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omniscient

beatrice wandered down the dimly lit street, surrounded with a stillness she knew would would leave when the world started to wake up. she wasn't thinking about it, though. she wasn't thinking about anything. music was playing through her earbuds, but she wasn't paying attention. as much as she was thinking about nothing, she was thinking about everything. billie. sweet, sad, billie. billie who squeezes her hand when she's anxious and memorizes all her dreams. she thought about meeting billie, pretending not to notice her racing heartbeat, trying to ignore her friend's taunts at the then silver haired girl.

she thought about her mother, and her father, and the time in 5th grade when her mother hugged her and beatrice realized all of a sudden how cold it was, realized they did not love her and never would, stopped reaching for something that wasn't there. wasn't for her. she thought about her brother, and his messy hair and smile. she thought about how his eyes would never blink again, he would never smile again. she thought about his stillness, so unfamiliar. he was never still, and now he is frozen still forever. nothing inside him moves, not even the blood in his veins. it always struck her as ironic, because her brother was full of energy and life, and now he was just still. she thought about her parents upcoming return, the 4 weeks they would spend at her house. at their cold house with cold walls and an empty kitchen.

she thought about the infinite combinations of those four people. how would her parents react to billie? what would billie think when she saw the kind of people she came from? what would life be like if he never died? what would life be like without billie? probably nothing, she thought. billie saved her life a million times before she even knew her, just the thought of somebody like her, the thought of waiting.

a car drove by, and bea remembered where she was, what she was doing. she looked around, reorienting herself and kept walking. after a few minutes, she took a left, and then a right. it began to get lighter, and she knew she had to hurry.

billie
bea

bea?
is everything okay?
hey answer me
did i do something?
i'm sorry if i did something to upset you
just lmk you're safe please

hi
my phone was on dnd i'm sorry
i'm not mad at you i promise

hii

are you at home still?

yes
will you come over
i miss you

yes
omw
with a surprise
😋

head?
bettt

LMFAOOOO
NO
NOT THAT KIND OF 😋

damn it
are you almost here

10 minutes

😒
bitch
i've literally been waiting for you all morning
i know your ass can hurry

i will run

goofy

do you want the surprise or not 😭

i love you take all the time you need be safe <3

💀💀💀
see you soon

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⏰ Last updated: Jul 06, 2022 ⏰

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