Panic // Billie Eilish

E I G H T

Talia's POV

"C'mon Billie, give me my shirt back"

"Nah, I'm enjoying the view" She objects, grinning mischievously. Whenever I walk closer to Bil, she holds her place but waves my shirt out of reach. I try again, stepping forward quickly, and trying to snatch my shirt. "Did you're parents never tell you not to snatch princess?"

"Bil, stop playing, someone could-"

"Talia?!" I hear Conan shout as I hear fists banging on the door.

"Give me that fucking shirt Billie" I whisper through my teeth. She gives me a cheeky grin, and a wiggle of the eyebrows, before bolting towards the door. Before I can comprehend what's happening, Conan's eyes are piercing into mine. His confused face shifts from me, to Billie, and down to my shirt which is in Billie's hands.

"Why do you have-" He pauses for a minute. In that minute, I can see the resemblance between him, and that meme of that woman with mathematical equations surrounding her. Off-topic...

"Tal?"

My breath hitches as I try my hardest to think of a lie.

"She spilt shit on it so we came up here to find another shirt," Billie says, turning around to give me a wink. Conan shoots me a look of disapproval. He can see right through my guilty-looking ass.

"Bourbon" I add, causing Conan to raise his eyebrows and fold his arms over his chest.

"Billie, Lexi is looking for you," He says, without breaking our eye contact. I can feel my eyes start to water from the amount of disappointment, seething from Conan. "We should leave Tals"

"Nah she can crash at mine tonight. My bro should be here soon" Billie says, reaching for her phone in her sweatpants.

"Tals." Conan is expecting me to go with him. I don't know what takes over me but I shake my head.

"I'll go with Bil"

"I don't think you-"

"Sweet" Billie says with a huge grin, walking back over to me. She takes her jacket and places it on me, zipping it up for me. "Nobody else gets to see" She whispers in my ear so that only I can hear it. She then pulls me out of the room with her, leaving a startled Conan.

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Billie's POV

"Sup dork," I say as I hop into Finneas's car, pulling Talia in behind me. He turns around, rolling his eyes at me before realising someone else is in the car. "Remember Tahlia?"

"Indeed," He says giving her a friendly smile. He turns around to start the engine up. "Hope you ended up dumping that dickhead"

"Uh yeah, I did tonight actually" She replies with a forced chuckle. Thanks, Finneas, she was fine before you brought him up, but now she looks like she has been re-shattered. Don't get me wrong, I'm stoked she left Tristan, but I hate how she is hurting because of it.

"I'm glad. You deserve better. Anyone does"

I shuffle to the middle seat of the car, so I am closer to her, and place my hand on her hand, to grab her attention.

"Sorry about him" I mouth. She just gives me a small reassuring smile, which does not reassure me at all. I intertwine our fingers. I can feel her shiver under my touch.

An effect I have on her that I love.

"You guys want food?" Finneas asks, pulling into the taco bell car park, snapping me out of my trance.