Serendipity//Billie Eilish

0.10

Billie was startled when she woke up. She hadn't realized she had spent the whole night there, she nervously looked at Yohan but she was still asleep. There was a blanket around her shoulders that she hadn't put there. She assumed the nurse had taken pity on her. She was a little surprised Xam hadn't woken her up like she always did to move her to the couch or the break room though.

"Hey sleepyhead." Xam walked into the room with a tray of food for Yohan.

"What time is it." Billie grumbled.

"It's almost 11."

Billie was surprised to hear she had slept that late. Actually, she was more surprised she hadn't woken up at all. She tended to be a light sleeper and she hadn't had a night of uninterrupted sleep since, well since Yohan's accident. Despite the position she had slept in, she felt surprisingly well rested.

She was anxious about Yohan's reaction at her accidentally spending the night with them though. She knows she had no right to anymore. She knows her mere presence hurts Yohan. Yohan had swallowed her hurt for long enough so that she could ask to see Ella, not Billie. She had wanted space to adjust and Billie felt even worse for not giving her that. It had only been a few days for Yohan to try to come to terms with the fact she no longer had a fiancé.

"Did she?" Billie gestured to Yohan, "Did she see me here?"

Xam wanted to break her promise to Yohan and tell Billie the truth, they had become friends over the years after all. She knew they needed to figure it out for themselves though. "No, I don't think so."

Billie breathed a sigh of relief. "Good, please don't tell her I spent the night here, I don't want to break her trust more than I already have." Billie went to the break room to go freshen up so it would look like she was just now coming to pick Ella up.

Xam internally sighed, not sure when she began to be their secret keeper. She supposed it might be good that she didn't tell Billie the truth though. Maybe it would show Yohan that Billie was willing to lie in order to spare her feelings.

When Billie came back the girls were already awake.

"Mommy!" Ella rushed Billie and jumped into her arms.

"Hey baby, did you have fun with your Mama yesterday?" She quickly glanced at Yohan and gave her a soft smile before returning her gaze to her daughter. She hoped she didn't look guilty. Yohan could always read her like a book.

Yohan thought Billie looked guilty for some reason.

"It was so fun we watched our favorite movie! Mama let me watch it with her three times!" She held up her little fingers to show the number three.

Billie would have scolded her for making Yohan rewatch the movie over and over if she didn't know Yohan was the exact same way. They were obsessed with that damn movie. Between Yohan years ago and Ella now, even Billie had the entire dialogue memorized.

Not to mention Drew's obsession with Disney movies too—though for her part it was probably because she loved singing along. She had a Disney princess worthy voice after all. She was surrounded by Disney fanatics. She's glad she had Zoe, they seemed to be the only sensible ones. Watch a movie once and move on. One and done.

Although who was she kidding, her hubby had Zoe whipped and although she would inevitably complain and grumble she would let the blonde pick the movie anyway.

Ella continued to ramble about their day and everything they did and Billie listened to her attentively, asking questions and humming at the right times as if she were having a conversation with an adult.