"Sarah, i'm so invested in this!" Bruce walked down the side walk with her. "Did he say he was your boyfriend?"

"No, I don't think we're labeling anything yet." Sarah walked with a pep in her step the next morning. "But, we did kiss again. And again. And again!"

"Three whole times?" he gapped. "He's definitely your boyfriend."

"God, I don't even know how to be a girlfriend. Should I bring him flowers?" Sarah rose her eyebrows as they took a turn down the road they were headed to. "Do you think I should invite him to throw paper with me on Sundays?"

"You're doing that now?" Bruce wasn't aware.

"Yeah, I think Billy would want me to. The new Paperboy doesn't do the special wrap he use to do." she shrugged her shoulders, doing it with the rubber band on her wrist as a habit. "Plus, I think Bingo likes it. Makes him feel some sort of familiarity."

"That's sweet." Bruce smiled. "How do you have Robins address?"

"I called Gwen and made her sneak into Finneys bag and find it." she confirmed with a shrug of her shoulders. "She's sneaky like that."

"Do you think Robin wants to go to Aspen with us?" he suggested with a shrug. "We still have one spot open in the car?"

"Amy isn't going?" she gave a questionable look.

"No, her and my Mom are having a girls weekend. Whatever that means." he shrugged his shoulders.

Sarah smiled at the thought of them having girl time together, she wished she had the chance to do that with her Mom sometimes. "I hope i'm a good Mom one day."

"I think you will be." Bruce nodded his head. "One of those super rich Moms. I mean, you are about to get a scholarship to a fancy person school."

"True, Neurologist make a bunch of money." Sarah confirmed with a nod. "But, what if I don't have time for them?"

"I think you'll find a way to make time for them." Bruce admitted to her with a nod. "Even if you have to put them in the dental room with you."

Sarah tried not to laugh. "Neuro means brain."

"Oh." he laughed at himself. "Even if you have to put them in a brain scan with you."

Sarah nodded her head. "That sounds better."

They stopped infront of the house, checking the paper. "This is it."

"Should we knock? I've never met his Mom or his uncle." Sarah looked to Bruce with a curios look, he matched it as they shrugged on sync. "Robin!"

"Robin!" Bruce shouted with her.

"Robin!" Sarah cupped her hands together.

"Robinnnn!" Bruce drew it out, copying Sarahs cupped hands.

"Robin!" they finally yelled on sync as the front door opened. Robin gave them both an insane look, shutting the door.

"What is wrong with the two of you?" he asked in pure disbelief with the oddest looks across his face. "Capullo."

"Aw, what does that mean?" Sarah smiled. "Did you just call us pretty?"

"Aw, that's so sweet." Bruce pretended to fluff his hair. "We are pretty."

"The prettiest." Robin rolled his eyes in annoyance. "Why are you screaming infront of my house? Gave Ma a heart attack in there."

"Oh, give Ma our biggest apologies." Sarah touched her heart. "We're actually here to talk to you about Finney."

"Oh god, what'd he get himself into now?" Robin braced himself.

"Sarah's dating Vance Hopper but we don't actually know if they are definitely dating but they've kissed four times and held hands the entire time down the hallway. So, basically dating without a label but we're scared Finneys gonna cry since he wants to marry Sarah so bad and she doesn't wanna hurt his feelings but neither of us can keep a secret." Bruce inhaled deeply after getting all that out. "Woah, I can't breath."

"Yeah, what he said." Sarah patted Bruce on the back. "And you're his best friend and so good at talking to him, so I wanted your advice?"

Robin shook his head in disbelief. "I can't believe this. I knew you were dating him."

"Robin!" she whined. "Help."

"Well, he's gonna be sad no matter what." Robin jabbed a finger at her. "But, he's also gonna be happy if you're happy. You're lucky he's such a good person."

"I know he is." Sarah nodded. "That's why I don't wanna hurt him."

"I mean, not that Finney isn't great, but he doesn't actually think him and Sarah are gonna get together any time soon, right?" Bruce had to ask with a curious look. "He's thirteen and she's fifteen. Not that big of an age gap, but right now it is."

"Duh, that's why he doesn't plan on proposing until he's seventeen." Robin shrugged his shoulders. "So, maybe you can just lie a little and say you guys will probably break up by the time you're nineteen."

"Okay, but what if we don't? Won't that hurt him more?" Sarah's eyes doubled in size.

"Sarah, if you and Vance Hopper aren't broken up by the time you're nineteen years old, i'll make sure Finney has moved on with someone else so he doesn't even remember the marriage thing." Robin shrugged his shoulders. "Sound like a deal?"

"Sounds like a deal. Thanks, Robin." she smiled, holding her fist out to bump into his. "You wanna go to Aspen?"

"Who's Aspen?" he asked the same question Vance did, making Sarah laugh.

"A city. We're going to tour a rich person school and have one more seat open." Bruce answered for her. "And since we've all already road tripped together once, thank god Bingo was found, we figured you should come too."

Robin gave Sarah a look. "You've gotta talk to my Mom."

"Yeah, parents love me." she confirmed with a grin. "Okay, let's go before I gotta go break Finneys little heart."

"He better not be too upset or i'll kick your ass." Robin followed her up the steps.

"Then her scary boyfriend will kick your ass." Bruce added as he followed after them.

"Where's he at anyways?" Robin gave a curious look as he opened the door.

"Out doing scary boyfriend things." Sarah shrugged, walking in first as Bruce followed.

Turns out, Robins mom was really excited to meet Bruce and Sarah. They ended up cooking and speaking most of the day there, eating and getting to know each other before she agreed to let Robin go to Aspen. That being said, by the time they got to the Blake residents, it was already dark. Bruce waited for Sarah around the house as she crept to the back where Finneys window was.

He was laying on his bed, flipping through the most resent space magazine that was at Grab N Go. The flashing of three lights caught his attention, looking up to see Sarah blinking her little flashlight at him. Finney felt embarrassed being in his childish pajamas, wrapping a blanket around his body and slowly closing his door. He went to the window and pulled it open quietly. "Sarah?"

"Hey." she grinned, feeling funny that she was looking up at him due to the widow arrangement. "How's it going?"

"It's going okay." he had to laugh, looking around. "What are you doing here right now?"

"I just wanted to talk to you for a second." she leaned against the window ceil. "But, before I tell you, I wanna know you're not gonna be mad at me?"

"No, of course not." he promised her, keeping the blanket around him more. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah." Sarah smiled at him. "You know my friend Vance?"

Finney nodded, apart of him knew exactly what she was gonna say. "Did he get out of jail?"

"Yeah, he did." she confirmed. "We're also kinda...together now."

Finney knew that Sarah was older then him, and a lot more mature. She was at that age were she'd start dating, start going to parties, and paying attention to the people around her. All while he was still wearing space pajamas and having to ask his Dad to get stuff off the top self for him. "He's your boyfriend?"

"Yeah, sorta." Sarah chewed on the inside of her mouth. "You mad at me?"

"No." Finney shook his head. "Are you happy?"

Robin was right, Sarah knew he would be. "Yeah, I really am."

He took a deep breath. "Then so am I."

Sarah smiled at him. "You're the best boy i've ever known, Finney Blake."

Finney smiled at her slightly. "You'll be carful though?"

"You know me." she shrugged her shoulders. "Besides...we'll probably break up before i'm nineteen anyways."

His eyes widened just a little but played it off casually. "Thanks for telling me. You can tell me all kinds of stuff, you know? I'm getting older."

"I know." she laughed, rubbing his head. "I'll see you in a couple days, okay?"

"Okay." Finney shrugged with a half grin. "Bye, Sarah."

"Bye, Finney." she waited until he shut the window to blink their Good-Bye with her flashlight. He leaned over by his desk, grabbing his and doing it back before Sarah smiled and walked away.

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kylie speaks

if you guys keep up with me
you know i'm writing in real
life books and this just gave me
a massive ass idea for a book

also💀 i realized that i completely fucked up the time line and age since finney was 13 when he was taken, but this is two years before, so we're just gonna pretend robin and finney were 15 when they got taken in two years instead of 13 lol. MY BAD!!