Everything We Wanted

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(Aleah's POV)
I woke up in the middle of the night to an empty bed and soft crying coming from the bathroom. I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes as I stood up, walking towards the bathroom.

I knocked lightly on the door, the crying stopping immediately.

"Billie? Are you alright baby?" I asked softly. I heard shuffling on the other side before she opened the door, her eyes slightly red and her face puffy from crying.

"Hey, come here, what's wrong bubs?" She fell into my arms, clinging to me like I was the last person on earth.

"I had a nightmare, I'm sorry I didn't wanna wake you." I pulled back to look at her.

"And what were you gonna do? Just cry on the bathroom floor all night?" She put her head down guiltily.

"Baby, I don't care if you wake me up, you're more important to me than a few hours of sleep. Now c'mere, tell me what happened."
I walked her over the bed and sat down.

"Y-You left me...for someone else. I dunno who they were but they had more money and basically was a better and a hotter version of me. It made me so self conscious, I thought it was real."

"Bubba look at me." she lifted her head up to look me in the eyes. Even though her eyes were red from crying, she still looked beautiful.

"No matter what your dreams say, I am not going anywhere. I love you more than I love myself do you hear me? I will never leave you for anyone no matter how much money they have or how 'hot' they may be. Because frankly you're the hottest person I know. I promise you I am not going anywhere."

"But my dreams almost always come true." She stated sadly.

I took her left hand and put it beside mine.

"You see these rings? I want to marry you Billie, not anyone else. You. I love you, with all of my heart."

Her eyes starting tearing up again, her head fell into my chest, her quietly crying. My hands went behind her head to hold her.

"What is it baby?" I asked.

"Nothing, I just love you so much, I can't wait to marry you." She told me.

"Me either bubs, me either." She sniffled and came back up to face me.

"No like I seriously can't wait." she nervously fiddled with her fingers. "Is there anyway we can move the wedding to January? Like mid January or something?"

I thought about it for a moment before lightly smiling.

"I don't see why not, we basically have everything and we can finish up the final stuff by then."

She immediately smiled and lunged into my arms.

"Ohh! Thank you mama! I wanna be able to call you my wife as soon as possible!"

I giggled, knowing I was able to make her so happy was probably the best feeling in the whole world.

"You're gonna have to explain to your family and everyone on the guest list why we moved the wedding, you know that right?" I told her.

"Well duh, I'll simply tell them that I was an impatient bitch who wanted to marry you as soon as possible." She said.

"Oh my god, what am I going to do with you?" I said to myself.

"You're gonna marry me and we're gonna have little babies and live together happy for the rest of our lives." She mumbled. I laughed and layed back down with her in my arms.

"Pretty much, now get some sleep bubba, I'll be right here."

She easily fell back asleep as I stroked her hair.

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(Billie's POV)
I woke up earlier than usual, the bed feeling empty.

"Baby?" I called out, not getting a response I got out of bed in search for Leah.

I searched the whole house not finding her anywhere. I walked to the guest room to open to the door only to find it locked. I knocked on the door and called for Aleah.

"Mama are you in there? What are you doing?" I heard some shuffling and a few things fall, which resulted in Aleah cursing.

She came out in her paint covered overalls and quickly closed the door. Obviously not wanting me to see whatever was in there.

"Good morning baby." she said casually.

"Uh good morning mama, what are you doing?" I asked her.

"I am painting you something for your birthday and you can't see it yet. So no going in the guest room for the next month, okay?"

I snickered a bit but obeyed her request.

"Alright alright I won't I promise." I linked my arms around her waist to pull her in for a kiss.

"What are doing up this early its like 6am." She asked me.

"You weren't in bed cuddling me so I woke up, now come back to bed so I can sleep more." I whined. I tugged on her wrist and dragged her back to the room.

"Wait a second baby let me change." she walked into our closet and came out in some comfier clothes. I extended my arms out to her and she crashed into them.

"Baby how long have you been up working on that painting?" I asked, a little worried.

"Uhh I don't know, 2...5 hours." She said ashamed.

"Leah! Did you even get any sleep?"

"I mean I tried but I couldn't, eventually I got bored and decided I wanted to paint you something for your birthday. And you know once I start painting I get into it." She picked at with her fingers as she spoke.

"And you say you don't do enough for me. Man fuck off with that shit. But please promise me you'll get some sleep baby okay?"

"Yeah I promise bubs." I kissed her forehead and pulled her in closer to me.

"Good. I love you so much, mama."

"I love you too blueberry."

I rolled my eyes at the nickname, slightly laughing. We ended up falling asleep, cuddled up on our bed.

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A/N sorry for the short chapter, I was having a bit of writers block. Theres finna be some flashbacks in the next few chapters.

Love y'all!
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And wear your masks.

-Hayden❤️