The Player and the Played

14. Call Me Maybe?

Dedicated to crystal098w for the gorgeous cover (picture in AN)

"Let's do something crazy. I'm boreddd,"I drawled.
"Yeah. Let's go somewhere," Alec replied.
"Let's prank someone," Selena said.
"I have an idea," interrupted a new voice.
"Tyler!" I chided. "How many times have I told you not to climb in without warning me?"
"I don't know. I stopped counting after the 43rd time."
"So what's the plan?" Alec said in a slightly mocking tone.
"The girls dress up as guys and try getting the numbers of girls in the mall."
"That is a terrible idea."
"Unless,"I said with a mischievous smile." The guys dress up as girls and do it too."
"I'm too manly for that." Three pairs of exasperated sighs were heard.
"Are you scared, Bad Boy?" smirked Selena.
"Of course not."
"You know it's okay if you're gay. You can tell us. We're your friends. Ive heard a lot of gay guys are shy when it comes to this." I supplied. Oh and in case you were wondering, we are friends. Tyler's been hanging out more with us than with his old group. Though Chase did hang out with us sometimes.

"I'm not gay! I'll do it!"
"Perfect. Alec?"
"I'm not wearing a dress."

**

"This is a great idea," Selena and I said, giggling. The guys were wearing stuffed bras with a hoodie and full length jeans. Yes. They did protest a lot but they wanted to prove that they could get more numbers than us and they couldn't do that with hairy legs on show.They donned a wig each which looked pretty good actually.

"Makeup time," Selena and I said holding up lipsticks, eyeliner, mascara and foundation. I had never seen the guys this intimidated before. The only reason these guys were doing this was because they showed symptoms of MES aka Male Ego Syndrome. They would do anything to prove themselves to correct.

Once they were done Selena and I got started. Having watched She's The Man, this was a piece of cake. A piece of cake which wasn't baked properly, had salt instead of sugar and had disgusting olive green icing. It was a disaster. We looked too girly. I tried on one of Tyler's t shirts in the end but cropped it to suit my height. So did Selena. Finally, we were all done. The four of us looked ridiculous and ready to go. Let's do this shit.

Selena and I entered Forever 21 first. It was crowded with girls. We each went to two different groups of girls and explained what we had practiced.
"Okay, look. This is a dare given to me by this asshole. My friend and I have to get more numbers than the asshole who's a guy and it would be really great if you'd give me yours. Go girl power right?" I'd start off. The girls would give me weird looks though some of them got the humour and gave us our numbers. To prove our feminity, we had to answer some questions like "If a girl texts k what does it mean?" Or "Explain why periods suck" or something g else to which guys would be clueless about. Most girls have in and when we left, they'd be laughing. We went to the biggest groups in the most famous clothing stores. We even ended up buying some really cute jeans.

Finally we met with the guys.
"147 numbers. How'd you do?" The guys groaned.
"103l" I cackled. We had won by a very wide margin.

**

Alex's POV

"Why? Why? I told you it's a bad idea."
"We were their mannequins."
"These jeans are so girly."
"This makeup is so annoying."
"It was your idea quit complaining."
Tyler stopped complaining. I didn't.

"Hey let's go to freshmen. They're clueless."
"Hey," I said in a high voice to this scrawny kid who was probably 14.
"Can I have your number?" I saw Tyler doing something similar to another guy.
"Yeah. Sure!" The kid replied. I felt a little bad but flashed him a smile anyway.

"I'm I'm sorry uhh." I heard the guy Tyler was talking to say. "I'm actually gay so yeah."
"Oh no problem then," Tyler replied.
"I'll just...go now?"
"Yeah," the guy replied.
"That was awkward,"I remarked.
"Beyond awkward," he replied.

We split up. We targeted young kids who were probably 14 or 15 and asked them. Most of them were so desperate they just gave it or maybe they were just scared. We were much taller than them. Three minutes remaining.

"Hey can I have your number?"
"Sure hot thang," he replied. I cringed.
"I think I'm better off without it," I replied and rushed to the rendezvous, feeling awkward and annoyed.

"147 numbers. How'd you do?" Hailey smirked. We groaned.
"103." Hailey, the sadistic baboon that she is, cackled as our faces fell. Tyler drove us to Hailey's house where we changed back into our normal clothes.

"What sorcery did you use?" Tyler demanded.
"Oh we just told them the truth and we approached groups so we got 5-6 numbers at a time and sometimes even more," Selena explained.
"Ugh, we should have done that!" They laughed as we told them what happened to us.
"Tyler why didn't you get the gay guy's number?" Hailey teased him.
" I'm. Not. Gay!" He protested. Yeah he definitely isn't. Look at how he looks at Hailey. Like he doesn't like her like her but I'm pretty sure he will. Very soon.

A/N
Hiiiiii!!!
I updated yay. The song is for when the guys are getting dressed up. 480 reads??? Whatttt?!! Thanks so much for reading and voting and commenting too. Pweasee comment more. I love wattpad comments, they're hilarious to read and really make my day. Constructive criticism is appreciated too!

I decided to put in a song I really like in every A/N as a recommendation and one in the beginning of every chapter.

I also decided to write a quote of the day and if you like collecting quotes and know good ones then comment and I'll put it for the next chapter (I'll tag you). So:
Quote of the day:
Every soul contains its own opposite.
- Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare. (If you're bored, read The Mortal Instruments!! It's amazing!!)

Last thing
Thank you so much crystal098w for the AMAZINGG cover!!

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Anu.

Ps: Read Cinder by Marissa Meyer. I can't get over the series. (The series is called Lunar Chronicles)