Working With The Rockstar - JH

Chapter 13

Liza pov

I sighed as switched lanes. I was about five minutes away from Starbucks, but was already ten minutes late because of traffic and an accident. Please still be here. They don't even drive a car, so it'll be hard to tell if they are still here when I get there.

I quickly parked up and shut the door of my car. I walked inside the building and quickly scanned the room for who I was looking for. When I spotted them, I inwardly sighed and walked over.

"Liza! You actually came." They smiled as they stood up and hugged me.

"Of course I came Finn. I said I'd always come, all you needed to do was text." I smiled back as we sat down. "So what's up?" I asked them.

"They kicked me out." They mumbled.

"Who? Sarah and Mike kicked you out?" I asked, clarifying.

"Yup." They confirmed.

"Why?"

"Because I asked them if I could go to college. They told me that they refuse to spend that much money for something pointless and so when I argued it wasn't pointless, they kicked me out and told me to pay for it myself if I wanted to." They elaborated.

"I'm sorry Finn. You can come and stay with me? I've got the extra room still. And if you really wanted to go to college, I'd happily pay for you to go." I offered.

"I can't ask you to do that Lizzie. That's too much-"

"Finley Boeman. It's my money, I can do what I want with it. Does my little brother want to do college?" I asked them.

"They do."

"Then to college they will go. You can come and stay in my extra room until the new school year starts, and then if you want, you can live in your dorm on campus, or you can still stay with me." I decided as they smiled wide.

"Thank you Lize."

"There's no need to thank me." I laughed.

We sat there talking for a little longer. I couldn't help but notice that they never had a drinks cup, nor did they get any food. I watched as other people would walk past with food and they would look at it, almost as if they were jealous of the others.

"Hey Finn?"

"Yeah?"

"When was the last time you ate?" I asked them.

"About three days ago." They mumbled.

"Three days ago?! Finn, why didn't you tell me? Come on, let's go get you some food." I stood up and pulled their arm so we were now stood in the queue for food.

"Liza, it's fine-"

"Shut up. You're getting food and a drink and I'm having no discussions about the matter. You don't have a choice." I warned as we got closer.

"Fine. Thank you." They smiled.

We got food and drinks. They got a caramel frappe with a cheese and bacon toasted sandwich while I just got a cookies and cream frappe. Once they had finished eating, we decided to go to Target and get some things for their room in my apartment.

"Finn, I swear to god, stop looking at the price tags and then putting something back. I don't care how much it is, if you want it, get it." I groaned as I watched them put something back for the sixth time because they checked the price.

"I don't want to take the piss Lize. It's already too much that you're paying for my college funds, I don't want to put you out so much." They explained as they walked away from the pot they picked up.

"But still. I've already told you, it's my money and I will spend it how I please. Now I'm begging you, stop putting stuff back. If you want it, get it." I argued.

"Fine." They groaned after I had put the pot they put down in the cart.

We finally got around Target and went to pay for everything when Finn did a mental tally of how much this was all going to cost me.

"Wait, Liza." They stopped abruptly.

"Yes Finn?"

"There's too much here. I can't ask you to pay for it all." They shook their head.

"Oh give off. You aren't asking me to pay for anything. I'm doing it willingly. Look, if it puts your mind at ease, you can consider this me buying my own apartment my own decor and you're just putting in your two cents on what I'm buying. But come on Finn, once I've paid this I'm taking you somewhere else before we go home." I muttered as I put my card in and paid the amount.

"Really? Where we going?" They asked as they helped load the cart back up.

"I'm gonna take you to work." I answered as we made our way out.

******

"Oh Lando." I called out as I walked through the studio to the recording room. "Stay here." I said to Finn before walking in.

"That wasn't as long as I expected it to be." He laughed out as both him and Jaden were still sat on the sofas.

"Haha, I didn't go for a hookup." I rolled my eyes as I dumped my bag down.

"Where did you go then?" Jaden asked from next to me.

"You can come in." I shouted out to Finn.

"Oh my god Finn." Landon gasped as he jumped up and hugged him.

"Who's Finn?" Jaden whispered to me.

"My little brother." I explained.

"Landon seems to have a good bond with him."

"Yeah he does. And it's them. Finn goes by they/them." I clarified.

"Oh I'm sorry."

"It's fine. I'm just letting you know, just try not to do that in front of Finn."

"Of course." He agreed.

"Anyway. Finn, this is Jaden, Jaden, this is Finn." I half introduced them to each other.

"Hey Finn." He smiled up.

"Hey Ja-"

"Jaden!" A voice screeched out, interrupting Finn and deafening us all.

Oh fucking hell. Not again.