Never Lose Hope. Hunter Hayes fan fiction

The hand shake.

*hopes pov*
Ever since 7th grade me and Hunter had had this hand shake we do when we are telling each other something important that we have to keep a secret.
I mainly only started the handshake to hold hunters hand. I had the biggest crush on him. Now that we are 22 I guess I kinda grew out of it.
Hunter and I are sitting on the couch at his house watching Mean girls. It was cute watching him laugh at the cornyness of it.
"Hey what was that for?" He said smiling at me when I threw pop corn at him.
"You were just so into it I needed to man you up again" I teased as he looked at me right in the eyes. His eyes were so blue, but so are mine.
"Oh well you didn't do a good job, girly" he teased back while flicking his wrist.
"Dude I think you need a beer." I say while walking to his fridge. I grab a cold bud light and open it up. "Here dude take a sip" I said while handing it back to him.
"Haha thanks, you could get one if you like" he says while pointing with the top of his beer bottle.
"I'm good I have to drive home later" I say
"Or you could just stay here" he said while smiling and taking a sip. "WE COULD BUILD A FORT!" He says and jumps up. "Here hold my beer" he says while handing me the beverage. I took a swig of it.
He comes back down stairs with a stack of blankets. "Just like old times" he says.
"yeah.." I replied quietly. Man. I don't think I ever grew out of the crush.
"Hope come here." He says and I do, I go over. He hands me a couple blankets .
"Sit those on the couch" he says. So I do it.
I walk back over to him and he starts laughing. I look at him like he had 4 heads.
"It's nothing hope. I'm just excited. I don't get to do stuff like this on tour. And i guess the fact I am 22" he says while walking closer to me. I just smile.

That boy better back up or I'm going to pounce. But what he does he puts his hands out for the hand shake. So I put mine up to. We complete the hand shake so now he starts out.
" Hope, I just want you to know that you are very beautiful and in these past 10 years I have came to the point I'm pretty sure I'm in love with you" he says. I fell hot. I touch his face. Yes okay this is real. "What are you doing?" He asked.
"Oh sorry" I say as I drop my hand back down to my side. I don't know what to say I'm lost. "Wow look at this man." I say while pointing to a blanket. It was one from our 9 grade year. I bought it for him for Christmas. It has llamas on it.
"Hope? Did you hear me earlier?" He says, I can hear the doubt in his voice.
"Yes I like you" I reply so fast I don't think he caught it. But the giggles tells me he did.
I walk to the fridge to get a beer. I need this. I walk over to the couch and sit as far away from Hunter as I can. He just looks at me.
"Do you want to go home?" He asks
"No I'm good." I say and scootch closer to him.
He touches my hand. I flinch. But then I grasp his hand back real quick. I think I hurt him. Damn.
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