The Love Hater and the Hopeless Romantic

"Love sucks." I sighed.

Sam, sitting beside me was not surprised at all. Growing up with him, he already knew what I think about love and he never dared to change my opinion on love cause he understood.

"Nah, don't worry about me. I'm still going to find the one and I'm not giving up." Sam said, putting his arms around me. I leaned my head on his shoulder and played with my fingers.

He just recently broke up with his girlfriend and I felt so mad although I don't know why. I can't believe he's calm about it.

I forgot to mention that my best friend here, Sam is a love sick hopeless romantic. While I'm the total opposite of him. Because of my parents' divorce, I learned that love never lasts. All that what people say about soulmates and true love doesn't exists. Even though we have both different opinions on love, we're the best of friends,

"Love is shit." I concluded. "And always will be."

"Don't think of that babe, you're just afraid." He whispered in my ear. I can't deny the fact that he is right but that doesn't mean I'll admit it.

"That's not true." I lied.

"Come on, let me prove it to you that it's not shit." Sam replied, holding my hands, making my eyes meet with his.

"How ?" I asked. A smile spread on his face and I suddenly grew curious of what he's going to do. It's not I want to give in to what he's saying. I'm just wondering.

"Let's date. Like be in a relationship." He blurted out, smiling.

"What ?!" I shrieked, pulling away from Sam's grasp. I know that he knows what I think about love, how can he think of such a thing like that ?

"I will show how love feels like. From now on, I will be your boyfriend and you will be my girlfriend." Sam said. I gave him a weird look like he was crazy. Well, he is crazy for even thinking of that.

"Will you break my heart ?" I questioned. What am I thinking ? Am I agreeing to his offer ?

"No, never. At least I'll try not to. You know...dating but we don't have feelings for each other. This relationship is just going to show you that what you think about love is wrong. " He explained.

Should I agree to it ? Well.... I've never been into a relationship. I wonder what it feels like.

Don't say yes ! You hate love remember ?

But.. he said he won't break my heart. He's my bestfriend and I trust him. He's just going to show me how relationships work anyway.

It's not like he has feelings for me. I'm sure he doesn't. We've been friends since .. I don't remember but I'm sure our love for each other is completely platonic.

However, I can't deny that I have a small crush on him and I wondered if he'd feel the same. I felt like a fool for even thinking of that. That's why I kept it to myself and never told anyone. No one must know that especially him. That would be weird.

There's no harm in taking risks right ? It's not like I'll loose something from it, right ?

So.. I think I'm going to say yes.

"If you want us to break up, I won't stop you, just give me a chance , a few months to show you what you're missing. If it goes well then..good. If not, at least I tried to change your opinion. " He added.

"Okay. Fine." I shrugged. I was surprised when Sam pulled me into his arms and hugged me. I felt comfortable in his embrace and I loved it.

"I'm glad you took this chance. You won't regret it and it'll be worth it." Sam whispered in my ear.

"I hope." I mumbled.

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When the doorbell rang, I quickly got up from my bed and opened it. I saw Josh with a blue sweater, a leather jacket and black jeans.

"Hey babe." He greeted me. I smiled at him. "You ready ?"

"Yeah." I nodded. "I'll just get my bag." He nodded and waited while I went inside to get my bag. "Let's go."

He held my hand as we walked to his car. He drove us to this nice restaurant and we ordered their specials. The food was delicious and I was having a good time with Sam. After eating, I thought we would watch a movie but he surprised me when he took me to an ice-skating rink.

"But Sam, you know I can't skate right ?" I reminded him.

"Yeah, I know." He replied. "Don't worry love, I'm going to help you. Do you trust me ?"

"Of course." I told him. We changed shoes and we went to the ice.

"Is this where you take your girlfriends ? and how you treat them ?" I asked, looking up at him.

"No, this one's different because you're special. I've never done it with anyone before." He smiled at me.

"Oh." I blushed.

I tried standing but I can't. Sam would always hold my hand so I won't fall. So we skated around the area and I felt free. He let me go so that I can try to stand alone. I almost fell but he was fast enough to catch me.

"I'll never let you fall." He told me.

After a while, we stopped skating and went home.

As I lay on my bed that night, our first date was one of the best nights of my life.

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It's been a few months that we dated and it was the best times of my life. Every minute spent with him is priceless. He made me feel loved and it was the best feeling ever. He captured my heart since our first date. He treated me right and he proved to me how much he loved me. I felt sorry for his ex-girlfriends who broke up with him.

He would take me on fantastic dates, text and call me every minute, carry my books, hold my hand, call me cute nicknames and beat up the guys who hurt me. I know he did it to me as my bestfriend but every time he does those things, it made me feel so special. He made me happier than we were just bestfriends.

He was the best boyfriend ever and I wouldn't ask for more. I know it's just pretend but I always wished everything was real. I want him to be my real boyfriend and at the same time, my bestfriend. He is my inspiration and everything I could ask for.

Every time I'm near him, I feel butterlies in my stomach and my heart would beat faster. I would do anything just to make our love real because I've fallen for him and I couldn't imagine myself being with another guy. He's all I wanted and needed.

"I love you" I blurted out of nowhere.

It made him smile. Of all the times we've been together, he was always the one who'd say I love you. Now, as I say it, it's like he finally received a prize for what he had done.

"I know it was all fake for you just to make me change my mind about love b-"

"Alex, it wasn't fake. It was all real to me. The relationship and my love for you, it was all real. I'm sorry I dragged you into this but it's the only way I know to make you mine, to show you how much I love you. Alex, you mean the world to me." He told me.

I smiled. "Sam, you changed my opinion on love. You made me believe that it was possible that someone would love me. You made me feel how good it is to be in love. You changed me. Thank you."

Now, both of us were speechless by what we heard from the other. We were both surprised but at the same time, filled with joy.

"Sam, this whole relationship for me was all pretend and fake. I know after this, we'll be back to being bestfriends. You know what ? I don't want for us to be just bestfriends. I want us to be lovers too. Can we just... start all over again ? For real this time ?" I asked.

"Sure." He smiled and cleared his throat. "Alex, will you be my girlfriend ?"

"Yes Sam, I would love to." I smiled.