Part 14

My head was thumping, and my mouth was completely dry. That was the first thing I realized when I slowly woke up. I dont have any memories of getting out of the Uber and in to bed last night.

The sun was already filtering through the blinds, signaling that it must be already noon. I looked around the still unfamiliar room of our Airbnb.

Reaching for my phone, I got confirmed that it was, in fact, already noon. I checked my messages and saw that Claudia had texted me last night to check in to see if we had made it home safe.

I quickly texted her that Grace and I had made it home safe and apologized that I didn't see her text earlier. I put my phone back on the nightstand and nuzzled back into the warm sheets, not ready to face the world again. But a loud sound from outside my door made me scrabble right back out.

" What the hell ." I said as I opened my bedroom door to see Chris crouched down on the floor with his back to me so I couldn't see what he was doing.

"Good morning to you too," he said, finally showing what he was doing. He had knocked over a weird statue that Grace had made fun of since arriving, which was now broken into a million pieces.

"Wow, Chris, really. Now we won't get our money back, " I said, slightly annoyed but with a slight joking tone. It was a funny sight to see. Chris slouched on the ground, trying to reasable the broken statue.

"What's going on here?" Grace came down the hallway , a blanket wrapped around her shoulder. She looked like her night had been ruffer than mine.

"Chris broke the statue."

" Omg, really, Chris?" Grace sounded annoyed.

" It was an accident, I swear!" Chris tried to defend himself. I laughed before going back into my room to get dressed, just throwing on a pair of sweats and a shirt.I made my way past Chris towards the kitchen. I need a coffee now.

I was leaning against the kitchen counter, slurping on my coffee as Chris joined me  grabbing himself a mug as well. " It's unrepairable, I fear." He sighted before taking a sip of his coffee.That was so typical, Chris. He is always so clumsy.

Grace decided to finally join us as well, so we decided to make a small snack/ breakfast. Well, it was a little too late in the day to call it breakfast, but well. Grace and Chris made some scrabble eggs while I set the table.

While eating, Chris spilled all the tea about his little date last night, and it sounded like he had a lot of fun last night. And all of a sudden, Grace let out a big gasp as she realized something.

"Chris, you are not going to believe what happened last night."

I knew Grace would bring last night up, so I mentally prepared myself to tell them everything. I didn't want to keep this hidden.

Grace told Chris about last night. About how we hung with Claudia and Finneas and how Claudia was an old friend of mine. Chris gasped out, multiple being a real drama queen reacting to what Grace told him.

"Why did you never tell us about you being friends with Billie Eilishs brother?" Chris gasped, half chocking on his bagel.

"Oh, and that's not all, Chris .Valerie is not only friends with Billies brother but also has a weird relationship with Billie."Grace added .She sounded so proud as if she had just spilled the tea of the century .

" You actually wanted to explain this akward situation from yesterday to me, Vai."I let out a sigh."Yeah, yeah, i know."So I told them everything ,that Billie and I had been childhood best friends and how Billie one day just started to ignore all of my texts. But I left out the fact that before Billie went MIA, we were undeniably more than just friends.

Grace and Chris jaw dropped lower and lower with everything I told them.

"Wow, that's crazy Valerie really!" Said Grace after I finished. I just shrugged, not sure what else to say.

"And she just never texted you again?! Why ?" Chris asked in disbelief. Grace had been a bit prepared because she had already kinda found out last night, but for Chris, this was all totally new information.

"I wish I knew why. I spend months trying to figure out what I might have done wrong." No one said anything else. We just finished our breakfast in silence before we decided to get ready for the day.

I was sitting on the desk in my room doing my makeup as someone knocked on my door." Come in," I called as Grace stepped inside.

She flopped down on my bed, looking at me through the mirror while I continued doing my makeup .

"About earlier. I'm pretty sure you didn't do anything wrong, Valerie . Billie sounds like an idiot to just stop talking to you. You're a great friend, by the way."

"Thanks, Grace, that means a lot to me." I smiled at her through the mirror. And it really did mean a lot to me . It made me feel instantly better about the whole situation.

After everyone was finally ready, we finally made our way back to the Coachella grounds. The air was dangerously hot, and it felt like there were even more people here today compared to yesterday.

Claudia had texted me on our way here asking to hang out again later. Grace and Chris were really excited to, so I agreed. But before meeting later, just the three of us scrolled a bit around, taking some hot pictures in our pretty revealing clothes and having some drinks to already set the mood.

But I definitely needed that drink to survive yet another day .

A.NThis chapter is a little shorter, but I still hope you enjoy it. Also, thanks to everyone who voted !