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Chapter 17: Shared

"Ethan Frazier." I say in what was barely a whisper. Ethan looks down at his feet and looks back up with a shy smile on his face. "Hi, Harley Quinn." He quietly says to me. "Wha-how-wher?" Was all I manage to sputter out. "I know you have a lot of questions for me, so whatever comes out first, I'll answer." He says looking at his feet still.

"How were you able to get my chat room name?" I ask immediately. He chuckles a little bit. "I had a feeling that was going to be your first question. I actually got that from your brother." He points to a little area, which I hadn't noticed at first, where Nick and Magenta were talking. "When did he give it to you?" We had to stay after school one day to set up for a dance and we started talking about you. He gave it to me and said use it if I ever wanted to talk to you." I shake my head.

"So our parents know about this?" I ask him and he chuckles. "Yeah." "How did they find out?" I ask him, bewildered. "Remember that Rocky Horror picture thing you took me to on Halloween?" I nod my head and he continues. "Your mom pulled me to the side after everyone was changing. She found out a couple of days prior to that and...told your dad." He looks back down at his feet and I stay silent.

"Please don't be mad at me, I just wanted to talk to you, but couldn't find a way to in person so I---" I cut him off and say "Ethan I'm not mad at you."

He looks at me shocked. His big blue eyes nearly pop out of his head. "You're not?"

"No. This was actually...kinda sweet." He steps closer to me and grabs my hand. "You think so?" I smirk and squeeze his hand lightly. "I do." We look at each other for a few moments. I get out of my trance and ask him, "So are we going to skate or what?" I joke around. We laugh and Ethan starts teaching me how to ice skate. After a few minutes, I look up and realize that everybody who was here was gone. "Everyone's gone." I say to Ethan. "Should we go look for them?" I start looking in every direction. "Okay. But first I have to do something."

I begin walking and ask, "What is it?" Before I could take another step, Ethan pulls me back and dips me. "This." He presses his lips onto mine and instead of holding back, I find myself kissing him back. He pulls away suddenly,but comes back down to kiss me once more. "I did it." He says quietly. "Did what?" "Kissed you. It was on my list tonight." He smiles. "Oh. So you made a list?" He nods his head. "What else was on your list?" He exhales deeply and says, "Harley Quinn-James. You make me smile so hard that my cheeks hurt. But I keep smiling. I love how wavy your hair is and how no matter what you do with it, you still look beautiful. I love your awkward-ness and your books. I even love your crazy family. Crazy on a good way not a bad way. So would you please, give me the honor of being your boyfriend?" I wipe away a few of the tears that had fallen.

"So what do you say?" He asks me. I shift my feet. "Hells yes." I say and Ethan nearly faints. "Yes?" He asks. "YES!!" I scream and he picks me and spins me in the air. I scream my lungs out and he finally puts me down. "Come on. Let's go out on our official first date." He grabs my hand and we begin walking back to his truck