if i love you was a promise | b.e

twenty two

"couldn't even make it upstairs?" we woke up to finneas staring at us, a huge smile on his face.

"finneas." billie coughed, sitting up. "i need to talk to you."

finneas' expression changed. "ok, sure, ill be in the kitchen. you guys want pancakes?"

we both nodded and he left us alone. "im sorry, i just tell finneas everything. i want to talk to him about it."

"yeah, i know. ill go and get dressed while you guys talk." i smiled. "ill take twenty minutes?"

"perfect." billie kissed my forehead and walked out to the kitchen.

i jogged upstairs as fast as i could so i wouldn't overhear something i shouldn't, even though i already knew everything. i just hated being invasive.

i went to my bag filled with clothes from yesterday. my mind trailed and i found myself getting up and walking over to billies wardrobe to steal one of her shirts.

i picked out one that would go with the red shorts i was wearing. billie had gotten me into wearing shorts like hers and i loved them.

i walked downstairs after lingering for as long as i could to give billie time to talk to finneas. i tip toed down slowly at first and listened. when i didn't hear any voices i continued to the kitchen.

"hey." billie said, glancing at me and putting something in the fridge. she did a double take and grinned. "is that my shirt?"

"yeah." i copied her smile and sat down in front of an empty plate at the table. billie shook her head and chuckled to herself. "ok."

finneas put a pancake on my plate and smiled slimly at me. "you ok, fin?" i asked, seeing that billie telling him about what happened had affected him pretty badly. i could imagine how much that would hurt him.

"yeah." he said quietly.

the interview was the main topic of conversation for the rest of the morning. it was going to be an hour long and livestreamed on youtube.

i could see the nervousness in billie's face when we packed up to go. she had told me she was always nervous about livestreamed things because once she said something she couldn't take it back.

"hey." finneas stopped me before i went out the door.

"thanks for looking after her. without you last night would've been a lot worse."

a huge smile grew on my face. "of course. and ill continue to do so."

finneas nodded with a content smile and showed me out.

he shut the door behind us and followed me into the car for the interview.

**

the interview was coming to an end and we were all yawning after listening for so long.

"one last question, billie." the interviewer said. "in the past you talked a lot about relationships."

billie let out an awkward laugh.

"you said a couple times that you don't get into relationships or do anything exclusively. is that still the case?"

"uh," billie giggled."i think, back then, i just didn't know someone who i truly wanted to spend all my time with. recently, though, ive been sort of committed."

her answer gave me butterflies.

"ok, so you've got someone in particular right now?" the interviewer smiled.