Rebel Just for Kicks (Billy Hargrove x Reader)

Chapter 9

You wake up from your pillow moving on it's own. You open your eyes and realize it's not your pillow, but Billy Hargrove himself. The sun was high up in the sky. It must be noon already. You stretch but keep your head on his lap.
'Morning.' Billy says looking down at you, his hair a little messy.
'How many times am I going to unexpectedly wake up next to you?' You say turning around to face him. He laughs loudly. 'At least you have some clothes on now.'
'What is going on here?' You see Mike coming out to the terrace, already in his swim trunks. He takes off his sunglasses and puts them on his head. As if you've been caught you sit up straight. 'Yeah, what is going on?' You ask jokingly, looking at Billy. He gives you a little smile in response.
'Okay...' Mike says suspicious of your behavior, as he starts walking towards the lake.
'I'm hopping into the shower.' You say standing up.
You see Billy already lit a cigarette. 'Have fun.' He says through the smoke.

You walk in quietly to make sure you don't wake Lewis, but he's sitting on the bed tying his shoes.
'Hey.' You say to make your presence known. He looks up. 'Oh hey.'
You sigh, leaning against the door post.'I have to break up with you.' You say jokingly. He stands up and seems confused.
'It's you, not me. You just snore so fucking loud.'
Getting your joke he starts laughing. 'Oh I'm sorry it has to end like this. I will always love you.' He says joking back.
You chuckle. 'No but for real, I can't sleep in the same room anymore.'
He looks around and seems like he's thinking about a solution. 'I guess I can sleep on the couch downstairs?'
'Oh would you?' You say, glad this is fixed.
'Sure, sure. But you owe me.' He says half joking. You'll probably have to buy him a drink sometime.
'Thanks!' You call out to him as you walk into your bathroom.
The hot water runs over your body. What is Billy's deal? And why is he so nice to me all of the sudden?  You grab some shampoo and rub it into your hair. You stand there for a good 10 minutes, your mind racing about the events with Billy and Steve. You eventually turn the shower off and get out.

A delicious smell reaches you as you walk down the stairs, into the kitchen.
'Damn, Kat.' You hear Tommy say. On the table are all kinds of breakfast food; pancakes, bacon, eggs, toast,... I mean it was lunch time, but everyone only just woke up.
'That smells great.' You say as you sit on the last empty chair. You grab a little of everything and happily eat your "breakfast". Everyone is joking and laughing. You felt content and are glad you can call all these people your friends, even though they were assholes sometimes. At home you usually just ate some cereal or toast, since your dad wasn't the greatest chef but sometimes you or Felix would cook something up.

After breakfast you walk outside and take off your clothes, to reveal your bathing suit underneath. It was pretty cute if you may say so yourself. Polly and Mike are already in the water, hanging onto a pool floatie, the rest of the boys are trying to blow up some inflatable rafts and Kat is sitting on the edge of the dock. You look at Kat who's obviously day dreaming and staring into the water. You leave her be and join Polly and Mike. You put your hair in a messy bun as you walk to the edge, than lower yourself in to the lake. The water is pretty cold but it was a nice refreshment from the hot weather outside. You swim to where they are and hang onto the floatie yourself. They both greet you with a smile.
'How's it hanging?' You assume Mike tried to make a joke but you answer it normally.
'I'm fine.' You say, resting your head on the floatie.
'What's the deal between you and Billy lately?' Mike asks.
Polly's interest is piqued. 'Billy?'
'What do you mean?' You try and act as if you don't know what he's talking about.
'You were laying on him this morning?' He says. Polly gasps. 'What?'
'I wasn't "laying" on him, I just fell asleep on his lap.'
Mike looks like he isn't buying it. 'Sure.' He says looking at Polly.
'Girl, don't get yourself involved with him like that.' Polly says.
'I'm not, don't worry.' You assure her. But you fear that you are already involved like that.

'Ships ahoy!' You hear Steve yell as they put the rafts in the water.
'Did you bring your uniform?' You yell at him. Polly and Mike laugh. Steve looks a little embarrassed. 'Hah, hah. Very funny.' He calls back.
You swim over to one of the rafts and hang onto it.
'Who wants to have a little race?' Tommy asks, getting into the raft you're leaning on.
'Why not?' Steve says getting into the other one.
'Come on.' Tommy says as he pulls you onto the raft. You're there with him, Kat and Billy.
There are only two paddles so you'll just have to be dead weight while Billy and Tommy row.
They row a little further onto the lake, making sure the rafts are in one line. 'Ready? Go!' Polly yells from the other raft. The boys start peddling like no tomorrow. In the other raft its Mike and Steve who are rowing. You and Kat are cheering Billy and Tommy on, clapping your hands and yelling like idiots.

'Fuck yeah!' Billy yells as he holds his paddle in the air. You guys won the race with ease. You didn't do anything but you still felt a fake sense of accomplishment. Steve looks absolutely exhausted when they arrive at the dock. Tommy gets out but you stay seated, grabbing the paddle Tommy just let go and start paddling away again.

'What are you doing?' Kat asks.
'I'm kidnapping you.' You grunt a little while you row away. Billy chuckles. 'Oh no.' He says sarcastically. You stop rowing and let the raft float on his own, softly rocking back and forth. You do your best to take a comfortable position and end up with your head leaning against Kat's seat and your feet next to where Billy is sitting. You close your eyes, the sun beaming down on you. You haven't seen much sun yet so everything was still a little pale. You start humming "Hungry like the Wolf" softly, listening to Kat and Billy making small talk. Kat has had a crush on Billy ever since he arrived at school, like a lot of girls did. When he became friends with Tommy and Mike, she was ecstatic that she could spend time with him, even when it was just standing in a group together. Billy on the other hand thought Kat was just one of many, but he still used his Billy charm on her, which kept her longing.
You open your eyes. 'I'm going swimming.' You stand up and you dive in the lake, leaving the two in the boat. You swim to the dock and use the ladder on the side to get on it. Maybe when they see Kat and Billy like that together it would get some attention off of you. You looked at the raft and saw Billy staring at you confused, probably wondering what you were doing.

Their "romantic" trip didn't last long as Billy was already rowing back, just as you made yourself and Polly some delicious mojitos. You are sitting on the dock (of the bay) when they get off the raft. Shade suddenly covers you. You look up and see Billy standing over you.
'What's that?' He asks referring to your drink.
'Mojito.' You say holding up your drink so he can have a taste. He takes a minute to decide if he likes it.
'Do you have more?'
You sigh and stand up. 'Sure.' Walking to the kitchen with him behind you. As you walk past the rest you ask. 'Does anyone want some too?' Holding up your drink. You hear conformations come from everyone. You made them once before at your birthday party last year and now everyone always asked for it.
You first finish one glass to give to Billy before preparing the others.
'Where did you learn this?' He asks and smacks his lips together.
'My mom went to Cuba once and she made these at home all the time. Without the rum for us of course.'
'Your mom huh.' Billy asks. You haven't talked to him about your mom. The rest knew but you rarely talked about her. Obviously, he knew that the only parent that was still around was your dad.
'Yeah...' You answer. You put the soda in the glasses. 'I don't want to talk about it.' You say, your mind made up.
'Alright.' He says. Did he expect me to be open about something like that when he only snapped at me when I asked about the bruises?

'Help me carry these will you?' You ask when you hold up two glasses. He puts down his own and walks with you outside.
After giving everything their drinks you sit down in the group, a little lost in thoughts. A little charmed by Billy asking about your life. Why did I have to be so damn closed off all the time?