Chapter 42
“No?” I asked.
“Uh-uh.” He put my hand on my leg.
“You seemed…not so shy.”
“With your body.”
“Finn…Your body is—”
“There is no my body. Just your body.”
“There’s gonna be, right? There has to be,” I said. “I want there to be.” I found his eyes and captured them with mine. “I like your body, Finn.”
He looked away. “Because you’re horny. You’d like any body right now.”
“Not true. Not at all. Maybe if I was just…taking care of myself. I like you, Finneus Shea.” I tried to gather my thoughts into something sweet and romantic, something honest. “I like you so fucking much, it kind of scares me a little, because it’s new…a new feeling for me, a bunch of them, some I don’t even recognize. I know I’m more than horny. I’m all…It’s like excited for one, like that feeling when you get on the bus and your best friend saved you a seat.”
Finn smiled.