Stephenie has it all. I just decided to play with her characters and add some of mine.
Beta'd by TeamAllTwilight.
Enjoy some Daddyward and a deep conversation between him and his neighbor, Billy.
I was enjoying a moment of peace. Bella was at her night classes. Abby was playing in her playpen with her toys. I was sprawled on the couch, trying to focus on the movie playing. I was so content that I could have fallen asleep if the bell hadn't rung in that moment.
On my way up, I kneed the table and made the peanuts fall all over the place. Fucking perfect.
I threw the door open and found Billy there.
"Can I talk to you for a second?" he asked sheepishly, looking over his shoulder toward his house.
"Sure. Come in."
We went to the living room and sat on the couch. I tried cleaning the mess, but saw with the corner of my eyes that he was sweating and looked really nervous.
"Billy? You okay?" I asked worried.
"I can't tell my parents," he mumbled.
That didn't sound good at all. "What have you done?"
"Nothing!" he shouted.
"Uh huh. If you want my help, you have to talk to me."
Swallowing hard, he looked at his lap. "It's about a girl. Okay?"
I chuckled, shaking my head. It's always about a girl, I thought to myself.
"Talk to me, buddy. I'm not your mom or dad. I understand," I coaxed him.
"I really like her. I'm trying to make her like me or just look at me…and nothing. Then this stupid guy who has been with most of the girls in our high school comes and…" he rambled, looking upset.
That stung, but I was happy to have changed my ways. I knew all about that.
"And he stole her," I finished for him.
"She fell for his game!" he shouted making me jump. Okay, he was really angry. I hadn't seen him angry before. "And of course, the fucking imbecile hurt her! Right under her nose! He groped the most popular girl, the head cheerleader, you know? He groped and kissed her making Anna cry. I wanted so badly to go and console her, but at the same time I wanted to bust his fucking face!" Billy took a huge gulp of air. "I didn't have courage for either."
"But you wanted to go after him more."
"Yeah. In the end, I cornered him and now…I have detention…and Coach threatened to kick me off the team for breaking captain's nose. Like I fucking care!"
"And no one did anything against him," I stated.
Billy looked at me surprised. "How do you know?"
"I was just like him," I confessed, not at all pride of that.
"And how did you changed? For real? Falling in love changed that?" he asked skeptically.
"I'd say that I grew up, but sadly, only Bella managed to change me. I was such a jerk."
"So I came to the wrong person," Billy muttered.
"No," I said vehemently. Before I could say more, Abby started calling for me. "Hold on." I grabbed her from her playpen and after feeling if she needed a change, I decided she was only hungry. After a few minutes of searching for her yucky food and not finding it, I grabbed a banana and went back. Bella knew where she stored those jars, not me.
Billy was watching my movie choice but turned to me when I joined him. "So what should I do?"
"Does your mom know about the detention?" I asked, peeling off the banana.
"No, but she will. I'm sure. I hate high school."
"I never said that," I chuckled. "Maybe once or twice," I conceded, remembering my Math teacher.
"So is there something I can do to grab her attention?"
"You can move next to her in class? If you have classes together," I suggested.
"She's my Chemistry lab partner! We never talk."
I groaned. "Maybe she's shy?" Or just some bimbo.
He shrugged. "I joined the team because I like basketball, but because of her too. She likes it too. I saw her playing. She's amazing!"
"Then she's a keeper, buddy. I don't know many girls that can play basketball," I said truthfully and handed Abby the banana. "Small bites," I warned her.
"So how do I get her attention?" Billy insisted.
"Well, don't you have lab work? You must talk during those times." I couldn't remember much from high school. I never paid attention to those things.
"Yeah, we talk just…about the lab work."
I decided to break pieces of the banana and feed Abby when she didn't seem to listen and bit so much it was hard to chew.
When Billy laughed, I threw him a dirty look. I was still trying to figure out this whole daddy thing.
"Maybe you can ask her for a game of one-on-one? If you're not afraid to get your ass beaten by a girl," I suggested amused.
"Oh, because that would be so easy. I can't just go and ask her!" he moaned.
"Hmm…" I tried to come up with something else. "I'm not sure, Billy. I never had to chase girls."
He snorted, looking toward the TV. "You must have had it easy. Just like Patrick."
"You can say that." I shrugged. "But that's not life, believe me. In high school you think you're the king of the world by having all the girls at your feet, then you go to college and grow up…" I sighed and fisted my hair. "It took me a full year to realize that being with all the girls wasn't exactly right. Bella made me realize so much."
"Do you mind having a talk with Patrick? Beating some sense into him?" he joked.
I chuckled. "And Billy?" I whispered, afraid of his reaction to my next words. He glanced to me. "Stealing someone else's girl is just…" I swallowed. "It made me feel powerful," I finished. "I was such an idiot."
He sat straighter. "I'm going to talk to Anna tomorrow," he said determined.
The next minute his phone rang loudly and he shot me a panicked look. "It's Mom."
"Answer her. Go home and explain what happened. I bet she won't be upset," I told him hoping I was right.
"Hi, Mom," he whispered into the phone then cringed. "I'll be right home. I'm with Edward. Yeah, bye." Billy got up and sighed. "If I'm disowned can I crash here?"
I laughed loudly. "Sure, buddy. The couch is all yours."
We walked him to the door then returned to the couch. I flopped on my back, switched to a music channel, put Abby on my chest and closed my eyes. She squirmed around until her little head was tucked under my chin.
I didn't plan to fall asleep but when something covered me, I opened my eyes to see Bella tucking a throw over us.
"Hey," I greeted her. She jumped then looked sheepishly at me.
"Hi. I didn't mean to wake you up."
"It's okay. I'll put her down then come to bed," I whispered sitting up. I had no idea what hour it was.
After tucking Abby in her blanket on her bed, I shuffled to our room and with a quick trip to the bathroom, I got in bed too. Bella wrapped her arm around me, snuggling into my side.
The next day I told Bella about Billy's problem and she rolled at her eyes at me, telling me I had no idea how to be smooth. For real? If Abby hadn't decided to interrupt us, I would have showed her how smooth I could be. She promised to talk to him and give him proper advice.
That made me laugh. But her idea of dating had worked for me. And to think she was the innocent one at that time.
When I left for my game, I bumped into Billy who was coming to me. He was happy because he talked with this Anna girl, and she had been worried about the fight he had gotten into with that idiot. Turned out she really liked him but didn't have the courage to say anything.
I told him to go inside and listen to Bella's advices because she was always right.
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