NO REGRETS

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(Gabrielle's Pov)
No, I answered him, I am not getting myself into anything stupid, I know I don't have a job yet but seriously? pretending to be your girlfriend in front of your parents is out of line Cole, why would you even suggest something like that. I was beyond shocked that Cole would suggest something as absurd as this, I know we had been the best of friends in secondary school and did everything we could to help each other out whenever one of us did something that got us into trouble, and trust me that happened a lot, thousands of times even because Cole was always coming up with ideas that got us into a whole lot of trouble, but so far I think this is the most stupid of all and that is saying a lot because one time we vandalized school property and was suspended, not to mention the time we were caught in the opposite bathrooms, it was a bet to see who stayed the longest, that was the longest 1 hour of my life, I know you'd be like what? but guess what Cole won, he stayed for an hour and half.
I knew my answer already, its a big NO by the way but I didn't want to crush whatever hope he's holding onto and be blunt about it, because he did look like he really needed a fake girlfriend and fast, so I invited him in upon discovering that we were still standing on the porch.
It had definitely been a long time since we last saw each other, I even forgot he lived here in New Orleans, because we we're both in a boarding school in Tennessee, and he stayed with an aunt during short holidays. We'd met just two months ago at the mall and promised to meet and catch up.

After about two hours and convincing Cole that I couldn't pretend to be a fake girlfriend because one, I'm a very bad actor, two, I'm pregnant and three, I'm engaged to the father of my baby and most importantly Damien would not want his fiance doing something like that, he's a man of status so yeah, I don't think he would, in fact I don't think any guy would let their fiance do something like that.
I told them you were pregnant, so that is not a problem, Cole said. And besides its only for a short time and then we'd break up, he added.
Even if it works, what about the baby, they'd definitely want to keep him/her, I told him. Cole nodded his head and passed his palm through his face, a habit he did when he was trying to come up with something or was thinking. He then said that he had everything planned out, he'd tell them I cheated on him and that the baby wasn't his, it would be the reason why we'd supposedly break up. It was a good plan to be honest, but at the end everyone would think I was some kind of whore and gold digger, what am I saying, I'd look back in front of the Andersons, one of the most influential families in America and probably beyond, its a very bad plan, who knows what they'd do to me, arrest me maybe or kill me silently, I'd also be shown on TV obviously. I tried telling Cole all this, emphasis on the word tried, he put on his silly puppy dog face that he always does whenever he wanted me to join his escapade back in the. I always fell for it back then, but now things we're different, I was no longer the puppet everyone could control, I was now a young woman, a soon to be mother and wife, the innocent puppy face wasn't going to fool me. I wanted to let him down easily though since we were still best of friends because I never really had another friend as close as we were. Damien and I were not friends before we began dating, we met when my roommate during IT asked me to accompany her to visit her brother, in his place, her brother was cute so I agreed and while we were there, his friends came over and we just kinda clicked and hit it from there.
I told Cole eventually that I'd think about it but it was just an excuse to get out of the pressure he was putting on me, he was even ready to pay me for my troubles even though he knows I would never accept it. I actually would've helped him but I'm worried about what Damien would say or think of me if he found out, and also I've got to protect my image and self dignity.

AN:Thanks for reading this chapter, it means a lot.
Goodnite, sleep tight ,don't let the bedbugs bite.
❤GEE.
Q:what's the time where you're at?
A:7:06pm(when I wrote this though).