Sanders Sides One Shots

The Bet

Angel had a problem. He made a bet with his friend Logan that he could get a date by the end of the school year. He knew he couldn't get a date, but he still made the bet because, well actually he didn't know why. It was a challenge and Angel never backs down from a challenge.

He was wondering what the hell he would do. If he didn't get a date then Logan could set him up with anyone of his choosing and even though Logan was smart he wasn't the best when it came to romantic things.

That's when it hit him. He could ask Roman! They've known each other for years and Roman did almost anything Angel asked him to without questioning, it would be perfect!

"HEY ROMAN! GET OVER HERE!" He screamed across the parking lot at the end of the day when he spotted Roman getting into his car or as Roman liked to call it his chariot. Roman head shot up so fast that it hit the top of his car, but he didn't seem to mind it as he dashed across the parking lot to Angel, narrowly avoiding some students who clearly shouldn't have been driving.

He stopped right in front of Angel and asked, "What ya need?"

"I need you to fake date me," Angel replied, they had known each other for too long for Angel to be anything, but direct with him.

For a second Angel though he saw Roman's face fall, but he thought nothing of it when Roman responded, "Of course anything,"

Angel was so happy that he jumped into Roman's arm and said, "Don't worry, you won't have to put up with dating me for that long, just long enough to convince Logan,"

"Wait! What does Logan have to do with any of this?" Roman asked, clearly surprised and a little nervous about Logan's involvement in this.

Angel responded, "He bet me I couldn't get a date," He wasn't sure why Roman was so antsy about Logan's involvement, but he had a slightly more important question on his mind. Why did Roman's arms feel so good around him?

The next day Angel went up to Logan and said, "Ok, you got to ask Patton out now," in such a cocky tone that Logan wanted to smack the smirk right of off his face.

Logan raised a single eyebrow and asked, "Oh, why's that?"

"I asked Roman out yesterday and he said yes, therefore, I win our bet," Angel responded in a gloating tone.

Logan looked shocked, "Really I thought Roman would be the one to ask you out after all these years, I mean no offense, but you're so dense about your emotions that it would take Roman finally acting on his feelings," he said not noticing how progressively more shocked Angle began to look.

"Wait? What?" Angel asked he was confused.

Logan looked at him and his face paled when he realized what was going on. "He didn't tell you? You didn't realize your feeling?" he asked meekly.

Angel just nodded, clearly, in a daze about the new information that was being presented to him, He decided to ask Roman about this.

He went through the rest of the day in the same daze as earlier. At the end of the day, he once again yelled, "ROMAN! GET OVER HERE!" across the parking lot, and once again Roman came running at his call.

"Yeah? What ya need?" Roman asked good-naturedly but mildly confused about what was going.

Angel took a deep breath and asked, "Why did you look so heartbroken when I asked you to fake date me yesterday?"

Instead of giving a straight-forward answer Roman responded with his own question, "What if I told you I've been in love with you since I was eleven?"

For a moment Angle looked taken aback, but then he answered, "I would tell you that I think I may be in love with you too," in a small and nervous voice. He wasn't sure what these feelings were, but he was pretty sure it was love.

Roman smiled wider than Angel had ever seen him and then kissed Angel quickly on the lips before running off, yelling over his shoulder, "I'll pick you up on Friday at 10 pm for our first date," leaving Angel in a daze, but ever so glad about the bet.