Girlfriend For Hire || maiden. (Under Editing)

XXIII. - Changed -

Maine was awaken by the sound of knocks on her door. She quickly got out of bed and rushed towards the door. The young girl opened it and saw her father on the other side. 

"Good Morning." she greeted. Her Dad then went inside her room and sat beside her bed. 

 "I want to ask you a question." he said. 

 "No I'm not pregnant Dad." she replied right away. 

"I know you're not ... that's not what I came here for Maine. Your mother's birthday is coming  ... and I still don't have any gift ideas."

 "And you want my help?"

 "Of course honey."

 "Alright." she answered with a proud grin on her face. 

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Alden's early morning started off with seeing his parents on the dining room eating breakfast. It was a pleasant surprise, given the fact that he has not seen them for over a month. 

"Oh Alden, come here I missed you." his Mum uttered after seeing him. The oyung guy looked at his Dad and saw him talking to someone on his phone. 

"When did you get back?" he asked. 

"Last Night. I was gonna go to your room but you're asleep. Did you see the hover trax we bought you?" she asked his son. Alden nodded, it's his 26th one. 

"How's your girlfriend?" Mr. Richards then suddenly asked him.  

"Who? Maine?" he asked back. 

"Yes , or you already replaced her? "

"Not yet." Alden replied and placed his view down to the food he's eating. Flashes of their conversation form last night suddenly went through his mind. He smiled after remembering Maine saying she's thinking about him. 

"Why are you smiling?" his mother asked and so he suddenly snapped back to reality. 

"I was?" 

 "Yes you are."

"Oh." 

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Maine reached the campus a little over an hour later. She has a calm front but deep inside, she already started freaking out because she has to practice with Alden for the upcoming search. 

"You look pretty today." her friend told her. 

 "Me?" Maine asked. 

"No, That dude behind you ... of course you!" Hannah answered before they reached the hallway. 

"If 3 hours of sleep makes me pretty then I will do that every single night." the young girl said, rolling her eyes. 

"You can't sleep again?"

 "Yup."

 "Why?"

 "Been thinking about a lot of things."

  "By 'A lot of things' you mean Alden right?"

 "Shut up Hannah." Maine replied, blushing. 

 "Why don't you just admit it Maine. You like Alden." 

 "Fine , I do like him but please be quiet about it okay?"

 "I knew it." Hannah whispered before she started giggling. 

 "Be quiet about it alright?"

 "Fine I will. Speaking of the stud, where is he?"

 "Alden? Maybe he's still on his way."

 "I'm so excited."

"For what?'

"And I just can't hide it."

"What are you talking about?"

"I'm about to lose control and I think I like it."

 It was only then that Maine realized Hannah is reciting some lyrics from a song.

 "You're crazy, Hannah" she said and laughed out loud. 

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Alden's eyes quickly went to the pageant decorations already being hung up on the posts. His heart started beating fast, he's actually quite excited for the search. The young guy then made his way to their classroom, dodging a couple of people snapping pictures of him. 

As soon as he reached the place, he already saw Maine talking to her friends. Alden  took a deep breath and approached her. 

"Turn around." Hannah told the young girl and so she did. 

 "Hello Alden." Maine greeted before pulling him away from the group. 

"How are you?" the young guy asked. 

"I'm good now. Thank you for yesterday." Maine replied and so he smiled. Showing her his cute dimples. 

"That's alright. You're important to me." he told her before grabbing her hands. 

"This is still acting right?" Maine asked and so Alden let go of her.

 "Right." he replied and then started giggling. Unaware of how adorable he looks like right now. 

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During the break, Maine went to the Ladies's room to do some hand washing. She also looked at herself in the mirror, and wondered when the deal will end. 

"You can do this Maine, you can finish the deal without completely falling in love with him." she whispered to herself. Suddenly, Vanessa came into her view. 

"Oh look who it is." Vanessa uttered and then smiled at her. 

"What do you want?" Maine asked, rolling her eyes. 

"Oh nothing. I'm just only wondering what did you do to Alden? Why would he fight for you like that?"

"I don't know ... and I don't want to find out." Maine replied, shrugging. 

"You know what I said back in the house? That's true .. that's what I truly feel. You don't deserve someone like Alden. Bring your cheapness somewhere else." 

Just like that, something inside Maine's mind was triggered. She faced Vanessa feeling nothing but rage. 

"And you deserve someone like him? You left him remember? You broke his heart."

"But I'm going to get him back, mark my words."

 "Vanessa, you're a bitter ex who wants nothing but to see Alden break his heart again. I won't do that, never." Maine said, more thanr eady to walk away. 

 "You clearly don't know him."

 "You're right , maybe I don't. But at least I'm not a bitch like you."

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 what do you think? are you Team Maine or Team Vanessa?