It was two hours later when she felt those familiar arms snake round her waist, ones she would normally welcome and melt into but this time she felt like they were dripping in poison as she batted them away.
"I've been looking for you" He said ignoring her pushing him off.
"Oh yeah, looking real hard" She scoffed.
He grabbed a beer from beside her, the cooler almost empty by this time with melted ice pooling inside it.
"Someone's grumpy" He snorts.
She merely rolls her eyes and tips back her cup finishing another cup, now having completely lost track of how many drinks she had consumed but the blurred eyesight and room spinning were a clear indication that it had been a lot, perhaps too much.
"How about I change that?" He whispers as his hand ghosts over her dress, his eyes drinking in how it accentuated every curve of her body.
Besides the fact that she was too drunk to even stand up properly without resting her weight on the counter beside her, she didn't want him touching her just hours after she had seen him disappear off with Tina.
"Wow twice in one night, you must have some stamina" She retorted.
Billy didn't understand why she seemed so angry, her eyes couldn't fully concentrate on him when she uttered the words confirming to him that she was drunk as a skunk.
"What are you talking about?" He replied, eyebrows knitted together.
"Tina" She stated simply.
He ran his tongue along his teeth realising where her hostility had stemmed from. He knew this was where things could begin getting complicated, up until tonight they hadn't discussed him still being with other women. He figured she knew but was turning a blind eye but with the alcohol in her system, that wasn't going to be the case tonight.
"Nothing happened" He dismissed.
She gave him a doubtful look, did he really expect her to believe that? He was the Casanova of Hawkins, trying to get as many girls on his roster as possible.
"Be serious" She replied.
He wasn't in the mood for an argument, this didn't warrant one; at least not to him. They weren't dating, they weren't going steady, hell they weren't even exclusive so as far as Billy was concerned, he was completely in the clear.
"We made out a little but that's it, she has a thing for Jason, whatever" He shrugged wanting to move on already.
Kat felt an intense wave of jealousy wash over her just at the thought of Billy's mouth being all over another girl, how his hands probably got tangled in her hair like they did with her own. She wanted nothing more than to experience it for herself but now the idea of it was tainted, at least for tonight.
"Whatever, i'm gonna go dance" She dismissed wanting a distraction that wasn't Billy for a change.
"Cmon, it's not a big deal" Billy groaned.
He was beginning to see that his little excursion with Tina was proving more of a hindrance than an advantage. He knew Tina was head over heels for Jason but when the opportunity arose for him to get a little action from her to make Jason jealous and add her name to his growing list of Hawkins girls, he wasn't going to decline. He wasn't sure why he fixated on this ever-growing list of women, maybe it was a way of making himself feel better and more desirable after how unwanted he felt from his dad's attitude and his mother walking out; it gave him a focus, a task to keep busy and a means to prove himself.
"It is a big deal" She protested, her voice coming out whinier than she would have liked.
"Why?" He pressed.
Silence fell between them both. She didn't know how to answer his question, or rather she did but was too afraid to vocalise it. She wanted him for herself, she didn't want him as a boyfriend but in the way she did have him, she wanted it to only be her. People did it all the time, they hook up with only one person and it never has to go anywhere beyond physical; why couldn't they do that? Why did he need other girls?
"I'm not your boyfriend" He added.
"I know" She replied "I don't want you to be"
He was at least glad to hear those words fall from her lips, it wouldn't be the first time a girl he was getting with expected something more from him. He always made it clear that he wasn't one for commitment but it didn't stop girls trying to change that, thinking they can be the one to lock him down. While he had never slept with a girl as much as he had with Kat, that still didn't change his mindset.
"Then you can't get annoyed when I get with other girls" He responded.
"What if I was with other guys?" She said.
"Are you?" He asked.
"Maybe" She hummed.
Another pause. He was certain she was bluffing, if she had been with another guy then he would've known about it.
"It wouldn't bother me" He said.
She didn't believe him, she knew for a fact it would bother him. He was possessive, she knew that for a fact from how vocal he was during their encounters when he would touch and grab her all over and make her admit all the body parts that belonged to him.
"We could be exclusive" She whispered, scared for the response.
"Exclusive?" He asked as if the word itself was venom laced.
"Yeah, nothing has to change it just means we don't hook up with other people" She shrugged trying to make it appear more nonchalant.
His head immediately shook a firm no, regardless of how smoking hot Kat was, he wasn't going to become tied down in any fashion and given limitations on what he could or couldn't do.
"Not gonna happen, princess" Billy laughed "Sorry"
Her jaw stiffened, not used to being told 'no'. She was a naturally convincing person whether that was making her mom extend her curfew by thirty minutes or encouraging Steve to let her drink more of his dad's 'good scotch' from the drink's cabinet.
"Then neither is this" She retorted walking towards the living room.
Billy internally groaned, why couldn't she just let things be easy and go with the flow? Why should it matter if he's with other girls when their relationship was purely physical anyway?
"Can you not be difficult?" He asked.
Difficult?
That word caused a new level of rage to bubble up in her chest as she quickly whipped her body around to face him. A mix of her inebriation and the wet floor from all the melted ice caused her to slip right onto the cold tiles, pain shooting in her lower back and thigh immediately.
"Shit" She hissed.
Billy immediately bent down to try and help her, despite their argument he wasn't going to let her lie there helpless.
"Get off" She groaned pushing his hand and help away.
Other people in the kitchen turned their attention to the little spectacle, whispering amongst themselves and holding back laughter. Kat felt humiliated, not only in her attempts to get Billy to herself but for the fact she was lying on the floor of a kitchen covered in melted ice and soda remnants ruining the dress she was so excited to put on tonight.
"What the hell's happening?"
Steve pushed people out the way to get to Kat and lift her up with ease telling bystanders to turn their attention elsewhere and mind their business.
"Did you push her?" Steve accused Billy.
"Are you serious? Of course I fucking didn't" Billy spat "I was trying to help"
"You're an asshole" Kat groaned, pain shooting through her body as well as a pounding in her head.
Steve tried his best to keep Kat steady, her feet stumbling around as she continued to mumble incoherent words and sentences directed towards Billy; words she knew he didn't particularly earn to have thrown at him but she didn't have the control to keep her annoyance inside.
"Let me drive you home" Billy said, giving in for the night deciding he might as well make sure she's home alright.
"It's good, i'll handle her" Steve dismissed.
Steve and Billy weren't particularly close but they got on well enough so it bothered him that he was acting hostile towards him for no reason especially when he was friends with him way before Kat had even turned up into town and especially when he hadn't done a single thing wrong.
"Whatever" Billy scoffed walking away before his anger got the better of him.
Kat was happy Steve had reappeared, she didn't want to have to sit in Billy's car in awkward silence as they drove back to their street.
"Where's Nancy?" Kat asked noticing her absence.
Steve's eyes immediately averted hers, focusing on his feet as his lips pursed in an upset manner.
"I don't want to talk about her right now" He sighed.
"Did something happen?" Kat prodded.
"Just an argument" Steve replied forcing a tight lipped smile on his face "She got a little too drunk"
Kat instantly felt bad, Steve was her closest friend here and he was having his own problems yet all she was focused on was herself and her inability to tie down the biggest player in the school and now he was having to deal with her and her antics too.
"I'm sorry, Steve" Kat replied.
"It's okay, let's just get you home huh?" He smiled.
She nodded her head and he led them out the busy house, weaving in and out of bodies as she tried to ignore Billy in the corner who was already chatting up a different girl with his back to her once again.
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