#inthechlo.

“  ―    i think his jeans are tighter than mine.  “     the brunette muses aloud to those around her. a small smirk creeps to her lips and her eyes roll, her attention parting briefly from the mullet. leaning on against the car belonging to one of her friends, they were all lounging in the parking lot outside of hawkins high. she digs a pack of cigarettes from her bag that is slung over her shoulder and she makes her way toward him, lighting the dart up just before she approaches him.          “  it’s billy, right ?  "

                   “   coffee ?  “    take  away  tray  in  his  hand ,  he  enters  the  apartment ,  and  gives  a  chuckle .  “  i  warned  you  my  place  was  above  a  bar .  told  y’  it  was  hard  to  sleep .  “

“  i said i was going to fix the ac tomorrow, b. i don’t know what else you want me to do.  “   tristan comments and he sighs. it’s late, and he is hot too, which puts him in a sour mood.  knowing he is short with her for no good reason, he sits up.  “  want to just go for a drive, windows down?  it’s at least a breeze.  “  not to mention their midnight drives were never disappointing, whether they were needed therapy talk sessions or off doing something frowned upon.

“   guess  who  passed  her  bio  midterm  ?   “   a grin touches doll like features as she is let into his house. his parents weren’t home, obvious by the lack of vehicles in the driveway.   as for the midterm, did she cheat ?  yes.  but she did what she had to to pass. she never had any plans to actually use high school biology knowledge anyway, who does ?   “ we should celebrate. “

“ why are you staring at me like that ? “   tristan asks. he looks at her as he snatches his shirt from the floor. he tugs it over his head and onto his chest, then he grabs his phone.   he sits back on the bed with her and looks toward her.  “ someone asked me if i’m selling the house.  “  he had been renovating the house. it keeps his mind off malachai and everything regarding him, off the fact that college was definitely not in the cards for him. pretty much distracted him from everything, aside from her. then again, he didn’t need distracting from her at all.