Pretending

Chapter 17

I'm awoken by someone shaking me, I turn over on my other side groaning, yesterday was super hard and all I want to do is forget everything.

"Cmon Phoenix you can't sleep all day! We were supposed to get mani-pedi's today at 11, and it 10! And you know how long you take!" Cassandra says and I feel the bed dip down where she sits down.

I immediately remember our mani-pedi appointment and rush out of bed going into my closet finding an outfit.

I hear Cass laughing and I walk out of my closet and face her and we both start to laugh, we were both maniacs, laughing at each other and ourselves, that is what all friendships should look like.

"Give me 20 minutes." I say running back into my closet.

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"Ahhh I love mani-pedis." Cass says closing her eyes in happiness.

"Same," I say also closing my eyes, there is just something about getting your feet rubbed that is so comforting.

"So how is your fake relationship with Antonio?" Cass asks, I open my eyes and look at her, questioning myself if I should tell her.

"Yeah, about that..." I say.

"Oooo tell me hon." She says smirking at me.

I sigh, recalling all of last night's events, "Well, he kind of used me..." I start.

She looks confused and I remember his face having the same confused look, his hazelnut eyes glazed with the beginning of tears, my heart starts to break again just thinking about it again.

"He and one of his friends made a bet that it would take me 2 months to fall in love with him, and if I did, Antonio would get $50 bucks. And then he said that at the beginning it was for the money but then he started to fall for me and then he-"

"Wait wait wait hold up- he said he started to fall in love with you?" She asks.

"Yes, keep up," I say playfully pushing her.

I finish the story and she looks like she just saw a major twist in a movie.

"So what do you think?" I ask.

"I think his momma needs to ground his butt for a year for hurting you." She says standing up to go get our nails done. I get up as well.

"I doubt she knew about this," I say sighing.

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Once we're done getting our mani-pedis I drive us back to our house, she starts asking more questions about our "relationship" I answer truthfully, avoiding the one thing I will take to my grave, only Antonio knowing about.

Finally, I realized she was my best friend, I'm supposed to tell her everything, even this.

"You know what's the worst part? I actually did fall in love with him, he won, I lost, I fell for him, and I let my guard down, I promised myself I wouldn't fall in love again, not after what happened with Alex, I promised myself I didn't need a significant other, but when we did the whole fake relationship thing, I don't know, somewhere along the way I realized I loved him, I tried to stop it, but I couldn't, that's terrible isn't it?"

She stares at me with wide eyes.

"What?" I say.

"You're in love with...him?" She asks.

"I think so," I say, looking back at the road.

"I"m doomed," I say sighing.

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Another chapterrrrrrr

Cheyenne