Mellifluous // Fillie

19

Millie and Sadie conversed excitedly on their way to Gaten's house after school. Millie rolled up the sleeves of her denim jacket, and pushed a lock of brown hair behind her ear before ringing the doorbell.

Gaten opened the door with a cheerful smile, "Ladieeeees!"

He motioned Sadie and Millie inside, guiding them to the basement. A slight sound of guitar and drums could be heard as they walked down the carpeted steps to the basement. Gaten put his finger over his lips, indicating for them to be quiet.

Millie listened excitedly, wanting to hear Finn play. They pressed their ears to the door, listening carefully.

Undoubtedly, Finn and Noah were playing Age Of Consent by New Order, and Finn was singing. It was definitely Finn. Millie's heart flutters, his voice was wonderful, unique.

She felt her smile grow even wider as Finn had a minor voice crack, but it sounded cute with his raspy voice. Gaten and Sadie giggled behind the door, giving themselves away. The music came to an abrupt stop. The scrambling sound of footsteps are heard, and Finn opens the door, looking embarrassed.

"You were eavesdropping?" He jokes.

"No," Gaten says defensively,"just listening to see if the door had a heart beat," he says sarcastically.

Sadie rolls hers eyes at Gaten. Finn shakes his head, opening the door wider and stepping to the side, letting the teens in.

Noah was sitting behind the drums, talking to Caleb, who was sitting across from him on a black couch.

Millie stayed behind to say something to Finn, "You sounded amazing," she says quietly.

"Th-thanks," Finn says, adjusting his red beanie. He turns around and starts walking. He only gets about two steps away when Millie silently and swiftly snatched the beanie off of his black, curly locks. Finn didn't even notice that anything happened, he kept walking, not even feeling the absence of his hat.

Millie chuckled silently to herself, putting on the beanie, and walking over to speak to Noah.

"Hi Noah, you did great on the drums."

"Thanks Milster!"

"Nice hat Mills!" Caleb smirks.

This catches Finn's attention, he turns and looks at Millie, "When'd you put a hat o- hey!" Finn laughs, lunging forward to retrieve his hat, but Millie ducks quickly, using both hands to press the hat to her head.

Millie starts to laugh uncontrollably, "I can't believe you didn't notice!" She says in between her giggles.

"Stop flirting guys! Jeez," Gaten shouts.

"What?" Millie asks, still calming down from her fit of laughter.

Sadie sits down on the couch with Gaten and Caleb, shaking her head.

Millie reaches for the red beanie on her short brown hair, "Here Finn, do you want your hat back-"

"No keep it, it looks better on you," Finn says smoothly, making Millie blush.

"One more step closer to being a punk rocker like you?" She asks sarcastically, but sweetly.

Finn laughs, "We'll have to see about that."

Caleb stands up and clears his throat, "Okay, first call to business-"

"Caleb-"

"What?"

"Stop with the British accent."

"Ugh, FINE," Caleb laughs, flashing his pearly white teeth.

"Yeah, I'M the only British one," Millie adds jokingly.

"Okay, we need to discuss our band," Finn says seriously.

"Agreed," Noah adds, the others nod their heads in retaliation.

"Do we have a name? A theme?" Millie asks as the friends gather in a circle on the carpeted floor.

They all shrug.

"Anyone have any songs we all know?"

"Something from the 80's for sure, right?" Finn asks with a huge grin.

"YES! I love the 80's. Best. Music. Ever!" Millie squeals excitedly, Finn laughs at her excitement, she's so cute.

Gaten scrunches his light brown curls, thinking, "Hey, maybe we could-

DING DONG

He was cut off by the doorbell ringing, "That's weird, who would be here?"

"I dunno, I'll get it," Millie offers, beginning to walk upstairs. She reaches the big white door, and opens it.

"Romeo?" She asks surprised. Romeo smiles timidly.

"Millie? What are you doing here? I came to see if Gaten wanted to hang out..."

"Oh, uh.... we're hanging out in the basement."

Crap, what do I do? I can just tell him to leave, that's so mean... shit.

"Can I come hang out with you guys?" He asks sweetly, fiddling with the brown paper bag he held in his right hand.

Oh Jesus, what to do... I can't just say no.

"Sure," Millie says, motioning for him to come in. While Romeo walks in, Millie sends a quick text to Gaten, warning him that Romeo is coming.

They walk down to the basement.

"Hey guys!" Romeo says, "I brought coffee and doughnuts!" He holds up the brown paper bag.

"Hey Romeo! That's really nice of you," Sadie says genuinely.

"Yeah, thanks Ro," Caleb adds.

"Sure thing," Romeo sets the bag on the table in front of the couch, and takes out the box of doughnuts and coffees.

"So why do you have the music equipment out?" He asks curiously, sipping a coffee.

Gaten grabs a chocolate doughnut, "Just messing around, trying to play a song together."

"Sounds fun, what song did you play?"

"Finn and Noah played Age of Consent, but we have yet to all play a song together."

"Sweet."

"Like these doughnuts," Finn adds quickly, grabbing a maple bar and taking a big bite, earning a laugh from Millie, Noah, and Romeo.

Romeo really wasn't a that bad, they were all in over their heads about it.

"Drum roll please," Finn commanded with a studious accent. Gaten started pattering the maple wood table in front of him.

"Ladies and gentlemen," Finn paused, winking at Millie, causing her cheeks to grow red and hot, "let's jam."

He bowed and walked over to his guitar, executing the same mannerisms as if he were still a show host. He tapped his guitar with his pick, thinking of what to play, a lightbulb seemed to go off in Finn's head, as he put the electric guitar back in its case and headed into the closet in the corner of the cozy room.

Millie watched him, bewildered, as the other teens stood up, some finding instruments to play, some grabbing a coffee.

Finn came back out of the closet with an acoustic guitar and a big goofy smile that made Millie's stomach churn with butterflies.

"Millie," he said, "let's sing a duet."

To be continued...
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