another pretty december | b.e

thirty three

after we'd been in the pool for a few hours last night, we immediately crashed and went straight to sleep.

we were so fucking exhausted.

regardless, I had so much fun pushing finneas and harry under the water and almost drowning them.

I know harry wanted to drown me too, but I already had gotten my hair wet (thanks to billie) and wetting it with the chlorine even more would be a disaster.

I would've murdered him

I woke up relatively early this morning and made myself a fruit bowl, chopping up a bunch more fruit and leaving it in the fridge for everyone else when they decide to wake up.

august isn't arriving until seven so I have enough time to sit at the desk in my room with billie and start to remove my braids.

billie is still sleeping, her bunny tucked under her chin and I play some music in my airpods, cutting the bottom of my braids and untangling them from my natural hair.

removing braids is a process, but it keeps my hair healthy and I don't have to worry about taming it in the mornings.

im gonna keep my natural hair out for a while.

just as the song changes I hear the doorbell ring and I jump up, running through to the front door.

I see harry making himself a cup of coffee, walking towards the door.

"go and brush your teeth" I try and push him away from the door and he stops, furrowing his brows at me.

"what? I want my coffee"

"trust me H, go and brush your teeth you stink. oh and shower while you're at it"

"who's at the door"

"my stripper for billie, now go"

I push him as hard as I can and he doesn't object, walking back towards the steps and I wait a moment before he's had chance to go upstairs.

I walk towards the front door and open it, smiling it when I see august stood there, smiling.

"hi"

"hello!" I hug her, knowing I probably look crazy with half of my head unbraided.

"sorry im taking my hair out"

she giggles and lets me know she doesn't care.

"does he know?"

"no, I just made him go and shower" I smile, helping her with her bags. "how was the flight?"

"billie bought me first class so it wasn't too bad"

"of course she did" I smile "do you want coffee?"

"please, im so tired"

"okay, lemme go and see where harry is, there's some fruit in the fridge if you want some"

"thanks"

I run up the stairs and I hear the water running and I know it's harry because claudia and finneas have an en suite attached to their room.

when I get back downstairs, august is eating some melon.

"I don't know if you wanna just go and sit down on his bed because he'll be walking into a room in a towel" I smirk, pouring a coffee for the both of them.

"uh, I should probably brush my teeth then"

"just use the en suite in mine and billie's bedroom, she's asleep right now but she's a heavy sleeper"