He was broken.
Little did he know that she was broken, too.
A couple of weeks have passed since their conversation in their trailer. When she was crying in his arms because of her boyfriend. When she didn't want to listen to Finn and threw herself into arms of this jerk.
Again.
He was mad that she kept forgiving someone who didn't deserve it. And she was acting all happy in front of him. Well, she didn't know that Finn knew she wasn't happy at all. The truth is, Noah was telling him everything.
They were shooting 5th episode now. It was the end of July and Finn hated how much has changed between them in a such short amount of time.
They became more distant. They were almost like strangers.
He was walking across the set, tired after shooting scenes with Caleb, Gaten and Noah. He walked up to his trailer. He was ready to open the door, his hand on the handle, but he suddenly froze. He looked at the door hesitantly. There was a big possibility that she was in there.
Oh fuck it, this is his trailer as well, right?
He opened the door and got inside.
She looked up and quickly wiped her cheeks when she noticed him.
He shut the door behind him, not looking at her. He made his way to the fridge to grab a bottle of water. That was the moment when he finally looked at her, spotting her puffy eyes immediately. He stopped, freezing in a place.
'What did he do this time?' he asked, trying to look unbothered, but anger start to building up inside of him. He promised himself that he will never comfort her again, not when she kept making the same mistakes over and over again. But...
'Why do you care?' she asked, trying to act like nothing happened, but her cracked voice betrayed her.
'Because you're my friend.' he said simply. Maybe it didn't look like it recently, but it was true. He still considered her as his friend.
'Then act like it.' she said bitterly.
'I am.' he said defensively, but deep inside he knew that she was right. He didn't act like her friend at all in a past few weeks.
'Really? We haven't talked in weeks!'
'You know why, Mills.' he said, averting his eyes away from her.
She pressed her lips together, tears welling in her eyes.
'I needed you.' she said through the choked sob.
He couldn't stand it anymore. He walked up and sat down next to her on the couch. Then, he pulled her in his arms. She scooted closer and laid her head on his chest, hugging him back.
Like nothing bad happened between them.
Oh, how much she missed his arms.
How much she missed him.
'I needed you.' she repeated accusingly, crying even harder, wetting his T-shirt with tears, but he didn't care.
'I know.' he said, placing a little kiss on her forehead.
She didn't cry because of Jacob. This time she cried because of Finn.
She lost a friend and it hurt a million times more.
They were just sitting like that, her arm wrapped across his stomach, his chin placed on the top of her head. Soon, she stopped crying, only sniffling was heard from time to time.
He decided to break the silence.
'Everybody deserves a second chance.' he said quietly.
'What?' she asked with confusion, leaning back to look at him.
"Everybody deserves a second chance." Isn't it what you said?'
'Yeah...' she confirmed, not knowing what was his point.
'I think that I could use my second chance now.' he said, rubbing circles on her back. 'I want to be back in your life. Can I be your friend again?'
She looked at him with her mouth open. Then, she smiled widely and nodded vigorously, burying her face back into his chest and hugging him tighter.
'Can I be back in your life, too?' she asked quietly, her lips brushing on his T-shirt as she spoke.
'Umm... I don't know.' he said teasingly, making her chuckle. 'Of course you can, Mills.' he added after a couple of seconds, pressing his lips to her forehead.
Her eyes fluttered shut.
'Finn...' she started hesitantly. 'Umm... Jacob and I. We... We broke up.' she said.
He didn't say anything, caught off guard. Besides, who could he say? That he's sorry?
No. He wasn't sorry at all.
He opened his mouth to say something.
She was expecting "I told you so." at any moment.
'How are you holding up?' he asked instead, his lips brushing on her hair.
She looked up at him, surprised by his question. He still cared about her, after all these weeks filled with silence and distance. Her feelings were more important to him than the fact that he was right all along. A little smile appeared on her face.
'I'm fine.' she said, taking a deep breath. He deserves to know the truth. 'And... I'm sorry I was so stubborn. I just thought that... he will help me...' she continued, her voice so quiet he wondered if he'd imagined it. She pressed her face to his chest again.
'Help you?' he asked, his brows furrowed in confusion.
She didn't say anything. And when he started to think that she's not going to answer him, she finally spoke.
'To forget about you.' she said, her face still buried into his chest. She wasn't ready to look at him.
But she also couldn't forget how he used to make her feel.
How her heart skipped a beat when he kissed the corner of her lips. She was coming back to the moment when their lips were almost connected. How much she wanted to feel his lips on hers for real.
She used Jacob. She was stupid to think that he will help her to get Finn out of her heart. It was even worse.
'What?' he asked, his eyes widened in disbelief.
She shook her head.
She just revealed her feelings to him. She was really scared of his reaction.
He shifted a little, making her pull away from his chest. He lifted her chin with his fingers.
'Mills, look at me.' he said softly.
She didn't realize how they were positioned. She didn't notice until now that their faces were so close to each other, their noses almost touching. She felt his breath on her cheek as she looked up and their eyes met.
'You wanted to forget about me?' he asked quietly, placing his hand on her cheek, caressing it softly.
She only nodded in response, biting her lip.
'And? Did you forget?' he continued.
A couple of seconds have passed.
'No.' she said. 'No. Not at all.' she added after a pause.
He looked at her for a while, his face unreadable. His gaze flicked from her eyes to her lips, then back to her eyes and before she knew it, he leaned in and caught her lips softly, trying to express his feelings with this kiss. He was kissing her in the most loving way and she just melted into his embrace, when he ran his fingers through her locks.
God, how much she wanted this to happen.
To feel his lips on hers not as Eleven.
After a couple of seconds they pulled apart, their eyes slowly fluttering open.
'I think I changed my mind.' he said. 'And... it doesn't have to be today or tomorrow or...' he continued after a couple of seconds. 'I... I can wait as long as you want. But... Can I be back in your life as... as someone more than a friend?' he asked.
Her eyes widened for a second, then they filled with warmth and next things he knows, she was smiling at him.
The truth is, she was smiling so much that her cheeks started to hurt.
'Yes, you c-' she didn't finish her sentence when he silenced her with a kiss.
He leaned his forehead on hers after they pulled apart. She looked up at him, a small smile crept across her face.
He always notices everything when it came to her. He knows when she is about to cry or when she can't hold back her laughter on the set when she definitely shouldn't laugh.
He read her like an open book. And now, her eyes were filled with so much happiness, he hasn't seen in months.
Since she started dating Jacob to be exact.
She looked so beautiful with happiness radiating from her body, he started to wonder if he ever saw something more beautiful.
She's perfect.
She is the most beautiful when she is happy.
He decided he wants to make her feel this way every day.
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A/N
@nerdymike and @SxdieSunflowers I hope you're happy haha
I would have finished it earlier if English was my first language lol, screw you grammar
ughh, sometimes I feel like my stories and grammar suck, please tell me your opinions ☹
I'm working on 2 adult Fillie oneshots at once, I'm starting to lose track lmao
1. when they are 24 and 25, Millie accidentally says in an interview that she had a crush on Finn when they were shooting ST and her honesty has some fluff consequences ( I don't know if I'm going to post it, I still don't have an ending)
and 2. they are 21 and 22 and they are a couple, Finn refuses to accept a role in a movie set in Europe, because he doesn't want to be apart from Millie, but she thinks she ruins his career.
Anybody intrugued?
I'm not fond of the idea of making a new book, so I think I'll post it here, so don't get confused when you see adult Fillie or that they are a couple haha
love love love
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