Pretending

Chapter 2

"she loved you you know." - The Bridge to Terabithia
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Where did I leave off? Oh yes.

Getting partnered up with Antonio Martinez for the Science Fair.

Great. Perfect.

There he was, staring at me with his stupid brown eyes, smirking. I roll my eyes and huff, looking away.

A few minutes later I feel something hit my arm, I look down, its a note, I pick it up quietly and read it:

                                               Let's work on the project at my house after school 

                                                      and get to know each other ;)

                                                               -Antonio

"Ugh," I say stuffing the note in my backpack. I had baseball practice at around 4:30, which meant I had an hour to work on the project, a hour with Antonio.

I'm looking forward to it. Note my sarcasm.

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After the bell rings, I slowly pack up and head out of the school, not looking forward to working on the project later, once I head out of the school, I see Antonio leaning up against his car with dark sunglasses, I walk up to him.

"Are we goin baby?" He says smirking.

I scoff. "One, don't call me baby, and two, I am perfectly capable of driving myself." 

He is still smirking. He gets in his car and drives out of the parking lot, me following.

We drive for a few minutes before turning left and pulling into his long driveway, on each side of the driveway there are hundreds of rose and blueberry bushes, at the end of the driveway is a huge mansion, perfectly cut grass, and a few trees lined up. I stare in awe, this place is amazing.

Once we park, I get out and still am staring with awe, the house was huge! It was like something out of a Hollywood TV house hunter show.

"Take a picture it will last longer," Antonio says in my ear, I could hear him smirking.

I say nothing and walk up to their front door, which is also huge. 

Antonio goes in front of me and opens the door. We both walk in.

"Mom! Abuela! Anybody here?" Antonio shouts.

"You better close your mouth, your attracting flys. " I say to him, smirking.

He looks down at me, he has to, he is like, what, 6'2? And I'm 5'4. Which makes me feel more uncomfortable.

"No need when you got pearly whites and peppermint breath." He says, I once again roll my eyes, this has become frequent when I am around him.

I look around the house, it is white and spotless, countertops shimmering, it looks like something from a home improvement magazine. Rich people.

"Follow me," Antonio says. I follow because I really don't have a choice.

He leads me down a huge hallway to a super big office, we sit down at a round table with four chairs, me sitting across from him.

"So," I say getting out my Science binder. "Any ideas for what we should do?"

I notice that he is staring at me, his hazelnut eyes, dark brown hair, and light brown skin are all glowing because of the way the sun is angled through the window.

"I know what we should do." He says smirking. I can see what he means in his eyes.

"You're disgusting," I say looking down and writing in my binder my own ideas.

"What? No. We should go outside." He says smile fading.

"Thanks, but I'll pass, I only have an hour before baseball practice," I say smirking.

"Why are you being so difficult? It's beautiful outside, I thought you would like it." He says getting a little annoyed.

"Ok ok I'm sorry, you are just a player, and I didn't realize you meant going outside."

"You don't even know me, you can't just label me." He says still annoyed.

" From what I have observed, you are a player," I say. I feel a little bad for saying this, but he should know, if he doesn't already, which seems like he doesn't.

"That is not fair." He says running a hand through his hair.

"You know what is not fair? Getting a girlfriend and then throwing them away after you get what you want, THAT'S not fair." I say standing up. Me being me, I'm not afraid of speaking my mind, sometimes that's good, sometimes bad.

"I don't 'throw them away' you know." He says also getting up.

"What is going on in here?" We hear a shaky voice say. We look over.

This must be Antonio's Abuela, she had grey curly short hair and the same hazelnut eyes as Antonio, she was also in a wheelchair.

"Abuela? What are you doing awake? I thought you were asleep?" Antonio says as he goes over and crouches beside her.

"Is this your? How do you say it, Novia, girlfriend? Yes? " Antonio's Abuela says. "Finally, I've always wanted to see you in love." Me and Antonio both freeze and look at each other.

"Um, well, uh," Antonio says looking very uncomfortable.

"I, well, we are uh, well," I say also uncomfortable. 

"Can you excuse us for one minute Abuela?" Antonio says as he motions for me to follow him, we go to the closest bathroom.

"What did she just ask?" I ask, whisper-shouting

"Ok calm down. Hear me out. My uncle, her son, never got married and was never in a relationship, it broke my Abuela's heart, and that is the last thing she wants for me, but I don't want that right now, but I have an idea."

"Oh no," I say.

He rolls his eyes. "What if we pretend to be a couple for a short period, just to make my Abuela happy."

"I'm not gonna lie, I hate that idea," I say shocked.

"I know you do, but I am really close to my Abuela, and she really wants me to be with someone." He says, eyes pleading.

"What's in it for me?" I say smirking, hip out and arms crossed.

"Seriously?" He says annoyed.

"Yep."

"Well besides fake dating a super hot guy," I roll my eyes. He continues. "What do you have in mind?"

I think for a second, then get the best idea, I smile evilly. "You need to wear a dress the day after the Science Fair all day."

"That's a little harsh don't you think?" He says, looking super scared.

"Maybe, but at least I don't make you sing 'My Little Pony' that day."

"Fair." He grumbles.

"Okay," I say intertwining our hands. "Let's go."

We walk back into the office, Antonio's Abuela staring at us.

"Pleasure to meet you, and yes, I am Antonio's girlfriend, my name is Phoenix."

And with that our fake relationship started.

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Oh my goodness, this chapter is super, well, interesting, but I promise it will get better and more elaborate :)

Cheyenne <3