build me up buttercup ⚣ sabriel

Sam Is A Lovesick Puppy With A Plan

Sam POV

This crush was getting impossible to ignore.

It had been almost three months and every time Gabriel so much as looked at me, I'd heat up and blush so red it looked like I was evolving into a fucking tomato.

Gabriel was back to spending almost every night at my house. One time he walked into my room without a shirt on and I had to excuse myself to the bathroom. Girls had it lucky. At least when they were turned on their genitals didn't make a guest appearance.

Dean and Cas got more lovey dovey by the day and by the time their three month anniversary rolled around, if you spent more than five minutes around them you'd puke. They were one of those extreme PDA couples who gave each other ridiculous nicknames like "Huggy Bear" and "Honeybee".

Ugh.

Rumors spread around the school that Gabriel and I were dating. If anybody brought up the rumors around Gabriel, he would deny them as quickly as possible and change the subject. It hurt that he reacted like that, because I wanted nothing more than for those rumors to be true.

I knew that I had to distract myself from my feelings around Gabriel. There was a girl in our Chemistry class named Jess who was pretty, always nice to me, and knew sign language. I decided that if I was going to get over this crush, it had to start somewhere.

One day, when Gabriel was absent, the Chemistry teacher paired me up with Jess since she was the only other person who knew sign language.

In the middle of the lesson, I slipped a note to Jess.

I know we don't know each other very well, but do you want to see a movie with me tonight?

She read it quickly before writing a reply.

Like a date?

Yeah.

She looked up at me and smiled.

Sure.

I don't have a car, would you be okay with walking?

Of course.

We went through the rest of the lesson in silence, and at the end of the class she gave me her address. I felt accomplished, but I couldn't help having a sinking feeling. It felt like I was betraying Gabriel in a way.

~*~

That night, Jess and I went to see the new Ghostbusters movie. It was awesome. After the movie, Jess pulled me aside outside of the theater.

"Sam, I know."

Confusion filled me as I signed, You know what?

She smiled kindly. "I know that you have a crush on Gabriel. And I know that you would rather be on a date with him instead of me."

I paused then signed, How?

"Body language. I see the way you look at him when he isn't looking at you. Like he hung the frickin' stars."

I sighed. Jess, I'm sorry. I thought that if I tried to like you, my feelings towards him would go away. Obviously nothing is ever going to happen between Gabriel and I.

"That's not true. He likes you, Sam. But he's confused and scared; he probably won't admit it." I gave her a questioning look. "Again, body language."

Does he really like me? I signed, hopeful.

She nodded. "Actually, there's a reason I agreed to go on a date with you. There's this girl, Amelia, who I really like, and I think she likes me too. But she's like Gabriel; probably won't admit it. So, I have a proposition for you."

I nodded to show that I was interested. She smiled coyly.

"A little jealously can go a long way. So, will you be my fake boyfriend?"

I grinned and nodded.

"Great. Let's go spread the fake news."