We had a great day, Brynn and I and as I glanced at my watch I'd seen our time was coming to a close. I wished the day could last forever.

"I won the last shake so the hatcheries it is?" Brynn said grinning.

I handed her back that wonderful little ball almost sad to see it go. She placed it in her purse and then smiled at me. I wasn't even sure we were allowed in that part of the park this late at night.

She made a left turn. "Brynn, the hatcheries are that way," I say pointing right.

"I know," she tells me and pulls into a drive thru to a 24 hr donut shop, orders some donuts and two coffees and drives around.

I open my wallet and she takes it from me throwing it in the back seat. "Hey!" I say, looking back for it but it's too dark to see.

"Why did you..." I see her paying for the donuts and coffee and she hands me the coffee cups so she can grab the box of donuts.

"Brynn, no girl of mine is going to pay for a meal in my presence."

"First of all," she says opening her cup holder and takes the cups back to put them securely in place, "It's not a meal... it's donuts. You have paid for every other meal we had today. So, I am picking up the tab for dessert. Besides it's already done so..."

"Not cool what you did with my wallet, Brynn. You could have just told me."

She frowned in a "Yeah, please," sort of way.

"What?"

"You'd let me pay for the donuts and coffee?"

"You didn't bother to find out now did you?"

She shrugged again. "Okay, fair enough. Next time I'll tell you."

I noticed she said tell not ask, but I let that go. We get to the hatcheries and there is more than one car, which is encouraging as if it were illegal to be in the park this late at night surely all these cars would not be here.

She hands me my cup. "Thank you!"

"And second of all?" I ask, taking a swig and putting it back down.

"Second of all?" Brynn asks. She looks confused.

"Well most of the time when someone says, 'First of all', it's usually followed by a second point... you know a second of all?" I tell her.

"Oh, that."

"May I?" I ask pointing to the box of sugary goodness.

She smiles at me and opens the box for me to grab a donut. Then says, "You said, 'No girl of mine', and well I'm not your girl."

I take a bite only to choke on my donut. I had thought we cleared this up at lunch but obviously I was wrong.

"You're not?" I sputter out.

"Am I?" she asks.

"I'd like to think so," I tell her, wiping the powdered sugar from my lips with the back of my hand.

"Then why didn't you suggest..." She looks away, looking oddly shy all of a sudden. I couldn't imagine what would cause such a reaction.

"coming here." She ends with, in almost a whisper.

"Why would I suggest coming here?"

She looks disappointed, and says, "No, you're right. It was dumb idea," and she starts up the car.

"Wait!" I say putting my hand over hers to keep her from putting it in reverse. "What am I missing?"

"You know?" Then I guess the look on my face told her I really didn't know and she suddenly looked even more embarrassed. "Brynn, what's going on?"

"I..uh... I just thought... you being Finn Nash and all, that you'd know."

"Know what?"

She looks out the driver's side window at the other cars and wouldn't look back at me. "That this is a make-out place."

I look out at the other cars too and suddenly realize what they all have in common. They all contained couples and most of them had fogged up windows. Crap she brought me here thinking... What? What was she thinking?

"I have...um... never brought a girl here." I tell her. "I just got my license a year ago and so the only girl I was dating while driving was Jessica. We didn't date long enough that things got that well..." Damn this was awkward.

She suddenly brightens. "Never?"

"Never."

She puts the car back into park and turns it off. "Never, ever?"

I laugh and smile at her. "That's usually what never means."

She's staring at me and I wonder why I feel nervous. Shouldn't she be the nervous one? I have made out with girls before but I didn't plan it, which is almost funny as I plan everything. So, it would make perfect sense that Brynn would think I had done this before.

Then another thought pops into my head. "Have you ever?"

"I already told you I've never been kissed."

"So, how did you know about this place?"

"I hear things," she supplies.

This was so bizarre and my tick of laughing at inappropriate moments kicks in.

"What's so funny?" she asks searching for her own donut from the box.

"You don't find it at all ironic that you planned coming here and I, the guy with the list, didn't?"

Brynn pauses after taking a bite of her powdered donut and her lips are now coated in sugar and I wonder.

I undid my seat belt and reach out. My hand grabs the back of her neck and I pull her towards her me. Her eyes never left mine and I smile at her, she smiles back and that's when I tasted her lips. She was all girl - "Sugar and spice and everything nice."

My lips worked across hers and although I meant it to be a brief kiss before I knew it our make-out session had begun. It was a few minutes before we surfaced.

"Damn!" It didn't seem the most appropriate thing to say but I was at a loss. Brynn giggled, and I laughed at the sound of it.

"That was fun," she tells me taking a sip of her coffee.

I can't help feeling I'm in deep while she is still swimming in the shallows wondering if she should venture further in. We have switched roles somehow. Her being the cautious one and me plunging in head long not caring if I ever surface again.

"Brynn?"

"Hmmm," she says humming against her coffee cup lid.

"I had a really awesome time with you today."

She grins but her smile is slightly hidden by her cup. "I did too." She admits and I feel my stomach flip.

"So, can I make this official? Can I say you're my girl?"

I watch as she slowly swallows another sip.

"Kiss me again and I'll let you know."

I readily comply. Within minutes we were lost again just enjoying one another. I love this moment in a relationship when everything is new and exciting. There's a tap on the window and we quickly break apart.

There is a flash of light that is in my eyes. I put my hand up to shield myself from it. That's when I realize it is an officer holding a flashlight. Oh, hell!

"You need to move along. You're not permitted to park here after curfew," the officer says.

Brynn and I look at one another both of us just as shocked by what the officer said. Brynn turns on the car and 11:15 glares back at us from her radio. "Oh, so not good," she mumbles.

I thank the officer and tell him we were just leaving. Brynn pulls out of her spot at the hatchery and I notice the lot is completely vacant. We both had no idea it was that late. My mom is going to kill me.

"Gran is going to kill me!" Brynn says, as she heads towards my house.

I look down at her phone, which is lying between the seats as it's plugged into her charger. I pick it up and swipe to HOME, hit the button and the phone is picked up on the first ring.

"Brynn, is everything all right?"

"Hi, Gran. It's me, Finn. I just wanted to let you know Brynn is fine and it's totally my fault that she's running late. We got caught up... talking and well... lost track of time. I'm so sorry and I promise it will never happen again. Brynn is dropping me off right now and will be home soon. I'm sorry Gran. If she is in trouble, may I please ask that she be allowed to text me that she got home okay before any phone privileges are taken away?"

Gran was silent for a full 10 seconds. I think I could hear my heart beating. "It's okay, Finn. I'll be sure she lets you know she's gotten home okay. I.... appreciate you calling, but you know if there's anyone who should be worried about trouble..."

"I know. Thank you, Gran."

"You're welcome, Loveface. Anytime."

Brynn looked at me in awe. "I can't believe you just did that for me. I wish I could do the same for you."

"It wouldn't work. Not with my parents. Brynn, I have to say again this has been a REALLY awesome day, and if it wasn't too boring and once I'm no longer grounded, if you'd like to do it again, I'm totally up for it."

She pulled up outside my house. Gave me a quick kiss good-bye and said, "Sure. After all, I am your girl."