••••• "Don't don't you want me? / You know I can't believe it when you say that you don't need me" •••••
"This might be the stupidest thing I've ever gotten myself involved in, but I'm in."
In which Steve Harrington and Kimberly Henderson go from be...
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"Barb, pull over," Nancy instructed. "Pull over!"
Barb stopped the car and looked at Nancy, her face trying to hide her frustration. "What are we doing here?"
"His house is three blocks away," Kim pointed out from the back seat.
"We can't park in the driveway," Nancy said, like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Are you serious?" Kim said, rolling her dark eyes.
"Yeah, the neighbors might see," Nancy said, fixing her makeup.
"This is so stupid," Barb shook her head. "I'm just going to drop you off. Kim, you want to go get ice cream or something?"
"I would rather do just about anything than go to Steve Harrington's party," Kim replied.
"Just calm down, you guys," Nancy said. "You both promised that you'd go, so you're coming. We're gonna have a great time."
"He just wants to get in your pants," Barb exclaimed exasperated with her friend's stupidity.
"No he doesn't," Nancy denied, even though everyone in the car knew Barb was right.
Kim sat forward, leaning over the center console. "Barb, Nance is a big girl, she can make her own decisions. But, Nancy, I know Harrington. He's just gonna do it with you and then leave you because he's a total asshole."
"He wouldn't do that," Nancy said defensively.
Kim sighed and plopped back down in the back seat, knowing she wasn't going to get Nancy to listen to her.
"And besides," Nancy went on. "Tommy H and Carol are gonna be there."
Barb scoffed. "Tommy and Carol have been having sex since, like, seventh grade. It'll probably be, like, a big orgy."
"Gross," Nancy and Kim said at the same time.
"I'm serious," Barb laughed at their scrunched up faces.
"You guys can be, like, my guardians, alright?" Nancy started wiggling out of her sweet, innocent sweater and something a bit more fitting for a party. "Make sure I don't get drunk and do anything stupid."
Kim rolled her eyes. "Oh yeah, let's go to a party and be chaperones, sounds like so much fun."
Barb laughed at her friend's sarcastic comment before looking at Nancy and rolling her eyes. "Is that a new bra?"
•••••
The group of teens sat outside Steve's house by his pool. Kim had so many memories here from when they used to be friends. The two of them having contests of who could to the better cannonball, who could hold their breath longer, and stupid games of maco polo with kids neither of them had talked to in years.
Steve sliced a hole through his beer can and shotgunned it, trying to impress his friends. Kim and Bard traded a look before rolling their eyes, something they had been doing a lot since Nancy had started dating Steve.
