Okay, just to clear things up: These chapters are going to be fully centered on Billy and Jane. The usual episodes have a lot of chaos with Jane and Donovan Decker but this fanfic will not. What this whole thing will be about is getting Jane and Billy together. Thanks for all the follows and favorites, I appreciate it!
Jane was having a hard time picking out an outfit. She didn't want to seem like she was trying to look too nice for Billy's sake, which is ridiculous-Billy didn't even know she had feelings for him. She then remembered that Billy was waiting with Ben in the kitchen, and she sighed. Oh, whatever. She pulled out a silky beige blouse with caramel colored, round buttons up the front and put it on, then took a red high-waisted, bubble skirt and tucked the blouse into it. She pulled out high heels with a red heel, a beige strap across the foot, then grabbed a red bag. Fixing her hair and admiring herself in the mirror, she smiled then stepped out of her closet. She picked up her homework, placing it carefully in her bag, then grabbed her phone off her dresser. She noticed Billy's phone on her bed and sighed, a smile on her face, and walked out of her room. Billy looked up.
"Hey Janey, I think I forgot-" Jane shook her head then handed Billy's phone to him before he could say anything else. He smiled at her,
"Thanks Janey." She started. He called her Janey twice, one after the other. She quickly composed herself. You're ridiculous, he always calls you Janey. You're just reading too much into this stuff because you're in love with him.
"Ready to go?" She asked, her voice slightly uneven, trying to ignore the raised eyebrow that Ben directed at her and failing.
"You guys go, I'm catching a ride with Rita." Jane smiled a coy smile at him, and Billy found himself immensely jealous of Eli for a moment, then realized that he had never asked Jane what had happened with him. Actually, she'd stopped mentioning Eli. I'll ask her about it tonight. They were getting take out and watching some crappy chick flicks. Jane hugged Ben, told him not to stay out too late tonight with Rita, then took Billy by the arm. Once the both of them had settled into "The Beast", Billy's phone started to buzz. Jane watched Billy check the name then pressed the button to ignore the call. He placed his phone back in his pocket then started to car. Jane didn't ask who it was, just moved her bag into her lap and hummed for a second. She noticed Billy's amused smile and stuck her tongue out at him. He laughed, and Jane savored the sound of it.
Billy was glad that Jane hadn't asked any questions about who had called him. He didn't want to have to deal with Zoey just yet. He remembered how he'd thought that when she said she wouldn't make him choose between her and Jane he'd believed it. At first, she hadn't, but in the end, that's always what it came down to. That one ultimatum. His choice was always the same one. That's when he noticed Jane humming, and the sound was so random but so welcome, that he turned to and Jane smiled. He laughed fully when she stuck out her tongue and she smiled. He was perfectly happy like this.
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Lunch:
Nick was sitting with his book in his lap on the grass outside, looking at Billy and Jane. They were sitting very closely, glancing down at Jane's phone, laughing at the things that came up on the screen. He didn't know that they'd been looking at movies to watch tonight, before just deciding to watch an episode of Spongebob while they were at it. He saw them burst out laughing at one point, leaning against each other, with Jane's head fitting into Billy's neck and his cheek turned into her hair, neither of them laughing anymore. They pulled away and looked back at the screen, both laughing again within seconds as if nothing had happened. He shook his head. How can they be so oblivious? How can neither of them see that they love each other? He shook his head then got back to his book, wondering when he had started asking himself such hard and unexplainable questions.
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8pm
"Jane, I got the Chinese food!" Billy called when he first opened the door.
"I'm coming!" He noticed that steam had been coming from her bathroom, and he looked away, instead dropping the food onto the counter and pulling out containers. When Jane came out, she put in a movie and they both sat down on the couch, eating their food with chop sticks. Billy then remembered the question he'd wanted to ask Jane earlier.
"Hey Jane?"
"Yeah?"
"How is everything with you and Eli?" Jane took in a sudden breath then looked down at her noodles.
"It didn't work out." Billy nodded.
"Sorry for asking, it's just-"
"No, that's okay. He… slept with someone else. Because apparently he only knew one side of me." Billy made a face.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"It wasn't a big deal. It's really not a big deal now, either, but since you asked."
"Well, he's a jerk, Jane. And he really doesn't deserve you." Jane looked up at him and gave him a small smile. He lifted his arm and she settled into the nook it made. "Let's forget about it and just watch the movie." And because he told her to, she did.
