The Scandals of Vera

Chapter 22- Billy Bedford Forrest

Third person POV

all 4 men are laughing guzzling the beer, scattered onto the seats until they hear a door open and turn to see a medium height boy, blonde hair and holds a bag in his left hand, he looked knackered. the boy all freeze when they seem and he walks up to there sitting area and puts down his bag "Billy Bedford Forrest sir!"they all look at each other start laughing again making Billy blush, "im -im sorry"Mat wipes the tear out of his eye and looks at the young boy still trying to surpress the giggles "Americans really talk like that"Mat sits back in his chair not keep his eye off billy 

"uh- yes sir but only in the south, Im from Bedford County, Tennessee"his harsh southern accent has always been so prominent he never even left the south let alone the country, he was fascinated by their accent as well "hey wait bedford forrest?"Louis stands up with a hint of anger, intimidated my louis and his french accent "well ye-yes sir"he stammers looks up at him "i read about his father or grandfather"he steps closer making him step back

Flashback

"now remember boy, those brits are kinda crazy they might sound real smart but they are to nice to the niggers and jews you hear? i wonder why they wanna take hitler down he's doing a good thing"his father pats billy's back "pa i want to go for the experience"billy steps closer to the bus "all i'm saying is that you don't need to hide your beliefs son, they are just like those damn Yankees" he sighs

billy bit his tongue and continued to nod and hugged him goodbye and went into the bus waving out

end of flashback

"what Louis your drunk sit"til pats a seat on the sofa "no no no his dad or someone made this thing like the nazi, kkk wasn't it billy boy"louis crosses his arms walking closer "they were the ones that killed Romain"his anger grew, Michael looked at Mat with a confused look but to be returned with a sympathetic look and shook his head 

"Nathan Bedford Forrest his my grandpa yeah"billy gulps he knew what his dad said but he had heard rumours of french women falling for colored men.

"Romain était un homme noir"his voice making a threatening whisper, "i do not speak french si-"before he could finish Louis was about to throw a punch but in time til dragged Louis back " CÉTAIT UN HOMME BON! VOUS YANKEES LYNCHED LUI!"he screams at the boy and mat is still keeps his head down and til drags louis out of the building

"what did i do..."he sits up loosening his tie "daft buggers"Mat pulls out two cigarettes and puts one in his mouth and hands one to Michael, he lights his and Michael's "didn't you hear someone's name and lynch"Mat says laying back into the chair, "you don't know french"Michael scoffs and looks straight at Billy "n-no s-" "don't say sir, how in the fuck did you expect to fight in france if you didn't know french"Michael takes a drag.

"h-how many languages do you guys know?"he looks at the two blondes "english, french, welsh, italian"Michael stars are the door "english, french, german, greek"Mat clears his throat and gives a single chuckle and hits Michael and points him at billy who has a stunned look "what? do you only know english"Mat smiles but then turns serious when he sees billy look down "no don't be harsh Matthias he knows Canadian too"Michael gives a exaggerated american accent as the both chuckle.

billy stands up and walks away with the two blondes eyes following him.

billy walks out fuming with rage, he was always the smart one back home , he started hated it already, he sees til calming down louis and gently hits his making them both laugh and louis walks off back inside bumping billy's shoulder, "hey kid are you ok"til frowns his eyebrows at billy, he sighs and looks up at til "listen be honest to me ok"til looks into billy's eyes "do actually believe in what your dad and relatives think about colored people, jews, gypsies" billy looks up and sighs the cold air acts like smoke "no... i see how they get treated, i uh"billy thought twice at til he seemed like a dad "i know people back from where your from say that we are jew and black lovers and to be frank most well not most most but you know we are hey at least me and louis are im not sure about the other two but i get it don't tell me now take your time"til ruffles billy golden furry like hair "by the way do you have a place to stay"til pulls a cigarette and pops it in between his lips

"uh no i have no accommodation sir"with that sentence til chuckles "stop trying to be fancy we all know the north a the actually posh ones, whats your plan then live on the street in the middle of winter and also im til"he says earning a weak smile "um no idea "he shrugs followed by a scoff from til as pulls out the cigarette "check in with vera phillips she's got this mansion, Michael lives with her family friends and with two other girls, lucky basterd eh?'he pushes billy's shoulder "Michael?'he looks up at til

"one of the blonde shitheads inside he's the one not wearing blue"

"hey um Til what languages do you speak?"

"i'll get you a french textbook"