༄✫ᵗʰᵉ 𝐀𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚕✫༄ // Billy Andrews

Six

𝐓he morning came and with it arrived the Andrews that waited patiently at Beatrice's door to accompany her to school. As they walked the curly-haired girl once again started a conversation with the Andrews boy.
"I just wanted to say thank you."
" Well, you're welcome." the tall boy said sternly
"I am aware that you don't wish to talk about it and neither to anyone to know that you aren't as much of an idiot as everyone says. So I'll leave the subject be." And with that, she walked closer to Prissy and asked her about college.

He wanted to talk. He didn't know what to say, God! he didn't even know what he wanted to talk about but he didn't want the conversation to end. Yet they didn't exchange more than subtle looks all the way to school.

Mr. Philips made Cole write on the board as punishment for drawing in class. Beatrice felt pity for the boy for no one bothered to try to understand him. She heard Anne gasp and when she looked back she saw Billy purposely spill ink all over Cole's journal where he kept all his drawings.
She had never felt more betrayed and stupid for think even for a moment that the boy's actions towards her would change his behavior toward people that he didn't empathize with.
She glared at him causing him to stop smirking for a split second before his friends slightly pushed him in order to praise his action which caused him to laugh again and look away from the girl.

She left with Anne in a hurry because they wanted to plan a small celebration for Jerry's birthday Wednesday on the way home so that the next day Anne and Cole could chaperone her to her ballet lesson and buy what they needed.
"Alright" states Anne with enthusiasm "so we will accompany you to your class and while you are there me and Cole will by a book for him to keep practicing his reading and a new hat!" "Yes, and on Wednesday morning me and my siblings will bake a cake and..." "And after school, we go to your house for the cake and then meet Anne and Jerry at Green Gables" Cole completed. "But are you sure that I should go? I mean I haven't even met him yet and shouldn't a birthday be spent with your friends?" Cole asked "Well exactly he will make a new friend at his birthday party. It's all about friendship. Besides I am optimistic that you will both get along remarkably nicely." Anne said putting an end to the all affair.

While Beatrice sat in her desk by the window supposedly to do her homework her mind wandered elsewhere, more specifically in the small argument she had with Billy at school away from everyone's curious eyes.

"Why did you do it?"
"Why did I do what exactly? You will have to be more specific sweetheart" Billy asked while smirking to his friends like the nickname made all the situation so funny. She couldn't keep a small redness to spread across her cheeks. Billy noticed and though it was sweet and for a moment he admired how her cheeks now complemented her dress "Why did you ruin the only good thing that Cole has? Does it make you happy to see everyone around you sad? Did he do anything to you, Billy? Did he?" She said getting angrier by the second and raising her voice at the boy who couldn't seem to be able to maintain eye contact with the small girl in red.
"Get here." He said while grabbing her wrist and pulling her away from his friends who quickly lost interest in them "Did you seriously need to make a scene?"
"I am not trying to make look less manly and all-mighty powerful to your friends Billy I just want to know how is it possible" "How is what possible?!" "That one minute you can be the nicest boy to me and the next you teasing my best friends!"
"Oh so this isn't about the freak is about you!" "What?!" "Yes! you don't care about him you just want to know what makes you so special that I am good to you!" "Billy Andrews you take that back! I love Cole and care for him deeply" she said while slightly pushing his chest.
"Yeah, whatever. Go back to your boyfriend and let me live my life would you?"
"No, I-" "Look just because I didn't let you freeze to death once doesn't mean that your special Di Angelo. It was a moment of weakness I felt pity so a went to check on you. Now stop pretending that we are friends." He turned away quickly before he could apologize because he knew that if he stayed and looked at those watery brown eyes looking up at him so hurt he would have apologized.

"I believe there is good in everyone and I
thought I saw it in you for a moment. But maybe I was mistaken" she let out quietly only lound enough for him to listen.