Cheers Darlin'

This was very new territory for me. I had had almost no physical contact with any boy in my entire life with the exception of my dad and Charlie and only that one time when I fell asleep on Finn’s shoulder. Now, there I was sitting on his lap like I owned the spot.
“I came here so that I could spend some time with you, outside of school. Be with you when you let your guard down around me for more than a second,” he whispered into my ear as my back was still turned to him.
I really, really wanted to look at his face but I didn’t know what I would see there; a drunk teen or the Finn I knew?
Hanging out with him out of school meant that I was more than aware on the slight crush I had developed on him. But seeing him tonight, in his boots and his stunning smile was making me realize that it was possible that I even, kind of liked him, in that way.
“But you haven’t, have you?” I said.
I was on his lap. I was on his lap and I could feel a little something that wasn’t there before pulling at my heartstrings. I shifted a little so that I was sitting sideways, half looking at him, and half out at the pool and the little scene that was playing out there involving floating plastic cups.
I didn’t know what was going on in that moment between us but I was willing to make the best of it.
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When Finn Johnson unexpectedly drops into Chloe Harper's life, she doesn't quite know what to make of it. What could he possibly want with Chloe, a bookworm and self proclaimed loner. Dealing with her older sister Jenna;s messy love life -a product of teen pregnancy- and 8 month old niece suddenly doesn't seem enough for Chloe anymore. Through him, she finds friends she never thought she'd have and finds herself in the midst of it all. Will Chloe get the happily ever after she had convinced herself was possible or will her story find a different ending?