"Don't you agree?" I laughed with a mouth full off food, Eden shoved me disgusted with my manners.

"Swallow your food! That gross!"

I closed my mouth and chewed a bit longer before being able to swallow. "Sorry, anyway. There,"

"I think so!" Coby laughed agreeing with the statement I had made before having to pause and swallow.

"See!" I said turning to look at Eden, who had crossed her arms over her chest and was looking away from me and Coby unimpressed.

"Idiots," She mumbled under her breath, but I saw too she was trying not to smile.

I loved Eden, obviously in a friend way, but there were certain things she got kinda annoyed about. A big one obviously being Billie. She had this growing insecurity inside of her that people only wanted to be friends with her because she was Billie Joe's sister, Just to get to him, but I didn't even know Eden had a brother when I began to be her friend.

I wouldn't say Billie was popular. But he was definitely well known. All the girls had either once, still do or will have a thing for him. It's a given fact. Apart from me of course, I'm immune to his charm. Funny to think everyone thinks I've actually fallen victim to it since they believe we're a couple... but its actually fake.

But I cant imagine how mad and maybe even upset Eden would be at me when she finds out about this deal I agreed to with Billie Joe.

~

"That's a tree you idiot," I sighed looking away from the car window and over at Eden who was sat with me in back seat.

"It looked like a person!"

"Erm..." Billie awkwardly spoke turning his head quickly to look back at the both of us before looking back at the road.

"Yeah?" Eden asked confused.

"Birdie,"

"Yeah?" I asked instead, more confused sounding then Eden was. And inside very nervous.

"Can I talk to you when we get back home? Please? Its kinda- erm... important,"

"Oh... yeah? Sure," I agreed.

"What do you need to talk to her about?" Eden asked Billie with her eyebrows scrunched up confused.

"None of your business," He harshly replied. Obviously not meaning to be harsh, but not wanting to know what about. Which can only mean its probably something to do with mine and his deal.

We got out his car when he finally parked outside the house and walked inside. I took off my coat about to hang it up on the coat hanger before Billie grabbed me by the arm Eagerly to tell me what we needed to talk about, dragging me up the stairs with my coat still in my hand.

"Billie! I was tryna hang up my-"

"-You can throw it on my bed! We need to talk!"

I sighed as he finally let go of me and opened his door walking in as I followed. Billie surprisingly didn't have a messy room. He was hardly ever in it, always in the basement with Mike and Tre for their band which, I'll never admit to him but, was pretty fucking good. I did enjoyed sometimes listening to them from the top of the basement stairs and swaying, nodding my head with the beat.

I had been in Billies room before, a few times... not often. Me and Eden had to come in here when he stole something of Eden's. Basically to retrieve things from his little layer.

I shrugged throwing my coat on Billies made bed before sitting on it. "So what did you wanna talk about?" I asked him as he sat on his desk chair, but it was rotated so he was facing me and not his desk that was put up against his red wall.

"People are getting suspicious,"

"Okay? And? About what?"

"Us!"

"There is no-"

"The fake us you Nimrod,"

"Okay...?" I said questionably pulling a puzzled expression. "And why is that?"

"Because we don't look like a couple," He explained, seeming really bothered about the fact that people thought we wasn't together when... well when we aren't.

"Well that's properly because... we aren't Bill," I shrugged

"Yes I know that I know!"

"Then why do you care so much? You're really freaking out about this, it's not a big deal,"

"Birdie I know this stuff but I'm freaking out because everyone thinks I'm lying, Even- even Mike and Tre think I'm lying because its 'not believable,'"

I didn't care how believable our little game of charades was. Not... at first anyway. But I saw how much this little fake show meant to him, he must really like Mave in order to want to get this right. It was cute... I guess.

I breathed out standing up. "Alright then... so what do you say we do Billie Joe?" I asked him.

He looked up at me a bit surprised before he smiled. He rotated his chair back to the desk and pulled open a draw, picking up a pen and setting it on a desk. He then yanked out a notebook, flipping through the used papers before he ripped out a pain one and set it on the desk.

"What are those for?" I asked confused.

"Here," He told me budging left on his chair, patting the small space he had made for me. I looked at it confused before shrugging and budging up on it.

My shoulder was pressed up against Billie as we both tried to stay on the chair. He picked up the pen and wrote on the top of the piece of paper. 'Fake relationship,' In bold letters.

"Well that's straight forward," I mumbled.

"So now we jot down ideas to make it look... well.. y'know-"

"-Real?"

"Uhuh,"

We bickered as much as we always do when talking. A lot of bullet points jotted down on the paper we both agreed to go by. Meaning I basically had to start spending all my time at school with... Billie, Tre and Mike, sitting with them at lunch now instead of Coby and Eden, walking with Billie in the halls too, waiting for each other after classes. I never even realized how much would have to go into a little act, how did I possibly find myself in this.

"Birdie- Don't fall asleep," I heard Billie mumble to me, nudging me with his elbow gently.

I opened my eyes and picked my head up off his shoulder as he carried on jotting down ideas. "I'm not," I mumbled rubbing my eyes. "I'm awake,"

"Just barley," He laughed slightly.

I looked down at the sheet of paper. "Is that a C or an A?" I questioned pointing at a word.

"It's obviously a C, can't you tell?"

"Honestly? No,"

If I need to start going by all these rules, now not spending time with Eden, she'll wonder why. She'll be mad yeah... but way more mad if I don't tell her.

Billie and I came to an agreement on the list finishing things up. Finally I left his room and met Eden downstairs who was already acting off with me. I jumped on the spare spot next to her on the sofa looking over at the T.V. "What ya watching?"

"I d'know,"

"Is it good?"

"I d'know,"

"Kinda looks like this show I use to watch with my Grandma when I was younger, it was about-"

"-I d'know," She said cutting me off as she stared at the television with dead eyes. Obviously not listening to what I was saying anymore.

I sighed preparing myself for her explosion. "Right. Whats wrong?"

"As soon as we got in? You went off with Billie? Again? What is that all about? Is there something I don't know about that you're not telling me?"

"Eden no!" Then I paused realizing the obvious lie as Juno trotted into the room, jumping on the sofa and curling into Eden's lap. Eden began to stroke Juno in her lap, her eyes on me though closely. "Actually... yes,"

"I knew it,"

"Yeah yeah,"

"Well?"

"Hmm?"

"What is it? That something is about that you're not telling me,"

A lump rose in my throat. Full of nerves as I tried to swallow it down, but it remained. "Well... remember what I said to you the other day? That Billie told someone he was my boyfriend and then everyone started believing we was together?"

"Yeah...? You cleared up the rumours and told them you guys weren't a thing... didn't you?"

"Well," Here goes nothing. "I thought that's what I was going to do, that me and Billie were gonna clear everything up. But he started going on and on about all the opportunities that this might have and-"

"-And you listened to him? Blaze you know that boy talks nonsense why would you-"

"-Just listen! So he started going on and on about it. It worked out for me and him. It was a win win! And then I didn't have to admit I lied- I mean, if everyone knew I did they'd think I'm obsessed with Billie for lying about it. So I... sorta.." I looked away from her rubbing the back of my neck as I mumbled the next part. "Agreed to faking a relationship with your brother," God it sounded so much more worse when I was admitting it to my own best friend.

"What!?"

"Look!" I shouted quickly looking back at her, Juno had jumped out her lap and ran out the room because of the noise volume. "I know- its bad, but-"

"-Bad!? This is terrible!"

"But this keeps Justin away! And everyone doesn't believe I'm a liar!"

"So you've made a deal with Billie Joe, let me repeat Billie Joe! For that!?"

"No! Not just that!"

"Then what Blaze? Enlighten me,"

"Billies gonna kill me for telling you this... but y'know Mave?"

"Mave Williams?"

"Yeah, Mave Williams. He has this huge crush on her," I explained as her eyes widened and she parted her lips in surprise. "He wants to make her.. jealous or- or something. So it means nothing between us... okay?"

I realized Eden's angry expression had faded. As she breathed out. "Alright... just as long as it's all fake. I don't want you dating my brother... that would be-"

"-Weird. I know, don't worry about that. Y'know I think he's an ass,"

She cracked a smile and nodded. "Yeah, you do,"

I'm not sure if this meant Eden would actually realize yet I wouldn't be with her in school anymore. But I didn't wanna bring it up, I didn't wanna argue with her again after nearly just escaping one. She pulled me into a quick hug as I hugged her back deciding not to tell her... I guess she'll just have to find out some other time.