Beating the Odds *Fillie Fic*

SAG Awards

Night of the Pre-SAG party:

Millie looks down at her phone lethargically looking at a conversation she was having with a person she has slowly fallen out touch with. She shuts her phone and blows out a huff of air she didn't realize she was holding.

She smiled thinking back to about an hour ago as her make up and hair team of Blake and Tom were steadily going to work on her prepping her for the Pre-SAG party she was on the way too. She couldn't wait to see everyone there. Her mind wanders to a certain dark curly haired boy and was hoping that he was coming so that she could talk to him. She still felt guilty because she still hadn't had a talk with a certain person about where they stand which makes her very nervous about tonight. She decides to take out her phone and shoot a text to her best friend.

Mills: Hey Schnapper!!

Schnapps: Millster!! What's up!?

Mills: On my way to the party are you there yet?

Schnapps: Yeah Im hanging out with Gaten, Caleb and Sadie.

Mills: Finn isn't there?

Schnapps: No unfortunately, he told Caleb that he wasn't going to be able to make it this weekend due to coming down with the Flu at one of his shows he did...

As Millie read that last message her heart dropped and visibly saddened as she sat in the back seat of the SUV driving her to the party. She kept rereading the message hoping she had missed something and that Noah didn't mean what he said when another message came in.

Jacob: Hey Millie is everything ok? You have been kind of different lately.

She looked at that message with clear disgust creeping onto her face. How dare he tell me I've changed... I am a teenage girl of course I'm going through changes. She decides not to text him back deciding later would be a better time to talk to him. She rested her head on the seatback doing her best not to mess up her hair as she closed her eyes and drifted off into a quick nap before the party.

Pre-SAG Party:

Noah, Gaten, Caleb and Sadie were all hanging out at one of the tables enjoying each other's company. They had just gotten done taking to David Harbour, Winona, Joe, Natalia, and the Duffers and wanted Millie to get there so at least their group could be almost complete.

"Has anyone checked on Finn lately"? Noah asked knowing that was going to be the first question Millie asked when she walked into the door.

'Yeah, I spoke with him about 20 minutes ago, apparently he has been eating a lot of chicken noodle soup and watching TV." Caleb laughed more to himself than to anyone. Caleb knew that when they all individually got sick they were all drama queens including himself, everyone except Finn actually.

"I feel bad, I know that he really wanted to come to this award show, but he looked terrible at the globes due to his anxiety so its probably for the best that he sits this one out with being sick and all" Gaten sounded in from the far end of the table, running a hand through his hair just like Joe would do with his.

"Dude I still can't believe you had your stylist straighten your hair" Sadie laughed, erupting Noah and Caleb into laughter as well. Gaten looked down at his feet with is cheeks turning slightly red.

"Hey, I just wanted to know what I would look like with straight hair ok"? Gaten replied a little self-consciously.

"Honestly it doesn't look bad Gaten, but I don't know if you want to go through the struggle of getting that straightened every day" Noah chimed in breaking off from the laughter.