Still Time / Billy Hargrove

── 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍

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CHAPTER FOURTEEN

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     WILL RUSHED INTO ADDIE'S ROOM SAYING THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY. A million thoughts ran through Addie's mind. Was he in trouble? Was it more nightmares? Something with the Upside Down? Will announcing that he thought their mom had a boyfriend, however, was not on the list of possibilities.

"Umm... what?"

"I think mom has a boyfriend. I heard her on the phone yesterday talking to someone named—"

"William! Adeline! Could you both come out to the living room please!" Their moms sudden loud voice caused them both to jump a little. Despite it having been a while since everything happened, loud noises still scared the 2 of them.

Addie and Will looked at each other, eyes wide. "When is the last time she used our full names?" Will whispered as he followed his older sister out to the living room.

"I wanted to introduce you both to someone. This is Bob," Joyce motioned to the man next to her.

He looked friendly, and he smiled and waved to Addie and Will.

"Hi, I'm Addie," she took a step forward and held her hand out. Her mom looked at her and mouthed "thank you". Addie knew this man must be important to her mom if she was introducing him.

"Nice to meet you Addie," the man smiled and shook her hand. "Your mom mentioned that you preferred that to Adeline."

"Yeah, it feels fancy. I mean I like it, but with school, and friends, I think Addie's better." She stepped back and nudged Will, who copied her and introduced himself and shook Bob's hand.

"So how do you guys know each other?" Addie asked.

"Bob's the manager over at Radio Shack, that's how we met, I went in there one day. And... we're dating." Joyce breathed a sigh of relief, having anxiously awaited the moment she'd introduce Bob to her kids.

She wanted to wait until Jonathan was home too, but she felt like her kids were all so busy that at any given time, at least one of them was out doing something.

"Oh," Addie smiled, noticing how her mom blushed from that last sentence.

"Cool," Will added. That seemed to break some of the awkward silence that was building, and they all chuckled.

"I like your shirt," Addie noticed what Bob was wearing. It was a comic book shirt, with the cover of a Spider-Man edition on the front.

"Thanks! Are you into comic books?"

"I like to look at them every once in a while, it seems a little intimidating to start getting really into them now when there's so many."

"Oh it's not intimidating at all! I used to love them as a kid, sort of fell out of that love when I got older but lately I've been picking up a book or two whenever I see them. Let me know if you need any recommendations."