tidal wave

? chapter one ?

"Please I hate that nickname, you know he has these twinkle eyes for you" Keegan said raising her eyebrows.

"No, he doesn't, he is part of my dysfunctional family at this point" Bre laughed.

"Hey pals," Hattie said bursting in.

"Maybe knock next time, I might've been getting changed," Bre said joking.

"Well, that would've made me a very happy gal," Hattie said winking.

"Hey I'm right here" Keegan said defensively.

"I know I know" Hattie said going over and hugging her.

Hattie and Keegan had been dating since the beginning of the year, Bre somehow looked to both of them for relationship advice and was just inspired by their relationship. They made it work, throughout school and family issues, and they don't let anything change them.

"Are you forgetting about me?" Finn said standing there smirking.

"Finn!" Bre shouting running over to him.

"Hey there Ana" Finn said joking.

"Don't call me that" She joked, it was a thing Finn did to piss her off, Conrad calls her that sometimes and that's where he got it from.

"I know Bre I'm joking," He said walking over to the group.

"You guys annoy me" Hattie said sitting down and rolling her eyes.

"How?" Finn said he was just as confused as Bre when both Keegan and Hattie spoke about them getting together. They knew they didn't like each other and that they were just friends. More like family.

"You are way too close and into each other to just be friends" Hattie said raising her eyebrows.

"We are though!" They said in sync.

"Fooling nobody" Keegan piped up.

"So what film?" Bre said trying to change the subject.

"Um, maybe the Hunger Games? We don't every other franchise" Hattie said getting excited.

"Sounds good" Finn said sitting down next to Hattie.

It wasn't long into the film before Bre fell asleep on Finn's shoulder, the whole group understood she'd be barely sleeping so didn't even bat an eyelid at her falling asleep on Finn.

"Bre we gotta get going to the airport" Finn said slowly waking her up.

"Yeah give me a minute" She said wiping her eyes.

The time between leaving her dorm and getting to the airport flew by. Her mind was thinking fifty different things and she getting overwhelmed.

"So who else is gonna be there?" Finn asked passing her a coffee.

"Um just the usual family, I think Taylor might be coming but that's all" Bre said checking her phone. She had texted Belly to say they were at the airport.

"Why don't you call him back?" Finn pointed at the missed calls from Jeremiah.

"I can't, I haven't seen him since the funeral and I'm still embarrassed" Bre said switching off her phone.

"You gotta call him at some point though, maybe you could see if he wants to meet up while you home?" Finn suggested.

"Maybe, so what films have you downloaded for the plane?" Bre asked getting excited.

"The Hunger Games, you didn't even watch it, you just fell asleep. So we can watch it together" Finn said smiling.

"Sounds good" Bre said drinking her coffee.

After boarding the plane Bre yet again fell asleep on Finn's shoulder. It was the best sleep she'd been getting in a month. Finn knew how much she was struggling but never wanted to ask as he knew she didn't want to talk about it. He also didn't want her to push him away.

They got a taxi back to the Conklin's home and nobody was awake. Bre snuck upstairs with Finn behind her, she knew everyone wouldn't appreciate being woken up.

"You haven't been here in ages then?" Finn said pointing at the photos of Conrad on her wall.

"Yeah I can't bear to take it down" Bre said dumping her bags down.

Someone had blown up an airbed for Finn next to Bre's bed so he could sleep there. She presumed it was Belly as Laurel hadn't spoken to her since the funeral. Bre went to the bathroom to get changed. She was noticing how much things had changed. When she got back into her room Finn was already asleep on the airbed.

"Good night Finn" She whispered, before rolling over and going to sleep.

She was nervous for tomorrow. She was excited to see Steven graduate but she was nervous if Conrad or Jeremiah turned up.

She didn't want to face any demons.