The Sun Shines Brightest in June (Completed) gxg

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

We did what any crazy, desperate, teenage girls in love would do.

We rushed out the very next day and went on a boy hunt.

Klara and I took the car into town and stalked the local shops for

any teenage boys that looked a little like the friend Klara had sent me

pictures of. In a shop for discount used video games, we finally found

one.

"How do we do this?" I asked. "We can't just walk up to him and

ask him to pretend to be my boyfriend for a night."

We were staring at the kid from across the store, while trying to

hide as best as we could behind one of the racks of games. He must have

felt it or something, because eventully his head turned to the side and he

was looking directly at us. We ducked as fast as we could.

"I hadn't planned it out that far," Klara admitted.

"This is so dumb. I should have just told my parents it was an old

poem, and that we're not together anymore."

"Yeah, well, you didn't, so here we are."

"Excuse me...."

Klara and I both peeked up to see that they boy we had been

staring at was now only a few feet away. He looked at us with such a

look of confusion on his face, that I couldn't help but giggle. Klara

nudged my arm and then stood up. I used the shelf to pull myself up,

until I was standing facing the boy, who was at least six feet tall. He

hadn't seemed so tall from farther away.

"You guys have been watching me the entire time you've been in

here," he said when he got no response from either of us. "Why?"

Klara and I glanced at each other briefly, and then she flashed

him the biggest smile she could manage.

"I have a strange proposition for you," she began. "How would

you like to help out two very nice, cute, fun girls?"

He raised an eyebrow.

"With what?"

Klara put her hand on my shoulder.

"My... friend here... needs to bring a boy home to her parents.

They think she has a boyfriend and they want to meet him. It's only a one

time deal, and-"

His laughter cut her off.

"Why one Earth would I agree to do that?"

Klara sighed and reached into her pocket. She pulled out her

wallet and flashed it in his face.

"There's payment in it for you. Twenty-five bucks."

"Fifty."

She considered for a moment.

"Deal, but you won't get the money until after you play the part.

Understand?"

The boy nodded.

"Fine.

"What's your name?" I asked.

"Jason."

"Well now it's Erik," Klara informed him. We'll fill you in on the

details of your life later. Give me a way to contact you."

She held out her phone. Jason reached out and took it. He entered

his phone number into her contacts and then handed it back. Klara sent

him a text just to be on the safe side. Sure enough, his phone buzzed in

his pocket when the text was recieved.

"Good," she said. "This is an easy fifty bucks for you, so I doubt

you'll disappoint. Thanks for helping us out."

Jason shrugged.

"I've done weirder things in my life."

That seemed hard to believe. Agreeing to go meet the parents of

a girl you didn't know, pretending to be her boyfriend was very weird.

"Thank you," I said quietly.

Jason smiled.

"Not a problem, but you don't have to try and fool me," he said.

Klara looked at him, confused.

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"I know you two are more than just friends."

And with that he walked away and left us with nothing to do but

go back to the summer house. It felt strange, knowing that somebody

outside of just me and Klara knew what we were. He could have showed

up to the house and outed us right away. What we were doing wasn't

safe.