Chapter 2

Finn's POV

'So I guess this was your nothing from earlier on?' his gran said with a knowing look on her face.

'I suppose.' he replied, trying to avoid the subject. What was that? Things like this never happen to him. Finn wasn't someone that talked a lot but this awkward silence was something that had never occurred before. What was wrong with him? Finn wasn't stupid. He knew that girls liked him. He could have tons of dates without even trying. But this was somehow different. He didn't even like her in that way did he?

'So what was that then?' his gran asked curiously.

'I don't know. It was just weird. I couldn't think of anything to say and before I knew it she was away again.' he said.

Finn didn't think that he was going to get away that easily but he was glad that his gran didn't try to bombared him with questions about Rae. They just sat there finished their tea and went back to her room. The two just talked about normal stuff and after some time they both said their goodbyes and Finn left.

As Finn arrived home he went straight to his room. He wanted to avoid running into his dad. He would notice that something was wrong and

start asking questions, none of which Finn could responed to as he probably wouldn't even know the answers himself.

He entered his room and lay down on his bed, his eyes focusing on the ceiling.

Finn had found himself drawn towards Rae the first day he saw her. He couldn't quite figure out what fascinated him about this strange girl. All he knew was that he wanted to get to know her since day one and now that he had had the chance he totally blew it for fucks sake. She must have thought that he was some kind of weirdo, just standing there, staring at her and say nothing. Talk about a good first impression he thought. He just hoped that he would get another chance, that he could make it right. He was glad that he was going to meet his friends tomorrow night, maybe they could help him forget this embarrassing moment.

Rae's POV

What the hell had just happened? One minute she was staring at this gorgeous guy, the next he was standing there, her bag in his hand, introducing himself. She just stood there, eyes on the ground, saying nothing. She didn't dare to look Finn in the eyes. Thousands of thoughts went trough her head in that particular moment, none of them being helpful at all. She just couldn't get herself to talk, so she did the one thing she felt comfortable with, say she had stuff to do and walk away.

As she was sitting there in her quite room all the things she should have said came to mind. Why didn't she quiz him about what and how he was doing, talk about his hobbies? Hell they could have talked about god and the world but instead she just turned around and left. All she could think about was how she did Finn a favour. He didn't seem to be keen on talking to her anyway so maybe it was for the best.

She tried her best to distract herself, put all her stuff together and pack her bag. Tomorrow she would be released and she couldn't wait to finally leave the ward for good. Of course she was going to miss Tix but she would visit her whenever she could, keep her updated and get advice from her little friend. Maybe she could even ask her friend to find out some gossip about Finn. It wasn't like she was going to see him again anyway right?

Even though she tried to stop thinking about this fit lad that walked into her life this afternoon, the last thing on her mind before she fell asleep was Finn.

It was 9 a.m when she woke up the next morning. She couldn't believe it. Today was the day she will be officially free again. Well apart from that one therapie session a week, but that was something she could work with.

She was so exited. She just hoped her mum would be on time for once in her life. Just 1 hour to go, enough time to see Tix and say goodbye.

After Rae had all her stuff together, she made her way to Tix's room. She had 15 minutes left until her mum was due to arrive. She knocked on her friend's door and was invited in in no time. She could see the tears in Tix's eyes.

'Oh Fatty don't ya dare make me cry. We will see each other again soon, I promise' Rae said and gave her friend a big hug. None of them said anything . They just sat there, sobbing on each others shoulders.

Rae was the first one to look up again.

'I have to go Tix but I'll see ya soon!' She said

'I will miss ya Rae. How will I make it through the days without ya?' Tix asked

'Well, there's still Danny. We both know he likes ya Tix.' She said giving her friend a wink.

Tix just raised one eyebrow.

'Ya better get going Skinny. Your mum will be mad if ya going to be late.' Rae gave Tix one more reassuring smile before she turned around and made her way towards the main entrance.

To Rae's surprise her mum was already waiting for her. She didn't move. All her mum did was put down her window and tell her to put her bags into the boot and hop in. That was something typical for her to say.

'Let's get ya home.' She said giving her a quick look.

None of them said much during their ride home. They hadn't had the best mother and daughter relationship, and secretly Rae thought it was her mum's fault that she was so messed up.

As soon as they arrived Rae made her way up to her room, unpacked her stuff and went down to the living room. Sitting on their couch was a dark haired man. 'This must be my mum's new boyfriend.' Rae thought. She didn't even try to start a conversation with Karim as she knew that he neither spoke nor understood a lot english.

'Rae could ya go down to the corner shop and get milk, bread and cheese for me, please?' her mum asked.

Usually she would have complaint, but she didn't even bother today. She was just glad to be able to go out again. She took the money and made her way down to the store.

She had just left the shop and was on her way home when she heard the familiar voice.

'Hey Rae!' She turned around just to see her oldest friend Chloe run towards her and give her a big hug. She seemed to be genuinly happy to see her.

'Oh hey Chloe. How are ya?' she asked.

'I am fine. How are you? I haven't seen ya in ages! What have ya been up to?'

'Eeem not much just been about y'know? Anyway I better get goin'. Ma mum needs her stuff.' She said, hoping her friend wouldn't ask any more questions. Rae hadn't figured out what to tell Chloe about the last couple of month jet. She didn't want anyone to know about her mental health problems because she feared that people would treat her differently.

'Rae I know we haven't really been talkin' lately but I do miss that. I miss hangin' out with ma best friend and just doin' stupid stuff. Look I'll be meetin' some of ma friends at the pup in a wee while and I would really like ya to come so that I can introduce them to ya. I think ya would like them. Just promise me you'll think about it ok? It would give us the chance to catch up y'know? Anyway I'll let ya keep goin'. See ya later?' she asked with a hopeful expression on her face.

'I'll see if I can squeeze ya in.' was all Rae said before she left and made her way back home.

She was walking up and down in her room. Rae actually wanted to go and meet new people and she had missed Chloe aswell if she was being totally honest. They had always been there for each other even if they had been growing apart lately. She wasn't sure if she should risk it. What if Chloe's friends thought she was weird and disliked her immediatly? On the other hand she would never know until she tried. She just had to suck it up and act normal, just like everyone else.

It was already past 7 o'clock when Rae had finally found the courage to enter. She had spottet her friend right away. She was standing at a table in the center of the pub. Chloe turned around, saw Rae and walked towards her.

'Oh my god Rae! I'm so glad ya could make it. Quick! I'll introduce ya to ma friends right away. They'll love ya!' Chloe said encouragingly.

They both made their way to the table.

Rae let her eyes wander around. There were three people, two guys and a girl sitting and talking away.

'Listen peeps. This is one of ma oldest friends. This is Rae.' Chloe proudly announce. All of their eyes were focused on her.

'Hey Rae. I'm Chop. It's really nice meetin' ya. Chloe's been talkin' bout cha y'know. We've all been lookin' forward to finally gettin' to know ya.' He said, a wide grin across his face.

'This redhead is Izzie.' he continued

'Nice meetin' ya Rae. I've already got the feelin' that I've known ya forever.' she said, offering her a big welcoming hug.

'Rae I'm Archie.' Said the last one. He seemed to be a little shy.

Rae suddenly felt a huge weight lift off her shoulders. All her worrys were for nothing. They all seemed to like her already and she was glad that she had actually had the guts to go down.

It was in that exact moment that someone else entered the pup.

'Afternoon lads. Sry I'm late.' he said. Rae had noticed his voice as soon as she had heard it. Shit. Shit. No this was not happening right now. What was she going to do?

'Oh hey Finn. I thought you'd never come. I'd like to introduce ya to ma friend Rae.' She said

As both of their eyes met she could see that Finn had recognized her. There was only one thing that she could do now.

'Hi Finn. It is nice meetin' ya.'