■ Messaging II

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"Hey." A message popped up. Jared.

Immediately, my face broke into a grin as I hurriedly typed back.

Me: Hi.

Jared: Watcha doin'?

Me: Nothing. Just had dinner.

Jared: So now its bedtime, eh? :)

Me: Yeah, yeah. Laugh as much as you want.

Jared: Kyle just called. We are all going camping this Saturday. You wanna join? You can bring Naomi if you want.

Me: Camping?

Jared: Just one night. It will be fun, I promise.

Me: I don't know. I don't think my mom would be ecstatic to hear two girls going to spend an entire night with five guys whom they have met just once.

Jared: We have met more than once....

Me: But not the others.

Jared: Don't be so uncomfortable. I will protect you.

I burst out laughing at this.

Me: Its not that. My parents won't allow. I know them.

Jared: So you wanna go but your parents won't allow?

Me: I didn't say that.

Jared: But you implied.

Me: No.

Jared: Yes.

Me: No.

Jared: Yes.

Me: Does it matter? Anyway...

Jared: So, they will let you go if there is a chaperone, right?

Me: I guess so.

Jared: Consider it done.

Me: How?

Jared: Kyle has an elder brother. We can easily make him the father. He just won't shave for few days...

Me: No. I won't lie to my parents. They trust me.

Jared: Its a white lie. When the lie isn't hurting anybody, its called a white lie.

Me: I don't care. It will hurt my parents if they know the truth. I hate lying.

And you can lie to Jared, huh? My inner voice spoke. I hated lying to Jared but I was helpless. I had no other option. I was going to tell him the truth soon anyway. Just few more days till he could trust me fully without getting too angry. I didn't wanna lose him so soon. No matter the situation, I couldn't deny I really liked hanging out with him and texting him.

Jared: So you won't come? :(

Me: Sorry. No.

Jared: Fine. But to compensate you have to hang out with me the next entire Sunday.

Me: Entire day?

Jared: Yup. No more. No less.

Me: Naomi and I were going to have a girls day out.

Jared: Do it Friday. You are hanging out with me the entire sunday.

Me: What if I don't want to?

Jared: I will come to your house.

Me: No! Fine. I will go.

Jared: What is it with you and me coming to your house?

Me: Its awkward. I never bring guys to my house.

Before realizing it, I had hit send.

Jared: You never brought your boyfriends to your house? :0

Me: No... I go to their house.

Jared: Seriously?

Me: Yes.

Jared: I really have no words to say.

Me: Tell the truth, you think I am a slut, don't you?

Jared: To be honest, I was wondering if I could ever be the first boy to enter your house then. You being a slut never crossed my mind, to be honest. Sorry to disappoint you, though.

Me: Seriously? Is it all an act, Jared, seriously? No one can be this good. I am having trouble digesting the fact that you are one of the few boys God gives special attention to.

Jared: I am an atheist. :3

I rolled my eyes. He thought I was joking but it was the truth. Jared was your typical uber rich, not so bad looking guy and I could accept that fact. Yet, a golden heart? That was too much to believe. Its like he didn't have a flaw which made everything more suspicious.

Me: I have a condition though.

Jared: Shoot.

Me: No ice skating rink.

Jared: Done. :)

Me: Okay, I gotta go. I have school tomorrow.

Jared: Bye.

Me: Bye.

Jared: Bye.

Me: Bye.

Jared: Is "bye" gonna be our "always?"

Me: Did you just quote John Green's "Fault in our stars?"

Jared: I think I did...

Me: You read sappy romantic books?

Jared: Yup. They are the sole reasons why I am hopelessly in love with the idea of being in love.

Me: I never imagined...

Jared: We all are stereotypical, I guess.

Me: You guessed right.

Jared: Alice?

Me: Yes?

Jared: Will you be my Hazel Grace Lancaster so that I can be your Augustus Waters?

Me: No.

Jared: You just broke my heart. </3

Me: Take some glue and fix it.

Jared: At least be happy I didn't say Anastasia Steele.

Me: LOL!

Jared: Though I am a Grey ;)

Me: Shut up.

Jared: Yeah. Augustus Waters is better.

Me: He left Hazel.

Jared: He didn't have an option. But I have and I won't leave you. Ever. This is your knight in shining armor promising you that, m'lady.

Me: Bye! Go to sleep.

Jared: See you on sunday. Can't wait. Ciao. :)

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