eddie and billy meeting early on when the hargroves move to hawkins and becoming fast friends.
eddie knows straight away that the popular try hards are gonna try and swoop him up into their circle and billy seems amused by that.
together they decide to pretend they donβt know each other, mortal enemies on sight.
eddie sees billy first, purposefully slams his locker shut louder than it should be to draw billys attention. billy immediately looking over and a grin stretches on his face.
βanother dumb jockβ eddie calls out, he can see some of the boys bristle at that but billy stays grinning. a grin that could be considered malicious but in the week theyβve known each other, eddie just thinks billy looks like that.
βleast im not repeating my senior year for the second timeβ tommy retorts
billy raises an eyebrow at eddie at that and eddie shrugs.
βwhateverβ eddie stands his ground βleast im not some poserβ
billy breaks immediately, lets out a laugh that seems to startle the people around him and then heβs walking towards eddie and giving him a high five.
βhow the fuck did that break youβ eddie asks, joining in on the laughter
βdudeβ billy rubs at his face βi nearly broke the second i saw youβ
βit was your idea!β
βi knowβ billy pats him on the back βanyway, see you at lunch, tommys gonna show me where english isβ
and then he walks back over like nothing happened
