My Fake Boyfriend

Chapter 17

Blair's POV:

"Asher?! What are you doing here?" I ask Asher, staring at him with wide eyes. I blink twice to make sure that I'm not hallucinating.

"Oh I forgot to tell you. Sean is my step brother." He says as if it were no big deal.

"You couldve told me that sooner!"

"I forgot." He says sheepishly, scratching his head.

"Well uh this is my step brother, Sean and my stepdad, Pete and my mom, Brenda." He says.

"Too late now." I mutter under my breath.

"Well hi its nice to finally meet you Asher! Blair has told me a lot about you." Sky says.

"I'm Skylar, my mom, Lauren, my dad, John and my sister, Blair if you don't know already." Sky says and invites them in.

We all sit down at the dinner table, Asher sitting across from me, smiling wildly. I blush and stare at my lap.

"So Sean, do you play any sports or anything?" My dad asks him.

"Yes sir, I play soccer on the varsity team." Sean replies.

"Already? Wow you must be very impressive to get on varsity that fast." My dad says.

"I guess so Sir."

"And Sky tells me that you want to attend Stanford just like her and that you have a 4.0 GPA?" My dad says.

"Yes sir. I want to study law so that I can become a lawyer." He says.

"Oh wow thats great. Sky wants to become a doctor." My mom says.

"Both very successful businesses." Mrs. Brenda says.

"Mhmm." Mr. Pete agrees while nodding his head.

"So where have you applied for, Blair?" Mrs. Brenda asks me.

"She has already applied and has been accepted to the University of Oxford. She is actually moving to England next year after she graduates from high school. I have a friend in Oxford who Blair is staying with." My mom blurts out excitedly.

Asher stares at me wide eyed. He didn't know. Good job, Mom.

"Blair didn't tell me that." Asher says to my mom while still looking at me.

"Oh well I'm sorry. I thought she had mentioned it." My mom apologizes.

"Anyways, so tell them what position you play." Sky changes the subject.

I sigh and thank her with my eyes. She nods slightly. Asher, though, still is burning into my soul with his eyes.

I excuse myself from the table and head outside to get fresh air. I hear the front door open behind me and I spin around.

Asher stands there staring at me.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner?" Asher asks.

"Well before this, we were pretty much fighting so how was I supposed to tell you?" I ask.

"I don't know. I just wish you would've told me maybe when we were dating." Ashe suggests.

"Look if you don't want me to go, I won't." I say.

"No, I want you to go. And I'm gonna apply for Oxford too so that we could go together. Pete is rich as hell so I'm pretty sure he would lend me money to pay for the books, tuition and dorm room." He says.

"Babe its too late. You already sent in all your applications. And plus, it takes a near perfect SAT score to get in."

"What did you get?" He asks me.

"What?"

"What did you get on your SAT's." He asks.

"2350." I say.

"Wow." He says.

"Yeah. What did you get?" I ask him.

"1842." He says.

"Not bad. But not nearly enough to be accepted to Oxford. Look baby just let me go. You need to move on!" I say, tears starting to drip down my face.

"I can't let you go! I love you! I will wait for you! I can visit all the time! I can't be without you!" He says, closing the gap between us.

"I don't want to leave you but I have to. What if long distance relationship never works?" I ask him.

"It will. We are different. We can make it through this." He says.

"I don't know this time. But we can try." I say.

"Thank you baby. We can make this work. I promise." He says, holding me in his arms while kissing me on the head.

"I hope so." I whisper so softly that I don't think that he could hear me.

I never wanted to leave his arms. I fit perfectly into his flexed arms, my head fitting snugly against his chest, hearing his heart beat, listening to him breath in then out.

I could feel his chest rise and fall, the shakiness of his breath, the tenseness in his chest.

"Whats wrong?" I ask him.

"Nothing."

"No tell me whats wrong!" I say.

"No its fine, its nothing." He says.

"Please tell me baby."

"I'm just nervous." He says.

"Nervous for what?"

"I'm nervous that I might lose you."

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