Chapter Twenty Six
Summer 1985
"I'm going to Dustin's!" Max yelled out to no one imparticular, quickly shoving her feet into her converse. "Mom? Jaime? Anyone?" She called out when there was no response. Quickly glancing into the livingroom she found it empty, Neil was at work so it seemed as though her mom had decided to go out and enjoy the summer heat, that didn't account for Jaime though.
In the months that had passed since Christmas Max and Jaime had slowly been patching up their tattered relationship, it was by no means where it had once been, but Jaime wouldn't have left without saying bye and telling her sister where she was heading. Glancing up at the clock to check the time, she was already running late, Max jogged to Jaime's bedroom at a hasty pace not wanting to make herself any later.
"I'm going to-" Max began to announce as she threw open the door, when she saw why her sister hadn't answered though her face scrunched in disgust. "You guys are gross!" Quick as lightening Max covered her eyes with her hands, sheilding them from looking at Jaime and Billy any longer. They were getting reckless, it wasn't the first time Max had walked in on them, it never got anymore uncomfortable though and each time she wanted to clean her eyes with bleach.
"You can uncover your eyes." Said Jaime having pushed Billy off of her. "Next time maybe knock?"
Gingerly Max removed her hands and was relieved to find that Billy and Jaime were no longer sandwiched together on the bed swapping saliva. "I wanted to tell you I'm going to Dustin's, he's back from camp."
Waving dismissively at Max, Jaime moved over to her vanity to right her hair that Billy had ruined. "Sure. I'm going to the pool all day, that's where I'll be if you need me."
"Come on, Mayfield. I'm gunna be late." Snapped Billy, bored of the tedious conversation. His life guard job was the best thing that had happened to him all summer, except for all the alone time he and Jaime got without school, she spent all day at the pool when he worked though and it gave him the perfect opportunity to look at her in a bikini for hours on end.
Rolling her eyes, like Billy cared if he was late, Jaime scanned her room for her white stiletto's, there was no way she was going anywhere without them. "Just go wait by the car, Hargrove. I need to find my shoes."
Not bothered if Billy decided to do as she'd said, Jaime continued the search for her favourite shoes. They would leave when she was ready whether Billy liked it or not. Crouching down on the floor she checked under her bed, spotting the white stiletto's slightly hidden by one of Billy's shirts. When would he learn to tidy up after himself? If her mom had found the shirt it would be game over for them, and Jaime was one hundred percent sure Billy wanted that even less than she did. Grabbing the offending item along with her shoes, Jaime heaved herself back upright and was shocked to see Max was still there, eyeing her with disbelief. "What?"
"You're gunna get caught, you know that right?"
Had Max suddenly become a mind reader? Whatever the reason for Max's observation Jaime didn't need or want to hear something she already knew. Since summer break had officially began Max had caught them a total of four times, five now, logic only pointed to the fact that Neil or Susan would likely be next. Yet everytime she and Billy made a pact to stop being so careless it only seemed to make them to the complete opposite. Thank god Max had kept her findings to herself, Jaime wasn't ready for anyone else to be in on the secret.
"We're not going to get caught." Jaime scoffed as she slipped her shoes on. "Don't worry about me, okay? Go to Justin's-"
"Dustin's."
"Whatever! Just go have fun, and I'll do the same."
Flashing a mischievous smirk at Max, Jaime slipped past her younger sister to go join Billy in his car, not before making a quick detour to Billy's room where she threw the shirt that could have potentially ended their little affair.
"Just be careful." Max offered as she squeezed past Jaime at the front door, skateboard under her arm. "See you later!"
Flicking her hand in a weak attempt of bidding Max goodbye, Jaime slammed the door to the now empty Hargrove-Mayfield house and stepped fully into the scorching heat of the day. Pulling down her sunglasses, the sun too bright for her eyes to make anything out without them, a smirk curved across Jaime's lips again as she found Billy smoking in the drivers seat of his car. The lifeguard job had been doing nothing but working in Billy's favour, the sun had given him a golden tan and it only added to his already insane looks.
"Took your sweet ass time, Mayfield." Billy grumbled when Jaime climbed into the passenger seat, not even giving her time to fasten her seat belt before speeding off down the street. "You made me late."
There was no way Jaime was going to let Billy spout some fantasy where it was her who had made him late; he had gone to her in her room and thrown her on the bed knowing full well what time he needed to be at work, and Jaime was more than happy to remind him exactly of that fact. "I don't remember coming to your room, Hargrove." Jaime taunted after inhaling deeply on the cigarette Billy offerend out to her. "It's not my fault you can't control yourself around me, but I mean who can blame you? Look at me."
Billy didn't want to look, didn't want to give Jaime exactly what she wanted, but he couldn't help himself. Dragging his eyes down Jaime's body hungrilly, Billy drank in every inch of her like a starving man. Only Jaime would go to the pool in white heels, only Jaime would walk around the streets of Hawkins in a short denim skirt and bikini top, and Billy couldn't have been happier.
"You think the desperate housewives of Hawkins will be there today?" Every damn day she went to the pool with Billy Jaime had to watch the pathetic display Mrs Wheeler and her friends put on for Billy. It was laughable how they all oggled him, and strived to gain his attention. Jaime would have been lying if she said that Mrs Wheeler wasn't getting to her. Unlike her friends Karen Wheeler looked good for a mom of three, and after the disgusting show she and Billy had put on the night they were looking for Max Jaime wasn't entirely trustful of the two of them.
"Still jealous of Mrs Wheeler?" Billy grinned, turning the car in to the pools car park. There wasn't a doubt in Billy's mind that Mrs Wheeler would be there, she and her friends had been to the pool nearly every day since summer started, and every time they saw him all of the women greeted him like he was a god. It was obvious that the attention he was getting was driving Jaime insane but that only made Billy enjoy it all the more.
"I am not jealous, Hargrove." Jaime snapped after getting out of the car. "It's nauseating." Walking at a brisk pace Jaime headed in the direction of the locker room where Billy and the other life guards kept their belongings while they worked, not bothering to see if Billy was keeping up.
The smell of the locker room made Jaime's nose scrunch, how could somewhere smell like bleach and dirt? She waited for Billy all the same, bad smell or not Jaime had a plan to stick it to Mrs Wheeler.
"You shouldn't be in here, Mayfield." Billy yelled out when he kicked open the door to the locker room, where he found Jaime waiting with folded arms next to his locker. It had become a game between the two of them, Jaime would tell him to make her leave and then they'd have a quickie in one of the shower stalls, it worked like clockwork everytime. Billy was already late so what did it matter if he was a little later?
Billy's arms wrapped around Jaime's bare waist pulling her into his hard chest, he wasn't off the hook that easily though. "Not today, Hargrove. I only just fixed my hair, remember?" Unwrapping herself from Billy's arms Jaime left him at the locker to go over to the shower stalls to look in one of the mirrors.
Humming softly to herself, not really do much of anything to her appearance, Jaime waited to hear the door bang signalling Billy had left the room to start his shift by the pool. That would teach him for calling her jealous. Jaime Mayfield did not get jealous of middle aged housewives, more to the point she didn't get jealous of anyone. When the sound of the door slamming carried through the locker room Jaime began to set her plan in motion; ruffling her hair just enough that it need to be straightened out, and hiking her skirt a little higher on her thighs, Jaime was ready to head out to the pool.
Throwing open the door that led out to pool side, Jaime strutted down the tiles causing heads to turn as she did, Billy wasn't the only one who got attention at Hawkins Public Pool. Ahead of her Billy had just reached the lifeguards chair and passed by his fan club of middle aged mothers, meaning Jaime had waited the perfect amount of time.
Flicking her gaze up to Billy, who was now sat down comfortably in his throne, Jaime smiled slyly at him before turning to face where Mrs Wheeler was posed on her lounger. In the most indiscrete way possible Jaime unbunched her skirt and smoothed the denim out, step one complete and Mrs Wheelers attention was firmly fixed on her. Step two, the final step in the very simple plan, was the most crutial. Bringing her right hand up to her mouth Jaime wiped at her bottom lip, and the sudden change in Mrs Wheelers demenour made it loud and clear she got the message loud and clear, and most importantly that it hurt her.
Now Jaime felt better.
A/N/ Here we are in season 3! I will not be rushing through this season, I think we all know why *sniffles* So here's the first installment, I hope everyone enjoys it even though it's kinda short.
Alyssa: I'm not going to give away what I have planned for season 3 but I hope you'll like it. Hope you like this chapter :)
Ladey Jezzabella: It was worth the wait, right? lol. There will be many, many escapades and I can't wait for it! I pretty much have exactly what I plan for the whole of season 3 already, so hopefully it all works out okay and you enjoy it. I will also definately be doing some Hargrove/Mayfield home stuff too. Hope you liked this chapter :) And thank you for the long reviews!
starsandrockets: Thanks so much for the compliment, and I hope you liked this chapter too! I will be doing home life chapters/segments because I think it's kind of important with all the Hargrove/Mayfield relationships. As I said I'm not going to rush through the season because it's going to be traumatic lol, but I know exactly how I'm working Jaime into it and I just hope it works as well on paper as it does in my head!