Consequences | Nillie

Chapter 12 - Part 2 Noah

"Now lets have a calm discussion and figure this all out." Shawn said.

I'll skip over everything that follows. It's mostly lots of boring questions like "How long have you been dating?" and "Why didn't you tell us?"

A few minutes later, Millie was talking with Matt Ross and the Head Human Resources. Yup, you heard me right, we have to disclose our relationship to HR like we work in a freakin office building. Completely and utter bullshit. Basically Netflix makes us sign a form saying we won't let our relationship affect our work and if it does we will be held responsible.

While they were doing that, Shawn and I were having a much to personal conversation about how I was supposed to treat Millie and avoiding too much PDA and other stuff that I barely listened to. I felt like I was getting "the talk".

Eventually, I went over the edge when Shawn whispered to me, "Have you been using protection?" I immediately replied,

"Hey! First of all that's personal and second , you aren't exactly one to talk about being careful."

"Shh! I told you that in confidence Schnapp!" Shawn spat back. I didn't care though. Our nonexistent sex life was none of his business and I wasn't going to let him ask me about it.

"Shall I call up Sophie and she if she knows she was an mista-"

"NOAH!" Shawn barked my name and I immediately stopped talking out of fear. I may have took it a little too far mentioning his daughter. He grabbed me by the arm and pulled me out of the Duffers office.

He didn't force me or anything. I'm sure I could have gotten away if I really wanted to but I knew he meant business, so I let him pull me from the building.

He didn't let go of my wrist until we were halfway across the parking lot.

"You're not going to bolt are you?"

I shook my head.

"Good follow me."

I would be lying if I said I wasn't nervous as I followed Shawn across the property and up to a building I'd never been in. It was a small garage of sorts, and he brought be through a side door. Inside it smelled like gasoline and mold.

It appeared mostly empty aside from random tools and landscaping equipment. It creeped me out and just when I was about to turn and run from my imminent death, Shawn stopped in front of something covered by a large tarp.

He pulled off the tarp revealing what I immediately recognized to be a Ferrari. I didn't know what kind or anything but I recognized the logo and traditional red paint job. It was a convertible, and Shawn surprisingly leapt into the drivers seat without opening the door.

He looked at me and patted the seat next to him.

"I'm not abducting you Schnapp. You can either get in or go back to the Duffers and talk about you feelings."

I wasted no time getting in the passenger seat and the next thing I knew I was riding next to Shawn up interstate 75 toward Atlanta in bright red Ferrari.

I tried to talk to him but he was very quiet.

"Where are we going?"

"You'll see."

I waited patiently as we neared the city. Eventually, Shawn turned off the highway and headed west. It wasn't until we turned down a familiar dirt road that I realized where he was taking me.

"The quarry?" I asked as he shut off the car.

"Yes. Sometimes I come here when I need to think. That what the car is for. The Duffers and I bought it together for whenever one of needs to get away from everything. Producing one of the biggest TV shows in the world can get a little stressful." He said, glancing at me as we started walking up a dirt trail.

"Does it really need to be a Ferrari? Couldn't you use a Prius or something?"

"I guess. But come on I'm rich and it's a Ferrari. Don't pretend it wasn't fun driving here."

He smiled at me and I grinned back. I felt my nerves calming a bit as we walked. Eventually we broke through the trees and the quarry was before us. It was the same one from season one of the show.

I followed Shawn to a boulder a few feet back from the edge of the cliff. We both sat down and I immediately felt myself get nervous again. I knew a speech was coming.

There were a few moments of silence. The quarry was beautiful but it was hard to appreciate when I could hear the sounds of cars and civilization in the distance. It was like a reminder that that this outing was only a temporary break from my problems. Eventually Shawn spoke.

"You know she's perfect for you right?"

His words surprised me.

"None of us were very surprised to find out you both were dating."

I rolled my eyes at him.

"I'm serious, we were waiting for it to happen."

This time I just smiled.

"I probably shouldn't tell you this but we made bets about when you would get together.."

"Really?"

"Yeah during season three when you guys were always flirting. None of us won though because we all thought you would get together before season three finished filming. Actually now that I think about it Ross was more of a Fillie fan-"

"Shawn!"

"Sorry too much info."

"You guys are weird. You know that right?"

"Yeah."

We were silent for a few minutes while I took in Shawn's new mysterious and soft personality. After a little while, he spoke.

"Look I know you didn't mean to spoil anything. And if you want us to cover it up and keep your real relationship a secret then we can try to figure something out but-"

"We're gonna tell them."

He raised his eyebrows.

"Yeah, Millie and I decided this morning that we will tell the fans the truth: that we were talking about our relationship in real life and not about Will and Eleven."

"That very..."

"Bitchin?"

"I was going to say mature but sure..." He paused and his eyes flickered between me and the quarry. "...Bitchin"

I grinned and he understandably rolled his eyes.

"You know, I'll check with the Duffers but I bet I could get you and Millie the day off tomorrow."

"Really?"

"Sure. Take her to a park or something nice."

I nodded but knew a park wasn't really here thing. My mind settled instantly on the perfect location for our outing- fuck it- our date tomorrow. I was going to treat her like the amazing, beautiful, kind girlfriend she is. 

Where will Noah take her? Hint: Millie went here with Lilia in the past.