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'i feel like i can tell you anything. :*'
'me too. i wish you could be here with me, april. :)'
'one day you should visit me :D'
'i'd love to be with you in person so i could give you a hug and kiss your beautiful lips. april, i think i'm in love with you.'
'i know we met like a month ago, but i feel the same way. <3'
'eu te amo, minha linda princesa ^.^'
She stared at her phone screen, reading the message he had just sent her. A small smile tugged at the corners of her mouth. To her, Lucas was one of the best guys she had ever met and it was easy for her to fall in love with him. Her television was set to the MTV channel and a show called Teen Mom was on. "Ugh." She scoffed at all the nonsense they were saying and doing, "I can't believe people actually like to watch this."
Her hand reached for the remote on the coffee table when the ending credits flashed on the screen, signalling that the show was already over.
April decided to wait and see what would come up next. "Coming up next, Catfish: The TV Show!" She heard the television announce. Finding the name of the show interesting, she waited for it to start.
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When the show ended, she was full of doubts over her relationship with Lucas. There were some things he would tell her that didn't add up at times. And the fact that she would send him photos all the time, while he didn't do the same was something she hadn't seen as suspicious until now. Would Lucas be capable of playing with her?
He would never lie to me, she thought to herself reassuringly.
She grabbed her cellphone that was on the couch next to her and unlocked it to send him a text. If he refused to video chat with her, then she would try to contact Nev and Max from the Catfish tv show.
'hey lucas, i was just wondering if you have anything to do today?'
'i just got out of practice, but i think i'm free the rest of the day. :) why?'
'do you think we might be able to video chat?(:'
She picked her phone up and clicked on the home button when a while passed without his response coming in. There were no new messages from him in her inbox. She even re-opened the conversation to check if her message had even been sent. April bit her lip nervously when she noticed the word read under the sent message. He had seen it, but decided not to reply.
'lucas?' She tried again.
'what?'
'can i see you?'
'uh, april...i just remembered i'm hanging out with some friends tonight.'
'i just want to know that you're...you.'
'you don't trust me.'
'i do. but i just saw something on tv about people pretending to be someone they're not. and it made me want to confirm you're real.'
'april, you can trust me :/'
'just let me see you, lucas.'
'i have to go. my friends will arrive soon. can we talk about this later?'
