Kingdom Keepers: Once Upon a Dream

Chapter 6

A/N: It's time to learn a little bit more about Finn's life in the alternate universe, and to see some more Keeper action! Hope you enjoy! This was another favorite chapter of mine. 

˜

Finn walked into the kitchen to find his mother washing the dishes from dinner that night. He approached her sheepishly and placed more plates into the sink–he'd eaten in his room, which was typical of him since starting college. She flashed him a smile, but he could hear the quiet sigh as she turned back around.

"So uh, I'm gonna have some friends over in a little bit," he said. "If that's okay,"

"This late Finn?" his mother asked.

"We're just hanging out," he insisted. "We'll stay in my room and we won't be loud,"

His mother sighed.

"Who is it that's coming?" she asked. "Dillard?"

"No, not Dill," Finn sighed, using his best friend's nickname.

"Who's coming over if Dill's not coming over?" Finn turned to see that his little sister was sitting at the kitchen island, looking up from her phone to glare at him.

"I didn't think you had any other friends," she teased.

"Shut up, Katie!" he snapped. Her favorite activity had always been pissing him off.

"Hey," his mother yelled. "Don't talk to your sister like that!"

"Or is it Sally?" Katie continued. "God, I always thought it was bad enough dealing with you and Dillard every day, until Sally was coming around all the time,"

Finn lunged from the counter, but Mrs. Whitman put up a hand to stop him.

"Katherine," she snapped. "Why don't you go tidy up your room a bit?"

Katie sighed, but hopped of the chair and chewed her gum loudly as she walked past Finn.

"Don't keep me up," she teased. "I've gotta get my beauty sleep before Prom,"

"Just go do your chores," Finn snapped.

She made a motion to lunge at him before he stuck out his tongue, and she went on her way, snickering.

"So.....we're cool?" Finn asked, turning to his Mom.

"I don't know Finn, I don't know anything about them."

"They're just some people from school," Finn lied, knowing his Mother wouldn't be too keen on the idea of him hanging out with some random people he met at Disney Springs.

"What are their names?"

"Why does that matter Mom?" Finn sighed.

"Well excuse me if I want to know something about the people my son is inviting into my home,"

Finn sighed and went to the fridge to grab a bottle of water.

"Look Finn, I'm not trying to be pushy," his mother sighed, "I'm just...it's good to see you branching out your social circles,"

"Mom please," Finn sighed. He hated when his Mother went all philosophical on him. She liked to do it rather often.

"I'm just saying, you know I love Dillard, but it's good for you to have more than one friend,"

Finn clenched his eyes shut, not wanting to get into yet another argument about how his life was fine, and he was happy, and he didn't need more friends than Dillard, when the doorbell sounded from their front hallway.