Chapter 138: An Amusing Get Together

[3rd POV]

“So uh…anything happening recently?” Billie asked awkwardly from across Alex. If there was one person in the family that she was not the best at talking with, it was definitely Alex. The girl was just insanely awkward twenty four seven. Even if she did not really mean to be. It was kind of just her personality at this point.

“Did-did you really just ask that?” Alex asked her, staring at her with a deadpan on her face.

“Hey, it was a good question! And it’s not my fault that you are socially awkward, just like me. Two socially awkward people talking is always a recipe for the cringiest of situations” Billie replied to Alex, who snorted.

“True. But hmmm, not really all that much has happened, I think at least. I’ve been dealing with school, which has been…well, interesting. As it turns out, having a sister that is a world known singer brings in a lot of fake friends” Alex said after contemplating a bit.

Billie sighed at her words, expecting that something like that would be happening eventually. It was just kind of inevitable. With the way people are, they would attempt to get closer to her in hopes of piggybacking off of the sister of a world known singer. This would then give them the chance to rise higher and become stars themselves.

That’s what happened with several people that Billie knew of. And she also knew that there were a number of people that were actively doing it in certain spaces. Hell, she knew a family that had tons of these “friends” that were doing it to them without their knowledge.

“Sorry about that, Alex. I wish we could help with it, but knowing how people are…” Billie trailed off, while Alex waved her off.

“It’s fine. I kind of expected it to happen anyways. The moment I found out she was a singer that well known, I had prepped myself for something like this to happen. Popularity and fame always draw in the fake people, even with me simply being her younger sister” Alex responded, not seeming too bothered.

Billie imagined that she had been in the beginning, but most likely the pain and shame slowly bled away as Billie made her sister more and more popular. As she got used to people bugging her, she also got used to getting them to fuck off.

“You need any help? I know that we can’t do anything too crazy at your school, but I’m sure we could at least talk to a few people to get the fake people to fuck off” Billie asked, getting a shelf of a head from Alex.

“As nice as that sounds, I’ll have to say no. Mostly because it would probably just make things worse, once they know that you directly know me, or that Haley can directly help me like that. If it isn’t them acting fake to get close to me, it would probably turn into them bullying me. And honestly I just can’t be bothered to deal with that” Alex responded, getting a soft chuckle from Billie.

“Okay, okay, but just let me know alright? I’d hate if anything happened at school because somebody decided to piss you off by being stupid. All over the fact that you’re the sister of “HD”. And if I don’t help you out, I am sure that Haley will” Billie said.

Alex just rolled her eyes fondly, as the two began to talk about other things. Like Alex’s growth in music.

The girl had been practicing quite a lot as of recent. As while she had said that she did not want to get too into the space like Haley, she did still want to delve into it. Mostly so she could make money that could then be used for college, investing, and pursuing her other hobbies.

She had gotten pretty good recently, meaning that she would likely be doing her first album sooner or later. And she planned on only doing one every couple of years as a source of income. With the help of Billie and Haley of course.

But that would be for the future, for now Billie was sitting with Alex, looking over her shoulder at what she was doing. While Haley was in the kitchen talking with Gloria and her mother.

Billie wondered what would happen when Claire inevitably found out about what Manny had been doing.

She had a feeling it would not be a good day for Gloria.

And Manny.

Mostly Manny.

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“So are you still going to do that weird donation for your brother? Carrying their kid?” Billie asked, as she stood next to Claire who looked uncomfortable for her even talking about it.

“Absolutely not” Claire bluntly said in response.

“Does Cam and Mitchell know that? Cause it looks like Cam’s telling your dad about it” Billie said, causing Claire to look over at Jay who looked over at her.

“Young lady, I think we need to have a talk, right now” Jay said with a serious look on his face, as Billie promptly stepped away.

“No no, you don’t get to tell them how to live their lives”

“So you’re all for this?” Jay asked his wife, as Gloria instantly shook her head.

“No, it’s a freak show. But it’s their freak show, and you should stop intervening!” Gloria replied to her husband as they began to go silent.

Billie just sat back listening to all of this, the other children of the family at her side.

“…I can’t be the only one who thinks this is just kind of creepy, right?” Haley asked.

“Oh definitely, it’s weird, like, really weird” Alex said with a nod.

“Yep, I’d throw up if I could” Luke added.

“Mmhmm, but I’m just gonna watch the show and not say anything for now” Billie replied, agreeing.

She wasn’t going to go against people that did that sort of thing, but when you actually know the people doing it…it was kind of weird. But she supposed that when you do that sort of thing, you likely already know that it is indeed weird.

She hoped so at least.

“You think its gonna happen?” Haley asked.

“No chance in hell” Alex replied bluntly.

“Mom would kill Uncle Mitchell and Cam if they tried” Luke added, once again agreeing with his sister.

“Pretty sure Mitchell would kill Cam before your mom can” Billie replied, an amused smile on her face as she listened to the adults argue. It was fun to watch, almost like watching some sort of drama.

And that was pretty much every family get together at this point.

I think they’d work together at that point” Haley said, getting a small giggle from Alex and a laugh from Luke, as they continued to watch the adults bicker while Claire and Mitchell snuck under the table to have a heart to heart.

Watching them argue, Billie could only smile.

She really did love her new family.

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Or 100 dollars for an entire year!