The Face Off

010

Camille

We decided to stop by the gas station to fill up Callum's tank and speak more about this situation in the car. While he went to the store to pay for the gas I went and scrolled through Twitter to find #NYUDOUBLEWIN the school marketing team astonish me knowing that they make themselves a trend damn well knowing it's a bunch of college students running it.

Deciding to scroll while I wait for Cal to my surprise it's a bunch of pictures of us throughout college with captions like "dating omg?" #NYUDOUBLEWIN.

All this made me want to sink a hole and never go out. The first year at NYU was hard as a kid with a scholarship representing the NYU figure skating team. People took it the wrong way and started calling me Ice Queen because I'm too cold for them. At first, it hurt until it all stopped.

The truth is I suck at communicating with people and people take it the wrong way when I say something wrong. I just learned to live with it. Being alone so yes I'm scared of faking dating my best friend because he's the only person I have and losing him meant losing the only part of me that feels comfortable being herself.

I decided to play the Fearless album and hum to it while at that same moment, Cal knocked on my window showing me his bags of snacks I smiled at that.

As he opened the door I lowered the volume of the song. "Okay, so this is for you. Is mr perfectly fine playing?" He asked to which I nodded after being friends with me he started picking up the songs slowly. He handed me the bags which I opened knowing which was for who. I opened the bag of mini Kitkats and opened the mocha Starbucks coffee and handed him his Crunch and Sprite an odd combination but I'm not one to speak.

As he drank his Sprite I pulled my phone into the notes app and named it C&C Contract and put it with bullet points. "Okay down to business," I said as I moved myself to face him better. At the same moment, he stopped drinking and looked at me back.

"No telling any more people."

"PDA kissing only."

"Go to each other events."

"Parents can't know."

"After a year this is done and we do not talk about it."

In which he nodded while I typed it all in.

"Add Tuesday movie nights."

I looked at him and asked, "What?"

"The team has movie nights on Tues usually it's girlfriends only and stuff."

I nodded and typed it in and then I sent the link to Cal. I smiled at him chuckling at the problems the name I gave it.

I beamed when I paused. "We need a story about how we got together."

"Last year strawberry cheesecake festival. I ate so much strawberry cheesecake until you said yes you'd go out with me."

It is funny because he did eat so much cake that day he had stomach pain.

"Why did you eat so much cake that day?"

"It was free cheesecake."

"Okay, so I guess that's what we will go with."

We drove to the house where you could hear the music being blasted since basketball and hockey shared the same season they host party's together.

I helped unload the bags he bought from the store while he carried the beer inside.

"I wondered where you two went."

"Ah, Gale has Kitkat I guess you stopped by the store?"

I nodded as I plopped one into my mouth.

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Callum

I was scared of Cam not agreeing but thankfully she did. Just a year.

"So I'm guessing she agreed?" Carter asked as he sipped his coke not being much of a drinker.

"Yep"

"Also you think your sister can help tutor Cam I'll be paying her."

"Sure but I doubt she'd take the money if she knows she's your girlfriend."

It's weird how that felt even if it was "fake"

"Just don't get your heart broken Callum everyone can see she means a lot to you." He pat my shoulder as he walked away and found James to hang around with.

The same James that caught me calling her a star the first time. The same James who plays for the school basketball team and is hopelessly naive to the fact Carter has a thing for him.

I spent the hour adding the beer and making sure no was being a dumbass until Camille found me.

"Come on."

I followed her to my room and my window lead us to the roof to which Camille had blankets in there figuring she had been there a while by the KitKat and book laying down.

"You played dad enough just relax they aren't idiots they know you'd kick both team's asses if they did something stupid. Plus I think James has it covered."

We just sat there watching everyone below us as they drank and partied.
Camille was never the party in everyone's attention yet whenever she walked into a room you couldn't help but look at her.

"Stop being an emotional Callum."

"I AM NOT."

"You are your head was probably thinking something so serious you won stop analyzing everything."

"Thank you."

"For?"

"Pretending."

"No big deal you're my friend plus it's not like we have feelings for each other to be awkward we're fine."

I'd accepted that her actions weren't a reflection of how she felt about me; however, her saying that suddenly gave me the determination to use this chance and show her how much she truly means to me.

"Let's get you home Star."

I said getting up and giving her a hand so she can stand up. And while she got up I quickly got her stuff and put it in her bag.

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