THE L WORD

chapter eight

CHAPTER EIGHT
did you script that?

"Before you shut the door," Scout raises her hands in defense, "I'm not here to argue with you. My nose is fuckin' broken because of you."

Gwen sighs, "What do you want?"

"To..." Scout rolls her eyes, "To apologize. It's come to my attention that I'm somethin' of a home wrecker now."

"Good job," Gwen nods, "You fucking figured it out."

"I shouldn't have kissed Finn," Scout chuckles without much humor, "He made that very clear."

Gwen looks at her, "Sorry, what?"

"Finn," Scout sighs, "He just instantly backed up and was like 'What the fuck is wrong with you? I have a girlfriend.' Man, you know what the one thing that's consistent with him is? Nobody is ever gon' love Gwen O'Brien the way Finn Cassidy does."

Gwen widens her eyes a fraction, "Shit!"

"Shit?" Scout furrows her eyebrows, "Why shit?"

"I have to go," Gwen tells her, rushing off.

"Wait, am I forgiven?" Scout yells.

Gwen scoffs, "Of course not!"

Scout nods, "That's fair."

•••

"Get him back!" Kate exclaims, "What the fuck are you doing here? Get that bitch back!"

"He's not going to take me back that easily," Gwen tells her, "I was such an asshole to him."

"Gwen," Brooke says, "There has never been competition. Finn literally told you that. To your face. If you seriously think he won't take you back, you're a bigger dumbass than I thought. And I thought you were a pretty big dumbass."

"I love you guys," Gwen smiles softly.

"Okay, great, now tell Finn that."

•••

The door creaks open, and an exhausted looking Finn answers.

"Gwen," He says, "What are you doing here?"

"Scout apologized to me this morning," Gwen explains, "I didn't forgive her, I probably should, but the point is that she told me what happened and... well, I guess I forgot that you're Finn and you wouldn't kiss another girl."

Finn sighs in relief, "That's... good--"

"I'm not done," Gwen takes a deep breath, "I love you. And I didn't know what that meant before, but I do now, because that's you. You... if someone asked me to draw a picture of love, it would be a picture of you. I love you."

"Did you script that?"

"A little."

He chuckles softly, "I love you too. In case I haven't made that copiously obvious."

"Yay," Gwen says quietly, as Finn takes her waist in his hands, "Woah."

"Sorry," Finn laughs quietly, but doesn't let go of her, "Too forward?"

"Quite the opposite," Gwen smiles, leaning up and pressing her lips to his.

a/n: aren't they just so cute together 😐