Part 12

We had long abandoned the bar and had settled onto the couches in the far back. Far away from all the lound noises, making it easier to have conversations with each other.

Finneas told me about the album he had produced with some of his friends and how he would soon go on tour. I obviously promised to go to at least one of his shows, probably the one in LA in a few months.

I was glad to see that Grace and Claudia got along so well. They actually had a lot in common. I've never thought about how similar they both were.

It felt like the night had been going on forever, but it was only about to turn 2am. It's probably because so much had happened in such a short period of time that it felt like I had been here for days while it had only been a few hours.Eventually, Grace got noisy and asked how we all knew each other, and Finneas happily told her how we all met. Luckily leaving out the details about Billie. I could tell that Grace wanted to ask about Billie, but she didn't push any further.

We talked for a while, just laughing and having fun until Finneas got a text from Maggie saying that her and Patrick were about to head off. But I still wanted to see Maggie tonight before they left, so we hadded off to the trailers.

The walk was pretty quiet, only the low sound of the music fading away behind us. Finneas and Claudia were walking hand in hand in the front, while Grace and I followed them a bit behind . Walking past more and more tents towards the quiet and more dark area where a bunch of trailers were parked.

After a while of silence, Grace spoke again. " Why did you never tell me you were friends with Billies brother?"

The name stung in my heart.

" I dont know. I guess it just never came up." I shrugged.

"Chris will freak out tomorrow. Have you heard from him again?"

I got my phone out again to see if I had any new messages.

" Nope . Nothing new from Chris, " I said, putting my phone away. I had only 10% battery left anyway.

" Hopefully, he wasn't murdered " "Grace ! You don't joke about something like that, " but I couldn't help but laugh as well.

We soon reached the trailers. Finneas directing us to the right one. A big name sign plastered on the door ." Billie Eilish," it wrote out in bold letters.

Great.

Finneas knocked before pushing the door open , inviting us to step inside. It was quite spacious inside. A big couch pushed up against the wall and a big table in the middle of the room and two other doors to the right, probably leading to a restroom and a bedroom.

On the couch was Patrick sprawled out, reading a magazine. As he looked up at us, a big smile instantly formed on his face.

Finneas flopped down next to Patrick on the couch. "Where is mom?"

Patrick couldn't even answer before the door to the restroom opened, and Maggie came rushing out."Valerie," She exclaimed, coming over, enveloping me in a tight motherly hug."How have you been, sweetie?" She pulled away from the hug to probably look at me.

Seeing how nice Maggie and Patrick are to me really makes me wonder why Billie stopped talking to me.

"I've been good."

"Yeah?""Yeah." I huffed out, smiling.

" Oh, Maggie, this is my friend Grace, by the way," I introduced them, flopping on the couch next to Finneas.

" Nice to meet you, Grace," She said , pulling Grace into a hug as well.

We fell into light conversation before Maggie and Patrick said their byes and left the trailer to go home.

"Hey, Finneas, do you by any chance have a phone charger for me. My phone is almost dead."

"Yeah, probably .Wait, He roamed around the small trailer. Searching through some of the million bags scattered around the floor before pulling out a charger and throwing it on the couch beside me.

"It's Billies, but she won't mind."

I hesitated before plugging my phone in.I was in desperate need, so I ignored the fact that it was Billies.

Grace and Claudia had settled into the bedroom doing whatever.

I think they said something about Claudia wanting to do a specific hairstyle on Grace, but I don't quite remember. Finneas had played me some of his songs and showed me things on his computer about it, but I don't really understand any of the producing things.

It was close to 4 am, when all decided to call it a night. I was tired to the point where I had to fight to stay awake. Grace next to me looked exhausted as well, so I called us an Uber.

"You don't have to call a Uber Valerie. We can take you two home too." Claudia offered.

But I knew the two of them stayed on, basically the opposite side of Coachella then Grace and I.

"No, it's ok, Claudia. You don't have to . We don't mind taking an Uber right, Grace. "I turned back to see Grace slumbed against the couch, half asleep. We fell into laughter accidentally waking Grace again.

"Ok, but stay safe . Don't get in the car if the guy's sketchy. " Finneas sounded like an overprotective brother. I just nodded, pulling Grace off the couch.

We all stumbled outside and said goodbye before parting.

Grace slung her arms around me ,pulling me into a side hug."I had soooo much fun today. " "Yeah, me too, g." I couldn't help but smile. Grace was barely awake, clutching onto me like a baby.

After a tone of walking, we finally made our way to the exit."Can we sind down, Vai? I'm tired," Grace whined, pulling on my arm to sit down.

"No g, I think our Uber is going to be there any minute. " I reached for my phone to see how much time we still had, but-"Shit!" I breathed out." What?"" I left my phone in the trailer. It must still be on the charger." How could I've been so stupid. I usually never forget anything, so why has it happened to me now?

"Ok so - Grace, you're gonna wait here, and I'll quickly go back and get it." I pulled  Grace towards a bench to let her sit down. She didn't even argue with me , too lazy to walk all the way back with me.

"Stay right here and don't get involved in any trouble ,ok?"

"Yeah , yeah. Now go and hurry. "So I left ,speed walking back to the trailers. I was probably way faster without Grace constantly pulling on me.In no time, I reached the area with the trailers. Luckily, they all had a name sign on the door. Otherwise, I probably wouldn't have found the right one again.

"Billie Eilish" read the sigh on one of the doors. Finally. I climbed up the three stairs and pulled open the door before abruptly stopping in my track.The trailer was no longer empty. On the couch opposite of the door was sat.

Billie.

She had looked up from her phone when I had opened the door now holding eye contact with me.I had avoided her so well tonight and now I was face to face with her.

Billie looked shocked and a bit confused. I would probably be too if was her. Her mouth slightly apart like she wanted to say some thing.

I finally pulled my eyes away from Billie my gaze finding my phone next to her on the couch.

"I - I forgot my phone here." I said stuttering a bit. I was so surreal seeing her again after all these years.

Billie seemed to finally get her consciousness back." I was wondering who's phone that was."Her voice was uncertained and her eyes never left mine even when she pulled my phone of the charger and handed it to me.

"Val-""Thanks" I interrupted her and grabbed my phone from her hand. Our fingers touching for a split second. I didn't care what she wanted to say.

I turned around and opened the door walking out. But I didn't come far before she called my name. I stopped in my tracks but I didn't turn around.

" How's your mom ? Does she still make this great apple pie ?" I know that she only wanted to make smalltalk but she hit me right in the guts with her question.

I slowly turned around . She wore some baggy sweatpants and a big hoodie that swallowed her whole. She looked so relaxed, so confident

" She's dead Billie. She died 5 years but you wouldn't know that because you suddenly stopped answering any of my texts." It was the anger speaking . The anger that I had carried with me for 5 years .And maybe I had been a bit harsh , just telling her this so straight forward. Mostly because I know that Billie had loved my mom too.

Billies so confident facial expression had vanished. "Valerie,I'm sor-""Don't even bother " I said. Honestly it made me feel a bit better seeing her hurt because she felt a tiny bit of what I had felt after she left. This time I had the power.

I just turned around and left. Not looking back. Once I finally reached the exit again I saw that Grace was still on the bench. But asleep.

I called us an new Uber and pulled Grace with me on the backseat who fell right back asleep on my lap.

When I woke up this morning I definitely wouldn't have expect that today would end like this.

A.NBillie and Valerie meeting in present time uuhh.Im still hoping for any kind of feedback👉👈Anyway hope you're enjoying it so far.