Best Thing In Town - B. J. Armstrong

NEW BOY IN TOWN

Sid and Billie walked down the sidewalk; they were on their way to Sid's place. Sid was carrying a canister of off white paint from the shop and was excitedly talking Billies ear off. "and when he gets here, oh when he gets here you'll love him. He's great, truly, I love him. Oh we can take him to the waterhole! or to your ma's restaurant, god she makes great milkshakes! or to the tracks, he'd like the tracks"

Billie smiled despite the fact that Sids final addition to her suggestions made him want to frown and pull his hair out. Billie didn't want to take him to the tracks, no matter how important he may be to Sid. Billie had taken Sid to the tracks so they could have them time and get closer. Billie had smoked and Sid had taken one hit, he'd packed sandwiches and booze, they'd ran around and tumbled in the grass. Billie had taken Sid to the tracks in hopes of getting a step closer to having Sid for himself. And he definitely didn't want to take Sid's brother to the same place! Despite it all he kept a crooked smile and nodded at everything she said; he kept his eyes on her and trusted that she wouldn't let him smack a pole, well, somewhat trusted. "Yeah that sounds fun"

"Oh Beej he's meant to be here anytime soon! will ya stay to help us paint? Or maybe just me I don't know if he'll be up for it." Sid smiled and swung the paint can in her hand. Billie gazed at her profile, her hair was in two low, spikey buns. Her denim hat sat snuggly on her head, wisps of hair escaped and framed her face. The glint of her septum, which was down, sat over her large and enthusiastic smile which hadn't gone away all day.

"Yeah, yeah i'll stay and help ya" Billie nodded and finally looked forward. Just as they were getting close to Sid's home he spotted a tall and robust guy with long black hair that was held back in a low pony. The guy had just taken a suitcase out of his trunk and was making his way to Sid's house when Billie heard the can Sid had been swinging hit the concrete.

"OH MY GOD! IZZY!" Sid's yell had to have woken up some babies and disrupt the neighborhood. The guy put his suitcase down and looked over at Sid's running figure with a large smile that reminded Billie of Sid's smile. "Izzy!" Sid yelled once more before she held her arms open and collided with what Billie assumed to be her brother. The other boy wrapped his hands around Sidney and bent his back to pick her up. Sidneys legs folded and Billie could hear her laughter. Billie stood for a bit and took in the scene before him with a small smile. After giving them a moment he picked up the paint canister and began making his way over.

After Sidney was put down by her brother she quickly looked over at Billie, who was getting closer, and excitedly waved him over. Billie gave her a crooked smile and walked a little faster.

"Oh Izzy this, um" Sid took a break to swallow any saliva that had gathered in her mouth. "This is Billie Joe! He's a good friend of mine and so are his band mates they're great I promise, you'll love them" Sid explained as she made her way next to Billie and placed her hand over his shoulder. Billie gave the guy a smile and a nod, he didn't know why but he wanted to make a good impression.

"Billie this is Isaac!" Sid gestured over to the guy in front of them. "He's my brother and well I already told you a shit ton about him, he's great you'll love him"

"Oh i've heard about Billie Joe too" Isaac smirked and nodded his head over to Billie. "From ma'" He added at the end and gave a little laugh. "Anyway, nice to meet ya. Just Izzy is fine" Izzy closed his eyes and pursued his lips as he nodded reassuringly.

"And Billie's alright with me" Billie added