YOUR POV: Ever since Finney went missing, i had been having these dreams...well actually, I don't think they're dreams. They feel too real, as if my mind is trying to tell me something. Before Finney actually went missing, him and his sister, Gwen had told me that she had been having dreams too.
Its weird that mine started when Finney went missing though...i had always felt connected with that boy in some way.
I knocked on the door to the Shaw's house and Gwen answered it, giving me a friendly yet tired smile. The girl looked absolutely exhausted but I can't say i blame her, her brothers missing and those dreams are probably keeping her up. They sure are keeping me up anyway.
"Hey Y/n, whats up?" She greeted politely, i sighed. "Can we talk?" I asked and she nodded and led me inside. We got to her bedroom and sat on the bed. "So, what do you wanna-" "I'm having those dreams" i interrupted her quickly and her furrowed her brows. "What dreams?" She questioned and i rolled my eyes. "You know...THOSE dreams" i repeated.
This time, she seemed to understand and her eyes widened. "Really? Oh thank goodness, its not just me! When did you start having them?" She questioned, i looked at the floor. "Ever since Finney went missing..." I replied sadly. We both went silent, missing Finney. "We'll find him. With our dreams, we definitely can" Gwen spoke enthusiastically.
"How do we know if our dreams are real?" I asked and she smiled. "I mean..we wouldn't have them for no reason, right?" She answered and i shrugged. "I guess so" i said and her face lit up, as if she had a lightbulb moment. "How about we compare our dreams?" She suggested and i smiled.
"Okay! Do you have black balloons in yours?" I asked and she nodded. "Yep, did you ever see Finney banging on a glass door or something like that?" She said and i nodded. We went back and forth except i only saw ones to do with Finney or the grabber. She saw ones to do with Vance or Bruce.
"You must be connected to Finney in some way...omg, SOULMATES!" She yelled excitedly and i rolled my eyes playfully. "Yeah right, Finney doesn't like me like that" I replied, it was sad but i knew it was true. "Oh trust me...he does" Gwen said before walking over to her dollhouse to pray to Jesus. I sat there processing what she said.
But i also worried about Finney...was he even still alive? Was he okay? What if he's dead right now? Hopefully tonight, me or Gwen have another dream.
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I slept over at Gwen's incase one of us had a dream. Thankfully, i did. When i woke up, i saw the girl raging. "I'm starting to believe you're not real!" She spoke angrily, i chuckled which caught her attention. "Why you getting so mad at Jesus for?" I asked and she huffed. "He didn't give me a dream to help find Finney!" She complained and i smiled.
"Well he gave me one" as soon as i said that, she apologised to Jesus, packed up the things and rushed over to me. "What did you see?!" She asked immediately. "I...i saw the grabber holding black balloons and...he stood in front of a house" she was quick to ask- "what was the house number?"
"I-it was too blurry, I couldn't make out the numbers at all...i know a 7 was involved though, at least i think. There was a tree by it too." I described and she nodded. "We'll find out more later, maybe if i go to the nurses office at school and sleep, i'll find out something if i have a dream?"
We both walked to school together, all eyes were on Gwen since it was her brother who went missing. I heard whispers about her and then i heard one about me; "apparently Y/n is Finney's girlfriend, I can't imagine how upset she must feel too" it was Donna, it sounded like her anyways.
We just continued walking, ignoring every single glance or whisper. I liked it better when I wasn't noticed at all, Gwen probably thought the same. I put my arm around her shoulder and walked her to her classroom, before heading to my own.
⁉️time skip⁉️
We finally found out the house number and exactly what it looks like. Gwen and i rode on our bikes yesterday to go out and find it, the beaten and bloody forms of past missing kids stopped us right in front of the house, i noticed one of the kids as my best friend, Robin. He's dead...he's actually dead.
Now here we were, in front of the house as the police searched it. Gwen and i sat by the fence, nervous and scared. Is Finney okay? Thats the only question that was going through our minds. I was so deep in thought that I didn't even realise that Gwen had slowly stood up.
I only realised when she started running, i was snapped from my thoughts and looked up. I teared up and slowly stood up. Just ahead of me...Gwen was hugging Finney tightly. He made eye contact with me and Gwen noticed, she smiled and stood to the side. I ran over to him and hugged him tight, sobbing into the crook of his neck.
"You're okay, you're actually okay!" I whispered in happiness and Finney squeezed my waist gently. "I'm okay...but the grabbers not, I kinda strangled him to death" he let out a chuckle, i pulled away to look at him and gave a small laugh. "He deserved it..he killed loads of kids and he was gonna kill you too..i don't think I could handle losing you" I explained and Finney wiped my tears.
"You could never lose me, Y/n. Robin taught me how to defend myself" he spoke proudly and i furrowed my brows. "But...Robins dead" I informed sadly, heartbroken that i lost my best friend. "Its uhh..a long story" Finney awkwardly chuckled.
The police soon rushed over with a towel and wrapped Finney up in it, Gwen moved to hug his side and he immediately took her in and wrapped part of the towel around her too. They only had a towel on because it was pretty cold outside. While Finney reunited with his dad, i stood back and watched. I was endlessly happy that he was okay.
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Finney was now mr popular at school and was officially feared and admired by most people for murdering a local kidnapper. I just know Robin would be proud. Everything was back to normal, apart from the fact that Finney no longer had any bullies. Neither did me or Gwen because people know how protective Finney was over us. So we were okay.
Today at break, i sat down on a bench alone. I felt someone sit next to me, i glanced to see Finney and laid my head on his shoulder. "I'm still so happy you're okay" I whispered but it was loud enough for him to hear. He placed a hand on my thigh. "I'm happy you and Gwen found me.." he replied and lifted up my hand to press a quick peck to it.
I smiled widely and kept a hold on his hand. "I like you, Fin" I confessed, the boy smiled down at me. "You know what? I like you too, Y/n. I have for a long time now." He replied and kissed my head softly. "Wanna be my girlfriend?" He asked and i nodded and wrapped my arms around his neck gently.
"Of course" I answered and held him close, neither of us knew Gwen was stood by us with a massive grin. "THEY ARE FINALLY DATING!" She yelled happily and skipped off. Leaving Finney and i looking at each other awkwardly while we got smirks from other students. Thank you for giving us all of the attention by your yelling, Gwen.
