{Billy}Unlucky in Love{Martin}

Bert had to give Quinn directions the rest of the ride so I curled up next to Billy. He wrapped his heavily tattooed arms around me and quietly sang to me. I closed my eyes, but I wasn't going to sleep. I was absorbing Billy. His scent, his voice, the feeling of his arms around me, the way he's trying to comfort me even though he's technically known me for less than a day. Before I knew it, Quinn was announcing that we had arrived at the mall.

Everyone got out and stretched. The drive was only an hour, but still we had somehow gotten lazy in that hour. I tentatively watched as Billy raised both hands over his head to stretch. I watched as the hem of shirt rose to just below his belly button, revealing pale, smooth skin. I had to shake my head to bring myself out of the trance Billy had somehow put me in. I grabbed my messenger bag from the floorboard and gathered around Chris, Bert, and Billy. Once we heard Quinn lock the doors, we all headed up the massive staircase to the front entrance of the mall. Quinn and Billy were deep in conversation about something, Chris and Bert were walking on either side of me.

"So, what store is first on our agenda?" Quinn asked as we entered the cool mall.

"HOT TOPIC!!" Billy and I both shouted simultaneously.

"Hm, Hot Topic. Sounds like fun." Chris said, smiling evilly at me

We walked around for a bit before finding Hot Topic. Luckily, none of the girls who were wandering the mall recognized the guys. Once we finally made it to our first destination, our little group immediately split up. Billy somehow began following me. I found several items that I loved and was making my way to the dressing rooms when Billy stopped me.

"Anything you find today is on me." Billy whispered into my ear

"Billy, I couldn't.....you don't ......." I trailed off

"Don't worry about it, please. We're taking you out remember? Go on, shop to your heart's content." Billy whispered again

I walked into the dressing room as Billy walked off somewhere. EVerything I found was a perfect fit. I went to the rack where they kept the bras/panties/hosiery and began looking around. I had to laugh when Bert picked up a neon pick leather thong and, almost as loud as he could, shouted to Chris how hot he would look in it. I grabbed what I was looking at, and headed to the counter where Billy was waiting. I put all my new clothes on the counter and the salesgirl began ringing them up. A few minutes later, we joined a hysterically laughing Bert and Chris outside the store. Quinn shortly followed, his own bag dangling from his wrist.

"Where else do you want to go?" Quinn asked

"Well, will we be clubbing?" I asked, looking around at my group.

"Probably. We like to go out whenever we can to sort of relax." Chris said, smiling

"Well, there are a few stores I know I always find some good "clubbing" clothes. I'm not sure if you all wanna go to them, though. They're definitely girly stores." I replied, giggling at the faces Bert and Chris were making.

"Well, we could go to the music stores and video game stores. It'll take forever for us guys while you look at the "girly" stores. Sound good?" Quinn asked everyone

"Yeah, but if she gets done before us, how will she contact us?" Bert asked, his face getting serious for a moment.

"I'll be with her and I've got my cell with me. We'll call when she's done." Billy piped up.

It was set. Billy and I headed off towards the stores I wanted to go to while the others went to the music store. Suprisingly, Billy found more clothes for me than I did. He would find something and ask me to try it on. I didn't think a guy could have such an eye for fashion, but Billy did. Almost everything he found fit perfectly and it was something I liked. We left the first store with a large bag of new clothes. As we hit the second store, Billy had me laughing so hard I could hardly breath.

The looks people were giving us, only made me laugh harder. I tried to quit laughing, but Billy would do something to get me laughing again. Before long, we were kicked out of the store for "making a disturbance". As we hit the third store, our laughter had died down a bit. I found it easy to talk to Billy, about anything. Like this morning. Normally I wouldn't have just opened up like that. Damn, I've got to quit thinking like that. I've got a boyfriend. Billy and continued our shopping and bought another bag full of clothes. Why was he spoiling me like this?

Suddenly Billy's phone began singing. He quickly answered as we made our way out of the store.

"The guys are done and waiting in the food court." Billy mouthed to me as we walked to an elevator.

We met the rest of our party in the food court. They had already ordered their food and it was just now arriving. I sat my bags down and followed Billy to SubWay. He insisted on paying for my lunch as well. We ordered, paid, and received our lunch. As we were walking back to the table, my phone began ringing.

"Hello?" I asked, not caring who was on the other line.

"Hey babe. How's everything going?" Matt said, like nothing had happened

I let out a sigh "What do you want now? You left me a gazillion messages on my phone earlier. Called me when you were drunk AND fucking Christina. What do you expect me to be doing?" I said, turning away from the guys.

"I didn't mean to call you when I was completely drunk. I forgot that you wouldn't be showing up at the party. I know you don't like talking to me when I've been drinking. Besides, what ARE you doing?" Matt said,

"I'm sitting here fucking Billy senseless!!" I said, a little too loudly as I could feel everyone's eyes on me

"What??? You little whore!!! I fucking knew it!" Matt screamed at me, completely ignoring my sarcasm.

"Um, why are you fucking me senseless? Not that I don't like the idea....." Billy said, a blush rapidly making it's way to his cheeks.

"Go-to-hell-you-sorry-son-of-a-bitch!" I said through clenched teeth.

I slammed my phone shut as new tears began to fall. Billy pulled me onto his lap and engulfed me in a tight hug. I burried my face in his shoulder and sighed. I could feel the tension mounting as I sat on Billy's lap. Suddenly, I was tired, very, very tired. I slid off his lap and back into my own chair. I wiped my eyes and looked up. Despite how I was feeling on the inside, I smiled to let them know I was ok. Billy squeezed my hand under the table to show his support. I quickly finished my lunch and was ready to get back to shopping.

The guys didn't say a word about my "fight" the rest of the day. We shopped, laughed, and generally had a great time. I didn't think about Matt at all. Instead, I was thinking about Billy. As the sun began to set, the 5 of us headed back to the busses. An hour later, we pulled up to see Joel tapping his foot in impatience.

"Hey, who are you waiting for?" Chris asked as he began to help me get all my bags out of the back

"Benji and Wendy. They've been inseperable today. We're all going out, probably to a club if you guys wanna join us." Joel said, wiggling his eyebrows at Billy

We all looked at each other and shook our heads yes. To actually party with Good Charlotte and The Used. I took 2 of my bags while Billy took the rest. He set them on my bunk as I began to dig through them for the right attire to wear. I decided on a red and white plaid school-girls outfit. It was sexy, playful, and was sure to drive the boys nuts!!! I hopped into the bathroom for a quick shower. After my 10-minute shower I spiked my hair and did my make-up. I emerged from the tiny bathroom and headed to my bunk to grab my platforms.

"Holy fuck!" I barely heard Billy whisper

"Are we all ready? Let's go!!" I said happily skipping past a jaw-dropped Billy

Wendy, Benji, Joel, Billy and I were all taking one car and meeting everyone at a restaraunt before going clubbing.