Two hearts. One game. A fake relationship to win their crushes- Freya wants Walker. Malachi wants Ariana. The plan? Fake date. The problem? Falling for the wrong person. Can they admit their true feelings-before it's too late? --- This story is not based on real life. So if you don't like or enjoy it. You're welcome to stop reading it 🙂 Byeee

𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐒𝐤𝐲𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬, 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐙𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝟒 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐭? 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞. 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞.

Malachi and Freya have been friends for as long as they can remember From Malachi comforting Freya the first time she had to leave him to go on vacation, to the first time Freya comforted Malachi when he lost his first soccer game... 12 years later and there still the best of friends if not closer. Everyone said they'd get married one day but they only ever viewed each other as brother and sister, without the annoyance siblings get of each other, of course. They loved each other more than they loved anyone else, but they only ever thought that was just their friendship. Until the hugs become longer, the "I love you" starts to feel even more real, and the innocent cheek kisses started giving each other butterflies everytime they'd kiss each other on the cheek. Is it just them getting older or something else..? Something deeper than friendship?

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Freya mastered the art of pretending. Pretending home didn't hurt. Pretending she was okay. Pretending the weight in her chest didn't follow her everywhere. But when Malachi starts noticing the things she tries hardest to hide, Freya begins to wonder what it feels like to finally be seen.

Everyone thinks they know who the songs on Freya's *Stardust* EP are about. Fans online have theories. Clips. Lyric breakdowns. But they're only half right. After finishing the first leg of her tour, Freya escapes to the quiet chalet where most of the album was written-an album filled with late-night lyrics, hidden anger, and a song called "Golden Boy" that no one seems to understand. Because the truth is simple. Every song is about **Malachi Barton**. The same boy who acts like nothing between them ever changed. The same boy who's suddenly at the center of rumors with **Malia Baker**. Freya tells herself she doesn't care. She tells herself the songs were just songs. But when filming for **Zombies 5** brings them all to the same place-same set, same cast, same unresolved tension-the lines between lyrics and reality start to blur. Because Malachi has no idea the songs are about him. And Freya isn't sure what will happen first: him figuring it out... or her finally admitting the truth she tried to hide between the music. In a world of spotlights, rumors, and songs that say too much- some secrets were never meant to be heard.

Everyone knew the Joneses and the Bartons were family long before they shared the same last names. Their mothers had grown up together. Their grandparents had built a friendship that lasted generations. Freya Jones and Malachi Barton were raised side by side, spending every birthday, holiday, and summer together until friendship quietly became something neither of them could live without. But the Barton name came with blood. Malachi was born into one of Los Angeles' most feared crime families, led by his father, Loren Barton. While everyone else feared Loren, Freya only knew the man who helped raise her when her own father was too busy building a business empire across Los Angeles and London. When Mike Jones discovers Malachi is destined to inherit the family business, he refuses to let his youngest daughter be dragged into that world. Overnight, Freya is taken back to London, her phone gone, every connection to Malachi cut off. She leaves without a goodbye. Without knowing she's carrying his child. Three years later, Mike's company brings the Jones family back to Los Angeles. Freya returns with a secret no one knows exists-three-year-old Estella Marie, the daughter Malachi never knew he had. The boy who once swore he'd protect Freya has become the ruthless man everyone expected him to be. Cold. Feared. Untouchable. Until one unexpected reunion changes everything. Because no matter how dangerous the world around them becomes, Freya Jones has always been Malachi Barton's only weakness.

Freya and Malachi used to be inseparable. They were best friends for over nine years, growing up side by side through primary school and everything after. But somewhere along the way, things fell apart badly, and now, in Year 11, they act like strangers. Malachi became popular without even trying. Girls are always around him, but he is not the player everyone assumes he is losing her hit him harder than anyone thinks too. Freya, on the other hand, changed completely after losing him. She became quiet, anxious, and withdrawn, carrying more pain than anyone realised. Her dad, her only living parent, died. And Malachi had no idea.

Freya never expected the *Descendants: Worlds Collide Tour to change her life the way it did. For six months, she travels the world with a close group of castmates-Malachi, MK, Kylie, and Malia-living in a fast-paced blur of rehearsals, performances, and backstage chaos. From the outside, it looks like a perfect, inseparable group. From Freya's perspective, everything feels simple at the time. She doesn't notice the quiet shifts happening beneath the surface or the changes in relationships she was never made aware of. Over the course of the tour, she develops feelings for Malachi-unspoken, undefined, and never confessed. Fans begin shipping Fralachi, turning their on-stage chemistry into edits and theories, but Freya never confirms anything and assumes it is just fandom imagination. After DZWCT ends, everything breaks apart in silence. Malachi suddenly cuts off communication with Freya without explanation, leaving her hurt and confused. Around the same time, hidden relationship shifts happen within that same circle-Kylie and Malachi briefly date during the tour, and later Malachi and Malia begin something after the tour ends, while Kylie steps away from both. Freya, left without closure, channels everything into music. Her song Stardust becomes the first public glimpse of her emotional world. Malachi reposts it without comment, but Freya chooses not to repost his support, marking the beginning of her emotional distance from him. That leads into her Stars Align Tour, where her music becomes deeply personal and reflective of unresolved hurt, anger, and confusion tied to Malachi's silence and disappearance from her life. Now, Freya is heading to New Zealand for Zombies 5. The returning cast includes MK, Sway, Julian, and Malachi, alongside a new cast entering the franchise for the first time.

Freya Skye and Malachi Barton have spent years pretending they can't stand each other. Their constant teasing, arguments, and endless competition have convinced everyone they're enemies. Even they believe it. But beneath every sarcastic remark and every heated argument is a secret neither of them is willing to admit. When Malachi's best friend, Mk, dares him to make Freya fall hopelessly in love with him before summer ends, he accepts without hesitation. To him, it's just another game. Another challenge he'll win. Freya, however, isn't someone who falls easily. After being betrayed by someone she once trusted, she's promised herself she'd never let another person get close enough to break her heart again. As fake smiles turn into real ones, late-night beach bonfires become unforgettable memories, and stolen glances begin to mean something more, Malachi realizes the dare is no longer the game he thought it was. Now he's trapped between the biggest lie he's ever told... and the girl he's unexpectedly fallen for. When the truth finally comes out, one question remains: Can love survive a dare that was never meant to become real?