Caught In The Loop | Steve Harrington X Reader

~006~ What Happened?

"No sweat." I ruffle his hair slightly and he still looks at me as I walk off back to the couch. Steve brings over bacon and eggs which be both eat together.

"Now that you're sober...wanna tell me why Billy hit in you in the face?"

I look toward him as we eat. "How do you know that?"

"Well..." He says putting a bit of bacon in his mouth. I chuckle as he has to eat that bacon before he can speak again.

"I could tell by the look on your face at the party and especially when Billy came up when Nancy walked off. You told me why but I'm not sure if it was the truth since you were a little drunk. And then you were going to start talking about him last night. You only managed to say one sentence and it was something on the lines like 'OH! Billy thinks he's so fucking perfect!'"

I laugh as Steve's impersonation and he smiles...happily. The same happy I saw him with Nancy.

"Argh. Billy was being a dick on the road. He wasn't listening to me or Max--my step-sister and he was going quite fast. I leaned over his shoulder to swerve the car and he punched me back, in the backseat."

Steve stares wide-eyed, stunned. "Why'd he need to swerve?"

"Because he was threatening to run over three boys."

Steve opens his mouth to say something, and quickly shuts it. We both quickly finish our food before Steve goes to the car and drives us to school. I get out the car as does Steve. But he has a serious look on his face.

"What?" I ask him.

"I've got a basketball game with Billy so just go into school normally. But stay by the gym so I can see if Billy does anything when he talks to you."

"Steve...are you, worried?" I ask.

I see his face blush and he coughs. "Well, you've already got a bruise on your eye! What's next, a broken nose?"

I shiver. That could be a possible reality.

"Go to your normal classes, then meet at the gym okay?"

I nod and we go in different directions. I try to avoid Billy as much as possible and I don't see Nancy at all. The first class goes by in a whirl, second slow. Steve has first break in the gym. I stand outside the big doors of the gym and watch.

Steve is wearing a blue shirt and sweating at that. He has the ball and comes face to face with Billy who isn't wearing a shirt. I roll my eyes.

Gross.

Steve bounces the ball for a bit. He slams into Billy and grunt, still bouncing the ball.

"Harrington, right?" Billy asks amused.

"I heard you used to run this school. That true?"

Steve ran the school? Like what? Popular kid? King or something?

"King Steve, they used to call you, huh? Then you turned bitch."

I snarl at Billy from the distance and Steve glances up at me. My eyes soften. Steve wasn't as bad as I thought he was...

"Hey, maybe you should just shut up and just play the game." Steve breathes. I silently gasp with shock and my hands fly to cover my mouth as Billy shoves Steve to the ground and takes the ball off him. He quickly gets himself back up and chases him.

"Hey..."

I turn around. Nancy.

"Hey..."

She frowns and looks out there. "I'm going to talk to Steve in a bit."