October 31,1984. That was the first time you met Billy. You met him at Time’s Halloween party, you were outside lighting a cigarette, that’s when Billy stumbled next to you.

“Hey, gorgeous, why don’t you light my cigarette, while you’re at it?”

You complied and lit his cigarette for him and talked to him for the rest of the night. He convinced you to go on a drive with him. When you finally got home at 2 in the morning, you had to explain to your parents that Nancy Wheeler got super drunk and you took her home to make sure she was safe. It was a total lie but, what they didn’t know wouldn’t hurt them.

You going on drives with Billy became a routine, you would meet him by his car after school, drop his sister off at home and then you drive around Hawkins aimlessly.

The first time you kissed Billy, it was short and sweet. He tasted like strawberry chapstick and cigarettes. It was a good kiss, you made yourself and Billy wait for it. You knew of Billy’s promiscuous behavior and you wanted to make sure, that whatever you guys were, was real.

You thought it was real, when he held your hand that night in his car. One hand was on the wheel, and the other was in yours. That night he dropped you off at home, you gave him a goodnight kiss, then you went upstairs to your room. The next morning you woke up with his sent still lingering on your skin.

At school the next day you wanted to talk to Billy, to properly thank him for the night before but, when you saw him at school, he ignored you. You called his name twice and both times he ignored you. You knew he heard you, even Tommy H. heard you but, he still ignored you.

You decided not to play his little game, you walked right past him and his car and walked straight home. The entire walk home, you were reminded of Billy. Someone asked to borrow your lighter, a gas station owner told you there was a sale on chapstick. You couldn’t quit Billy, he was like a bad habit.

When you finally reached home, not even an hour later, you heard your house phone ring, when you picked it up Billy was on the line.

“No drive today?” He sounded angry but, you couldn’t care less.

“I was feeling up to it today.” You were short with him rightfully so.

“Did I do something wrong? I thought we had something good?” You could barely hear him, he was talking in a really low whisper.

“Well, I didn’t love that you ignored me today but, it’s okay I get it.” You just wanted to be done with the conversation.

“Look, I’m sorry about that, okay? I was already getting shit from Tommy for smelling like you.” He was still whispering.

“Why do you care about what Tommy says? He’s an idiot. All of your friends are. I thought we had something going between us. I was excited to see you, believe it or not but, I was looking forward to maybe eating lunch with today.” You heard Billy scoff.

“Even with my idiot friends being around, you wanted to eat lunch with us? We do have something going on okay? I just don’t know what to do.” He was talking louder now, you could hear a hint of insecurity in his voice.

“What do you mean 'you don’t know what to do’, what does that even mean?” You were starting to sound angrier.

“I’ve never felt like this before. I know I have girls all around me all the time but, none of them are like you. None of them care about me, not like you do anyway. You’re different.” He confessed to you.

“Alright then, what are we?” You were genuinely curious as to what he thought was going on between you two.

“That depends, what do you want us to be? I want us to be more than whatever we are but, if you aren’t into that then that’s okay.”

“I want that too. I swear to all that is holy, Billy, if you ignore me tomorrow, I’ll key your precious Camaro" You were smiling like an idiot. You heard Billy laugh before he responded.

”I’ll see you tomorrow, sweetheart.“

That was the end of your conversation. You saw Billy at school, he wrapped his arm around you. You were the talk of Hawkins but, who cares? You and Billy didn’t.