[3rd POV]
Walking upstairs, Haley listened in for her parents, before noticing that they were talking in her parents bedroom. An...interesting choice to have a conversation like this one.
Stepping towards the door of the room, Haley breathed in before lifting her hand and knocking on the door. She could hear the conversation on the other side begin to still, as she heard her mothers voice a few moments later.
"Alex, Luke! We told you two that we'd be out in a bit" Claire said on the other side, causing Haley to sigh.
"It's me mom" Haley said simply, as she heard shuffling on the other side, and the group of people whispering rapidly to one another. She rolled her eyes as they began to argue about who should open the door, before eventually Cam opened it.
"Heeeey! What're you doing here? You look fantastic by the way" Cam said with a smile on his face, glancing to the side as Claire gave him a deadpan.
"Thank you, and you know why I'm here. So tell my mom and everyone else that's hiding in their to come downstairs, we have some things to talk about" Haley said, before walking away from the door, beginning to make her way back downstairs to where Billie and her siblings were now sitting, waiting.
"They're coming" Haley said, as she walked into the living room where they were sitting.
"Should we be here for this? Kinda feels like it's something that we shouldn't be involved with. Like it's a bit...personal" Alex asked, a little uncomfortable. She wasn't sure if it was okay for her to be involved when she knew nothing about what happened, beyond the fact that Haley was HD, and knew Billie Eilish.
"It's fine. You're going to find out either way, better to do it sooner rather than later" Haley said, waving off her little sister's concern. She didn't mind her siblings knowing that she was lesbian or anything, as they'd be finding out no matter what she did.
Alex listened to her words a bit nervously, as she sat down next to Luke, while Billie was standing absentmindedly watching the news that was talking about the two of them. She had already gotten dozens of notifications on her phone from the parties that were involved with her business, but it wasn't anything that she wasn't already prepared for.
So she had some responses already prepared. Just like she already had a Forbes article ready to go, working with very specific people beforehand in order to keep her identity a secret until the reveal. This way she can answer the questions all of these people inevitably have, without having to do it herself.
A few minutes of awkwardly waiting later, they heard shuffling, as in walked Claire, Phil, Mitchell, and Cam. While Gloria was seemingly home with Manny, at least that is what Billie was assuming at this point.
"Soooo...what did you want to talk about?" Phil asked awkwardly as they had been standing there for a few moments now. He was also trying not to glance at Billie, knowing that this entire conversation was more than likely going to be about her.
"You know what I want to talk about dad. It's about the way mom decided that I cannot be trusted, and intruded into my privacy. Not only that, but she got rid of my chance at coming out in the way I wanted to, and potentially threatened my relationship with Billie" Haley said seriously, staring at her mom as she spoke.
Luke and Alex looked at her with wide eyes. As even Luke, who wasn't the smartest, could tell what she meant by that.
'S-She's gay?' Alex thought in shock, never expecting that out of her sister. Haley was the girliest person she had ever met. And she was well known for liking boys, and having several boyfriends over the years (none of them ever lasted more than a month though). So to hear that she was dating a girl, and not only that but she was dating Billie Eilish herself.
It was a shock.
"I-I'm sorry, Haley, I-I didn't think about what I was doing. I was just so worried-" "Yeah, you didn't think. And thanks to that you've permanently destroyed my trust in you. The fact that you can't even trust me enough to let me go out is one thing. But the fact that you literally stalked me for an entire day, broke into my girlfriends apartment, and yelled at her as if she is the bad guy, is another" Haley cut her mother off, glaring at her enraged.
She was barely holding herself back at this point. Alex glanced between the two, staring at her mother in disbelief.
If that was true, it was insane. Not only insane, but stupid. Haley was dumb yes, but she wasn't dumb enough to get with someone that would genuinely be a threat to her. And she was getting smarter, Alex knew that for a fact.
She had seen her recent scores in school, and was genuinely impressed with how much her sister was improving. With her getting consistent A's in all her classes, and being one of the best in the grade.
She suspected that that was mostly due to her girlfriend, but either way, it was a great accomplishment to improve that much that quickly. Not everyone can go from D's and C's to A's and the very rare B.
"I know okay!" Claire yelled, stopping Haley from speaking as she saw her mom begin to cry silently, the rest of her family awkwardly standing there.
Jay, Mitchell, and Cam all glanced at one another before deciding that this was not a conversation they needed to be a part of, so they walked out of the room and went outside for the time being. So that they can talk freely without the awkwardness of them being there.
"I know I messed up, and I hate myself for it! But I couldn't just ignore the way you - my daughter - was changing! You got better grades, you stopped asking for money, you went out more, I was concerned! But now-now I see why you changed so much. And I hate myself for distrusting you so much, for potentially ruining what you have" Claire said, tears leaking from her eyes as Billie silently looked at her.
'I feel like I shouldn't be here for this' Billie thought, getting uncomfortable. This felt like something her girlfriend should be doing on her own, but the look Haley was giving her was telling her otherwise, so she stood still. Hoping that things would begin to get more upbeat soon, because this was depressing.
"And what, you didn't think I could do it on my own?" Haley asked with a frown.
"No-no, I just...I just was blindsided by the fact that my daughter, my baby girl, began to grow so much. To turn from the girliest girl I've ever seen, to this strong soon to be young woman. It...was just shocking. Completely and utterly shocking, crazy even" Claire responded with a rapid shake of her head, denying her words.
She had seen her daughter working hard at school. She had noticed the way she'd linger in her room longer, and she noticed the fact that her schoolbooks that previously looked completely pristine and untouched, were now bent and worn, showing that she had been using them a lot more than she used to.
If she had ever used them before meeting Billie.
"And I know you can't forgive me yet for not trusting you. But...I hope you'll at least give me a chance" Claire said, as she looked into the eyes of her daughter, who glanced at her girlfriend. Billie smiled softly and gave her a nod.
"...If you want to start earning my forgiveness, then you have to do one thing first" Haley said seriously, staring at her mother who nodded.
"Yes, of course, what do you need me to do?" Claire asked. And listened as Haley began to speak a moment later.
"Apologize to my girlfriend"
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That's the end of the chapter!
Next chapter will be when things start to get more upbeat, and will be a dinner/lunch with the family and getting closer to them. After that we'll likely do a chapter about Billie doing her own thing, and some more.
I'll also be fixing up some plot holes (hopefully) in around 10 chapters (as it has already been written), that will hopefully fix up the problem with the whole "Contract" deal and the fact that legally Haley probably wasn't able to sign it.
Anyways, have a good day!