away; b.e.[rewritting]

Chapter 114

It all felt like a fever dream: when I woke up and Billie was curled into my side and her scent took over my nose and the view out of her window to the still dark sky.

I check my phone for the time and it's only 5:22 in the morning. I scroll through my notifications and, well, let's just say my phone had a lot of action with very little response.

16 missed calls from shay
37 texts from shay
8 missed calls from jessie
12 texts from lauren sanderson
2 missed calls from dad
1 text from dad
1 missed call from tights

"Holy shit," I mutter. Billie starts to stir and I lock my phone so it doesn't wake her up but she still does anyway.

"Emilie? Why are you up?" She groggily asks, eyes still closed.

"Woke up and couldn't fall back asleep," I answer. "I think I'm actually going to just go, people are looking for me."

"Nooo, stay with me," Billie protests while hugging me tighter.

"Bil, I'll see you later, don't worry," I say, prying her hands off of me. "I need to master Olivia's album and do some photo shoots for Clouds. Plus I need to get to set."

"Set? Bitch who are you? Sarah Paulson?" Billie asks.

I laugh. "I wish. But uh I'm co-staring in a movie with Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya. We've been in the works of everything since december and now we are ready to film."

"What's it called?" Billie asks, pulling me back into bed. I was far too distracted telling this goddess about my movie to realize it.

"It's called Dune based off the books by Frank Herbert. They made some movies in the 80s and a mini version in the 2000s and now we're sticking mostly with the books and being as accurate as possible. Actually, Star Wars was inspired by the books," I continue talking as Billie put her hand under my shirt, tracing patterns on my skin.

"And you're co-starring in it?" Billie asks. I hum in response.

"With Timothée, we play siblings and then eventually one of us fall in love with Zendaya," I say. "Which is what I wanted to talk to you about but I figured I'd wait till later. We aren't dating, but we're more than friends with benefits; I wanted to ask if you're ok with me having to be affectionate with her?"

Billie laughs. "Love, I don't own you, plus you have to be with Zendaya for the movie, I'm not going to hold you back from that."

I laugh and kiss her head.

"But you will have to explain to me the whole story," Billie says slyly.

"But of course," I say. I check my phone and I realize I really have to go. "Bye Bil."

I quickly kiss her and get up. "I'll bring the clothes back tonight, bye, love you!" I grab my clothes and run out to my car and start driving home.

~

I shut the door and as I turn, there's a 5'7 puerto rican-african american-italian-brit in front of me, giving me the most deadliest death stare ever.

"Where have you been? Me, Dad, Jessie, Lauren, and even Tyler were all so worried for you," Shay says groggily.

"Did you sleep?" I ask, moving around Shay and placing my keys on the island and heading toward my room.

"Does it seem like I slept? Of course I didn't, I stayed up all night waiting for you," Shay tells me. I let her continue on with her rambling as I climb back into bed, deciding I'm too tired to do any of the things I planned on doing.