Nineteen

September 23

"Don't you forget about me!" I sing with Iris who laughs next to me, shouting the words with me. Iris took my hand and leaned her head back, closing her eyes.

"You guys are really stupid you know that?" I look over at Billie who laughs heartily at our foolishness. I rush over to her, pulling her out of her seat.

"Have some fun Bil we have a free day" I tell her just as Iris changes the song Quickie by Miguel. I smirk lowly and stare down at Billie as she takes my hand and allows me to spin her around.

Mami you looking like I'm just another guy

That came to check you

That came to wreck you

I sing in my makeshift microphone, the tv remote, and look at Iris who stands on the bed dancing. Billie sings with me and twirls in a circle with her eyes closed.

"I love this song" Iris says dramatically before falling back on the bed. I laugh and jump in next to her. Billie follows us and giggles cutely as she lands on top of both of us.

"Help! Iris!" I gasp dramatically to my best friend who laughs heartily at me. Billie laughs and gets off of us before grabbing my hand. She sits me up and stands in behind my legs as she stares into my eyes.

I don't wanna be loved

I don't wanna be loved

"I just want a quickie" I sing as I grab her wrist and pull her into my lap. She straddles me and brushes my hair out of my face. "No bite marks, no scratches, and no hickeys"

"What if I don't want just a quickie" Billie whispers in my ear making me tighten my arms around her. She kisses just under my ear before smiling cutely.

For the rest of the song, Billie and I just stay like that. She lays her head on my shoulder and I keep my arms wrapped around her, holding her dearly. I could hear Iris still singing but Billie and I were both silent, just enjoying each other's presence.

A few days ago after I kissed Billie, we ended up going back to the room. Iris was laying in the bed snoring all loud but we didn't care. Billie and I laid in each other's arms with huge smiles on our faces.

We been inseparable ever since. If you saw Billie, you saw me right next to her. Today is Iris' last day here before she goes back. Yesterday I did end up being without Billie because I just wanted a day dedicated to my best friend. We went to the mall and I spoiled her with a shopping spree.

She almost ran me out of all my money.

It was worth it though. She deserves it. I then took her to a massage spa and we both got massages. Iris loves spas more than anyone I ever met so I knew she would appreciate a good spa trip.

When we got back, we both were exhausted so we crashed in my room. We ended up sleeping for almost three hours before Billie came to get us for dinner. Maggie and Patrick treated everyone to a nice dinner in this fancy restaurant.

They never told me and Iris we were going somewhere fancy so we just had on some sweats and some random shirts. I felt bad and Billie told me it was alright. Then she cheered me up by letting me wear her expensive ass jacket.

Shit felt heavy as fuck.

A knock sounded on the door making me look over and Billie to move her head off my shoulder. "I'll get it" Iris says as she gets up and walks over to the door. Billie shifts off of me but keeps her legs in my lap.

Iris opens the door to reveal Finneas. "Hey Finn" I smile and he walks into the room after saying hey to Iris. He smiles at me then turns to Billie.

"Hey mom wants to know if you need anything. They are about to go on some date" Finneas asks Billie who shakes her head no.

"No I'm okay"

Finneas then turns to me and Iris. "You guys need anything let me know." We both nod our heads and Finneas turns to leave. Iris closes the door and turns to us with a smile.

"Let's go have some fun" She suggests.

I look at Billie who grins at her words before sitting up. "I'm down." They both look at me making me stand up. "Let's go" I tell them to which Iris squeals in excitement.

"Where are we going?" Billie asks making both of us shrug our shoulders.

"We leave for our new spot tomorrow. Maggie gave me a car to joy around in. Who cares where we go let's just go."

We leave the hotel room and head downstairs to the lobby. Billie made sure to put sunglasses on and a hat. She threw one of my hoodie's on and made sure the hood was covering her face and hair.

"Wow I forgot you have to hide" Iris comments as we walk to the parking garage connected to the hotel. Billie shrugs nonchalantly with sighs.

"I'm use to it at this point even though I still end up getting recognized no matter what I wear." She replies just as we walk up to a dark midnight blue mustang. I smirk as I share a glance with Iris who smiles next to me.

"Still not better than hellfire but definitely a close second" I say as I get in. Billie gets in the passenger seat while Iris makes herself comfortable in the backseat.

I start the car and whistle at the sound of the engine. "Oh yeah I fuck with this" I comment before speeding out of the parking garage. Billie connects her phone to the bluetooth and immediately starts the music.

"Wait do you even know where you're going?" Iris asks me. I shrug my shoulders in response.

"No idea"

—

I look at Billie who laughs at Iris' corny joke. We ended up finding a small beach and got some street tacos to share. Iris begged for us to go onto the beach so we did and been here for almost two hours now. There were some kids with their families enjoying the ocean water but it wasn't too many people for Billie to hide herself from so she took off her disguise.

"Oh Drew is calling me hold on" Billie gets up with a smile and walks away from us to answer her phone.

"Who is Drew again?" I ask Iris who stuffs her face with tortilla chips.

"Billie's best friend. Zoe and Drew are Billie's best friends since I don't know forever"

I nod my head slowly and look back at Billie, who laughs at something Drew says. Her hair is in a crazy lazy makeshift bun and she was drowning in my hoodie with some black biker shorts.

"You never told me what happened between you and Billie when you went to go find her" Iris says catching my attention. I immediately smile as I think about it and turn to look at her.

Leaning back on my elbows, I shake my head. "We worked it out that's all that happened"

Iris groans dramatically next to me. "Halley y'all did more than just work it out. You guys were literally cuddling each other in your sleep."

Shit felt like heaven too

"What's wrong with cuddling?" I shrug with a small smile on my face. I then shake my head again and look at her.

"Don't play stupid with me"

I can't help but bust out laughing. Iris glares at me before she laughs too. She pushes my shoulder making me push her back. She then pushes me so hard I fall back, grabbing her hand so she falls too.

She falls next to me. We both look at each other before we both burst out laughing, so hard our stomachs started to hurt. Tears pricks in my eyes as I struggle to catch my breath; still laughing. Iris gasps dramatically before she sighs loudly.

"I love you best friend" I tell her laying my head on her shoulder. She lays her head on top of me before linking our hands.

"I love you too best friend"