Fake it to Make it

Chapter 4

"BEEP BEEP BEEP" the sound of my alarm wakes me up. I immediately hit the snooze button only to realize its 8am. I'm meeting troy in 6 hours and I haven't even begun to get ready yet. I have to leave by 11 to get there on time, so I've got about 3 hours to get ready. I head over to my bathroom and clean yesterdays makeup off my face I unfortunately fell asleep in. I apply my acne medicine and plug in my curling wand.
While im waiting for my curler to heat up, I get my new dress and shoes out and lay it on my bed. I open my door and yell out for my mom, "Morning, mom" and go back into my bathroom to start curling my hair.
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It's currently 10:42am and I'm waiting in the drive thru of starbucks for my iced caramel machiato although the line is taking ages. (Yes I'm aware in stopping at Starbucks while on my way to Starbucks. It's an addiction okay!) Troy texted me about 10 minutes ago saying he's on his way and I told him I'm on my way, too.
"Iced venti caramel machiato?" The server looks at me. "Yup that's me. Thanks." He handed my coffee over, "Thanks for choosing Starbucks, come see us again" and I left. I'm now officially on my way to meet troy.

Traffic is sorta backed up but nothing too bad. The drive is pretty smooth except when some guy kept trying to cut me off.

I just arrived in Atlanta at the starbucks we are supposed to be meeting at. I got here early, so I go in the bathroom to freshen up my makeup. I feel my phone vibrate, so I pull it out my pocket.
New message from Troy.

Hey, I'm almost there! See you in 5 :)

I can't believe I'm about to meet him. I can't believe I've been lying to him for this long. I should've told him the truth so long ago. I go and sit on the couch in the far corner of starbucks, waiting for troy to arrive. Troy is such a good guy, he's gave me nothing but honesty since we've been talking and well, I have been giving him lies about what I look like.
I look up to see Zach woods ordering a coffee. Why is here? Why is he at Starbucks in the middle of nowhere at a random exit off the highway?
I see him coming over here and I perk up. "Reese, what are you doing here?" He asks me.
"Better yet, what are you doing here, woods?" I reply.
He looks at me for a few seconds before answering, "I'm waiting on someone."
"Me too." I mumble.
Zach's eyes go wide, "Who could you possibly be waiting on, Reese?" I rolled my eyes, "same question for you?"
He replies,"a girl, Im texting her now to see where she is." I see a notification go across my screen.
Troy Harrison messaged you:
Where are you? I thought you were here!
I clicked on the message and began to type.
I am here.. Where are you?
In that moment Zach woods looked up and said, "Lizzy?" I looked at him in complete shock. How would zach know my fake name? Unless.... He's Troy. "Do you know Lizzy?" He questioned me.
"Lizzy who?" I had to make sure he's talking about me. "Hays." He says. Oh god, that's me.
"First answer this. Are you Troy?" I ask him. "Maybe. Are you Lizzy?" I bite my tongue, "yes," I pause "you must be Troy."
"I am Troy. I came here to meet Lizzy and apologize for catfishing her this whole time- but I guess we're even now." He looks at me disappointed.

"Well I guess we are. You know I really liked Troy or I guess you, but I guess that was all a lie huh? I know I'm not so innocent and I lied as well, but I didn't have the intentions of letting it go on so long. You are the one who initiated the relationship and led me on."

Zach starts walking outside the coffee shop, gesturing for me to follow. Once we get outside, Zach starts to talk. "Yeah, maybe I did initiate it but that doesn't mean anything. I put myself out there and you grabbed my attention. You'd think you wouldn't be a bitch about it. You can go now. You're nothing but a lying bitch."

"And you aren't? You lied about your identity too. I don't know how I ever fell for Troy or I guess you! I'm done!" I turn to walk away, towards my car. I listen too see if Zach will call behind me but I guess not. I hate him. I hate him so much. How could I have been so blind and stupid? Why did I ever make that stupid profile?

AUTHORS NOTE:
Hey guys! Sorry for the huge wait for an update. I've been so busy with school! So tell me, what do you think will happen next?
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Until next update!
Meagan