come out and play

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Billie

"So, how's Luca?" my friend Mauve asked wiggling her eyebrows, earning laughs from the others. I rolled my eyes as I sunk down into the pool, letting the water engulf me up to my shoulders. "Would you drop it?" I asked, fed up with the teasing I've been copping the last five months. 

"Billie? Are you actually blind or something?" my other friend Cormac chimed in. "For fucks sake guys, I'm not blind and Luca's not fucking gay." I spat. "Boys can be feminine to, masculinity is a spectrum."

"Calm down, tiger. I'm just saying that-"

"No! don't just say anything! just shut up about him please. I get your trying to 'help' me but I can fight my own battles and your just undermining me and my ability to actually get a boyfriend. If he really turns out to be gay then so be it."

Cormac sighed and took a swig from his drink and looked away from me. The pool area fell quiet, making me really question if these people actually are my friends or they're just using me. 

"You can't be pissed of at me for defending my boyfriend, seriously?"

I looked around at the group of people surrounding my pool, they all were avoiding eye contact and ignoring me. I huffed and got up out of the pool, walking over to where my towel was laid on the grass and picked it up. "All of you can go home." I stated wrapping it around my body and walking inside muttering under my breath. "Pricks."

I walked up to my bedroom and slammed the door. So much for having friends.

I walked into my bathroom and dropped my towel onto the floor and turned on the shower. Downstairs I could hear my front door opening and closing which meant they actually listened to me for once. 

I took down my swim suit and hopped into the shower. 

My phone buzzed by my bedside table so I made quick work in the shower to clean the chlorine off me before turning off the water and stepping out. I grabbed a towel off the rack and wrapped it around my body tightly. I walked over to my bedside table to see the notification I was expecting.

luca
how was the pool?

I took a seat on my bed and picked up my phone to text back.

luca ♡
323-678-9382

how was the pool?

not good 
i asked them all to leave

why? what happened?

they were being assholes

i'm sorry :(

it's okay

do you want me to come over?

I looked to my swimsuit sitting on the bathroom floor. 

yes please

okay 
i'll be there soon

I put my phone down and went back to my bathroom and hung up my towel. I slid my cold and wet swimsuit back on which is never a nice feeling. I grabbed the beach towel from the tiled floor and headed back downstairs to lay it on the grass again. 

I turned on some music to make me feel a little better and went inside to grab a towel for Luca. While I was there I also grabbed us some soda from the fridge and some snacks. I made my way back out to the grass and put all the items down in the shade while I laid down on my towel to get warm. 

I must have dozed off in the heat because I woke up to a hand on my back a little while later. I jumped and turned over quickly. "Billie?" Luca chuckled to himself. "I called your name so many times."

"Sorry," I shook my head, "I must've fallen asleep"

"You're fine," he giggled and helped me up. I rubbed my eyes and finally got out of my half dazed state. "Hi there," he smiled. "Hi," I laughed to myself and stretched my back. Luca put his bag down and kicked off his shoes.

"Are we going in or what?" he asked walking over to the edge, seeing me just watching. "Aren't you gonna take your shirt off?" I asked following him. "Nah," he shrugged. The question seemed to bother him but I didn't pry.

"Okay." I said simply, then pushed on his back so he would topple into the water. He yelped falling forwards but it was soon drowned out by the sound of the splash. The second he surfaced he swam back over to the ledge and climbed out, starting to chase me around the pool.

"Come here shit head!" 

He eventually cornered me and picked me up making me squeal. He waddled over to the edge and dropped me in the deep end, then jumping in after me and swimming away. I rose to the surface and got my breath back before laughing and swimming over to where Luca was in the shallow end. 

"Fuck my friends, they never make me laugh like you do," I said sitting by him on the ledge. "I'm not going to fuck your friends Billie," he joked making me roll my eyes, "Oh shut up."

He smiled and wrapped his arm around my side, pressing a kiss to my wet forehead, "I'm just playing. I love making you laugh." 

"What were your friends being assholes about?" Luca asked after a couple seconds of silence. "Oh, uhm they were getting pissed at me for stupid reasons," I said with a shrug. "Like what?" he asked. 

I stayed quiet.

"Billie?" he asked. "It's nothing" I lied.

"It was about me wasn't it?" he sighed. I looked up at him sadly. "Billie, didn't I say I wanted you to tell me if they were saying shit about me?"

"Yeah, but it's irrelevant because it's not true." I said making him sigh again. "Just tell me please," he said making eye contact. "They say you're gay, because you act feminine sometimes" I mumbled. Luca's face suddenly dropped making me look at him funny. 

"Wait. Are you gay?"

He immediately shook his head, "No, I-I do like girls I-" 

He got up out of the water and grabbed a towel. "Stop, don't do this. Talk to me please," I begged getting up and following him. He shook my hand off when I tried to stop him. "Luca what the fuck? Talk to me."

He made his way to my door. "I'm sorry I have to go, I-I can't- shit." He struggled to get out the right words as he walked out. I stood there, soaking wet half in shock that he just up and left so quickly without warning. 

"Luca?!"