Accidentally in Love

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AFTER DINNER, I TOOK A BATH, BRUSHED my teeth, changed my clothes into presentable ones, styled my hair and sprayed a little bit of cologne before I went outside my room.

"A date?" My mom asked when she saw me running down the stairs all dressed up.

"Yup, I mean no. I'm just going to the neighbor's house."

Mom looked at me as if she's not convinced but she smiled. "Okay, enjoy and be back before midnight." She said shooing me.

"Mom! I'm just going to the next door. Really."

I jogged outside and went inside their fence. I feel so excited and I couldn't stop thinking what was it about that she's going to tell me that I couldn't refuse.

My heart was beating loudly inside my chest when I stop in front of their door. I pressed the door bell and it was Jolie's mother who opened the door.

"Good evening, Mrs. Casper." I greeted.

"Scott." She open the door wider. "Come in, Jolie's expecting you to her room."

To her room!?

"Thanks, Mrs. Casper." I said as I stepped inside the house. I've been there countless of times so everything inside wasn't new to my eyes. She smiled as I headed upstairs.

I knocked at Jolie's door and twisted the knob when I heard her said "come in." I frowned when I saw her pink wallpaper. As long as I could remember, it was white color the last time I peeked inside her room when we were still little.

Jolie was laying on her stomach in the mattress, tapping at her laptop. I felt disappointed when she was still wearing normal clothes. I was kinda expecting her to wear like a lingerie or something. She scrambled, sitting on the edge of the bed and motioned his hand me to come closer. She tapped the space beside her telling me to sit and I did, with enthusiasm.

"So—"

"Do you still like me?" She said straight forward, cutting me and our eyes met. I have this feeling that I wanted to shove her down and kiss her but I don't want to surprise or rush her.

"Of course!" I said instantly. "My feelings for you never changed, Jolie."

"Okay. So, how would you like to be my boyfriend?" She said as if she was offering herself to me easily making me feel suspicious, but it disappeared immediately thinking it was my opportunity. Damn! I've been liking her for a decade already!

"You will be my girlfriend for real?" I confirmed. I can't even believe it.

"Yeeeeee—nope." She said prolonging it but took her words immediately making me feel insane. "Not yet."

"What do you mean not yet?" I frowned.

"Because I want you to do something for me." She said and I watched her index and middle finger as if it was a pair of legs walking up to my arms. I bit my bottom lips at that action and my thing just reacted. "Will you do things for me?" She looked straight into my eyes and it made me feel weak.

"Of course, I will." I said as if I was hypnotized and I was more than happy when I saw her lips curved a smile. "What is it?"

I bit a groan when her fingers landed on my thigh, drawing circles there slowly as if she's seducing me. She was!

"You know about my grade standing right?" She said and I nodded trying so hard not to focus on her fingers. "And I don't really want to disappoint my dad about dropping to the second rank." She tucked her hair at the back of her ear.

"What can I do about it?" I said puzzled. She can't ask me to tutor her. I can't even raise my own grades!

"I want you to distract him."

"Distract who?" I frowned.

"Dane." She said.

"You mean Arthur Dane?"

"Yes." She nodded her head. "Distract him."

How? Even approaching him was already a bad idea, I mean, those barrier that he built himself.

"Distracting him. . . How?" I raised a brow.

"Make yourself as the center of his world. Make him fall in love with you. So in love that he won't stop thinking about you and goes insane that he will abandon his studies and only focus to you and you on—"

"Wait! Wait!" I cut her and I could feel shivers running down my spine imagining me and Art. The hell! What does she mean by making him fall in love with me!? "You do realize that he's a man right?" I said in horror.

"Yes, of course!" She said. "I'm aware of that, Scott." Offended as if I take her as a fool. "Wait. You don't know, do you?" I raised a brow at her making her chuckle. "Dear Scott, he's a faggot!" She spit the last word as if it was a curse. "Disgusting!"

I felt surprised at her attitude. I never thought she would speak ill about those kind of things. I guess I never really know her. Thinking about it, I'm shockingly okay about gays and lesbians, I don't really care about them. It's their business, not mine. And thinking Art is gay, maybe it was all just a rumor to destroy his image.

"Is there something else other than that plan?" I can't imagine myself pretending to like a guy. I'm afraid I will only gag in front of him! But it doesn't mean that I'm a homophobe, no. But straight guy here!

"That's the best plan." She leaned her body closer to me making me look at her and for the love of God, she's wearing that puppy eyes! "You won't do it?"

It was a bad thing to do. I mean, pretending that you love him only to distract his focus was a really, really bad thing to do. So, no, honey.

"Fine. I'll do it." I said contradicting my own thoughts. Damn!

I'll have her as the prize anyway!

I was surprised when Jolie leaned forward and kissed me just beside my lips as if she's teasing me.

"Thank you." She beamed. "Think about the kiss as the down payment."

I chuckled, amused. "Then I'm looking forward for the full payment." I grinned making her laugh.

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