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Chapter 12

The ditsy fake-blonde in front of her invited herself into Payton's home. She smiled brightly at her best friend as Payton blankly stared at her. 

"It's been so long since we've gotten together, Pay!" The blonde chirped. 

Payton softly smiled as she gulped, "Kate."

"I can't believe you didn't tell me that you were moving to New York! I was so worried when you didn't answer your phone, or reply to any of my texts."

"I, er, got a new phone number, and, uh, forgot to tell you. The New York thing was a last minute decision." Payton stammered. 

Disbelief and hurt were etched onto Kate's tanned face. Her eyes displayed anger, but her body language screamed positivity. 

"We both know that's a lie, Pay. I'm sorry if I did something wrong, but I don't know what I did. I really want to try this," she said motioning to us, "again."

"I'd like that too," Payton smiled. 

She couldn't tell her ex-best friend that the guy she slept with was her ex-boyfriend. She couldn't tell Kate that she was the rebound. 

"Great! Do you want to catch a movie next week? You can meet my boyfriend!"

Payton's smile widened. "Katie's got a boyfriend," she sang, suggestively. 

"I can't wait for you to meet Nate! You'll love him."

All of a sudden, dark clouds covered up the sun. The whole apartment dulled, like Payton's mood. "I'm sure I will! Should I bring my boyfriend to the movies?"

"Sure!"

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5:59

6:00

6:01

6:02

Time was passing, and Payton didn't know what to do. Her mom was expecting a guy to be at her house in less than an hour, and Payton wasn't even close to ready. 

Ring! Ring! Payton's phone rang. She looked down to the sleek screen, and saw Asher's name pop up on the screen. 

"What do you want?" Payton snapped as she answered the phone.

"Someone's extremely sassy today. I'll just call you-"

"Go out on a date with me!" Payton blurted out.

Payton mentally face-palmed herself when Asher started egoistically stating facts about himself. 

He replied, "Oh, Payton, I know you have a huge crush on me, because I'm so much more talented -I won more awards- than you, but do you really think your ready for all this?"

The awful answer made Payton cringe and wish she could go back in time, but she continued, "I need a fake boyfriend for the next week or so, and your phone number was the first to come up."

"Sure, Babe. What time's our date?"

"It's at seven, so in 42 minutes, and don't call me 'babe'" 

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Sorry for the short chapter, but I promise that the next one will be much longer. I can't wait for Payton and Asher's date. In case you guys don't remember, Kate is Payton's ex- bestfriend, the one that was getting it on with Nate in Taylor's bedroom. 

Thank you to TinHoverCarInIce for supporting my story so much. You guys should check out her story!