Vine Blood (Stranger Things Fanfic)

Chapter Eleven - Direction

Vine found Billy sat on the grass outside the front of the house staring outwards towards the road.  

Sitting beside him she rested a hand on his shoulder but he shrugged it off. 

"Billy come on" she whined 

"get out of my head" he snapped turning his head to glare at her "Get out now!"

Unexpectedly she leaned forward and kissed him hard on the lips then broke away laughing. 

Billy wiped his lips in disbelief. 

"you didn't even see that coming" she teased "how can you protect yourself if you can't even stop a kiss"

He thought she was about to call  him pathetic but she didn't. 

Instead she got up from the grass and held out her hand. 

He didn't take it. 

He stayed where he was. 

He kept his eyes now firmly on the grass.

He was seething. 

But her unpredictability scared him. 

He waited for her to say something, but he heard nothing. 

Looking up to where she was last stood, he found she wasn't there. 

She had wondered off onto the road. 

"where are you going?" Billy called after her more as a whisper then a shout realizing she might not be able to hear him, he raised his voice a bit louder. . 

"Hey!? where are you goi-ng?"

She completely ignored him. 

Cursing under his breath, he got up and ran to her side. 

"where are you going!? ...Are you going to him? ...IM NOT GOING THERE YOU HEAR ME! I'M NOT GOING WITH YOU"

She kept walking. 

He was about to place both of his hands on her shoulders to shake her to get her to answer him but he decided against it. 

Letting her pass him, he watched her continue to walk on without him. 

This made him anxious he could stay by the house where he was alone or he could go after her. 

But he didn't know if he could leave his head unless she allowed him. 

He tried to focus on leaving but nothing happened. 

Sweat rolled down his forehead in small beads. 

He couldn't decide. 

"go with her, Billy"

His heart jolted. 

He hadn't expected it. 

His eyes rushed around. 

Searching. 

"MAX, is that you?" 

No response came. 

"Max...is it... where are you!? "

No answer. 

Seeing Vine getting further away. 

Billy made his decision. 

Running after Vine. 

He caught up with her.

After a few moments of walking in silence. 

She turned to him eyes inquisitive "what made you change your mind?"

He wasn't sure if he should tell her. 

But he wanted to see if she already knew or if she had played some part in it. 

"Max did, i heard her i  didn't see her but i heard her tell me to go with you"

"oh" Vine sounded surprised, looking back in the direction Billy had come from, she smiled.