See Through // B.E. fanfic

18

Emery's POV (february)
i woke up early to get a few hours to work on my unfinished paintings in my office which sat in their easels waiting to be touched.

but before i got out of bed, i gently ran my fingers through billie's soft black hair as her head rested facing me on her pillow.

i got out of bed and showered before making a quick breakfast for us. as i had my back turned, i felt the cool fingertips of my girlfriend rub against my waist as her soft lips grazed my neck, leaving traces of aquaphor where she kissed.

"morning bug," i smiled.

billie turned to face me. "did you just call me a bug?" she asked, squinting her eyes.

"yea cause you're my love bug," i giggled," but i just like bug better. it's cute, let me be cute.

billie sighed, "you're lucky you're cute," she said as she took a bite out of my avocado toast.

"yea yea" i replied, "what are you up to today baby?"

"nothing crazy, gonna hit the studio with finn and then probably visit my parents, why?" she asked.

"just wondering, i was gonna stay here for a bit and work on some of my paintings."

"show me when you're finished?" bil asked, she loved watching me paint, i don't know why, i don't have the cutest concentration face but she could sit there for hours watching me, not even realizing i would paint her every now and then.

"of course," i replied.

"thank you for the breakfast baby, i'm gonna get ready to go, so i'll see you later,"

"okay," i replied with a kiss before going into my office and getting my supplies ready to finish my project.
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after about two hours of non stop work, i took a quick break to get a drink, when my phone began to ring.

i scrambled  to answer with paint covered hands, thinking i'd be hearing back from the guide dog agency.

"good evening, am i speaking with ms. emery allen?" a feminine and british voice asked over the phone.

"this is she," i responded.

"hi ms. allen, i am victoria bledel, exhibit coordinator at hauser & wirth art galleries. i just wanted to let you know you won 1st place in the art submission."

"oh my, that's amazing, thank you so much, it's truly an honor to have my work recognized." i said in a shocked rant.

"oh please, your art spoke for itself ms. allen, i mean it was absolutely beautiful, in fact, we have an offer for you ms. allen and would love to know if you were free to come in to our Los Angeles based location at 12:00pm tomorrow, to further discuss our offer and claim your prize."

"yes, that works for me," i replied immediately.

"great, we will see you then. bye bye."

"thank you again, bye."

i can't believe that just happened, i won and they have some mystery offer for me??
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"baby, baby, baby, guess what!" i exclaimed the second billie came through the door.

"hi, what happened my love?" she smiled to match my excitement but still confused.

"you remember that competition i entered my art into?"

"yes, what about it?"

"i fucking won!"

"that's amazing em oh my god," billie said as she hugged me, "i'm so proud of you baby."

"thank you, and they also have some offer to talk about at a meeting tomorrow,"

"that's insane baby, i'm really so happy for you," she said cupping my face before placing a soft kiss on my lips.
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omniscient POV
the next day

emery sat in a small chair outside mrs. bledel's office, her leg bouncing rapidly as stress crept through her body.

"ms. allen? they're ready for you." a fairly young man said.

"thank you," emery replied as he held the door open.

mrs. bledel got up first, introducing her and her team members.

"it's so nice to meet you all, it truly is an honor to be chosen as a winner let alone be in a meeting beside you all" emery smiled.

"please ms. allen, you have no one to thank but yourself and your talent," mrs. bledel mentioned, making emery blush.

"so i guess we should tell her why we asked her to come here," anthony wirth, the museum director said to mrs. bledel.

"right," she took a deep breath in, "ms. allen, your work was exquisite and we have been looking for someone to do a year long trial at hauser & wirth galleries. you'd have your own exhibit, we ask that you submit 4 projects that year that we would shift periodically and every week or so you'd come in for a detailed discussion with viewers and answer some questions," mrs. bledel explained.

"that sounds amazing," emery answered as she processed what was being said.

"there is one thing though, we'd be asking you to present your artwork in our london location."

"wow. london?"

"we understand this is a tough decision, so we wanted to catch you up as early as possible this way you have about a month to think and make your decision."
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on her way home, thoughts raced through emery's mind. london. it was so far. the little family she had left would be so far away. what would she tell billie?

emery walked into the small cafe where she'd be meeting billie for lunch.

after a few minutes billie joined her.

"hey mama, how'd it go?" she asked as she sat down, "you ok?"

"it went really good, i think we should talk about it at home though."

"oh, okay" billie responded softly.
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emery slipped her heels off the second she got in their apartment, letting out a sigh of relief.

"so how'd it go?" billie asked as she grabbed a drink from the fridge.

emery sat at the kitchen island, with a neutral voice she responded, "good. really good actually; they offered me a year long contract for my own exhibition," emery explained as she nervously smiled to herself.

"baby oh my goodness, that's amazing," billie said excitedly until she realized emery didn't share her excitement.

"that's good, right?"

"yea, uh-" emery's voice slightly cracked, "it's just that the job they're offering me is for their museum in london."

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hi guys!
what do you think is gonna happen?