"You're shitfaced, and I'll be damned if I let a drunk driver kill me. They'll start saying it runs in the family"
Mallory Manor wanted to just be alone and not have dead parents. Things don't always work out.
Billy Hargrove wanted to just be alone...
ACT TWO, SCENE SEVEN: Back To The Plot "Holy shit!"
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AFTER THAT DAY, MALLORY AND Billy had been conjoined at the hip. Chad only sneered from a distance, suffering a concussion and broken nose. Mallory didn't mind, though, she kind of liked Billy's company.
Billy bumped her hips as he put his arm around her, "So, I was thinking... There's that diner downtown and we should go to it."
Mallory nodded, biting her lip to contain the sudden jitters, "It's a date."
She froze at her own words. It was a common phrase, yet saying it to him made her feel like she had made a mistake. The jitters turned to knots in her stomach.
Billy didn't seem to mind what she said, "Awesome. See you at seven."
With that, Billy left Mallory, leaving her to almost float down the hallways for the rest of the school day.
At the end of the day, Mallory still had butterflies in her stomach. She was so giddy, even teachers took notice. Phoebe and Allison were the most suspicious. Mallory seemed like her old self, before her parents got into the crash.
"Mallory, are you high?" Phoebe immediately asked when she arrived to Mallory's locker.
Mallory laughed, shaking her head, "No."
It was all she offered, bitting her lip as she smiled. Allison soon joined them and interrogated Mallory.
"Mal, are you on something?" Both Phoebe and Mallory laughed at the virtually identical questions.
"She says no but she's acting like she just hotboxed for and entire class," Phoebe answered for Mallory.
"Guys, I'm not high, just... I don't know," Mallory shrugged, closing her locker door. Phoebe and Allison looked at each other knowingly.
"So, like, did Billy finally ask you out? I mean, it's only been, like, what? A semester of sexual tension that Allison and I had to sit through?" Phoebe bluntly stated, taking Allison's hand as the trio walked out of the building.
Mallory laughed loudly, "Ohmigod, Phoebe! Don't talk like that!" As they exited the school, Mallory's eyes scanned the parking lot for Billy.
"You didn't say no," Allison said, walking past her to follow Phoebe, "By the way, he's to your left."
Mallory rolled her eyes, watching her friends happily walk off. Nonetheless, she turned to her left in her search for Billy and his Camaro.
Sure enough, there Billy was, leaning against the hood and lighting a cigarette. Mallory shook her head and begun to jog over to him. She weaved through the students skillfully until she accidentally bumped into someone and stumbled back.
