Billie James

" ' I don't want to get better. I just gotta drown 'em out by making my thoughts thick with smoke.  ' ""—Billie to Jared" Billie Ellen James is a main character and narrator in Evergreen. She is the only daughter of Aaron and Jeanette James. She is also the girlfriend of Jared Preston.

Billie always had issues with fitting into standards in school. In sixth grade, Billie befriended November and found her as the only true person she could trust, until November became distant and unfriended and defamed Billie. This drove her to indulge in smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol during the summer before ninth grade.