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*Chapter 3*

Monday

Today is my first day as Leo's girlfriend. Am I excited? Definitely. Am I really nervous? Absolutely. Did I text Linda and Amelia pictures of myself asking them if my outfit was perfect? Maybe...okay yes, more than once.

I had settled on wearing a short blue jean skirt paired with a white crop top and a stylish jacket written STOLEN at the back in large letters ending just below my skirt. The outfit was paired with black heeled boots and my hair was tied up in a bun at the top of my head.

Leo and I had agreed on Saturday that he would pick me up from home today so I was standing on the porch waiting for him to arrive. After ten minutes of me pacing, tapping a random tune with my foot and checking my appearance on my phone Leo finally arrived in his Mercedes Benz convertible.

Like a gentleman, he got out to open the door for me which I thought was incredibly sweet of him. Before I entered the car, he pecked my cheek while whispering good morning and I couldn't help but feel like my stomach was about to burst with the amount of butterflies that were flattering within me.

"You look amazing," he commented giving me an appreciative glance and I blushed before thanking him.

As soon as he'd entered the car he put on some music which I immediately started dancing to, as much as I could sitted in a car.

"You can dance?" Leo asked me incredulously and I rolled my eyes.

"You didn't think I could?" I questioned raising my eyebrows and he chuckled.

"What else don't I know about you?" Leo questioned seriously and my heart fluttered at the fact that he actually wanted to know about me.

"A lot."

Leo rolled his eyes but laughed at my reply anyway. "I have a feeling you're going to shock me Jenna Harris."

"Maybe I will."

"Oh I just remembered that we forgot to draw up ground rules on Saturday," Leo told me facing me for a while before going back to facing the road.

"Ground rules?" I asked with a chuckle and he ran his hand through his brown hair leaving it disheveled in a stylish with an eye roll.

"Every fake relationship has ground rules or a sort of contract," he replied and I laughed loudly.

"Name at least one fake relationship that had a contract that you've seen," I teased him and he rolled his eyes in annoyance but I didn't miss a smile playing at his lips.

"Not the point, the point is I really want to do it so can we pretty please do it?" he begged me with puppy dog eyes and I agreed.

How was I supposed to deny a cute boy of his dream? I also think the contract thing is really cute.

***

"I cannot believe you," Amelia shouted before taking a deep breath when she noticed the attention we had attracted and she repeated her question in a whisper.

"What did I do?" I feigned ignorance

"We found out about your boyfriend," Chris explained.

"How?" I questioned taking a seat at our table in the cafeteria.

My eyes scanned the room for Leo before I found him at the popular table sitting on the table while everyone was sitted on the chairs around him. He was eating an apple while telling a story which everyone seemed to be hung up on. I didn't realize I was staring until he looked in my direction.

My heart seemed to stop and I let out a low breath while Leo winked at me. I smiled before lowering my gaze.

"Earth to Jenna," Linda shouted snapping her manicured fingers in my face.

"What?" I asked annoyed and slightly embarrassed that my friends might have caught me staring.

"You were asking how we all found out," Linda explained handing me her phone. "Oakgossip.com posted you on their instagram kissing Leo Harrington in the parking lot."

Oakgossip.com was a group of unknown students from my high school, Oakhill High, which posted the latest gossip around the school. They were everywhere and they knew everything about everyone which was funny when you weren't the one being posted and attacked. Right now, I was the one being humored by oakgossip.com.

I let out a low scream while I read the comments under the picture.

Who knew Jenna was dating Leo?? They're soo different

How did Jenna land herself a guy Leo???

I thought Leo was with Gabby

They broke up weeks ago...How did you not know?

Bit*ch doesn't deserve Leo

Who's Jenna

PDA much?

I wanted me some Leo

Ugly biach

Gabby was so much better than her

Leo definitely got himself a hot biach

Gabby is historyyyyy!!!!

Proud of Leo, my guy

Jenna is the shiiiitttttt!!!

Damn...that ass tho

Leo's ass?

No you dimwit Jenna's

Jenna is most definitely an upgrade

I slammed Linda's phone on the table wishing that the ground could open up and swallow me whole.

"Guys," I whined and they all gave me sympathetic looks which masked humor. "Someone called me an ugly biach."

"The damage is not that bad and people seem to think that Leo upgraded from Gabby. That's a great thing," Amelia reasoned and I glared at her.

"They don't think I'm good enough and the people you're talking about are horny hormonal teenage guys," I wailed stuffing my pizza into my mouth.

"Since when do you care about what people think?" Chris asked subtly pushing Linda's salad towards him.

"Since now," I mourned grabbing another slice off my plate.

"Stop mopping," Linda said taking the rest of my pizza from me.

Chris suddenly gasped and his hand flew to his mouth. "Oh my God, now I know why Jenna didn't want to go to see Anna's band next week. The thing she was talking about was Leo; I can't believe you didn't tell us."

"What thing?" I asked momentarily forgetting about my lie from last Saturday. "Oh that thing, yes the thing, that thing."

"The thing is Leo?" Amelia asked looking at me weirdly.

"Yes the thing is Leo."

"I didn't know that you and Leo were hanging out," Ben commented on the conversation for the first time since we'd sat at the table.

"Yes we were hanging out in English, we are in the same class if you guys didn't know," I told my friends.

"We should totally group date sometime," Linda suggested and I smiled before agreeing.

Mission accomplished: I'm not going to be a miserable fifth wheeler anymore and Leo's reputation was intact. Everything was perfect

Until everyone's phone started beeping loudly...