RIVERS POV
i completely miss going to my trailer because I go straight to school instead. i don't want to run into finn, i guess you could say that it's stupid that im avoiding him, i know that's what harper would tell me.
im the only one in the classroom and out teacher greets me joyfully.
"morning river!! busy day today?" She asks me
"yeah got some scenes and a photo shoot today, I think" i grab my text book and drop it on the table. science first. don't we all just love science at 8:30 in the morning? to make things worse, it's physics. harpers school doesn't even start until 9:00 she's probably still in bed. i feel really bad that im not with her and we're not starting out new school together.
millie comes dashing through the door and straight over to me, throwing her arms around my shoulders, placing her head on top of mine.
"are you okay?" she's asks concerned as I spot Sadie following after, holding both hers and millies bag.
"i did tell her not to do that River" she laughs and shakes her head as they both take a seat on the desks either side of me. i smile warmly at them both.
"science first?" sadie groans
"better than maths sads" millie points out, plonking her bag on the floor next to mine.
"yeah I suppose"
loud chattering is heard and our heads turn to find, gaten, caleb and Noah. oh and finn. they're all laughing loudly at something. i make eye contact with Finn and his smile fades, he looks...sorry. no, stop.
"boys boys boys! shhh Caleb put your gum in the bin-Noah put the fidget spinner away!"
she calls them but they're all really hyper
"SPIN IN HELL" finn yells and everyone laughs, i struggle to contain myself and join in laughing. he smiles and winks at me, pleased with his joke. i blush and look away
gaten and caleb saw and started making kissing sounds
"gaten! Caleb! Stop making inappropriate noises!"
we're all laughing hysterically at this point, tears streaming down noahs face.
"okay now we've got everything out of our systems," she watches finn, he looks up and realises, "phone away. let's start on page 353 okay?"
"im here everyone, you don't have to miss me anymore!" lola waltz's through the door and everyone groans ever so quietly. millie just rolls her eyes.
she takes her seat right next to finn. we make eye contact again but i break first.
suddenly i feel a piece of paper hit the back of my head. i turn my head and glare at lola, finn snorts but i don't understand what's so funny.
this time a piece of paper is thrown in front of me.
"Finn! stop throwing paper!" the teacher scolds him
"sorry" she says sheepishly, sinking back in his chair, his cheeks flooding scarlet.
i grin, and open the piece of paper.
meet me on the field at break?
-finn x
I smile slightly at the piece of paper, scrunch it back up and throw it in my bag. i watch the clock, the hands seem to be moving slower and slower the more I watch them. i can see why they say not to clock watch, it really does make time feel like it's going slow.
I take a sly glance at finn over my shoulder who was already looking. he smiles at me and my stomach flips. i do also see lola staring at finn, twirling her hair around her finger.
"okay! let's take a break, be back here in half hour okay?" she dismisses us and finn is the first one to leave the block, clearly in a rush.
i place all my books in my bag and go to leave but a body is blocking my way.
"hey you!" She digs her fingers in my arm.
"lola? river? I thought you were coming to hang with us?" Sadie calls over
"chill sink she'll be over in a sec" she rolls her eyes at Sadie, they stand over by the desk, getting their homework marked
"hey river, what did I tell you about finn?"
"what? i haven't spoke to him all morning" i protest.
"i saw you looking and giggling at his dumb joke" she grabs a handful of my jumper, pulling her face closer to mine.
"listen to me, i don't want you to even look at him again do you hear me? im serious kid" and then she throws me to the floor and I hit it with a hard thud that causes millie and Sadie to look over.
she crouches down by me, "there's plenty more where that came from if you want to keep playing this stupid game, believe me"
"what the hell lola!" millie comes running over pushing past lola who just glares down at me.
i meet her angry blue eyes with my calm grey ones.
"that was so mean lola!! you're older than us! you need to stop!! Do you know how ridiculous you look? You're just a bully!! NO ONE LIKES A BULLY" millie yells at her,
i wasn't expecting that, now I can see where ava gets her fiery spirit.
she just laughs horribly at millie, who is half her size. she grips her shirt.
"HEY" sadie shouts
"i try" she hisses and she smiles sweetly at millie "can I tell you what I don't like? short haired brunettes who think they know everything. BRATS. and you fall under both of those things. " and she throws her on the floor beside me, i see her clench her fists in anger
"millie its okay!" i pick myself up off the ground, i dust myself off. ouch my wrist really hurts, i rub it gently. i pull millie up, helping her brush off her bag.
"girls! what's going on?" our teacher comes running over , i see millie roll her eyes and I know exactly what she's thinking.
"i-i fell miss" sadie and millie both look at me shocked. confusion written all over their faces.
"oh dear, do you need first aid?"
"no no! im good" i lie. im not good, in fact I'm far from good. my chest is so tight I can barely breathe and i feel like im about to throw up. lola forces a smile at us and then leaves.
"fakest person award goes to, you got it, lola sharratt" millie mumbles under her breath.
i laugh and she grins at me.
"right run along then girls, you have 15 minuets"
we walk together, "hey mill? thanks for sticking up for me, is your head okay?"
she rubs it, "yeah it's okay just a bit stiff. she's absolutely horrid"
"you got that right" sadie sighs, "i think you should talk to Matt and Ross."
"no! we can't. she already hates me, and i couldn't forgive myself if I dragged millie into it too, today was just the taster mills, i don't want her to hurt you" if she upsets any of them, it'd be my fault and I can't have that.
we walk in silence,
shoot! i was supposed to meet finn!
"I'll be right back okay?" i call to them running up the hill.
as I get to the top of the field, i spot a familiar tall boy with messy hair, his hands stuffed in his trouser pockets. he's alone. not for long.
a blonde annoying girl runs over and ruffles his hair. he doesn't stop her. he doesn't swat her hand away.
"finnie" She coos
i don't catch his facial expressions but i feel like I know what they were.
it's like he senses im here. his head shoots to look at me but my reaction is slow and he smiles at me. lola huffs hurt and storms over to me.
"go on, I dare you" she hisses.
"river? Pretty good shade right?" his voice makes me jump slightly and i swallow nervously.
i don't answer him and he knows that I'm upset.
he sighs sadly, "river, the live it-"
i lost it, i can't stand anymore of his lying to me
"save it finn. ive seen enough" i say sharply.
"no you've seen wrong. that's the thing river. what nick did was a jerky move, i don't understand why he said that honest" i hear the hurt in his voice
"Finn. why are you lying to me?! i saw that just on the field, 'finnie'? Really?? do you take me for a fool? i can't with you finn" i loose control of my mouth, "you know how horrid she was to millie? no you don't because you're to busy in your damn love life you have no care for your friends" he face becomes more hurt by my words but I can't seem to stop myself.
"you know, i really liked you finn. i really did. and I thought you liked me back. but it turns out your just as suckish as half the boys out there. but im not going to play this little game you have going on. you won okay? you won this stupid game. i hope you're happy wolfhard."
silence. i realise im practically sobbing at this point, tears falling uncontrollably as i stare at his beautifully freckled face.
i turn to walk off before he grabs my wrist. i wince.
"im so-sorry, i didn't mean to hurt you i just didn't want you to leave, what did you do?" he asked, his voice trembling and i see that he's dangerously close to tears.
"nothing, i tripped" i don't want him to feel sorry for me, i snatch my hand back.
i speed walk off before he spins me round. his face extremely close to mine. he closes the gap and my stomach flips. thousands of fireworks explode in my mind. i get goosebumps from his hands holding mine.
he looks me straight in eyes.
"river...i would never ever hurt you. lola, lola and i were never as close as anyone has made you think. we're not even friends. i really like you too, i like you so much it might even be love."
and with those words, he made my legs weak and my heart flutter.
~word count 1754~
woah...what? this is probably the longest chapter I've wrote, a whole rollercoaster of emotions for river and finn. do you think lola will find out? as always, i hope you're enjoying☺️
over and out,
-L💛
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Action"i love you finn" ____ river has a part in stranger things 3 but she falls for the heartthrob, she doesn't know how she's feeling, but she knows that whatever she does, it's always the right thing. {COMPLETED}
