down hill; billy hargrove

13.1

ANNABELLE WALKED down the halls of hawkins high, when she felt an arm sling around her waist and turn her backwords to face the owner. she knew who it was and held back a giddy grin as she met billy's eyes.

"hi" she smiled at him, a small blush creeping up just by the small gesture. it was obvious that annabelle never had a boyfriend before because of the way she was acting. she used to only do hookups as she found that highschool boys struggled with commitment. billy was the exception.

she noticed that whenever he was around her, he only payed interest in her. she guessed it was because of her jealous outbreak the last time, but it was actually because he genuinely wanted to show her off to everyone, and claim her as his own in a way.

"you have beautiful eyes" he muttered as her cheeks went redder and redder, smiling goofily.

"dork". she got on her tiptoes and pecked him as steve passed with louis green.

"Get a room" he sneered at them as annabelle's grin was wiped off.

she pulled away from him and watched as her best friend walked off, confused and distressed from what he'd just said. billy on the otherhand was calm, secretly smirking that he was able to get him jealous. "ignore him, anna, he's probably just moody." he spoke as she began walking after steve, ready to start an argument. she stopped in her tracks, unsure of what to do.

she nodded at Billy as he smiled almost approvingly, before they walked down the hall again, billy's hand now in her back pocket. "you fishing for change in there?" she joked as he beamed.

"nah, i'm looking for your ass" he fired back as she gasped dramatically.

"you little shit" she chuckled, hitting his arm gently.

"cant we just ditch school?" billy questioned, it coming out as more of a whine than anything else. annabelle subconsciously rolled her eyes.

"i miss enough classes from being sick as it is. my mom'd kill me if she found out i was ditching" she exclaimed.

"cant we just sneak into the toilets and make out?" billy raised a brow. annabelle let out a breathy chuckle.

"mewt you at the girls' at 11:30" she nodded, kissing his nose before walking off, leaving a very pleased billy hargrove.

"and hawkins' most terrifying couple have seemingly left each-other's presence for the first time recorded. this truly is a remarkable day. back to you, sam" jonathan greeted her jokingly as she rolled her eyes, battling the smile that threatened to show.

"shut it byers. you and nancy are just as bad" she mumbled the last bit.

"in love?  yeah sure, but im not too sure about the terrifying couple bit" he joked as annabelle choked on air.

"love?".

jonathan nodded, knowing how flustered she got when it was mentioned, especially if the subject was her and billy.

"we are not in love" she insisted as he scoffed.

"right. i'm pretty bored of this now. did you see the way bob and my mom used to look at each other?". annabelle nodded. "thats literally how billy and you look at eachother. thats the easiest way i can word it. you are in love" he announced loudly as she desperately tried to cover his mouth. she also noticed how he used similar wording to her's at the snowball, and made note of this.