Opposites Attract

Ch. 5 First Fake Bf

Elise's POV:

I can't believe I have a fake boyfriend that is also my enemy. What the fuck. I will not be telling any of my family about this because I will either be scolded or beat.

When I wake up I smile immediately. Yodau is the first day with a fake boyfriend. Last night I got his number and he took the best picture of me for my profile.

(mine)(pretend she's blonde.) :D

(his)

I smile at the picture. I change his name to ML, for my love. Ahggggvuuu. What's wrong with me.

Anyway I get dressed for school in a tight small crop and sweats. I put my amazing blonde hair into two dutch braids and I'm proud of myself.

I drive Joe,Mike,and Gabby to school before bringing myself to mine.

I walk in and see Josh waiting by the fountain.
When he sees me he smiles and walks over. "Hello princess." "Hello Rider." I answer. He grabs my hand and I take a deep breath. "You good?" He asks me. I nod. "Yea just, we're really doing this." He shakes his head. "I know but come on, we're almost late." And with that we walk in.

When we get into the classroom, everyone looks at us and our intertwined hands. Especially Peyton who was also in our class. I smile and look at him. He nods and goes to sit down right next to me.

A few minutes in I feel something on the bottom of my chair. I look down to see fingers. Fingers that belonged to Josh Rider. He smiles at me and pulls my chair towards him. It was surprisingly quiet and now we were right next to each other. "Hi." He whispered. "Hi." I whispered back. "I think our plan is working." he says and I agree. "I know what will make people think we're together even more." I look at him. "What is it?" I ask. "This." I saw Josh lift up his hand and my quickest reflex was to flinch. But suddenly I feel a weight in my upper thigh and I hold my breath. I can feel Josh's smirk blazing into me as he leans down and puts his mouth to my ear. "Remember to breathe." I laugh while letting out a breath. Both of us smile and look back to the board. Until I decide to look at Peyton's reaction. She was staring at us while chewing pink gum and rolling her eyes in the most Disney TV show kinda way. She was such a mean girl. With her straight blonde hair and obsession with gum and the color pink. I smirk while looking back to the teacher. This was a good day.

Josh's POV:

I smile slightly at Elise and her reaction to physical touch. But then I think about it. She basically flinched when I rose my hand to put on her leg. Maybe something is happening at home. Something bad and illegal. Oh shit.
Her dad. He didn't show up to the office.
She doesn't talk about her family. She flinches at physical touch. I finally put two and tow together and realize. Her dads a drunk. I look at her with worried eyes and she looks back at me smiling. Oh this poor girl. Pretending to be fine. But I don't want to be accusing something that may not be true even though i think it is. I just take a deep breath and carry on until class is over.

When class ended I ran back up to her. "Well hello there Josh." She says smiling. "Hey can I talk with you." She nods. I begin to stutter not knowing how to ask this question without sounding strange. "Are uh are things okay at home?" Almost immediately her laughing gaze dropped and a serious one took its place. "That's none of your business." I take her hand. "Elise come on-." She takes her hand away. "Why does it matter to you anyway. Just back off of the topic Rider." I close my eyes and when I open them she's gone. I sigh and try to carry on with my day. I sit by her but we don't talk. We smile so people don't get suspicious but don't talk. Oh my poor girl.