancy, robin, and jonathan to tell them they need to get an uber. he runs back out and we leave.