Let The Games Begin // Billie Eilish

Chapter 12

(Time skip to Thursday because I don't want to drag this out too much)

Tomorrow is the day we pick our partner. And I'll finally know for sure if Billie is telling the truth.

I would say that 90% of me believes she is. She has been putting in so much effort to help me train, and I feel like we've actually grown to become friends. However, there is this annoying little shadow of doubt that constantly looms over my head whenever I think about it too hard. Maybe it's a lack of self-confidence, or maybe it's just that I actually think it's ridiculous that she wants to be my partner.

These thoughts then lead me to think about what would happen if she does in fact partner up with Milaus or Nikki or someone else instead. I will be stuck with Peter, who has made it very clear that he hasn't found a female partner yet.

Oh yes, that leads onto another thing.....

Peter is suspicious that two girls have partnered together. By process of elimination, he managed to find out that the only other person who hasn't found a partner yet is the boy from Block 11. He then point blank refused to pair up with him, and proceeded to throw a hissy fit about how it's practically illegal for two girls to pair up together.

To sum up, I need Billie to be telling the truth. She truly is the only chance I have of making it out of the Ring and to the Dream test.

Currently, I am sitting alone under a tree in the garden area. It's 9:30pm, which means I have 30 minutes until curfew. I decided to come sit here for a while by myself so I could gather my thoughts. It's peaceful here. The stars of the night sky are visible through the glass roof, and the breeze from the air conditioning is making me feel like I am genuinely outside.

There's two other players in here too doing the same thing as myself. I think we are all feeling overwhelmed about the ceremony tomorrow. It's all happening so fast, and before we know it we will be in that Ring, trying to kill the people we've spent the past few weeks with. The people who have become our friends. It just feels so cruel.

As I look around at the flowers and plants around me, I spot a head of black hair laying under a tree a few metres ahead of me. I smirk to myself as I decide to take this opportunity to scare the absolute shit out of her.

I look around to make sure no one is looking, and realise that thankfully the two players are heading out the door together. Perfect timing. I wait until they have fully exited the garden and start crawling across the grass over to her tree. I must look ridiculous, but I simply do not care.

As I approach her, I sit still for a few seconds. I wait until I'm absolutely sure she doesn't know I'm there before slapping my hands on her shoulders. She practically jumps out of her skin as she leaps up and automatically takes a swing in my direction. When she realises it's me, her face drops to an angry expression.

"Cove! What the fuck was that?!" She whisper shouts.

I hurl over laughing, unable to control the hideous cackles escaping my mouth. She sits back down beside me, a small grin growing on her face as she starts chuckling with me.

"You- you looked- so-horrified!" I manage to say between breaths as I continue laughing hysterically.

It most definitely was not as funny as I thought, but for some reason I just couldn't stop.

"Yeah, yeah. Very funny." She says as she rolls her eyes.

I eventually sit up properly beside her as my laughter dies down and she lays back down under the tree, placing her hands behind her head.

"What are you doing out here? I would've thought you'd be training right now." I question.

"I just needed to think." She replies simply.