just a week | billie eilish

chapter 22 <3

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ameera

"you're cheating!!" i whined and finneas snorted. "you just don't know how to play uno right." he said as he placed a +2 on top of my +4. "see! how is that fair?" i looked at claudia who was focused on rearranging her cards.

"baby, this is the right way to play." billie shrugged and added another +2 on top. "family of cheaters... fine." i waited for claudia to add her +2 and then i slammed my last +4 on top of the pile.

"the colors yellow." i glared at finneas and he gasped. "14 cards?!?"

"that's what cheaters get." i smirked victoriously and claudia high-fived me across the circle. "fuck yeah!" finneas pouted, "you're never on my side."

when the game was over, claudia started editing the footage that she literally just recorded. "how the hell do you work so much?" i asked her, munching on popcorn.

"it keeps me busy. you look so cute here omg," she pointed to a clip of me laughing in billie's face.

finneas came in the room with a tray of something and carefully set it down on the table. it was a tray of shots, limes and salt. "kids leave."he said and billie shot up from her position in between my legs, cuddling me. "hey! no fair!"

"you don't even drink, loser." he teased her and she huffed. "you suck, let's go babe." she stood up, pulling me with her. she grabbed my phone off the couch and handed it to me, my eyes widened when i saw all the missed messages from ash.

"damn, who's blowing up your phone?" she peeked over my shoulder and i opened the messages with ash, quickly closing them when i saw she was talking about the girl from that night.

"it's just ash being stupid." i shrugged and billie looked at me suspiciously, yanking the twizzler between her teeth. she didn't say anything and sat by the pool, dipping her feet.

"wait, is she still coming?" billie asked. "yeah, she should be here in a few."

"you know, the media won't shut up about us." billie giggled. "yeah, it's like i've literally not said a word about you and everyone just knows everything. it's crazy." she said and i nodded.

"they want us to have babies and shit, like what the fuck?" i said, laughing and her eyebrows furrowed. she pouted, grabbing my chin gently. "i wanna have a million babies with you. if i could get you pregnant i would." she said seriously, her eyes flicking between mine and my lips.

"if you could get me pregnant, we'd be in a lot of trouble," i whispered, pressing a kiss to her lips.

"break it up, sexy ladies." ash's voice rang from being me and i pulled away, jumping up to hug her. "yeah yeah, i know im the star of the show." she flipped her air and flicked billie off.

she took a seat with us and pulled a file out of her bag. "this is all the information pertaining to the ca-"

she started and i cut her off with a loud laugh. "um!! no- not now." i gave her a look, squeezing her hand tightly. she looked at billie and then back at me and sighed, shaking her head.

"what is it?" billie asked, reaching over and snatching the file out of ash's hands. "it's really not important." i tried to grab it and toss it in the pool. "no, ameera let me see." she pushed me off and started reading the file.

"really?" i whispered to ash and she looked panicked. "i thought she knew!" she whispered back to me.

"you saw her again? in the library? and you didn't tell me? what happened?" billie frowned, looking disappointed. "you didn't want me to know?" she asked, not even letting me answer.

"no it's just that-"

"you don't trust me?" she pouted, visibly upset.

"no billie, of course i do- it's just-" i tried to explain again and was interrupted by her gasping at what she read. "she lives in your building, ameera!" she yelled and i flinched.

"billie, it's not that big of a deal- just let me-" i was cut off again by ash this time. "im gonna go do shots with fin and claud." she said and i sighed loudly.

"just let me talk!" i shouted and everyone was instantly quiet. i could see billie flipping through the pages, anxiously biting her lip.

"okay so, billie i didn't tell you because i didn't want to worry you. ash's family owns a law firm and they're building a case."

"so when were you going to tell me? when she got to you again and possibly killed you?" she folded her arms, turning her body fully toward me.

i sighed, putting my face in my hands. "billie i can't deal with this right now. i just want this shit to go away. every time i think about it, i get so anxious and i just wish she would go away and just-" i choked up at the end of my sentence, frustrated by the fact that i wasn't able to finish my thought.

before i knew it, hot tears were running down my cheeks. i felt ash hug me from behind and i finally broke down. i could hear hushed whispering as my body wracked with sobs.

when i finally looked up, ash was pointing at billie, the conversation obviously heated. "fix it, eilish." she said one last time before squeezing me tight and walking away into the house.

"im sorry, i didn't mean to make you cry. i just wish i could protect you in every way and everything ash and her family are doing is amazing because i just want you to feel safe. im sorry, baby." she held me tight as she told me this.

i understand where she's coming from, it's just too much.

"it's okay... i just wanna enjoy my summer. im across the world from there and everything's okay. im with you." i told her and she smiled sadly. "right, and we coulddd just jump in this pool right now with all our clothes on." she smiled mischievously and fell backwards into the pool.

i panicked and jumped in after her. after fishing her out from the bottom of the pool she laughed loudly. "billie, you can't swim!" i yelled at her and she laughed harder.

a/n: it took me 10 years to update but a lottt happened. and i also just got so much inspo for this book. still got shit coming :) mwah

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