"And now you're together?" My mom asked confused after I was able to explain the whole story between Billie and I.

I shrugged picking up the plate that was left on the table with the pizza crust left on it that my mom turned her nose up to. "Its complicated." I answered walking into the kitchen. She followed eagerly continuing to ask things.

"But you like him?"

"Yes?"

"And he likes you?"

"So?"

"Are you waiting for him to ask you or something?"

I thought about it after putting the crust in the trash, placing the plate beside the sink. "I don't know... maybe I am,"

"Well anyway! I've got some news!" She happily clasped her hands together.

I pulled myself up on the counter preparing myself for the news she seemed so giddy about. "Do tell,"

"So! David... has asked me to move to Rome!" She clapped jumping up and down in the same spot.

I paused, my lips parted as I watched her slowly stop jumping.

Moving?

"Moving?" My voice cracked repeating the word.

Her excitement broke, seeing my confusion. "Yeah..."

"But, what about me?"

"Well of course I would never leave you Blazey," she gave me a smile approaching me as I sat still on the side.

"What does that mean?"

"Well, you'll be coming of course,"

"Wha- no!"

The words left my mouth before I even processed it. Immediately making it clear I wasn't going anywhere.

I didn't wanna leave everything here. Maybe she was use to leaving home every single month but I was the one who stayed here with Eden... and even Billie, Mike and Tre.

Her smile slipped away. "Blaze,"

"Mom, there's no way I'm moving all the way to Rome,"

"Blaze. David has this beautiful house in this gorgeous friendly little village-"

"-but what about his neighbours you don't like?"

"We can work around that,"

"Mom, there's no way I'm moving- we'd have to sell the house. Pack everything away and leave everything for Dave,"

"But Blaze. Dave is a wonderful guy, he thinks so much of you and he makes me so happy,"

So first there was the persuasion. How beautiful Rome is. Then there comes the guilt trip. 'Oh but he makes me so happy,'. Which means next is always the begging. The last resort.

How I know my mom so well, and she... doesn't know me at all.

"Mom why can't you just continue to visit him?"

"That's so expensive to pay so much for flights,"

"But he's rich-"

"-Think about this Blaze. We could start a new life together. Me, you and Dave. You could have a dad figure and I could spend more time with you, we could go places together, shopping, meals-"

"-we're suppose to do that anyway,"

"Don't you want that though? All three of us living happy together in a nice house? You could go to a new school, make new friends, a new boyfriend-"

"-I told you he's not technically my boyfriend,"

"So you can find one!"

"I've found one mom! He's just not technically mine yet,"

"Please think about this. For me. How happy this would make us all. Living a new life. You could have a dad figure- a happy little family, don't you want that?"

Erm- no.

I was feeling terrible though, I let out a sigh before speaking. "I'll think about it,"

I wasn't really going to think about it. I already knew what my choices were. And I didn't wanna move, it was kind of to shut her up.

She gave me a smile knowing she had gotten to me before whispering. "That's my girl,"

After that, I left the kitchen with some sloppy lame excuse and made my way to my room.

I thought when my mom would come home I would want to spend the whole night with her, but she had kind of pissed me off enough.

I made it to my room before pulling my phone out and pressing Billies contact, with out my normal hesitation to ring him I pressed the call button and waited to hear him answer.

Normally Billie always answered a call. He was hardly on his phone but his ringer was always on, which was lucky.

"Hello?"

"Billie, Billie you're never gonna believe this- can you come down? Are you busy? I kinda need you right now and-"

"-you want me to come down?"

"Can you? If you're not busy and wha-"

"-course I can, give me ten minutes,"

The call ended shortly after. As I sat quietly in my room thinking about the offer.

My mom wasn't even a Rome type of person. And I definitely wasn't. What business would I want in Rome?

But she can't leave me. Technically. She can't move with out me.

But she can force me to go. Although it would be against my own will?

I made sure to tell him to come to the side of the house and not knock on the door like any Normal person would. So after ten minutes, like he said, the sudden sound of tapping on glass spun me back into reality.

I opened my curtains and the window, looking down at Billie who was throwing pebbles at my window.

"I'm here,"

"I can see that,"

He climbed up the pipes,pretty swiftly, that were connected to the side of my house. Before I grabbed his hand and pulled him through the window as nicely as I could, but that didn't prevent the way he landed straight on his ass after making his way through on to my floor.

He let out a grunt before I pulled him up.

"That hurt," He mumbled.

"You're never gonna believe this,"

"Go on?"

"My mom wants to go back to Rome,"

"Again?"

"Permanently,"

"What!"

"And she wants me to come with her,"

"What!?"

"I know, I said no. She begged, pleaded- everything! She really likes Dave- or Rome. One of them. I told her I didn't wanna go, I didn't wanna leave anything but she carried on so I said I would think about it. I of course don't wanna be in the way of her and Dave. Shes super set on it, I don't wanna be that type of kid,"

"You don't seem too worried...?"

"I can't comprehend it. It doesn't feel like a real offer. I know it is- but I can't imagine ever leaving this place,"

"Well are you really thinking about it?"

"Of course not, I only said that to shut her up. I don't know how to tell her no, she'll just continue to beg me. She can't leave with out me, but she can't really force me,"

The situation seemed more complicated the more I talked about it. There was no way I was gonna go to Rome, but she couldn't not go because of me could she? But she couldn't just leave me forever. Yeah, for weeks she would. Maybe even a month at the most. But forever? There's no way, right?

"Do you think she would leave you?"

"What for Dave? No. But for Rome? God knows. She leaves me for certain amounts of times, but to move away? That's another level. This sucks." I grunted throwing myself back and landing safely and comfortably on my bed side ways over it. I had a double bed, which did take up half of the space in my room, meaning as I laid horizontally over it my head was still a good amount away from touching the wall my bed was beside.

"Well... obviously gonna state this but, I hope you don't have to move anyway." Billie told me sitting beside me on my bed, but staying sat up.

I looked away from the ceiling and over at him as he looked back at me. "Me too, I don't care for Rome... or Dave. But I care about her,"

"Your mom?"

"No Billie, the Queen on England." I sarcastically laughed. "Yes my mom. I don't see her much and now she comes back with this big situation- Like- I just got out of one complicated problem and now I'm in another,"

"That's life,"

"I hate life,"

"Cause that's not depressing at all," He mumbled under his breath.

We fell silent as I closed my eyes for a second shut. Thinking. I didn't wanna leave Billie. Or Eden and Coby, Mike and Tre. Or the other friends I of course had. But when I found out the first person I called was the person beside me, Billie. Billie had, obviously, been in my life as long as Eden had been. There were times when he picked us up or dropped us off at places, tagged along on random night walks or joined in with our conversations. There was even one time while Eden and I were in the living room and she had fallen asleep, Billie came in and accompanied me for the night. We drank a dangerous amount of coffee and even ended up getting in a heated debate about 'if a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it, does it make a noise?'.

I laughed slightly at the memory opening my eyes and sitting up, my shoulder brushing Billie as he looked over at me. "What are you giggling at?"

"You remember that one time Eden fell asleep in the living room, and you came in and saw I was sat on my own bored out of my mind. Then five minutes later walked in with two coffees and we stayed up all night?"

"And we got in that debate and woke up Eden?"

I laughed a little more. "And she stormed off and left us, going to her room,"

"We drank too much coffee that night,"

"No kidding, you kept making them,"

"You kept asking for them!"

"Alright alright, do you remember the one time me, you and Eden went on that walk at ten at night and it was pitch black. You found this big stick and you wouldn't let go off it the whole night until we got back home and Eden made you drop it," He reminded me.

The sudden memory replayed quickly in my head. I let out a laugh. "And I wacked you with it?"

"That hurt!"

"You was asking for it!"

"I remember when we made our way back home, we passed this super weird looking dude- and you really clutched on to the stick as we walked past holding it close to you, ready to wack the shit out of him if he even as so dared to step to close,"

I gave him a silent smile, feeling myself automatically blush a little. I didn't even remember that part of the night, weird how he did.

"What?" He asked.

"How do you remember that?"

"Cause I remember silently laughing at it, it was funny how your instinct was you didn't trust the guy and was ready to hit him,"

The thing was with Billie. I hadn't always had a secret crush on him. I had never really thought of him in any other way than Edens brother. I never looked at him the way I do now. The first time I looked at him, I didn't feel anything special. He was just kind of an ordinary person to me.

When I started to realize how many girls just easily fell to his feet, I took great pride in not being one of them.

But the part where I screwed up was letting myself get too close. I let myself realize he was his very own person and not just 'Edens brother,'.

"I never thought this would be a normal thing happening y'know," I told him randomly.

He looked at me confused, obviously not knowing what I was talking about since he was oblivious to what I was thinking. "What?"

"Just hanging around with you, y'know? Calling you up and asking you to come over,"

"Yeah, me either dont worry,"

And I'm not sure If Billie had done the same or if there was always the tiny thing there. Not that it mattered, because at least I knew for real he actually felt the same way.

"Stay the night?"

"Tonight?"

"For the company? You're good company and I need it,"

The corners of his mouth lifted up into a lopsided grin. "Alright then,"

"So you'll stay?"

"How cold I say no?"

The thought of spending the night with Billie might have disgusted the person who I was a while back. But now I was happy he agreed this easily. The problem was, he let me get to close. That's how I fell in love with him. Bit by bit, and then all at once.

A/N: I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT HALLOWEEN! DID ANY OF YOU GUYS DRESS UP? I dressed up as skeleton Billie Joe for this Halloween party- and next night I dressed up as Melanie Martinez (cause I have split dyed blonde and black hair).

Sorry I don't update this book much- all the chapters are actually pre written. So I only really remember American idiot and be quiet.

Anyway! Hope you're all well. As always thank you for reading! Stay safe <3