𝐏𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋𝐒 ; 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑥 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑥 𝑚𝑎𝑥

steve harrington's advice

y/n's p.o.v

i slam the front door shut.

why do i have to ruin everything? first i lose eleven and now i've lost max.

life is so fucking unfair.

"hey, y/n/n. how was scho- wait, what happened?"

"just leave me alone steve." i run up the stairs and angrily open my bedroom door open.

i drop my bag on the floor and flop onto my bed.

"y/n, please tell me what's wrong." steve says, slowly walking into my room.

"why does life have to be so confusing?" my voice muffled by my pillows.

"so you're in one of those moods. are you on your... ya know?" steve lowers his voice.

"my period?! what the hell?! why would you ask that?!" i look up at him. "i'm just upset, angry... in love."

steve jumps onto my bed.

"who is it?! is it mike? will? dustin? lucas? which one?" steve has a beaming smile on his face, i can tell that he's been waiting to give me advice on boys for ages.

"ew, no, none of them!" i roll over so i'm laying on my back and steve lays next to me.

"do i know him?" steve looks at me.

he doesn't get it.

"yeah, you don't know him." i sigh.

will he accept me if i tell him that i'm in love with a girl? or two girls for that matter.

"describe him for me then." steve adjusts his position so he's completely facing me, as i do the same.

"well, they're so cool! they skateboard, play video games, and likes me for me." i smile.

"wait, he admitted he likes you?!" steve sits up.

"yep, and we kissed and we were supposed to go on a date, but i ruined it. mike doesn't want them in our party, so i sort of acted like i agreed with mike, but i don't. i want max in our party." a sigh leaves my lips.

thank god max is a unisex name.

"well, tell him that. tell him that you don't agree with mike. just be completely honest. honesty is key." steve pulls me into a hug.

"thank you, i'll do that." i lean into him. "how is things going with nancy?"

i can feel him tense up, something obviously happened.

"things are going alright." it's an obvious lie, but he's most certainly still heartbroken, so i'll just pretend that i believe him.

"that's good." i pull away from the hug. "i'm going to go find max, apologise and tell he-him the truth." 

"good idea, kid." steve stands up. "will you be home for dinner?" 

"probably not, i'll call you when i'm on the way home. bye steve!" i call running down the stairs and leaving to find max.

max's p.o.v

"if you're not out in an hour-" billy begins as i get out the car.

"i'm walking home. yeah, yeah, i know." i answer back.

"hey! watch the attitude, shitbird." billy growls.

i get my skateboard and slam the car door shut, as he speeds off. 

i stick my middle finger up at him as i walk into the arcade.

i swerve in between people to get to the dig dug machine, but instead of seeing a colourful screen, i see a 'out of order' sign.