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You Were There For Me

It had been an hour since school had let out and after having a fewsnacks to eat, two young women decided to study for the test thatthey would have tomorrow. Sitting with her best friend Maxine Johnson

on the living room couch, a young eighteen year old Laura Winslowflipped through a few pages in her notebook until she found what shewas looking for. Stopping her finger on a particular line, she looked upat Maxine who was staring at her giant Algebra II textbook as if it werewritten in Greek instead of English. Lightly nudging her on theshoulder, Laura looked up at her best friend who snapped out of theconfused trance she was in and smiled nervously in defense.

 “Sorry Laura, these problems are just too confusing,” Maxine sighed,wringing the collar of her blue shirt in jest. “I’m just not getting them.It’s like reading Japanese.” 

 “It’s all right, Max,” Laura responded. “Steve’s tried helping me a fewtimes but it still looks like chicken scratch to me.” 

 “Yeah, it’s like…we have to remember all this stuff from Geometry,like…what an obtuse angle is.” 

 “Right…I used to think an acute triangle was a triangle that was acutie, like Daniel Wallace.” 

 “Don’t even remind me of him,” Maxine sneered to Laura, whoremembered a certain someone who had tried to run off thewomanizing Daniel Wallace not once, but twice. Grunting at his namebeing mentioned, she nodded to Maxine. She remembered why Maxinewas upset at Daniel Wallace for the things he had done not only toLaura but to Maxine as well.

 “Hey there, gals!” The two girls heard a familiar high pitched voiceexclaim, followed by the front door of the Winslow home being shut.Maxine rolled her eyes as a person she did not want to see casuallystrutted right next to her.

 “What do you want, Steve?” Laura asked in her usual annoyed tone tothe smiling Steve, who was happily gripping both of his suspenders.He suddenly took two red tickets out of his pocket and began wavingthem in front of Laura, who responded by giving Steve her 'Don't try it'stare.

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 “Well, baby cakes,” Steve Urkel grinned even bigger, strutting in frontof Maxine and Laura as he continued to walk around the couch andback over to where Maxine was seated on the side facing the frontdoor. “Today is the first day of the annual Polkapalooza festival, whereonly the crème de la crème of Polka will be performing, and I’ve got

two tickets. So what do you say, sugar toes?” 

 “Steve! You already asked me this morning at school and during lunchand I’m gonna tell you for the last time! No, I will not go with you!” 

 “You see, she called me Steve this time instead of any other name,” Steve said looking at Maxine, who was trying her best not to laugh outloud at Steve’s false hopes of getting with Laura. “I’m wearin’ youdowwwwwwn, baby! I’m wearin’ you dowwwwwwwn!” Steve said as hemade his exit from the house. However, known to Maxine and alreadyfigured out by Laura, he would return later on.

 “He sure is persistent, isn’t he?” Maxine questioned her best friendwith a smile.

 “Persistent is an understatement,” Laura laughed and shook her head,returning her eyes back to the notes she had lying in her lap whileSteve was in the room.

 “But I have noticed something, Laura,” Maxine put her Algebra II bookon the coffee table and turned to face Laura, who was writing a few

problems down in her notebook from her study guide underneath. “Steve did make a good point in saying that you were a little moretolerant of him than usual.” 

 “Max, even though he is annoying, stubborn, clumsy, awkward,cantankerous, persis-“

 “I get it, Laura.” 

 “Right. But basically, Steve is just a friend. And that’s all.” 

Uh huh… Maxine thought to herself, nodding to Laura on the outside.But I have the feeling it could be more than that…

Laura put herself into her bed after taking her shower, changing intoher pajamas, and brushing her teeth. She tried keeping her eyesclosed but as soon as she tried to shut them they popped right open.

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Tossing and turning under the covers for a few minutes, theconversation she had with Maxine that afternoon began to echo almostirritatingly through her mind like it had done during dinner.

 “But I have noticed something, Laura. Steve did make a good point in

saying that you were a little more tolerant of him than usual.” 

 “Max, even though he is annoying, stubborn, clumsy, awkward,

cantankerous, persis-“

 “I get it, Laura.” 

 “Right. But basically, Steve is just a friend. And that’s all.” 

Looking out of her bedroom window to see the bright full moon shiningbrightly into her dimly lit room, she remembered the numerous timeswhen Steve would try to serenade her with his accordion outside herwindow only to fall off of the tree due to losing his balance. Not tomention the time when Steve and Lowell, his runaway orangutan, hadmanaged to make it into Laura’s bedroom to hide from being caught.Reluctantly agreeing to keep it for the night, the idea turned out okayuntil Lowell had escaped and ended up sitting next to her Aunt Rachelduring breakfast. Laura began to realize that Steve would do anythingfor her, even as much as pretend he was her while she studied at thelibrary. She smiled and tried to laugh it off for a minute at the thoughtthat Steve could be more than just a friend.

 Am I really smiling because of Steve? Steve Urkel? Could it be? That I 

have…feelings…for HIM? I mean, he's just doing it because he's a niceguy, right? But if that's true, why do I continue to treat him like this? 

If anything, Myra is better for him, right? But he still keeps trying togo out with me. Laura asked these questions over and over, notbelieving for a few seconds that she was happy about the things Stevehad done for her that any other man wouldn’t have done. Sitting up inher bed, Laura sighed and felt her eyes become heavy with a few tearsas more and more memories of good things Steve had done for herbegan to flash before her eyes.

She remembered Steve defending her honor by fighting Willie Fuffnerin a boxing match after taking a few boxing lessons from her father.

The day he tried to tell her about how Ted had started the rumor aboutLaura sleeping with him and she asked Steve and Eddie to help get ridof the rumor.

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The time he gave her an expensive ring for their “marriage” eventhough it was actually a school assignment. But, as he explained, itwas the closest he could ever get to marrying her.

The day Steve decided to step into the transformation chamber and

change into Bruce Lee in order to get Jack, the man from the bar theyhad stopped at on the way home from her debate finals, to apologizefor calling her a “bimbo” and a “tramp”.

Feeling more warm tears beginning to slide down her face, Laurawiped them from under her eyes and moved some of her long hair thathad fallen in front of her eyes away to the side.

Can I really be feeling this way? Why am I crying about Steve? Was

 Aunt Rachel right those few years ago? Am I really becoming moreand more of a friend to Steve? Or could he be…even MORE than JUST 

a FRIEND? 

More than just a friend? 

I liked Ted, Daniel, Rick…even the other boy I’ve had my eye on for a

while: Curtis. But none of them have shown courtesy or cared about 

me the way Steve has. He’s never really done any wrong towards me.

Calming herself down, she began to lie down again on her back.Putting the covers over her to cover her slightly cold body, she closed

her eyes and could feel the relief. The relief of talking to herself andreleasing her emotions that had slowly began to build over time abouther long-time friend Steve. Finding closure to who she felt could be"the one" she smiled and slowly drifted off to sleep.

 “Steve, you’ve been on your best behavior tonight for the prom and…for that I want to say thank you,” Laura sighed, looking at Steve whowas sitting a few feet away from her. It had been six months since shehad that sleepless night thinking about the conversation she had withMaxine and the thoughts about Steve. Also, now that Steve had movedin with her and her family, it now made it a bit more complex abouthow to deal with her feelings for Steve. It was now the end of theirprom night; the one Steve had been dreaming to go to with thewoman he continually declared his love for. Laura agreed to go withSteve since Curtis was unable to come due to the funeral of hisgrandmother and Myra had caught pneumonia. Riding back home fromthe prom in the limousine Steve had rented for the night, they were

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both eerily silent during a majority of the trip until Laura had finallydecided to break the ice.

 “Say no more, my pet,” Steve smiled, adjusting the collar of his tuxedofor a second. “It was well deserved.” 

 “Well, we’re here,” Steve announced after another ten minutes of silence as the limousine parked in front of Laura’s house. Both of themgetting out, Steve tipped the limousine driver who gave a nod with asalute and drove off. Walking up the steps to Laura’s front door, Steveopened it for her as she started to walk inside with Steve close behind.Stopping for a second before they could make their way upstairs, sheturned back around and looked at Steve. Seeing the serious look onhis face, Laura closed her eyes and sighed.

 “ Am I really becoming more and more of a friend to Steve? Or could it 

be…even MORE than JUST a FRIEND?” 

Yes.

But…we’ll have to see if it’s one hundred percent sure that it's Steve

before I even think about giving my all to him. Even if it’s a year or 

two years from now. I don’t want to be hurt again. Especially due tothe fact that I don’t know how I completely feel about Curtis now.

 “Steve…” 

 “Yes, sweetums?” 

 “Thanks again,” Laura stepped over to Steve and gave him a light peckon the cheek before heading upstairs. Smiling to himself, Steve beganto strut into the kitchen to fix a last minute snack before bed.

 “I’m wearin’ her dowwwwwwwn, baby,” Steve grinned before steppinginside the kitchen. “I’m wearin’ her dowwwwwn!” 

The End!