dazed cafe | fillie

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"finn."

"yes, my love?" finn smiles pulling me into his chest.

"I don't want to go home. I'm afraid, what if I go home and I see my dad there?"

"Millie, I promise you your father will not lay another finger on you or your mother or anyone, I promise." He smiles.

I smile and nod. I get up and go to the bathroom and get ready. I change into some shorts and one of Finn's hoodies.

They smell like him, and I love it.

"Finn, I want to see my mom." I tell him climbing back into his bed.

"Yeah, I think you should. I mean she's probably scared to death worrying about you."

I nod and get up. I put on my shoes and Finn does the same.

"Ready to go?" He asks and I nod.

In the car it was pretty quiet so I break the silence.

"Babe, I need to tell you something." I say and Finn blushes at the small pet name I said.

"It's about my dad, he used to hit me and my mom when I was younger. A few nights ago, that wasn't the first."

Finn immediately pulls over and hugs me almost crushing my ribs.

"Why didn't you ever tell me? He would've been gone long ago?" Finn pulls away.

"I don't know, I didn't want you to worry, or get hurt." I say and nods.

"Finn?" He looks up at me.

"Why didn't you tell me the real reason why you moved here?"

"W-what?" His voice cracks.

"Finn, I would never judge you, I'm so sorry. You don't deserve to go through that."

"And neither do you." He says

I smile and squeeze his hand.

"I guess we both have some pretty fucked up dads don't we?" I say.

"I'll never be like our fathers, and I'll prove it to you one day." He says kissing my cheek.

I chuckle and he begins to drive again.

—

I slowly turn the key and open the door.

"Mom? Are you here?" I call out.

"Millie?" I see my mom come out of the hallway. Her face is full of scratches and bruises.

"Did dad do this to you?" I cup her face.

She shakes her head.

"Mom, don't lie to me."

"I-it's okay hunny." She says hugging me.

"Mom, this is not okay."

"Millie, he's gone. The cops came and took him."

"Wait really?" I smile.

She nods and shows half a smile. I squeeze her and rock us back and forth. "We're finally free mom." I whisper into her ear.

She pulls away and presses a kiss to my forehead.

"Who's this young boy?" She says looking over my shoulder.

"Mom, this is finn."

"Finn, this is my mom." I say and Finn puts his hand out to shake.

"Pleasure to meet you Mrs. Brown." Finn says shaking her hand.

"Oh please, call me Winona. And the pleasure is all mine." She smiles winking at me.

I facepalm and laugh.

Finn, my mom, and I spent the rest of the day talking and getting to know each other. My mom seems to really like him and I couldn't be happier.

—

Right now we were at this restaurant having dinner, Finn insisted his treat which I thought was adorable.

"Hey um, Winona, can I talk to you in private for a second?"

I look at him confused but he just smiles.

Finn

"Winona, I want to ask you something very important." I say nervously.

"Go ahead sweetie, don't be so nervous."

"Well, Okay. So I know I just met you today but I was wondering well.."

I pull out a velvet box with a sparkling silver ring.

"I got this recently and I know we're both still in high school, so we're obviously still young, but maybe in a few years.."

"I don't know.., can i marry your daughter?" I say nervously. My legs are like jello and I'm barely standing.

"Oh Finn, it's beautiful, of course you have my blessing! You make her very happy, just promise me you won't hurt her?"

"I won't Winona, I promise." I say shoving the box back into my pocket.

She smiles and we walk back to our table, to a very confused Millie.

"What was that about?" Millie questions grabbing my hand.

"Oh nothing, you'll find out one day." I smirk at her, smiling at Winona.

Millie looks at her mom and nods.