Molded-his first

[11]Maybe

I hold my breath before knocking on his door.

This is a dumb idea. What was I thinking? It's not too late to turn back now.

"Coming," I hear a groan coming from the other side of the room.

Andrés opens the door in a black compression shirt and black sweatpants. He leans on the door frame and looks down at me.

"Hi," I greet awkwardly waving at him.

"Zola, are you ok?" He asks with concern.

For some reason, I forgot that I cried on his shoulder yesterday. My eyes widen realizing what I did.

I shift uncomfortably in the clothes Maya made me wear. I wanted to come in my usual oversized shirt and jeans but she made me wear a tight tank top and a short skirt. She said that's what André's flings usually wear.

"Yeah, I am. Well, not a hundred percent but I will be" I nod my head. He still looks at me skeptical. "I kinda need your help on getting the people who made me cry back." I shrug cringing on the inside.

A smirk appears on his face "I can't negotiate while hungry"

***

"May I please have your chilly cheese fries and a Sprite." I ask the cashier; she nods her head and types in the order.

"¿Puedo comer una hamburguesa de ternera con maracuyá y limonada?" Andres says before winking at her. (Spanish: can I have a beef burger with passionfruit and lemonade)

Before I can pay Andrés gently pushes me to the side and does so himself.

After getting our food we go sit on the bench near the ducks.

"Ok so basically, Ashley fucked my crush an-"

"You had a crush on Santonio?" He cuts me off.

Why does everyone know that they did it?

"Have a crush on Santonio" I correct him shifting uncomfortably.

"After he fucked your best friend?" he cut

"Yeah whatever, so since Ashley fu-"

"Since Ashley fucked your crush you wanna fuck hers?" Andrés concludes. "Look I'm all in for petty sex, especially with you but I don't do virgins"

"What? No would you stop being a prick and let me speak?" I huff causing him to nod his head paying more attention. "I want us to make it look like we did. You know be all flirty in public to make them jealous." I wiggle my eyebrows.

"You want us to date?"

"Fake date," I say doing jazz hands.

Andrés just stares at me before speaking. "No" he huffs out before the waiter places his drink on the table then mine.

"Ouch," Charlotte says appearing next to him out of thin air.

"What should I do?" I grimace.

Maya pops up next to me. "It's not what you do it's what you remember."

"Remember?"

"You're telling me you don't remember what we said you should do in case he rejects you?" Charlotte blinks as I shake my head.

Suddenly a whiteboard pops up and Charlotte and Maya are next to it.

The words "Things you should do in case he rejects you." Is written on the whiteboard.

"Number one." The whiteboard shows an image of a girl shrugging. "Play dumb, he might just be pulling your leg." Charlotte shrugs.

An awkward laugh escapes my lips. "What do you mean 'no'?"

"I don't benefit from that." He shrugs.

The whiteboard shows a picture of a man shrugging now "Number two, you scratch his back he scratches yours. Ask him what he wants for this favor." Maya winks causing Charlotte to smack her.

"He probably wants something in return so ask him what that is," Charlotte says. "And if it's reasonable you got yourself a fake boyfriend."

"What do you want in return?"

"Number three, lust." on the whiteboard is an image of an eggplant and that embarrassed emoji. "Seduce him." Charlotte frowns.

"I didn't put you in those clothes for nothing" Maya grins. "Show him what your mama gave you." She winks.

I cross my arms making my boobs pop up more and turn so I'm looking directly at him.

Oddly Andrés doesn't look anywhere but me in the eye.

"You can't give that to me," he whispers, before standing up causing me to bite my lip.

Andrés simply ignores me causing me to panic. 

"Let's say he doesn't find you attractive which is literally impossible."

"That's when this comes in, number four, my favorite guilt or blackmail." Charlotte winks.

"Because we aren't monsters, we suggest you only do one of them." Maya gestors. "Or not at all."

"I'll tell my brother about what happened in the storeroom!" I yell as a last attempt.

Andres turns and sits down where he was sitting.

"You know when I fell on top of you and felt something poking me."

"You felt that?" he says concerned.

I sip on my drink "How could I have not?" I blink.

I didn't expect him to be this scared of me telling my brother that he stabbed me with a needle, for once Darius is useful.

"Zola, I don't know your middle name, Carter. Are you blackmailing me?" Andres grins.

"Maybe."

"Well played" he nods. Andres takes a deep breath before speaking. "I'll be your fake boyfriend," he sighs causing me to jump clapping my hands in delight before hugging him.

I realized what I did and let go before scotching away lifted my tank top up because it was falling.

Andres sucks his teeth before speaking in Spanish.

He adjusts his hips and leans back, his eyes darting to me giving me an unreadable look causing me to shift.

"Here," I say handing him my phone.

Andrés types his number and hands my phone back to me. I roll my eyes once I realize he saved himself as "hot stuff."

"Sadly, Andrés Lucio Martinez has never been seen with a girl that doesn't pass the paper bag test." The whiteboard shows a paper bag as Charlotte speaks.

"Which brings us to our last conclusion. Number five," Maya starts.

"Don't be afraid to let it go" they say in unison.