are you gonna be my girl? - steven hyde fic.

hit and run

forman's basement. 4:20pm.

'so you guys seriously wanna do that?', eric asked, his voice laced with concern, 'isn't that basically social homicide?'.

'if you're such a big star wars fan, forman, where's the spirit of justice within you?', maeve asked, attempting to coerce him. both her and steven looked at eric and donna with hopeful eyes. they needed some sort of reassurance that their revenge plan was good. 'you know what? i'm in', donna said with a big smile, 'i got your back, cherry', she nudged maeve's shoulder playfully. steven almost cracked a laugh at donna's nickname for maeve, silently scolding himself for not thinking of it first. meanwhile, eric looked at her with a half-forrified half turned on expression. he sighed, 'alright, i'm in too'.

maeve and steven looked at each other, both wearing a victorious grin. they had just the plan to prove pam that she picked on the wrong person. and also to make sure she won't ever do it again. 

after the evening settled, steven climbed up maeve's window, as he often does. she let him in and they stayed up most of the night discussing their plans. steven liked maeve's room because although it wasn't the biggest in size, it was full of her personality - movie and band posters all over the walls, random drawings of hers, her massive book and vinyl/tape collections and all the little things she has accumulated over the years. it was the warmest room out of her whole house, and definitely the warmest room steven has ever been in - almost like the home he never got to have of his own.

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the next morning, maeve woke up with a knot in her stomach. she felt anxious, obviously, and was also concerned over her bruise. luckily, her parents weren't home when she went downstairs to grab a bite. she made her way back into her room, grabbing a fancy suit (basically a black women's tuxedo with a white shirt and black tie) and her black sunglasses. hyde and her would usually dress up whenever they had a mischievious plan - it made them feel like they were in a movie. she looked at herself in the mirror and put on her sunglasses, covering half of the bruise under her eye. 

she knocked on her little brother's door, 'tommy, are you ready?', she said before entering his room. he was just putting his books in his backpack. tommy was 8 and he was a very smart kid. he chuckled at the sight of his older sister all dressed up, 'what is this? did you enroll in the mafia?'.

maeve dropped tommy off to school. she talked to him about her and hyde's plan. tommy liked hyde, he was starstruck by his attitude and wanted to grow up to be like him. tommy called him 'rockstar' and whenever maeve would talk about him they would use that nickname. 

when maeve arrived to school, she felt a rush of excitement. she spotted steven from across the hallway, wearing a white shirt and a black tie as well. he gave her a nod, signaling the beginning of their plan. maeve made her way to her class, acting innocent. meanwhile, steven was on a mission. the other day, he had talked to one of pam's female friends and through his irresistible charms, convinced her to record a private conversation on a tape. earlier in the morning, he had met up with the girl and she handed him the tape - which had what seemed to be pam talking trash about everyone, even her close friends, while at a sleepover. steven had to pay the girl for her services, but it was worth it because he did it for maeve, and he could never put a price on her. now, all he had to do was tell donna and eric to start their own part in the plan - to distract the principal from his office so he and maeve can sneak in there at exactly 8:35am to play the tape for the whole school. donna and eric had settled on making out in the janitor closet. they knew that the janitor usually goes there after the first class begins and thought it would be a perfect intervention. everything went according to plan, the janitor, already tired of all the kid drama going around, went straight to the principal and called him there to evict them himself.