Serendipity//Billie Eilish

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Billie never made it home that night.

She ended up in the hospital instead.

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Xam had been a little more than shocked to see Billie asleep in the break room.

"Billie?" She was so worried at seeing her there that she gently nudged her to wake her up.

"Billie, what are you doing here? Is everything okay? Is Yohan here?"

The nurse was confused because her shift had just started and she worried Yohan had been readmitted, her wife had said Yohan was doing well though. She didn't even need physical therapy anymore.

Billie started crying and it only worried the nurse more, hugging her immediately.

"Yohan's okay." Billie said, feeling guilty about worrying her favorite nurse.

They drank coffee and talked throughout the night in between the nurse's duties. Billie filling her in on everything, they hadn't spoken since Yohan had ran away from California. Billie had been too depressed to reach out to anybody, even Xam who she had come to consider as her actual mother even though she was only a few years older than Billie.

Xam had always been a comfort to her. She'd been there to witness Billie's worst times, even before Drew and Zoe came into her life. She reminded her of the way Chittip was with Yohan before she passed. Treating Billie in much the same maternal way.

"I'm sorry I haven't kept in touch." Billie said guiltily.

Xam smiled softly at her.

"You don't ever have to apologize to me for needing to cope with things in the best way you can. Some people just need space when they're going through things."

Billie smiled at her gratefully. She wondered if she wouldn't be so fucked up if she had grown up with Xam instead of her own parents.

She was pretty sure she wouldn't have had made as many mistakes if they had been her parents instead.

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"Maybe I should have let you chase after them," the blonde girl worried. It was 2am and Billie hadn't come home yet.

"Should I call Yohan?" Zoe asked her wife.

"No, no I think you'll just worry her. She'll flip if she finds out we don't know where Billie is. I really shouldn't have stopped you from following them." The blonde said as she pinched her nose in worry. "What if she lost herself again and ran away?"

"Billie's not Yohan babe, I'm sure she's just blowing off steam somewhere, she'll be back. There's no way in hell she'd leave Ella for long."

"I know. It's just, this is a little too familiar and I can't kept help but worry."

Zoe pulled her wife into a hug, brushing her hair as she did.

"Weren't you the one who said we should trust in fate?"

The blonde placed a gentle kiss on her wife's temple, grateful she was there to ground her.

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Yohan dropped Ella off in the morning and noticed how her best friends looked like they hadn't gotten much sleep.

"I made pancakes and French toast for you Ella," Drew had said, hugging the little girl. Ella jumped up and immediately ran into the kitchen.

"What's wrong?" Yohan asked, after Ella was out of earshot.

The blonde bit her lip before asking, "you haven't seen Billie have you?"