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"Do you ever think that every person, like a flower has a purpose? I mean a flower probably isn't right in this analogy but still!" -
The group of three made way to the loudest table in the room. Ellie looked over at Millie before her jaw dropped and she got up to attack Finn in the tightest hug known to man. "Woah! That's the first time I've seen Ellie give someone that tight of a hug since Millie had to go to England for a week" Winona laughed as Ellie's cheeks turned bright pink and let go of Finn. Millie made a mental note to tease her sister about it later. "Mum, this is Sadie and Finn, guys that's my mum Winona" Millie smiled as Winona waved at the two teenagers with Millie.
It took Millie a moment to remember that she forgot to introduce her sisters and cousin to them which caused her to gasp. "I almost forgot! Sadie, Finn meet my little sister Madison but we call her Madi. My cousin, Emma who's visiting from England. We cannot forget my baby sister, Ava!" Millie pointed at the different girl as she introduced them to Finn and Sadie just to make sure they knew who she was talking about. "It's nice to meet you guys" Sadie smiled politely as Finn did the same.
"Well, it's nice to meet you both." Emma breathed out politely as she took another bite of her ice cream. After a few minutes of talking, Finn and Sadie said goodbye because they were cutting it close to having to pick up Lilia who needed to get stuff for her crafts. The family left shortly after they did with giggles escaping their lips. Ellie saw the mall and looked over at Millie who was almost thinking the exact same thing as she was. "Hey, mum?"
Winona handed each twin $40 before dropping them off outside the mall and Ellie gently grabbed Millie's hand. "Let's go mill!" Ellie laughed as she took her into the mall and picked a bookstore for them to go to. The twins never really got to go out to the mall by themselves but whenever they did it was always an adventure. The mall wasn't super crowded but it made Millie anxious so she made sure to keep a hold of her sister as they walked.
Ellie knew when Millie was getting overwhelmed with everything around them. They quickly weaved through the crowds of people surrounding them as Ellie felt Millie's grip on her hand get tighter. "It's okay Mills, i promise. Once we get to the bookstore, it will all be worth it" Millie only thickly swallowed and nodded as they finally made it to their destination. They both seemingly let out a sigh of relief then split off to go find things around the store.
Millie almost ran to the young adults section and grabbed a book she never seen before so she sat down on the ground then cracked it open. Ellie walked around the store and sighed out of pure success as she found something she'd been searching for. It was a funko pop of Ron Weasley with a knitted hat and Ellie held it close to her body. As Ellie walked around the store, searching for her sister, she bumped into a corner of a bookshelf which sent her funko out of her arms. The box hit someone's ankle and they picked up the pop as Ellie walked over to them, not being able to see their face. "I'm so sorry! Ron got away from me there.."
"Hey it's totally okay, here you go Ellie" The person smiled as Ellie seemed to recap everything running throughout her mind and they finally looked at her. "Oh I hate you, Wolfy!" Ellie playfully groaned and grabbed the pop of Ron, keeping it close to her chest. "No you don't Brownie. Wait, where's Mill?"
As Millie flipped through the card stock pages, tears sprang to her eyes and she nervously swallowed as she continued to read. Just a few pages later, she finally had enough and threw the book away from her while tears streamed down her cheeks. It didn't take long for arms to be wrapped around her and affirmations that everything would be okay came softly from their lips. "T-Thank you.. I-I'm Millie Brown.." She choked out a little sob as the person rubbed her back slowly. "No worries Millie, I'm Caleb McLaughlin. It's nice to meet you, do you have someone here who can take you back home?" "Yeah.. my twin sister, Ellie.." Caleb nodded as they sat there until Millie felt good enough to get up.
"Thank you Caleb, I owe you one", was all Millie said before she ran off and found the book that Sadie had been talking to her about. When Ellie heard what Finn said, her jaw dropped and she nervously looked at him. "Somewhere in the store I hope.." Finn calmly threw his arm around Ellie and he cleared his throat as he almost knew what would bring Millie to them. "Athena isn't superior to Zeus!" It took within the next few minutes that Millie ran over to them and furrowed her eyebrows. "Athena is the baddest bitch." Millie muttered as she bought the book she held tightly in her arms and Ellie bought her pop.
"Guys, as much as I'd love to come with you i have to get Lilia who's in the store next door. It was nice bumping into you again and mill!" Millie tilted her head as she held her sister's hand and nodded slightly. "Sadie told me to tell you that you need to call her soon!" "Okay Finn, thank you for telling me!" Finn only smiled as he took off running and the pair of girls laughed then walked away themselves. Millie looked at Ellie who was letting her eyes flicker from the shoe store to the exit.
Sadie was pacing around her room as the sunlight reflected off of her pale blue walls and hit the pictures she had hanging on her wall. Most of them were of her and Finn growing up or with her family. Her mind was racing and it wouldn't settle down. After a few minutes which seemed like an hour to her passed, she decided to pull out her comfort book and start reading to escape her mind.
The pair of girls cracked open their front door and Ava came running up to them with the biggest grin on her lips. "Mills! Ellie!" The short blonde hugged both of their waists and felt arms wrapping back around her little frame. "What did you girls get from the mall?" Winona hummed out as she looked at them over the side of the sofa to see them. "Oh, mum I got the Ron Weasley pop I've been searching for!" Ellie grinned as she looked at Millie. "I got a book that Sadie talked religiously about at school. I did cry at a book but a kind boy helped me though. His name was Caleb."
Millie could tell that the way she said it made her mother smirk and playfully wiggle her eyebrows which caused her to hold back an eye roll. "So, do you like him?" Ellie bit back a little laugh as she looked over at Millie with a gently pat on her back and slowly exhaled. "No mum, it's not like that. I like him only as an friend." Winona put her hands up in surrender with a laugh escaping her lips and turned back around.
The girls talked for a while before Millie remembered that she needed to call Sadie and she kissed her sisters cheeks then ran upstairs to their room knowing anytime soon, Ellie would be coming up. She gently pressed in Sadie's number and sat down on the beanbag right near the window, almost tuning out the humming of the dial tone. "Hi?" was all Millie could hear as she ran a hand through her chestnut hair. "Hi strawberry girl, Finn told me to call you? So here I am."
"Hey Mills! Thank you for calling me so soon, i just wanted to ask if you'd like to hang out one on one sometime? We can do whatever you'd like, i just want to get to know you better without Finn annoying me" Sadie laughed almost nervously as Finn threw a pillow at her and she playfully rolled her eyes. "I'd absolutely love it strawberry girl. Don't miss me too much already!"
TO THE MOON AND SATURN 🪐 WHEN ITS RAINING, ITS POURING<3
