Our Never Ending Story | Steve Harrington x Reader

[1] The Woods

I wake up with no energy, at all. I look beside me and see my alarm clock. Shit shit shit! I'm going to be late again, and I have Miss. Jenkins first period. I swear she has it out for me.

"Dad!" I yell.

No answer.

"Dad!!" I shout louder.

No answer again. I manage to crawl out of bed and go into the living room where my dad lays on the couch. Sound asleep with empty beer cans around him. I pick up the beer cans and put them in the trash. I get dressed quickly and get on my skateboard and ride to school. My dad is supposed to me giving me a ride but he always says that and never does so I'm used to it at this point.

As I get into school, the bell has already rang and I already know I'm going to get a detention again. I walk into the classroom and see everyone stare at me.

"Your late." Miss Jenkins says.
"Wow, didn't know that." I say sassily rolling my eyes making the class snicker and whisper.
"Detention after school, Elizabeth." The teacher say and I feel the anger boil inside of me. She knows I hate it when people call me Elizabeth.
"It's Lizzy." I say.
I sit down and open up my textbook.
"You better be careful, Miss." Carol says, "The snitch will get her daddy to arrest you."
I ignore her. She's such a prick.

After first period I find Jonathan by the lockers.
"Thank god I found you." I say and give him a friendly embrace.
"Get a room, freaks." Tommy H says walking past us. I roll my eyes.
"Ignore him." Jonathan says.
"Anyway, I have after school detention again." I tell him.
"Late again?" He asks and I nod. The bell rings and me and Jonathan go our separate ways. In the middle of class I feel my nose start to drip and soon it starts to pour with blood. It goes all down my shirt, staining it.

"Miss hopper? Would you like to go to the restroom?" The teacher asks and I nod and run out the classroom. How embarrassing. The blood stops coming out and I start rubbing my shirt to get the blood out when I bump into someone. I look up and see Steve the hair Harrington. I sigh and barge past him, but for some reason I feel my heart beating faster. I get to the bathroom and get tissue out of a stall and start wiping the blood. I leave the bathroom and see that Steve was waiting for me.

"What do you want, asshole." I say walking to class quickly and him following behind me.
"Are you bestfriends with Nance?" He asks and i stop.
"Why?" I ask.
"Don't tell her I said this, but I'm kind of into her. We've made out a couple times." He says.
"Gross. But I don't know why you're asking me." I say and he stays silent.
"Sorry." He says and walks off. I scoff and walk back to class with my heart beating fast. Why do I feel like this? I ignore it. The bells rings and I head over to the detention room.

"Again Miss Hopper?" The teacher sighs, "have a seat."
I look around the room, looking for somewhere to sit when I see Steve give me a little wave and signals for me to sit by him. I sigh and sit next to him, getting my homework out of my bag.

"Hopper." Steve whispers. He pokes my shoulder and turn to look at him.
"Can you help me with this?" He asks signaling to his sheet of paper. I take his paper and study the question.
"56. And it's shocking you don't know that." I say and hand him the paper back.
"Yeah, thanks." He says chuckling softly.

"Okay, you can go." The teacher says and me and Steve get up.
"Harrington, you still have 20 minutes."
I laugh softly and he gives me a look. I grab my bag and wait for my dad to come. Obviously, he doesn't. So I start walking home when a car pulls up beside me. God, he won't stop bugging me.

"Need a ride, Hopper?" Steve asks me. I look down the road and see that it would take me at least an hour to walk to my house, so I say nothing and get in.
"Take me to the Wheelers house." I say and he starts blushing.
"Nancys house?" He asks and I groan and nod. He drives me there and as I get out he calls my name.
"Hey, uh. Can you not tell Nancy about..." Steve says.
"Yeah, I won't." I say. I definitely will. I go down to the basement and see that Mike is doing his campaign with the rest of the party.