blaze of desire // billie eilish fanfiction

five : rumors has it

delilah

"you know what you're gonna wear?" eloise walked into my room.

"i don't know, look at the outfit on the bed, do you think that's good?" i replied, taking a break for a second from blending out my concealer.

"yeah that's pretty, do you know which heels you're going for? i can let you borrow a pair of mines if you want." she told me.

"since when were you selfless with your heels?" i smiled.

"i know this means a lot to you, i want to help." she explained. "and.. oh-." she stopped when my phone rang. "who the hell is aaron?" she chuckled.

"he was at friend at college, i didn't even think i had is contact saved anymore." i frowned. "do i answer?" i whispered as if he could hear me.

"yeah... i mean if it's been that long, then he probably has something to say." she told me. "just put him on speaker."

"okay." i answered and the phone and put it on speaker, "hello?"

"hey this is delilah right?" he said.

"yeah it's me... aaron?"

"yeah, it's aaron." he chuckled. "how you doing lila? it's been a while."

"i'm doing good, been worse been better. what about you?" i replied.

"im good remember tilly, yeah we just broke up like a couple days ago." he replied.

"oh im sorry about that." i frowned and looked at elle. but for real those two were inseparable from what i remember.

"yeah no i dodged a bullet and you know every since that ive been thinking about you. not in that way! i know you like women and that's awesome." he started. "but i just— you're one of the sweetest people i have met in my life. you know i know we weren't close back in the day but i know when wrong is wrong and i thought about this a lot and i think it my duty to tell you this.

"what's going on?" my heart started pounding.

"you know tilly and luna are close with pen and liv and whoever. and before luna and you broke up, all their calls were about you and then that went on until the divorce. even like the weeks before tilly and i broke up they were mad shit talking you. i wanted to let you know not because im tryna be petty with tilly but because i know you're trying your best and you're not the names they call you all the time. you don't deserve all that shit. luna, is a straight up a bad person in my eyes for letting them talk bout you like that, you know cause you two loved each other so much. even if things changed she should still be respectful towards the mother of her child, and what she's been doing is very much disrespectful." he told me.

"you mean like.. even this past month. nothing has changed? with the name calling and shit taking it whatever?" i wanted to make sure.

"yeah, i know that for sure cause tilly been telling me how you've been forcing luna to ruin her career and whatnot to spend time with juniper. obviously that all sounds bullshit to me, but it proves to you that i'm not bullshitting you." he replied.

"yeah okay, thank you aaron, for letting me know." i took a deep shaky breath in.

"yeah of course. you know i respect everything that you've done for your daughter, and you're just so strong. but like.. if you need a friend or a favor or anything, know im here. and i mean it." he told me.

"thank you aaron, that means a lot to me." i nodded, hearing my ears ringing.

"i hope you weren't too affected hearing that, you take care of yourself lila." he said before i said goodbye and hung up. i was honestly just frozen and speechless. i didn't know what to say, i knew they were shit talking me, but not as much as aaron told me it was and i thought it stopped a long time ago.