yself from my precious bed into the bathroom to

, I'll

utfit, I managed to settle myself down in less than 30 minut

my nose. Mom was making breakfast as always, Cody was eating everyth

ore than I do is Cody. And trust

is hand and munched it in front of him. Which made him roll his eye

mom said when she placed


"Morning, mom," I said back with a mouthful, earning a stern look from her. I sometimes do it on purpose because I know she hates me doing it.

y? I love ann


Just then, my dad entered the kitchen wearing his working uniform and took a seat on the table next to his newspaper. And once he took a sip from his freshly-made coffee, he looked at me and asked. "So when are we going to meet that boyfriend of yours?"

I actually stopped m

d that boy before?" mom adds. And when I gl

esn't h

ng off Cody, forcing a piece of bacon inside his

Dad raised his eyebrows at me. "A proper meet-up."


Mom nodded. "What was his name?"
"Joseph ..." I replied slowly when I figured I didn't even know his last name.

them to be disappointed in me for ordering a fake boyfriend. I me

his guy for a few months. Is that true?" she asked again, cur

d. And I'm glad they heard my answe

"Why would you keep such a secret from us," she gasped. "How did this even start?"
"I don't know mom. Online?" that actually was not a lie. It did start online... An online website to be more specific.

"Is that true? Because last time I checked, online is a place where careless teenagers do outrageous things," dad commented with an informative voice. "Have you been doing outrageous things with Joseph, Madison?"
At that, I felt as if all the blood inside my body rushed up to where my cheeks were. I flushed red so hard that I don't think you can make out the features on my face. All you can see is a tomato. A frustrated tomato.

strated was the snicker t


"I can't believe you just asked me that!" I hid my face inside the collar of my shirt, embarrassed.

, humi

cently as I held the urge to puke. Mom, on the ot

ly gave her the talk." he said to my


Oh my god...

up awkwardly, deciding to leave bef


"Oh no, you stay too. This involves you as well!"

cried, sliding further down to my seat, hoping

you're both still young and want to enjoy life before you get older, but you have to know that ther


"Mom, dad, I'm going to be late for school!" I stopped her from getting any further as Cody got on his feet again.

we started walking out of the kitc

"Sooner or later, we're going to have
the talk. You can't escape this conversation!"

"Watch us!"
.
.
.
.
.
With one last left turn, we drove inside the school's parking lot. And fortunately, I didn't get up late.

h?" Cody asks from the blue while he driv


I glanced in his direction with a frown. "Why do you ask?"

know," he

his head at me for an answer. "I just didn't want them to get disapp

friend anyway?" his exp

I sighed before smirking. "


"You-" before he could continue his sentence, I quickly hopped out of the car and ran away. Luckily, he didn't get out and chased after me. He just took off.

g for Zoey's car. But instead of finding it, I found her s


"Hey!" I greeted her once I reached her, making her look up at me with a smile.

side her pocket. "Why so weary

fuss about Joseph at breakfast..." I informed her and

uh

ion she was gazing in. Only to see students gatheri

t was happening, Zoey start

shake my head bef

curiou

wd to get a view at what was getting a lot of attention. But

s that are lining up beside him while he leans on a yellow-shinning Cama

I blink once.
I blink twice.
This is not a dream.


Is he a celebrity or something that I don't know?!

hey landed on me. A smirk played on his face as h

spine as he stands

ed, looking down at me as I

had a backpack over his shoulders. And what's worse was catching people gawking thei

ng me, mostly from girls, I grabbed Joseph'

y from the crowd and stopped when we st


"What was that?!" I finally had the chance to snap, but not in a high voice, as I glared at him.

g us from far. "It was nothing. Just a couple of girls w


My eyes widened. "Okay first, I am not jealous. And second, what the hell are you doing here?!"

ows innocently as if he had forgotten to te

WHA

baby. Are

?! Because ha


"What kind of maniac exchanges schools when there's only one month left?!" I questioned, getting annoyed by the smirk that was annoying on his face.

last month near his girlfriend." h

from his insanely hot features. Whi

girlfriend!" I warned him, narro


How is this situation even funny?! It's beyond frustrating.

sed his arms up in d

to punch that smirk off

y hot and sexy rented boyfriend." he leaned down and whispered in

n office to register. But I'll catch you soon." he winked one more

I couldn't help but pinch myself because of

out of it