Don't Call Me Baby (Billy Hargrove)

-Chapter fifty-

Emilia

'This one is way too long!' I exclaim as Nancy pulls out a pastel pink number from the rack, and waves the bottom skirt half around as an attempt to get me to buy it, but as soon as I took one look at the price tag, I pushed it back onto the rack full of other dresses and continue to browse. This time around, dress shopping felt damp, the topic doesn't interest me anymore, mainly because everything with Billy.

'This one is cute' Nancy says as she pulls out a knee length spaghetti strapped dress, that had material that was felt and did indeed look quite appealing, so she kept it on her arm as we continued to browse. To be honest, Nancy was the only one who seemed to be interested in shopping today, I wasn't in the mood.

So she purchased the purple dress that would obviously suit her, and we made our way to my mum's car outside. I'm surprised she let me drive it, but I knew she trusted me alot more now with driving, which is good news for me and Nancy, and of course Jonothan who certainly did not want to be dragged along to go dress shopping with us, so Nancy and I drove to as much stores as we liked.

'Are you going to prom with Steve?' Nancy questions as I hum with the song on the radio, and I turn to look at her briefly as the song ends.

'I don't know, still deciding. Besides I don't need a guy date when I could be a third wheel to you and Jonothan' I joke causing Nancy to let out a laugh before shaking her head at me.

'Look you can go with Steve, I honestly don't mind. It could be a double date' Nancy suggests and I furrow my eyebrows at the title.

Don't get me wrong, I love hanging out with Steve and spending intimate time with him, but even with permission from my friends, neither of us has made a move yet. I've talked about prom with Steve, subtly dropping hints that I wanted him to ask me to be his date, but he doesn't catch on and just drops the topic.

Maybe he wasn't ready to move on from Nancy, and he's just spending time with me to fill this void he has, but he seems to be genuine. He gives me passionate kisses and always makes sure they have meaning behind them, but I just think he's scared to be official. To fully move on from Nancy and call me his girlfriend, and to be honest I felt the same way about Billy.

'I can tell you still want Billy' Nancy sighs out and I shake my head in denial and let out a chuckle.

'No I don't, I'm over him... he did shitty things to me and honestly he just needs to be alone right now' I say truthfully, okay maybe not so truthfully I still have a little soft spot for Billy, but I'm sure that would go away soon.

'Well that's good to hear, I like the change. Prom is in two months anyway, so you'll have alot of time to make a decision' Nancy says and I nod in agreement, I did have alot of time.

I dropped Nancy off to her house before driving around to Dustin's to quickly give him this action figure thingy he asked me to buy, and since I was out shopping with Nancy all day, I didn't mind grabbing it. So I had a quick chat with his mum, talked to Dustin for a few minutes and gave him the toy, he thanked me and then I left.

The night is serene and sweet, the stars are out and the moonlight cascaded over the houses. It reminded me of that time Billy took me stargazing with him, that was a good night, but of course the road only got bumpy from there.

When I arrived home, my parents were both in the living room watching TV, and since I didn't really feel like staying in my room, I decided to plop down beside my dad and lay my head on his shoulder. He plants a kiss on my temple before rubbing my arm.