003 (Billy Hargrove x OC)

Chapter 4

-Third Person POV-

Trisha Henderson and Billy Hargrove were walking deeper and deeper into the forest.
Until they found a cabin...
"Wait" said Billy when he saw the tripwire.

"Thank you" she said and she stepped over it.
"Is this where your sister is?" he asked.
"I do not know" she said and opened the door. "El?"

The place was a mess, it was like a tornado went off.
"This place looks abandoned" said Billy.
"No" said Trisha and he looked at her. "She was here"

She was looking at a drawing.
"Three and Eleven" said Billy when he saw the numbers over the people in the drawing.
"That's us" she said and he frowned.

She pointed at Eleven. "Sister"
She pointed at Three and said: "Me"
"But why does it say Three?" asked Billy, he saw the wrist of Trisha and saw the tattoo.

003

"What the hell?" he said and took her hand to look at it closer. "Who did this to you?"
"Papa" she said. "Papa said it was my name"
Billy didn't know what came over him, a wave of anger, rage.

His father was a shitty father, but not even him would name his children by number, or even tattoo in on their arms.
'What the hell happened to you?' wondered Billy.
He suddenly drew her closer and hugged her tightly.

"What can you tell me about him?" he asked.
"Bad" was all she said.
He hugged her tighter and she softly placed her hands on his back.

'Damn it... I was totally wrong about her. It's more than a shitty childhood' he realised.
"Billy" she said. "I need to breathe"
"Sorry" he said and let her go. "So, your sister was here"

"Yes" she said and looked around.
"You think your father got her?" he asked and she shook her head.
"Papa is gone" she said.

'Good' thought Billy.
"Other bad men are still out there" she said. "The bad men with Papa"
"Is that why you didn't want to go to the hospital?" he asked and she nodded.
"Always searching" she said. "For sister"

"Why?" he asked.
She walked into a bedroom and sat down on the bed.
She smiled, Trisha knew her sister was alive, that was all she needed for now.

"She is special" she explained. "Papa always liked her more"
Billy just sat down next to her.
"Told you it was a long story" she chuckled. "And this is not even the beginning"

"I have time" he said and she laid her head on his shoulder.
"Maybe one day" she whispered. "But not today"
"Okay" he said. "But I promise. I'll never let anyone hurt you again"

"Why?" she asked. "You do not even know me"
"I'd like to" he said. "You make this shitty place, less shitty"
"Less shitty?" she chuckled.

"Yes" he said and a smile appeared on his face.
"You're happy" she said and looked at him. "This is the first time I have seen you really smile"
"What are you talking about?" he asked. "I'm always smiling"

"Yes, but this is different" she said and held his hands. "For once you're not angry"
"I'm never angry at you" he said and she smiled.
"I know" she said and he was relieved. "We should go back. They will be worried"
"Sure" he said and held her hand as they both walked back.

He drove her home, often stealing glances at her.
"Hey, Trish" he suddenly said and she looked at him. "I hope one day you'll tell me more, about everything"

"Me too" she said and he knew what she meant. She had never asked, because she knew it brought up bad memories for him. It would make him angry. She was leaving it up to him to tell her about himself. And that... that made Billy's heart skip a beat. Someone who was not running away from him, someone who was giving him the space he needed. Billy had only experience with women who wanted to be with him for nothing more than to sleep with him. He never had met someone who wanted to be with him, for who he is.
At that moment, Billy made a promise to not mess this up. That one day, he would make Trisha Henderson his.

~

At the Henderson Household

"Trisha? Is Mews really not in the cellar?" asked Mrs. Henderson.
"No, I looked twice" said Trisha. "She is not outside?"
"No" cried Mrs. Henderson and Trisha hugged her adoptive mother.

"Maybe Dustin heard something" said Trisha. "Let's go and ask him, okay?"
"Good idea" said Mrs. Henderson.
Dustin was still on the phone, but Trisha could tell something was off.

"Dusty, baby, you're sure she's not in your room?" asked Mrs. Henderson.
Dustin held up his finger. "Uh-huh" he said at the phone. "Thank you so much, Mr. McCorkle. Thank you so much. You are a true lifesaver. All right, this was great. Thank you. All right, have a good one"

He hung up and looked at his mother and sister.
"All right, great news" he said.
"They found her?" asked Mrs. Henderson.

"No. But they saw her wandering around Loch Nora" said Dustin.
"How did the poor baby get all the way out there?" cried Mrs. Henderson.
"I don't know" he said. "Lost, I guess. But they're gonna look for her. And Trisha and I'll say here, just in case they call again or she comes home. And you're gonna go help look? Yeah? Yeah?"

They hugged and Trisha knew her brother was lying through his new teeth.
"Give me a hug. Give me a hug" he said to his mother. "Go get her"
His mother left and Trisha looked at him.

"You lie" she said and Dustin sighed. "What did you do?"
"Come on, we have to hurry" he said.

-003/Trisha Henderson POV-

Dustin quickly got ready, for what I did not yet understand.
"Dustin, what is going on?" I asked.
"Promise you won't freak out" he said while placing salami on the ground...
"Okay..." I said.

"Dart ate Mews" he said and he stopped placing salami on the ground.
"You're telling me, that the monster we lost and you did not find, ate our cat you just told your mom to search for?" I asked.
"That would be a correct summary" he said and I facepalmed.

"Dustin!" I shouted. "How could you lie?"
"Sorry, okay!" he shouted back. "I panicked!"
"Where is Dart now?" I asked.

"In my room" he said. "Everything's ready. Be ready to use your powers if necessary"
"You do realise my powers are empathic?" I asked.
"But you have telekinesis as well!" he debated.

"Hardly" I sighed. "It hurts using telekinesis"
"I know, but it's just in case of an emergency" he said and I sighed.
"Fine... let's do this" I said.

He got into some kind of armour and we went to his room.
"All right, Dart" he said. "Breakfast time"
He opened the door.

"Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God" said Dustin and we ran to the garden. "Shit, shit, shit"
We hid ourselves in a storage room, where we could see everything.
"Come on, come on" said Dustin. "I know you're hungry"

"Oh my God" I whispered when I saw Dart coming out of the house.
"Yes, yes, yes" said Dustin.
The plan was for Dart to go down in the cellar, which had only one way out and we could close easily.

But right before the cellar, Dart stopped.
Dart looked at the cabin and growled.
"Shit!" said Dustin.

"Okay, stay calm Dustin" I whispered. "Let me do the last thing"
He nodded and I opened the door, I used my powers to throw Dart into the cellar.
Dustin ran to close the doors and I fell on the ground, my nose already beginning to bleed.
"I have the coolest sister ever" said Dustin.
"I still can't believe Dart ate our cat" I sighed.

~

After we couldn't reach anyone for 2 hours, we went to the Wheelers house.
Mr. Wheeler opened the door.
"Your line has been busy for over two hours, Mr. Wheeler" said Dustin. "Do you realize this?"

"Oh, I do realize" said Mr. Wheeler.
"We were wondering if Mike was home?" I asked friendly.
"No" said Mr. Wheeler.

"No? Well, where the hell is he?" asked Dustin.
"Karen, where is our son?" shouted Mr. Wheeler.
"Will's!" we heard Mrs. Wheeler shout.

"Will's" repeated Mr. Wheeler.
"No one's picking up there" sighed Dustin. "Nancy, what about Nancy?"
"Karen, where's Nancy?" shouted Mr. Wheeler.

"Ally's!" I heard Mrs. Wheeler shout.
"Ally's" repeated Mr. Wheeler. "Our children don't live here anymore. You didn't know that?"
"Seriously?" said Dustin.

"Am I done here?" asked Mr. Wheeler.
"Son of a bitch" said Dustin. "You're really no help at all, you know that?"
"Dustin!" I scolded and followed him. "Thank you for your time, Mr. Wheeler"

We saw Steve pulling over, carrying flowers, probably for Nancy.
"We need help" I said.
"But Steve?" said Dustin.

"He'll be more help than Mr. Wheeler" I said and we walked to him.
"Steve" said Dustin. "Are those for Mr. or Mrs. Wheeler?"
"No" said Steve and then he saw me. "Trisha"

I was still a bit mad at Steve, for raising his voice at me, again.
"Trisha, I am so, so sorry" he said and gave the flowers to me, I was confused. "I couldn't find you at your house, so I thought I'd find you at Nancy's and I know flowers don't make up for what I did. I never should have yelled at you..."

"Wait, you yelled at my sister?!" shouted Dustin.
"But I'm really sorry" said Steve, totally ignoring Dustin. "I'm just worried for you. I just don't want him to take advantage of you or hurt you"
"But he has not hurt me, Steve" I said and he looked at me. "You have"

"I know and I realise that now" said Steve. "Please, Trisha. I'll do anything, I'll go on my knees if I have to do that to beg you for forgiveness. I see Billy is different around you, I know you're using your powers on him and it's been helping him. And I was stupid not to see what you were trying to do"
And then... Steve actually went on his knees.

"I'm begging you, Trisha" he said. "Forgive me. I hate it when you're mad at me"
"Oh for crying out loud!" shouted Dustin. "Just forgive him and then we can go!"
"Okay" I whispered and accepted the flowers. "I forgive you, this once"

"Thank you!" said Steve and hugged me.
"Now, you help us" I said and dragged him back to his car. "Do you still have that bat?"
"Bat? What bat?" asked Steve.

"The one with the nails?" said Dustin, already opening the door of Steve's car.
"Why?" asked Steve.
"We'll explain it on the way" said Dustin.

"Now?" asked Steve.
"Yes, now!" I shouted.