the plan | pedri gonzalez

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May

OMG, my parents just told me about it.
He's like really famous apparently and has
tons of fangirls. Good luck April

You're joking. I'm going to get canceled on Twitter

I'm dead serious, but if it makes you
feel better, he has fangirls BECAUSE
he's good looking!

Yes, that makes it all better. Thanks
so much

Heyy, don't get sarcastic on me right now,
I'm trying to help. And plus, if he's famous,
you get extra perks. What if you end up
on the news?

No thank you, I would rather stay out of
that type of stuff. I would hate to go on the
news because of the person I'm dating

Okay, hear me out. He's famous, he makes you
famous. You make ME famous! Dream come true
boom

That sounds intricate. I'll pass. Plus, just ask
your dad to make you famous, he has so
many friends

Are you joking? Yeah he has friends, but they're
all rotting and like 50 years old!

See, with that attitude they aren't going to want
to make you famous. You're out of luck

Not yet, because I know there's no way you're
getting out of that "fake boyfriend" deal with
your parents. Your dad already said yes,
there's no backing out for you

Don't even remind me. Even my mom thinks
it's a good idea. Literally a traitor

We'll search him up at dinner and find all
the tea about him later. How did your parents
even find him?

They said Theo found him. I tried asking if I
could date Enzo, but they told me they already
found a guy

One, why is Theo finding your future boyfriend?
I mean, obviously I know he has great taste
because he's asked me out about a million times
by now

And you always reject him. Poor Theo, he's trying
to play matchmaker to help his retiring love life

Two, I'm so glad they found someone. If you
dated Enzo, I would pack my things and LEAVE

Oh come on, would me and Enzo be that bad?

Think about me and Theo dating.

Oh my god, a million times ew. Throwing up
as we speak. Never say that again.

That's what I'm saying, I couldn't bear
to even look at Enzo anymore if he was
into my best friend. Also, I have to go, we're
here. See you soon

Well it would be a fake relationship, Enzo and
I wouldn't really be together.

There's a man in a suit who opens my door before I can even reach for the handle, and I thank him quickly before getting out. Theo comes out of the other side of the car, and I straighten out the bottom of my romper while waiting for him to come over to my side. Although Theo is 3 years older than me, he's my only brother-not to mention my older one-so we're really close. He's also very overprotective of me, which confuses me to why the fake boyfriend was recommended by him.

"So who exactly is this mystery man you're telling Father and Mom to match me up with?" I question Theo as he walks over to me.

We start our walk through the front of the aquarium as he replies, "Just a client that I've become really close with." He turns to look straight into my eyes and frowns, "And I didn't tell them to match you up with a random guy. You should be lucky I even had him in mind, or else you would've gotten way worse."

I scoff and roll my eyes, typical Theo, trying to act like the hero. "Thank you, I guess."

We don't interact for the rest of the walk through the aquarium, except for a few nudges and points to look at the different species they have swimming around.

"Here it is," Father ushers us over to the one lone table sitting in the middle of the jellyfish exhibit. "The Simmes said to come over and sit, they'll be over in a few."

I sit in front of Theo, an open seat next to me reserved for May.

"How tall is he?" I whisper to Theo, continuing our conversation from earlier.

Theo snickers, "You're getting a fake boyfriend for your behavior, and his height is what you're worried about? God, you really turned out different than me."

It's true, Theo had a workaholic attitude, while my behavior was close to party animal-I blame it on May. Our food tastes were also completely different, and while I had no allergies, Theo had a million. When we were younger, we were under the impression that we were adopted and our parents had abducted us from the hospital when we were just babies. However, pictures of Mom holding us as newborns after she had just had us completely annihilated our fantasy lives.

"Well if I'm getting a fake boyfriend anyways, better to know how tall he is before I show up to dinner with him and he's shorter than me." I run a hand through my brown hair, looking around to wonder when May was coming.

"He's taller than you. Actually, him and I are going to hangout tomorrow." Theo looks at me with a knowing smirk, "You wanna tag along so the dinner isn't the first time you're meeting him?"

I almost jump up in joy, "Yes!" Theo knows I despise surprises, and I'm glad he's not being a loser today and keeping it from me. I wouldn't put it above him.

Right then, I see from the corner of my eye a blonde girl walk into the room, accompanied by a dark, messy haired boy. May immediately goes around to hug everyone and say hello, and Enzo waves to everyone. They're like golden retriever and black cat, I sometimes wonder how they're even related.

"April! Hi!" May leans in for a hug, whispering in my ear, "Can't wait to hear about this boyfriend." She releases me and looks into my eye as we share a nod and then May sits in her seat right next to me.

The Simmes parents come fairly quick, saying quick hellos and sitting down to talk. Since we already put in our orders earlier, the chefs were able to prepare it in time for dinner and we had more time to talk.

"So, big news," Mom starts off, attracting everyone at the table's attention, "April is getting a boyfriend!"

The Simmes pretend to look surprised, but knowing them for years, I know they're lying. Father probably already told May's dad and he spilled it to the whole family.

May's mom glances over at me, "How exciting! Have you met him before?"

I shake my head, "Unfortunately not, but I'll get to see him at dinner with my family soon."

May and I wait it out until the parents are in full-blown conversation mode with their dishes half eaten before we gossiped about the fake boyfriend ordeal.

"So, like, you only first heard about it today?" May asks.

"Yes, and I told you as soon as I could." I assure her.

"Your parents have really gotten crazy. If my parents got me a fake boyfriend, I would go batshit insane." She tucks a strand of hair behind her ear before scooping more of her dinner into her mouth.

"I'm going to meet him before the dinner with Theo, though. So if he's not a horrible person, hopefully the dinner will go well." I look over at Theo. He and Enzo are talking together, probably about their futures or whatever.

"You'll be absolutely fine. And wait, if he's an athlete, shouldn't we be able to find his social media somewhere?" May brings her phone out of her dress pocket and unlocks it.

"Search up Pedri Gonzalez on Instagram, maybe something will pop up." I lean over, resting my head on her shoulder for comfort so I can watch her type.

Before I can see what's going on, she starts shaking her phone and looks at me with joyful eyes, "Oh my god, April! He's literally verified."

She turns her phone so I can see better, and I realize now that's he really famous with his follower count. I then inspect his profile picture and see a handsome face looking back at me. Maybe this dinner wasn't going to be so bad afterall.