i think i kinda love you

chapter 9 | twitters wildin

i caught myself overthinking again. shit. but at the same time what if the articles are bad? what happens if the paparazzi start lying or twisting stories? dude i just got into a relationship with someone i've spent a good month with at this point and like so fucking much. maybe even love. how is this fair for me? 

"hey baby." bil says smiling. 

"these are my best friends drew and zoe. i think i told you a little about them right?" 

"yeah you did!" i answer energetically. 

"it's so good to meet you both." i smile bringing both of them in for a hug. 

"awh you guys are friends alreadyyyy." bil says as she makes a cute, heart warmed face. 

i chuckle along with drew. wow she's pretty. they're both so so pretty holy shit. 

"okay i'm happy you guys don't hate each other. it's cute but let's get to the issue because i really didn't expect the internet to freak out over a few pictures of me and my girlfriend, whom they don't know is my girlfriend, holding hands like that." she says concerned.

zoe and drew both perk up.

"awh you guys made it official? whennn?" zoe asks looking at me. 

"a few hours ago. it was a super cute moment." i answered. 

bil chuckles but turns serious real quick. 

"guys let's focus pleaseee. i'm starting to get stressed. a dozen articles posted in an hour spreading a lot of fake ass shit. if the media went crazy in such a short period of time, i bet it'll only get more intense as time flies. we can talk about anything you guys want later but now i need to figure out who i need to talk to so this stupid shit stops. people are allegedly getting death threats which sort of doesn't make sense because it's literally just a few pictures of me holding hands with someone. it could've been a close friend for all the media knows." bil says as she sits down beside me. 

seeing that she was disappointed, i scooped her up closer to me with both my hands on her waist and my face leaning on her shoulder occasionally kissing her or at least looking up to see how worried she still looked as she scrolled through her list of contacts and occasionally checked twitter but a couple of minutes went by and i could see that she wasn't getting any less stressed so i decided to say something. 

"baby just call danny. don't try to deal with this on your own. the more you address this on your social media, the more people are going to raise suspicion. that the lies being spread are true." i said after noticing her on twitter continuing to deescalate the situation. 

"oh fuck why didn't i think of that. baby you're so right. thanks." she smiles as she makes her way out of the room looking back at me one more time while blowing a kiss. 

damn she's so cute. even when she's worried she manages to make my heart melt. 

once she was out of the room, zoe, drew and i took the opportunity to look at the articles and see what all the chaos was about. here was mainly silence with the occasional gasps or even a "oh fuck". as we each scrolled on our phones for what now felt like well over an eternity, headlines like "singer billie eilish gives fan exclusive treatment tap to read more." or "billie eilish is gay??" kept popping up. like shut up, so what if she's gay? i don't see a problem with it. at all. jesus christ, the media is so obsessed with killing people's vibes. 

after well over 10 minutes, bil comes back into the room with a semi relieved look written all over her face. 

"so?? what happened bil?" i ask.