CHAPTER 12
Ty blinked and looked over at the clock on the nightstand. It's only 7:30. What the hell am I doing up? She laid her head back on Billy's shoulder and went back to sleep.
Several minutes later her phone started going apeshit on the dresser, both ringing and vibrating. She shot out of bed to try to answer it before it woke Billy up. Too late.
"Will you shut that fucking racket off?" Billy grumbled, rolling onto his stomach and pulling the pillow over his head.
Ty grabbed the phone and flipped it open. "Hello?"
MOMMY!
"Hey baby. How are you doing?" Ty smiled, happy to hear her son's voice.
Good. Uncle Bobby took me ice-skating on an indoor rink and I didn't fall once, Will stated proudly.
"That's great!" Ty exclaimed. "I fell five times when Uncle Bobby first took me."
Uncle Bobby says I'm really good and if I keep practicing I might even be better than him someday. Will giggled, proud of his accomplishment.
"If you are gonna talk, would you keep it down? I'm trying to fucking sleep here." Billy roared, sitting up and glaring at Ty.
"Hold on just a second baby." Ty covered the mouthpiece on the phone and glared right back. "I am fucking talking to your son so you can either deal with it for a few minutes or you can go to your own place and sleep there. I really don't give a flying fuck which one you pick but you'd better shut the fuck up." Ty hissed, pointedly turning her back on him to resume the conversation. Ty and Will chatted for a few more minutes until he had to go because Aunt Evie was calling him for breakfast.
Billy had stayed in bed, just watching her talk to their son. He frowned when he saw the line of scar tissue from the cesarean section stretching across her abdomen right above her pubic hair. He also noted a few stretch marks next to her hipbones in the reflection in the mirror. From the back she looked exactly the same except for the tattoo of Will's name above her ass. There's room for one more name below his. The thought crossed his mind before he even made a conscious effort to think. Shit. Is that what I want? Another kid? Fuck that shit. I'm Billy Darley. I'm not "Dad" material. What if she wants another one? What if she wants to get…married? He forced himself to think the word and gulped visibly when Ty glanced at him through the mirror reflection. Her forehead creased in a frown as she noted the almost…scared expression on his face. She said goodbye to Will and hung up the phone.
"What's wrong?" She walked over to the bed and lay down, curling up against his shoulder again.
"Nothing." Billy said, evading the question.
"hmph. Sure." She didn't believe him but wasn't willing to expend the energy necessary to get him to open up. He would tell her when he was ready and not a moment sooner. "So, you wanna get ready and go see Joey?" Ty asked, nibbling lightly on his earlobe.
"I guess. If it'll make you happy." Billy half-smirked, relieved that she had changed the subject so easily. He'd have to talk to Liz and see if she would play spy for him, make sure that Ty was happy with the way things were with them.
They both got out of bed and took a quick shower that would have been faster if they weren't so focused on soaping each other up. They got out of the shower and dried off. Billy opened the door to Liz's shriek of surprise.
"Billy Darley, what the hell do you think you're doing?" She raked a scathing glare over his naked body.
"Getting my pants." He said, brushing past her and into the guest room.
"He's awfully comfortable here, isn't he?" Liz demanded, glaring at Ty.
"What do you expect? This was our apartment first." Ty shrugged dismissively, rescuing her towel as the knot untied.
"Go get dressed before I have to see you naked too." Liz rolled her eyes when Ty laughed.
"Love you." Ty said, brushing past her sister and into the guest room.
Billy looked up as she walked in. They both laughed when they heard Liz growl and slam the bathroom door.
"This feels like the first time we slept together." Billy smirked.
"Yeah, only Liz is a bit less scary than Bones." Ty smiled. "Shit. He screamed at us for like an hour and ended with the line 'If you ever use my house as a brothel again I will rip your balls off and feed them to you before I kick your dumb-ass out of my house.' I thought he was going to have a heart attack. I don't think I've ever seen that shade of purple on a face since."
"I remember laughing at you because you jumped up and started getting dressed, scared out of your fucking mind that he was going to come back and make good on his threat. Took you about a week of mornings like that before you realized he was all bark."
Ty smiled. "Did he ever do anything to you after I left?"
"Nah, hit me once or twice but he liked how organized you made the gang and he didn't want to fuck that up so he didn't bother much past the screaming."
Billy pulled his jeans on and picked up the rest of his clothes that were randomly strewn around the room. "I'm gonna go get changed. Be ready by the time I get back." He left and ran up the stairs, back to his apartment. Ty grinned to herself. Seeing him in his bare feet made him look almost innocent.
She shook her head, focusing her attention on getting through the day before the "party" that night. "What the hell am I going to do with Billy? He has to be part of this but I just don't know…" she trailed off, walking over to her open suitcase. Rifling briefly through it, she emerged with a barely legal mini-skirt and a plain black baby-doll tee that showed a bit of her toned stomach. She walked out of the bedroom and just about tripped over Liz coming out of the bathroom. Ty looked at her in concern.
"Are you alright?" Liz just nodded. Her normally pale skin was practically paper white and her long blonde hair hung in limp strands around her face. "Morning sickness has always been bad for the women in our family. It should get better in about 2 months." Ty smiled apologetically and Liz groaned.
"Fuck me. I'm gonna KILL him."
Ty laughed. "I think that's how you got in this situation in the first place. Speaking of which, we're going to go see Joey this morning and probably be gone all day. Hope you feel better babe." Ty patted Liz on the shoulder and walked towards the door. Sliding on her black flip-flops and grabbing her keys, she walked out the door and locked it behind her.
She stood at the railing, looking down at their twin cars parked side-by-side and grinned, thinking about how she and Billy had worked all summer after their junior year to rebuild his car from a rusted out shell. They finally got it done and Heco did the paint job as a gift for Billy's 18th birthday. She found her mustang later, during thanksgiving break, and after much…persuasion Billy agreed to help her fit it up. Hers hadn't been in anywhere near as bad of shape and had only taken a month to get into drivable condition. Billy made Heco paint it with the same tribals as his only in purple, which was her favorite color at the time.
She felt warm, strong arms snake around her waist and pull her up against a wall of rock-hard muscled chest. She breathed in the masculine and inviting scent that was uniquely Billy, a combination of leather and warm man.
"You looked lost in thought." Billy stated, brushing his chin across her neck. She shivered as a pang of desire shot through her.
"Not really. Just remembering how long it took us to fix up our girls." Ty said, gesturing to the cars below them.
"I'm amazed that yours still runs."
"Why in the fuck wouldn't she run?" Ty demanded, pulling out of his arms and turning to glare at him.
"Shit." He recognized that look. That was the This-had-better-not-be-a-sexist-statement-'cuz-I-will-kick-the-shit-out-of-your-dumb-ass look. "Nevermind. I forgot who I was talking to for a minute." Ty continued to glare at him and crossed her arms under her chest. "Fuck, Ty. You know what I meant. You aren't like a normal chick. You actually know shit about cars…damn." Billy grunted when Ty leaned in and bit down hard on his earlobe.
"You'd better not forget who I am again or I might just have to spend a few days reminding you."
"Days?" Billy gulped nervously.
"Tying you to your bed and fucking you senseless sounds like a damn good way to make you remember." Billy smirked.
"Who are you again?"
"Shut up. Are we taking your car or mine?"
"Excuse me miss, I don't think we've met. I'm William Darley." Ty collapsed on his shoulder, laughing until she couldn't breathe.
"If the guys ever hear you talk like that I think they'd shit themselves."
"What?" Billy asked innocently.
"You sounded like some corporate executive or something." Ty stood up straight and started walking towards the stairs. "Coming fly-boy?" She winked seductively over her shoulder and grinned as Billy hurried to catch up.
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A/N
Again, I'm really sorry about taking so long to update! I promise more is to come VERY soon. I have a whole notebook of finished story that is just waiting for me to have enough free time to type it up. I am working, school just takes more of my time right now than I would like. Thanks to my faithful readers and reviewers! I LOVE to hear feedback and the next chapter should be up in a couple of days…Sunday at the lastest!