Keep me closer // Billie Eilish // GxG

Chapter eight

Jacklyn POV

I am about to bite in my avocado toast as the doorbell rings.

"Can someone please tell the fans to STOP RINGING OUR DOORBELL?" Finneas says, mildly irritated. He walks to the door and peeks through the window next to it.

"Oh she looks kinda normal." he says, "Oh no never mind, she just checked in her front facing camera if she was looking good."

I recognize that movement. "Hey which color is her phone case?" I ask.

"It's uhh, purple."

"With little stars?"

"Yeah... how did you know?" I hop off my chair and walk to the door.

"That's Ruby, my best friend." I open the door and before I can even say hi, we're laying on the ground. You see, Ruby can be a bit much. Just a bit. So when she's excited, she tends to get a little, you know, energetic. She hugged me so hard, we stumbled and fell on the floor. We both start laughing.

"Oh my god are you okay? Did you hit your head? Do you need ice?" Billie rushes to me with a concerned look. She helps me get up and Finneas helps Ruby.

"Yeah I'm fine, this happens all the time." I can't stop laughing, but when I see the look in her eyes isn't gone yet, I sober up and say "I'm okay, really. Don't worry."

Her look eases, but it's not completely gone.

Behind me I hear a little squeak. I turn around to see Ruby going crazy.

"Oh right, everyone, this is Ruby. I don't think I need to introduce everyone back since you know who they are." Ruby shakes hands with everyone. I see she can't keep her chill and look at Billie with a begging look. She rolls her eyes at me and pulls Ruby in a hug. She can roll her eyes at me all she wants but I see she enjoys it.

"Hi, big fan. Like, BIG. I love you so much. I've been a fan since ocean eyes. That one video where you.."

"Okay Ruby, that's enough." I interrupt. Something about her talking to Billie just made me... jealous?

"Is everything okay here? I heard a thud." another voice I don't recognize, a male voice this time.

"Yeah dad, these two just got overexcited."

"Right. Next question. Who are 'these two'?"

"Sweetie, this is Jacklyn. She spilled coffee on Billie, took her home and got kicked out of her house, so she's staying here for a while." Maggie introduces me. I walk to him with extended arm.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, sir."

"The pleasure is all mine. Please, call me Patrick."

"And this is Ruby, Jacklyn's friend who's here to check up on Jacklyn. She won't stay here."

"Hi, how are you?" They shake hands.

"So now that everybody knows each other, can I go back to my toast please?" I'm soooo hungry. And there's a delicious toast waiting for me just a few feet away from me.

"Yes please, I'm dying to eat!" Billie says. Patrick and Maggie go mind their own business, so it's just the four of us now. We go back to the kitchen to eat.

Now comes the hard part, reliving what happened just a few hours earlier.

"So, what the hell are you doing here?"

I tell her the whole story. When I come to the part about me being kicked out, I feel Billie taking my hand under the table and squeezing it. It comforts me so much.

After the whole explanation and Ruby asking a ton of questions, she hugs me and I almost cry again.

"To be honest, it was about time you moved out." we both chuckle.

The four of us talk and chill for a second, talking about everything and nothing. We laugh and have a good time. Just when Billie was about to take some Takis, her mom walked in to make diner.

"Billie! We're gonna eat in a minute!"

"I didn't know okay!" she says, while she sadly tucks her Takis away. Maggie rolls her eyes and then turns her attention to me.

"Sweetie, we're all vegans here. I hope that's okay with you?"

"Yes that's perfect actually, I'm vegan too. Though my parents didn't really care so it was hard to be vegan at home."

"Well, you're here now and everything you're getting here is vegan." I give her a big smile, which she returns. She starts to make diner. Ruby is about to go home and Finneas already went back to his house.

We talk for a little longer until Ruby had to go. I give her the biggest hug and promise I'll see her soon.

"Lets get you a mattress so you can sleep tonight." Billie says, already walking to her room.

"I'm okay with sleeping on the couch. You don't have to share your room with me." I feel guilty for taking up space.

"Are you crazy? You are sleeping with me tonight."

I stop walking. I- She- WHAT. She turned around, walking away like nothing happened.

Billie POV

Act normal. Act normal. ACT NORMAL. What did I say that for?? Let's play it casual, just walk away like nothing happened. I hope she won't notice I am FREAKING OUT. I feel so dumb. SO dumb. Okay, straight face.

"You coming?" NOOOO THAT CAME OUT WRONG. I turn around to see her stumbled look. She just blinks at me.

"Uh right, yeah."