i never said i liked you (book 2)

bad turkey day

{stephanie}

1:30 pm

I sat in my room as tears silently slid down my face, how could Steve talk to Nancy like they were friends...how could he do that right after our fight? To be frank, I was sort of hoping Steve would skip Thanksgiving...I didn't want to see him. Instantly, my door slammed open and Kylee appeared. She shut the door and sadly looked at me, "Awe Steph." She climbed next to me on my bed and wrapped my arms around me, "Talk to me, what happened?" "Steve and I got into a fight last night and today when I opened the front door, he's standing there talking to Nancy like everything is okay." She wrapped her arms around me tighter, "Everything is gonna be alright Steph, but let's just take your mind off of Steve for a moment. How come Nancy brought Bryce?" "Not sure, I talked to Cherry earlier and she said Nancy knows about us hanging with her at the diner," "Oh man, what does Bryce have to do with any of this though?" "She probably has a plan, and she needed help from her twin to pull it off."

{nancy}

1:35 pm

I pulled Bryce out of earshot from everyone else, "Go upstairs and kiss Stephanie," "What?!? I'm not-," "There is no time for your protest! Just do it now," "No way!" "Bryce! Don't fucking mess with fire!! Go now!." He glared at me, "Make me," "Hey buddy, I got Polaroids from your ex in Indiana. She gave them to me before we left," "Maddie wouldn't do that?" "Really?." I pulled out the Polaroids from my purse and dangled them in his face, "So this isn't you!?." He tried to grab them but I quickly pulled away, "Go do what I asked, and you can have them."

{stephanie}

1:40 pm

Kylee was trying to cheer me up when there was a tap at my door, it opened and Bryce poked his head in, "Kylee you were requested downstairs by your boyfriend," Kylee rolled her eyes, "Oh alright. Steph I will be right back." She took off downstairs, Bryce stepped in and looked at me, "Nice room," "Thanks," "You know what's even nicer?" "What's that?" "Your body." I uncomfortably looked at him, "Oh...uhm-," "Don't deny it," "Look, we should probably get back downstairs," "Not quite yet." He came closer to me and cupped his hand around my cheek, and in seconds he pressed his lips to mine and there was flash of light. I pulled away and Nancy was standing in my room with a Polaroid camera, she took the snapshot and waved it around waiting for the image to come clear. She sighed, "Damn Steph, how's Steve gonna feel about this?" "You set this up!! You made your brother kiss me," "Oh honey, no. I didn't make anyone do anything. I just want to show your boyfriend what kind of trash he's dating." I got up and tried to grab the picture from her hand but she took off down the stairs, I chased after her. The boys looked at each other from all the commotion, Nancy ran into the dining room and put the picture in Steve's hands. She crossed her arms and smirked, "You'll never believe what I just saw." Steve looked at the picture and his eyes immediately saddened, he looked at me hurt, "S-Steph...are you joking?!?." I defended myself, "Steve, it is not what you think! She made Bryce kiss me, she wanted to make it look like I was cheating on you." Nancy acted all innocent, "Why on earth would I do such a thing?" I glared, "Because you're an evil cunt," Kylee smirked, "She's right." Darry raised his voice, "Stephanie, there is no need for name calling, let's all just relax-," "No Darry! Nancy is trying to brainwash everyone." Sodapop arrogantly spoke, "Now Steph, Nancy didn't do anything wrong-," "Oh of course you would take her side," "There are no sides, but I mean...there is a Polaroid of you kissing a different boy," "He kissed me!!." Nancy clicked her tongue, "My brother would never kiss a taken girl, if you ask me, Stephanie probably made him do it against his own will."I glared, "Well, why don't we ask him what he thinks?." We all looked around the room and realized that Bryce had already snuck out before he could be questioned about anything, Nancy smirked, "See Steve? I told you that she was a dirty little cheat-." Before she could finish her sentence, I brutally slapped her. Darry sternly spoke, "Stephanie!?!! What is the matter with you?." The entire house went silent, I tried to speak, "I-She...I, I didn't mean to!!." Sodapop held onto Nancy and angrily glared at me, "How could you do that to my girlfriend?!? You're fucking crazy Stephanie." Tears welled in my eyes as my brother harshly spoke to me, I looked at Steve and he just had that same puzzled look on his face. I ran out of the house, slamming my screen door.

{cherry}

2:00 pm

I was sitting in my empty house watching tv, the silence was really starting to take a toll on me, until my doorbell rang. I opened the door to find Bryce, sweating and his clothes in a disheveled mess. I wrinkled my brows, "Bryce! What on earth happened to you," "Cherry, I gotta tell you something." I pulled him inside and shut the door, "Bryce why are you a sweating mess?" "I walked over here from the Curtis's," "You walked all the way here?!?" "Yeah," "Why were you at the Curtis's anyways?" "Nancy made me go," "Oh." He sympathetically looked at me, "Look, I need to tell you something...and you cannot hate me," "I could never hate you Bryce." He pulled me into my living room and sat down with me on the couch, he looked at me sadly, "Cherry...I did something stupid, but I had to do it," "Okay...what happened?" "I..Nancy made me do it," "Do what?." Suddenly, we were interrupted by my doorbell going off again. I sighed and went to answer it, when I opened the door...I was immediately met with Stephanie who had tears running down her face, and that's when I knew...Bryce had something to do with it.
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~k