In my room, she slips the disc into the DVD and we wait for it to load. We're sitting beside one another on my rug. She stares at me, awaiting a reaction.
A swirl of goldfish cutouts flutter across the screen and everything goes orange and blue-green. There's footage of us sitting in Shay's tree, three pairs of legs swaying against the wind. I smile at the camera and she laughs from behind it. I'm glittery and there are orange bits in my sticky fingers. The café. The forest. A little goldfish in a fishbowl swimming around and around and around. An infinity loop. Then, everything is racing down the street where I live. There's cars and kids and dogs and life. "It's beautiful, Grace."
She smiles. A bit shy. "Do you think we'll get a good year mark?"
I stare at her. She a bit crazy, too. "Yes! I love it."
My words hang in the air, lopsided like dad's scones, floating goldfish within a loop of infinity. She nods, strawberry blonde curls unfurling and wrapping around her slight shoulders. She hugs me and it's warm and sincere. I hid my face in her shoulder, whimpering a bit. I can't help it. Only, she doesn't mind. She's teary, too.
"I'm glad that we're partners," she says.
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billie || billie eilish
Random"I'm sorry about the party. But, it was fun. Wasn't it? You enjoyed it." Billie's lips are hot against my ear, nipping at my earlobe a bit, just enough to where it doesn't even feel real. "You enjoyed yourself didn't you?" ••• Lockland Orion is shy...
