Your Pov

"Finney! You promised me all the KitKats!" I yell. We finally finished Trick or Treating and Finney decided to stay the night at my house. We were already changed out of our costumes, now in pajamas. "We didn't shake on it!" He defends. "That doesn't mean anything! I'll give you my candycorn for them." I reason, "Fine, only because you're my best friend." He sighs and slides over the candy.

Best Friends. I ignore the thought and happily grab the candy. I unwrap one of them, "sure hope this isn't poisoned or something." I mumble before taking a bite out of it. I hum slightly, pleased with the taste.

"Can I get the candycorn now? Or are you gonna keep savoring that like it's a million dollars?" Finn says breaking me out of my thoughts. "Yeah sure," I roll my eyes. "Here's your gross candy." He snatches it and shoves it in his mouth. He then hums just like I did mocking me. "I will kick you out." I state, "gosh sorry, sorry! Can we watch a movie now?" He asks

"Sure, what do you wanna watch?" I ask while grabbing the tv remote. "Something spooky!" He giggles like a five year old. "Okay..." I trail off. I take a seat on the couch and start going through the channels. I find a movie about a shark, 'jaws' it says.

I sit down next to Finney and snuggle into the soft sofa. The movie ends up being kinda weird. It's shark just eating people and stuff, not too scary. About halfway though the movie I start to doze off.

"Oh what a pitty..."

"...right back where you started"

"The cold, dark, lonely, basement."

"The place pathetic children like you belong!"

I turn around and see the Grabber with a gun

My eyes widen as he pulls the trigger

I open my eyes quickly and look around. My breathing fast and heavy. I start to squirm around feeling uncomfortable. "Hey, hey, hey, you're okay. It's okay now." I hear Finney say, "sorry" I mumble still shaken up. "It's fine, you're okay." He cooed while bringing me into an embrace.

I snuggle into his chest, ignoring all the thoughts flowing through my mind. "Breathe (y/n), it's alright. I'm here." He continues to talk softly, trying to calm me down. Slowly my eyelids droop, and I fall back asleep hugging Finney.

I wake up the next morning, trying to get up. Only to be pulled back down by two arms. I soon realize that I'm hugging Finney. Oh yeah, the nightmare. Wait. . Omg omg omg omg. I try to get up again, but I'm hugged tighter by him and he lightly mumbles in his sleep.

We have school today. He's gonna have to get up unless he wants to be late. I'm really gonna hate ruining this. "Goodmoring!" My mom shouts. Guess I won't ruin it, "(y/n), Finney..oh how cute!" I hear her run out of the room and come back. Then there's a soft click, she took a picture. Of course.

"Get up you two!" She says slightly louder. Causing Finney to stir and wake up. He looks down at me in his arms and quickly releases his death grip while flushing a deep shade of red. I stand up with pink cheeks and start getting ready. Leaving Finney on the couch.

"Hey uh, I'm sorry about this morning." Finn apologizes as we walk to school. "Why would you be sorry, you literally comforted me after a nightmare?" I laugh slightly. "I just thought you wer-" I cut him off with a hug, "thank you," I mumble before giving him a peck on the cheek. "Race you to school!" I yell and start running. Leaving him alone.

"Hey! Get back here!"

About halfway through the movie (y/n) falls asleep. She's leaning up against me slightly, so I don't move a muscle. The movie is pretty boring, so I close my eyes and lean my head on hers. Falling in a peaceful slumber.

My eyes slowly open, to see (y/n) panicking and breathing heavy. She starts to squirm so I quickly start to try and calm her down, "Hey, hey, hey, you're okay. It's okay now," I tell her, repeating the words Gwen told me once. "sorry." She mumbles, still shaking.

"It's fine, you're fine."I whisper to her while pulling her into a hug. She snuggles into my chest making me flush. I forget what's going on for a second then continue, "Breathe (y/n), it's alright. I'm here." She slowly stops shaking and I feel her body go limp in my arms. After a few minutes I hear her lightly snore, in deep sleep.

I close my eyes too, holding onto (y/n) tight, still red, but content. "Get up you two!" I hear (y/n)'s mom shout. I start to wake up and look down. I see (y/n) giving me a lopsided smile and I let go immediately. Her cheeks heat up and she runs out of the room. God, I'm an idiot.

"Hey uh, I'm sorry about this morning." I apologize as we walk to school. "Why would you be sorry, you literally comforted me after a nightmare?" She laughs softly. "I just thought you wer-" I get cut off with (y/n) hugging me. "Thank you," She mumbles into my chest. I stand there frozen, not knowing what to do.

Before I can process anything she gives me a light kiss on the cheek and runs away. "Race you to school!" She shouts while running and giggling. I stand there for a few seconds, going over everything that happened. I put my hand to my cheek, it burns where her lips touched. I snap out of it and run after her.

"Hey! Get back here!"

Your Pov

Once I arrive at school, with Finney hot on my tail the whole time, Gwen greets us. "Hey you two!" She shouts, next to Ryan who gives me a small wave. "Hi, Gwen!" I say out of breath. "What, did you two just run a marathon or something?" She asks confused. "We raced." Finney speaks up. "Yep!" I say poping the 'p.' "And I won!" I brag. "Yeah whatever, let's go!" He rolls his eyes and drags me into the school.

"You know I'm perfectly good at walking right?" I ask as he continues to drag me, "Yeah, I know." "So why are you-" "Here's your class, bye now!" He says and walks away. Okay...I walk into first and sit by Lucy. "Hey (y/n)! Oh I see the jacket is gone. That's okay, because I have a perfect plan to set you two up!" She talks quickly, making it hard to understand. "Wait what?" I ask totally confused on what she's going on about. "I'm gonna set you and Finney up!" She shouts

"Oh haha, there's no need to do that." I say awkwardly. "With those rosey cheeks of yours I think there is." She states causing me to blush more. "No really! I think we're fine." I tell her, waving my hands infront of me, trying to hide the blush. "Fine, but at least let me give you a plan?" She presses on. "Okay fine, whatcha got?" I ask, this could be a good idea. "Hmm...Well the mall is always good! Or maybe icecream, or slushies!" She tells me. Shushies, that would be fun. "Alright, I'll keep those in mind," I laugh lightly and she nods vigorously.

♤Time Skip♤

"So you're telling me, you want to take Finney on a date?!" Gwen asks astonished. "Wha-no! It's not a date, I was thinking like, uhm, just hanging out or something?" "Sounds like a date." "It's not a date!" I yell, causing people around us to look in our direction. "Keep yelling and Finney, along with all these people will know!" Gwen whisper shouts while eating a cracker.

"Okay, so you want to go have slushies with Finney after school?" Gwen asks trying to understand everything. "Well yeah, Lucy gave me the idea." I shrug, "Okay..wait! What if we do a double not date kinda thing?" She asks, "with you two, and me and Ryan." She says. "Yes! Then it won't be awkward and we can just call it hanging out!" I agree and we high five.

Right as we finish talking the boys come sit down with us. "What were you talking about?" Finney asks eating some strawberries. "Nothing important." I tell him and look at Gwen. She just giggles, "you two wanna go get slushies after school?" She asks while looking at Ryan.

"Why not," Ryan says, "Sure, you coming (y/n)?" Finney asks me. "Of course!" I tell him. Gwen looks at me and starting making kissy sounds. "I know you're not doing that, miss 'I give goo goo eyes to Ryan'" "I do not!" "Yes you do!" I laugh back.

After we finish our lame classes we start going over to the Blake's house. "So we're gonna get money then go." Gwen tells us, "I have some in my bag." Ryan tells her. "Uhh, I'm kinda poor guys." I tell them. "I'll pay for you, (y/n)." Finn tells me with a slight smile. Gwen shoves his shoulder and he goes pink. "Shut it!" I hear him mumble.

We walk into their house. Mr. Blake has been getting better since the incident, he doesn't drink much anymore. "Hi Mr. Blake!" I greet him as I walk inside, with Ryan by my side. "We'll be back in a second." Gwen tells us as they run into their rooms. "Ahh, hello (y/n), and you must be Ryan?" He asks turning to him. "Yes sir," he says polity.

"Gwen talks loads about you!" He chuckles and goes back into the living room. "When you gonna ask her on a date?" I whisper to him, "when Finn grows the balls to ask you out." He snaps back and I giggle. Man he's mean, perfect for Gwen. "Let's gooo!" Gwen shouts grabbing onto Ryan's hand and pulling him out the house. "We're gonna go get slushies dad." Finn says before walking out.

"You ready?" He asks, "mhm" I mumble back starting to walk next to him. Gwen and Ryan already half way down the street, hands binded together. Me and Finn walk in comfortable silence, then I feel his hand brush against mine. I feel my cheeks heat up, but try to ignore it. Maybe I should take Lucy's advice for once.

I take a leap of faith and grab onto his hand. I wrap my fingers around his and continue looking forward. I see him turn in my direction, red as can be, but smiling wide. He tightens his grip around my hand and walks forward, a bit more confident than before.

"Slushie! Slushie! Slushie!" Gwen chants walking into the gas station, me and Finn right behind them. I laugh at how excited she is and pull Finney along with me. I remove my hand from his so I can make my slushie. My hand, suddenly feeling colder, as I miss his touch-I mean, live laugh love!

I grab a cup and hand one to Finn, which he happily takes. I fill my cup up with Blue Raspberry, and Finney does his with Cherry. Gwen and Ryan, on the other hand mix all the flavors together. We go up to the cash register to pay, "hello, what can I do for you today?" The man asks

"We got four slushies!" Gwen says extremely excited to start drinking hers. "Alrighty!" He laughs. "8.95" He says. Finney puts down a ten dollar bill before anyone else gets their money out. Well except me, I'm still poor. We thank the man and walk outside and sit on the benches in the back.

Gwen and Ryan sitting together, and me and Finn. I hear the two chatting and enjoying eachothers company, making me smile. "How was school?" Finn asks, taking a sip out of his drink. "Pretty good, other than the quiz we had." I tell him, "yeahh, that was horrible." He says and I take a sip of my slushie. "I have to say," I start. "This slushie is quite scrumdiddleyumptious!" I say taking another big gulp of it. "You're an idiot!" He laughs, "but mines better, Blue Raspberry is kinda gross." He says, "okay candycorn lover."

"Would you stop about the candycorn! It's good! You're just weird." He says accusingly. "So mad for what?" I say to myself. "Fine, then let's switch!" He states. "What?" I ask confused. "Let's switch, if your stuff is so much better!" He tells me, and I get red. He grabs my drink out of my hand and hands me his.

I reluctantly grab it and smile, he takes a sip out of mine and I do the same to his. Both of us with rosey cheeks. "This tastes horrible!" I say sticking my tongue out. "Oh my god! Your tongue!" He says before breaking down laughing. "What?! What's wrong with my tongue?!" I ask nervously. He sticks his tongue out at me and I see his is purple now. I start laughing with him about how stupid this is.

Hes perfect.