Don't Call Me Baby (Billy Hargrove)

-Chapter three-

Emilia

I flipped the page of my book, my teacher droning on in the background and my energy lowering with each minute that ticked by slower than a sloth. I was currently stuck in Biology, one of my most hated subjects, that and Math, in which I had next. Jonothan sat beside me, quietly scribbling down his notes while he tried to stay lively, he hated Biology too.

Today was just dragged on and long, the more classes I had, the more tired I got. Not to mention the fact that Billy just shrugs me off like nothing when he walks past me in the hallway, it was just a burden that I carried all day long, but what was I expecting, Billy already said he wouldn't put his reputation in jeopardy.

Jonothan froze as he felt a paper ball hit his back, I was busy writing down my notes and thinking about Billy that I forgot he was sitting right behind us. He just never talked to me during school hours, so I honestly forget he's in some of my classes. He just gives me looks and glances, but nothing more.

The boys behind us were laughing and whispering to each other, including Billy who was ripping out the pages and throwing it at Jonothan. They kept doing it until Jonothan decided to pick one up beside his seat and opened it.

On it was a doodle of Will, it had crosses on his eyes and indicated that he was dead. Above it had been written in bold capital letters 'Zombie Boy' I felt Jonothan tense as he read the words around the drawing. The one that hit me the most was the comment that said 'He should be dead', this caused me to rip the paper from Jonothan and scrunch it up.

'What is your problem?' I question as I turn around to face them, Billy looks at me with a smug smile on his face, this boy has serious issues.

'Aw princess, protecting your boyfriend since he can't protect himself' Sam laughs as he earns a laugh from Billy and their other asshole of a friend Ethan, who unfortunately I have known since middle school.

'Leave Jonothan and his brother alone, they already get enough shit' I seeth causing them to laugh and shove each other, but I feel my stomach churn when Billy opens his mouth, he'd better stop right now.

'Stop being a bitch and turn around Reeves' Billy laughs, causing me to scoff before rolling my eyes and turning back around and look at the board. I was shrugging it off like it wasn't a big deal, but on the inside I was dying and felt like turning around and slapping Billy in the face.

They continue to laugh and whisper words to each other like 'freak' and 'losers' but I just nudge Jonothan in the side with my elbow, he turns to look at me and I force myself to smile.

'Ignore them, they're shit at drawing anyway, I'm confident Will can draw better with his eyes closed' I comment and watch as a small smile is placed on Jonothan's face, he nods before agreeing with me.

'Yeah, he definately is'

I trudged to Jonothan's car, the weight on my shoulders feeling heavier as Billy's words replayed in my mind. It had been for the remainder of the school day, my classes just dragged on longer and all that played on my mind was Billy. He had the audacity to call me a bitch, he should've just kept his mouth shut instead of trying to show off infront of his stupid friends.

God, I felt like finding Billy and slapping him right across the face right now. But I tried to push him out of my mind when I saw Nancy and Jonothan come into view. The two of them leaned on Jonothan's car while they played around with his camera.

I sighed, extremly exhausted when I stood beside them. But nonetheless, for my friends sake, I put on a fake energetic smile and pretended to sound onto it.

'What are you two doing?' I laugh quietly as they each take turns looking into the camera and pretending to take pictures with it, Nancy pulls it down and looks at me.

'We're 'ghost' photographing, I don't know what the proper term is, but Jonothan is just teaching me how to take photos with this thing' Nancy says as she wiggles it around, causing Jonothan to snatch it from her protectively.

I look over Jonothan's car and a few cars away, I can see Billy smoking by his car. His eyes watching me intensely when he notices I'm staring at him, and then he flashes me an apologetic smile, I just roll my eyes at him and get into Jonothan's car. If he was going to act like everything is fine, it's not.

My parents weren't home yet and Billy's car didn't roar loudly outside into his driveway, so I'm assuming he was out doing something. I was home alone by myself for once, usually when my parents aren't home, Billy comes over and keeps me company, but I was giving him the cold shoulder today, so I was alone.

It was weird, just being able to do whatever I wanted in the house without Billy in my presence, it felt nice to just relax and forget about him and all of my problems in general.

I'm currently flipping through a magazine on my bed when my telephone starts to ring on the nightstand. I sigh before shutting the magazine and rolling over tori answer it.

'Hello?' I answer.

'Hey Emilia, it's me Dustin' Dustin says into the phone, and instantly a smile tugs on my face. It was a relief to hear his voice, after a stretched out day it was nice to have a time out.

'Hey Dusty, what's up?' I say as I play around with the cord.

'You have to come over, it's super important...like code red top secret stuff' Dustin says excitedly into the phone, and I slip off of my bed and start to dress as soon as we agree to meet up at his house in ten minutes. I'm sure Mrs.Hederson was home because Dustin always liked inviting me over, espically when his mum was home.

Sometimes if I felt down I would walk to his house and sleep over, it was an odd friendship, but it was a good one I intended on keeping. I'll give him advice when he needs it, and since he likes to claim he's as wise as me, he gives me advice too. He's just like a younger sibling I never had.

I slipped on my jacket since it was starting to get cold, and left a note for my parents on the kitchen bench. Seeing Dustin would definately lift my spirits, and when I pulled the front door open when I was ready to leave the house, and found Billy standing there getting ready to knock, I slammed the door shut behind me and pushed past him.

'Hey, baby wait' Billy called out before he grasped ahold of my wrist and tugged me back, causing me to groan before turning around to face him.

'I don't have time for this Billy' I say coldly, and I feel proud of myself for actually saying no to him, usually his charming ways get to me and I usually let him in.

'Princess, if it's about the Jonothan thing, I didn't mean it baby-' He coos, clearly trying to charm his way out of my bad books by calling me his pet names, but he wasn't getting by smoothly on this one, I was angry at him for being a dick.

'Leave me alone Billy' I say as I rip my arm out of his grip and start to walk off down the driveway.

'Baby, can you just fücking listen to me for a second-please' Billy pleads as he follows me, his hand reaches out and grabs ahold of mine and he spins me around. I shoot him a glare before indicating for him to talk.

'I didn't mean to call you a bitch, I just didn't want to put my-'

'Reputation in jeopardy' I cut him off coldly, and he sighs before continuing.

'I'm sorry for calling you a bitch, baby you're far from it honestly. You're the best girl I know, my favourite girl' Billy coos as his hand comes up and cups my face, his thumb traces along my cheek and he gives me a grin.

I know I shouldn't forgive him, he's done this so many times to me and giving him another chance was just ridiculous. But his charming ways and his grin just kept me from being angry at him, when I took another look at his face, I felt the anger wash away and a small smile was put on my face.

'Am I forgiven?' He questions as his smile widens and I just nod quietly while I let his push his lips against mine and we kiss away today's events.