Say Yes To Me (Steddie)

Nail Polish and Eye Liner

Later that afternoon, Eddie and Steve were in his bedroom. Eddie was playing guitar for Steve, taking requests, while Steve flipped through one of the heavy metal magazines Eddie had stacked on the corner of his desk. Eddie was playing People Are People by Depeche Mode. He actually liked the song, though he would never admit that to Steve. He complained when Steve requested it, but he was glad he had. He was singing softly when there was a knock at his bedroom door. He and Steve both looked up as Chrissy and Jason came through the door.

"Baby cakes!" Eddie put his guitar down, propping it against the foot of the bed, and Chrissy hopped onto his lap and planted a big smooch right on his lips. "Did you find it?"

"Found it, pookie." She handed him a bottle of black nail polish. "I knew I had a bottle somewhere."

"She's going to paint my nails for me," Eddie told Steve as he stood up from where he'd been laying on Eddie's bed. "Kind of sloppy," Eddie told her. "I want them to look distressed."

"Distressed," Chrissy said with a definitive nod. "Got it."

"Hey, Jason," Eddie said as he smiled up at him. "Thanks for letting me borrow your girl."

"Just make sure you give her back in one piece," Jason laughed. Then he turned to Steve. "Why don't we go outside and shoot some hoops and let the girls play dress up?"

"Ooh! Dress up," Chrissy squealed. "Can I wear one of your Metallica shirts?"

"Only if I get to wear your cheerleading outfit."

Steve knew Eddie was joking, but the thought of that kind of felt like a kick in the gut. But in a good way. He quickly pushed that thought out of his head and clapped Jason on the shoulder. Jason leaned down and gave Chrissy a quick kiss then followed Steve out the window and across to his house. Chrissy slid off Eddie's lap to sit next to him and smiled.

"Check this out," Eddie said. "I did it." He stood up and pulled up his shirt. Chrissy's eyes went wide and her mouth formed an O as she examined his tattoo, reaching out, but not touching it. "Fucking cool, right?"

"It's fantastic," she giggled. "I take it your uncle has no idea."

"You, me, Steve, Jeff, and his uncle are the only ones," Eddie said. "And Jeff hasn't even seen it yet, he just knows I was going to go do it last night."

"It's hot," she told him. "I swear, if it wasn't for Jason, I'd jump you so fast."

"Calm down, sex kitten," he laughed. "Let it heal first. Then we'll discuss fucking each other's brains out." Chrissy giggled at that then hopped up on his desk, crossing her legs under her. Eddie sat down and laid his hand on her thigh as she shook the bottle of nail polish. "Hey, can I tell you something?"

"Of course." She started painting his nails, being careful to do it neatly, then dabbing at it with her fingers to scuff it up. "What's up?"

"Promise me this will never leave this room." Chrissy looked up into his eyes. She could see that he was dead serious and she nodded solemnly then went back to his nails. "I kissed Steve last night." She froze then raised her head slowly. "He asked me to and I couldn't say no. He used my 'say yes' thing on me."

"So, you didn't want to?"

"Yes," he said. "I mean, no. Fuck!" He gave her a pleading look. "I wanted to kiss him. I just didn't know he wanted to kiss me."

"Then what happened," she asked as she switched to his other hand.

"Then I told him I always wondered what kissing him would be like." Chrissy giggled. "I didn't mean to say that. It just came out. I was high and giddy and it just fell out of my mouth. So did me telling him how good a kisser he was.