• The Best Hargrove • Steve Harrington x Reader •

Chapter Twenty-Two

The more you all walked, the creepier this all seemed to you, and the more you just felt like getting the hell out of here more than you already did. "Couldn't we have tried a road, or something just slightly less creepy?" Robin muttered, looking around the gloomy area.

"I think we're getting close.. we're almost out of here, don't worry" Nancy reassured. You thought about it for a second, and you figured now would be a fine time to talk to Nancy. "Nancy!" you called, trotting up to her from behind. "Yeah, what?"

"Hey, I know you don't like me and all, but I just felt like I needed to apologize for all the mean stuff I've been saying to you" you apologized, looking down at your dirty white high-top converse. "No, you don't have to be sorry, I'm the one who's been mean to you, and I'm sorry.." she admitted, glancing at you nervously for a split second. "I guess I always just never liked you just because you're with Steve.. It's stupid, I know."

"I'm gonna be real with you, I don't think Steve should be holding us back from being friends, not that he's doing it on purpose, but I promise you I'm not with him to get back at you if that's what you think" you swore, making gestures with your hands. "No, I don't think that.. I'm not even gonna lie to you, I do still have a thing for Steve, but I see how he looks at you, and how his whole mood lights up when he's with you, and if you were to ask me, I'd say that he's really in love with you."

Her words made you stop and think for a second. Is that really what he thought of you? These thoughts brought a grin to your face, but Nancy's voice knocked you out of your train of thought. "I know it's really straightforward of me to ask, but.. friends from now on?" she looked up at you, and your eyes widened as she tucked her damp, curly hair behind her ears. "Yeah, friends" you accepted, holding out your hand for her to shake, which is exactly what she did.

"Oh and uh, thanks for.. this" you thanked, pointing at your torso wrapped with pieces of her shirt. "Oh no problem, it's the least I could do" she chuckled, scratching the area behind her head. You turned and looked behind you, seeing as Eddie walked alone, while Robin and Steve walked together. He was left alone behind all of you. "Hey uh, I'll be right back" you assure before jogging up to Eddie.

"Eddie" you whisper shouted, but he hadn't seemed to hear you. "Eddie! Hey man uh, I just wanted to say thanks for saving my ass back there" you spoke louder before he looked up from the ground to face you. You positioned yourself beside him and continued walking beside him. "Shit, you saved your own ass, man. I mean that was a real Ozzy move you pulled back there" he stated, referring to Ozzy Osbourne.

"Yeah, I guess you could say that" you laughed, making him giggle as well. "That was very metal what you did back there" he joked. "Henderson told me you were a badass" his words shocked you. You had never expected Dustin to be the one to say something like that. "Wait, Henderson said that?" you faltered, looking up from the ground to face him. "Oh yeah, Steve too.. He insisted on the matter in fact. He told me you cracked secret Russian codes and stuff. Shit, the kid worships you two dude, like, you have no idea.. It's kinda annoying to be honest." he rambled, nudging up to you every so often.

"To be honest, I don't know why I care what that little shrimp thinks, but uh.. I guess I got a little jealous" he admitted. "I guess I couldn't accept the fact that Steve Harrington and the queen of Hawkins High herself are actually good people" his words made you chuckle. "Me, the queen of Hawkins High? Yeah, I don't think so.."

"Oh yeah dude, are you kidding? Everyone literally loves you" he explained. You had never really noticed what people thought of you. There was a minute of awkward silence between you two, before he spoke up, breaking the silence.