Tratie oneshots

Fake dating (Part 1)

Heyyy! So, I lied. I said I was going to update this later that week but that clearly didn't happen. I'm sorry, I am going to try my best to upload more frequently from now on and I hope you forgive me. Anyway, this is one of my favorite tropes and it is so fun to write so it's gonna be a two parter. (Also, please comment. It will make me happy)

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I'd be lying if I told you that I saw this coming.

Because not in a million years could I've imagined that my mortal enemy, the person I hated the most at camp, the boy who made my life miserable for six years, would ask me to fake date him.

That's right.

"So, what do you say?"

I just stood there, dumbfounded.

I didn't know what to think. Was this some kind of sick prank? Maybe, but the look on his face did not seem like it.

"I, um, no."

This was unbelievable, I'd never do something like that, especially not with Travis Stoll.

"Come on Kates! Please, you have to do this otherwise she won't leave me alone," he looked at me with pleading eyes and a slight hint of panic in his voice. He looked really stressed, it was not like him.

"I'm sorry Trav, but I'm not going to help you with this. Besides, what good would it do me?"

"I could do anything! I swear I'll get you anything you want, just please help me, you wouldn't even have to do anything other than tell people we're together and when Sophie is over me, we can return to normal."

Sophie was Travis's ex. They'd been together for almost four months, but about a week ago Travis had broken up with her after finding out she'd been gossiping about him behind his back. Let's just say she hadn't taken it well. She'd lost it and refused to leave him alone. I actually felt pretty sorry for him, but not enough to want to go out with him, fake or not.

"If we told people we were dating, I honestly think Sophie would kill me," I argued, trying to make him realise what a terrible idea this was.

"She won't. I won't let her," he replied, looking at me more seriously than he ever had before.

"So you mean if I pretend to be your girlfriend for a while, I can ask you for anything?"

"Anything. Well, not really anything, I won't kill anyone for you, but pretty much anything else."

"Too bad," I joke, but he doesn't laugh.

"Look Katie I'm serious, I don't know anything else that could work, and if everything goes smoothly, we will be broken up in a week, then we can pretend like nothing happened and you can go back to hating me"

I thought about it. If we were to do it, I knew exactly what I would ask him to do: to stop pranking  me and my cabin forever, to never bother me ever again. That would be like a dream come true. No more cleaning up shaving cream, no more hair dye and no more stupid comments. But was it worth it?

"Okay," I said without looking at him. "Let us say I agreed to do this thing, then what exactly do you expect me to do?"

His face lit up and he suddenly looked like all the problems he'd ever had had disappeared.

"Really? Thank you so much, really, I..."

"I did not say yes! And answer my question first," I interrupted him.

"Right, um, well, you'd have to watch me train in combat and um, maybe sit with me by the camp fire and tell people we are together, of course..."

While Travis was rambling, I felt my head ache. That was a lot, I didn't really know what to do. Of course I wanted the pranks to stop, but was it worth it? It wasn't just having to fake date Travis, but I was also afraid of the confused questions I'd get. Miranda would be over the moon; she'd been trying to get me to admit I liked Travis for years. But other people might not be so amused. I knew a lot of people who would do anything to date Travis Stoll, and I wasn't exactly thrilled to be added to several other girls' hit lists. Even though Travis said he wouldn't let anyone hurt her, it was going to be uncomfortable. But at the same time... if everything went the way it was supposed to, then maybe this whole thing would be over in a week, and after that I could say goodbye to pranks forever.