I sit surrounded by Aaron, Holly, Natalie, Summer and Melissa, laughing and chatting; after it had taken almost an hour for Aaron and Summer to convince me to come back into the party.

We were all laughing when I felt a presence behind me and the other's laughter was cut short.

"What do you want Flynn?" I ask, knowing it had to be him.

"To dance" He replies simply.

Summer's lips pinch together as she tries to conceal her smile.

Turning in my chair, I glare quizzically up at him. He holds his hand out to me. His eyes have that mischievous glint in them that I've grown to love.

"You gonna dance with me or are you just gonna keep me standing here?"

Filled with curiosity, I place my hand in his and stand. Flynn escorts me to the dance floor, where conveniently a slow song begins playing. He stands facing me, one hand still gripping mine and the other is rests gently on my waist.

I sway in sync with Flynn, not a word spoken between us. Just the music and our two beating hearts, okay so mine's racing but you know what I mean.

Relaxing in his familiarity, I rest my head on his shoulder. Flynn's head tilts slightly, resting against mine. His hand moves around to my back, nearing our bodies.

I don't know what's going to happen when this song comes to an end; but for another two minutes I can just enjoy this moment in his arms. The peace between us is rare yet golden; and although I can feel the gazes of everyone on us, I still feel as though he and I are the only two people here.

Flynn lifts his head and I feel him kiss the top of my head. It's then I realize the song has ended and my reality must continue.

I lift my head and look at him through my glassy eyes. The songs have quickened but we remain in our stance, unmoved.

"I miss you" He confesses bluntly. "I miss tormenting you, arguing with you, hearing your laugh, seeing your smile and well, everything about you" He gazes at me waiting for a response but I can't find the words, any words. "You're more trouble than I ever imagined one girl could be but I don't care, I'd do whatever I had to, to keep you safe" With every word he speaks I find it harder to hold back my tears.

"You're going to ruin your rep and any chance with these girls"

Flynn chuckles amusingly "I really couldn't care about my fake rep or any other girl but the one in my arms right now"

"Flynn..."

"If the next sentence to come from your mouth is out of concern for your own feelings, I don't want to hear it" He interrupts "Individually we know we're not exactly the relationship type but maybe together we are" His mouth turns into the most gentle smile I've ever seen on him. "What do you say Trouble? Will you give this stubborn asshole a shot?"

"What about Nikki, or Jenny"

"Are they in my arms right now, listening to me pour my heart out to them?" I shake my head in reply. "Exactly, so you have nothing to worry about. They're just girls" He chuckles, inching closer to me. "You're the only girl who's slept in my bed and I want it to stay like that for as long as you'll have me"

"You promise to treat me the same way in school as you do outside?" I question and he laughs lightly.

"I promise to treat you the same no matter where we are or who's around; If you promise the same"

His grey eyes lighten to a bluer shade and I feel like a million butterflies have been released into my stomach.

I nod my head vigorously.

Flynn closes the space between us, his lips crashing on mine. Finally able to taste his kisses again, my arms wrap around his neck, not wanting it to end.

"Get a room" Benji hollers and we hear an outburst of laughter, among the cheers and clapping.

I glimpse around us, all our friends and most of our classmates are staring at us; although a lot of girls don't look very impressed, but the cheers of my friends even that out.

I rest my forehead against Flynn chest, giggling with embarrassment. His arms wrap around me possessively and he laughs.

"About time" Summer chirps, appearing next to us.

I lift my head from Flynn and he kisses my head "I'll be right back" He says and strides away.

"What the hell!" Natalie shrieks. "How did that come about?"

Holly, Melissa and Nicole join us, also waiting to hear my story with broad smiles on their faces.

I shrug my shoulders, "He just asked me to dance and then told me how he felt"

"And that's it?"

"I'll tell ya everything tomorrow after I've processed it all myself" I wink cheekily at Summer, not really wanting everyone to hear my story, to hear how Flynn opened up to me.

I glimpse around instantly spotting Flynn stood chatting with Benji, Robbie and Aaron; mainly with Aaron though. They laugh heartily and curiosity fills me.

"I'll be right back" I say blankly to the girls before crossing the room to the guys. I stand between Aaron and Flynn, glancing between them. "What's this? A budding bromance?"

"Why ya afraid I might take him away from ya?" Aaron teases.

"You'd be doing me a favor" I snicker jokingly. Flynn folds his arms across his chest and tries to glare at me unimpressed; but struggles to hide the grin creeping up on his face. Our friends laugh, clearly amused by us. "What?" I giggle "Just because I like you doesn't mean I'm going to stop tormenting ya"

Flynn chuckles and grabs my arm, pulling me into him. I stand looking up into his glistening grey-blue eyes. "Good, because I don't plan on stopping either" He smirks, his dimple shows and his eyes fill with mischief.

"Flynn!" I squeal as he bends, lifting me from the ground. My hands fly to cover my bottom, making sure that my dress hasn't hiked up and everyone can see my ass.

Flynn carries me over his shoulder out of the function room, where we can be alone, before he carefully lowering me down.

I stand and mimic the smile on his face.

"What?" I giggle, knowing there's something he wants to say.

He puts his arms around me and we just stand there, gazing at each other. "I'm so glad Ms Brown partner us up" He admits and I look quizzically at him. What an odd thing to say. "If she hadn't, I'd probably never have gotten to know the real you; not that the goodie-two-shoes wasn't gorgeous and all, but the real you.." He glimpses down at me and smirks "..hot as hell and twice as fun, baby" He winks and I feel my cheeks blush. Leaning in, Flynn kisses my lips. "You really are cute when you blush"

I slap him lightly on the chest and he winces at the unexpectedness of it. "That's for calling me cute and making me blush in the first place"

Amused, Flynn laughs. "I'm not allowed call my girlfriend cute?" He raises a questionable eyebrow at me.

I stand with my mouth gaped open.

"Girlfriend?" I croak in astonishment.

Did he really just refer to me as his girlfriend?

"Well if ya don't want to be, I guess I could just go.." He pretends to leaving, turning away. His hands still entwined with mine.

I pull at his hand and he turns back around, grinning at me.

"You know, I quite like the sound of Flynn Murray calling me his girlfriend" I bite the corner of my bottom lip.

He steps closer to me until our bodies are touching and gazes into my eyes "And I quite like when you bite your lip like that" He whispers.

I put my hands flat on his chest and extend my arms, putting space between us. "Just making sure it still has an effect on ya" I giggle, teasingly.

Flynn groans and drags his hands through his hair. "You're going to kill me, Leah Brown" He titters and follows me back to the table where our friends are all gathered.