Before you

6.

"Are you cooking or something?" Riley smiled as she walked in my apartment.

"No, why?" I frowned.

"Because you asked if I liked meat?"

Oh right. I didn't give her an explanation for that.

"Okay right, so it might sound a little crazy.." I smiled nervously.

"Okay?" She frowned a little. "What's the problem?"

"Max Verstappen invited us to dinner at his place" I said and I saw by the look on her face that she had no idea who that was.

We were seriously fucked. I knew nothing about her and clearly she didn't know anything about me.

"So I'm a Formula One driver" I said as I pointed at the helmets. "And so is he"

"Oh right" she nodded, totally unimpressed.

"You do know what that is, right?"

She chuckled. "Yes I do know what that is"

"Okay" that was actually good to hear because I didn't have the time to explain her everything.

"But what I don't get.." she said as she opened the fridge. "Is why he invited us?"

Yeah how could I explain this to her. "So he thinks I'm still in love with my ex-"

"Which you are" she added.

No I wasn't but whatever.

"And now you want him to think that you're totally over her?" She looked back at me while she was putting some groceries in my fridge.

"Well yea-" I frowned. "Wait did you bring groceries?"

"You won't survive on eggs and yoghurt" she said as she closed the fridge and looked back at me. "So you want me to be your fake girlfriend for one evening?"

"Just pretend as if you like me" I shrugged.

"Where did we meet?" She asked, grabbed a glass out of the cabinet and filled it with water.

"Uh-at the club?"

She sighed. "It's a basic question that everyone asks when they meet a couple"

"And the club isn't a good answer?"

"Of course not" she took a sip from her glass. "That's where you meet a hookup"

"Okay, then we met in the supermarket"

"Yes!" She nodded enthusiastically. "That's cute and romantic"

"How old are you?" I asked. Such a basic question but like I said, I didn't know anything about her. "21, you?"

"Are you only 21?"

"Yeah, so I guess you're older" she chuckled. Fuck, if I knew she was 3 years younger then I wouldn't have started this thing with her.

Who am I kidding? It wouldn't change a thing.

"I am 24"

"Okay" she nodded. "And you drive for...?"

"Mclaren" I answered.

"Mclaren" she nodded. "We will totally make him believe we like each other"

It was actually cute that she was so enthusiastic about this.

But I had a feeling we would screw this up. I didn't even know her last name, didn't know what she did for a job, didn't know where she normally lived.

I knew what she was like in bed, not really though. We only had sex twice, on one night.

So what did I know? That she was friends with Savannah.

That's all I knew.

Yes we were so gonna screw this up.

"I wish you told me beforehand though" she shook me out of my thoughts. "I would've wore something nicer, did my hair a bit better"

I rolled my eyes, laughing.

"What?" She nudged me. "I thought we would have sex so I didn't really bother with my hair and makeup"

"You still look beautiful though" I said, without thinking.

She clearly didn't expect me to say this and neither did I.

She smiled a little, had a blush on her face. "Well thanks"

"Blush like that when we are at Max's and he will definitely believe you like me" I nudged her, held my hand out for her and looked ar her. "You ready?"

"Ready as can be" she said as she put her hand in mine.

We were so gonna mess this up.