Somewhere Only We Know by Beverley Hollowed

not she ruined it. She was not having this conversation, and she was angry with Finn for trying to use her stupidity, to get information out of her.
    “No, wait!” he exclaimed , as he quickly stepped closer. “I’m sorry, I will help.”
    Kate put her foot back on the unpainted part of the deck. She stared at Finn for a moment and breathed out a breath she didn’t even realise she was holding.
    “Okay,” she finally said with a nod, and was rewarded with one of Finn amazing smiles.
    “Okay,” he replied, rubbing his hands together. He too had been holding his breath. He wasn’t sure why this girl was so guarded, but she was. However, there was something about her that he found intriguing and he was determined to break through this invisible wall she had built. Also, she was probably one of the prettiest girls he had ever met and something told him, she was worth the effort. “So I was thinking, we have two ways of doing this. We could make some kind of bridge with a plank of wood.” He looked around the garden looking for something to use.
    “What’s the other way?” Kate asked realising there was nothing in the garden that they could use as a bridge.
    “You could jump,” Finn said and Kate burst out laughing, but then realised he was serious.
    “I can’t jump that far,” Kate replied. “I will break my bloody neck.”
    “ Yes you can, I will catch you,” Finn said and laughed at the top of his lungs.
    “You’ll catch me?” Kate repeated.
    “I will,” he nodded and smiled. “You just have to trust me.”
    “Trust you?” Kate repeated his words once again.
    “You know you can trust me,” Finn said, and the sincerity in his voice touched Kate’s heart. She knew he meant more than just catch her when she jumped.
    “I know I can,” she replied. “Okay, let’s do this.”
    “Okay, on the count of three,” Finn said , as he widened his stance, so he was more stable and raised his hands. “Okay, one, two…”
    “Wait, wait, wait!” Kate said, urgently “One, two, three and then go?”
    “If that is better for you,” Finn nodded, then raised his hands again. “O kay, one, two, three.”
    Kate jumped across the deck into Finn’ s out-stretched arms and screamed, as he tumbled backwards onto the grass, landing with a bump, as Kate landed on top of him.
    Kate couldn’t contain her laughter , as Finn groaned beneath her.
    “I think you may have killed me,” he said breathlessly, still holding his breath. “But I didn’t let you fall.”
    “No you didn’t,” Kate said with a nervous giggle, as she looked down into his eyes, their faces so close, their noses were almost touching. She could feel his warm breath on her face. Neither said a word for a couple of moments. As Kate stared down into his eyes, she could barely breathe.
    Finally , Finn leaned up and pressed his lips softly against Kate’s. He slipped his arms back around her waist and pulled her tighter to him.
    For a moment Kate didn’ t respond, but finally she returned his kiss, softly at first. Then as his kiss deepened, she kissed him harder in return.
    Suddenly her mind cleared and she knew she needed to stop this, this was wrong.
    “I can’t,” she whispered against his mouth. Then without saying another word, she stood up and headed out her side gate, straight to her front door, hurrying inside she slammed it behind her. She slumped against the door and slid down it until she reached the floor.
    “Kate,” she heard Finn say through the door. “Kate , please open the door. I am sorry, just let me see you are okay.”
    Kate didn’t respond, instead she buried her face in her hands and began to cry.
    Why should she feel like this, Callum did this to them, not her. He found someone else without even thinking about her, why should she have to think of him?
    But she just wasn’t ready, she wasn’t ready to move on. She still loved Callum, and her heart was still broken. As much as she liked Finn, and she did like