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We get into our apartment and I instantly go to my room to revise. Exams start in May and it's January so the panic is starting to kick in with the A level and GCSE students so all 3 of us are revising like crazy.
However, tonight is movie night so we get to relax later. I love Fridays with my besties.

I do some cramming until 7pm and then go to the lounge where I turn Netflix on and scroll down to the chick-flick section.
Emily is the second to join me on the couch and finally Poppy takes a seat next to us.
"Right what should we watch?" I ask them.
"Mamma-Mia!!" Poppy says enthusiastically.
"But we watched that last weekend!" Emily groans and takes the remote from me.
"Hey!"
Emily keeps scrolling along and I point my finger at the screen. "What about Twilight?"
They both nod in agreement and we put the movie on.
"Do you guys want snacks?" I ask, looking over at them both and they nod in reply so I get up and head to the little kitchen.

I take out the bag of popcorn kernels and put them in the microwave for 3 minutes and then open the bag and pour the popcorn into the bowl. While carrying the bowl to the living room, my phone starts to buzz.
"Guys start watching the movie I'll only be a minute" I smile and then leave the room, pulling my phone out of my pocket.
It's an unknown number.
I answer the call "hello?"
"Hey it's Billie" I unintentionally smile at her voice.
"Oh hey. How did you get my number?" I giggle to myself.
"Riley" I hear her chuckle too "Anyway I was wondering what time you'd like to come over?"
"Ughhh 11 would be great"
There's a moment of comfortable silence.
"I'm sorry again"
"No, seriously, it's cool"
"Okay... well I guess I'll see you tomorrow, Benson"
"Cya, O'Connell" I hang up and quickly add her contact to my phone and walk back into the lounge.

"Why are you smiling like a crazy person?" Em asks and I shrug.
"Just Billie. Also, I am not smiling like a crazy person"
Emily and Poppy exchange looks and I roll my eyes in response.

———

Waking up, I check the time. 9am.
That gives me two hours to study and get ready. I take a shower, change into some new clothes and tie my hair up into a ponytail.
As I open my text book, Emily knocks on my door.
"Come in"
"Hey Mads. I'm going out with my friends today so I'll be back at around 6"
"Me too so that's cool with me" I smile and she closes the door, smiling in return.

After about an hour of studying I decide to leave for Billie's. Once my Uber arrives, I climb in.

I ring the doorbell and wait for a few seconds before I hear footsteps and the door opens.
"Oh hey Maddie, I wasn't expecting you to come over" Finneas greets me warmly and lets me in.
"Ayyy, Benson" Billie comes rushing down the stairs and then attacking me with a hug.
I don't know why but even though I've only know her for two days, we're seemingly close. I hesitate to hug her back but soon wrap my arms around her too.

"Bye Finn!" Billie shouts as she starts dragging me up the stairs.
"Woah Billie calm down" I giggle. I don't know what's gotten into her but she's crazy today.

When we reached her room she flung her door open and threw herself onto her bed. I close the door gently behind me so we're engulfed in red light and then I join her and sit on the bed.
"I want to make up for the other day - when I got mad and all - so I'm going to show you something" she reached over to her notebook, opens it to a page and picks up her ukelele.

"Hey — call me back when you get this
Or when you've got a minute
We really need to talk..."

She starts singing with the most angelic voice I've ever heard. I watch in awe as she strums the strings and sing along with her lyrics.

"...Stay and blah blah blah
You just want what you can't have..."

I get lost in her music and listen intently.

She finishes and then looks at me, pink dusting her cheeks.
"Oh my gosh, Billie that was beautiful. I never knew you had such a gorgeous voice"
"You're one of the only people I've shown this to..." she mumbles before standing up and then running her hands through her hair. She seems conflicted.

"Why am I so drawn to you Maddie??" She starts to sound a little angry.
"I- I don't know... and why are you suddenly mad?" I cross my arms over my chest.
"I'm not mad I'm just confused." She glares at me and I stay quiet.

"You know what? I don't get why you're so angry at me. I've done nothing"
"I'm not angry at you I'm angry at myself." She groans and climbs back onto the bed. After a minute of silence, she gives me a sad look. "Sorry" she looks down at her rings and fiddles with them. A nervous habit I'm guessing.
"It's fine I'm just wondering why you have these sudden outbursts" I say quietly and rub her arm with my thumb.

There's a long pause before Billie lifts my chin by her knuckle and looks up into my eyes, her icy blues searching mine. Her eyes flicker down to my lips for a split second and then drops her hand, letting it fall into her lap.

"How did you find out that you liked girls?" She suddenly asks.
"I just had feelings for one of the girls at my school and when I finally kissed one, I knew. I don't know. Everyone's different but I've known for a long time that girls are hot" I shrug "like you know, P!nk, Lana Del Ray, Avril Lavigne and Sabrina Claudio"
"Oh my Goddd Sabrina Claudiooooo" Billie practically moans "I mean, I'm straight, I like penis but Sabrina Claudio could get it"

"That's gay" I snort "why were you wondering?"
"A- a friend of mine. She's confused" Billie stutters out, cheeks tinted pink. Even though it was pretty unconvincing, I nod to show I understand.

———

When lunch rolls around we decide to go out to the cafe for lunch.
Billie orders a Cornish pasty and a tea while I order a fruit salad and a coffee. We take our food and drink and go to sit down at a small round table with seats for two.
"It's so cold today" I say as I take my seat.
"I know my butthole is freezing the fuck off" Billie laughs and I giggle with her.

We spend the whole time laughing and telling each other about ourselves. I learn that her and Finneas like to write music together and he is Billie's best friend.
We found out a lot about each other and by the end of lunch we had become so close.

We headed back to Billie's and we went straight to the lounge. We ended up watching movies and at 5 we ordered some pizza to eat while watching "The purge". Most of the time she was having a go at the characters for being idiots and I continuously laughed at her. When I got scared at some points I would cuddle into Billie and she'd wrap an arm around my shoulder comfortingly. However, she would still make fun of me for being scared.
Everytime she held me close to her, my stomach did somersaults and whenever she whispered in my ear, my heart would skip a beat.

All of a sudden it's 6pm and it's time for me to leave. I follow Billie to the front door.
"I had a good time today" I smile at her.
"Me too. We should do this more often" she grins at me before pulling me in for a hug.
"See you on Monday, pussy ass bitch" she chuckles.
"shut the fuck up, you whore" I slap her arm and step out the door.
"Bye!!" Billie shouts after me and I roll my eyes jokingly as I wave goodbye. She blows me a kiss, giving me butterflies. I catch it and pretend to put it in my pocket before removing my hand and flipping her off.

Fuck. I've got a crush on Billie O'Connell.

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