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Better than the Movies #1.3
Basketball Night
This is Wes's POV of the events that happened at the basketball, their following trip to the ER, and his phone call with Liz after they both got home.
23 pages, ebook
Published September 18, 2023
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January 4, 2024
I would never get over how perfect wes is
⸝⸝ ꒰ QUOTES 🌸ㆍ₊⊹
⸝⸝ ꒰ QUOTES 🌸ㆍ₊⊹
୨her giggles made me crazy. Her giggles gave me this stupid desperate desire to be the one sharing the laugh with her.୧
୨I was in love with this version of us.୧
୨when I looked down at her, she smiled. It was small and inconsequential, polite, really, but I almost forgot how to speak for a minute because it was mine. There was no one else around, so that look was just for me.୧
୨Make sure you add “Someone Like You” to the Wes and Liz playlist.୧
October 21, 2023
”vanilla, flowers, romantic daydreams”
i love being in wes’ head. he’s literally obsessed with liz and it’s the cutest thing ever im melting.
June 27, 2024
|| 4.0 stars ||
Jesus christ, Wes is genuinely OBSESSED!! I’m so in love with the way he loves her!
Original book:
Better than the Movies - 4.0 stars
Short stories:
1.1. Liz’s Proposal - 4.0 stars
1.2. The Party - 4.0 stars
1.3. Basketball Night - 4.0 stars
1.4. Wes Bennett’s Vivid Dream - 3.0 stars
1.5. Better than the Prom - 2.5 stars
Jesus christ, Wes is genuinely OBSESSED!! I’m so in love with the way he loves her!
Original book:
Better than the Movies - 4.0 stars
Short stories:
1.1. Liz’s Proposal - 4.0 stars
1.2. The Party - 4.0 stars
1.3. Basketball Night - 4.0 stars
1.4. Wes Bennett’s Vivid Dream - 3.0 stars
1.5. Better than the Prom - 2.5 stars
January 4, 2024
I knew Wes was jealous here without having had his pov but I’m glad we got it because I love seeing him so down bad as it’s the most adorable thing ever lol I can’t help but continue to swoon over it. Again, such a crime to not have included his pov and its difficult to not feel that way about the other bonus scenes left to read 😩
”Young was smiling like she was adorable - yeah, she is, you fuck - and it was insane how knotted up the scene was making me. Get a grip, dipshit. They're playing basketball, not making out.” lmao
“It was outrageously ridiculous that I was thinking in poetic verse because she'd dared to touch me, but then again, that had always been the way of things. Liz Buxbaum made me outrageously ridiculous.”
“Liz would be shocked if she knew just how many rom-coms I watched on a regular basis. Not that I was anything like her, watching for the hope of it all, but I appreciated the escape. Nothing bad happened - or lasted, at least - in a rom-com, which was hella therapeutic sometimes.”
"Don't I know it. But when no one's home, it feels amazing to totally shatter glass with my pipes." "I would pay money to hear that," I said, meaning every word as I pictured red hair, closed eyes and piano keys. Vanilla, flowers, romantic daydreams.
bonus chapters
March 24, 2024
•| ⊱✿⊰ |• 4 Stars •| ⊱✿⊰ |•
Wes's point of view of the basketball he took Liz to get her close to Michael and how he felt about it.
How jealous he was, and how sweet he is...
September 21, 2023
Lynn, I'm begging, please just write the book from his POV!
September 24, 2023
✰ 3.5 stars ✰
“Who were we right now?
I was in love with this version of us.”
Another classic addition of Wes POV in which Wes Bennett proves once again that he's a bigger sap and more of a hapless and hopeless romantic than Liz Buxbaum. 🥰 I'm sure Lynn Painter is regretting not writing BTTM with a dual POV, but I'm certainly not complaining about all these little glimpses we're getting into Wes' thoughts for some of the few moments that stood out for him. 🩷🩷
“Not even the rain has such small hands.
It was outrageously ridiculous that I was thinking in poetic verse because she’d dared to touch me, but then again, that had always been the way of things.”
Yes, I have a soft spot for him - don't judge me. 😅 Short and smitten, I liked getting to see some of Wes' interactions with his own family and what he feels about them. Loved his choice of romcom pick too - definitely a winner, in my eyes! And Liz didn't come off as such an appealing character this time to me *shocker, I know!* - or maybe I'm just jealous that she has won the heart of someone as precious as Wes. 🥺 For someone who when he looks at her, can't help but think of 'vanilla, flowers, and romantic daydreams', is enough to give me all the warm fuzzy feels. 🥹🥹
“Who were we right now?
I was in love with this version of us.”
Another classic addition of Wes POV in which Wes Bennett proves once again that he's a bigger sap and more of a hapless and hopeless romantic than Liz Buxbaum. 🥰 I'm sure Lynn Painter is regretting not writing BTTM with a dual POV, but I'm certainly not complaining about all these little glimpses we're getting into Wes' thoughts for some of the few moments that stood out for him. 🩷🩷
“Not even the rain has such small hands.
It was outrageously ridiculous that I was thinking in poetic verse because she’d dared to touch me, but then again, that had always been the way of things.”
Yes, I have a soft spot for him - don't judge me. 😅 Short and smitten, I liked getting to see some of Wes' interactions with his own family and what he feels about them. Loved his choice of romcom pick too - definitely a winner, in my eyes! And Liz didn't come off as such an appealing character this time to me *shocker, I know!* - or maybe I'm just jealous that she has won the heart of someone as precious as Wes. 🥺 For someone who when he looks at her, can't help but think of 'vanilla, flowers, and romantic daydreams', is enough to give me all the warm fuzzy feels. 🥹🥹
September 20, 2023
i wish wes bennet was real
September 24, 2023
❝Her giggles gave me this stupid desperate desire to be the one sharing the laugh with her. I wanted to run over there with my ball and beg her to play with me.❞
Damnnn!!!! Wes is so obsessed! 😭♥️
❝It was outrageously ridiculous that I was thinking in poetic verse because she’d dared to touch me, but then again, that had always been the way of things. Liz Buxbaum made me outrageously ridiculous.❞
lmaooo here Liz was being embarassed that Michael saw her nose getting broken and Wes was about to die from happiness 😭
Damnnn!!!! Wes is so obsessed! 😭♥️
❝It was outrageously ridiculous that I was thinking in poetic verse because she’d dared to touch me, but then again, that had always been the way of things. Liz Buxbaum made me outrageously ridiculous.❞
lmaooo here Liz was being embarassed that Michael saw her nose getting broken and Wes was about to die from happiness 😭
September 22, 2023
"Liz reached over and squeezed my hand.
She. Squeezed. My hand. " AAA WES POVS ARE EVERYTHING 🥲🤌
She. Squeezed. My hand. " AAA WES POVS ARE EVERYTHING 🥲🤌
August 1, 2024
20 bucks to whoever can get me a guy like wes
November 18, 2024
"Her giggles made me crazy. Her giggles gave me this stupid desperate desire to be the one sharing the laugh with her."
August 14, 2024
Vanilla, flowers, romantic daydreams. 🫀
Just when I thought I couldn't love Wesley Harold Bennett more, here we are.
(Please tell me I didn't get his middle name wrong 😭)
HOW, oh how, did they ever break up if THIS is what the boy always felt for her?! I need this sort of romance to materialize in my life. But my neighbors are all scary crones and creepy, perverted old men. God help me...
Just when I thought I couldn't love Wesley Harold Bennett more, here we are.
(Please tell me I didn't get his middle name wrong 😭)
HOW, oh how, did they ever break up if THIS is what the boy always felt for her?! I need this sort of romance to materialize in my life. But my neighbors are all scary crones and creepy, perverted old men. God help me...
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July 19, 2024jealousy looks good on you wesley
“I watched her toss up an atrocious airball, but when she started laughing, I had to clench my jaw to keep myself from growling. Because her giggles made me crazy. Her giggles gave me this stupid desperate desire to be the one sharing the laugh with her. I wanted to run over there with my ball and beg her to play with me.”
“Young was smiling like she was adorable – yeah, she is, you fuck – and it was insane how knotted up the scene was making me.”
“God, her eyes are so pretty.”
“Before answering, Liz reached over and squeezed my hand.
She. Squeezed. My hand.
Liz Buxbaum squeezed my hand, and suddenly the world returned to its normal speed.”
“Liz Buxbaum made me outrageously ridiculous.”
“I was in love with this version of us.”
“It pissed me off a little, to be honest, the way it took a pseudo-makeover for him to notice how pretty she was. If he didn’t see her before, he didn’t deserve to look at her now.”
“God, I love her brain.”
“And...?” She prodded excitedly, giving me what I wanted.
My good girl.”
“…grabbing the couch blanket that Liz had wrapped around her shoulders last week after getting caught in the rain. I raised it to my nose and Dear God it still smelled like her.
Vanilla, flowers, and romantic daydreams.”
“I’d never figured out what it was about Liz and the piano, why I found it so damn...compelling. Magical. It was just a girl and her instrument, but when Liz Buxbaum played the piano, my chest got so tight it was hard for me to breathe.”
“I watched her toss up an atrocious airball, but when she started laughing, I had to clench my jaw to keep myself from growling. Because her giggles made me crazy. Her giggles gave me this stupid desperate desire to be the one sharing the laugh with her. I wanted to run over there with my ball and beg her to play with me.”
“Young was smiling like she was adorable – yeah, she is, you fuck – and it was insane how knotted up the scene was making me.”
“God, her eyes are so pretty.”
“Before answering, Liz reached over and squeezed my hand.
She. Squeezed. My hand.
Liz Buxbaum squeezed my hand, and suddenly the world returned to its normal speed.”
“Liz Buxbaum made me outrageously ridiculous.”
“I was in love with this version of us.”
“It pissed me off a little, to be honest, the way it took a pseudo-makeover for him to notice how pretty she was. If he didn’t see her before, he didn’t deserve to look at her now.”
“God, I love her brain.”
“And...?” She prodded excitedly, giving me what I wanted.
My good girl.”
“…grabbing the couch blanket that Liz had wrapped around her shoulders last week after getting caught in the rain. I raised it to my nose and Dear God it still smelled like her.
Vanilla, flowers, and romantic daydreams.”
“I’d never figured out what it was about Liz and the piano, why I found it so damn...compelling. Magical. It was just a girl and her instrument, but when Liz Buxbaum played the piano, my chest got so tight it was hard for me to breathe.”
June 27, 2024
Cuteness overload.
November 17, 2024
hey so this actually kind of changed my brain chemistry
November 12, 2023
fuck me im too in love with wes to function 🥹
November 15, 2023
"Liz Buxbaum made me outrageously ridiculous"
I live for liz & wes' crumbs 💞🌷💽
I live for liz & wes' crumbs 💞🌷💽
March 10, 2024
this short story was sooo good! i loved seeing more of wes and liz!!
January 13, 2024
3🌟
“𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙯𝙮. 𝙃𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙜𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙚𝙧. 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙪𝙣 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙚.”
“𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙬?”
“𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙨.”
i love wes bennett so fucking much😭💞
“𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙯𝙮. 𝙃𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙜𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙥𝙞𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙚𝙧. 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙪𝙣 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙚.”
“𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙬?”
“𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙨.”
i love wes bennett so fucking much😭💞
September 21, 2023
5 ⭑ JUST GIVE ME A WES POV BTTM BOOK ALREADY
December 18, 2024
GIRLY POP ItS A 20 PAGE BOOK LIKE
January 2, 2025
THIS ONE WAS SO CUTEEEE - i didn't realize how lowkey weird michael was and also how terrible wes's parents r. i'm glad his dad died I'M SORRY 😭 HE'S SO MEAN HE GIVES DAN SCOTT VIBES EXCEPT DIFFERENT SPORT. also this is making me miss reading the first book it was such a cute vibe I LOVE THEM SM
March 30, 2024
are boys really this delusional and obsessed too 😭😭
November 3, 2023
“—and the idea of the woman she would become made me homesick for every era I wouldn't experience.”
*uncontrollably and ugly sobs*
*uncontrollably and ugly sobs*
August 23, 2024
STAWP!! this was so ADORABLE!!
November 30, 2023
*SQUEELING*
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September 23, 2023I. LOVE. WES.
October 11, 2024
Liz and Wes watching the same romcom while chatting on the phone 🥺
March 2, 2024
“the idea of the woman she would become made me homesick for every era I wouldn’t experience” 🥹
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