𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐀 𝐅𝐀𝐍 | finn wolfhard

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「𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲-𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫:
ᴀʀɢᴜᴍᴇɴᴛꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴘᴏʟᴏɢɪᴇꜱ 」

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As I walked down the street, the fight was playing over and over in my head.

"This is so stupid."

"You're just mad because I'm not friends with you."

"You can't take anything seriously, can you?!"

I felt my eyes begin to water.

"Is it really that hard to just forget the past and get along?!"

"If you didn't want to fight, then why are you egging him on?!"

A tear leaked down my cheek.

"This is all your fault. My best friend is mad at me and it's your fucking fault!"

Tears began spilling wildly. I sniffed and tried to hide my tears. My eyes continued to flood. I dragged my hand across my eyes in a pitiful attempt to hide my sadness.

But I kept seeing Noah's face and hearing his voice.

"You didn't have to instantly act like a bitch just because he was there!"

The tears began spilling faster and faster. I clasped my hands to my ears and let out a harsh sob.

"Tired of you not paying attention to me when I've been trying to tell you that I think I like you as more than a friend!"

I shook my head madly but the voices continued. I fell to my knees and let the tears take over. I pressed my hands harder against my head. "Get out of my head..."

"But that doesn't matter anymore, does it?!"

I couldn't take it anymore. I started shaking and my fists slammed into the cement "Get out of my head. Get out of my head! GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!"

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People were looking at me weirdly as I stumbled home, cheeks puffy and eyes red and streaming. My hands were scraped.

But I couldn't care any less.

'My best friend is mad at me. My best friend is mad at me and it's my fault. Finn was right.'

At last I arrived at the cast house, a fancy beach house overlooking the Santa Monica ocean.

Noah, Iris and the others would be here soon. But oh well. I could avoid Noah and just be with Iris.

I was the only person at the house, until the front door opened and in came the two people themselves.

Noah glanced at me blankly and walked away. However, Iris saw me and rushed towards me. She grabbed me by the shoulders. "Y/n are you okay?!"

I nodded. But suddenly the tears came again. I wrapped my arms around her and cried against her shoulder.

Iris grabbed my arm and took me to our shared room. "Y/n, you poor thing... I'm not exactly sure what happened, but I wanted to tell you that the Stranger Things cast is here for one more week, and tomorrow there's a beach party and the entire cast will be there. I know Finn will come, but... please go?"

I felt a wave of anger. "My day got screwed up because of Finn, and now you want me to go to a party with him?!"

"Not with him, but-"

"No! I dont want to get in another pointless fight! Noah already hates me after today. I don't want to mess up any more friendships, " I snapped, grabbing clothes from my bag and storming into the bathroom to change.

By the time I came out, Iris was already in bed half asleep.

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THE NEXT DAY
October 15th 2021

I woke up to the smell of bacon frying and a missing Iris.

I dragged myself out of bed and down the hall to find Noah at the stove, flipping bacon.

Uh oh.

Noah only cooks on his own when he's angry.

I awkwardly made my way to the table. "Heyyyy..,"

He rather aggressively flipped a peice of bacon before setting down the spatula and turning towards me. "Hi."

"So...," I drew circles on the table with my finger. "Can we talk?"

"What is there to talk about?" Noah asked, rolling his eyes.

"Oh, I don't know. You kind of told me you had a crush on me before leaving me to believe we were over. I cried for a very long time, you know. And now Iris is mad at me too!" I snapped.

Noah scoffed and turned back to the bacon. "Sounds like a personal problem."

I stood up, shoving my chair aside. "Noah..." I walked over to him, grabbed his shoulders, and turned him to face me. "Noah, you're my best friend! So I'm going to put my hurt aside and try to figure this out, okay? Look, I'm sorry I hurt you yesterday. I really care about you and I'd never hurt you on purpose. But I just don't get along with Finn. And yes, maybe I'm stuck on the past... it's just, every time I look at him, I see him as a jerk. So please just tell me... why did you get so mad yesterday?"

Noah set down his spatula and sighed. "You were so busy arguing with Finn that you didn't notice me trying to hang out with you... it made me feel so insignificant. And I wanted to be with you and make you happy but I couldn't and - and it was stressing me out! And then you both started arguing and I hate to see two of my close friends arguing, and I hated to see you hurt by him so I'm sorry I reacted the way I did...," he looked away and sighed. "But I'm not sorry for this."

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A/n: this chapter is so short ughhhhh... but at least the book is finally getting more interesting ig

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