Four Letter Word..

Chapter Sixteen

Kat's POV

I stood outside after the game, lent against the side of Billy's Camaro smoking a cigarette. Billy soon came out and opened the trunk to throw in his gym bag "Thanks for meeting me" he unlocked the Car. I finished my cigarette and flicked it to the pavement before getting into the passenger seat "I'm starving" he announced as he started the Car
"I already ate before the game, but I could go for dessert" I told him
"That Burger place in town do Milkshakes right?" I nodded
"Good" the diner was quiet and we sat in a booth at the far end of the restaurant. As I sat there watching Billy scan the Burger menu I realised how familiar this felt "Are you having deja Vu?" I asked him and he looked up from the menu "Kind of" he smiled at me as the waitress came over to take our order "So, you found your Dad?" he asked me once the waitress had left
"Yeah... It was a little bit surreal, he's got this whole other family that I didn't know about"
"I'm sorry" I shook my head
"Don't be... He told me that once I graduate If I want I can move in with them"
"Are you going to?" I licked over my lips
"I haven't really thought about it.. I'm just worried about Mom" Billy shook his head
"Even though she's put you through so much sh-"
"No. She's actually doing pretty good" I told him "I've visited her a few times and she's a changed person" I assured him "What about you?" I asked "What happened after I left?" he licked over his lips "I got into a fight with Tammy who rang the cops. They crashed the place and arrested me"

"Did they put you in a cell?" I asked, intrigued as to the kind of treatment Billy got compared to me "They handcuffed me and put me in an interview room and some cops from the LAPD interviewed me they wanted to know where you were. I told them everything and eventually when they finally found you they let me go" I licked over my lips as the waitress came over, placing a large chocolate sundae in front of me and a Burger in front of Billy "That's the thing Kat. No one cared about me" I narrowed my eyes at him
"What are you talking about?"
"The news reports. The articles in the paper. They were never searching for me. They just wanted to find you. I don't even know why I came back here" he picked up the tomato ketchup and squirted it over his fries "Yeah. If they just let you go then why did you come back here?" he looked across at me "Why do you think I came back here?" he questioned as I picked out the wafer stuck in the top of my sundae "I don't know" I replied as I used the wafer as a spoon to scoop up some of the whipped cream "You. You're the reason I came back here" I looked back up at him "You think I'd come back here to be pushed around by my Dad for nothing?" I bit my lip "So you really meant what you said yesterday?" I questioned him
"I meant it" I nodded at him and we ate in silence for a few moments before I spoke again

"And how much trouble are you in at home?" I asked cautiously
"My Dad hit the roof, Christmas was terrible. I just, I try to stay out of his way as much as possible hence why I've ended up on the basketball team" I smirked "He said if I pull a stunt like that again then he's gonna ship me off to some boarding school" I swallowed and pushed my empty sundae away "So are you up for going to Josh's?"
"The party?" I questioned "Gives me the perfect opportunity to approach both Stacey and Steve I guess" I pulled my purse from my bag and got out the cash to cover the food

"Hey what are you doing?"
"What does it look like I'm doing? Surely you owe your Dad a lot of money?" he shook his head
"He doesn't know it was me who took the credit card" he informed me "Plus Susan's paying me on the sly for watching Max" I shook my head
"I'm still paying for these though" I told him as I placed the cash down on the table.

When we pulled up outside of Josh's house the place was already rammed with people "Maybe we should enter at different times?" I questioned

"Ok, you wanna head in first?" I nodded and got out of the Car heading up the driveway and through the front door. I scanned the crowded room looking for either Steve or Stacey. But the first person who caught my eye was Jennifer who was walking over to me with two red solo cups "Vodka punch" she stated handing me a cup "Where have you been anyway? Stacey's going mental" I turned to her
"I went for something to eat with Billy.. Why is she going mental exactly?"
"She's worried about where you are... Are you going to call them both out? They're upstairs" I licked over my lips as Jennifer looked over towards the doorway. I followed her gaze to see Billy entering "I need to do this on my own. So do not follow me up and make sure Billy doesn't either" I warned her before heading towards the stairs. I tried a couple of rooms before finally finding them. Stacey and Steve both looked up at me as they stood there. Stacey looked from me to Steve before turning back to me and striding over "Where the hell have you been? We've been worried" I smiled