Real | A Joshifer Story

Fake Girlfriend

/ Jennifer Lawrence /

Oh. My. God.

Josh Hutcherson is standing in front of me. This is really weird and crazy at the same time because he's a cool, famous guy and I'm just a girl. What on earth does he want from me?

"Um, hey there," he says, scratching his head. "Can I talk to you for a minute, please?"

"U-um. S-sure," I say, feeling super duper nervous. He leads me to an empty corridor not so far from our English classroom. "So... why do you want to talk to me?" I ask, still freaking nervous. This is Josh Hutcherson, one of the most famous guys at school, talking to ME. I mean, he talked to me on the first day but that was normal because we were seatmates. But this is not normal.

"Well, you see, there's this girl named Claudia Traisuc," he begins. "You know her, right? The cheerleader?" I nod. "Well," he continues, "she keeps on bothering me. She always flirts with me and she obviously, desperately wants to be my girlfriend but I don't like her. Do you get it?"

"I don't," I say, confused. "You know... because you're famous and she's famous and pretty so... why not?"

"She's not my type. She is a flirt. And I don't like that kind of girl. I want a girl who's simple, kind, and beautiful in her own way. I want a girl who doesn't care about fame or anything like that." he says. And I am amused.

"So, I thought that if I start dating someone else she would stop creeping on me and look for someone else instead," he says.

"Are you crazy? She will just get jealous and will even be more competitive and would not stop until she gets you!" I say. I just can't help it.

"But I think this is the only way I can-"

"Wait," I cut him. "Why are you telling me all these things?"

"Because I want you to date me and be my temporary fake girlfriend until-"

"WHAT?! Are you serious right now?" I exclaim. "This is crazy!"

"Look, calm down," he says and puts his hands on my shoulders and I swear I can feel my cheeks turning red. "This will just be for a while. When she finally goes away from me we can stop pretending. Come on, Jennifer. Please," he pleaded. He sounds dead serious.

I don't want to be his fake girlfriend.

"Okay," I say.

I just can't say no because he looks like he really needs my help and I'm not the helpful type but this us something I can't just say no. It will be just for a while anyway. No big deal.

Wait. This is a big deal.

What have I gotten myself into?

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AUTHOR'S NOTE:

I'm pretty happy with this chapter. Comment what you think! Feedback is openly open. :)

I hope you're enjoying the story so far.

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