He really, really did hate you. The way you smelt, your nonchalant attitude, and the fact you hung out with that Munson freak like it was nothing.

Maybe it was charity work, Billy tried to convince himself.

But Billy found himself renting movie after movie from the Family Video downtown, he didn’t even care for all that nerdy stuff, he used it as an excuse to see you — even if you turned down his advances each time, he wouldn’t back down from a challenge.

So he went to return that dinosaur movie, not necessarily caring that it wasn’t rewound or the fact he never finished it, he simply dinged the bell by the register and waited.