''Oh my god, Ems! What's wrong?'' Billie asks, really concerned before running to me, sitting down on her knees in front of me. I try to answer but I just can't. She sighs softly, wrapping her arms around me, stroking my hair. I hate crying in front of people, it makes me feel so weak but I can't stop at this point.

''It's okay, I got you'', she mumbles, still hugging me tightly, her head resting on mine. I'm not gonna lie, she do manage to calm me down a bit. After a while Billie pulls away, her hands resting on my cheeks while her thumbs are brushing away the tears from them.

From nowhere, Julia and Kevin comes out as well, probably noticing that we were gone.

"There you guys are, I was-" Kevin starts before seeing the state I'm in.

"What's wrong?" He asks, putting a hand on my back.

"I just found her like this", Billie says before returning her attention to me. I feel how Julia wraps her arms around me as well and I guess that she has a clue about what's going on.

''Em, I know it's hard, but you have to tell me what's going on. You can trust me", She says reassuringly. Her eyebrows are furrowed and she looks sad in general.

"It's you mom, isn't it?" Julia says, rubbing my back.

''Yes'', I finally say, my voice cracking. I feel like i'm way to exhausted to tell them the rest of the story and everybody seems to understand. I don't want to tell anyone about my feelings, but right now I'm too broken to think about that.

''Your mom... Gave you that bruise on your cheek?'' Billie says slowly, like she doesn't want to say anything wrong or hurt me. I nod, making me tear up again.

''I'm so tired of all this. And now I need to come home before she drives here to get me and...'' I pause.

''And what?'' Kevins asks.

''She will hit me again, Kev. She will hit me again, okay?'' I say, wiping my tears away.

"Shit, what should we do?" Kevin asks desperately.

''You're not going back there tonight'', Billie says, shaking her head.

''I have to", I answer.

''I won't let you'', she says firmly. "You can come home with me, she won't find you at my house."

''I don't want to bother you-'' I start but she cuts me off.

''Schh, you are not bothering me. Now, come on", She says before grabbing my hand and pulling me up so i'm standing.

"Okay, promise to take care of her", Julia says. "We will come up with something to distract your mom if she comes here, okay?" Billie nods.

''We're gonna get through this'', she says, pulling me into another hug. Something about her just calms me down immideately, I don't know why. I then turn around to Kevin, wrapping my arms around his neck and he wraps his arms around my waist, rubbing my back slightly. He is a really good friend of mine at this point.

"Take care, Em", he smiles.

After pulling away from him, I hug Julia tightly. I really appreciate her not going home with a guy tonight. I think that she thought of that when I told her about my mum's violence and decided to stop leaving me alone.

"Billie is good for you. She's a keeper", She says in a low tone so no one can hear. She smiles before pulling away, rubbing my arm comforting. I laugh at her last comment. Do I like Billie in that way? Probably not, I haven't been into a girl for a long time. Julia is actually one of the few that knows about my sexuality. Or, to be honest I don't even know what sexuality I have. All I know is that i've been dating both guys and girls and I liked both, so I guess that im bi.

Billie grabs my hand again before leading me out. "I live pretty far away from here, so we need to take a bus to get to my house." She says, waiting for me to approve

"That's okay", I say with a weak smile, continuing to walk by her side. "Thank you for doing this" I add.

"Don't thank me, you deserve to be happy and I want to help you", she answers with a smile. Do I deserve to be happy? I stay quiet, I want to agree with her but I would be lying if I did.

After a while we're finally at the bus stop and we sit down immideately at the bench. I rest my head on Billie's shoulder.

"She's gonna kill me", I mumble.

"Your mum?"

"Yeah, when I get home again, she's gonna be so pissed."

"We will come up with something. Just try not to focus on that right now, okay?" She says and right after that, the bus comes.

"Wait, Billie. I don't have my wallet, I can't go on the bus", I whisper yell to her but she just chuckles.

"Watch this. I want you to look like you are really sick and drunk and I will pretend like I'm really annoyed and would do anything to just get you home, okay?" She says confidently and I nod.

"Whatever you say", I sigh.

Billie jumps onto the bus and starts a conversation with the driver.

"Hey sir, my and my friend are in a bit of a situation right now. She's not feeling that well and I really need to get her home right now but we forgot our bus cards at home", she says politely, making the driver sigh. He glances at me and I immideately try to look like I can't stand up by myself and like I'm about to throw up.

"I would really like to get her home so she can get some sleep", Billie says, furrowing her eyebrows while trying to make the driver relate to her.

"Fine. Just make sure that she doesn't throw up on my bus", he says, obviously referring to my drunkness.

"It's okay, thank you so much!" Billie says before pulling me onto the bus. We walk to the back and I sit down in one of the blue seats, giggling.

"See? I'm so fucking good, bro. You were a good actor as well", Billie says with a smirk.

"Yeah, we're fucking pros", I chuckle before yawning.

"Try to get some rest, the bus ride will take a while", she says, patting her thighs for me to lay down. I pull my hand through my hair before laying down with my head in her lap, closing my eyes.

Do I like her? She is really beautiful, and she got me feeling some kind of way that I haven't felt since I dated Tyler, my ex. Me and Tyler were together, or dating for a year until I found out that he was cheating on me with my best friend back then, Heather. It was right before the accident, so I was dealing with a heartbreak and two family members passing away. It was a rough time. I feel more and more exhausted and I finally commit myself to the world of sleep.

"We're here", a voice above me says, waking me up. I open my eyes, seeing Billie above me and I sit up again.

"You look cute when you're sleeping", she grins, making me blush.

"That sounds so creepy, but thank's. And no, I never look cute", I answer with a chuckle.

"Shut up, you're fucking cute, now let's go", she says, making me blush even more. We walk for a while before stopping in front of a big building.

"Here it is", she says casually before pressing a number combination on a screen, making the glass door open up. We walk in and Billie pushes the elevator button before turning around so she's facing me.

"How are you feeling now?" She asks.

"I'm fine, or better at least", I answer.

"That's great, come on now", she says before walking into the elevator.

"Seven", She says simply, and I don't get what she means until she points at all the buttons on the wall of the elevator.

"Oh", I say stupidly before pressing my thumb against the metal button with the number "seven" on it.

"I'm so tired", I sigh, making Billie wrap an arm around my shoulder, pulling me closer to her.

"I understand, it's pretty fucking late. It's like..." she pauses, pulling up her phone to check the time. "Four in the morning."

We exit the elevator and Billie pushes her keys into the keyhole, struggling a bit.

"I can't get it in there, the hole's too fucking tight", she says, making me laugh. She looks at me, grinning before shoving me lightly.

"Shut up", she laughs before unlocking the door. She waits for me to get in before closing the door behind us. The apartment is hard to see because of the darkness, but it looks really nice. There's a big room in front of the hallway and some smaller rooms surrounding it.

"This is nice", I say while taking my shoes off.

"Thank's. It's Finneas apartment but he's basically living with his girlfriend Claudia now so I'm here alone", She says, walking into a room that I guess is the bedroom. I nod and follow her into the room with a pretty big bed.

"You don't want to sleep in that dress, right? Looks uncomfortable as hell. Hold on", she says before opening a dresser, pulling out some clothes.

"Here", she says, throwing a pair of oversized, black shorts and an oversized lime green T-shirt.

"Thank you", I smile.

"Put them on, I'm going to the bathroom, I haven't peed since this morning, dude", she says, making me laugh.

"Interesting, Billie. Thank's for the information", I say, hearing her chuckle.

I pull down my dress and hold up the shorts in front of me before putting them on, doing the same with the T-shirt. It doesn't look that bad, but of course, Billie would look better in it. She enters the room, looking at up and down.

"You should wear my clothes more often, they fit you", She compliments me, making me blush.

"Thank you, but no", I say, making her roll her eyes.

Billie pulls down the covers and looks at me, signaling me to lay down. I do, and she pulls the covers over me again.

"I'm going to sleep in Finneas room, next to this room. The bathroom is right there", she says, pointing to another small room. "Just tell me if you need anything, okay?"

"I will, thank you Billie", I say with a smile.

"No problem, see you tomorrow Ember, goodnight", she says, reaching down to hug me.

"Goodnight, Bil", I say when she exits the room before cuddling into the blankets. They smell like her and it gives me a comforting feeling. I wonder how it would feel if she was here now. I start to feel a bit lightheaded from all the alcohol mixed with Billie's effect on me and everything with my mum and it's enough to make me fall asleep.