ISSUES BILLY HARGROVE

CHAPTER TWO

WAKING up the next morning my head was pounding. I got up and got some clothes on and put on a little makeup.

I walked down the stairs, to see Steve already gone. So I decided to walk to school. The walk would give me time to think about what I would say to Billy when I would arrive. "Why would you lie to me about something like that" I said out loud.

"Oh, so you found out," someone said beside me. I didn't see Billy's blue Camaro beside me. He had his window rolled down. "Need a ride to school," he said lighting a cigarette.

"No thank you, I'll walk" I sassed back. He looked a bit taken aback by this, I'm gonna think he's never been rejected before. "Fine then I'll just talk to you, anyways."

"So I was thinking, you and me a fake date. Get our reputations up there a little bit, and then whoever wants to dump each other can dump each other" Billy said stopping his car completely. I turned towards him now and rolled my eyes. "Who says I want my reputation to be more, how do you say it "Up," I said grabbing the handle of his car and getting inside of it.

"Doesn't everyone want their name to have a little fame in this town?" he said smirking and driving again.

"Billy, your definition of fame and my definition of fame aren't the same, you see fame, the way every "bad boy" at our school sees it, you want everyone to know you for all the bad reasons" I looked over at him and I could tell his emotions changed, he was no longer happy, he was now mad that I called him out on it.

"Listen alright, just go with it for a couple of weeks," he said dodging what I had just said to him. "Fine alright I'll do it but we need ground rules," I said eying him.

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"Firstly, if u do ever fucking kiss me in public don't, and I mean this, don't full-on go for it, I'll most likely push you and storm off," I said fiddling with my fingers.

"Okay? Alright don't ask about what goes on at home" he said eying me.

"Alright, I'm not hooking up with you" I grinned.

"You never know, you might want to in the end" he winked at me and rolled down his window. "Doubtful," I said reaching into my bag and grabbing my cigarettes. I soon realized I hadn't grabbed my lighter this morning from my nightstand. I try to hide my packs of cigarettes. Why, because when you are in a family with expectations it's not "ladylike" to smoke.

"Do you have a lighter?" I asked him if, of course he would have one. He smokes a pack a day and his car for sure smelt like he would have a lighter. "Yeah," he said hovering over me, his chain with his lighter attached to it in my face. I scoffed a little and lit my cigarette. I'm surprised he hadn't gotten into a car wreck when he hovered over me.

"Oh also, you know how everyone else, puts their hand over their girl's shoulder, if we walk together you have to do that" I grinned again.

"Why, that's for softy's" he scoffed.

"Do you want me to do this or not Hargrove" I raised my eyebrows and smiled. "Fine," he said pulling into the school and a parking spot.

I was reaching for the car door but Billy had already beat me to it and opened my door for me. I rolled my eyes because it caused everyone to have their attention on us now. I got out of the car and he slung his hand over my shoulder.

"Oh also forgot one, you have to write me notes," I said low for only him to hear. He nodded and we made our way into the school.

I cursed at myself when my eyes hit Steve's.. "one more thing for me, well two, you tell no one and I'll drive u to school and home from school" he said making eye contact with Steve. "Yeah that's fine," I said trying to walk a little faster towards my locker but with his arm around my shoulder I couldn't escape from this one.