My Pretend Boyfriend

You are dead, Tabitha.

I almost choked on my Coke when I saw Colton's friend request. I thought about it twice: he IS a stranger, even if I know he is not a pedophile or something like that. If I accepted that, he would be able to see my posts, and with that, who I am. What if he thought I was a looser begging for attention? Wait... Why do I even care about that?!

Tabs shook me out of my thoughts telling me there was cake. We talked for a while, sang at a VERY loud volume while dancing weirdly (totally creeping out some guys around our age that were walking nearby), but I still couldn't get that thought completely out of my head: Colton's friend request. What would happen? Remember why you are doing this, Karin, ADVENTURE.

-WHAT ARE YOU CHECKING?!

Jo almost made me jump of how loud she shouted.

-Just instagram.

-Oooohhhh follow me, here, I'll search myself.

I gave her my phone and saw her type down something, then pressing the follow button.

-You have a friend request from... Colton? What a weird name!

-Yeah.

-Do I accept it?

My heart stopped. My palms were sweaty and shaking. Why are you making such a big deal out of this? It's just a friend request.

-Accept it.

-Okey dokey, one new follower! You already follow him, I see... Ooooo he's hot!

-Wait what?!

-Is someone jealous?

-ME?! HAHAHAHA YOU MUST BE JOKING.

-I see you two have already talked...

-Tabitha, give me the phone. Now.

-Hum... I think NOT!

And she ran away. Fuck you Tabitha.

***

I got to my house at about eleven o'clock. Brushed my teeth, put on my pajamas (old/stained/comfy clothes), and got into bed, checking my phone to see if my alarm clock was set... But I found the cause of my heart beating really fast.

-AAAWWWW THANKS FOR THE FRIEND REQUEST MATE❤

-What?

-MY BESTIEEEE MY BIFFLEEEE

-What the actual fuck.

-I LOVE YOU DEARRR❤❤❤❤ YOU ARE SUCH A GOOD PERSON!

Seen at 9:46

OH TABITHA YOU ARE DEAD.

Surely Colton thought I was a weirdo now... Why do you even care?!

-Oh god sorry, my cousin stole my phone and texted to you...

-Ok.

GOD FUCKING DAMN.
FUCKITY FUCK SHIT POOP ON A POOP FROOK. HE DEFINITELY DID NOT BELIEVE ME.

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Heading to the school I was totally nervous. What if my friends tell me I fucked up (which is totally true)? What if he noticed me and wanted to talk to me? What would I say? So many questions, so little time.

I got out of the car with Sally, who seemed happier than usual.

-Karin?

-Waddup?- okay I wasn't playing it cool, she was definitely gonna notice.

-I'M GOING OUT WITH GALE TODAY!!!- she whisper yelled and attempted to make jazz hands, but failed to make them by all the excitement that rose above all other emotions.

-Great...- I didn't really feel good for her, she had literally just met this guy, call me Elsa but you can't marry someone you just met. Besides, the thought of Colton ignoring me for the rest of times bothered me enough. Why the actual fuck does it bother you that much?!

-Woah, supportive friend right there.- Sally rolled her eyes at me and said in an irritated tone, -Aren't you gonna congratulate me or at least give your opinion?

-I already said it's great.- the sentence came out of my mouth in a much worse way than I imagined it.

-Thanks.- she looked at me with hate and walked fast towards the stairs so that I wouldn't follow. This day really was having a bad start...

I left my sports bag in the jail-like structure under the stairs leading to the senior building and went up calmly, at least attempting to be cool. I reached the floor in which my locker is and walked towards it, listening to every conversation going on in my radar: populars talking about a party, gamers talking about game tactics, couples making out (not really a conversation), and my friends talking about books/late homework/boys (my friends are really different to one another when you think about it). As soon as Sally saw me, she grabbed Lia and Sarah by their arms and walked away.

-Hi!- I waved towards Molly, who was left alone after Sally snatched Lia.

-Hey, Karin!- she hugged me, I really love her (in the friend way, I may be bisexual but I don't really like any of my friends in that way).

We talked about the classes we had today, grabbed our pencilcases and notebooks and went towards our class. Uneventful, as always, even more so when Sarah and Lea seemed to ignore me, I bet it was because of Sally.
If they were mad at me now, they would be furious when they found out what happened with Colton.

Sports class was boring, and so was History, but the text I got wasn't.

-Hey, N is really looking forward to talking to your friend, give her this number. *contact sent*

I smiled awkwardly as I read it.
Well that escalated quickly.

I gave Lea the news... And she was SO FREAKIN PUMPED. But as I know Lea, I already knew she would be a coward and not want to text first.

-Oh, cool. Matchmaker powers I guess??
Btw she's a coward, can you ask him if he's willing to "risk his life" and text her first??

-Fuck off, tell her to man up.
Or woman up in this case idk.

I laughed and showed my friend his text as evidence, but she still didn't want to.
That was until two days later in English class. The teacher was sick so a sub came, and she let us do whatever the hell we wanted as long as it was legal.
That, for Lea, Sarah, Thalia and Mathilda (who is still friends with the rest of the crew) ment finally talking to Nath. It started off alright, with the obvious "hello" and stuff, but...

I don't mean to be mean with this but...

My friends are stupid when it comes to guys.