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b i l l i e
"you're both in the wrong." ivy shook her head.
"you're supposed to tell me that i'm right, and she's wrong." i huffed as i crossed my arms over my chest.
she sent me an unamused look. "we both know that that's not true."
i let out a groan as i fell back across her bed. "shut up."
"no. you know i'm right, bitch."
"whore." i muttered as i kicked her ankle.
"slut." she kicked me back.
"ow. you kicked me way harder than i kicked you." i whined as i lifted my ankle to hold it.
"you deserved it." she justified with a shrug.
i rolled my eyes.
my phone started ringing. i picked it up, and i rolled my eyes once more as i saw that jessie was trying to call me; again. i clicked the power button before tossing my phone onto the bed.
if she's not going to make the effort to come and talk this out in person, then i'm not talking to her.
"anyways," ivy sent a pointed look. "like i was saying, you're both in the wrong. you shouldn't have blown up on them like that, and she shouldn't have kicked you out."
"i didn't mean to blow up on her." i mumbled. i ran my hand through my hair. "she just wasn't listening. i just— i tried to tell them that vapes are bad, they quickly got really defensive over it, and it escalated from there."
"you're both idiots," she sighed. "you really just need to talk this out though."
"i don't wanna talk to her." i muttered with a huff as i crossed my arms over my chest again. i looked off to the side. "they're an asshole."
"you don't mean that." ivy shook her head.
"you're right." i pouted a bit. i pursed my lips for a moment. "i really don't wanna talk to them though. not right now at least."
"you need to." she reached over to poke me.
"i know." i let out a puff of air.
we talked for a bit more before i decided to go back to my house. as i was leaving, her cat tried to come up to me.
"yo, get your demon cat away from me!"
ivy gasped. "how dare you call lola a demon?! she's the sweetest lil' baby ever!"
"she always scratches the fuck outta me! that is not sweet." i narrowed my eyes.
"maybe if you'd be nice to her, then she wouldn't." she defended.
"no."
"get out," ivy pointed to the door. "if you're gonna disrespect my cat like that, then leave." she only somewhat joked.
"gladly!"
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"jesus, billie." finneas shook his head.
"i know." i mumbled.
"well... you really just have to find the right way to approach this. help her stop relying on nicotine, but make sure she doesn't start completely depending on you in the process, because that could lead to some serious issues." claudia explained.
i only just recently met claudia last week, but she's actually really nice. she's such an angel.
my brows furrowed as i thought about it. "how do i go about that? how do i— what can i do to stop that from happening?"
"just... if they're going to have a better, healthier coping mechanism, make sure that new one doesn't have anything to do with you; make sure it doesn't involve you, because that would lead to her becoming reliant on you, which again, you don't want." she told me.
finneas looked at her in awe as she explained it, while i nodded slowly and tried to process it. "right..."
"just help them find something to do instead of vaping; something she can do when she gets the urge to vape. it can be something as simple as chewing gum. or they can take up a new hobby. just find something that works."
"okay," i nodded. "i'll try that. you know, if she listens and tries to stop vaping." i gave a sarcastic smile.
i stood up and stretched. i then pointed at claudia. "thank you, seriously."
"of course." she waved me off.
i really like her; finneas better not mess this shit up.
i then pointed at fin. "you were no help at all, so you don't get any thanks."
his jaw dropped. "what? i was too!"
"so you only saying 'jesus, billie' is helping, huh?" i raised a brow.
"well—" he began to say before he then started stammering over his words.
i rolled my eyes and flipped him off before walking to my room. i plopped onto my bed, and i let out a sigh.
i pulled my phone out. i scrolled through instagram for a while. i clicked through people's stories for a while. i eventually switched to snapchat to do the same.
i saw that jessie had posted to her story. when i clicked on it, i saw that it was one of their private stories. it was a video of a gorgeous view from what appeared to be the top of a hill or something.
i heard something in the background of the video, but barely. i listened again, and i quickly recognized it as the sound her novo makes whenever she takes a hit from it. when i looked closer at the video, i could see the smoke fanning out.
of-fucking-course they went and bought another vape.
i rolled my eyes as i clicked off of her story. i gently tossed my phone onto my bed, and i let out a groan as i buried my face into my pillow.
besides texting and calling me, jj hasn't made an effort to talk about what happened. if they want to talk about it, they're going to have to make an effort and come talk to me in person about it. i'm not talking about this shit over the phone.
i'm also not gonna be the one to reach out and go see her in person, considering the way she kicked me out of her house. fuck that.
i let out another groan as i laid there and thought about it. i lifted my hands to run them down my face.
