The three of us

The date

They can pick me up any minute now.
I'm lurking out the window, waiting for the red, shiny car to pull up.
I watch Steve's driveway. They're standing still.
Steve is looking at Dustin and fixes his hair a little. Then he gives Dustin an accepting nod and they step in the car.
I swear to god, they're the cutest.
I open the door and watch the car pull up.
Then I take a deep breath and I walk towards the car.
'Hey.' I say.
Dustin looks at me with his mouth open. 'Woah.'
Steve punches him in the shoulder.
'Hey, hi, hello, Y/N.' Dustin stutters.
'Get in.' Steve says.

'Alright. I'm parking the car right here. Sit. Watch the movie. Don't do anything else.' Steve says.
'Got it?'
Dustin and I nod. 'Got it.' We say.
Steve raises his eyebrows at Dustin and walks away.
'Hi.' Dustin says.
'Hi, Dustin.' I say.
'Okay, don't tell Steve. Come on.' He opens the door and walks outside. He climbs on the back of the car and gets on the roof.
'What are you doing?! Steve is gonna kill you.'
'Come on, Y/N. Steve isn't gonna notice.'
I sigh and climb up the roof. 'Woah.' I say as I see the view. 'Woah.' I say again.
'Yeah.' Dustin laughs. 'Woah.' He copies me.
'Movie starts in 2 minutes.' He says.
'Where's Steve going without his car?' I ask.
Dustin's eyes get big. 'Shit.'
'What's wrong?' I ask.
Dustin turns his head and looks around.
'He's not that far away.' He says.
'What if he's watching us?' I ask.
'If he were, he'd already killed me.' Dustin laughs.
Little did he know, Steve really WAS watching us.

Dustin always falls asleep during movies. If it's his favorite, if it's his least favorite, it doesn't matter. He ALWAYS falls asleep.
Halfway this movie, he fell asleep again. On the roof of Steve's car.
It was a great movie, until Steve showed up.
'Dustin HENDERSON.' He yells.
'Jesus Christ, Steve.' I say. 'I didn't see you.'
'Oh, you didn't see me. Why are you on the roof of my car?' Steve asks.
I point at Dustin. He's still sleeping.
'DUSTIN!' Steve yells.
Dustin slowly wakes up and looks around. When his eyes meet Steve's, his eyes get big. 'Steve.' He says.
'Why. Are. You. On. The. Roof. Of. My. Car.'
'Sorry.' Dustin says.
'Answer my question, Henderson.'
'Because it has a better view.'
'You promised to stay in the car.'
'When I'm with you, we always sit on the roof!'
'NOT WHEN YOU'RE ALONE!' Steve yells.
Dustin stays silent. Steve looks at me.
'Sorry.' Dustin says again.
Steve sticks out his hand. 'Come on.'
Dustin grabs it and jumps off the car.
I do the same thing.
'Alright, we're going home.' Steve starts the car.
We stay silent the whole ride.

'Bye, Y/N, see you tomorrow.' Dustin says.
'Bye, Dustin.' I say. 'Bye Steve.'
Steve waves and drives away.
I watch him park his car and slam the door.
Dustin and Steve start talking. Maybe arguing.
I think Dustin starts crying, because Steve shakes his head and pulls him into a hug.
Poor Dustin. He just wanted best for me.
I close the door and head upstairs.

I wake up. Steve and Dustin are meeting me at the mall with the others. We're gonna get decorations for the cabin. We're meeting in an hour, it's a 20 minute bike.
I get out of bed and put on my clothes.
Then I walk downstairs and grab the money Hopper gave me.
'Leaving already?' Hopper asks.
'No.' I sit down and eat my breakfast.
'What are you guys gonna buy?' Hopper asks.
'Hammocks, plants, cute decorations.' I say, chewing on my cereal.
'Have fun, I'm going out with Jonathan and Joyce.'
'Okay, dad.'
'Bye, kid.'
I close the door after me and grab my bike.
When I bike past Steve's house, I can see they already left.

'There she is.' Steve says.
The whole group is waiting for me.
'5 minutes late.' Lucas says. 'Good job.'
I'm always late. 5 minutes is probably my new record.
'Alright, I have a list of shit. We're splitting up.' Max says.
'Steve, Dustin, Y/N, hammocks and lights.'
'Mike, Lucas, new table.'
'El, Will and I are getting the other shit, you'll see.'
We all nod and walk in our direction.
'They didn't partner Will with Mike and Lucas.' I say.
'Because they left him out.' Steve says.
'Yeah.' I sigh.
'Hammocks.' Steve stops at the hammocks.
'Blue and white?' He asks. 'Or red and white?'
'Blue and white.' I say.
I look at Dustin. He hasn't said anything.
'What do you think, Dustin?' Steve asks.
'Yeah, blue and white.' He says.
'How many?' Steve asks.
'Four?' I suggest.
'What about eight. They lowered the price, it's a great deal.' Steve says.
'Eight.' I nod and grab eight packets.
'Lights...' I look around. 'Where are the lights?'
'Over here.' Dustin says.
'Great.' I walk towards Dustin and grab a packet.
'Is this enough?' I ask.
'Two packets?' Steve asks.
'Yeah.' I grab two packets and put them in our shopping cart.
'We're done.' Steve drives the cart to the counter.
I give him the money and he pays.
'Now we wait for the oth-' Steve stops talking.
'How are they already done?!' He yells.
The whole party is already standing outside.
We walk towards them with the hammocks and the lights.
'You guys have the easiest job and yet you're the last ones.' Max sighs. 'Idiots.'
'Alright. Steve, get your car.' Lucas says.
Steve nods. 'Come on, Dustin.'
They walk to the car.
'Something's off with Dustin.' I say.
'What?' The whole group asks.
'He hasn't said anything this morning.' I say again.
'Do you know why?' El asks.
'We had a date yesterday. Steve got mad at Dustin, but I think they're okay now. There's something else.' I say. 'Something different.'
'Maybe he's just tired.' Mike says.
I sigh. Mike is SO dumb. He never cares about his friends or family. He always dumps Will, he's rude to El and he doesn't even care about how Dustin is doing.
'I don't think so.' I say.
Steve parks his car and I open the back.
We put everything in the back and we sit in the car.
'We got eight hammocks and two packets of lights, by the way.' Steve says when he starts the car.
'EIGHT? How much did that cost?!' Max yells.
'The prices were lowered to 5 dollars. It's no biggie.'
'40 dollars for eight hammocks.' Max sighs.