I was at the mall, doing some Christmas shopping for a secret Santa we were doing tomorrow at school. I was going last minute shopping because I had no idea what do get for my secret santa. I had looked in JCPenney and Target already and still had no idea what to get this guy. I started walking towards to food court which was near where Hot Topic was.
As I passed by the foodcourt, I spotted a group of people from school. Please don't notice me, please dont notice me, I thought. I started walking faster towards Hot Topic. How embarrassing is this, shopping all by myself because everyone else bailed on me and had other plans. I entered the store.
I thought about getting him a shirt, plain and simple. Hot Topic's walls were covered with t-shirts. I scanned the wall looking for one, and then I spotted it. It was a black tank top with a bony hand crossing its fingers and in white letters it read, I don't trust me either. It was perfect. I took the shirt and paid for it.
I headed out of the store and was ready to go home. I was halfway to the exit when someone ran up to me. The guy was around my age maybe a year older. He was tall, with his broad shoulders and long legs, he looked like he was an athlete. He had blonde hair that was quiffed up which added to his height. "Can-you-please-pretend-to-be-my-girlfriend?" The blonde guy said quickly. He was rather handsome looking, I thought. "Um... Sure?" I said, not exactly sure what I was agreeing to. "Thank goodness," he said, grabbing my hand and pulling me over to a table filled with guys my age.
"Guys, this is my girlfriend—" He said pausing. I realized that I forgot to tell him my name, and I still didn't know his. "Hi, Im Y/N," I said smiling. We sat down at the table, and they introduced themselves. I recognized Michael and Calum from school. The last guy had brown curly hair and looked a little bit older than the rest, he introduced himself as Ashton. "Wow, so Luke finally found himself a girlfriend," Michael said in disbelief. So that's my fake boyfriends name was, Luke, I thought to myself.
There was a pause. "So, um... how long have you and Luke been dating?" Asked the dude named Ashton. "Not that long," I answered, and Luke had to resist laughing. "Only a week or so," I said to make it sound realistic.
"Oh, so where did you guys meet?" Ashton asked. "We actually met right here, in the mall." I turned to my 'boyfriend' for more commentary. "Yea, and we just kinda ran each other..." He said, and I couldn't help but laugh. They turned their head towards me. "We literally just ran into each other." I explained, Luke kicked me gently underneath the table. "Apparently I wasn't looking where I was going, and he was running in the opposite direction and he fell into me," I added. "And the rest is history," He finished the story and put his arm around my shoulders.
We talked for a few more minutes, me and Luke made up stories about us and his friends actually believed it. Then I felt my phone vibrate, When are you going to be home for dinner? My Dad texted me. "Im sorry guys, but I better get home soon," I said while picking up my purse. "You sure you cant stay a little longer?" My 'boyfriend' asked. "No," I said, before realizing how rude that might have sounded. "Remember the last time I stayed out past curfew?" I winked at him, hoping he'll take the hint. "Oh yea," He said, pretending to remembered.
"Okay I got to go," I said and casually leaned down to kiss him on the cheek, as a true couple would do. I started walking towards the exit again before realizing I left my Christmas gift. "Here, let me walk you to your car," Luke said, carrying my bag over to me. We walked out the door into the cool December air. "Thank you so much," He said to me. "No problem. It was actually really fun, I felt like an actress," I said excitedly.
"Yea, my friends really seemed to like you, they um.." He scratched his head. "They actually wanted to invite you to our New Years party," Luke told me. I leaned against my car, and Luke stood in front of me. "Oh, so you want me to pretend to be your girlfriend again?" I asked. Luke put his hands in his pockets. "Or maybe we don't have to pretend we're dating..." Luke offered.
It took me a second to recover. "Wait, are you asking me out?" Luke blushed instantly. "You dont have a boyfriend, do you?" I shook my head no. "Then yes, I am asking you out." Both of our faces were blushing. "Then my answer is yes," I smiled brightly.
