Don't Call Me Baby (Billy Hargrove)

-Chapter four-

Emilia

'It's in here' Dustin says as he leads me behind him into his bedroom, and I wore a confused look as I saw a tank covered with a sheet on top of it. I looked over to Dustin who pulled out a chocolate bar and started to break it up into pieces. He pulled off the sheet and started to drop the pieces into the tank casually, and I almost fall back when I see what's inside.

'What the hell is that?' I exclaim loudly and he hushes me.

'His name is Dart' He says proudly as he motions for me to touch it and I shake my head.

'No way' I say as I eye the slimey slug looking thing in his hand, I wouldn't even touch it with a stick. It resembled a slug and had a yellow pattern on his back, I stepped back when it started to wiggle in Dustin's hand, causing Dustin to hush it.

'There, there Dart. She's my friend and she won't hurt you, okay buddy' Dustin coos to Dart and oddly it seems like he understood every word and made a churning noise as a response. Dustin pet his head and slowly lowered him back down into his enclosure and threw the sheet back over the glass.

'I found him in my bin, all alone in the cold. I rescued him Emilia' Dustin explains as we sit on his bed, I eye out the tank every now and then, cautious on whether that thing would break out or not.

'How did it even get here?' I question and Dustin shrugs.

'I don't know, but I think he may be from the upside down' He says wearily as we both look over at the glass tank, Dart was starting to make the same churning noises he was making before, Dustin leaves the bed and goes over to comfort him with some more chocolate pieces.

'Have you told Will, or Mike?' I question and Dustin shakes his head.

'Not yet, Dart is safe-' Dustin defends Dart but I cut him off.

'If he's from the upside down, then he could be a demogorgan Dustin!' I whisper harshly, and his just shakes his head in denial.

Will went through way too much, so did Joyce and Jonothan, and putting this information on any of them would make it worse. We didn't know where 'Dart' came from, and he doesn't look like a normal insect, and Dustin thinks he's from the upside down, which he most likely is. 

No one else knew or understood what the Byers were going through, at first I didn't either until I showed up at Jonothan's house looking for answers and found alot instead. I didn't believe anything he told me at first, but I stuck around long enough to experience it myself.

'He can't be, he's Dart, he's kind Emilia' Dustin argues back defensively, and I sigh heavily before brushing my fingers through my hair and just nodding while I try to take in the information.

'Fine, keep him we'll just play it out and see if he's safe enough to keep, just keep a close eye on him Dustin, please. I don't want you getting hurt by this thing' I warn as I roll off of his bed and slip my shoes back on, it was starting to get late.

'I won't let him out of my site, trust me'

The familiar knock rang through my room, and I groaned into my pillow before rolling over and contemplating whether I should bother to get up in the cold and open the window for him. But I squinted my eyes over to the window and see Billy out in the cold, shivering while he waited for me to answer.

I just shrug the blanket off of me and walk towards the door with a tired look on my face when I pull it open. Instantly, Billy stumbles in through the window, breathing out as he rubbed his arms up and down, trying to regain any sort of heat left in them.

'Jesus, you took a while to answer' He complains as he starts to slip off his clothes and go lay down in my bed, he rolls over to his side and opens up the blanket and nods for me to come lay next to him. I yawn into my hand as I make my way back to the bed.

'I should just start to leave my window unlocked for you to enter yourself, instead of waking me up every night' I grumble as I slip into bed and let his arms wrap around my body, he pulls me foward and presses my body against his. His blonde hair tickles my shoulders from the close proximity.

'You need to cut your hair' I laugh as I reach my hand over and brush my fingers through his locks, he moans as I play around with his hair and a content smile is placed on his lips.

'Over my dead body' He mumbles, lulling himself to sleep as I curl my fingers into his hair and massage his scalp, slowly he falls asleep and I can hear his light snores. Tonight he didn't try anything sexual, which was what I was grateful for, because I was way too busy worrying about Dustin and Dart.

As I laid in bed, Billy's arms secured around my torso dominantly, and my mind fighting with me on falling asleep. All I could think about was Dustin's safety, and whether Dart was a demogorgan or not. Dustin was fast to deny he is, and he seemed set on keeping him, but I didn't trust it.

Dustin wasn't going to listen to me, so maybe it would take a few people I had in mind to convince him.