24 - tears
finns pov
millie had been outside for over ten minutes and we were all starting to worry. "what is she doing out there?!" sadie said, furrowing her brow. "i think she's on the phone.." i replied quietly. i bit my lip, i wanted to go out there and she what was going on but i felt like she needed some alone time to talk to whoever she was calling.
i despaired and stood up, "i'll go see what's going on." i told the others, walking out of the door.
i gasped as i laid my eyes on millie, she was sat against the wall of the cabin, sobbing, her face in her hands.
"millie oh my god" i said, crouching down beside her. she brought her head up to look at me, her face was tear stained and red, she was a mess.
"what's going on?!" i said, placing my hands on her shoulders. she sniffed, "it's my mom.." i moved closer to her and let her lean on me, encouraging her to continue.
"my step dad.. he's a fucking dick and-and he kicked her out a-and n-now.." she started to sob again, i took a deep breath and pulled her closer without a word. i had no idea what to say.
it was a couple of minutes before millie spoke again, she gathered herself and continued what she had started. "so now she's homeless. which means i'm homeless. what the fuck am i going to do?" she stared up into my eyes, she was broken. and it broke my heart.
"millie i'm so sorry.. i don't know what to say." i said quietly, she leaned her head on my shoulder and closed her eyes. i listened to her breathing. her breaths were short and fast and she was still crying. i wrapped my arms tightly round her, i never wanted to see her in pain. ever.
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it was ten pm. the day had passed pretty uneventfully after millie came back in and told the group what was going on. for the rest of the day we just chatted and stayed in all day until dinner time.
we were all tired from the night before so were all getting into bed. bedtime was a routine now, sadie, sophia and millie wouldn't go back to their cabin anymore; millie would sleep in my bed with me, sophia with gaten and sadie with caleb. it was nice.
millie was laid down, facing away from me and my arms were wrapped around her. i shifted forward so my mouth was close to her ear and whispered, "are you okay?" she nodded and rolled over to face me, smiling weakly. without saying a word she leaned in and kissed me, wrapping her hands in my curly hair. we made sure not to make a sound so the others in the room wouldn't realise.
pulling away she giggled quietly and i smiled, gazing into her eyes. she rested her head back down on my pillow and cuddled herself into me, closing her eyes. i kept my arms around her and slowly drifted to sleep, happy to have her next to me.
