Paperboy | Fillie

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When I got home Sadie was waiting on the porch for me.

"Hey, you hadn't messaged me back."

I nodded and put my bike in the garage before having her follow me up to my room. She sat comfortably in the chair at my desk while I sat on my bed.

"I was delivering my papers."

Sadie shook her head.

"It doesn't take you that long. I'm not dumb, don't lie to me Finn."

I sighed.

"I was delivering them...But I stopped to talk to Millie."

"The girl Noah hit you over?"

I nodded and sighed.

"What the hell Finn? Are you trying to get hit again?"

I knew Sadie was just worried. She always was when it came to me. After Iris her worry only doubled for me. I know she meant well and just cared a lot, but sometimes I felt suffocated by her.

"I told her about Iris."

I did it again, and cursed myself for not being able to keep my mouth shut. This made the redhead's eyes widen. She got up and sat next to me on the bed.

"Are you okay?"

I shrugged, not knowing how I felt exactly. It felt good to get it off my chest, but it also felt like I was giving away a piece of Iris. I don't even think that made sense.

"What did she say?"

"She didn't say a lot. Which was good I think. I didn't want her pity."

Sadie nodded.

"What about Noah?"

I shrugged again. I didn't really want to talk about him. Millie said not to worry about it and I trusted her.

"Millie said she'd talk to him. I've been talking to her for the past three weekends though, and I really want to be her friend. I like her."

Sadie nodded and took in this information. She looked like she was thinking. I knew she was worried, she was never very good at hiding her feelings.

"You mean you like her, like her?"

My eyes widened and I shook my head.

"No! I like her as a person. As Millie. As a friend."

Sadie nodded, muttering a small "sorry" under her breath.

"Her name sounds familiar...But I don't know from where. Maybe I heard it or read about it?"

The redhead seemed like she was really thinking hard.

"I don't know but she's cool. She's outgoing and she doesn't wear shoes and almost always wears dresses. Sometimes she wears bright colored lipstick that only she could pull off. She sits in the tree with the stars and her hair is shorter than mine. She's kind of weird and says some random things sometimes but I listen cause they're usually really interesting."

Sadie shook her head and stopped me before I could talk anymore.

"She doesn't wear shoes? The tree with the stars? Are you sure she's real?"

I got defensive quickly despite knowing Sadie was joking.

"If course she's real! She's short, nice, and she calmed me down today when I started talking about Iris."

Sadie bit her lip and nodded, muttering a small apology for offending me.

"You're sure about her? She's trustworthy and all that?"