five. bathroom check.

       PHOEBES POV.
I WENT SPEEDING HOME. Within seconds I arrived there. I hopped out of the car and went running into the house.

"Hey, sw-" Hopper began, but I didn't let him get the chance to finish. I ran into the room and saw El and Max there.

"Phoebe!"

"El!"

We both said at the same time. I closed her bedroom door and walked towards the young girls.

"Somethings wrong with Billy." We spoke, in unison, once again.

I narrowed my eyebrows, "wait. What? How do you know?" I question, truly wondering. "Did you speak to him?" I quizzed.

El and Max looked at each other, bitting their bottom lips nervously. "We may or may not have used El's powers to spy on him," Max replies, playing with her fingers.

I turned to El, "what did you see?" I asked my little sister.

She releases a sigh and looks at the floor. "I-I saw his car with the trunk was open ... he was kneeling on the ground and the was someone whimpering. As I got closer to him, he stood up and looked at me. As if he actually saw that I was there." El explains, avoiding eye contact with me.

"He broke up with me," I say to the girls. They snapped their heads towards me, "what!? Why?!" They both wondered.

"Something has to be wrong with him. Billy is madly in love with you. All he takes about is you." Max says, placing her hand on top of mine in reassurance.

"I went to his job and confronted him. He was supposed to meet up with somewhere and he never came. When I spoke to him about it, he looked really scary. So monotone. As if there was no life in him." I said to the girls, a tear falling from my eye. "He just broke up with me saying that he cheated on me which is crazy because I know he would never do that." I squeezed my eyes shut, believing and standing firm in my trust for Billy. I know he would never do that to me. I refuse to believe it.

"I'm sure he didn't," Max speaks, pulling me in for a hug. She pulls away from the hug, "you know what I think we should do? Snoop around his room. See if we find anything strange." The redhead suggests with a smile.

"I agree." El nods in agreement.

"I'm in." I joined.

THE NEXT DAY

THE following morning, we all snuck out the house before Hopper woke up. We didn't want him questioning where we're going or worrying about anything.

The three of us entered my car and speed away quickly. As we were driving to Max's and Billy's house, where we're so many thoughts going through my mind. I was worried and scared. My heart was racing. I was praying that there was nothing wrong with Billy. That he was just being delusional or taking some type of drugs. I rather that then some new monster coming into town and taking control over him or something. I was thinking of everything that could go wrong.

"Phoebe, watch out!" I heard the girls yell.

I looked up and saw that I was drifting into the other lane and almost collided with another car. I gasped and quickly swerved my car back into my lane. Causing us all to jerk onto the right side.

"Are you guys alright?" I question, glancing at them.

"Yeah," Max responds.

"Are you okay, Pheebs?" El wonders.

"Y-Yeah. I was just lost in thought. I'm sorry you guys." I apologized, gluing my eyes on the road. I shook my head trying to clear my mind of those dreadful thoughts.

Soon enough, I pulled into the siblings' driveway. I looked for Billy's car and saw that he wasn't home.

"He's not here," I say.

"Are you guys sure you want to do this?" Max quizzes as she looks at us. El and I both nod.

We all got out of my car and went into the Hargroves house. We went straight into Billy's room. I opened the door first. I haven't been inside his room in days. My heart ached. I missed him so much. His kisses. His touch. He sweet words. His hugs. I miss running my hair through his gorgeous curls. Taking rides in his Camaro. Everything about him.

We had so many plans for the summer and now...

"Phoebe!" Max calls for me.

I looked towards her and see that she and El were completely in the room. Already searching and I was still at the entrance, reminiscing. I miss Billy so much.

"I-I'm sorry. I was just thinking." I say, placing my hand on my temples.

"Are you okay, Phoebe?" El questions as she walks towards me.

I tucked a piece of hair behind my ear and nod. "Yeah. I'm fine." I lied. I was not fine. I just miss Billy and all I can think about is him, "I'll go check out the bathroom." I said, so they could back off from asking any more questions.

I walked into the bathroom and turned the lights on. I scanned the room as I walked more in. I looked at the bathtub and saw that it was full of water with empty ice bags floating on top. I didn't think much of it. Billy always takes ice baths, especially after working out.

I looked behind me and saw El standing behind me with Max.

"You don't think that's suspicious?" El questions with an eyebrow raised and her finger pointing towards the tub.

Max walks towards the tub and lifts an empty bag of ice out. "Ice. It's just ice. Probably for his muscles or something. He works out like a manic." Max explains.

I walked away and turned my head to face the sink. Seeing that there was a splash of blood on the cabinet. My heart dropped. I moved towards the cabinet and opened them. I took out the trash bin and looked inside of it to see a red fanny pack that said the lifeguard.

"What is it Pheobe?" Max asked.

I placed the fanny pack down and dug my hand into the trash again. I pulled out a lifeguard whistle that had blood on it. I felt my eyes watering up. Billy could not have killed someone, right?

I turned towards the girls holding the whistle in my hand. Giving them a clear view of the bloody whistle.

AUTHORS NOTE:
omg y'all. it's been so long. im sorry for such a LATE update, but i hope you guys enjoy the chapter! i promise the next one won't take as long.