chapter 40: eye contact

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Steve ~
"So, your mom knew?" Robin asks, sitting down at one of the chairs behind the counter. "Yeah. He wanted to get away from me that bad." I reply, shaking my head. "So, you won him back?" Robin asks, trying to change the subject. "Of course I did. It was just a fight." I respond, combing my fingers through my hair. "Mhm." Robin replies, looking down at her magazine. "What is that supposed to mean?" I ask, snatching her magazine away.

"HEY!" She yells, trying to grab it from my hands. I see a picture of Nancy in between some pages. "AWWWW." I exclaim, handing her magazine back. "Shut up, Harrington." Robin says, stuffing her magazine in a box, under the counter. "It's okay Robin. Look." I pull one of Eddie's rings' out of my pocket. "This is his?" She asks, admiring the ring. "Yeah. I kinda.. stole it from him." I reply, putting it back into my pocket. Someone walks in. Me and Robin turn towards the door, quickly.

"Romance movies?" A girl asks. I point to a section and she walks away. I turn around and look at Robin. She's holding a laugh in. "SHUT UP, ROBIN!" I exclaim, whispering. She smiles as she starts to read another magazine. The girl walks back up to the counter. I scan her movie. "$3.55" I say, holding my hand out.

The girl hands me the money and grabs her movie. She walks outside. Eddie's van pulls up and parks. He walks in. "Hey, aren't you supposed to be at work?" I ask, looking at him with a confused look.

"We close early on Thursdays." Eddie replies, hopping on the counter, and sitting in front of me. "What happened?" I ask, looking at his worried face. "Gareth had a crush on me, and he started to talk bad about you. I gave him a whole speech about how I love you and only you. You should have heard it, Harrington! I would have passed English, if I wrote something like that!" Eddie responds, laughing.

He looks so cute. "I hope you know, your cheeks are really red right now." Robin whispers in my ear before walking over to put some movies away. I gasp and cover my face. "Steve, what are you doing?" Eddie asks, bursting out laughing. "Um, I am... Wiping something off of my face! Yup. Just, wiping some uh... dirt off of my face?" I respond, taking my hands off of my face.

"Let me help you." Eddie says, before kissing me. "Steve, stop making out with your boyfriend, and help me put these movies away." Robin says, shuffling some movies around. Eddie places his hands on my cheeks and kisses me one last time before pulling away. I sigh and walk over to Robin. "Thanks for ruining that." I say, grabbing some movies from a box and putting them in a shelf. "This isn't your house. You're gonna scare the customers, Steve." She replies.

"Do you see any customers in here?" I ask, looking around. Me and Eddie make eye contact. "STEVE. CAN YOU PLEASE DO YOUR JOB?" Robin yells, shaking my shoulders. I roll my eyes and continue placing movies on shelves. "Are you staying at my house tonight? You can stay as long as you need to. But, it's because I love Lady and Ozzy." Robin says, throwing the empty box in the trash can. "Yeah, probably." I reply, walking outside.

Eddie runs after us. "Are you gonna ride with me or him?" I point at Eddie and hop in the van. After Robin drives off, Eddie gets in and looks over at me. "You're blushing again." He says, smiling. "Shit." I reply, looking away from him.

Eddie ~
I grab Steve's chin and turn his face towards me. His lips crash against mine. We sit there for probably thirty minutes just kissing each other. Steve pulls away. "We need to go. Robin's gonna be mad if we get there late." Steve says, rolling his window down. I nod and start driving to her house. I glance over at Steve a couple times. The night wind messing his hair up. I have to look back at the road, before I get even more distracted.

I park in Robin's driveway and we walk in. "There you two are! It's been an hour!" Robin exclaims. I see Lady lying on her lap. "Sorry. Traffic." Steve replies, sitting down next to Robin. I pick Ozzy up and sit down next to Steve. Ozzy falls asleep in my lap. "So isn't that Gareth guy the one from band?" Nancy asks. "You told her?" Steve asked, looking over at Robin. "Yeah. He played the drums." I say, gently petting Ozzy's head.

"Oh. So he told you that he like you or?" Nancy asks. "I heard him talking about it. He was saying bad stuff about Steve. I kinda... went off on him." I reply, setting Ozzy on a blanket and standing up. "I'm gonna go to bed. I've had a long day. Goodnight, love." I say, kissing Steve.

I walk to our bedroom and take my shoes off. I flop on the bed and wrap the blanket around me. I see Steve's shadow in the darkness. "You alright?" He softly asks, sitting down at the end of the bed.

"Yeah. I'm just tired. Come here." I say. He lies down next to me and smiles. I throw my arm over him and rest my head on his chest. He kisses my forehead. Steve starts strokeing my hair until I fall asleep. I open my eyes and see Steve shuffling around. He looks at me and smiles. "Good morning, sleepyhead." He says, pulling a shirt on. "Morning." I reply, stretching. "I'm going for a run.

You wanna come?" Steve asks. I look over at the alarm clock. "IT'S FOUR IN THE MORNING!" I exclaim. "Yeah. I used to jog in the mornings all the time, but when I got to senior year, I stopped. Come on, it'll be fun!" Steve says, pulling me up. "I'm not a runner, but I'll walk." I say, sliding my shoes on. He practically pulls me out of the house.

A/N: hey readers! one of my friends was complaining that there weren't enough kissing scenes so, kyli, i hope this is enough. this chapter had me giggling and kicking my feet while i was writing. i hope you enjoyed this chapter! much love♥️
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