steve and you had an interesting dynamic. it was weird, you dated last year, broke up due to… lifestyle differences, and now he’s pretty much best friends with your 13 year old brother. yeah… pretty weird. steve liked to drink and party and… get around and all that. he was a nice guy, don’t get me wrong, but you just weren’t like that. so, you broke up. and then a few weeks later, he’s buddy buddy with dustin. you’ve caught him at your house a few times randomly and you swear you’ve caught him looking at you. but, you’ve been trying to move past that and not be delusional.

it’s the night of the snowball dance for the middle schoolers. dustin’s been talking about trying to dance with some stacy girl tonight and apparently getting tips from steve was the best way to go about that. since he’s so good at getting girls…

anyway, you’re here volunteering and to drive dustin home. he’s getting dropped off by steve. you pour some of the punch into a cup for a kid and smile at him.

“here you go!”

you glance over at the window outside and see steve’s car and dustin getting out. then, steve looks up at you through that window too.