Count the Stars
Chapter 11
Faith's P.O.V.
I walked down to the corner store on the way to the beach to buy a bag of chips for the barbeque the whole gang was having tonight. 
In the store, I see Alexa buying drinks for the dinner, as well. 
I wave over to her and we walk down to the beach together. 
As we were walking she says, "So I hear you and Blaise have some chemistry going on?"  I smiled and replied, "Well I thought we did, but he was just leading me on.  Did you know he has a girlfriend back in Florida?" 
She stopped walking and asked, "Are you talking about Rachel?  They broke up months ago.  She was cheating on him.  He's been single for a while now." 
My eyes widened in surprise. 
And I was just about to reply when I realized we were already at the beach,
and Katie was running up to us in her new orange bikini. 
...
The next day I walked over to Blaise's house. 
I rang the doorbell and his mom answered the door. 
"Hi!  Is Blaise home right now?"  I asked. 
"Oh yes sweetie, he's just upstairs in his room.  You can go see him if you like." 
"Thanks," I replied, and walked upstairs. 
I opened up the door to find Blaise laying on his bed, headphones in his ears, listening to music.  He looked over at the door when he heard me come in and sat up.  He took out his earphones and said,
"Hey Faith!  What's up?"
  "Blaise do you have a girlfriend?"  I asked.  He paused for a moment.  He wasn't smiling anymore.
  After a minute he said, "I used to have a girlfriend named Rachel.
Her family moved down to Florida, and I heard she was cheating on me and broke it off. 
But that was months ago, Faith.  The truth is, I really like you."
I took a moment to process all of this.  Then finally, I said"I like you too Blaise." 
Then he leaned over and before I had any time to react. 
He kissed me.