Our Forever (BILLIE EILISH)

- F o u r t e e n -

September 18th

Maddie's POV:

Billie has been in the hospital, they kept her an extra day for tests because of her anxiety, sleep deprivation, dehydration, shit like that. I've been coming back and forth between the hospital and the hotel, I'm meeting with Claudia's team today over Zoom and I feel like shit because I can't be there like I planned. But I have priorities, so I guess it's okay.

When I got the call that I had to come to New York for an emergency it freaked the fuck out of me. One, they didn't tell me anything they just said 'Come to New York right now.' And two, it's Billie, it's my baby, it's scary no matter what.

I also saw the paparazzi photos of Jesse carrying Billie out of the studio and I can't sit here and say that it didn't make my blood boil. I didn't like the way she was clinging to him, and I hated looking at her touching someone else. I have no right to be jealous because she was unconscious, but I can't help myself.

I'm on my way to the hospital right now and I can only stay an hour before I have to head back, I didn't stay with Billie last night because she wouldn't let me. She wanted me to be well-rested for my meeting. I didn't sleep really though.

I got to her room and I looked in the window on the door and I can see her sleeping peacefully, but I also notice a huge ass bouquet of flowers sitting on the side table that was not there last night.

I open the door as quietly as I can, and I sit down. Everything in me is telling me to look at the card and to see who they're from, but they're probably from Finneas or Claudia or Howard Stern. Billie rolled over and I took that as my sign to look at the card.

I'm so glad you're okay.

Jesse.

Why are you glad? I mean wait. I mean we're all glad she's okay. But like why do you have to let her know that? They're not friends or anything, and the way she shrugged him off at the AMAs showed me that they're not friends. They're signed to the same label, making an album at the same time, and they're the reason Billie got forced into making an album right now anyway.

I put the card back how I found it and I sat back in my chair. I can't trip over a card, I can't trip over something that's not even real. He just so happened to be at the right place at the right time. He did a good thing bringing her here, so I guess I'm going to shut up.

Billie: "Shorty!" She smiled at me.

Maddie: "Hi baby." I smiled back at her.

Billie: "Who are the flowers from?"

Maddie: "I'm not sure, they were here when I walked in."

She rolled over and opened the card that I just read, I'm paying attention to every detail on her face to see if there was anything I can notice. Nothing, I see nothing. My anxiety is gone.

Billie: "Aw that's sweet."

Maddie: "Who's it from?"

Billie: "Howard Stern."

HUH?

I'm not letting this girl lie to me right now.

Maddie: "Aw, well I'm glad you're okay too."

Billie: "You read the card?"

Maddie: "Sure did, so why are we lying?"

Billie: "Why did you read the card?"

Maddie: "Because I wanted to know who sent them, so why'd you lie?"

She was quiet, she didn't have anything to say.