seven souls (the black phone characters x reader)

chapter seventy-six

I was sitting in the living room with my sketch pad while my brother was on the floor playing around with his toy trains. I had decided I would help my mother out with my brother so instead of dropping him off when she had work, I told her I would take him but right now we were just spending time together something that was starting to become rare with me going to school or hanging with friends and him at daycare most of the time. I still had plans later to stop by at Donna house to talk to her about the romantic note, then stop by the grab and go for some snacks then hang out with the boys at Finn house. I had called Donna as soon as I woke up telling her about the note I got and instead of talking about it over the phone she suggested for me to stop by her place which of course I agreed to because I didn't want my parents to overhear about any of it but to also just hang out for a bit. There was still one big problem though, staying out of sight from Michael even if he wouldn't be out and about, I wasn't sure and needed to be careful. I looked up at the time before setting my sketchbook down and walking over to my brother picking him up.

"Come on we got to get you to daycare" I said, bringing him to his room grabbing a pair of extra clothes. After last time my mother came home pissed with my brother who had food spilled all over him and the daycare didn't have extra clothes. I set them into his bag, zipped it up then went to my room grabbing a pair of jeans changing them out of my shorts then took a jacket pulling it over picking up the note off my desk stuffing it into my back pocket walking back over to my brother picking up his jacket fighting him into it as he tried to flail his arms around and kick at me. I was successful as I got his arm in while he gave me a glare. "Sorry brother but you're not catching a cold on my watch"

He just looked at me pissed as I stuck my tongue out picking him up resting him on my hip while I got down picking up the bag throwing it over my shoulder and with my free hand not holding my brother, I got the keys and off we went. Fresh snow was falling around again growing to the never endless snow piles on the ground as I held my brother closer covering his head while he buried his face into my jacket the cold breeze wrapping around us stealing any warmth there was as I picked up the pace checking my surrounding and stepping over some pile of snow to avoid the growing ice. Once we got to the daycare, I set him down on the floor taking his jacket off and hanging it up in his cubby along with his backpack while his teacher gave me a smile and a slight wave as she went to teach the kids. I took off down the street pulling my own jacket closer together burying my hands into the opposite pocket. It would take me a while before I would be able to reach Donna house, so I went taking some short cuts along the path as I was walking down one certain street turning my head to the side looking over to that nightmare place. The grabber house still stood in place as I noticed a man assume his brother was standing outside shoveling snow. He looked up at me and gave me a warm smile, slightly waving at me as I waved back, turning my head walking again.

I got to Donna house as I step up to her porch knocking on the door waiting a minute before she opened the door dragging me inside the smell of fresh hot cocoa hit my nose as I took of my boots and jacket setting them by the front door as Donna made her way into the kitchen picking up the two cups handing me one as we made our way up to her room.

"Show me show me!" She begged as I set my cup of hot chocolate on her desk reaching in my pocket pulling out the note, handing it over to her as she read it over. "Aww that's so romantic. Do you know who it's from?"

"I wanted to believe it was Michael but the more I read it he couldn't have done it"

"Do you think it's one of the boys?" she suggested as I almost choked wiping away the chocolate mustache forming on my face as I thought about it for a minute.

"No, we only see each other as friends," I said, pulling back a sigh. If it did come from them, I wouldn't know what to do and I couldn't just go up to ask them worried that I might be wrong and then it would cause a little awkwardness in the friendship.

"(y/n) are you okay?" Donna asked, sitting up on her bed moving closer to me as I leaned back against her chair tapping on the glass cup a little.

"Donna please don't judge me for this, but I really want to get this off my chest"

"I will never judge you"

"I think I do like them but maybe it just because of how they treat me or if I do actually have feelings but then I like Michael a lot but I think it's because he resemble a part of each of them but then I know he just another person like anyone else and he has his own things I like but I get this gut feeling that doesn't settle right around him while I'm with the boys I feel this sort of feeling like I'm home....It's just so confusing"

Donna listened to her friend as she wished to tell him the boys had liked her too, to tell her the truth about the letter but she noticed at that moment her friend wanted someone to hear her and that she needed someone other than her family, the boys or Michael. Donna got up walking over to her friend's side pulling (y/n) into a hug as they stayed there for a minute hugging one another before (y/n) pulled back.

"Thank you"

"You're welcome"

I gave Donna a smile as we took our cups of hot chocolate sitting on her bed just talking about school and some stuff that has been going on with her as I told her at one point I canceled my date with Michael as she gasped before we both ended up laughing a bit then we went downstairs as we went to watching a Disney movie lady and the tramp, then Bambi, dumbo, and peter pan as we sat on the couch staring at the screen. then when I noticed the time ticking closer to Five thirty, I told Donna I had to leave.

"Do your parents need you home already?"

"No Finn asked me if I wanted to join him and the boys for a sleepover"

"Aww okay hey call me after the sleepover though and tell me how it goes" she slightly demanded as I laughed giving her another hug before walking out the door heading to the grab and go.