Eddie is treated to an eyeful of Steve’s ass in front of him as Steve brushes the grass from his pants. Eddie wants to protest and say it’s not necessary, but he can’t really afford to say no, so instead he jokes, “Gas, grass, or ass, no one rides for free.” Yeah, sorry, I’m fine, I’ve just… never done that before so I wasn’t ready,” Steve shoots him a bashful smile. A laugh escapes me. “You should know me well enough to know I’ll never stop messing with you. But tell you what, no matter how I feel about how the next game ends, I’ll make sure you get to Jessica’s. What do you say?”

Eddie doesn’t need to be told twice, he climbs up over Steve’s chest as Steve scoots down and wraps his arms around Eddie’s thighs. I show the message to David as I consider my options. I feel a rumbling in my belly, following immediate relief as a warm silent breeze washes over my prisoner, said silent breeze gives way to muffled screams and lots of frantic movement. I’m the very image of a rodeo girl as I stay firmly seated on the thrashing calf beneath me. I grab the top of his shirt to steady myself as I throw another hand in the air, lifting up an imaginary cowboy hat. Try as he might, Mikey is unable to pull his head out of my ass, much to his displeasure. Steve Harrington is definitely looking at his lips, and he’s not even trying to wrestle him off. Eddie starts to shift his weight to his legs so he can get off Steve, but his thigh between Steve’s legs brushes up against the crotch of Steve’s jeans, and he gasps. Mikey groans and reaches under my leg, producing his phone. He does something on it and hands it to me. “Here, I set a timer for 10 minutes. You have to get up when it goes off okay?”I’ve been here since lunchtime, I have had to put up with her farts for the last 2 hours, one of them even got me killed online! Your toll is to smell one.” David concludes as Mikey’s ears turn bright crimson. His eyes fall to the grey carpet.

Mmmph mmmphing?” Comes a strange sound from beneath me. I lift up and am once again greeted with the comedic sound of gasping and panic. Yeah. Butt. That’s what I was thinking too!.” I say as I grab the waistband of my pants and jerk them down to my thighs. Revealing a smelly pair of white panties. Thongs are uncomfortable. David points an accusatory finger at me. “It’s your sister. Ever since lunch she’s been blowing it up in here. I had to step out twice because it got so bad. So we settled on the incense to neutralize her.” He gestures to me once more as I begin to feel self-conscious. That’s more like it, you want a ride to see her right?” I feel Mikey’s nose move up and down. It was a strange sensation that I had come to realize meant he was nodding in the affirmative. When they get to Tina’s, Steve is relieved to see that he’ll be able to get out of Tina’s driveway.I give him a reassuring smile. “Think of it as away to know if the relationship will work? It might actually bring them closer together.” Remember to thank Jess, okay?” I say as I plop down onto Mikey’s face once more. His hands immediately travelling to my loosely covered cheeks in an attempt to lift me off. David regards me for a moment. “Gee I dunno Allie, a picture is too much.” He says, far too loudly. I shush him and point a finger downwards. David silently apologizes. Say uncle!” I laugh as he wriggles out from under the blankets. Despite my efforts, he breaks free and takes a gulp of fresh air as he escapes from the smelly cave under the sheets.

Steve might still be a bit of an asshole, but he isn’t about to leave Nancy wasted and completely stranded. He’s just glad that he’s not the one who has to take her home, especially while her words are cutting into him like hot knives. It was time to enact my master plan. “Well it seems the evidence is inconclusive, Mikey. Sorry, disqualified.” I could barely contain the excitement in my voice. I grin as Mikey’s face twists in anger and humiliation. So, if you know me, you know I love horror. Particularly, I love disturbing, soul crushing, day-ruining horror that makes me feel unnerved and uneasy in equal measure, but I’ve learned one thing about myself recently: extreme horror is very much not my thing. Ah, now I get it, using me for my gas and my grass.” Eddie tuts, but turns the van off nonetheless.Eddie may be gay and a virgin, but he’s not stupid. “Oh I see, get your date scared and then distract her, classic move.” I punch David on the shoulder. “Oh my god, shut up! It’s not that bad. I had a Diet Mountain Dew with lunch, you know the bubbles hate me!” I explain, defending my honor. This was one hell of an introduction to Judith Sonnet and while I’ll most likely need to take a breather in between reading her books, it definitely won’t be my last. Steve settles at the end of a table of band geeks, one girl talking animatedly about her Halloween while the others listen in. They barely bat an eye when he joins them. He keeps to himself, but he can’t help glancing at the Hellfire table every so often. He hopes that Eddie will join them. Steeeeeve Harrington, if I didn’t know better, I’d say you were putting the moves on me,” Eddie teases, hoping that the Steve he’s gotten to know tonight won’t suddenly get aggressively homophobic at the hint of a flirtatious joke.