Drowning • Billy Hargrove

Chapter 12

After a few moments, Jenn returns with a drink. As she walks by, she gives me the dirtiest look.
"Is there a problem?" I finally ask, getting fed up with all of the stares and dirty looks.
She shakes her head and puts on the fakest smile I've ever seen. "Not at all."
I spent the rest of the night just sitting on the porch while Billy was up drinking with his friends.
Luckily, he mainly drank Coke because he knew he had to drive me home.
"You ready to go?" He asks, walking over to me.
"Yeah." I sigh, standing up.
We walk past Brandon who was talking to a group of guys. We smile at each other from across the room, but I decide it was best if I didn't walk over to talk to him and say goodbye.
Since Steve and Nancy left to have their talk, they haven't come back. That was a little strange because Nancy is still technically with Johnathan, so she wouldn't hook up with Steve. But then again, she was still with Steve when she caught feelings for Johnathan so who knows?

When we reach Billy's car, I guess he thought it was the perfect time to have a makeout session. We made out for a few moments before Billy stepped on the gas pedal.
As we drove, he developed the habit of putting his hand on my thigh, and I wasn't complaining about it.

"Thanks for the ride." I say, quickly kissing him on the cheek before exiting from the car.
"See ya tomorrow!" Billy says through the rolled down window.
I entered the house at 11:58pm to see my dad sitting in his usual spot.
"Perfect timing." He says.
"Yeah, I told Billy I had to get home before midnight." I say, trying to boost Billy up since dad still wasn't a major fan of his.
He nods his head. "I'm going to go to bed now." He says walking towards his room.
"Good night!" I call out but get no response. I knew he was still mad at me for going behind his back and lieing.
So I walked to my room and did my normal nightly routine. When I was all set, I finally drifted off to sleep.

I awoke to my alarm loudly beeping. I stuck my hand out and fumbled around to find the snooze button.
"You've got to be kidding me!" I say to myself, getting out of bed to press the off button this time.
Since I was already up, I just decided to get ready for the day.
I threw on a pair of jean shorts and a Rolling Stones band t-shirt. I grabbed my bag and walked out to the kitchen.
Nobody was up yet, which wasn't surprising. On Mondays, dad started work in the afternoon and El never woke up early.
I grabbed a granola bar from the cupboard and threw it into my bag for later.

"Hey." I say as I open the car door.
"Hey babe." He says in response, kissing me.
"What was that for?" I say smiling.
"I don't know. I just missed you." He says, causing my smile to grow.
He speeds out of my driveway and soon enough we arrive at the pool.

"Hello." I say to Charles and the receptionist.
Billy and I walk to the change rooms, hand in hand. I go to my locker and pull out my bathing suit.
"You know we've got a lot of time before we actually have to start." Billy says smirking.
"Oh yeah?" I say walking over to him.
He nods his head and continues to smirk at me.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking." He says, chuckling.
"I guess so." I say, giggling.
Billy pushes me up against the wall and we start to makeout. He then carries me to the bathroom, which was the only room with a lock on it. He sets me down and I walk over to the door and slam it shut.

The pool now was extremely busy. Max, El, Mike, Lucas, Dustin and Will decided that today would be the day they came swimming.
Suddenly Billy blew his whistle, causing me to jump. "If I catch you running one more time your banned for life! Alright shithead?"
The little boy stops in his tracks and nods. He seemed frightened of Billy, but I mean who isn't intimidated by him.
I look over to see El and her friends having fun. I could tell that she got right in with them.
"I didn't know this is where you worked!" Brandon says, looking up at me.
"Oh hey! Yeah this is my summer job."
"How are you today?" Brandon asks.
"Great, how are you?" I say, still beaming from earlier this morning.
"Fine. Are we still on for tonight?"
I nod my head. "Yeah for sure!"
"Okay great! I'll see you then!" Brandon says as he turns and dives into the pool, trying to impress me.
I break my stare from Brandon and look up to see Billy glaring at me. He didn't look happy.

At the end of the day, Billy and I did our usual routine, which was to clean up.
"Want to hang out tonight?" Billy asks me.
"I can't tonight, sorry." I say.
"Why not?"
"Because I'm meeting Brandon at the mall."
"Who the hell is Brandon?" Billy asks. He seemed very angry.
"It's the guy I met last night! I introduced you two. Anyways, he moved here from Chicago and I'm taking him on a tour of Hawkins!"
Billy sighs. "Why can't he just go by himself?"
I laugh. "Billy I'm being nice! Brandon's a nice guy and we're just hanging out, don't worry!"
"Okay but I swear to God if he does anything-"
I cut Billy off before he could finish. "You'll beat his ass."