Lucy grabbed her bag and stood up. She and Billie had been on the roof for a good hour or so, and she knew she needed to be home soon
"I'd better get home, I'll see you tomorrow," She murmured, going downstairs. She passed Lauren on the way, grabbing her arm.
"Billie is looking for you, he's on the roof," she told her, going to say goodbye to Mike and Tré.
Billie smiled as Lauren walked out onto the roof
"I'm so lucky to have you," he grinned, leaning into her lazily. She sighed
"Billie you're high, you know I hate it when you do this," she muttered, shoving his shoulder away. He pouted
"I thought you'd gone home," he answered quietly. She slapped him across the face
"You just left me stood there on my own around a bunch of people I don't even know while you and mike fucking perved over your dyke friend," she snapped, Billie muttered a quiet apology, but she clearly wasn't having it. She pushed him away roughly and stood up
"I'm going home, call me when you're sober, asshole," she snapped. Billie buried his face in his hands and let her leave, eventually going downstairs and passing out on a sofa.
--
Lucy was sat in on a rehearsal a few days later, just singing along softly to the song they played most of the time. They had managed to catch Billie on a rare day away from Lauren and the other two wanted to take advantage of it.
Walking back to Billie's for a bit, Lucy bumped him with her elbow to get his attention
"What you doing tomorrow?" She asked curiously. Billie sighed
"Lauren has a party she wants me to go to," he murmured. Lucy smirked
"Give us the address and we'll show up," She answered "make your night more fun and show them a real party," She added with a grin. He laughed and shook his head
"You're a fucking basket case," he chuckled, tapping her temple. She shrugged and grinned
"And you love it..twitch," she answered with a smirk. He rolled his eyes and stuck his middle finger up in response as they got to his house. Tré and Mike had gone home, but Lucy wanted to stay out a little longer so she figured she should go with Billie.
"Mind if I use the phone - I just need to let George know where I am," She told him with a smile. Billie nodded and gestured to the phone. Lucy chatted to George, promising to be back by midnight before going to the stairs with Billie.
"No sex you two..my house, my rules," an older man who Lucy assumed was Billie's step-Dad Rob. Billie had told her all about him and how much they didn't get along
"Fuck off," Billie snapped, grabbing Lucy's arm and pulling her upstairs.
"I'm looking at a way to move out," Billie admitted, picking at a hole in his jeans as they sat on his bed
"Because of Rob?" Lucy asked
"He's driving me insane," he murmured, lifting his shirt to reveal the large purple mark covering a large portion of his ribs "kicked me across the room the other night because they found weed in my room," he explained. Lucy frowned and reached out to touch his bruised ribs
"Come stay with us if you need to twitch," she offered.
"Wanna grab some food?" He asked, desperately wanting to change the subject. She nodded and smiled, following him downstairs.
Around an hour after Lucy left, unable to sleep, Billie got up and went for a walk. He went to a riverbank - where he always went to think. He frowned and groaned quietly when he saw a figure sat down, leaning against a tree, and instinctively went and crouched down beside them, making sure they were alive, eyes widening when he saw her.
"Lucy?" He asked. Her eyes shot up to see his face and she grabbed onto him, holding his jacket tightly.
"Take me back to yours - call my brother and say I'm staying over," she ordered, having him help her up and then help her limp back to Billie's house – having insisted she could walk when he offered to carry her.
They sat side by side on Billie's bed, he looked looked over at her
"You going to explain what's happened?" He asked. She nodded and closed her eyes
"Some guys jumped me, they beat me up, when they realised I had no money," she explained quietly. Billie gently took her hand and pulled her into his side
"Try to get some sleep, I'll stay here with you," he murmured. She nodded
"Can I borrow a top?" She asked, Billie grabbed a top that he always let her borrow when she stayed over. She pulled her top off, completely unfazed by being topless in front of Billie before she pulled his top on.
"When did you get that tattoo?" Billie asked. She grinned
"Back home, I have another on my ankle," she answered, moving her hip to show him the small safety pin on her upper thigh, then pulling down her sock to reveal the Venus symbol tattooed on her ankle. Billie grinned
"We should get matching tattoos for your birthday next year," He told her. She smiled and hummed, laying on his bed and waiting for him to lay next to her.
"Lauren would freak out if she knew about this," he murmured. Lucy rolled her eyes, knowing he wouldn't see, and hummed
"My lips are sealed," she answered tiredly. Billie hummed, staring at the ceiling vacantly for a while.
