somersaults

barbie

as the the warm summer air blew through my hair, i felt at peace, that is until i heard the doorbell ring. i knew it was billie, her interviewed ended hours ago and here she was coming back at twelve hours later

who knows she was probably with the same person she went on a date with. thinking about it made my blood boil, i thought there was something between billie and i but i guess I was wrong

"hey" my eyes fluttered opened to see the devil herself, well rather angel herself, standing above me

"can i help you?"

"i've missed you ash."

"where were you?"

"i just said i missed you and that's what you reply with?" billie furrowed her eyebrows

"your interview ended hours ago, i'm only asking a simple question."

"i was at a photo shoot with matty."

"why are you lying?"

"i-i'm not."

"matty was here with us, so you're lying." sitting up in the chair i pulled billies arm down, forcing her to sit down beside me

"in your interview you said you went on a date, who was it with?"

"i-i... i can't tell you." so she did go on a date

"why not?"

"i just can't."

"you know, while you were gone i couldn't stop thinking about. you don't know how much i want you, but obviously you don't feel the same way." i stood up and billie mimicked my movements

"wait ash! i do feel the same way , you don't understand how bad i've been craving you, how bad i want you, how bad i need you."

"so then tell me, who was it?"

"i-i.."

"yeah that's what i thought, from now on i think we should keep a strictly professional relationship, be with your boyfriend or whoever the fuck he was." i yelled before entering the house, leaving her alone by the pool

"perra what happened? i heard yelling."

"it was nothing rose i'm fine"

"no you're not, i know when there's something wrong with you. tell me what happened." on the verge of tears i stopped walking and as i did rose pulled me into a hug

"it's okay baby, let it all out." after a bit of crying rose led me upstairs, where she cuddled up beside me

"i liked her rose, i liked her so much."

rose chuckled before caressing her hands through my hair, "you mean love?"

"no, i meant like"

"mhm... even though you've barely known each other, i can tell you both care so much about each other. it's obvious and i have no idea how none of the girls have noticed."

"we're obvious?" i sniffled

"very but ash maybe you should let her explain herself. maybe there's a reasonable explanation as to why she came late."

"i doubt it, i bet she was with her date."

"maybe" rose sighed, "i wonder if it was woman or man."

"most likely man, i don't think she'd openly go out on a date with a woman. besides, i saw paparazzi pictures of the two of them."

"really? wait was he cute?"

"i would like to change the subject," i rushed out before picking up the remote and turning on lucifer

"the first part of our shoot starts tomorrow, so you need to fix whatever it is between you and quick. y'all are going to mess up the music video."

"hm? i thought we were only working on the choreography."

"well you thought wrong." rose replied, shoving four pieces of gum in her mouth

"bitch you have an addiction. you stay chewing gum."

"you're just mad because you're breath smells like caca." rose shrugged

"caca's your favorite word huh?"

"is caca your favorite food? cause that's what your breath smells like. would you like a peice of gum mija."

"rose i swea-"

"anyways," rose interrupted smacking on the gum like an animal before snatching the remote, "i don't wanna watch this shit besides you need something to help you get through your heartbreak."

confused i watch as rose scrolled through netflix. she came upon a show and once i saw it internally groaned, "bitch how is this going to help me?"

rose stifled a laugh before turning the tv to the max volume, "pretend it's her"

i turned towards the t.v as the song began blaring through the speakers

Hey hey!

Life in the Dreamhouse

Oh yeah!

Life in the Dreamhouse

Barbie, Life in the Dreamhouse

"pretend she's barbie and you're ken," rose smiled before throwing the remote at me

"i understand you're trying to help but you're making it worse. why would i wa-"

interrupted by three pieces of gum in my mouth rose began, "shut up and watch! you're ruining it." i slowly began chewing the gum, moving it to one side of my cheek

"why are you so aggressive?"

"because i can be, is there a problem? don't think i forgot about you smacking my head against the side of the window."

i cleared my throat refraining my self from laughing

"ash?"

rose and i turned our heads to the door to see billie. her eyes were bloodshot like she had been crying and her hair was in a messy bun

"can i speak to you...alone?"

i glanced at rose before glancing back at billie. rising from the bed i followed billie out of the room and as if instinct, my eyes lowered to the sway of her hips

ugh, how could i ever stay mad at an angel as perfect as her?