Don't Call Me Baby (Billy Hargrove)

-Chapter ten-

Emilia

I felt different walking down the hallways today, people kept staring at me and whispering to each other, some would just shake their head at me and laugh. Nancy seemed to notice this too, and I couldn't put my foot on why everyone was doing this. Nancy and I carried on walking until I saw why everyone was eyeing me out in the hallway.

On one of the school walls above the lockers, in bold black letters was plastered 'Emilia's a slut'. I gasped out at the blunt caption and felt hot tears pricking at my eyes when the words didn't stop there. On the wall across from us, there were more words. 'Emilia's a bitch' and on the other 'Emilia's a whore' I couldn't fathom who would do something like this.

Until I saw him, the sight I'd never thought I'd see, he wore a smug smile on his face while the spray can was still in his hand, and his blue eyes were piercing into mine from down the hallway. His friends we behind him laughing and clapping him on the back. He knew what he was doing, and how wrong it was, but he just started to laugh with them.

'Emilia, let's just get you out of here' Nancy ushers as she tries to tug on my arm but I pull away from her for a moment and walk up to Billy, I reach up and slap him hard across the face. He just gave me a small smirk after I did that, and I just couldn't hold back my anger.

'I fücking hate you' I spit before twisting around and following after Nancy who leads me outside, I let the hot tears fall down and onto my shirt, and honestly I couldn't care less about them, all I thought about was the betrayal and the hurt. But Billy didn't stop there, he followed us outside into the parking lot and grabbed ahold of my arm to stop me.

'I'm not finished with you yet' Billy growls as I try to break away, and Nancy steps in.

'Billy leave her alone' Nancy defends as she stands beside me and gives him a hard glare, but he just chuckles.

'This is a conversation between my girlfriend and I, so stay out of it' Billy says causing Nancy to slightly gasp at the sudden information, it felt foreign to me too, hearing him call me his girlfriend, he never referred to me as that before, espically infront of other people.

'I know Nancy, I'll have to explain alot. But please, just wait for me at the car' I plead lowly as the tears continue to fall, she nods reluctantly before giving Billy a glare and walking off to the car.
Once she's out of ear shot and no one seems to be around, I start talking.

'Why Billy?' I cry out, my voice slightly cracking at the end. He scoffs at my demeanor and shrugs his shoulders coldly.

'Why not, did you think I didn't see you running off with that shit head Harrington yesterday?' Billy spits and I shake my head.

'We're just friends, nothing more Billy, he's just my friend!' I exclaim loudly, throwing my arms up in the air as I start to let my anger get to me, I didn't care if people heard us at this point.

'Friend or not, he's a fücking dip shit, so you stay away from him from now on, you understand me?' Billy demands but I just snicker, and wipe the tears on my face away with my sleeves.

'What, so after you graffiti the school walls calling me a bitch and whore, you expect everything to go back to 'normal'?' I exclaim as I use quotation marks, and he just pulls out a cigarette from his pocket and lights it.

'Pretty much, yeah' He mumbles carelessly.

'So I don't get an apology?' I question and he shakes his head, blows out smoke and looks me dead in the eye.

'The things I said are true, you're all three of them' Billy states blatantly.

'How am I all of them?' I stutter out.

'You're a bitch because you expect me to be someone like dip shit Steve, you're a liar because you said you and Steve were just friends, when clearly you two seem more like fück buddies. And you're a whore because you sleep with me, and go cry to Steve when I'm not around, there you go, an explanation for you' Billy says in finalizition, his words bitter and his face wearing an expressionless emotion.

I sniffle and wipe away the hot tears that rolled down my cheeks, I look down at the ground and start shuffling the rocks around with my shoe.

'You mean all of that?' I whisper quietly, I hear him exhale.

'Every word'

I nod, facing away from him as I just let out a laugh in disbelief before turning on my heel and walking the opposite direction. I was done with Billy Hargrove, and this time, I meant it.

Going home wasn't the same, I just laid in bed with my head buried under the blankets and my tears wetting the mattress beneath me, I was just a mess. Billy was doing this to me on purpose, he didn't like me at all. I wasted my time on him, he was just a waste of time.

I had to call Nancy and explain to her about Billy and me, our strange relationship that was a secret, even from my own best friend. So when I felt well enough to talk, I called her and explained everything. About when it first started, and how we slept together a few times, but just mainly about how we were bound together by Billy's unstable relationship with his family, and my urge to support him when he needed it.

She found it crazy at first, but understood me and told me it was fine. But I told her we broke up from whatever type of relationship we were in, and she thought it was for the best.

Maybe it was, but sadly, I didn't want this to be the end of Billy and I.