"Mom, he's really busy. He doesn't have time to come to my birthday dinner." I told my mother. My mom has been bugging me for months about getting a boyfriend, so a few weeks ago, I broke down and told her I had one. All I told her was that he was cute and nice. Thankfully she shut up.
We were walking through the grocery store, shopping for stuff for my birthday dinner with my family tomorrow. Giving up on my mom, I sighed and came up with something to get out of this awful conversation. "I'm gonna go find some ice cream." And I left the aisle.
I went to the freezers and opened one with the Edy's ice cream, the best kind. I scanned the shelves for the cookie dough, but to my avail it was on the first shelf. "Ughhhh," I groaned to no one by myself. "You okay?" A male voice asked me. I turned around and saw a dark haired, tan young man behind me, probably my age.
"Can I ask you to grab the cookie dough ice cream? I'm too short to reach and I get yelled at for stepping on the edge of the freezer." I pouted and the cute boy laughed, barely lifting his arm to grab the ice cream and handing it to me. "Thank you so much," I said. "Christian." He said, sticking out his hand for me to shake. "(Y/N)." I told him with a smile.
My heart raced when I saw my mom turning the cart into this aisle. "Oh my god I need to ask you a mortifying favor can you please be my fake boyfriend for like a minute so my mom will think I have a boyfriend." I blurted out and covered my mouth when I realized what I said. "Sure." He shrugged and my eyes widened. "Sure? Like you'll do it?" I asked, shocked. "Ya, you seem like you need my help and I'm a nice guy." He said and I smiled. "You have no idea what this means to me. Thank you so much. Oh, she's coming." I said and his eyes widened.
Suddenly, he wrapped me in a tight hug and swayed me back and forth, lightly kissing my forehead. It made butterflies rise into my stomach. "I'm 26, I play outfield for the Milwaukee Brewers, I'm from California, and I used to be on the Miami Marlins." He said and I nodded.
"(Y/N)! Is that your boyfriend?" My mom asked and I smiled at Christian. "Ya, isn't it so weird we ran into him? Mom, this is Christian. Christian, this is my mom." I told her smiling and she smiled. "Oh my gosh, he's just as handsome as you said he was! Hi Christian, it's so nice to finally meet you! (Y/N) talks about you but I was beginning to think you were made up!" She joked and he laughed, shaking his head.
"No ma'am, me and your daughter have been dating for, goodness, how long has it been?" He asked, looking at me. "About two months. We met one day when he asked me for directions downtown." I smiled, proud of the story I came up with.
"Ya, I actually play for the Milwaukee Brewers. I was just traded here, so I don't know my way around well, and I especially didn't two months ago. This beautiful girl helped me a lot and I've been smitten ever since." He smiled, wrapping his arm around me and kissing my temple. "Oh my gosh! You guys are precious! Christian, tomorrow is (Y/N)'s birthday dinner! You should come if you can!" My mom squealed and my eyes widened.
"Mom, he's really busy-" "I have a day game but I can swing by after, what time?" He answered. "7." I mumbled and he smiled. "I'll be there." He said and my mom cheered. "Great! I'll see you there honey! (Y/N), Ill leave you with your man. I'll be in the wine aisle if you need me." She smiled and I turned to look at Christian.
"You didn't have to do that." I said and he shook his head. "Hey, you seem awesome. You're beautiful and nice, and I really want to get to know you better. So what do you say, I take you on a date sometime next week?" He asked and I smiled. "I would really like that." I smiled and he pulled me into a hug, kissing my forehead. "I have to get back to my mom." I frowned and so did he. We exchanged phone numbers and I walked away. As I walked away, I watched him pull out his phone and talk to his mom. "Mom, I think I just met the love of my life!" He said into the phone and I smiled bigger than I have in a long time. Who knew that the grocery store could find me someone so amazing.
a/n; i'm actually obsessed w this!!! i hope you guys like this, requests are open! request on the first chapter please :)
