19: We Can Fix This
Nadia and Sophia finally make it to the campus entrance with their luggage and are surprised to see Drake, Donna, Charlie, and Finn waiting for them. "What are you guys doing here?" Sophia asked with a smile as she and Nadia went towards the stairs of the main building. "We're obviously here to say goodbye!" Charlie says as he walks up and hugs Sophia.
Nadia's eyes wander over to Finn, only to find that he was already staring at her. She quickly looks away and puts down her bags, sitting them at the bottom of the stairs as goes up to Charlie. "That's really sweet you guys." Nadia says with a smile as she lets go of Charlie and hugs Donna next. "I'm really gonna miss you Donna!" Nadia exclaimed as she hugged Donna tightly. "Aw, I'm going to miss you too, love." Donna says.
Sophia throws her arms around Drake and Drake hugs her back. "Wow, look at you! Missing me already?" Drake says with a laugh as the others laugh with him. Sophia lets go of Drake and slaps his arm. "Shut up, you dork!" Sophia says as she giggles. "Promise me that you'll write?" Drake says with a smile. "I guess so. " Sophia states as she pretends to act nonchalant.
Sophia goes to hug Finn as Drake pulls Nadia to the side. "What's up?" Nadia says. "I just wanted to make sure if you were okay with talking to Finn." He muttered. "I guess we'll just have to see when I talk to him." Nadia sighs as she glances at Finn talking to Sophia. "At least you know where his head's at." Drake said with a faint smile. "That's only because you decided to tell me." Nadia replied as her brows knit in frustration.
"Listen, I know your parents might show at any moment now, so at least go say goodbye to him". Drake says as he touches Nadia's arm. "Thanks, Drake. I really appreciate this." Nadia says with a smile. "Come on, bring it in." Drake opens his arms and Nadia hugs him. "Take care of yourself, Drake." Nadia smiled at him as she walked away. "I always do." Drake comments with a wink.
Nadia takes a deep breath as she walks toward Finn whose sitting on the stairs, watching Donna, Susan, and Sophia talk to each other. Nadia quietly sits beside him.
"Hey." Finn uttered nervously. "Hey." Nadia said awkwardly. They sit there in silence for a moment before Finn speaks again. "I'm sorry, about everything that I did to you. I let Marie get in my head... again." Finn sighed as he shamefully bowed his hand. "After you kissed me, I actually felt like we had a chance. Then, you ignored me for four months. Sometimes, I just wonder when Marie's finally going to be out of the picture." Nadia said.
Finn turned to Nadia, hesitantly taking her hand. "I know that I've been a huge jerk." He admitted. "Yeah, an enormous jerk." Nadia agreed with a smirk causing Finn chuckle nervously. "Nadia, I really want to fix this. These four months have really made me realize just how crazy I am about you. I still like you, like... a lot." He stated as Nadia began to blush.
"If you give me another chance, I will make sure Marie stays away. I don't want her to ruin anything between us." He said in a serious tone. "If you promise me that Marie will gone for good, then I'll think about us fixing our relationship. Let's just take things slow for now." Nadia advised as Finn and her both stood up. "Okay, I guess I'll take what I can get." Finn said with a chuckle.
"Oh, and before I forget!" Nadia gasped as she pulls out a small piece of paper and gives it to Finn. "What's this?" Finn asked with a cocked eyebrow. He opens it, revealing a phone number and an address. "It's just the phone number for the house, if you, maybe, want to call me sometime?" She says nervously. "But if you're not comfortable with that, then I gave you my address, so that you can write me." She suggested quickly.
"Wow, thanks". Finn replies with a big smile."Nadia, they're here!" Sophia shouts as she points to the sedan and it parks in front of them. "You ready to meet my parents?" Nadia asked Finn as an evil grin formed on her face. "It's now or never, I guess."Finn stated in a shaky voice as they both walk towards the car. "Who should I be more scared of ?" Finn asks nervously. "Probably my dad, but don't worry, my parents are pretty chill." Nadia looks at Finn and sees how nervous he is.
"Hey, you'll be fine. They're not going to bombard you with questions." Nadia said as she giggled.
Alba and Dean get out of the car as Nadia and Finn walk up to them. "There's my little girl"! Dean says as he grabs Nadia and hugs her, kissing the top of her head. "Hey Dad." Nadia greeted her father happily. She lets go of him and turns towards her mom. "Come here, sweetheart!" Alba says as she hugs Nadia tightly. "We missed you so much, honey." Alba said with a smile.
Sophia walks up to them with her bags. "And you must be Nadia's plus one!" Dean stated jokingly as he shook Sophia's hand. "It's nice to finally meet you, Sophia. We've heard alot about you." Dean continued, making Sophia laugh. "Same here, Mr. Brexwerry." Sophia said as she introduced herself to Alba afterwards.
The rest of the group all stand behind Nadia and Sophia, waiting to introduce themselves. "Oh, Mom, Dad, this is Donna, Charlie, Finn and Drake". Nadia introduced them. "Oh, hi, it's so nice meet all of you!" Alba replied with excitement as she hugs all of them. Dean takes Nadia and Sophia's bags and puts them in the car. "I appreciate you guys looking out for Nadia, while she was here."Alba said with a bright smile. "No problem, Mrs. Brexwerry. Nadia's a pretty cool person." Drake replied with a smirk.
Dean comes up from behind the car and stands next to Alba, putting an arm around her. "Well, as much as we'd like to stay and chat, we've got to get on the road." Dean commented. "Alright, honey. Go start the car. The girls and I will be there in a second." Alba said as she kissed Dean on the cheek and he walked away. Alba turned back to Nadia and her friends.
"It was so nice meeting all of you. Especially you, Finn. Nadia's told Dean and I so much about you! Alba said with a smirk as she tired to contain her excitement. "You know what? Maybe we could have you over for dinner sometime-!" OKAY MOM, HOW YOU GO AND CHECK ON DAD?!" Nadia talked over Alba as her voice cracked from nervousness. Sure thing, honey. Alba said as she caught onto what Nadia was saying.
"I hope all of you have a wonderful break." Alba stated. "Girls, say you're goodbyes, and we'll get going." Alba ordered as she walked to the car. "Okay, we'll be quick!" Nadia called after her.
"So, this is it, huh?" Donna asked. "Oh, Don, stop being so dramatic! We'll call each other during the break." Sophia said with a laugh as she hugged Donna. "We're really going to miss you guys!" Charlie exclaimed as he hugged Nadia and Sophia. "Awe, we'll miss you more, Charlie." Nadia said with a smile.
"You guys be safe on the road, okay?" Drake said as he folded his arms. "Definitely." Nadia said. "Girls, let's go!" Dean called out as he shut the car door behind him. "Alright, Dad! We're coming!". Nadia said as Sophia followed her to the car. "See you guys after the break!" Sophia said with a wave.
As they walked to the car, Finn called out to Nadia. "Nadia, wait!" Finn shouted as his jogged towards her. Nadia stopped walking and turned around to face Finn. "Yeah, what's up?" Nadia asked as she smiled. "When I said that I wanted to fix things with us, I really meant that." He started. "So, maybe, we could hangout sometime during winter break." He suggested nervously as he quickly spoke again. "If you're going to busy, that's totally fine-."
"We can hangout, if you want." Nadia said with a smirk. "Wait, really?" Finn asked in surprise. "Yeah, really." Nadia answered as she giggled. Finn sighed in relief. "Okay, well, just let me know when you're free." Finn replied with a chuckle. "Of course. " Nadia said with a smile.
"Your parents are probably waiting on you, so I won't keep you here." Finn said he put his hands in his pockets. "Oh yeah, I gotta get going. But, maybe you could walk with me?" Nadia said nervously. "Sure, let's go." Finn said as they walked. Nadia opened the door to the backseat where Sophia was sitting and sat beside her as Finn held the door.
"You ready, kiddo?". Dean asked as he looked at her. "Yep!" Nadia said as she gave a thumbs up. "Alright, see you Finn, it was nice meeting you!" Alba said with a smile. "You too. You guys be safe!" Finn said to them. "We will." Sophia said.
"See you around, Finn." Nadia said with a smile. "Yeah, see you around." Finn said with a wink as he shut the door. Finn stared at the car as it drove off and disappeared.
Drake came up behind him, patting him on the shoulder. "You good, man?" He asked. "Yeah, I'm good". Finn answered.
"Let's go get our bags."
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