Love The Way You Lie

Chapter 6~ Ryder

I was jogging towards Nick's car when someone yelled, "SHOTGUN!", from behind me. I scowled at Natalie as she skipped her way into the front seat, in a short yellow summer dress, while she winked and grinned at me. She actually looked really good, in that natural way, which loads of girls didn't have. And, trust me, I knew what I was talking about.

"UGH! Life was so much better without you." I stated, childishly, which was in fact a massive lie. For some absurd reason, it felt as if my life was finally complete, as if something or someone was missing.

She rolled her eyes at me, before turning around and stuffing her earphones in her ears.

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I seated myself in my usual seat (as of yesterday), waiting for Natalie to come. The Health Ed. teacher hadn't come yet, lucky for her. She finally entered five minutes later, with this other tall guy wearing geeky glasses, laughing at what he had said. Some foreign feeling bubbled up inside of me, what, I wasn't sure.

"What were you two talking about?" The words left my mouth before I thought it through.

She looked at me, as if to say that's none of your business, but she still replied. "Star Wars and Doctor Who."

The teacher entered, and ordered us to settle down. "Now, I will explain what y'all have to do. I will give each of you a form to fill in, where you have to fill in your "new" personas. Your husband or wife's name will be your pair, obviously, and you'll have to mention your fake occupation and make up a name for your baby. Also, don't forget that your pair and you must choose the same name for the baby." She said, laughing at the last part. Yeah, cause we were just that dumb.

"Anyway," she continued, "I'll be handing each of your baby's to you, now. So, all the husband's come and collect it. Now." All the boys shuffled up to her, and collected the fake baby from her. "All the baby's are turned on and now, it is also living a life just as valuable as yours. This means that you and your pair have to look after it at every moment, but you may keep it at home during school, but it should be cared for by a family member. You must look after it, change it's diapers, give it milk and so on. From this moment, the baby is under you and your partner's responsibility. Good luck, parents!"

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"No! You keep it!" She huffed, as we headed towards Nick's car at the end of the day.

"Honey, did you just call our baby 'it'?" I asked, widening my eyes.

She rolled her eyes. "Sorry, daddy-"

"Aw, I've always loved it when a girl calls her man 'daddy'." I stated.

She narrowed her eyes at me. "-I meant MJ Junior."

Nick scoffed, "You named your baby boy MJ Junior?" He said, laughing, as did Drew, Isabelle and Marcus.

"Hey! Don't insult the name. It's pretty cool. I came up with it, myself!" I stated, proudly.

"Real mature, dude. Real mature." Drew replied.

"Hey, it is actually pretty okay." I defended.

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever."

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