[3rd POV]
While the world was freaking the hell out, and the Dunphy's were returning home, Billie was in her apartment, sighing as the Dunphy's had just left the apartment, the door being slammed behind them as they were forced to leave behind the irate Billie, who was trying to resist the urge to call security on the mother of her girlfriend.
With a grunt, she turned and began to make her way to her bedroom, slowly walking as she stilled in front of the door. She leaned closer, her eyes softening as she heard the soft sniffling of her girlfriend, as she was undoubtedly crying into the large pillow that she had specifically bought for her.
It was one of those really nice pillows that was made specifically for the person using it.
"Haley? Honey? Can I come in?" Billie asked softly, still hearing the tears and sniffling escaping her girlfriend. She knew that the situation with her family had broken her heart, that her mother had been the main reason for it in the first place.
What Claire had done was wrong, plain and simple. And she was going to have to do a lot in order to make it up to Haley. As she more than likely just ruined the opinion her daughter had of her, and that was something she was going to be regretting in the coming days.
"O-Okay" Haley muttered on the other side, her tears stilling slightly as she heard the door to their bedroom creep open. Walking in, Billie looked at her girlfriend with a soft sigh as she shut the door behind her.
"You alright babe?" Billie questioned, as she walked forwards and moved to the bed where Haley was laying, crying into the bed in front of her, trying not to show how heartbroken she was that her mother had found out like this.
Her finding out that she was HD was one thing. But her finding out that she was not only gay, but was actively dating someone, was another. And more than that, it was the way that her mother had found out that had broken her heart.
That her own mother distrusted her this much, to the point that she quite literally stalked her and followed her around town for hours just to find out what she was doing. Had it been anyone else except her mother, they would have been arrested or gotten the cops called on them.
It was only thanks to Haley herself that Billie had not called security on them, which would have ended a lot less kindly had it been done that way.
"I-...is it okay if I say no?" Haley asked, looking up into her girlfriends eyes as Billie softly smiled and nodded.
"Of course. Your mom just invaded your privacy, Hales. And not just in the "I looked through your phone" way, but in the "I just stalked you for like 5 hours" way. Seriously, she would have gotten the cops called on her in literally any other case" Billie responded with a nod, knowing that Claire was lucky her daughter still loved her.
"...I-I just don't get why nobody stopped her. I-It's so stupid! Like why can I not have my own life? Why does she have to butt into literally everything I do!? Alex has her own life! But here I am, being babysitted like I'm a five year old!" Haley ranted, angry with her mother as Billie just sat next to her, listening as she let her get her frustration out.
She deserved that much.
"And not only that, but she acts like she has any right to talk about who I get with! She might be my mom, but that doesn't give her any right to talk about you like she was! To act like you're some bad guy who is going to corrupt me or something stupid!" Haley growled, her tears more so being tears of anger rather than tears of sadness.
Billie silently listened the entire time, knowing that this rage was going to slowly dissipate, as it was replaced by sadness at what her mother had done, and the fact that she had taken her chance at coming out. That she had risked the relationship she had built with Billie.
All because she didn't trust Haley.
Even though over the past few months, since she had become friends with Billie, and then girlfriends, she had been acting better than ever before. She didn't go out to parties anymore, and preferred to go out with Billie. More than that, thanks to the tutoring from Billie, and the way she had taught her, Haley was now the top student in her class.
Hell, she was nearly the top student in the entire grade, even with Alex being there. Her parents didn't even know that though, as her mother was more focused on constantly getting on her case about all sorts of things.
Most of which she hadn't even done. Like going out to parties, or going out with a boy.
None of that ever happened. It was just excuses she had used in order to leave to see Billie.
"It-It's just messed up, okay? An-And I don't want her to ruin what we have...I don't want to lose you because my mom is being an asshole" Haley said, as her rant began to die down, and her tears were that of sadness once more.
Billie smiled softly as she moved forwards, wrapping her arms around the waist of her girlfriend, who didn't hesitate to nuzzle into her neck that gave her so much warmth. It just felt...right to be cuddled up against Billie, to be held in her arms.
Like a warm blanket that you would never want to leave.
"You won't lose me over this, baby. I'd be a shitty girlfriend if I broke up with you just because your mom decided to be an ass to me. No, it'll take a hell of a lot more than that" Billie replied as she pressed a soft loving kiss against Haley's forehead.
Her girlfriend could only sniffle as she nuzzled against her, tears no longer streaking from her eyes as she felt the comfort of Billie.
"And don't worry about your mom, Haley. I'm pretty sure that your dad and uncle is going to take care of this. Because if the look on their faces was any indicator, I have a feeling they are just as pissed right now as I am. Hell, that grandfather of yours looked like he wanted to kill her after realizing what she did" Billie added, as Haley couldn't help but smile slightly, happy to hear this.
She knew that out of everyone, her uncle Mitchell would help her. He would understand her, and Cam would as well. Both of them would grill Claire for this, and they'd do it in the brutally honest way that they always did when it comes to this.
She just hoped they'd add in a few insults at her clothing.
She deserved it at this point.
"I know it's just...I just don't understand why she doesn't trust me. It's not like I've been doing anything wrong. Literally all I've done is make music with you, and go out on dates with you. If anything she should be happy! Since thanks to you, I'm getting way better grades!" Haley exclaimed, really not understanding her mothers attitude regarding Billie.
It made zero sense to her.
"I don't think we'll know until we go there and talk to her in person" Billie didn't really want to go there, and from the look on Haley's face, neither did she.
"Um...could that wait until tomorrow?" Haley asked, as Billie smiled softly, as she moved to lean back in the bed, Haley snuggling up against her as she heard Billie softly respond.
"Of course...we'll just have to talk about this tomorrow"
And inwardly...
'...Let's just hope it goes better than the first meeting'
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That's the end of the chapter!
Next chapter will be the Dunphy's talking on their own and the reactions and interactions between them, then after that will be the meeting between Billie and the family, the proper meeting.
I'll also be covering things regarding Billie's growth in her beginnings in flashbacks in the future, same with their initial development together. So don't worry about not seeing any of that, it will be coming at some point.
Anyways, have a good day!