strange love

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Before Lynn could respond, the car pulled up in front of the house where the party was. Scott and Emily jumped out and ran in.
"I guess you're stuck with me Lynn"
"It seems so"
Nick got out of the car and opened the door for Lynn to step out
"Wow, such a gentleman"
"I try"
Nick waved to some people he knew, but stuck close to Lynn.
"Do you want a drink?"
"Sure, I guess"
He handed Lynn a beer. Lynn drank beer a total of 3 times in her life. Once on Thanksgiving when she was 8 and mistook it for root beer, once on the 4th of July, once again, thinking it was root beer, and once at Emily's when she drank a full one for the first time. She opened the can and started drinking it, trying to ignore the unpleasant taste. She watched the party goers on the dance floor. Couples grinding, lonely girls twerking for attention, sleazy guys watching those girls. Lynn wasn't a fan. She desperately wanted to go home. She had never even been to a party like this before, and she never planned to.
"Have you ever been to a party, Lynn"
Nick had to shout over the music for her to hear him
"No, not one like this. Parties aren't really my thing"
"I can tell. You look really uncomfortable. Do you want to go outside, it's quieter out there and less crowded"
"Sure"
They started walking towards the door, Nick grabbed her hand to pull her through a crowd. He didn't let go until he noticed how long he had been doing it. They found a spot to sit under a tree in the backyard of the house.
"So Lynn, tell me about yourself."
"There's really not much to tell"
"I'm sure there is, you seem pretty interesting"
"I'm really not, why don't you tell me a bit about yourself"
"Fine. My name's Nick Barlow, I'm a stoner and I love parties and pretty girls. Your turn."
"Okay my name is Lynn Walters, I read books and I hate parties, or literally any social interaction really." "Lynn Walters, that's a nice name"
"Are you really going to compliment my name"
"I can't think of anything else to do"
"You can leave me here and go enjoy the party, find yourself a pretty girl, smoke some weed, and have fun"
"Have you ever smoked weed Lynn?"
"No, that's kind of obvious"
"Yeah that was a stupid question. Do you want to try it?"
"I'm really not one to do drugs"
"Well I am, and you should try it, it isn't as bad as our parents say it is."
Nick took out the blunt he rolled in the car and lit it. He took a few drags and passed it to Lynn.
"Just try it"
Lynn tried it. It was weird and foreign but it wasn't bad. She didn't feel like she broke any laws, got lung cancer, or became a drug addict. She took a few more drags before she started to feel the affects.
"This isn't that bad honestly"
"See I told you!"
Lynn looked at Nick and really started to appreciate his facial features. His eyes, which were a brilliant shade of blue, and the wavy brown hair that fell in front of them. He really was attractive.
Little did she know that Nick was doing the same thing. He was focusing on her gray eyes, bloodshot from the smoke, and how they looked with her black hair that fell past her shoulders. He looked down at her lips, that were crimson. At that moment he realized how bad he wanted to kiss her.
"Lynn, can I try something?"
"Sure, what is it?"
"Nothing terrible"
He leaned in and took hold of her lips with his own.