Grumpy Darling: A Heartwarming YA Wholesome Slow-Burn Romance with First Kisses, Hockey, and a Happily Ever After (The Darling Devils Book 2)

by Alexandra Moody

“You’re staying here?” “I’m supposed to be, yeah.” “For how long?” “Two weeks.” “Two weeks?”

bro is panicking over the baddie staying at his house

“This isn’t a joke?” “Do I look like I’m laughing?”

wait she's funnyyy

“Come on, Paige. You can’t be surprised the fish are all hiding under rocks when you’re sitting on the bank next to a giant grizzly bear.” I blinked at him as I tried to figure out what on earth he was talking about. He was really taking this fishing analogy too far. “Like, metaphorically? Is my personality the bear, or—”

BYEEEE

All I could think was that I’d happily put up with terrible cooking every night for the rest of my life if it meant I could be with Paige.

Awwww

We were only seven, but even then I’d been so struck by how pretty she was, I could barely speak. I went to say her name, but I was so nervous I stumbled over it. Ten years later, I was still pretending it had been on purpose.

STOP THATS SO CUTE

“I’m just saying this isn’t the kind of thing you should rush,” I added. “Obviously, it’s okay if you want it to happen soon, but you don’t have to kiss the first guy you see either.” Although, while I was sitting right in front of her, perhaps that wasn’t the worst idea.

bro is whipped

I felt like I was in a Jane Austen novel, and he was my overly protective father trying to find me the ideal suitor.

grayson would actually fall to his knees in agony if he was reading her pov rn

Before I could tell Bonnie to keep her voice down, a strangled noise sounded from Grayson.

NOT HIM CHOKING ON HIS LUNCH

“Damien?” I gasped. Gray stiffened beside me. Bonnie’s number-one pick for my first kiss wasn’t just some new guy. He was also my first friend. My first crush. The boy who got away. And now he was back.

this is so like that one austin & ally ep

I had to stand on the sidelines as Paige’s maid of honor, watching my place in the friend zone become official.

wait thats diabolical of her i love it

“Because we were friends a long time ago. Maybe we aren’t anymore. Also, I’m pretty sure the friend zone isn’t some impenetrable fortress. People can come and go.”

she's playing in his face soo hard i can't

“Operation Shrek?” “We could hardly call it Operation Prince Charming . . .” Parker laughed.

HELP

Gray: Just wear what you had on at the game. You looked perfect. Me: I was wearing your jersey. Gray: Like I said . . . perfect.

OKAYYYYY FLIRT

“Which is probably why you keep getting mistaken for the school librarian.”

oh my gosh me too girl