A/N Written for a prompt on tumblr. Really enjoyed this one so here's hoping you all like it...

The smell of food wafted around her on the pavement, and her peripheral vision was vaguely aware of the flickering of the harsh strip lights in the chip shop. Big G and his mates were pulling wheelies up and down the road whooping and hollering on their bikes. But all of this was lost on Rae for the moment. She had only one over-riding thought at present. What were you supposed to do when the guy you had been fantasising and drooling over for the past few weeks reveals he feels the same way? Rae had no idea. She stood there feeling awkward. Exhilarated but nonetheless awkward. What was supposed to happen next? She smiled at Finn who was standing there looking just as nervous as she felt. The silence between them seemed to stretch on. Do something her mind screamed. God she wanted to kiss him. Finally know what it would be like to feel his sweet lips against her own. She could just kiss him. All it would take was a few steps forward but her feet did not seem to be cooperating.

Finn started with a half cough half nervous laugh. He was looking at her that way that sent her knees to jelly. His eyes dark, brooding, framed by long lashes. "Err… do ya wanna go fer a walk or summit?" Thank God, she would just let Finn take charge. She smiled in relief at the suggestion and nodded.

Rae fell in step with Finn as he turned back down the high street in the direction of the pub. As they walked their arms knocked together, every touch sending a scattered rush of feelings through Rae's body. She kept catching Finn looking at her as tried to sneakily glance to the side to look at him. Every time their eyes met they would each look away quickly with a bashful smile flushing their cheeks with colour. With every step Rae was becoming increasingly painfully aware of Finn's close proximity to her. She wondered if she concentrated on the thought hard enough she could make Finn kiss her.

"So your Mum seemed proper happy?" Finn asked, jolting Rae from her musings. What? she thought, but nodded politely, "yeah, having Karim around could be cool I guess." If they would just keep the shagging noise to a minimum, Rae allowed herself an internal eye-roll. Chances of that seemed slim to none based on the evidence of the past few weeks. But perhaps she would soon be having her own toe-curling, moan-inducing moments. That thought caused her to go hot all over, and she was sure her face must now be burning a bright red.

Finn glanced at her and smiled, his eyes twinkling in the darkness. Rae practically jumped out of her skin when she felt Finn's firm hand take hold of hers, linking their fingers together. They continued to walk on in silence, slowly, neither in a hurry to get anywhere.

"So a bit of a crazy day huh?" Finn muttered. That would be one way of putting it thought Rae. She hoped he wasn't going to start asking loads of questions about why she tried to hurt herself. Not that she didn't want him to know everything about her. That was what love was about wasn't it? Total honesty. But she really just wanted to enjoy this moment now for what it was.

"Yeah," Rae giggled nervously, "I'm sorry, ya know, if I embarrassed ya back there with my little speech."

Finn pulled them to halt and faced Rae, still keeping a hold of her hand in one of his. "I – I thought you were amazin'," he stammered. Rae didn't really know where to look, so she settled for the ground. Nobody had ever called her amazing before. She felt Finn squeeze her hand slightly, and she looked back up at him. The way he was looking at her now, she could swear all the breath had left her body. She was literally aching to kiss him. She wondered if Finn was aware of the crackling energy between them, which felt like it was trying to reel her in closer and closer to him.

Her heart dropped a little as Finn turned and continued walking on. Why hadn't he kissed her yet? She had wanted to push him up against every wall they had walked past and snog the living daylights out of him. Perhaps she should, but she was scared. What if she was an awful kisser, what if she got it all wrong? Okay so this wasn't her first kiss. She had already crossed that hurdle on her date with Archie. But it would be her first kiss with Finn. Sexy; wonderful; waaaay out of her league Finn.

They finally reached the road that the pub was situated on. Even from here at the bottom of the street the sound of the music from the wedding reception could be heard. Almost in tandem they stopped walking, neither wanting to get back to the party just yet.

"So d'ya wanna somethin' tomorrow?" Finn asked.

Rae lit up at the prospect and nodded, "sure." Was he going to kiss her now? She noticed his tongue dart out to wet his lips. Should she do the same? He was standing so close now that she could see the dark heat burning in his eyes, which caused her to internally shudder. She closed her eyes as she felt the warm pressure of his lips find hers for the briefest of moments. Her eyes popped back open and he was so close she felt like she was cross-eyed just to look at him. He ran a strand of her dark hair between his fingers, and then closed the gap again. Both laughed as their noses bumped, and they readjusted the tilt of their heads to better accommodate each other. Rae felt her eyes automatically close again as all her other senses were heightened as Finn claimed her lips again. She could smell the alcohol and smoke on him and found it completely intoxicating. She was very aware of his breathing falling into synch with her own, and the rise and fall of his chest pressed up against her. He gently encouraged her lips to part, allowing him entry to explore her mouth with his tongue. It was everything she had ever imagined, and more. Because this was real. Rae felt like she must have died and gone to heaven it was so perfect.