Love in the Friend Zone by Molly E. Lee

Author:Molly E. Lee [Lee, Molly E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Cindi Madsen, teen romance, crush, teen, graduation, Stephanie Perkins, Romance, Best Friends, Entangled, Friends to Lovers, Chris Cannon, Can’t Hardly Wait, ya romance, YA, party
Amazon: B0746MMYW7
Publisher: Entangled: Crush
Published: 2017-08-14T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Braylen

“I was trying to give the two of you space,” Randy said as he led me outside. “I didn’t know Barbie would be that quick to find him.”

“It’s all right,” I said. “Thank you, though. I was about to tell him, but she seems to pop up whenever I gain my nerve.”

“How many hours do you have left before your friend blows the whistle?”

I glanced at my cell. “Three,” I said.

That’s all the time I had to fulfill the Zoey agreement, but damn if I didn’t want to. After so many failed attempts, the task seemed effin’ impossible. How the hell was I supposed to come clean when it was clear I’d never get a second alone with Fynn? One where his mind would be focused on something other than the gorgeous princess following his every move?

We’d just walked past the dance floor before coming outside, and I’d gotten more than an eyeful of Katy shaking all her perfectness around Fynn. The hurt that zinged in my chest as he’d supported her with his hands on the small of her back had killed all the warm fuzzies his touch had given me after he’d cheated his way into winning the video game. The way he’d held me had felt so right—like his arms were meant to pull me toward him, not push me away.

At least my new wingman’s friendship was helping stave off the devastation that overran my heart with each failed attempt at opening up to Fynn. Randy was funny, sweet, if not a little overconfident—but I figured that came naturally to an adrenaline junkie like him. There was something comfortable about being around him. Maybe it was easier because being around Fynn and constantly fighting my feelings was an exhausting battle that had drained me for entirely too long.

The music echoed outside of the house and across the patio, past the pool, and right to the edge of Lennon’s property. Students danced in random cliques, some holding drinks, others simply making-out against the exterior of the house. Some chatted in groups, breathing in long pulls off a shared smoke, and from the smell of it, it was definitely not a cigarette. I laughed slightly as we passed the group taking hits, inhaling the scent I’d only experimented with once—for a story, of course.

Fynn had helped me. Taken the plunge right alongside me in my basement, eating brownies until three a.m. while we contemplated the real point of high school. We laughed half the night away before passing out.

“Braylen!” Zoey’s voice cut through my memory and I cringed as I turned toward the sound.

She stomped across the patio, taking careful steps into the grass as she came to meet me where Randy and I had been walking the trail at the edge of Lennon’s house. “Where are you going?” she asked once she’d reached us. Eyeing Randy and then me, she crossed her arms over her chest.

I shook my head. “Nowhere. We’re just getting some air.” I motioned to Randy.

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