Bottled Up // Finn Wolfhard book 2

IV

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also this gif is SBKDFIVIOUSVOIU! 

YOUR POV

I set a single foot on the red carpet and as soon as I did, more shouting followed from the hundreds of reporters and photographers behind the velvet.

"Y/N! Y/N! OVER HERE" "Y/N Y/L/N who are you wearing tonight?" "can you do a spin Y/N!" 

Hundreds of voices shouted in my direction and I forced a smile onto my lips as I ignored the commands of all the photographers and walked further down the carpet as my heavy skirt bounced slightly.

my gaze travelled to the stairs which were about 20 meters from me now, and I spotted Sophia, Jack and Jaeden posing as a group for the camera's.

My breath hitched in my throat, this was the first time I'd seen the boys in four years, they probably hate me for ignoring everyone and everything except Eli and my career. 

I heaved a great sigh, grabbing my skirt in my fists and striding toward the stairs to get out of the attention filled situation. That's when I spotted Jonathan standing behind the flashy camera waving for me to come over. 

I grinned through my frustration and marched over to my manager "you've got to pose for the camera's Y/N!" he hissed "you could do with the publicity".

I nodded and rolled my eyes before taking my place on the carpet once again and continuing my walk, slower this time as I edged closer to the stairs which Sophia and the two boys were now climbing. 

"almost there" I sighed through my gritted teeth which were spread into the forced smile. 

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I took a seat around the circle shaped table behind my name tag and took a quick glance at the other names to figure out who were my company for the next long hours

My eyes widened in horror as I read each name Sophia and Wyatt were on either side of me then Jack, Jeremy, Chosen and Jaeden. 

"of course I was seated with the fucking Losers Club" I whispered to myself anger coating my words "hey, is that such a bad thing?" a male voice came from behind me, my head spun around to reveal Wyatt grinning like an idiot 

"oh! uh Wyatt I didn't- I'm-"  "hey hey, it's okay I'm not offended Y/N, I just can't believe I'm seeing you after all this time" he shook his head, holding up his hands at the same time. 

His words sounded so smooth and comforting, warm ... yet foreign. 

"can I, can I hug you?" he asked quieter than before, of course he's going to treat me like I'm as fragile as a glass feather but I didn't bring up my frustration and instead held out my arms as the tall boy walked toward me. 

We stayed like that for a moment before someone cleared their throat and I opened my eyes to see the rest of the cast standing there grinning ... everyone except him

"Hi" I muttered looking at my toes and Wyatt pulled back from the embrace "I- where do we start" Wyatt giggled slightly running his hand through his hair 

"how about we just start again" I suggested making the others frown and throw questioning looks back and forth between them, before I stretch out my hand "hi I'm Y/N" 

none of them moved, still trying to understand what I was doing "Hi Y/N, I'm Chosen" the older boy smiled taking my hand in his and shaking it softly.

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After an hour of laughter and catching up I still had a question in the back of my mind that had been gnawing away at me every since I saw Sophia, Jaden and Jack on the carpet "hey guys...umm where is Finn?"

They all stopped chatting and giggling and just smiled, and then as if they were one, all their heads turned toward a table across the room.

There we was. Finn, laughing, causing his curly locks to bounce just as they used to. 

"are you gonna go talk to him?" Sophia's soft voice broke the awkward silence among our small group "n-no I was just wondering" I muttered looking at my lap, "why not? I think he would like that" Jack smirked and winked at me causing my eyes to roll again 

"who's he sitting with?" "oh that there is Millie, Gaten, Sadie and Caleb AKA the OG stranger things kids" Jeremy explained pointing to each person as he stated their names, I nodded in response before taking another spoonful of the awfully fancy soup set in front of me. 

"those girls sure are pretty" I mumbled into my chest making Sophia laugh from next to me "yeah, but none of them are models" she pointed out causing the rest of the group to join the chuckle which was no stranger to our table. 

The Jazz band music played louder from the other side of the room and all the guests in their extremely overpriced outfits started raising their expensive glasses and clapping along to the beat. 

that's when I caught Finns glance, his eyes widened for a moment before I looked away - forcing my attention to the musicians. 

"go talk to him" hissed Sophia as she clapped "no" I mumbled back making the red head roll her eyes in my direction and smirking slightly, obviously catching sight of Finn staring in our direction.

FINN POVS

"go talk to her prince charming" Millie grinned, following my gaze but I just shook my head "I can't, she has a boyfriend now" "and? that doesn't matter...unless, you Mr. Wolfhard are still in love with her" "I never said I was in love with her?" I protested  but Millie just looked away and smiled to herself

"you didn't need to"