Chapter 6: Morning
Fern, Finn and the green-haired girl looked at each other without knowing what to say to that person who suddenly appeared asking for help to take an unconscious (or probably dead) girl to the hospital to see if they could do something for her, until Fern recalled that Marceline's drummer had a car to transport his things and they probably came to the party at him.
"I know someone who has a car and can take that girl to the hospital" Fern said, he walk towards the person who looked out the door "come on, come with me. We have to look for him first"
Fern entered the house, Finn and the green-haired girl looked at each other, shrugged at the same time choosing to enter the house to go find Fern's friend. When they entered they did not know if it was their imagination but the music was a bit stronger than usual, everyone was acting normally as if what had just happened to that girl was not the big deal... really some people did not have consideration on someone or had the courage to help others, luckily, Finn was always willing to give a hand to others since he was a child even knowing that others did not need his help, he always wanted to do something.
"Hey! Why are you guys still standing there? Come on, we have a girl to help" said the person who had recently appeared through the back door of the house that overlooked the garden.
Finn walked again following that person and the girl who was with him followed him behind. They passed the living room, walked through the hall that led to the main entrance, climbed the stairs and went to a room with the door closed, two guys were standing there as if they were bodyguards or something, Finn and the girl with green hair they tried to pass but they stopped him.
"What do you think they are doing? no one can trespass here" one of the boys said putting his hand on the door frame.
"We need to get inside, they told us that there is a girl unconscious or dead in there, we do not know what happened but we must help her" Finn said trying to evade the boy but again blocked the entrance.
"Get off, we're calling for emergencies and the police... they'll be on their way"
"Don't you realize the huge problem you are getting into when calling the police? At this party there are things that are probably illegal for those under the age of eighteen. Do you know what would happen if they found all that? let us get in, we'll take the girl to the hospital, we can help her" the green-haired girl told them, but the other boy blocked her way and made a threatening way towards her.
"I said I can't let you get inside" the boy pushed her away causing it to fall to the ground "get out of here! You want? And let the professionals do their job when they arrive"
"Hey! what's your problem?"
The boys turned to see where that voice came from. Fern had arrived and he was not alone, he was accompanied by the drummer who played in Marceline's band.
"What are you doing here? If you wait for us to let you pass you're wrong because we will not..." The other boy guarding the entrance of the room could not finish his sentence, Fern pushed him aside, opened the door and entered the room, and a few minutes came out of the room carrying the girl on his back.
"Well, I already have it. Now let's get out of here before we get into more trouble" Fern said, everyone started down the stairs quickly, they left the house and started walking down the street looking for the van where they would take the girl to the hospital. After walking a few blocks they found the van, the drummer boy owner of the vehicle managed to unlock the doors, he entered and sat in the driver's seat, Fern and the green-haired girl together with Marceline, the unconscious girl and the other members of the band climbed back, Finn was about to do it but Fern did not let him.
"Let me go up, I want to go with you"
"There's no space, you'll have to travel in the co-pilot's seat" Fern replied. Finn looked at him annoyed, rolled his eyes and went to open the door on the passenger side to take a seat there. When they all settled down, the truck started and the trip to the hospital started, although as the minutes passed, it became somewhat agitated because there were some discussions in the group because they got confused on the way or were lost on more than one occasion. He could ignore those fights but it was impossible, he was also very tired and all he had in mind was to get home and go to rest.
He look out the window, the sky was already beginning to turn purple with light touches of gray hinting that the morning was going to make its appearance at any moment and along with that act of presence were almost on their way to the hospital when the girl who was unconscious and traveling with them, opened her eyes with a start, scaring almost all the boys in the group who were inside the truck.
"AAAH!" everyone shouted at the same time, the girl stopped screaming and got up unintentionally beating Fern, she observed the atmosphere around her.
"What do I do here? Who are you?" the frightened girl asked, Finn turned around to see what was happening "answer me! What do I do here?!"
"Quiet, we just wanted to help you... someone told us something bad happened to you and we're taking you to the hospital" Finn answered trying to calm the girl but that did not work.
"I don't care; I don't want to be here! Take me to my house, I don't know who told you that something bad happened to me but it's not true... I was just resting, take me home!"
"Okay, it's okay. We're sorry..." Finn said but then he saw Fern with his arms folded "well, almost everyone apologizes here for the mistake, we're going to take you home, don't worry"
After parking the van, everyone was walking to the girl's house, the sky had cleared completely, implying that it was already morning in the city. It was a bit cold but that did not seem to affect the group, no one talked or kept eye contact between them and the silence during the walk was not uncomfortable. They reached a corner and stopped there without knowing what to do now.
"Well, I... I think I'm leaving. I can go alone to my house, I'm very sorry to have yelled at us while we were in the truck" the girl apologized, took a few steps away from the group and started walking without looking back, raised an arm waving at them with her free hand (the other hand and arm were busy holding her purse that they had gone to look for at the party) "see you later!"
The other teenagers watched the girl walk away until she disappeared and they lost sight of her.
"Hey, I think we should go now, do not you think?" one of the girls from the band asked and saw Marceline "Marcy, can we crash at your home again?"
"Agh, okay but don't make much noise, the last time you crashed at my home. My dad had to come and see what was going on, remember?" Marceline said, she turned her gaze back to Fern "are you coming with us Fern?"
"In a while I'll reach you, guys" the blonde with the tips of his hair dyed green answered. Marceline nodded and started walking with her friends to get back to the truck and go home to rest, Fern looked at Finn and then looked away at the asphalt on the sidewalk "so... hmmm, it's not normal in me to ask this but... I...you... do you want me to go with you to your home? I say it to bring you safe and you don't have to go back home alone"
"I appreciate your offer but I prefer to go alone" Finn told him "it's already too late, the sun is about to come up and I have to go back before my mom knows I left or I'll get in trouble"
"Well, then leave before your mom worries about you, mama boy" Fern said, making fun of him, which made the boy angry.
"I'm not a mama boy, we are the same age. It's just that I've never done anything like this before... escaping from my home to go to a party, it's not something I do often" Finn said.
"Fern! Aren't you coming?"
"I have to go home, maybe we'll see each other again, maybe not. Who knows? Only time will decide."
Fern and Finn separated and each one began to walk following their course but suddenly, Fern stopped. He ran to where Finn was and hit him hard on the arm and pushed him to the ground causing him to fall to the pavement.
"Why did you do it?" Finn asked without understanding what were the blow and the push that Fern had just given him.
"I wanted to return the punch you gave me on the bus" Fern said laughing shortly "well, now I should leave, goodbye!"
Fern ran away, Finn got up from his place laughing and shaking his head... really this boy was an idiot. He took off the dirt from his clothes and started walking towards his house. As soon as he arrived, he took the crazy idea of going in through the window, went up the stairs without making a sound and went to his room. When he entered, he closed the door behind him. I walk tiredly to her bed and lay on her stomach without even changing the clothes he had been wearing since the morning that came out of his pajamas. He closed his eyes still with his face under the pillow falling asleep but his rest lasted a few minutes because he heard the knocks of his mother at the door of his room.
"Finn, are you still sleeping? wake up; you have to go to school" Minerva said from the other side of the door.
"Nngh... no I don't want to go!" Finn complained against the pillow, but he had no choice, he had to get out of bed no matter how tired he was and he could not miss school that day, nor could he tell his mom that he was not feeling well because she would find out right away. With some laziness and fatigue from the party he had just attended that morning, Finn got out of bed, left his room and walked like a robot to the bathroom to brush his teeth and wash his face with cold water to see if with that he managed to stay awake, in that way he could support even a few minutes of class.
