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natalia

"WAIT, YOU WERE IN A GANG?"

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"Finn?" Millie pops her head into the shed door, her eyes alarmed. Finn doesn't hear her as gaten was explaining to him what M&M's were. She was glad that they were both getting along and restoring their friendship, but this was more important right now than candy.

She clears her throat loudly, "Guys! Someone named Natalia is asking for Finn." She says, causing Finn to jump up in surprise.

He walks over to the door, peeking his head out. Natalia smiles and sees him, waving, he waves back before popping his head back inside. Millie sighs and runs a hand down her face.

"That's her right? I just wanted to make sure, she wanted to talk to you." Millie mutters, looking up at Finn. He nods and takes a deep breath before walking out the shed door, he released his inner poker face and walked up to the gate with a cool aura.

"What are you doing here? How did you find me?" He asks, suddenly pulling her into a tight hug. She squeezes back with equal excitement before pulling away.

"What? I don't get a 'hi Natalia how are you?'" She jokes, chucking to herself. Although, Finn didn't laugh, nor did he even move a muscle.

"You shouldn't be here, Darce told me that he had you." Finn explains, crossing his arms and looking around suspiciously as if someone was listening. He was worried to say the least.

Natalia sighs, "I know, he only said that to get you to meet him. I left, now Dacre is ordering them to find me or some shit. Can you believe this?" She explains with worry and a little bit of annoyance lacing her voice heavily. Finn nods in understanding, then a sympathetic feeling washes over him.

"Charlie?" He asks, Natalia avoids his eyes and looks down at her fingers that rested on the gate.

"He's gone. He helped me escape...he- he covered for me and Dacre- he just wouldn't have it. So, he gone. It's just joe." She says, tears jerking at her eyes as she frowned deeply.

She feels a soft hand go to her shoulder for support.

"Gone?" Finn asks innocently, confused as it what she meant by gone. Surely Charlie was just hiding or something.

She nods, wiping a tear away before sniffling.

"Yeah, forever." Natalia whispers under her breath before looking back up to see Finn. His head was hanging low as he just sighed, now understanding what she had meant.

He didn't mean to pry her, she knew that.

"Why are you here? With these people?" She suddenly asks, changing the subject. He understood that she didn't want to talk about what happened anymore so he let it be.

"They helped me hide. And- I actually know them. Before the gang." Finn says with a nod, a small smile tugged at his lips as he looked back to see Millie standing outside with a smile on her face. She gave him a little wave and he smiled at her.

"Who's that?"

"Millie. She's nice." He answers meekly, turning back to meet Natalia's eyes.

She saw the glint in his eyes, a familiar one at that. Instead of asking him anything, she just nods with a small smirk on her lips, she had that knowing look.

There was a small pause before she spoke up,

"Can I meet them?" She asks gently, Finn freezes and slowly nods, his hand going to unlatch the gate.

He invites Natalia in and they take their time to walk to the shed. Finn just stares at Millie, he could tell she was getting nervous with every step he took.

"Hey, Finn told me your name is Millie?" Natalia asks politely, holding her hand out.

Millie obliges and shakes her hand, nodding shyly.

They all went inside the shed and Natalia was introduced to gaten, the only person she hasn't met is Caleb. They all seemed like nice kids to her, she wouldn't doubt Caleb wouldn't be the same.

"So, have you told them?" Natalia suddenly asks Finn in a hushed voice, Finn furrows his eyebrows before raising them and nodding quickly.

"Only Millie." He says, Natalia nods and turns back to their friends with a sigh before looking back at Finn with a worried glance.

"Do you think we should tell all of them?" She asks, trying to be as quiet as she could. Millie and gaten were just having a conversation to the side, not really paying attention.

Finn takes a minute, resting his hand under his chin. Then he makes his decision.

"They could help."

"Okay, so it's settled. I'll tell them if you don't want to."

"Please." Is all Finn says before looking to his friends, Natalia cleated her throat, getting their attention instantly.

Before she could say a word, Caleb bursts through the door, causing everyone to jump. He pauses and realizes there is a guest so he freezes.

"Oh, hi. I didn't know we were inviting guests." Caleb says with wide eyes as he gives Millie a questioning look mixed with confusion. She rolls her eyes and crosses her arms before sighing.

"Caleb, Natalia, Natalia, Caleb. Natalia is one of Finns friends." Millie says quickly, introducing them and getting non with it.

Caleb sighs in relief, "Thank god, I thought it was social services or something." He mutters, throwing a plastic bag he was carrying on the couch and walking around to greet everyone.

"So you're Caleb?" Natalia asks curiously, looking up at the dark skinned boy.

He smiles sweetly, "Yes ma'am."

Natalia nods and looks to Finn before looking at all of his friends he's made. She's glad he has more than one person to look after him, that one person being her.

"Dacre, he's coming for me and Finn. He's the leader of the gang that we used to be in but I helped Finn escape and I was thrown out. All of you need to help us so we can stop Dacre from doing anything further, he's already killed one of our own." Natalia explains, a worried expression spread across her features as she fiddled with her fingers.

Millie's eyebrows furrow as she looks down, trying to come up with something.

The boys were just confused since they didn't know of any of this stuff.

"Wait, you were in a gang?" Gaten asks confusedly, leaning on the coffee table beside Caleb. Finn nods and looks down at his hand, an imprinted symbol on his palm.

It was the smallest imprint, no one could see it. Millie hasn't even noticed it.

He was ashamed to admit that he was in a gang. Although, he had no other choice. He was only five.

"How the hell are we supposed to even help you? We're just teens, no one takes us seriously." Caleb mutters, crossing his arms and looking down with a sad frown.

He wanted to help Finn, he really did, but he didn't know how.

"We'll come up with a plan, for right now, we all just need some sleep. Yelling and arguing isn't going to do us any good." Millie states, standing up from the couch and looking down at everyone.

There was the thick sound of silence that filled the room, everyone was just so exhausted and tired.

They all knew Millie was right.

"Okay, I'm going back home. I guess I'll see you guys tomorrow." Gaten mumbles and grabs his backpack before walking out of the shed without another word.

They all watch him go out, Caleb turns to Natalia.

"You can stay here for the night. I'll go grab some extra pillows." He says before leaving the three alone in the shed.

Everyone was still quiet.

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A/N
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Natalia is back again boi

Double update so hey❤️