tough - BE

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i woke up and drove to my hour and a half class. billie and i left off the conversation talking about how i went to ucla and she asked how not being homeschooled was. it was cute she's a very curious person, i noticed she talks a lot about her self in the beginning of a conversation but i think it's because that's just how singers are trained, she warms up a lot after an hour of talking. she's really sweet even though she looks like she hates you with her resting face that i encountered once. the class was really not that interesting today but maybe it's because i spent two hours texting billie and falling asleep around 3. 

"quinn would you like to tell us what your project will be about you seem awfully quite today" my professor asked clearly calling me out for not paying attention

"uh um if i'm being honest i wasn't paying attention to what was happening" i responded

"it's all good you're lucky you have almost all your credits or else you would've been in big trouble i'll text the details tonight"

he did that on purpose to embarrass me in front of the class i suppose. he does this a lot and he does it to only me because my professor is my uncle. knowing him he's going to tell my dad all about this. i walked out of the building listening to music im trying out billies music i'm thinking of maybe putting out a guitar cover of her song bitches broken hearts right now that's my favorite. she's actually really talented i'm not the type of person to listen to pop but she hits.

lexie 💞: hey i had to borrow your car cause mine broke down and i left it at the shop so 😁

me: ??? how am i supposed to get home

lexie 💞: walk <3

lexie and i both share keys to each other's cars dont ask why i don't know either it's just a thing we do. i really do not want to walk home i'm all sore from yesterday and i only got a couple hours of sleep UGHHH. why did she do this to me.  i was thinking of asking my uncle for a ride until i felt some come up behind me and inter lock their arm with mine.

"can i help you?" i took off my headphones and looked over my shoulder

"uh yeah get in my car" she laughed

"billie!-" i realized it was her

she put her hand over my mouth i think because she didn't want anybody seeing her. she was wearing a face covering and a hood over her head. she showed me to her car and we got in. how the hell did she know.

"you are such a stalker" i laugh

"mhm i just know people" she was smiling really big

"girl what does your annoying ass want" i joked

"i want to hang out with you duhhh"

"i barely even know you"

"that's kind of the point" she laughed

we put our seatbelts on and she started driving u don't know where we were going but i was cool with it. i didn't have any plans today anyways. i may have only met her yesterday but today she's all smiley and she doesn't seem like the intimidating person i've seen a lot of people think she is. we pulled up to a spot covered in trees completely alone.

"are you about to kill me" i said jokingly

"HAHA noooo" she laughed

there turned out to be an opening in the trees with a perfect view of los angeles and a little picnic table on the side.

"wow this is beautiful" i said

"yeah it's cool, i brought some pizza" she said getting a box out of her car

she put the pizza box on the table and sat down, i sat down in front of her and ate a piece of the pizza. ive never had vegan pizza before but i wasn't horrible.

"so how've you been kid" i asked

i know we're only one year apart but she's still 17 and i find that like a child even though she's turning 18 this year.

"i've been good" she was clearly lying

"you suck at lying" i said taking a bite out of my pizza

"well i haven't been doing very well but we just met i don't want to be putting all my problems on you" she laughed

"hit me i'm all my friends therapists!" i exclaimed with my hands in the air

"i broke up with my boyfriend this year and i miss him a lot" she admitted

"tough, why'd you break up"

i was genuinely wondering and hoping i could help her feel better.

"eh well he had issues and he really didn't show me the affection is showed him"

"kids your age are-"

"he's 23" she cut me off

did i hear that right. i couldn't control my emotions i really had my eyes go wide and choked on my pizza.

"right well ANYWAYS, what kind of music you like" i said changing the concept

"really changing the concept" she asked

"hey talking about it clearly makes you uncomfortable kid i don't want to do that to you"

"thank you" she smiled

we talked some more getting to know each other better. she really likes her job and she said she liked my style. we talked about our love for music and i realized how similar we are. she mentioned to me before that she's never had the opportunity to make friends the way she came up to me because she gets a little overwhelmed by the reactions she usually gets when even entering a room. i'm glad she feels safe enough to be able to call me a friend even if we just met yesterday. suddenly my phone went off startling us both.

"sorry i need to take this" i apologized to billie

it was lexie if it were anyone else i would've declined but lexie rarely ever calls me because she knows i HATE calls. i can't tell you why but it makes me mad uncomfortable calling people. bold=lexie, normal=quinn.

what's up lex

where are you, the class ended like an hour ago

im hanging out with a friend

haha right i'm literally your only friend

i am seriously, what do you want

your dads here i don't know what he wants but you should come over cause it's your dad

oh what the fuck, okay i'll be there soon

i ended the call and was confused on why my dad was at the house. i have a good relationship with him but he really didn't have to drive five hours to get here.

"billie i hate to ruin this nice moment but can you drive me home please my dad came to visit out of no where" i asked

i really did hate to ruin the moment.

"yeah sure it's all good, where do you live?"

"uhh over here in highland park it's my friends house" i showed her the address on my phone and she knew immediately

"hey that house is two houses down from mine!" she exclaimed

we drove back listening to sza and her vocals had such range. i'm surprised she never shows them in her songs cause the hit can sing! we made it there and i was hesitant to leave the car because she was so fun to hang out with but alas i had too.

"well thanks for the ride kid, oh and the pizza" i said getting out of the car

"i'm not kid you're only a year older than me!!" she laughed

"you're a baby" i teased

i got out the car and into my house.