𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐌

2.6

The heavy rain patted against the window of my car as I drove home. Amelia was in her car seat, in the back playing with one of her stuffed animals she brought with her to Finns soccer game. The rain was putting a real depressed vibe on the mood. It gave me flashbacks of the whole thing at the party and I had no idea why.

I tried to put the thought to the back of my head, because I didn't want to cry in front of Amelia. She doesn't deserve to see me upset. I pulled up in the driveway, then got out of the car and picked Amelia up. I locked it, then quickly unlocked the front door and we got inside, in the warmth.

Amelia immediately ran away, to the living room where some of her toys were. I walked into the kitchen to make her dinner. I decided that she can have chicken nuggets. I put them in the oven, along with some fries. That is her favourite meal. After they were done, I put them on a plate and put it on the kitchen table.

"Lia, dinners ready." I shouted, she walked through and sat down.

"Can I have ketchup?" She asked, I nodded and got her the ketchup.

It was raining really badly now. I decided to go outside and get Amelia's flower buckets in. The rain would drown them, and I didn't want that to happen, she worked hard on planting those. Once I got the flower pots, I was about to close the door, until I seen Iris Apatow.

She was wearing only a white sweater and a pleated skirt with her boots. She looked freezing. She was all wet, I kind of felt bad for her.

"Iris!!" I shouted her, she turned around and looked at me, even in the rain I could tell she was really upset about something, and I hate seeing people upset. "Come over here!"

She walked up to me and I let her come inside of the house. I got her a towel and she dried her hair off with it, then dried her face. She gave me a little smile.

"What are you doing out in the rain?" I asked, more drops of water went down her face. But this time it wasn't from the rain, it was from her eyes.

"M-my dad. He called me a slut and k-kicked me out." She cried, causing me to hug her.

"Do you not have anywhere to go?" I asked her, she shook her head no.

"None of my friends would let me stay at their house." She said, I frowned.

"You can stay here. I have a spare room." I offered, she gave me a smile.

"Are you sure? You don't have to do that, I have been horrible to you all of this time. I don't deserve your kindness." She said.

"Nobody deserves to be out in the cold. Besides, the hate doesn't bother me, you can go shower if you'd like. I'll get you some clothes." I said, she nodded and gave me a hug.

"I'm sorry, for everything Millie. You're actually a really nice person. I shouldn't have judged you so soon." She said, I smiled.

"You're forgiven." I said. She gave me one last smile before walking up the stairs to shower.

Once Amelia finished her dinner, I washed the pots and turned on the TV for her. She sat and watched Dora the explorer. I walked upstairs into my room and pulled out a pair of my Nike athletic shorts and an oversized blue shirt which had an adidas logo on it. I pulled out some fluffy socks too, then I walked in the guest room and put them on the bed for Iris.

I knocked on the bathroom door and told her where the clothes are, she yelled a 'thank you!'. I told her she was welcome, and walked downstairs to sit with Amelia.

"Is Finnie coming over?" She asked.

"I think so, but later." I said with a smile, she nodded.

"I like it when Finn comes over, he's fun." She said, I agreed with her.

The living room door opened, revealing Iris. Amelia gasped, looking at Iris' pink hair, causing Iris to smile.

"I want pink hair like you!" Amelia said, Iris laughed.

"You don't. It ruins your hair, you already have beautiful hair so you don't need any other colour." Iris said, then sat next to me.

"Thank you!" Amelia said, Iris smiled at her.

We all sat and watched TV, I turned it to Greys anatomy once I took Amelia to bed, she had a long day and was really tired, she wanted to go to bed early which was surprising. It also turned out Iris and I actually had a lot in common. We were both obsessed with greys anatomy and Riverdale.

I heard a knock on the door, iris' eyes went wide. I put my hand on her knee, reassuring her it was okay.

"It's okay, it's probably just Finn." I said, she nodded.

"Okay, good. I need to apologise to him too." She said, I smiled at her.

I walked through the living room and to the front door where Finn was stood. I greeted him with a kiss on the cheek.

"Iris is here, it's a long story. But be nice to her please." I said, his eyebrows furrowed.

"Iris as in Iris Apatow?" He asked, I nodded. "Wow, never in my life did I think that you'd be friends with Iris Apatow."

"Her dad kicked her out, she had nowhere else to go so I let her stay here." I said.

"That's kind of you." He said, I smiled at him.

We walked into the room and sat on the sofa. Iris cleared her throat before she started speaking.

"I'm sorry for everything I did to you, to the both of you. I have been an obnoxious bitch these past few years. I think I was just jealous because you had people to love you and I have nobody. My father is an asshole to me, so the way I got over it was to be an asshole to others. I shouldn't have done it, or thought that was the way to resolve the situation. I hope we can be friends." She said, Finn and I both looked at each other and nodded.

"Okay, Iris. We can be friends, as long as you don't disrespect anybody else either." Finn said, Iris immediately nodded.

"Yeah, same goes." I said, she smiled widely.

"Thank you both, so much. It means a lot to me. You took me in when not even my own friends or family would. You deserve a lot of happiness. You're good together." She said, still keeping her smile which actually looked genuine.

"Thanks." Finn said. "But I haven't asked her to be my girlfriend yet."

"Oh hunny, you need to. Millie is beautiful, you're a good looking boy. You're both kind people and you need each other. Don't mess about Finn, ask her!" Iris said, causing us both to laugh.

"Soon, very soon." Finn said, causing me to blush.