the beginning of the end | fillie

twenty-five

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
• SECRETS FROM THE BOYS •

the heartbeat monitor sounds slow. slower than last time. and people... the people sound panicked.

why were they panicked?

what even happened?

"oh my god, she's waking up!" someone exclaims and then the bed sinks a bit before rising again.

they probably were going to press the nurse button.

slowly, oh very slowly, millie flutters her eyes open and her blurriness starts to fade away and her surroundings sink in.

the hospital...

then all her memories rush through her and then she remembers last night— or not even last night, how long was she out?

"hi harley." finn smiles from besides her as she blinks slowly, "finnanigan?" she rasps out.

"yeah, it's me." he nods softly.

she tilts her head to the side and everyone else comes into view, "annie, boys.."

they all nod and smile at her.

she knows what happened to her but yet, she also felt the need to ask— "what happened?"

"i found you, unconscious by that sandy place." finn answers, "i was searching for you at your treehouse but you weren't there so i figured you be at the sandy place."

"it's not called the sandy place, finnanigan, but sure, let's call it the sandy place." she breathes out as he chuckles.

"how long have i been out?" she asks.

"a whole night." leo answers and walks towards her bed side, "you scared the living crap out of all of us, millie."

she nods, "nothing scares you, leo."

"well you did! do you know what it felt like for all of us to get a call from the hospital saying you had to get blood transfusions!? i didn't even know what that meant till i searched it up and then they told us you fucking flatlined! and then the reason!? self fucking slaughterer!?" he starts to yell.

she tries to sink down in her bed, though it wasn't possible with all the machines attached to her, "i-i'm sorry."

"no, don't be fucking sorry." finn cuts in and glares at leo, "there's no need to be sorry."

"no, i'm sorry. i-i wasn't thinking and i-" millie starts but gets cut off by jason this time, "that was your explanation last time. millie, i need you to be honest with us here."

she looks down in shame, "i can't."

"what do you mean, you can't!?" robbie exclaims, "mill-"

"alright, stop pushing her." tommy cuts in, "how would you feel getting shouted at after waking up in the hospital half dead? just give her time, i'm sure she'll explain soon, right mills?"

she wasn't going to. she never would.

but still, she nodded at them and promised she would.