Strange Stranger | Finn Wolfhard

Chapter 11: Home for a Few Hours

LEILA RAVEN'S POV

So many things have happened within a span of a school year. Finn and I are still talking occasionally via FaceTime when we both have free time or if we're not busy, but he does so when he needs my help with his assignments.

His time is 3 hours ahead of my time. So, by the time I finish doing things, he would be asleep. We will talk in the morning so I had to adjust on what time I should sleep and wake up just to talk to him but that's not constant, again, just on our free time.

He was continuing the class online, just like the agreement they settled so he will still graduate on time. Sometimes, we will talk about what happened to our day with him being extra careful because he didn't want to spoil Stranger Things for me. He would talk about how he missed me, and I would tell him how my day went.

Again, our time together is literally just minutes of talking than hours. Quick catch ups, if you want to call it. Exchange of 'how are you' and 'I'll see you soon' and then it ends there.

Sometimes, he's in Sadie's trailer because he says that he's helping her cope with all the acting she would do for the next season.

I didn't have much choice; I was away and she's right there beside him.

But that's not the point, Finn already talked about this with Sadie. One time, he told me that they are friends and that's all it's going to be. But the thing that hurt me was he already fell in love with another girl, Elsie – a girl that he'd already become friends with before he even met me.

Besides, Finn and I didn't make "us" official. After all, we remained and settled as friends.

It's complicated.

But I don't want to lose this.

I don't want this to end.

Either this or none.

Pick the poison, it's poison either way.

Let us look back on what happened after Finn left; I was very devastated so I figured that I needed to start another hobby so that I can make something productive or maybe it's just a way to cope up with what happened to Finn and me, and enough to wait for my suspension to be lifted.

When I got back to school, the student council focused on preparing for the sports fest in which 4 teams have to battle for the championship through sports, the school field trip, for the prom in which I wished so damn hard for Finn to be my date but he wasn't around, quiz bees that I knew Finn would enjoy watching or joining, tree planting activities that makes the school thrive on its environment which I wished I have Finn to help me and run into after we call it a day, and many more extra-curricular activities that after it's done I'd have Finn to watch movies with me or chill in the house with him or whatever.

In conclusion, everything I do, I think of Finn. Except for the last week that has been very stressful because of exams. This week, we're going to complete all our requirements for us to graduate in which Finn is also doing with the help of virtually sending Nick, his brother, his files and have them do the talking to the school.

Today is the day I finally move out of my high school life. I will finally graduate high school and turned out to be graduating with flying colors. Although it wasn't the best year for achieving my leadership capabilities and good moral character, I think I did it.

Next stop, college. It was quite challenging when I realized that there is a part of me that is a student and another, a leader, which I'll let go sooner and focus on my career. Consider my badass personality from the beginning of the school year. At the same time, race for being in the honor's class.