Chapter Twelve: His Bittersweet Voice

A Shitty Love Song - Jyn

Millie's P.O.V

The sun faded away from the horizon causing the fluffy clouds in the sky to have a shade of purple and pink. Finn's car windows were wide open causing my short hair to blow through the wind as Finn drove through the high way. I placed my hand out of the car window feeling the wind blow against my hands. I see Finn turn on the radio on the corner of my eye. I suddenly sit up straight with surprised hearing a familiar guitar mellow. The radio was playing "Everytime" by boy pablo. 

Finn notices my reaction causing him to chuckle as he pushes up his sunglasses. The lyrics of the song started to play causing me to sing along. Finn's smirk turned into a wide grin making me giggle. I continue singing out the lyrics as the loud with blew through my hair making Finn sing along too. A smile widens my lips seeing Finn's curls blow through the wind. As the song reaches the end Finn takes a right reaching a small worn out building. The building was filled with colorful graffiti. Graffiti with several cuss words that were visible but were covered other words.

"We're here," Finn says as he turns off the engine. I follow Finn as he walks to the back of his trunk. As he digs through his things he pulls out a black guitar case. Finn closes the trunk with his hands on the handle on his guitar case. 

"Ready?" He asks as he tightens his grip on the handle of his guitar case.

"Ready," I said excitedly. He quickly grabs my hand and pulls me to the entrance on the small worn out building. As Finn opens the small door the sent of weed quickly hits my nose. A tight hallway was filled with teenagers and twenty-year-olds exhaling smoke from there lips giving a sent of weed with graffiti and worn out band posters all over that walls. I scrunch my nose for the bad smell. I look around seeing several girls giving me dirty looks or some kind of death glares. A couple of guys would stare at me making me feel uncomfortable. As Finn and I walk through crowded hallway Finn pulled me closer to him giving me more comfort.

We reached the end of the hallway which was filled with even more people. Music was blasting through the little building that was packed with several people. The room had a stage at the front with a crowd of teenagers that were at the front of the stage dancing with the music from the performers on stage. The crowd was dark but was extremely loud cheering for the performers. Finn quickly pulled me away from the crowd and brings me to the back of the stage.

"Welcome backstage," Finn says turning to me as he brings me inside with his hand wrapped around mine. More graffiti and band posters were posted on the walls. Several mirrors with lights attached to them. Colorful clothing was hung around the room for performers. Several people were roaming around with others hurry to get ready for there next performance.

"Hey guys," Finn says waving to a couple of people standing in a corner with there instruments in their hands. The three wave hi as we bother com closer. 

"This is my friend Millie, Millie meet my bandmates," Finn says pointing to the three.

"Hi Millie, I'm Ayla, I play lead guitar," The tall blond says placing her hand out to shake with a wide smile on her lips. A smile spreads across my face as I shake her hand. I'm glad she's more friendly the Maddie.

"And I'm Jack, I play bass," The blond boy says as he pats his bass that was wrapped around him. I smile back placing my hand out for him to shake. Jack grabs my hand but instead of shaking it he quickly kisses the top of my hand making me jump a little for his sudden action. 

"Jack's a real big flirt," Ayla explains. I nod understandingly as I pull back my hand from Jack seeing Finn roll his eyes annoyed by Jacks actions. 

"I'm Malcolm, I play drums," He says quietly as he clicks his drumsticks together and quickly looks away.

"He's not a very social guy, so don't be offended if he doesn't talk to you much, he's kinda like that to everyone he meets," Finn explains. Finn then places his guitar case on top of a table opening it up and pulling out his guitar. 

"So have you been here before?" Ayla ask.

"Oh, no, this is my first time, I heard about your band at school," I explained. She strums each string on her yellow electric guitar with guitar pick turning the pegs. 

"I didn't know Finn posted stuff about our band at his school."

"Actually he doesn't, I found a tape of your band on the ground and started listening to it," I explained. "You go to the same school as Finn?" Ayla asks. I nod my head yes as she continues to strum her strings.

"You know Finn never brought any of his friends or girlfriends backstage," Ayla says. I raise an eyebrow surprised to hear what she said. I turn to Finn seeing him strum his brown electric guitar letting it sit on his thigh with his foot on a chair sucking his bottom lip with concentration with his sunglasses off. 

Finn looks up seeing me staring at him. A smile spreads across his lips making me do the same. I turn back to Ayla seeing her fix her long locks. A loud applause echoed through the building signaling that the performers were done. 

"Okay, how do I look?" Ayla asks.

"You look great," I said with a friendly smile. She smiles back and starts walking up the stairs that lead to the stage followed by the two boys Jack and Malcolm. I see Finn walking up but quickly walks back down heading toward me. 

"You could watch us perform, just make sure to stay on the side, it's safe there, I'll make sure that I can see you, and if someone tries to mess with you go straight backstage, got it?" Finn asks

"Got it, now go and good luck," I said as I pushed him softly to the stage entrance. The crowd gets louder as Finn gets closer to the stage. I walked out of the backstage area and head to the crowd. I walked up to the least crowded area which was on the side. I leaned against the wall as I see Finn and his bandmates set up the stage. 

Once he finished plugging in his guitar he walked up to the mike adjusting its height. Once it was at perfect length Finn squint his eyes looking through the crowd until he found me. He gives a small wave with a smirk on his lips as I wave back.

"What's up everyone," Finn says calmly through the mike causing the crowd the cheer with excitement. 

"Uh we're Calpurnia, and we'll be playing Age of Consent by New Order," The crowd roars with excitement. Drums start echoing through the room as Malcolm plays. Ayla starts strumming with no struggle.

"Won't you please help me," Finn sings with raspy bittersweet voice. Finn nods his head to the beat of the music as he strums his guitar causing his curly hair to bounce.

"And I'm not the kind that likes to tell you, just what I want to do," Finn sings as the crowd dances to the music. I do the same as Finn sings even more. He catches my eye sending me a wink chuckling a little at my dancing skills. I quickly stop and roll my eyes. The song finally ended causing the audience to cheer with excitement. 

"We're Calpurnia, thanks for having us!" Finn yells through the mike as he quickly walks backstage as his bandmates do the same. I quickly run backstage seeing Finn walking down the stairs sweaty and out of breath from all the energy he used. 

"You were amazing Finn!" I said running up to him wrapping my arms around his neck not caring for his sweaty skin. He chuckles as he wraps his arm around my waist pulling me tight. 

"Thanks, Mills," Finn says.

"So are you guys official?" Jack asks as he puts away his bass in its case. We both pull away as we hear Jack's questions. 

"Oh, no, we aren't dating," I explained.

"Well in that case," Jack quickly scoots toward me taking my hand. "Don't even think about it Jack," Finn says with a death glare at Jack while putting his guitar away. Jack quickly releases my hand and raises his hands up high showing no defense. 

"What? my types are usually British," Finn rolls his eyes. I glance at Finn's phone that was sitting next to his guitar case seeing 9:30.

"It was really nice to meet you guys, but I'm gonna have to go," I say to the three. 

"It was nice to meet you too Millie, we hope you could watch us again," Ayla says.

"Oh definitely I'd love to watch you guys play again, you guys have such amazing music taste," I said as I walk up to Finn while he's putting his things away. Finn grabs the handle of his guitar case and grabbed my hand waving bye to his bandmates as I do the same. We both walk out of backstage and passed by the crowd of teenagers dancing and smoking like crazy as another band came up performing. 

We walked through the same hallway that was filled with teenagers and twenty-year-olds smoking weed or sucking each other's faces. Once we both reached the door the sound of the music faded away. 

"So, what'd you think?" Finn asks still holding my hand. The purple sky now turned into a dark sky filled with thousands of stars giving a cool breeze in the air.

"You guys were amazing," I said excitedly.

"I saw you dancing, well I'm not even sure if you were dancing, you were kind of moving your arms crazy," I punch his arm lightly for making fun of my dance moves. 

"My dance moves are amazing," I said defensively.

"Oh yeah? then what do you call this?" Finn asks as he wiggles his arms mimicking me. I roll my eyes crossing my arms over my chest. We both reach Finn's car. Finn unlocks his trunk placing his electric guitar inside and locks it up as I get inside of his car. Once Finn was inside he was quiet. 

"So do you want me to drop you off at your house? Or do you still want to stay in my place," Finn asks. Worrisome was spread across his face.

"You could drop me off at my house, just make sure you drop me off a block away," I said as I buckle my seatbelt.

"Are you sure, cause my hou-"

"Finn I'll be fine," I said softly cutting him off. He exhales a stressful breath as he turns on the engine and drives off. 

"But did you at least have fun today?" Finn asks as he stares at the road.

"Finn Wolfhard, you have officially made it the best day of my life," I said with a wide smile on my lips. Finn's lips curled as he heard his full name come out of my lips.

"Good," Finn says while smiling with his bright shiny teeth were showing. After a couple of minutes, I felt tired so I leaned my head against the window as the radio softly played "Don't Delete The Kisses" by Wolf Alice. After a couple of minutes of Finn driving, we reached a road that was a block away from my house. Finn turns off the engine letting the radio to stay on. 

"You said a block away right?" Finn asks. I nod my head as I pull my backpack close to me. We both sit silently in his car hearing the radio play softly. 

"Thank you for everything again Finn, Today really was the best day of my life, I haven't felt this happy in a really long time," I said softly.

"I'm glad to hear that," Finn says with a smirk on his lips. I pull the handle of the car door placing the strap on my backpack on my shoulder. 

"Millie," I turn around to face his still sitting in his car. He quickly leans close to me placing his soft lips against mine and quickly pulls away. My eyes widen at his sudden actions. there was a small pause between us until I quickly leaned lose to him placing my lips against his with my hands wrapped around his neck.

I feel his arms around my waist pulling me closer to him with our lips attached. Butterflies were being filled inside me. My cheeks were feeling warm from Finn's soft warm lips. I never wanted this moment to end. I slowly run my fingers through his curly black hair. Finn slowly pulls away from the kiss bringing me back to reality. 

"I'll see you tomorrow Brown?" Finn asks with his arms wrapped around my waist.

"For sure," I said staring really close to Finn's chocolate brown eyes. I walk out of his car shutting the door. He turns on the engine and drives off in the dark. The thought of his soft warm lips came to my mind making me eager to have the same feeling again.

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THEY KISSED!! FINALLY

- Abby