Prince Khan

Chapter 17

"I'm sorry–" I held my hand out to stop him from saying anything. "Alright don't reject me for no reason" I told him. "I don't actually want you to be my boyfriend" I simply said.

"You have to realise that I'm hella confused right?" He asked. "You don't want it to look you failed the dare correct?" He nodded even though he was still confused.

"Then I'll pretend to be your girlfriend" I told him. "Why would you do that?" He asked. "Because you're going to be my ticket to get out of this family" He raised his brow.

Before I could explain further the two of us turned our heads towards my bedroom door when we heard a sound outside of the room.

"You need to go" He simply nodded and climbed out of the window. I rushed to my books and opened them again to pretend I have been studying.

The door busted open just as I started reading off from my book. "Who were you talking to?" My aunt asked. I could tell she had just woken up. "Myself" I told her. She eyed me.

"I was memorising for school" I tried to remain calm so she doesn't notice how nervous I was. I swear sometimes she could smell my fear.

She looked around the room but left when she couldn't find anything. I sighed in relief the second the door shut. I waited and listened to my aunt's footsteps.

The next morning, Aryan had texted me to wait for him at the pond in the school garden after school. I made my way over to the garden.

I stopped at my tracks when I saw Aryan standing near the pool. I hated how hot he looked even in our hideous school uniform. Who looks good in a uniform?

I took a step back and hid half of my body behind the pillar next to me. Aryan leaned down to pick up something from the ground which I later recognised as a small pebble.

He placed one leg behind and leaned forward. He threw the pebble into the water and I watched in awe as it bounced thrice on the water.

He threw in the two other pebbles that were in his hand the same way. When he turned around to look for more, his eyes came into contact with mine.

As a reflex, I immediately hid my entire body behind the pillar. I placed my back to the pillar and shut my eyes. I smacked myself for looking like an absolute creep.

Just when I was mentally cursing at myself, I felt a tap on my shoulder. I slowly turned around to face a very confused Aryan. "You do realise you made eye contact with me right?" I nodded slowly.

"And you realise that means I saw you and it was pointless for you to hide?" I nodded again. "Well just checking" He chuckled as I stood there embarrassed.

"Come on idiot" He started walking away from the pillar. I followed behind slowly as we walked towards one of the benches. It was already past the school hours so the garden was completely empty.

Most people only came here during break time. "So about what happened" Aryan started. "Look I wasn't checking you out or anything" I blurted out. "I was jus-just standing there" I tried to defend.

"I mean that pebble thing was really cool and all but I wasn't looking at YOU" Nothing coming out of my mouth was making sense. "Oh well uhm I have to say I'm a little disappointed" He sighed.

I looked at him confused. "But Mira I was actually hoping we could talk about what happened last night" I shut my eyes when I realised he had meant to talk about last night.

Fuck. "Oh-" "But if you have more confessions to make I'm happy to hear them" I rolled my eyes as Aryan tried not to laugh. "Shut up" I shoved him but that just made him burst out laughing.

"Alright you done?" I asked annoyed. "Yes yes sorry" He finally calmed himself down and gave me his full attention. "Okay so about last night" I started.

"I want something from you and you wany something from me" I told him. "Huh?" He asked. "People are talking about you failing that stupid dare right?" I didn't let him answer.

"So I'll be your girlfriend and people will shut up" He wanted to interrupt but I held out my hand. "I know I know" He closed his mouth. "Why would I do this?" I asked for him.

"Well because I need something from you and that's a ticket to Bollywood" He raised his brow. "Look I've told you before I want to be an actress and you know better than anyone that I would need connections" I told him.

"So you're gonna help me get that by helping me meet people and get me into training" I said. He started to speak again. "The training that I know all the star kids get like dance, acting classes all that" I simply said.

There was a moment of silence between us. "Are you done?" He asked. I nodded proudly. "Can I finally talk now?" He asked. "Yeah of course" I smiled.

"What the fuck is wrong with you?" He snapped at me. "Wha–" "Shh I talk now" He stopped me. "You want to pretend to be my girlfriend?" I nodded slowly.

"You're an idiot" He said. "You really think I am that terrible of a person to be in a relationship with someone because I don't want to lose a dare?" He asked rhetorically.

"All of that was supposed to be a joke but you have seriously taken it to a whole other level" I sat there dumbfounded. "I will not pretend to be your boyfriend and I can't believe you would bargain like that" He scolded me.

"Yeah well not all of us have the privileges you have" I snapped back. Tears forming in my eyes and anger in my voice. "I needed a way in and I found it through you" I stated.

"If I had to I would do it again" With that I got off the bench and started to walk away. "Wait" Aryan spoke up.