Chapter Ten: A Day with the Freckled Faced Boy

Edge of Town - Middle Kids

Millie's P.O.V

The sunlight from a window suddenly hits my eyes making me squint with annoyance. I stretch my arms wide spreading them on the bed I'm laying on. I rub my hands against the texture of the blanket I was wrapped around in. The soft warm blanket that was wrapped around me felt nothing familiar to me. I blink a couple of times looking at my surroundings realizing I'm not in my room. The familiar band posters click to me realizing where I am. I'm still at Finn's house. I sit up blinking a couple of times to wake up. I pull out the blanket that was wrapped around me and place my feet on the ground. I look at myself seeing that I'm still in Finn's clothes. I look around the room having no sight of Finn. 

I get up from the bed and quickly walk into his bathroom. I splash some water on my face and gargled some water hoping my morning breath would wash away. I quickly walk out of Finn's room and into this extremely long hallway. The song "Candy Wrappers" by Summer Salt caught my ears. I walk down Finn's spiral staircase walking into the kitchen. I spot Finn in the kitchen spreading peanut butter on a toast of bread nodding his head to the beat of the music. 

"Morning," I said as I walk into the kitchen. Finn looks up with a smile on his face.

"Good Morning Ms. Brown," Finn says as he jumps off the counter. I notice Finn still wearing the same clothes from yesterday. 

"What would you like for breakfast?" Finn asks as he takes a bite of his bread filled with peanut butter.

"Uh, what do you have?" I ask as I lean against the kitchen counter. 

"Well, I can't cook for shit so the only choices we got is cereal, peanut butter and jelly, and Eggos." He says as he takes another bite of his bread.

"I'll have Eggos please," I said as I take a seat on a stool while leaning on the counter. Eggos were pretty much my childhood breakfast. My mom wasn't the best at cooking so she would just buy me Eggos for breakfast and makes them look all fancy by adding strawberries or something. 

"You got it," He says as he places two Eggos inside a toaster.

"You want orange juice?" Finn asks.

"Sure," Finn nods and grabs a glass cup from a cabinet. The memories from last night started to flow back. The memory where we almost kissed, the memory where we watched E.T. Wait, did I fall asleep while watching the movie? How did I get to Finn's room? Did I sleepwalk? Mother never told me if I sleepwalked. 

"Finn, did I fall asleep while watching the movie last night?" I ask as he pours orange juice into the glass cup.

"Uh, ya," He says awkwardly while passing me my glass of orange juice while avoiding my eyes.

"Oh, well how did I end up in your room?" I ask as I take a sip of my orange juice.

"I brought you up to my room," He says as he pulls out the Eggos from the toaster still avoiding my eyes. I start pouring syrup all over my Eggos. 

"How'd you bring me up there?" I ask.

"By carrying you," He says as he takes a sip of his orange juice. The thought of Finn carrying me made my cheeks flush a little and my eyes widen. Finn glances at me suddenly having a smirk placed on his lips chuckling because of my reaction and hands me my Eggos. 

"So where did you sleep them?" I ask as I take another sip of my orange juice.

"In my room," He says as he takes another bite of his bread. I suddenly chock on my drink making me cough a couple of times spilling a little bit of orange juice on the kitchen counter.

"Don't worry Mills, we didn't do anything last night," He says as he chuckles even more. I glare at him and start eating my Eggos. Memories of my childhood start spreading through my head. It wasn't the sad depressing memories by the happy joyful ones that keep me warm inside. 

"So yesterday you said that we're gonna be going somewhere today, where would that be?" I ask with a peace of Eggo stuffed in my mouth.

"It's a surprise,"

"But I hate surprises!" I complained.

"But you'll love this surprise!" I say as he takes his last sip of his orange juice.

"Fine, but can we go to a thrift store first? I don't want to wear your baggy clothes all day." I said while taking my last bight of Eggos.

"What's wrong with my clothes?" Finn asks acting so offendedly. I rolled my eyes and chuckled.

"I actually want to look decent outside, not someone that looks like they just got out of bed," I said as I place both my cup and my plate in the sink with Finn standing next to me.

"Okay fine, we'll leave once I'm dressed. Your stuff is there." He says as he points to my backpack that was leaning against the front door entrance. I walk up to the front door placing my backpack on my back. I suddenly see Finn with a new outfit on running down the stairs. He was wearing a pair of loose pants with a black and white striped t-shirt tucked in his hands with a couple of keys hanging on his pants with a key necklace around his neck with a pair of worn out vans. I was a bit surprised about his look, it actually looks really good on him.

"Ready?" He asks finally reaching the front door.

"Ready," I said as we both walk out of his car.

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The engine of Finn's old car stopped as he pulled out the keys. We were parked in front of a thrift store called "F*kn Wild". I've never been to this thrift store and I've been to a lot of thrift stores with Sadie and Noah. "This is the closest thrift store to the surprise that I want to take you to." I nod as I look up at the large sign of the store.

The name of the store definitely grabs people's attention. We both walk into the store seeing racks of clothing with a variety of clothing. There was no sign of people except for the cashier. A couple of chairs were placed in the middle of the shop in front of the dressing room area. Finn quickly walks up to one of the row chairs takes a seat and pulls out his phone plugging in his earbuds and gets comfortable. 

I think he gets the idea that I'll most likely take a while. I look around the shop finding a bra section. I quickly grab one that was my side and run inside the dressing room strapping it on. I walk out of the dressing room seeing Finn with a confused expression but went back to his phone. I feel more comfortable now since I have something underneath.

I walk up to the jeans section finding a pair of overalls that was exactly my size with a really good price. Well, this is my lucky day. I grab the pair of overalls and hold them tight around my arms claiming it's mine. I walk more around the shop finding the shirt section. A red and white striped t-shirt suddenly catches my eye. I checked the size on the tag of the shirt. The size of the shirt was a little big but I'm cool with it. I pull it out of the rack of clothes and held onto it tight. I walked back to the dressing room area glancing at Finn still seeing him on his phone. 

I walk into an empty stall and changed into the outfit I chose. I looked at myself in front of the mirror that was inside the stall. I think this is officially my favorite outfit. But something is missing. I tilt my head trying to find what's missing until it hit me. I pulled out my two hair ties that were wrapped around my wrist and tied two sides of my short strands of hair as if their pigtails and the rest of my hair left down. I walked out of the stall facing Finn.

"How do I look?" I ask with my arms wide while doing a small twirl. Finn looks up from his phone and takes off his earbuds looking at me. I blush as I see him looking at me up and down. A smile widens on his face. 

"You look great, now let's go," He says as he gets up from his seat.

"Okay, let me just change," I said as I walk back into the stall I was in. I change back to the clothes Finn let me borrow and held onto the clothes in my hands. I walk up to the cashier with Finn following me. 

"I'll pay," Finn says as he leans against the counter.

"What? No, I'll pay," I said as I pull out my cash from my backpack.

"No, I'll pay." He says as he grabs the clothes in my hands.

"Could you please just decide?" Asked the old cashier annoyed.

"Fine, you could pay, only if you buy this," I said as I grab a pair of circled shaped sunglasses from the rack filled with other shades and glasses.

"Why?" He asks as he raises an eyebrow.

"Because it looks cute on you," I said as I place the pair of sunglasses on his face. Even though I can't see it but I can feel him roll his eyes behind those round glasses.

"Okay fine," He says as he places the sunglasses on the counter with my clothes and hands the annoyed cashier his money.

"Thank you," I say as we both walk out of the shop with my new clothes in my bag. We both reached Finn's car with Finn entering the driver's seat while I get into the passenger's seat. 

"What are you doing?" Finn asks as he looks at me from the passenger's seat.

"I'm gonna change back hear," I said as if it wasn't obvious enough.

"Okay," He says as he faces the front of the car and turns on the engine and drives off. As I pull out all my clothes from its bag I glance at Finn's rearview mirror looking at me.

"Hey, keep your eyes on the road, there is nothing here that you need to see," I said to Finn making him look back at the road with a smirk placed on his lips. He turns on the radio which was playing "Hey Now" by The Regrettes. As I strip off my clothes I paid real close attention to Finn making sure he doesn't even glance at my direction. 

He suddenly makes a sharp turn making me slide against my seat hitting the car door. I glare at Finn through the rearview mirror making him chuckle. I quickly slip on my overalls still keeping an eye on Finn. He suddenly does another sharp turn making me slide to the other car door making me drop my t-shirt on the car floor.

"The hell Finn!" I yell annoyed.

"What? I wasn't looking" He says defensively but later chuckles. I roll my eyes and quickly slip on my striped t-shirt. I pull on the straps that are connected to the overalls and place them on my shoulder. I exhale a tiring breath finally done changing. I quickly climb to the front seat while Finn was driving. 

"Why'd you do that?" I asked annoyed.

"It just seemed like you were changing too fast." He says as he chuckles. I slap his arm as I buckle my seat belt making his smirk turned into a grin. I roll my eyes as I look out the window. Finn suddenly changes the station to play "Where is My Mind?" by Pixies. The song suddenly reminds me of the tape I found.

"Finn I have to show you this tape I found," I said as I pull my backpack from the passenger's seat and place it on my lap. "It's this amazing band that only makes covers on popular alternative songs and they sound amazing."

"Really?" Finn asks as hear stares at the road.

"Yes really," I said as I pull out the tape and slip it into his car stereo. The song "Where is My Mind" but someone else singing it.

"Do you like it?" I ask as I nod my head to the music. Finn nods but had his eyebrows pulled together listening to the song. "What are they called?" Finn asks.

"It said Calpurnia on the front of the tape," I said as I looked out at the window.

"You know I'm in a band called Calpurnia, I'm actually the lead singer." He says as he nods his head to the beat of the music. It suddenly clicks to me that Finn was the one that was singing. My eyes widen as I face him.

"That's you?!" I asked shocked and surprised. A smile spreads on his lips hearing my reaction. 

"Yup," He says calmly.

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tiny tiny character development right there hahaha

- Abby