serendipity { fillie }

chapter eleven

merry christmas to everyone who celebrates it !! 💞

"One mozzarella pizza please" Finn said through his
phone. "Yeah that will be all thank you" he says before he hangs up the phone. Finn walks over to me and sits next to me. "Do you want to show me what you have done for the project so far?" He asks smiling down at me.

It was nice talking to him instead of yelling at him. I returned the smile and got my drawings out of my purse. "Here, I made some cartoons" I say. His eyes ghost over the piece of paper. "These are really good" he says smiling at the paper then back at me. His compliment makes my cheeks turn bright red.

"T-thank you" I stutter blushing. My gaze turns to the tv. Finn follows my gaze and speaks up. "Do you want to watch a movie?" He offers. I look back at him. "N-no, we still have to work on the project" I say, knowing that we still have enough time left to work on it but not wanting to watch a movie with him.

It would just be awkward you know? Whenever I watch a movie with Sadie it's fun. We just sit on the couch, close to each other and eat popcorn. But I think that if I would watch a movie with Finn I would get uncomfortable quickly. "Come on, we have to turn in the project like next Friday. We have enough time" he assures me. "Plus we have a day off tomorrow, all the teachers have a congress or something. So we could meet again tomorrow to work on it" he tells me.

I was planning on studying tomorrow. I think about it for a second. Meeting up with Finn would kind of be like studying. "Okay, fine" I say. He smiles at me and turns on the tv. "Got one in mind?" Finn asks, referring to the movie. "Nope, surprise me" I say with a goofy smile. He looks down at me with an expression I can't explain.

When he realized that he was staring he speaks up. "If you want anything to drink you can get it from the fridge. And you're not allowed to get water" he says, remembering our conversation from a couple weeks ago. "Uhm, do you have chocolate milk?" I ask shyly. He looks down at me and laughs. "You want chocolate milk?" He asks.

I look down at my hands ashamed. "You said I wasn't allowed to pick water" I mumble quietly. He notices my change of expression and lifts up my face with his finger. "Chocolate milk it is" he smiles. He gets up and walks to the kitchen. Meanwhile I grab his remote and start scrolling through Netflix.

I assumed he wouldn't like a chick flick so I looked at horror movies. Honestly I don't know why I even clicked on it since I get scared of the smallest things. Finn comes back with a mug filled with hot chocolate milk. "Thank you" I smile at him. He sits down next to me and looks at the screen.

"Horror movies? Huh, I assumed you were the Disney type of girl" he says. I smile a little. "I am, I just figured that you would like something else" I admit. "Well I do like horror movies but if you want to watch Disney that's fine too" he says. "Have you seen IT yet? It's a really good movie and I can tell you when scary parts come so you can close your eyes" he offers.

"No, I haven't seen it yet but I heard it's really scary" I answer. "I'll protect you" Finn says, not knowing what he said until the words left his mouth. Before he could worry more about what he just said the bell rang. "That must be the pizza" Finn says, standing up.

He answers the door and give the delivery guy money. He carries the pizza and sits back next to me. I look at him confused for a second. "We're going to eat on the couch?" I ask. He laughs at me. "Yes, princess we are" he says. My heart melts a little at the nickname.

I don't understand our situation. We go from strangers, to hating each other, to kissing each other, to - again - hating each other, to being friends. Friends who call the other princess and protect each other. It probably didn't mean anything to him I think to myself.

"I'm never allowed to eat on the couch at home" I tell him. "Well sweets, you're not at home" he says. I think about the time. My dad is probably wondering where I am, since I stay away this long. "My dad is probably wondering where I am" I say getting up, but Finn stops me by grabbing my hand. "I'm not letting you leave in this weather" he says, reminding me that it's pouring outside.

I smile at him. I liked that he was worried. He probably wasn't that worried, but still. The little things matter. "Okay, I'll stay" I say, sitting back down. "Here" Finn says, passing me a slice of pizza. "Thank you" I thank him. "So, are we going to watch IT? If you get too scared I'll turn it off okay?" He offers. I smile. "Okay" I say casually.

He turns on the movie as we eat pizza and I drink my chocolate milk. It went on like that for about thirty minutes until a really scary part came up. Because of the jump scare and a thunder outside I jumped up and buried my face in Finn's neck. When I realized what I did I expected him to push me off of him but instead he wrapped his arms around me.

I held my arms tightly around his chest as we continued to watch the movie. As further we got into the movie the worse the weather got. "Finn?" I ask. "Yes?" He responds. "I should call my dad to pick me up, I don't think I can drive home in this weather" I tell him honestly. "You can stay here" he whispers, looking me in the eye. I look at him shocked.

"N-no my dad would never allow me to do that" I say. I don't think I told my dad who's house I went to, just that I had to work on a project with a classmate. "It would be dangerous for the both of you to drive home. Just stay here, I'll sleep on the couch you'll sleep in my bed" he offers. I think about it. I could easily tell my dad that I'm staying with Sadie or something, but I would feel bad for lying.

Finn is right tho, it would be dangerous for me or my dad to drive. "I don't have anything to sleep in" I say. "You can wear one of my shirts" he responds. I think of another excuse. "It's Monday" I say. "We don't have school tomorrow remember?" He responds. "Thunder scares me and I don't have my teddy bear with me" I say without thinking. Oh my god. Why the hell did I tell him that. If he didn't think I was a geek before he does now.

He smiles at me. "I'll be your teddy bear" he says. "I mean only if you want me too" he says stuttering a little. He looked adorable with a slight shade of pink on his cheeks. "I would love that" I say laughing a little.

I called my dad and he said it was okay and told me goodnight. I walk back to the couch, sit next to Finn and yawn. "Are you tired? We can go upstairs right now if you want to" he offers. I think for a minute. The thought of sleeping in the same bed a Finn made me a bit nervous. I don't really know why, but I just don't know him that well. I shake my thoughts away and respond.

"Yes, let's go" I say standing up. He gets up and walks up the stairs. We walk through the small hall and enter a room. I looked around and it seemed nothing but a normal room. He had black sheets and gray walls. Finn walked towards a closet and pulled out a black sweater. "It's probably going to be big on you so you don't have to wear your jeans underneath" he says, passing me the shirt.

"Thank you" I say as I grab it from him. "Where can I change?" I ask. He opens a door on the left side of the room, revealing a bathroom. It was filled with a bathtub, shower, sink and a toilet. "Here you go" he says, turning on the light of the bathroom. "Thank you" I say as I walk inside and close the door behind me.

I strip down into my underwear and put on the sweater. It was big on me, just like he said it would be. The sweater stopped mid-thigh and the sleeves covered up my hands. I grab my clothes and push the door back open. "Where do I put my clothes?" I ask Finn , who was seated in his bed. "Just lay them in the floor" he responds.

I do as he says and look back up at him, only to find him staring at me. I
immediately feel insecure and try to cover up my body. "Don't" Finn says. "You're beautiful" he continues. I turn bright red at his comment. I slowly walk over to his bed and lay down as far away from him as possible. Suddenly a loud bang came from outside, making me jump a bit.

"Come here" Finn says as he pulls me against his body. I felt safe in his arms. Protected to be exact. I enjoyed the feeling of his body against mine and fell asleep.