As practice comes to an end, I head to Finn's house. I'm deep inside of thought that my brain goes on autopilot and I don't even realize anything until I ring the doorbell. He answers as we chat and head to his room.
"How was soccer practice?". Finn yawns, as I lay my head on his shoulder.
"It was fun.". I answer sincerely as he laughs at the tv.
A knock at the door interrupts our conversation as Finns mother opens the door.
I can feel his body tense against mine, his mother had never been accepting. He damn near got kicked out of his house if he wasn't the main source of income.
"Hey Fionna". Finn winces at the dead name as I squeeze his hand three times; it means I love you.
"H-hey mom". He answers shakily, his binder was off thank god. Anne would throw a fit if her "daughter" wore such things.
"Where's the money that you made today?" The only good thing about her was that she used the money for his siblings to eat, and not herself. Finn got up and handed it to her, as she left.
Finn let out a breath, he had been holding it the whole time. The one thing he would fight someone over was using his dead name on purpose. That was something he didn't tolerate, even though he usually was an easygoing spirit at heart.
Finn had come out to me in the 6th grade, and it wasn't much of a shock. While Amelia and I were shopping for dresses he'd always wander to the men's section. While we were reading stories about princesses longing to be saved, he was reading about knights longing for a princess.
One time I walked into his mom screaming at him, she had found his binder.
"You'll always be a girl!". She had screamed furiously, as Finn looked at his feet holding back a flow of tears. My anger boiled over as I stomped over there.
"With all disrespect, I'll break every bone in your body if you tell him that's ever again.". I said cooley, looking at my nails.
"Don't test me Anne, unless you would like to end up dead.". I grabbed Finns hand,"Now pick your jaw up off the floor before I punch you're stupid face.". And with that I took Finn to my house along with his siblings so they didn't get that same abuse in a different way.
The one thing I admired most about Finn was that he was strong when his siblings couldn't me. Even though they didn't take the hits, they were still scared as the sobbed into his chest.
"W-will mommy hit you?". One of the three asked, her name was Liliac. She was the youngest and cared deeply about her brother, so much to where she cleaned his wounds almost every night. There were four siblings including Finn. Robert, the funny 13 year old who was passionate about reading and bugs, Jamey who was 11 and sassy, and Lilac who was 8. She was the youngest and most sensitive and adored flowers and dresses.
"She might.". Finn sighed and played with her hair,"But I swear on everything she'll never lay a finger on you".
After they had calmed down, I took Finn's role and comforted him.
"I should take my siblings and leave. It's not safe for them". I nodded, and ran my hands through his short curly hair.
"You can always stay with me.".He shook his head and told me how he didn't want to burden my mom,"You're never a burden".
He smiled and fell asleep, as I didn't; the fear of his god forsaken mother coming back. And if she did, I don't know if she'd make it out alive.
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The night was dull as boring, we watched movies and laughed. I had always been a night owl, which matched perfectly with Finn. He loved staying up all night, so that's exactly what we did.
"I think we have to leave.". He said nonchalantly.
"You turn 18 in a few months. Please wait until then and battle for custody so nothing bad will happen.".
He nods as i look at the beautiful scenery in the window. I notice a car that I've never seen before,"Finn who's car is that?". He looks outside.
"I dunno.". He sits up, as I notice the windows are tinted.
"Eh it's prolly nothin". He says and I nod, it was probably a neighbor with friends over.
We shrug it off as our prostitute neighbor having "friends" over.
I awoke to the sound of screaming, my heart beating faster then ever. I investigate the sound, and it's Finn and a man is on top of him covering his mouth.