[eighteen] laptop

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BILLIE finished up for the day in dance. She left feeling a lot better about herself after. By this time it was around 8 o'clock.

She walked back to Kev and V's and couldn't find her laptop. Anywhere. She looked for ages. Until she remembered. She left it in Carl's room a couple days ago.

Fuck sake. She thought to herself.

She made her way out of Kev and V's and she stood out front of the Gallagher's for 5 minutes. Until she opened the door. She saw that they were all sat in the kitchen. As she started walking up the stairs she yelled. "Left my laptop in Carl's room." And walked up the stairs till none of them could see her anymore.

Carl stared at the table. Not knowing what to do.

"What going on with you both?" Fiona asked Carl as he had his head resting on his hand.

"Oh, nothing." He responded.

Billie could hear talking from the kitchen and exuded to listen in.

"Who's willing to give us 100 grand." She heard Fiona say.

"100 grand? For what?" She muttered to herself as she continued to look for her laptop.

She heard them talking about the house and a mortgage.

"What?" She muffled again.

Then she heard the word she never wanted to hear. Eviction.

To make matters worse. She couldn't find her laptop.
The final place she looked, underneath Carl's mattress.

And there it was. She grabbed it and headed downstairs. At the final step she looked over to the family and took the step down. Billie and Carl looked at each other. For what felt like hours. Only until billie looked at the rest of the family, and walked away. Yelling "Bye." As she closed the door.

To everyone else, Carl looked like he could've punched someone when he saw Billie.

"Ok. Yeah, for the first time, Fionas right. There's definitely something sketchy going on." Ian said. Carl death glared him until someone else at the table continued to talk.

As Billie closed the door to the house, she got a call. From Q. She picked it up immediately.

"Hey, what's up." Billie asked with a smile.

He could barely respond.

"What's going on." She asked him.

He was drunk.

"Are you drunk? Where are you?" Billie asked Q in a panicked voice.

"Some uh street? Idk." He responded.

"How did you get there." She asked him.

"Drove."

"WHAT? YOU DROVE?" She yelled. "I told you not to do that shit." She practically screamed at him on the phone. "Are you all right?" She asked.

"Mmm-hmm." He responded.

"Fucking hell Q. Don't do that shit." She said with a long sigh. "Where are your parents?" She asked Q.

"On a... trip. They're uh gone for the uhhhm next couple weeks." He said with a space between each word.

"Fuck sake Q. I'm coming to get you." Billie said. They continued to talk until billie made it to his house

Back inside the Gallagher house. The family heard it all. Every bit Billie said.

"Who Q?" Sean and Ian asked.

"Billies boyfriend I think." Fiona said as she continued to look at the papers.

"You're fucking kidding me right?" Carl basically yelled.

"No. Why?" Fiona asked.

Carl stayed quiet.

"Billie has a boyfriend?" Ian asked.

"No." "I think so." Carl spoke first with Fiona speaking over him.

Eventually, the situation blowed over and they continued to talk about the house.

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Billie stayed the night at Q's to make sure he was ok. Although she had to leave so Kev and V wouldn't realise she was gone. She quietly walked up the stairs, as she got to the top. She saw Kev and V standing there.

"Where were you?" V asked.

Billie sighed. "Sorry I-, my phone died so I couldn't call you but Q got home drunk and he had driven so I just needed to make sure he was ok. I'm sorry." Billie sighed.

"He was drunk driving?" V asked in that tone of hers.

"Yeah, I don't know what he was thinking either. But he is safe and I told him not to do it again." Billie said.

"Ok then. I'm just glad your safe." V said giving Billie a hug.

"Wait who's Q?" Kev asked.

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As Kev and V we're about to head to the Alibi. Kev called out to her.

"Billie. Meet us at the Alibi at 2 O'clock!" Kev yelled.

"Okay!" Billie yelled back. She was confused on why she had to go, but she did anyways.

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