if i love you was a promise | b.e

twenty seven

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"mom! dad!" billie called, knocking on their door.

maggie opened the door looking concerned. "what's wrong billie?"

"we need to talk to you."

billie went inside without another word from maggie, and i followed her. she sat on one of the chairs by the dressing table and maggie and i sat on the edge of the bed.

"someone took pictures of us." billie started.

"what? where?" maggie asked.

"shopping in la."

"show me." maggie reached out her hand and read the messages on the screen.

"where's dad?" billie asked as she read.

"out somewhere with finneas." maggie replied without looking up.

"why did you ask what she wanted?" maggie asked angrily.

"we didn't know what else to do." i butted in, trying to not put it all on billie. besides, i knew maggie wouldn't get mad at me.

she sighed and thought for a minute.

"let's report the account and email instagram to take it down. that's the best we can do for now."

we went along with that plan, but results take a long time to come back. we waited anxiously for hours in that room, spending the whole time ordering more and more food and talking about dumb shit to keep our minds off it.

finally we received an email back from instagram.

dear maggiebairdmusic@gmail.com

thank you for reporting billieseyelashes.confessions, however, we have examined and found no problems with this accounts content. if you wish to look further into our policies, visit www.instagram.com/termsandconditions

we thank you for using instagram.

"for god's sake." maggie rolled her eyes. "these platforms are useless."

"what now?" i asked.

"patrick's good with computers, ill call him."

maggie dialed his number and went into the bathroom to talk to him.

billie turned to me with worry in her eyes.

"im really fucking scared." she mumbled.

"i know. me too."

maggie came back into the room. "your dad and finneas are on his way, he said he'll try to sort something out."

"how can we know the account won't post the pictures before then?" billie asked.

"we can't." maggie sighed. "we just have to hope. im sorry this is happening to you girls."

finneas and patrick arrived at the hotel within twenty minutes.

finneas was holding flowers.

i saw billie blush immediately. "oh, uh.."

finneas smiled, handing them and some chocolates to billie.

"i wanted to get you something... to say sorry for yesterday." she held them out to me, her face turning red.

"oh my god, billie." i felt my eyes gloss over as i pulled her in for a hug. "you did not have to do that."