"Oh, thank god you're here!" Erika exclaimed as she opened the door. "Come in, come in." She pushed me inside Steph and her's apartment and closed the door, looking a little nervous to meet me.
"Thank you so much for coming." She said nicely as she threw on her coat and hat.
"It's fine really," I assured her and held out Steph's heels that I was holding. "What should I do with these?" I asked her. Erika looked a little confused that I was holding them but seemed to shake it off. "Probably in Steph's room," She said and led me down the hall. "Come here, I'll give you a tour really fast." She showed me the apartment and where everything was and eventually led me to Steph's room.
" And there she is!" Erika exclaimed as if she was announcing a circus act, and pointed to Steph on the floor. Steph layed there on her stomach, in a Nike hoodie and running shorts and one pink sock on her left foot. She lay there motionless and her curls were all over the place, then I heard her let out a groan. "Is she...is she okay?" I asked Erika, not looking away from Steph.
"Wha..?" Erika muttered, looking up from Steph's closet where she was borrowing a pair of boots. "Oh yeah, she's fine." She answered. "Her drugs are starting to wear off so she'll be a little bitchy and won't be thinking straight, a little no filter if you will. I left some painkillers on the counter."
I nodded and hoped to god Steph wasn't going to be in too much pain, it hurt me to see her upset over Jon and I know it would really hurt seeing her in physical pain.
"I gotta go," Erika yelled out, heading for the door. "I left my number on the fridge if you need anything! It was nice meeting you!"
"Nice meeting you too!" I yelled out. "Hope your Aunt's okay!" I heard the door slam and I knew that she was gone. And I was left alone with a drugged Stephanie, who starting groaning out in pain and from sleepiness on the floor.
Not knowing what to do, I sat down on the floor next to her, rubbing her back. She pushed her hair out of her face to see who I was.
"Tuu...kka?" She asked drunkenly. I smiled at her cuteness.
"Hi sweetheart." I cooed at her. She reminded me if a child in this moment, all adorable and vulnerable. "My face hurts..." She mumbled into the carpet.
"I know," I said softly and played with her hair. "Want some medicine?"
"Mhmm." She mumbled. "Gimme my drugs."
I told her I would be right back and left for the kitchen to get her some Advil,and I heard her groaning get louder gradually for at least 30 seconds straight. When I returned into her room, she sat upright, leaning against her bed, covering her face with her hands.
"I hate this." She said angrily. "I'm sorry," I said nicely and handed her the pills. "Take these." She took them from me and downed the whole glass of water with it.
"My mouth tastes like blood." She grimaced. "I wanna dieeeeee." She dragged the 'ie' in die and placed her head on my shoulder. That moved surprised me, but then I remembered she wasn't thinking straight. "No you don't," I protested to her. We sat there in silence for a few minutes and I listened to her breathing, then she asked me something.
"Wanna watch Miracle with me and cuddle?"




A few hours later, we sat in Steph's couch watching Miracle while she sipped a smoothie I had made her. She sat on my lap and slung her arm lazily around my shoulder and placed her head on my chest while I wrapped on arm around her waist and kept the other one on her leg casually. She sipped at her smoothie silently and watched the movie intensely, not taking her eyes off the screen.
"It's such a beautiful story..." She cooed. I chuckled a little.
"I guess so." I turned to look at her and saw her staring at me, looking completely serious.
"Do you think I'm pretty?" She asked randomly, the drunken tone still had not faded away. I stared at her, she looked so beautiful in this moment. Her green eyes shining bright and her curls all over the place, her full lips that made a perfect smile.
"No," I answered slowly. "I think you're beautiful."
Steph smiled a crooked half smile for a moment, then it faded and she went serious again. She took her arm that wasn't around my shoulder and wrapped it around my neck, never taking her eyes off mine. She leaned in slowly and pressed her lips against mine, and she tasted like strawberries from the smoothie. The kiss sent shivers down my spine and electricity through my body, and it took all I had in me not to kiss her back because I knew she didn't know what she was doing. I pulled away and she smiled weakly, then placed her head back on my shoulder and fell asleep. I really hoped I got to kiss her when she remembers it.



"I'm home!" Erika yelled as she burst through the door, waking up Tuukka and I. "She's fine by the way, just broke a rib or two."
I looked over at Tuukka and his eyes fluttered open and he yawned, taking off his SnapBack and running his hands through his hair, then putting his hat back on backwards.
"Shit," Erika said, looking at us. "Am I interrupting something?" Se actually looked sympathetic. I looked at Tuukka and realized I was sitting in his lap.
"Nononono," I mumbled and pushed myself off him but left my legs spread across his.
"Okay, good." Erika said with a smile and headed for her room. "I'll be right back."
I leaned against the couch tiredly. My mouth hurt like a bitch and I couldn't exactly remember why Tuukka was here.
"So tell me, Tuukka," I said to him. "How'd you get stuck babysitting me on this fine Thursday afternoon?" He was smiling, I didn't know why though.
" I guess Erika's Aunt got in a car accident, but she just said she was fine so..." His voice trailed off and I nodded, still feeling a little weird from the drugs.
I sighed and rubbed my forehead.
"So how bitchy was I?" I asked him, hoping I hadn't said anything mean. I already felt bad enough that he got stuck with me. He shrugged and smiled weakly.
"You were kinda no filter," He started. "Not thinking."
"Oh god," I said, sitting up straight. "What did I do?"
"You kinda..." His voice trailed off as if he couldn't find the words.
"Kinda what?" I asked staring at him.
"You kissed me." He admitted sheepishly.
"Oh my god." I groaned, face palming myself. "I'm so sorry Tuukka, I didn't know what I was doing, well not that I wouldn't have done it if I wasn't all drugged up, but I just-"
"Steph," He said with a smile and tucked a piece of hair behind my ear. "It's fine, I enjoyed it, really." He pecked my cheek and brought me into a giant hug. He enjoyed it! This was amazing, he liked me! I was so happy I hugged him back with such huge force he toppled over and I fell on top of him on the couch. We layed there, giggling cutely at each other when he asked me something.
"Wanna go out ice skating with me Saturday night?" He asked as he hugged my waist. I nodded and giggled.
"Tuukka Rask," I teased him. "You're not asking me out on a date, are you?" I winked at him and played with his curls.
"Well how could I not!" He exclaimed. "Just look at you..." I giggled and traced his jaw with my thumb lightly, suddenly going serious.
"You're not that bad yourself..." I said very softly. I looked at his lips then back at his eyes, they were full of passion and almost looked like they were begging me to do something. He stared at my lips and bit his, God that was hot, and sent butterflies through my stomach. I started to lean in slowly...
"STEPHANIE!" Erika screamed out from her room, scaring the shit out of Tuukka and I and we scrambled off each other, acting as if one of our parents and just walked in.
"What?" I yelled out but instantly regretted it because my face hurt. Tuukka got up and kissed my cheek, whispering in my ear. "I'll pick you up at seven." I nodded and mouthed the word "okay" and watched him as he grabbed his coat and left, closing the door softly behind him.
I rubbed my eyes and waddled torwards Erika's room, she was bent over and. Searching through the drawers in her dresser, looking for something.
"What's wrong?" I asked her.
"I thought you stole my leapord bra but I found it." She said, waving the heavily padded piece of clothing in my face.
"Is your Aunt okay?" I asked her.
"I'll tell you tomorrow, you need to rest so you're not a bitchy in class tomorrow." She said and looked at me. "Why are you smiling?" I didn't even realize that I was.
"He asked me out.." I said with a giggle.
"What!?!?" Erika stood up ans screamed, pulling me into a hug and jumping around with me in a circle. I felt like I was fifteen again but I didn't care. "Oh my god, I'm so happy for you!" She screamed.
"I really like him," I blushed. "Like a lot."
"I can tell,"Erika giggled. "But you need to sleep! Bed!" She pointed to my room. I nodded and yawned, dragging myself to my room.
I crawled into bed and tried sleepily, but I failed miserably because I couldn't stop smiling.

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