At the Start
Chapter Four
The four friends' time together slowly started to trim down as the Monday morning loomed. Sidney waved goodbye to Tatum and Stu, who were racing home to get homework done. Sidney shook her head. She closed the door and turned. She then found herself face to face with Billy Loomis.
"So, what are we going to do with this now?" Billy asked as he leaned against the arch of the hallway.
"This?" Sidney asked.
"Us," Billy clarified, "or is there even an us?" Sidney realized that as he said those words his famous confidence level dropped. Sidney looked away from his brown eyes and down at the floor. She was so sure that the beating of her heart could be heard.
"I would like for there to be." Her voice was barely a whisper as she answered. She flicked her eyes up at Billy to see his smile at her shy answer and the happiness in his brown eyes. "But it's what you want." She shrugged.
"I decided after the first meeting that I would go after you," Sidney blinked at his admission. "And I wouldn't quit until I had you..."
'Out of all the girls, he chose me...wow...' Sidney thought as she stared into his brown eyes. He smiled. The backside of his hand slid down her cheek and then his fingers curled underneath her chin.
"Then when Stu invited me over to his house and you walked through the door," his laugh came out as a puff of air, "I knew then that I wanted you...and I knew that you wanted me just as I did you." Sidney blushed. She confirmed his statement with a nod. "So, let's try an us. Let me take you on a date tonight around," he looked up at the clock which read 4 p.m., "six. Can you get ready that quickly?" Sidney nodded again. "Great," Billy smiled and pecked her on the lips. Sidney smiled and turned along with him. "See you in two hours," he promised as he opened the door and slipped out into the evening. Sidney smiled.
"I have a date with Billy Loomis!" She told the empty room as she walked upstairs. She picked up the dirty clothing that the boys had left thrown around the guest rooms. Sidney had let the boys wear her father's sleepwear. She tucked all of them into her arms and started the washer. She hummed as she loaded it. She clicked start and nearly squealed. "I have a date with Billy Loomis!" She repeated.
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Billy Loomis smiled inside his car. Sidney didn't know that he had heard her excited shout.
"I have a date with Billy Loomis!"
"Yes, yes, you do, Sid..." He confirmed. For a moment, he removed a hand from the wheel and touched his lips gently. The feel of her lips remained with a delicious tingle. He placed his hand back on the wheel and smiled.
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Sidney turned on her radio and listened to the tunes of Gin Blossoms as he sang "Follow You Down" while she got ready. The blow dryer in her hand almost over powered the ringing of the phone. She shut off the loud machine and darted down the stairs.
Breathless, Sidney answered the phone.
"Hey, Sid, how'd it go with Billy after we left?!" Tatum excited voice came over the phone at five. Sidney laughed and took a minute to compose herself.
'I feel kinda silly for hoping it was Billy...I didn't even give him my number...' Sidney scolded herself.
"Finished that physics homework?" Sid asked, building the suspense she was sure her best friend was feeling. Tatum groaned on the other line.
"I'm taking a break," she mumbled. "I can tell by your tone that something happened." Sidney smiled and leaned against the wall. Sidney paused and prepared to tell her the news.
"I have a date tonight," Tatum's squeal nearly deafened her. Sidney held the phone at arm length. Her hand rubbed at her throbbing ear.
"Geez..." Sidney hissed.
"Spill! Spill! Spill!" Tatum chanted.
"Only if you spill about Stu and you," Sidney cooed. Silence came over the other line.
"How did you..."
"Don't think I didn't see those looks."
"Okay, okay, he's leaving Casey for me..." Sidney's eyebrows shot up at her friend's quiet admission.
"Okay...um..wow..how..."
"I don't know! He just said that he was tired of her cheating around on him. He's not stupid, you know. He sees it all. The flirty looks that Casey gave every guy that looked in her direction. I swear that girl's a maneater..." Sidney could practically hear her friend about to change topics. "Soo..."
"So?"
"Billy! Girl, spill the beans!" Sidney could practically hear her friend bouncing up and down on her bed.
"Um...after you guys left, he asked me if there was an us."
"Go on!" The excitement waves were building, Sidney could tell.
"I told him that I would like for there to be." Tatum gasped dramatically over the line.
"Sidney Prescott wants to be in a relationship! Call the press! Wait...better yet, call a doctor!" Sidney giggled as she heard the voice of Tatum's older brother, Dewey.
"What's going on?" Sidney could practically see him leaning against her doorway with a confused and slightly concerned expression on his face.
'He probably only caught the end of his sister's sentence...' Sidney thought with amusement. 'Poor Dewey...'
"Just talking to Sidney," Tatum sighed.
"She alright?" Sidney smiled fondly at the concern in the older man's voice.
"She's fine. Just got a little crush is all," Tatum announced.
"Tatum!" Sidney snapped.
"Ah, well, then...that's good..." Dewey's awkward mumbling reached her. Sidney laughed gently at it.
"What are the two of you going to do?"
"I suppose I'll know at six," Sidney answered with a shrug. "Whatever we do is fine by me." She glanced at the clock. Five eighteen. Sidney turned and began walking back up the stairs.
"So a little romp in the back of the car..."
"NO!" Sidney burst. Tatum's laughter could be heard an arm length away. Sidney rolled her eyes.
"Teasing aside, what are you going to wear?" Tatum was in full monitoring mode. Sidney sighed.
"What I have on," she answered.
"Ack!" Tatum gasped, "No! No! No! You can't do that!"
"Why not?" Sidney grumbled.
"It's your first day with one of the hottest guys in school! Don't you want to bring him to his knees?" Sidney laughed then blushed at that mental image.
"Ahh...as interesting as that mental picture is...I don't know. I mean out of all the girls he could have chosen from, he choose me. That couldn't for something, doesn't it?"
"Of course it does, sweetheart, but...it's that first date. You want to keep him, don't you?"
"No," Sidney laid on the sarcasm, "this is just going to be one night stand."
"I thought you said you weren't going to have sex with him?"
"I'm not! God, it was sarcasm, Tat!" Sidney felt like smacking herself or her friend.
"Don't you want to impress him at all? See that surprise? You know some guys just feel special if you dress up for them..."
"Okay, okay! I get your point!" Sidney turned to her closet. "He seems to have a high level of confidence as it is. I don't think my not dressing up for him will ruin it...but...just in case. I suppose.."
"Make yourself look hot or better yet, I'll come over!" The tell tale sign of squeaking let Sidney know that her friend was being serious. Despite her friend not being able to see her, she turned and placed her hand on her hip.
"Tatum..." Sidney warned, "it's a school night, remember?"
"But you're going out!" Tatum whined. Sidney rolled her eyes.
"And mommy and daddy dearest don't know," Sidney spoke slowly. "If you came over to get me ready for a date, you would have to get permission from your parents who would tell my parents..."
"Point taken," Tatum acknowledged, then she sighed heavily. "I'm just going to have to trust you on this..."
"Make it sound like such a hard task..."
"The only time you're sexy is in your night gown and sometimes not even then..." Tatum grumbled.
"Oh, thanks, really..." Sidney mumbled. "I got to get dressed, Tat, I'll call you after the date."
"You better!" Tatum threatened. Sidney laughed and hung up the phone. With a long drawn out sigh, Sidney turned toward her closet.
"Um...blue?" She thought aloud. "Blue…yeah. It's a good color on me...but his favorite color is red...hmm…I'll go with red and dark wash jeans." Slowly, she picked her clothing. A red V-neck shirt and dark wash jeans adorned her frame a few minutes later. Sidney was putting on her shoes when the doorbell rang. She glanced at the clock. "Six on the dot…" She mumbled. "How punctual..." She grabbed her denim coat from the hook, slipped it over her outfit, and opened the door.
Billy Loomis stood before her in the clothing he wore that day.
'Still,' Sidney thought, 'he looks amazing.' A slow and easy smile spread across his face as he eyed her.
'She's wearing my favorite color,' he thought with amusement. Billy stuffed his hands into his pockets and leaned against her doorway. He mentally smirked as he felt her eyes burning a path over him.
"So, you hungry?" He asked. He almost snickered as he watched the beautiful girl tear her eyes away from him with a bright blush.
'For food, Sid, for food.' He thought teasingly. 'Not that I'd mind the other...'
"Ah, yeah. What'cha got in mind?" She asked.
'Ah...that was so embarrassing!' Sidney's thoughts screamed. 'Why on earth did I do that! I knew that he was looking directly at me...' Sidney scolded herself for being a hormonal teenager as Billy stepped out of the doorway.
"Come on," he jerked his head toward his car, "pizza sound good?"
"Definitely!" Sidney exclaimed. Billy laughed.
"You like pizza, I take it."
"Like it, I love it!" Billy smiled at her answer as he opened the door for her. Even through the darkness, he could see her blush. As she moved to get into his car, the smell of oranges reached him.
'Her shampoo,' he guessed as he closed the door.
Sidney watched him walk over to his end of the car. Her eyes seemed to not mind her as they wandered up and down his body again. Once more, she scolded herself and turned her eyes away.
"So, where are you from, Billy?" Sidney asked as they pulled out of her drive. She missed the way Billy's eyes slid over to her.
"Two towns over." He stated as he drove turned away from her road. The street lights illuminated his features in short flickers. Sidney couldn't help but sneak glances at him. A few times, she was caught by Billy.
The confidence and smoothness they had earlier this evening toward one another seemed to have vanished once the realization completely sank in. They were going on a date. Sidney Prescott and Billy Loomis were going on a date, with one another. The "New Bad Boy" on the block and "Little Miss Do Right" were going on a date. Sidney snuck a glance out of the corner of her eye as Billy pulled the car into Pizza Hut. It wasn't fancy, but Sidney would have felt extremely awkward if it had been. She never did like being pampered. She could feel the heat of Billy's hand against her lower back as he led her into the building. His touch combined with the closeness of his body nearly made her knees go weak.
She was unaware that all the problems that she was having with control were being mirrored by Billy. His nerves were slightly frayed. He wanted so badly not to mess this up. Sidney Prescott, who was notorious for rejecting anyone who sought her attentions, agreed to go on a date with him, Billy Loomis. He didn't have any problem with adjusting his mind to the fact that she had agreed; it was just that he thought it would have taken more persuading.
Sidney could feel her temper rising to the surface at the flirtatious look the waiter kept shooting Billy as he ordered for the both of them. His brown eyes would flick to her every now and then to make sure what he had ordered was okay with her. She only smiled and nodded. The annoying giggle the waiter gave, however, did not go ignored. Sidney slipped her foot to wrap around his calf teasingly before she pulled it slowly back to her side. His brown eyes twinkled in amusement as they turned to her.
"That's all," Billy told the waitress; his eyes never left her. Sidney fought off the urge to grin broadly at the indignant huff the blonde waitress gave.
'That's right, sugar, he's mine!' Sidney thought. A small blush tinted her cheeks at the possessive claim. Billy grinned as she walked away as if reading her mind.
"What?" Sidney asked in her best innocent tone. Billy smiled.
"You're cute when you're jealous," he teased. Sidney's mouth fell open softly.
"I was so not jealous! A little annoyed maybe…but not jealous! Jealousy implies that you were returning her attention and given that your attention was focused on me the entire time…." Sidney trailed off. Billy gave a small chuckle in amusement.
"You're right. You're right. I'm sorry for ever assuming that Sidney Prescott could ever be jealous," she knew that he wasn't annoyed. His tone was playful. Sidney smiled. Their eyes held even as the waiter brought their food. They only looked away from one another to eat. The moments in between bites were filled with small giggles and chuckles at how stringy the cheese was or how silly the other looked with a smudge of pizza sauce clinging to their cheek. Sidney blushed as Billy reached over and wiped some off of the tip of her nose. He smiled at her; his lovely brown eyes were twinkling with amusement. It was then that Sidney realized that she didn't want the night to ever end.