Krystal had woken up late with the beginning of a hangover just like Billy had warned her. She decided to skip breakfast, only brushing her teeth and rushing to put her clothes on. She knew that Billy would soon enough be banging on her door to hurry up. However, just as she was pulling her jeans over her hips, the door was ripped open, making her jump. Billy was standing in the doorway, his mouth open as if he was about to say something. Whatever it was must have died in his mouth the moment he saw Krystal standing there in only jeans and a bra. It reminded her of when she had taken him to the lake.

"Billy, what the hell?" She cried, as she grabbed her shirt and held it over her chest, where his eyes had been gazing for the last few seconds.

"I…uh, I didn't see anything. Not that there's nothing to see, because there is…not that I was looking…" Billy stuttered as Krystal gave him an amused look.

"Just hurry up, alright?" Billy exclaimed, as he turned on his heel and rushed out of the room.

"Close the door, asshole!" Krystal yelled, seeing as it was still left wide open.

Krystal rolled her eyes as he didn't turn around and only held his middle finger up in response. She slammed it shut, shaking her head as she did so. Krystal bit her lip as she thought about Billy's flustered reaction and decided it was a good look for him.

Billy's day had gone from bad to worse. First of all, he had his awkward encounter in the morning when he had burst on Krystal getting changed. He had been in desperate need of a cold shower but knew he couldn't be late for school again or his dad would kill him. The incident was followed by an even more awkward ride to school, as Billy, Krystal and Max all avoided looking at each other in the eye. The stepsiblings were all pissed. Billy had decided to relieve some of his frustration in the first period when he had dragged Tina to his car. The girl had been more than willing to have sex in his backseat, but things didn't go as planned. Billy had spent the rest of the morning searching for his angry lover, but she seemed to avoid him. Billy knew he needed to find Krystal before Tina did, or all hell could break loose. Much to his annoyance, Krystal had also disappeared. Not knowing who else to turn to, he made his way over to Hawkins Middle School and quickly spotted Max in the car park. She was skating and seemed to have picked up an admirer in a boy who looked to be the same age.

"Max!" Billy called over to her, as she jumped in shock and fell off her skateboard.

"Ow…" Max trailed off, as she pushed herself into a sitting position, rubbing her back.

"Shit, are you okay?" The boy asked as he crouched beside her.

"Yeah. I'm fine" Max nodded, as the boy held his hand out to her, which she gladly took.

"That was clumsy of you" Billy suggested, as he came to stop in front of the pair.

"What are you doing here?" Max frowned, as the boy pulled her upright.

"Looking for your sister…who's this?" Billy inquired, looking at the young boy up and down.

"Uh…I'm Lucas" The boy mumbled; his eyes wide.

"Well, Lucas. This is a family matter. So scram" Billy insisted, crossing his arms.

Lucas gulped under Billy's intense gaze, sparing a quick look at Max, before doing as he was told.

"Why was he talking to you?" Billy inquired.

"It was just about a stupid class assignment" Max replied, avoiding looking him in the eye.

"It better have been. Now, are you gonna' tell me where your sister is?" Billy insisted.

"I don't know" Max shrugged, as Billy rolled his neck, starting to get annoyed.

"I think she's playing hooky again, so where would she go?" Billy went on.

"Like I said, I don't know. We're not exactly close" Max scoffed.

Billy groaned at Max's unhelpfulness, it was too suspicious that Tina and Krystal had disappeared at the same time. He needed to get in front of any rumours.

"It is close to the anniversary…" Max trailed off, with a thoughtful look.

"What do you mean?" Billy frowned.

"The anniversary of her dad's death. It's in a few days. She might have gone to his diner" Max explained.

"Isn't that place shut down?" Billy stated.

"Krystal kept all of her dad's tools…maybe she's going to break-in? I can't think of anywhere else she'd want to go" Max went on, as Billy nodded.

"See? Was that so hard?" Billy mocked, as Max rolled her eyes, in a way that reminded him of Krystal.

"Why do you want to find her so bad?" Max couldn't help but ask.

"It's nothing for you to worry about, Maxine" Billy exclaimed, as he went to turn around.

"Bullshit" Max murmured, almost quiet enough that Billy didn't hear.

"What did you say?" Billy questioned, whipping his head back around.

"I'm not as blind as you think, that's all" Max shrugged.

"And what the hell is that supposed to mean?" Billy inquired, taking a step forward so that he could loom over her.

"I know you went into her bedroom last night…and you didn't come out for a while" Max went on, as Billy gritted his teeth.

"Nothing happened" Billy scoffed, not sure why he was so bothered.

"Then what were you doing?" Max insisted.

"Nothing! We were just…I don't know, talking…" Billy trailed off, irritated.

"Talking? Jesus, do you have a crush on her or something?" Max blurted out, her eyes going wide when she realised what she had said.

Billy shared her expression for a split second, before his face morphed into anger. He shoved her roughly, as Max fell onto her back again, catching the edge of her arm on her skateboard. She bit her lip to stop herself from crying, not wanting to give her stepbrother the satisfaction.

"You keep your goddamn mouth shut in future" Billy warned her, as he turned to storm off, ignoring the looks from the middle schoolers around him.

Billy's anger dissipated the further away from the scene he got, as guilt began to seep into him instead. He knew he should have checked that Max was okay, he should have realised how much stronger than her he was. Not to mention he had done it in the middle of a school park, where plenty of kids had seen. He'd been lucky if social workers weren't turning up at his house by the end of the week. Maybe that wouldn't be such a bad thing, he thought to himself. Why had he seen red so much when Max brought up the idea of Billy liking Krystal? It was crazy…right?

He was distracted when he spotted one of the girls he had been searching for. Tina was smoking around the back of the middle school, an angry look on her face, which became furious when she saw him.

"Leave me alone, Billy" She exclaimed, throwing her cigarette on the ground.

"Look, we need to talk about what happened this morning" Billy announced.

"Maybe you do, but I don't-" Tina began, but he cut her off by grabbing her arm.

"You can't tell anyone about what happened" Billy insisted, as she pulled her arm away from his grasp.

"How stupid do you think I am? Of course, I won't! Why would I tell anyone that while I was having sex with a guy, he called out another girl's name?" Tina scoffed.

"Not so loud!" Billy hissed, looking around them.

"Your secret's safe with me, okay? No one's going to find out you want to fuck Krystal from my lips" Tina mocked, enjoying the way she could make him squirm.

"That's not what…I just got distracted, alright?" Billy retorted.

"I seriously don't care. Just stay out of my way…freak!" Tina exclaimed as she shoved past him.

Billy grimaced at the name, thinking of how he had called Krystal a freak on numerous occasions. Maybe Tina was right…maybe he was a freak. Maybe they both were, Billy thought to himself.

"That's not going to work, you know!" Billy announced as he saw Krystal outside her father's diner, attempting to pick the lock on the front door.

"Jesus, Billy! You almost gave me a heart attack" She complained, having jumped out of her skin at the sound of his voice.

"They've probably reinforced the lock. Don't want any weirdo's trying to break in to gawk at the place" Billy explained, as he approached her.

"Then what do you suggest?" Krystal questioned, as Billy looked around their surroundings.

Billy saw a large rock near the bottom of one of the windows and picked it up, manoeuvring it in his palm. He then pulled his arm back and threw it through one of the diner windows, which shattered with a large bang.

"Okay, that'll work" Krystal nodded, a slightly impressed look on her face.

"C'mon, we better quick. They might still be patrolling around here, and I left my car just down the road" Billy explained.

"You can leave now. I'm fine" Krystal told him, taking off her jacket, which Billy expected was one of her father's.

She balled the jacket around her hand and used it to push any remaining glass out of the window frame. She turned around and raised an eyebrow when she saw Billy was still standing there.

"It's this or geometry" Billy shrugged, taking off his own denim jacket and placing it on the bottom of the doorframe so that they didn't cut themselves as they crawled through.

"Wow…this place is a shit hole" Billy murmured, as he climbed down from the window and into the diner.

The whole place was covered in dust and seemed to be falling apart. A part of the ceiling seemed to have caved in, as there was now a steady stream of water dripping on the floor. Some of the lights had fallen from the ceiling, leaving the diner covered in darkness. It looked like the perfect location for a horror movie.

"Well jeez, Billy, don't be afraid to say what you really think" Krystal teased, making him snigger lightly.

"How'd you know I was here?" Krystal inquired, a moment later, as she made her way over to the large counter.

"Max told me" He shrugged, following her.

"How'd your little rendezvous with Tina go this morning?" Krystal asked, as she hopped over the counter.

Billy was momentarily distracted by Krystal's ass, as she crawled onto all fours, before jumping down. He ran a hand through his hair, as he tried to get his brain to catch up to what she had been saying.

"You been spying on me again?" Billy suggested, climbing over the counter as well.

"You wish" Krystal scoffed, as she shoved open the kitchen door, which had grown stiff overtime.

"Are you looking for something?" Billy realised as Krystal began opening the drawers.

"A picture" Krystal stated, as she crouched down to check the lower drawers.

Once again Billy's eyes landed firmly on her ass, wondering if she had any idea how she was making him feel. Letting out a triumphant noise, she pulled something from the lowest drawer, and held it out. Billy wandered over as she stood back up, and he saw it was a picture of her with her dad. Benny was wearing a dirty looking apron, a spatula in one hand, with his other arm around his daughter. Krystal looked a little younger, her cheeks were less defined and her body a little skinnier.

"When was this taken?" Billy inquired, taking the picture into his own hands.

"My 15th birthday. My dad's cook called in sick to work, so he had to go in and I wanted to still spend the day with him. It was a very greasy birthday" Krystal chuckled at the memory.

"You look happy" Billy mumbled, as he turned to look at her.

The young girl in the picture didn't have the haunted eyes that Billy had come to associate Krystal with. It was clear his stepsister was haunted by something.

"I haven't been back here since…I didn't realise the place had gone to hell so bad" Krystal exclaimed, as she looked around.

"Can't this place get sold, get you some cash?" Billy suggested as Krystal shook her head.

"The police still say it's an active crime scene…" Krystal trailed off, as they heard a rattling from behind them.

The two teenagers cautiously began to approach the sink where the noise was coming from. Krystal slowly bent down and ripped the cupboard door open underneath the sink, as a large rat scurried away, making her squeal in fright.

"Ew!" She cried as she and Billy took a step back.

Billy grimaced as the rat ran out of the kitchen, when he suddenly registered Krystal's hand gripping onto his arm, which he had placed protectively in front of her. Since when did he instinctively want to protect her?

"I guess it's definitely an active scene for rats" Krystal stated, as Billy once again huffed out a laugh, surprising her a little.

"C'mon, we better go…" Billy trailed off, as he opened the kitchen door.

From the different angle, he realised he hadn't seen the blood on the floor earlier. The blood that he knew must have belonged to Krystal's father. She came to a halt beside him, noticing the speckles of blood near the door and the barely cleaned up puddle of blood not far away. Billy could feel her stiffen beside him, as tears began to well in her eyes. She quickly banished the tears, taking a deep breath and turned back around. He watched as she picked up a bucket from the floor and went over to the sink. Billy frowned as she filled the bucket up, grabbing a nearby rag and walked back over to him.

"What are you doing?" Billy questioned, dumbfounded.

"Cleaning it up" Krystal mumbled, walking past him and crouching on the ground.

Billy watched with a pained expression, as Krystal started trying to mop up her father's blood on the floor. It was going fine until she got to the puddle of blood, that no matter how hard she scrubbed, wouldn't budge.

"Krystal, it's not going to work" Billy sighed, as he kneeled beside her.

She shook her head, as she continued rubbing harder against the floor until she was practically just banging her hands against the surface.

"Krys!" Billy exclaimed as he placed his hand over hers, stopping her movements.

"It's my fault…" Krystal trailed off, her eyes still firmly on the blood in front of her.

"What do you mean?" Billy frowned, as she turned to him, as a tear fell down her cheek.

"My dad didn't commit suicide, Billy…He was murdered" She confessed, as he looked dumbfounded.

Flashback

"You know this is basically child labour, right?" Krystal rolled her eyes, as she continued scrubbing the dishes just as her father had asked her.

"I pay you well" Benny scoffed, looking at through the hatch behind the counter.

"You pay me in food" Krystal pouted.

"I'm teaching you life skills" Benny stated, as Krystal began muttering under her breath.

"What's this really about, honey?" Benny queried, knowing his daughter wasn't upset about having work.

"Steve blew me off…again" Krystal admitted, as Benny shook his head with annoyance.

"Do I need to have a word with this kid?" Benny suggested, making Krystal giggle.

"Dad, your about as scary as a teddy bear" Krystal pointed out.

"Well, no one hurts my little girl" Benny told her, reaching over and pinching her cheek.

"That's child abuse" Krystal informed him, earning a chuckle in response.

"How did I create such a smartass kid" Benny laughed, as he saw a customer was calling him over.

"Look, Steve's obsession with Nancy will blow over, alright? And then you two can be best friends and braid each other's hair again, or whatever teenagers do these days" Benny explained.

"Steve and I are actually apart of a gang. We specialise in assault and narcotics" Krystal replied, as Benny placed his hands over his ears.

"Not listening" Benny mumbled, walking away.

Krystal had been so distracted by her own laughter that she hadn't seen a small girl creep into the kitchen, grabbing a handful of fries. The girl had been too overzealous with her portions and ended up knocking the small fries' basket on the floor, alerting Krystal to her presence. Krystal let out a yelp as she spotted the young girl, who was wearing a hospital gown and had a buzzcut. She looked like a freak.

"Who the hell are you?" Krystal gaped, as the girl's eyes darted towards the door.

"Wait!" Krystal exclaimed as she rushed to the doorway before the girl could escape.

She backed away into a corner, hugging her arms close to her, as she seemed to think Krystal was about to attack her.

"Hey, it's okay. I'm not going to hurt you…and you're not going to hurt me, right?" Krystal questioned, as the girl shook her head.

"Good. What are you doing here?" Krystal asked, seeing the girl's eyes looked towards the fries on the floor.

"You're hungry, huh?" Krystal suggested as the girl nodded furiously.

"You ever had chocolate pudding?" Krystal inquired, as the girl tilted her head.

"So…what's your name?" Krystal questioned, as she watched the young girl shovel the chocolate pudding into her mouth.

"Hey, careful. You eat too much of that and you're going to get sick" Krystal warned her, making the girl frown.

"You know…throw up?" Krystal went on, as she pretended to vomit, earning a small giggle from her new friend.

"I've got to ask. What's with the hair?" Krystal queried, ushering to the girl's buzzcut hair, who shrugged in response.

"Did someone hurt you?" Krystal asked, noticing her odd behaviour.

She was surprised when the girl shook her head, seemingly offended that Krystal would think so. The girl was a complete mystery. She could see her dad calling someone in the kitchen, and was about to walk over to him when she noticed a strange tattoo on the girl's wrist.

"Eleven…aren't you a little young for tattoos?" Krystal frowned, touching the girl's wrist, who flinched at the touch.

"Did someone force you to get that? What does it mean?" Krystal insisted, as the girl stopped eating and stared at her blankly.

"Alright, hold on a minute" Krystal announced, as she stood up and walked into the kitchen.

The girl was staring at her with interest when she came back, with a large tub in her hands.

"You tell me what that tattoo is for, and you get some ice cream" Krystal offered, opening the tub and showing her the contents.

"Eleven" The girl mumbled, pointing to herself.

"Your name's Eleven?" Krystal asked as the girl nodded.

"Okay…that's a bit of a weird name, but it actually kind of suits you. I'm Krystal" She smiled, as she pushed the tub over to Eleven.

"I'm just gonna' go speak to my dad, you enjoy that," Krystal told her, as she stood up.

"Papa?" Eleven questioned, pointing to Benny in the kitchen.

"Yeah…he's my Papa" Krystal nodded, a hint of pride in her voice.

"Friend?" Eleven asked, pointing to Krystal.

"Yeah, we're friends now" Krystal smiled.

She watched as Eleven then began tucking into the ice cream, a look of excitement on her face. Krystal walked into the kitchen and overheard the end of Benny's conversation on the phone, realising he had called social services.

"Dad, I don't know if that was a good idea" Krystal bit her lip, as he hung up the phone.

"They'll be able to help her. A lot better than we can" Benny suggested.

"What if they're who's she's run away from? What if she's a kid in care?" Krystal pointed out, as Benny frowned, clearly having not thought of it.

"Hey, don't worry. It'll be fine. We can go with her, make sure she's looked after, okay?" Benny told her, as she nodded.

"You really like that ice cream, huh?" Benny laughed when he saw Eleven had almost finished the whole tub.

Eleven grinned in response, making a smile grow on Krystal's own face. She seemed to feel much more comfortable with the pair.

"Smile looks good on you," Benny told her, as Eleven frowned in confusion.

"You know, smile?" Benny clarified, as he raised his arms out and gave her a crazy grin.

"Oh, I think you mean a smile like this?" Krystal suggested as she stuck her fingers in her cheeks, giving Eleven a silly smile.

The girl giggled again as the father and daughter's stupid antics, but quickly cut herself off when there was a loud bang on the door. Krystal watched as the girl jumped and looked at her with fear.

"It's okay. You just sit tight, I'll tell whoever it is to go away" Benny announced, as he started to walk out of the kitchen.

"Wait, dad! We don't know what's going on with her, it could be dangerous" Krystal warned him, as she hurried after him.

"It'll be okay, honey" Benny insisted, as he ruffled his daughter's hair lightly.

"Just coming!" Benny called out, as the banging on the front door continued.

Krystal watched as her dad opened the door to a blonde woman, who introduced as herself as being from social services. Krystal frowned when she noticed how insistent she was on seeing Eleven, and started to get a bad feeling about the whole thing.

"Eleven, go into the back" Krystal whispered, as the girl nodded and walked towards the doorway.

"Come on up. I'll introduce you" Benny told the blonde, as he let her through the doorway.

"Thank you" She replied, looking around the restaurant.

"Sorry again about trying to turn you away back there" Benny apologised, as he made his way towards the kitchen.

"It's fine" The woman shook her head, as Krystal saw the woman's hands go to her bag.

"You know, it's funny. Your voice sounds different on the-" Benny began but was cut off by Krystal's scream.

"Dad!" Krystal cried when she saw the woman pull a gun out of her bag.

Benny didn't even have the time to turn around to face her, as the blonde raised the gun and shot him. Krystal let out a bloodcurdling scream as she saw her father fall to the floor. Eleven quickly began to run into the back, clearly realising how bad things were about to get.

"Dad?!" Krystal whimpered, seeing where his body had fallen, from where she was standing in the doorway.

There was blood pouring from his head, already forming a puddle on the floor. He was dead. Krystal turned towards the blonde who had now turned to raise the gun at her. Krystal ducked just in time as a bullet ricocheted off the back wall. She grabbed a knife from on top of the counter and hid behind it. She peaked out from where she was hiding and came almost face to face with her father's dead body. His eyes were still open, staring into nothingness. Krystal turned back away, feeling tears welling in her eyes. She watched as the blonde stepped over her father's body like he was no more than trash. Letting out a yell, she sliced the back of the woman's ankle, who let out a loud scream. Krystal then dashed forward to hide under a nearby metal table as the woman took another shot at her. As soon as the blonde came into view, Krystal threw the metal knife at her, watching as it pierced her stomach. The woman let out a pained gasp, as she dropped the gun from her hand. Krystal pushed herself from out of her hiding place and came to face the woman. She tugged the blade out of the blonde's stomach, and stabbed her again, this time in the chest. The woman suddenly went very still and fell onto her knees, the knife still encased in her chest. Giving her no other thought, Krystal rushed over to her father, as tears began to fall down her cheek.

"Dad…" Krystal whimpered, placing her hand on his shoulder and shook him.

"Wake up. Please, wake up" Krystal sobbed.

She heard a sound from outside and looked over the counter to see half a dozen cars had just arrived. Looking back down at her father, she knew she had to leave him.

"I'm sorry" Krystal cried, as she pushed herself onto her feet and started to run.

End of Flashback

"I should have saved him" Krystal sighed, after having recounted the memory to Billy.

At some point during her confession, they had moved back into the kitchen and were now sitting next to each other on the floor. Billy had been silent throughout Krystal's story, only raising his eyebrow at parts and looking sadder as she went on.

"Jesus, Krystal. I…I don't know what to say…" Billy trailed off.

"God, I shouldn't have told you. It's too dangerous to know" Krystal shook her head, pushing herself to her feet.

"No. You needed to tell someone. It was eating you up. Anyone could see that" Billy stated.

"Yeah, everyone except my mum" Krystal scoffed, sadly.

"Well, I don't think she thinks of much outside whether she needs to get her hair permed" Billy pointed out, as Krystal huffed out a laugh.

"You're wrong, you know," Billy told her, a moment later.

"About what?" Krystal frowned.

"It's not your fault" Billy insisted.

"I let that girl stay with us. I asked him to help her. I didn't stop him from opening that door when I knew it was dangerous-" Krystal ranted, as Billy stopped her by raising his hand out and placing it over her own.

"You were fifteen. There's nothing you could have done" Billy exclaimed, rubbing his thumb over the back of her hand in a comforting gesture.

"You're being nice again" Krystal stated.

"I'll try not to make a habit of it" Billy smiled lightly, as he took his hand away, finding it felt too intimate.

Author's Notes: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! Sorry that it took so long to update but life has been very busy recently. I hoped you enjoyed the flashbacks in this one and the characterisation. Please leave a review:)

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