i love you ✧ S.HARRINGTON

seven.

"I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die!" Margaret broke down in the back of Steve's car, while the two finished buying meat for the plan, she couldn't help but to think of how bad she'll get scolded for disobeying her parents.

"He can't kill you if you don't go home" dustin smartly replied, Steve nodded and chuckled. "Exactly."

As they got off of the car preparing their way towards the junkyard, margaret took her deep breaths. Steve nudged the side of her stomach, "check this out" he took the rubber band from the meat packaging and flipped his hand so that it hugged every tip of his finger.

"Pick one" he smiled.

"Steve, not now."

"Come on, pick one! It'll be quick." Her eyes narrowed down back to his hands and groaned. She picked his left middle finger, "Pick another one" she picked his right index finger.

"Last one" she picked his right ring finger making it drop, "a girl!" He shouted.

"What?"

"You're gonna have a girl" he softly cheered "whoo!" He waved his hands in the air looking up at Margaret rolling her eyes and softly shoving him.

"you're something else" They passed Dustin screaming into the walkie talkie and threw the meat.

"Not too close! We'll run out before we get there." Steve chuckled and listened to Margaret, he took seven steps before throwing another chunk.

"My dad's gonna kill me." She couldn't help but to say it, it worried her so much. Steve listened to her talk, as she explained she never done something this rebellious. Dustin caught up to the two distancing them as he threw meat from the middle.

"Hey, Henderson, we were having a conversation." Steve annoyingly informed. Margaret smiled watching as the two argued, she didn't care if Dustin got in the middle of the conversation, she was just happy Steve was. As they stayed quiet they heard mumbling from dustin, Steve turned to him "what's wrong with you?"

"What? Nothing."

"Why are you talking to yourself?"

"No reason-"

"Cough it up" dustin sighed and felt no reason to hide it. He began telling him about the new girl Max that came into his life. Margaret listened to him explain how he got himself in this position in the first place. Her eyes trailing onto Steve as he listened and made faces at certain points of the story. Dustin sped up as nervousness grew knowing how dumb he sounded.

"Alright, so lemme get this straight. You kept something you knew that was probably dangerous to impress, a girl, who you just met?" Steve summarized the situation while he left a small quiet chuckle next to Margaret.

"Alright" Dustin inhaled "that's grossly oversimplifying things." He replied.

"Why does the girl like this nasty slug anyway?" Steve questioned.

"An interdemensional slug?" Dustin chuckled "because it's awesome."

"Well, even if she thought it was cool- which she didn't, I just," steve caught up to the kid and shook his head "I don't know...I just think you're trying way too hard man."