My Book Boyfriend #13

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 I haven't read anything with any good boyfriends lately so I'll fall back on an older favorite. I just love a sweet and nerdy boy next door. Lola never thought she would see Cricket again until he moves back and tells her he always wanted her. He was very sweet and honest and immediately made me swoon. Plus he is a smart inventor, wears tight pants, rubber band bracelets, and leaves reminder messages on his hand.

 

"Lola?" Cricket is on his knees at the side of my bed. I feel it. "I'm here," he whispers. "You can talk to me or not talk to me, but I'm here."

 

 "It doesn't matter how much fabric is between us, the solid strength of his body against mine is electric. Charged. And then our arms are enveloping and our fingers are digging and our mouths are searching and our bodies find this lock."

 

 "He stares at his hands. Whatever word he wrote there, its been crossed off. There's only a black box. "Lola, you were the only person I wanted there that night. I was crazy about you, but I didn't know what to do. It was paralyzing. There were so many times when I wanted to take your hand, but...I couldn't. That one small move felt impossible."
Now I'm staring at my hands, too. "I would have let you take it."
"I know." His voice croaks."

 

 "Remember that day I made you the elevator?” he suddenly asks.

I give him a faint smile. “How could I forget?”

 “That was the day I had my first kiss.”

My smile fades.

“I’m better now,” He sets the apple beside me. “At kissing, just so you know."

 

 "So do you believe in second chances?" I bite my lip.
"Second, third, fourth. Whatever it takes. However long it takes. If the person is right," he adds.
"If the person is... Lola?"
This time, he holds my gaze. "Only if the other person is Cricket."

 "Perfect is overrated. Perfect is boring."
I smile. "You don't think I'm perfect?"
"No. You're delightfully screwy, and I wouldn't have you any other way." 

 

"No more moving. I'm here. I'm wherever you are."

I used Matt Dallas as Cricket. He just has a really sweet boy next door look.