Pretending

Chapter 3

"When he looks at me.
I can't breathe." -unknown
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Yep Abuela, we're a couple," Antonio says, putting on a fake smile, still holding my hand though.

"muy agradable(very nice)." Antonio's Abuela says, and with that, she wheels out of the office.

We both let out breaths, we release the hands of each other.

"How long are we going to do this Antonio?" I say, him sitting on the table.

He shrugs. "Dunno, until she loses interest."

"Ok, well, um I better go to baseball practice," I say grabbing my stuff.

"I'll walk you out," Antonio says getting off the table and following me out.

We walk into the living room, and Antonio's Abuela is sitting and watching TV, she looks over at us and smiles. We smile back.

I stand on my tiptoes and kiss Antonio's cheek. "Text me later." I say, showing Antonio's Abuela we were a 'couple.' I say my goodbyes to Antonio's Abuela and walk out, before leaving I look back to see the surprised face on Antonio from the kiss, I smirk and walk to my car.

I start my engine and start to drive to my house to get my baseball stuff. I can't help but think about the fake relationship situation.

Antonio actually isn't as bad as I thought, he really cares about his Abuela and just wants her to be happy, you gotta admire that. But...

How long would this go on for? Days? Weeks? Months? I really hope not months, even though I see Antonio a little differently, he still is a playboy and continues to prove that.

I sigh as I get out of my car and head to my house when I enter my mom is vacuuming, she shuts it off when she sees me.

"Hey Nix, how was school? Who is your Science Fair partner?" She asks sitting down and gesturing for me to do the same.

"It was school, and I got the craziest story to tell you," I say sighing again. 

I tell her the whole story and I mean the WHOLE story, yes, including the fake relationship.

"Wow..." She says rubbing her forehead. "Just remember what I always tell you, be kind no matter what."

"I know Mama," I say hugging her. I go and grab my stuff, say goodbye to my mom, and head to the baseball field.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Get your head in the game, Anderson!" Coach Peters says.

"Sorry coach!" I say wiping the sweat from my forehead, little strands of red hair falling in my face.

I was pitcher, but my throwing was terrible today, I couldn't stop thinking about the whole situation, it was affecting my gameplay, and I've been playing for six years! Ever since I was eleven!

I eventually try batting, but I still can't concentrate, I miss the ball every time like every time.

After practice I get in my car and sigh, today has been a very trying day, I start to back up when I hear my phone ring, I don't recognize the number but answer anyway.

"Um hello?" I say confused.

"Hey, beautiful."

"Ugh, Antonio what do you want?"

"You said text me later, but this is better."

"That was for the fake relationship! And how did you get my number?"

"I asked Maddie, she is my cousin you know."

Great, I had to forget that.

"Oh, right, so, have you came up with any plans for our FR?"

"FR?"

"Fake relationship. Catch up, Martinez."

"Okayyy, and I thought that since you have to come over almost every day we can just act like a couple, you know, the normal stuff.

"As much as I hate agreeing with you, I agree with that plan."

"Good because we won't be changing it."

"Ugh, whatever." I say, "Hey I gotta go but I'll see you tomorrow."

"Can't wait."

"Question, is your Abuela in the room? You're acting cheesy."

"Why would you assume that?"

"Because right now you're denying it."

"Ok, she might be,"

"Called it," I smirked.

"Jeez, ok, bye baby."

"See ya, and don't call me baby."

"You got it, princess."

I huffed and hung up. I drove back home and at dinner with my family, after watching some TV and taking a shower I said goodnight and went to bed.

I jumped into my bed like a ninja and got comfortable, just as I was dozing off I saw my phone light illuminate my room, I check it.

                                                       "Night gorgeous."

                                                          -Antonio(aka FB)

I can't help but smile, hopefully, at the end of this whole situation, we could maybe, MAYBE be friends.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I know I just updated but I had a burst of modivation so I wrote another part :)

What is gonna happen? Are they gonna be 'friends?'

;)

Cheyenne<3