First sight~Alexander Stewart♡...(strangers to lovers)

Jake

Y/n's pov:

Weeks pass like this: Us meeting up again, cuddling in the dark while watching movies and at the end...me alone in bed again giggling and kicking my feet out of excitement. Everything seems so perfect. Seems. It's been weeks since I've hung out with Bella, which soon turns into a problem.

As usually, I get home from visiting Alex, jump in my bed and chuckle lovingly. The amount of excitement I recieve every time I visit him is crazy and makes me chuckle like that every night. After I've brushed my teeth and changed, I trot over to my bed. My eyes feel heavy already and the only thing I want to do is rest.

I lay down on my bed and pull the white blanket over me to tuck me in. As I'm about to peacefully close my eyes, my phone lights up. I reach out for my phone and grab it to read the message. A cold-hearted, angry message from Bella. I've messed up. Obviously.

"Hey, don't know if you remember me, I'm just your best friend. You really think I didn't see you driving to someone else's place all the time?!" , Bella's pissed. I think for a while how she could have got my location and soon I remember: I forgot Snapchat.
She could track my location over that stupid app. Well at least she doesn't know yet that I was with Alex.

"Hey, yeah, sorry. I didn't forget you at all but I didn't have enough time. See, I met some guy and I've been meeting him a lot. But we can meet up soon if you still want to?" , I reply and to be honest it wasn't a lie. I just need to make up another name. If I told her that I've been seeing Alex, she would be mad. I mean mad.

To my luck, Bella calms down and agrees on meeting up with me. Two days later, we meet up again. As usually, we go to a park and just walk there like normally but soon she starts to as me everything about who I've been meeting up with.

"So, you gotta tell me everything about him! What's his name, his looks, his body, his age, his family, hobbies, job,...EVERYTHING." , Bella asks fully excited. I don't want to lie to her...but I guess I'll have to. For our friendship. "So, his name's Jake, he's a blonde with blue eyes, well-built I guess, plays basketball and studies science." , I answer and try to make it seem like I actually know what I'm saying.

This discription is the complete oppisite of Alex and my actual type. But since she still believes I date every guy I find attractive, I guess it's not a problem. At first, she actually seems convinced and then she starts yapping about Alex: "You know, Alexander Stewart, from earlier, I've tried everything to find out his number or at least where he lives but nothing! Like, he obviously wants to go out with me and is just shy, you know."

An unfamiliar feeling spreads through my body: Jealousy. Not that I believe Alex would ever go on a date with her, it's just the fact that she still tries to get to know the guy I've been going out with for over a month. I need to tell her... the only problem: I love Alex and so does she. Alex loves me but she doesn't know. And all of that will rip our friendship apart.

We go to sit on a bench and watch the ducks swim in the lake. Bella's always had something for ducks and calls them: super adorable. I take a deep breath and then take out my phone. A new message from Alex♡. Yes, call me corny but I put a heart behind his name, get over it. "I miss you⁠♡" , the message says. I reply as usual but the red heart on my screen catches Bella's eyes.

"You're texting Jake, huh?!" , the excitement is hidden in her voice as she speaks. I pull my phone away slightly so she can't read who I'm really texting. "Uh-...yeah- I am. He just said he misses me." Bella giggles excited and then just keeps talking like usually.

The rest of the day goes well and she isn't suspecting anything. I start meeting up with Bella more often again but yet, also meet Alex a lot. Or better: Jake. Yes, I do feel guilty about lying to Bella but I couldn't just tell her what's going on between me and Alex. Making up Jake was the only thing I could do besides telling the truth.