Chapter 2:

Warren led Billy up to his room. "Jesus when did your mom knock down the wall into the guest room?" Billy asked. At one point in time the Peace house had been a three bedroom two and a half bath and now it seemed it was a two bedroom with a two and a half bath.

"That was actually an accident. Will came over one day and I made the comment about wanting a bigger room. Thus never making comments like that again. My mom made me finish the remodel." Warren said dropping his bag on the floor and sitting and stretching out relaxing on his bed like he usually did every day with a book.

Yes Warren Peace could read, he liked it. Billy looked around his room remember from when they were younger, he hadn't always been dark and broody. He use to have posters of different rock bands on the walls and a cork board filled with pictures of him and his family and Billy even, but now all of that was gone.

The top half of his walls were deep gray, the bottom half black and his carpet and even darker red. "Let me guess you grew out of Green Day?" She asked teasingly.

Warren chuckled softly to himself. "Something like that."

Billy perched on the edge of his bed pulling her cell and I-pod from her pocket she set them down. "I'm going to use your bathroom." She slipped out of her leather jacket and left it as well on his bed leaving the room. Warren looked down at her sidekick mobile and picked it up. He opened her picture files and started scrolling through. There had to be something about her in her phone.

He stopped when he came to a picture of what looked like Billy, tired, in a hospital gown holding…a baby. He hadn't noticed how long he stared until Billy came back in.

She looked up and saw him with her phone and panicked. "What are you doing?" She ran over snatching the phone from him and saw that he had been looking through her pictures. "Go ahead ask." She said soft sitting and turning away from him on the edge of his bed. Warren moved to sit next to her.

"Ask what?"

"Who's the baby?" She said for him. "You know what I'll save you the trouble. He's mine his name's Cooper."

Warren looked stunned but quickly masked it with calm. "And?"

"And he's Mike's. I was such an idiot. You can't tell anyone." Billy looked up at him.

"Who would I tell?" Warren asked trying to make a joked.

"Don't!" Billy exclaimed standing up. "Don't do that. Don't make jokes."

"Chill Billy I wasn't going to tell anyone." Warren said seeing how upset she was getting.

Billy sighed and rubbed her temples. "Yeah I know."

"So you wanna talk about it?" Warren asked. Billy looked at him and sighed. A few years ago there had been only few things she didn't talk to Warren about. Boys, clothes, and sex-ed. The first two for obvious reasons and the last because Billy couldn't keep a straight face when trying to do projects for their eighth grade sex-ed class. Warren lay back down on his bed and Billy walked over and lay down beside him keeping her distance. "What happened?"

Billy sighed again. "I thought we loved each other. It was two months before I found out I was pregnant and when I went to tell him my friends were there to show me this video."

"Video?"

"Getting to it. My friend Ria caught him with this other girl about a month before and they put together this plan to follow him one night when he was sure to be alone, and besides causal date nights with me and home life the night they picked was two nights before I found out about the baby. Well I saw it and being mildly hormonal from the pregnancy lost my temper.

I found him at home alone and I just started screaming at him. Then the bitch came out of the closet, literally she came out of the hall closet where Mike had stashed her to talk with me after I showed up announced. My control totally lost I continued going off and all of a sudden he just screamed 'what turned you into such a bitch!' In the heat of the argument I screamed back 'the hormones from the pregnancy you caused you self righteous asshole!'"

"Wow." Warren muttered.

"I gave him two options he could be part of the baby's life but I'd never be his again or I'd leave and he'd never see nor have contact with his child. He made his choice." Billy told him. "He chose her."

Warren rolled onto his side and propped his head up resting his elbow on his pillow. "What did your parents do?" He asked.

"They moved us to France and kept me locked away for almost seven months. The only people who actually know the truth are the doctors and the maid my parents hired to tend to me and the house while they were out."

Warren really didn't know what to say. He'd probably never admit to Billy but when they were coming into their teens he had, had a crush on her. She was the girl he compared other girls to, but she didn't know. Yes Warren Peace could crush on a girl, but no one would ever know that. "Billy I…"

"Don't bother. I got myself into this mess by being a rebellious teen girl who didn't give a fuck. The video happened when I was massively drunk. We threw this over the top party one night when things were still really good and his parents were out of town. He promised no one would see it." Billy said softly.

"You sure you don't want me to roast him a live?" Warren asked.

Billy gave a weak smile and a soft strained laugh. "As much fun as that would be to watch, no you can't."

"So you're a mom?"

"I'm a mom. Want to hear something astronomically funny?" Billy asked.

Warren nodded. "Sure."

"When I woke up after I had him, I asked what he looked like and my mom said he could pass for a mini Warren. I remember looking at her like she was fucking nuts." Billy said.

"Why does that unnerve me?" Warren joked.

Billy smiled thinking about her son. "He's adorable really. He's got a full head of hair and when my mom wasn't paying attention I put it into a mohawk."

Warren laughed. "So why is he with your parents and not you?"

"He will be with me as soon as I graduate from Sky high. All though it's been hard the last week. I'm having baby withdrawal." Billy chuckled softly picking at the hem of her shirt.

"Nice." Warren said.

Billy smiled. "It's weird how much you can love someone."

"You remember when we were kids and I use to throw fireballs at you?" Warren asked.

"How could I not? I was reminded of the simple fact that if I didn't stop it, it hurt like hell." Billy replied.

"I wonder what it would be like doing that now?"

"Can't use our powers outside of school." Billy replied.

Warren nodded. "No one will know if we're in the basement."

"You cleaned it out." Billy said sitting up looking at him incredulously.

Warren smirked and nodded. "Mom finally got me to clean it out. Now it's my work out room."

"So what you throw fire balls at that brick walls?" She teased getting up from his bed and heading towards the door.

"No. Ok sometimes." Warren said. They headed down to the basement and Billy just looked around being caught off guard by a miniscule fireball hitting her backside.

"You know to do that you had to be looking a my ass and that makes me a little uneasy Peace." Billy joked.

Warren smirked at her and threw another fireball at her after flaming up. Billy stopped it using her telekinetic power. "More?" He said.

Billy nodded. "I need to see how many things I can stop at once, so keep em coming till it looks like I just can't handle it." Warren gave a weary nod and continued throwing minimal fireball after another, when they reached about fourteen Warren was vaguely aware of the pressure this was causing, but she didn't look like she wanted to stop.

He got one more fireball in before the basement door opened. "Warren are you…" Elena paused seeing Warren.

Billy lost her concentration and all fifteen fireballs came at her hitting hard and the force brought her back into the wall. "Whoa!" She hollered and then thudded against the cement/brick wall.

"Billy!" Elena shrieked.

"Shit!" Warren quickly jogged over to her. "Billy?" He taped her cheek and her eyes opened heavily with a groan.

"Owe." She whispered.

Elena looked down at her and Warren and knelt. "What were you doing?"

"Testing her strength." Warren said helping Billy to sit up.

"I asked him to Elena." Billy said. "I need to work on keeping my concentration."

Elena smiled and nodded. "Come on let's get you some clothes that aren't scorched." She said.

Warren helped Billy up and she looked down at herself. "Damn this was my favorite shirt." She muttered.

Warren chuckled only Billy would say that after being hit with fire. "I'll buy you a new one." He said jokingly as they headed up the stairs.

"Can't it was a concert one." Billy said. "Oh well."

Elena shook her head with a big grin on her face. You'd think they would have caught on by now even with the problems they'd had in the last few years separately. "Dear I have a friend who can mend that just leave it when you go home later! Warren you'll be driving her after dinner by the way."

"K." Warren said. No argument was necessary cause Mrs. Peace always won. "I'll get Billy a shirt." Billy followed him back upstairs into his room and he went to the closet and tossed her a black t-shirt.

"Thanks." Billy turned her back on him and striped off her shirt and put his on making Warren's jaw actually drop. When had she gotten so tan? He also notice she was curvy and he also noticed in the time they had spent together that day that she had grown more curves, grown into her body as well.

Billy turned around and just in time for her cell to ring. She looked at Warren and then at the phone and walked over snatching it from his mattress and answered. "I had nothing to do with that I swear!" Came the quick answer.

"Mike." Billy groaned. "You left it in a place she found it. You should've burned it." She snarled.

Warren came over and tried to snatch the phone but Billy used her powers to push and hold him back. "Billy you have to believe me I would never put that on the internet. Despite what you want to believe I did love you."

Billy scoffed. "If you loved me so much you would've never cheated on me. By the way you arrogant prick I had a son." With that she hung up the phone and tossed it on the bed letting Warren go.

"Why'd you hold me back?" Warren asked angrily.

"Cause you're violent threats wouldn't have helped. Besides I hit home when I told him I had a son. I know he wants kids, boys and he'll never have mine." She replied.

Warren looked at her and gave a small half smile. "Fine. What do you want to do till dinner?"

"You got any good books?" Billy asked smiling at him.

Warren nodded and went over opening his other closet. He had transformed it into a walk in library. He pulled a book from the shelf and tossed it to her. Billy sat down on his floor and leaned back against his bed opening the book. She started reading while Warren grabbed the book from his bag and relaxed on his bed and started reading.

About three hours went by and Elena came and knocked on the door, not waiting for an answer she just opened it and saw them sitting silently reading. "Déjà vu." She muttered. "Warren, Billy dinner's ready. Warren wont Elizabeth be joining us tonight?"

Warren groaned and got up from his bed helping Billy up from the floor. "No mom she won't." He said. "We broke up two days ago."

"Oh sweetie…"

"I dumped her mom." Warren clarified.

Elena looked at her son and frowned. "Warren Andrew Peace tell me you did not break that poor girls heart?"

"I think that's safe to say Elena, she actual returned his books instead of burning them. I burned everything of his when I broke up with Mike." Billy said trying to be helpful.

Elena smirked that was definitely a quality Warren didn't get from his mother. "Alright than. Come on you two foods getting cold."

They headed down to the dinning room and found a nice four people table spread with meatloaf, mash potatoes, corn, and a nice colorful salad set up. "Geez mom." Warren muttered.

Billy giggled. "Elena this is great thanks I haven't actually eaten today."

"So Billy how is Cooper?" Elena asked as they all took a seat at the table and started dishing up.

"Fine. He'll be a year old soon." Billy told her. "And I had to tell Warren he snooped and found the picture on my phone."

"Picture?" Elena asked with a smile.

Billy pulled her wallet from her back pocket and pulled a small photo out. "Mom had these done." She handed it to Elena.

"Is that a mohawk?" Elena asked looking at the picture.

Billy grinned. "Yes it is. I will not have a pansy for a son." Elena and Warren both chuckled softly at her statement. Elena went gave the picture back to Billy.

"He's adorable, kind of looks like Warren as a baby."

Billy snorted. "Why does everyone keep telling me that?"

"Yeah I don't remember be anywhere near Billy when that kid was conceived." Warren joked.

Elena smirked. "You two seriously. Billy what's his father look like?"

Billy thought for a moment. "Well now that you mention it he is kind of a spiked haired version of Warren. I never noticed that. Weird." She muttered to herself. "He's blonde and brown eyed so Cooper gets his hair from me. All his good features he gets from me anything I can nit pick about is from his father…well if you can call him that."

"Which you can't." Warren mumbled.

"Technically you're right. He isn't anywhere on the birth certificate." Billy said.

Topics changed while the three ate the wonderful dinner Elena had prepared and before long Warren was driving Billy home in his mom's 2003 ford f-150. "So what are you're plans for this weekend?" Warren asked casually.

Billy shrugged. "My parents are bringing Coop into town so probably chilling at my place all weekend."

"So you only get to see him when your parents fly in?"

"Actually they are moving back to Laguna two weeks from now."

"I can't believe they moved you of all people to Laguna Beach." Warren said.

Billy groaned. "That was loads of fun."

"I bet." They pulled up outside her apartment and Billy opened her car door unbuckling her seatbelt.

"Thanks for the ride Peace." Billy said smiling over at him.

"Whatever."

"Can you not take a thank you?"

"Not really. Layla says I need to work on that." He grinned.

Billy smirked. "You do. Look stop by tomorrow morning I feel weird standing with those kids at the bus stop."

Warren grinned. "Alright fine, but you owe me."

"No you owe me for making me socialize."

"You have friends." He said.

"Friends that are like me. Not all overly perky." Billy replied.

Warren smirked. "Give them a chance. I did."

Billy wasn't sure whether or not she liked this side of Warren Peace. She liked the guy she use to know granted back then he didn't have the sexy red stripes in his hair or the deep voice or the…oh hell he was a broody boy not a man and now he was a man…with FRIENDS! Warren Peace had friends and that thought just did not mix well in Billy's head.

"Fine." Billy said and shut the truck door. She walked off and heard Warren drive off. She went into her apartment locked the door and went to bed.

Next Morning:

When the sun began rising and peaking through her blinds Billy groaned and sat up. This day sucks already. She thought. She hadn't slept much unsure if it was because she had gotten use to waking up with her son everyone night or if she missed him so much.

She glanced down and realized at some point in the night she had stripped off her long pajama shirt and was only clad in a small pair of green boy cut underwear. She reached down grabbing for her shirt and snatched it up just as there was a knock at the door. "Shit!" She shrieked softly. Billy jumped out of bed slipping her shirt on and buttoned it up leaving her long slender legs unclothed.

Reaching the front door after jogging out of her bedroom she reached for the handle. "Who is it?" She asked.

"Warren." Billy opened the door and gave a half smile. "You aren't dressed?" He asked looking at her. Billy was having a hard time paying attention to his words cause he looked…well hot would be the worst pun but it was true.

Warren was having much the same problem. He had forced those words to leave his lips trying not to stare at her long tan legs and the fact that she was in a men's button up dress shirt.

Finally coming out of her silent stupor seconds later Billy answered. "Sorry woke up late. Come on in heat up well whatever I might have in the fridge or freezer I'll go get ready real fast."

Warren walked in brushing past her and Billy had to stop from inhaling. Since when did he start wearing axe cologne? God I'm weak for that shit. She thought silently. "Well hurry up there's about forty-five minutes till we need to be at the bus stop." Warren said.

Billy smirked. "Than I'll be sure to add some extra time to the twenty minutes it takes me to get ready." She joked.

Warren just smirked and shook his head at her and went into her kitchen. Billy started for her room and quickly changed into some jean shorts to show of her tan legs, a black halter that left little to no imagination when it came to her bust, her black Roxy hoodie jacket and converse lo-top chucks in black.

Billy quickly brushed out her straight hair and pulled it up into a ponytail letting a few strands down to frame her face and the two green streaks to hang down by her ear. The feathered end of her ponytail brushed against her neck and she leaned into her mirror putting on some black eyeliner, black mascara and after brushing her teeth she applied some simple lip-gloss to accentuate the fullness of her lips.

Leaving her room just in time to hear a knock she ran to the door before Warren could answer. It was probably her landlord or something. Opening the door as Warren leaned on the arch frame into the kitchen watching Billy's heart stopped and her mouth went dry. "Where is he?"

"What the fuck are you doing here?" Billy asked.

"Where is he Billy I want to see him?"

"No Mike you made your choice and it wouldn't matter anyway cause he isn't here." Billy said angrily.

"You gave him up for adoption?" Mike asked barging into her place without and invite.

"Sure come on in." Billy said sarcastically slamming the door. She saw Warren starting to come over and ran and stood in front of him blocking him from doing any harm to her visitor. "Mike you need to go." Billy said sternly.

"Who the fuck is that?" Mike asked looking at Warren.

Warren tried to step around Billy but she kept him back with some use of her powers. "Warren please?" Billy whispered turning and looking up at him. Warren sighed and backed off a bit but he didn't move from behind Billy. "Mike you need to go I'm serious."

"So this is your boyfriend?" Mike scoffed. "You really did yourself in this time."

Billy glared at him. "He is not my boyfriend and fuck you!"

"Been there done that. Now where is my son?" Mike said and he was starting to really piss Billy off.

"He is MY son you arrogant bastard and I want you to leave." Billy said. "Lose my address, lose my phone number and just forget I ever existed."

Mike shook his head glowering at her. "I can't do that Billy. He's my kid and I have a right to see him."

"No you don't!" Warren said agitated starting to move forward again.

"Warren stay out of it!" Billy said looking over her shoulder at him again. "I gave you a choice Mike and you chose the skank. And that is that."

"You can't just keep me from my son!" Mike replied.

"Yes I can! You are not his father according to the birth certificate." Billy said her voice getting louder and louder. "Now leave."

"And if I said I want to be part of his life, that I made the wrong choice?" Mike asked looking at her with a softer expression.

Billy shook her head holding in the tears that so desperately wanted to come out. Why was he here now? Why? "That offer went out the window when you walked away. My son will never know his father. And I am going to raise him as I see fit. You could take me to court but the truth of the matter is I have done nothing but be there for him since he was born, my parents have been there and they've known all along. No judge would ever grant a boy who'd walked away from his responsibilities custody of a child."

Mike nodded. "I'm sorry."

"You should be." Billy replied. Mike walked to the door and as he opened it he turned back and looked at Billy.

"I really did love you Billy."

"Not enough." Billy said. And he was gone. Billy looked at the clock on her wall and side. "Shit we're late."

"You wanna talk about it?"

"Fuck no." Billy answered she grabbed her black messenger bag and pulled the shoulder strap over her head. "Let's go." She followed Warren out the front door locked it and they headed off down the street. "Don't." Billy said just as Warren was about to speak.

"How do you know what I was going to say?" Warren asked.

Billy shrugged. "Just don't. If I stay pissed off I wont breakdown." She said. "This Billy has tears, this Billy has emotions I didn't even know existed until that asshole, so we're just going to avoid the subject."

Warren decided to giver her the space she wanted with that subject and came up with a quick fix. "So I helped defeat Royal Pain few years back." He said.

Billy smirked silently thanking in for his quick change in subject. Somehow he always knew when she really just did not want to talk about something and reverse when she did. "My mom and dad told me. Your mom told them and I don't think I could've heard anymore about it after the first hour." She laughed. They continued talking about that until they reached the bus stop and the bus picked them up for another day at Sky High. The bus ride was silent Billy listened to her I-pod while Warren read.