frenemies | b.e.

t w e n t y

- b i l l i e -

It's dinner time and Leilani is over my house. Amara and her family are gonna be over soon, so she'll see us together and be jealous.

The whole plan will work perfectly. Seeing me with someone else, her own best friend, she'll lose her mind.

She'll crack eventually.

I just don't know when.

But I need to wait.

"I'm nervous." I tell Leilani in a whisper. "Don't be. You know this is what's gonna do it." She responds. "I'm nervous too, but we got this. We just need to play the part."

"Okay." I sigh.

Shortly after, Amara and her family walk in the house and Amara sits down at her seat at the table. "Hi, Amara." I smile at her.

She waves a little before looking down at her lap.

See? Jealous.

It's working already and we're not even a minute into this.

Leilani's a genius.

"So," Amara clears her throat. "Are you guys together, or...?"

"Yeah, we are." I quickly answer. "Wow, that fast?" She asks. "Is that a problem?" I ask. "No, no, not at all.. I was just wondering." She replies.

"You jealous or something?" I chuckle. "Not one bit." She grumbles.

Sure.

Everyone sits down and starts to eat. "So Billie, you and Leilani, huh?" Max asks me. "Mhm." I smile. "We just got really close and one thing led to another, and.." I show us holding hands.

"That's sweet." He grins. "Yeah, so sweet." Amara mumbles. "What was that?" I ask. "Nothing." She sighs as she moves her food around on her plate.

"You okay, sweetie?" Amara's mom asks her. "You know, I actually lost my appetite. I think I'm gonna go home." She replies, getting up from her seat.

"Are you feeling alright?" Linsey asks her. "Mhm. Just.. tired." Amara answers. "I'll see you guys tomorrow." She walks to the door and walks out before heading back to her house.

Leilani and I start laughing, making everyone furrow their eyebrows. "We're not actually dating." I announce.

"Huh?" My mom asks. "Guys, I actually like Amara." I admit.

"Hallelujah!" My dad sighs in relief. "We're doing this to make her jealous 'cause I'm pretty sure she likes me too." I explain. "Will you guys go along with it?"

"Yeah. This is actually such a good plan." Max says. "She won't admit it, but she definitely likes you. It's been bugging her."

"I really like her, I just want her to like me back. She's been confusing as hell." I sigh. "Amara talks about you nonstop." Linsey rolls her eyes. "Yup." Leilani agrees. "She likes you so much, she just doesn't know what she wants."

"I hope so."

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It's late and I've been in bed, stressing the entire night. I just want Amara.