barely anything → s.h

.three

I woke up next morning with a killer headache, which sucked. I squinted my eyes to look around the room and I noticed Elizabeth was gone from her side so I decided to head downstairs. I heard light chatter and I wondered who she was talking with because I knew Mom had work this morning.

I entered the kitchen and found no one but I didn't really care who was here, all I worried about was making myself a bowl of Frosted Flakes.

After I got the bowl of Frosted Flakes I headed to the living room where I saw Elizabeth and Steve watching a movie and sitting all cuddled together on the couch. I made my way awkwardly to sit on an armchair to the left of them. "Hey guys." I said in between bites.

"Hey." Steve smiled towards me. His eyes lingered on me for a couple of seconds and it made me squirm a little bit.

"Seriously Penny, no eating in the living room, mom's rules remember?" She scolded me and I rolled my eyes then got back up from my seat and made my way to the kitchen. I was finishing the bowl off right as Steve came in.

"Hey, can we talk?" His voice whispered and I cocked an eyebrow at him.

"Sure." I shrugged and crossed my arms. I was kinda surprised to see them cuddling especially since he had kissed me the night before.

"Um, about last night... I just don't want you to take Elizabeth and me cuddling as anything more than just friends, okay?" He tried to explain himself.

"No, no I get it... you probably felt bad last night or something. The kiss was nice Steve, thank you. I didn't really expect anything other than one kiss between us anyways. If you want to date my sister then just date her." I shrugged, I was speaking the truth. I was just kind of mad at him because if he really liked my sister why would he be kissing me in his kitchen instead of her.

"It's not like- it's not like that Penelope. I don't even want to date your sister." He countered and I just nodded slowly.

"Sure." I drug out the word in a sarcastic manner. No guy just cuddles with a girl because they want to be just friends and the same with Elizabeth. I headed back into the living room to watch the movie they were watching. Steve came back in a little bit after me and sat down next to her, not as close as they were before.

We watched the movie in silence, occasionally laughing at the funny parts that came along. After the movie finished Steve went back home to see his parents because they were finally home after the sixth months they had been gone.

I felt bad for Steve, not in a 'his parents neglect and abuse him' kind of way, but in a 'his parents couldn't give him any love even if they tried' kind of way. I remember when we were little he was always over at our house. I think he lived with us for a solid 9 months when he was 13. I know how it is to live without a father, I can't imagine to live like you didn't have any parents.

The home phone rang and I let it ring for a couple of seconds, I figured Elizabeth would get it but from the water running in the bathroom I would assume she's taking a shower. I ran to the phone and picked it up quickly. "Hello, who is it?" I breathed out politely.

"Hello, who is it? I didn't realize you were a receptionist at some daycare." The person from the other side of the line chuckled out.

"Ugh, whatever Steve. What do you want? Did you leave something here?" I asked, normally he doesn't just randomly call. "Elizabeth's in the shower right now if you wanted to talk to her." I sighed.

"I don't want anything, only thing I want is to talk to you." Steve said into the phone. I wrinkled my nose at his words he was too cheesy at times.

"Oh wow, my heart is racing at the thought that Steve Harrington wants to talk to me." I joked with him. I hope he could hear my sarcasm over the phone, if he couldn't I would actually sound like I liked him.

"I know that would make you fall for me." He said and I could feel his smile through the phone. There was a moment of silence and I wondered if he had hung up on me but his voice came in again as he said, "but anyways, my parents are home and they don't want me to leave the house but they said I could invite someone over and-"

"And you were wondering if I would come over to hang out because they don't like Elizabeth." I said, I knew he had some sort of agenda. He was just a bored teenager that had to stay home because his parents wanted to 'spend time with him'.

"Wow, that was exactly what I was going to say." He said and I nodded, as if he could actually see me. "But yeah you should come over, and bring your swimsuit I'm teaching you how to swim."

"Okay, I haven't actually agreed to this yet." I said, I didn't really like Steve's parents in all honesty. They walk around like they're entitled to something.

"Hmm... I'm pretty sure you have. I'll see you soon Penelope!" He exclaimed and quickly hung up the phone.

I guess I'm going over to Steve's today.

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So here's the third chapter!! Also I'm number 262 in the Joe Keery fan fiction even though this is a Steve Harrington fanfic but I guess that's okay🤷‍♀️. I hope you enjoy, I've been kind of busy with marching band so I hope this doesn't feel too rushed or not good enough. Please remember to vote and comment what you think! It will be much appreciated!

-Jaycee