Teddy, Dustin and Erica went in search of the drugged duo in each direction. Teddy was definitely more than worried as they were not in the right state of mind and she was genuinely scared.
Suddenly, she stopped on her tracks as she heard someone laughing. She immediately turned around to see the voice coming from the washroom. Frowning in confusion, she took slow steps towards the door and held the handle, and was about to open the door. But, froze on her actions as she heard her new friend Robin's voice.
"Have you.... ever been in love?" Teddy's heart started thumping against her chest as she waited for the response from her ex boyfriend.
"Yeah. Nancy Wheeler. First semester, senior year," he said, imitating a gun shot sound as the duo chuckled inside. Teddy's shut her eyes as she felt her heart aching, physically. She turned around to walk away.
"Well, I thought that I was in love with her.... but, I wasn't actually," Teddy's feet got glued to the floor but she didn't turn back though. "I had a girlfriend, we were dating during our middle school days and honestly, those were the best moments of my life.... it's just crazy, like, I still remember how genuine my smile was. She was everything to me back then. I was new to Hawkins and I was an introvert---"
Seriously?" Robin chuckled softly as Steve hummed.
"Yeah, heck, I was such a dork and still she chose to be with me. She was the first person to talk to me in that stupid school and I actually made it quite difficult because it was new to me. I never had friends and when she started talking to me, I was scared that one day she might turn her back on me,"
"Did she? "
"Oh boy, I was wrong," Steve chuckled. "I was totally wrong. That girl is amazing. Seriously! She's beautiful, kind, selfless and what not? I can go on. She made me feel many different things that I couldn't understand at that time. It was new, again. Everything was new... and, luckily, she too felt the same way.... and she was the first one to confess,"
"How many years were you guys best friends?" Robin asked.
"Um, two years and then we dated for seven months," he said. "She liked me, but her dad didn't. So, he tried taking her away from me and I thought that she wouldn't leave me because she'd promised me.... so, I was kinda cocky about it," inside the washroom, Steve's smile faded as he leaned the back of his head against the wall. "But, because of one fucking incident, she left me.... she was taken away from me and that was worst days of my life. I was sixteen back then so I got influenced to many things and was the king Steve in high school. Dated Nancy Wheeler, thinking that I'd be able to move on,"
"You moved on?"
"I didn't" he said, without hesitating. "I couldn't. I know that it might sound fucking cliche but I'm least bothered about it. All I could think while dating Nancy was her..."
"Seems like you're still in love with her," Robin said.
"I am, Robin," he said, sincerely. "Always,"
"But, Dustin told me that you and Teddy had a thing back then?"
"I was talking about Teddy this whole time, Robin,"
Teddy couldn't hold her tears as she cupped her mouth and prevented making any noise. She leaned her back against the wall and sobbed her heart out. Her first best friend, her first boyfriend, her first love ─── Steven Harrington was still in love with her. She was angry on herself for leaving Steve because of her dad and she always regretted that decision of hers. She thought that he would be furious on her.
But, he was in love with her.
"Teddy, why are you crying?" Came Dustin's voice as she silently sobbed. "Are you hurt?"
Teddy shook her head.
"Hey, come on... don't cr---" Dustin's voice went silent as he listened carefully to the voice inside the washroom. Teddy wiped her tears and slowly got up. The trio went to the door as Dustin opened the door, revealing Robin and Steve with a smile.
But, Steve's smile faded at the sight of Teddy's stained cheek. He'd teary gaze was fixed on him as she sighed heavily. Steve could sense something was wrong with her but he couldn't comprehend it.
"What are you guys doing here?!" Dustin exclaimed as Teddy looked away and crossed her arms.
"I feel gagging! Gosh!" Erica scrunched her nose in disgust.
"No shit. We just puked,"
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