Our Fake Relationship

Day After

I trotted downstairs into the kitchen where my mom and sister were.

“Well you look cute today” My mom said throwing me a look as I entered. I looked down at my lace shorts and a black halter top.

“Thanks mom” I sat down next to Amy

“She’s only trying to impress her boyfriend!” Amy said sing songy. I pushed my sister.

“No I am not!” I said hiding a blush.

“Don’t lie Ash!” She said shoving a piece of bacon in her mouth.

“Talking about that. How was your little date last night?” Mom asked.

“It was fine mom.” I said buttering my toast.

“What’d you guys do?” She asked putting some eggs on my plate.

“We went to the beach to watch the sunset and have a picnic.” I said taking a bite.

“Real romantic huh mom?” Amy said from next to me.

“Yea, I don’t see many boys doing something that sweet. He might just be a keeper.” She said sitting in front of me.

“Thanks mom. I think I just might keep him a little longer." I said smiling.

“Aww I hope you do keep him! Jared is really nice!” Amy said.

“I’m glad you guys like him. Anyways I have to go to school now” I said getting up.

“Bye sweetie, don't forget you have to take care of Amy tonight." Mom said while I picked up my bag.

"But mom!" I whined.

"I'm sorry sweetie. I'm going to be working late tonight!" She said putting my plate in the sink.

"Fine!" I groaned.

As I drove to my school I kept thinking about what my family had said about Jared. They can’t get too attached because they will be heartbroken when I break up with him. They will probably be asking a million questions that I won’t be able to answer. Grrr my family for loving Jared and grrrr Jared for making my family love him! I walked to my locker all irritated, not really having a good reason for being mad. I opened my locker and a note fluttered out. I picked it up and read it. Last night was fun. Want to do something tonight? –J

“So?” I turned around

“I can’t!” I turned back around and stuffed a couple of books in my bag.

“Hey, what’s wrong?” he turned me back around to face him.

“You!” his smile dropped

“Me? What did I do this time?” He asked confused.

“It’s nothing bad, well it is bad. Not for you, but for me and I’m making any sense am I?” I said realizing my words were jumbling up.

“No, you made my brain hurt” he said rubbing his head. I giggled

“My family freaking loves you and we haven’t even started dating yet.” I said frowning.

“Isn’t that good?” He asked confused.

“Yes and no. Yes because I found a guy my family approves of. No because they’re going to be sad when we ‘brake up’.” I said closing my locker.

“Awww they love me! I’m not usually approved by the family of my girlfriend or soon to be girlfriend.” He said smiling proudly.

“Yea, whatever! You just make everything soo difficult. What am I supposed to tell them when we break up?” I asked looking up at him.

“Calm down! We’ll think of something!” He said giving an encouraging smile.

“It has to be believable.” I said.

“It will. Ok so why can’t you go out with me tonight?” He asked grabbing my hand.

“I have to take care of Amy tonight.” The bell rang, signaling to go to class.

“Well if you can’t come out with me, I’ll just have to go to you. See you later.” He said pecking my cheek and I could see the wheels turning in his head as he walked away.

“Jared wait!” He was already lost in the crowd “What is that supposed to mean?” I whispered to myself. I walked to class and sat next to Gabby.

After lunch I was walking with Em back to class.

“Soo when do I get to meet Jared?” Em said seriously.

“Umm” I looked around and spotted him talking to his friend Jake “Now”

“What do you mean?”

“Hey Jared!” he started to walk over, with Jake.

“Hey Ash.” His hand slipped into mine.

“This is my best friend, Emily.” I said pointing to her.

“Nice to meet you Emily.” Jared said.

“Nice to meet you too Jared.” Emily replied.

“This is my best friend, Jake.” Jared said pointing to him.

“Nice to meet you Jake” I said smiling.

“Nice to meet you too Ashely” He said retuning my smile.

“Nice to meet you Jake” Emily said quietly.

“Nice to meet you too Emily” He said smiling.

“So Jared, what made you want to go out with her?” Emily asked as he looked at me

“This may be hard to believe, but it was my mom” He said with his head down.

“Aww it was your mommy!” Jake said teasingly. “To be honest, Momma Rosa can be pretty persuasive.” Jake said seriously.

“Don’t mock me Jake! Yes it was my mom.” He looked back at me “She told me to give you a shot. She said you seemed nice. She got me thinking, so I asked you out.” He said looking down at me.

“Aww that’s nice!” I said smiling.

“Can I talk to you for a minute?” He asked.

“Yea sure, I’ll be right back Em.” I replied.

“Ok” still gripping onto my hand, he led me to the lockers

“What’s up?” I asked.

“I wanted to get them alone, and was wondering what movies you and your sister like?” He asked leaning against the wall of lockers.

“What?” I asked confused.

“What movies do you and your sister like?” He asked as if I was the one going crazy.

“Why do you want to know that?” I asked raising an eyebrow.

“Because I don’t want to bring the wrong kind of movies when I come over today” He said slowly.

“You’re coming over?” I asked getting more confused by the second.

“Yea, I told you that this morning!” He said like it was so obvious.

“Oh yea” the bell rang, signaling to go to class and I saw that Jake was walking Em to class

“I guess they hit it off” I said nodding at them.

“I knew they would.” He said smiling proudly. With Jared still holding my hand, we made our way to my class

“So, what movies?” He asked tugging my hand.

“Umm maybe some romantic comedies. I don’t think you’d want to watch the titanic or the notebook” I said shrugging.

“Are those your favorite movies?” He asked raising an eyebrow.

“Yea, mine and my sister’s” I said looking away.

“How did I know?” He asked laughing.

“Probably because it’s 95 percent of the female population’s favorite movies” I said defensively.

“Yea, so I’ll be over after school.” He replied.

“What time?” I asked biting my lip.

“Umm I’m not sure. I have to go home and feed my dog then do my homework.” He said shrugging.

“You actually do your homework? Wow! That’s a shocker!” I said teasing.

“Shut up!” He said pouting.

“And you have a dog?” I asked diverting the conversation.

“Yea, a beagle named sky” He said happily.

“I love beagles!” I said beaming.

“He’s a nice little dog” He said with a cute little, dimply smile.

“Can you bring him over?” I asked with softly.

“I think I can arrange that!” He replied squeezing my hand a bit and looking away.

“Really?” I said getting excited.

“Yea! He loves people and since both of my parents are going to be out late tonight, I don’t want him to be alone” He added.

“Oh yay!” I threw my arms around his neck. He squeezed my waist.

“So it’s settled. Well I got to go, see you later.” He mumbled in my ear before pulling away.

“See you later” I said smiling at him.

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“So when is Jared coming over?” Amy asked.

“I don’t know Amy, just hurry up and finish your homework.” I said rushing her.

“Am I ‘allowed’ downstairs with you guys?” She said looking down.

“Yea, of course. He wanted to get to know you, spend some time with you” I said making her look up.

“Seriously?” She asked shocked.

“Yup” I said nodding.

“That’s nice” She said softly.

“Yea” I said looking away.

“Is something wrong?” She asked concerned.

“No, I’m fine” I said shaking my head.

“Are you sure?” She asked furrowing her eyebrows.

“Yes, now finish your homework!” I said waving my hand at her.

“I’m done!” She groaned.

“Ok, go put it away before you forget it.” I said knowing that she’s forgetful.

“Ok” she ran upstairs to put her homework into her backpack. Ding dong. I went to go answer it.

“Hey.” He said.

“Hey” I looked down to see a small beagle. "AWWWWW HE IS SOOO CUTE" i bent down to pet him. Sky licked my hand.

“Thanks, he gets his looks from me” He aid smiling.

“How is that possible? He’s sooo much cuter thank you!” I said petting Sky.

“Hey! That wasn’t very nice!” He said sadly.

“Aww did I hurt your feelings?” I asked laughing. He pouted and nodded

“Yes you did! Meany!” He said sounding like a child.

“Aww poor baby” I tip toed to kiss him. We stayed like this for a few more seconds. “Am I forgiven?”

“For now” He said winking. I smiled and grabbed his hand. We walked inside my house. “So I got Doritos, chocolate bars, a bow of microwavable popcorn, easy A, the titanic, the notebook…”

“You got them?”

“You told me they were you guys’ favorite. So of course I got them. And I got a box of tissues, you know, just in case you guys start crying.” He added grabbing the tissues out the bag.

“You thought of everything!” I said laughing.

“I want to make a good impression!” He said seriously.

“You don’t have to! My sister already loves you! So does my mom” I said putting a hand on his chest.

“I know, but still” He said shrugging.

“OMG you’re such a sweetheart!” I said gushing.

“Is that a bad thing?” He asked blushing.

“No! I love it! I’ll be right back” I walked up stairs to Amy’s room.

“Yea?” She asked as I reached her room.

“Jared’s here” I said poking my head in.

“Ok I’ll be down in a minute” She said zipping up her backpack.

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After watching all three movies and played every single board game I own, we all passed out on the couch. It is now 1 a.m. and I just woke up. I looked up at Jared whose shoulder I was sleeping on. I nudged him.

“Jared wake up!” I said rubbing my eyes.

“Noooo!” He grumbled.

“Yes! Its 1 in the morning!” I said sitting up.

“Uggh!” He said shutting his eyes tighter.

“We have school today!” I said poking his cheek.

“Ok. Fine! I’ll wake up!” He said opening his eyes.

“Good boy! I have to wake up Amy so she can go to bed.” I said looking over at her.

“No I’ll carry her.” He mumbled.

“Really?” I asked looking back at him.

“Yea, I don’t mind.” He got up and picked up Amy. “Don’t move. I’ll be right back.” I waited. He was back fairly quickly.

“Won’t your parents be worried?” I asked as he walked back to me.

“Nah, they always think I’m at a friend’s house.” He said shaking his head.

“Oh ok” I walked him out.

“See you tomorrow?” He asked leaning against my door.

“If I skip school tomorrow, you’ll be the first to know.” I said poking his chest.

“Good, cause then I would have something fun to do.” He brought me closer to him “If you know what I mean.”

“I know exactly what you mean, but isn’t this a fake relationship.” I said smirking.

“That doesn’t mean we can’t have the um privileges of a real relationship.” He said sounding professional.

“What privileges are we talking?” I asked raising an eyebrow.

“Whatever you want them to be.” He bent down and kissed me. “See you tomorrow” he kissed my cheek.

“Bye” I said dreamily.