Chapter 23

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10 days?! That's way too long to leave
you waiting for another chapter.

Sooooo, here I go, time to start writing.

I hope you like the chapter and don't
forget to vote! Love ya!

Emma

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"Braden... I'm so sorry. I didn't know."

"It's okay, I didn't expect you to. You would never have asked me to be your fake date if you knew. And, it's over now isn't it? You don't want Alex thinking you have a boyfriend. I get it." He pauses. "But... what if Avery, or whatever her name is, says something to him? What if she finds out that it was all fake?"

"Braden, I'm sorry, I don't need to keep up an act anymore. And, would you even want that? Would you want me to pretend to be your girlfriend?"

"So you feel nothing?"

"There's nothing, I'm so sorry."

"I can't stay here if you don't want me here."

"You can stay if you want, I'm not going to decide for you."

"Do I have a chance?"

"I'm not looking for a boyfriend."

"That's not a no!" He smiles goofily and runs off to join the others.

"Hey! That's not what I meant!"

She catches up to them in the parlour and runs past Alex and Cloe, annoyed to say the least. Katrina pushes Braden with bitter anger. Alex and Cloe look at them oddly.

"What was that for?" Braden whines and laughs.

"What's going on?" Alex asks.

"Katrina is upset with him, possibly relationship issues." Cloe whispers to Alex.

"Hey!" Katrina yells at Cloe.

"What?" Cloe asks causally.

"Not the case, nuh uh!"

"Fine, what is it then?"

"Go on, tell us." Braden pushes.

"It's nothing. Just forget it, okay?!" Katrina huffs.

"No, tell us." Alex insists.

"See Braden?" She gestures to him, looking around at them. "He's NOT my boyfriend!"

"Oh, this is awkward, they just broke up..." Cloe says lightly.

"Cloe, I don't want you to make anymore assumptions about my life. I never have dated Braden."

"Um," Braden coughs for attention. "We kinda did."

"Doesn't count!"

"Even though we kissed?"

"So, how's your ice cream?" Katrina smiled at Alex. He had stopped eating it ever since they entered.

"Woah, woah, you kissed but you never dated?" Alex exclaims, wide-eyed and looking for answers.

"Drop it, ice cream?"

"Great, yeah, so, you kissed?!"

"That doesn't mean anything!"

"It means everything!"

Cloe watches the conversation back and forth and Braden finds a place to shove a word in. "It's true!"

"Ugh! This is pointless!" She storms off to get herself a cup of ice cream.

Alex looks over at Braden who raises his eyebrows and smiles.

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