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CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

CHRIS' P.O.V

Hala jumped away from me as if I was fire, the sensational feeling leaving my lips. She kissed me. Hala Summers finally kissed me. She stumbled back and covered her mouth with her hands, her eyes wide in shock.

"I-I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to do that!"

"Um no no, it's fine." I said quickly, trying not to smile too much. I was just as shocked as her, but words couldn't describe how happy I was at that moment. The feeling of her lips on mine was indescribable, it was the feeling I craved for weeks.

Danielle rushed into the room with a look of worry plastered on her face. "What's going on?!"

Hala looked down and tucked a piece of hair behind her ear nervously, before looking back up at Danielle with confidence. "Just came back from the park." That's it? I raised an eyebrow at her, telling her to go on. "We broke up," She glanced at me and I still gave her a look. "Katrina kissed him." She started to tap her foot impatiently. "Being stupid, I got angry.." I crossed my arms and that's when she finally said it.

"And I may have just kissed Chris." And it was probably the most amazing thing I've ever experienced.

"You WHAT?!" Danielle exclaimed, "if Sean finds out about this, he'll blow a casket!" And she was right. For all I know, he could rip out each and every organ from my body and throw it in acid. I shuttered at the thought.

"I don't care about what he thinks! He kissed Katrina for god sake!" She argued. But that was the plan, wasn't it?

Danielle rolled her eyes. "Hala. It was all part of the plan and SHE kissed him," she sighed. "Kissing Chris wasn't part of it." Well damn it should be..

Hala looked down to her feet. "I'm sorry, I-I don't know what overcame me." I wanted to go over there and comfort her and tell her everything was going to be okay but by the looks that Danielle was giving me, that wasn't going to happen. If looks could kill, I'd be dead.

Hala sighed. "What time is it?"

Danielle looked down at her phone before answering, "it's around 3 in the afternoon." And that was all she said before this awkward tension started all over again. I swear if this continued on, I was going to stab myself. I clapped my hands together, getting the both of their attentions and walked towards the stairs that led down to the basement. I need to get away from this awkwardness.

"I'm going downstairs." I told them before rushing down the stairs. Once I got to the bottom of the them, I closed the door behind me and lent my back against it. Why couldn't I be the guy she fell for? But then again, I was the stupid ass that joined Katrina and her 'team'.

"Do you like Chris?" I heard Danielle ask, suddenly getting my attention. 

"No." Hala said. Ouch. The door to the basement closed and they began to talk in a hushed whisper, I yanked the door that was at the bottom of the stairs open and climbed a few steps up, trying to catch what they were saying.

"But did you know, he likes you?" I heard Danielle say. How the hell would she know that?

"Where did you get that from?" Hala asked. 

"How do you not see it?! It's obvious," Danielle lowered her voice. "He kissed you back didn't he?" So just because I kissed her back, it made it obvious? I'm a guy for crying out loud! Of course I'll kiss back. 

I sighed, my thoughts went straight back to that kiss. I just wanted to run up there and kiss her again, but that was kinda stupid to do, knowing that she probably won't even kiss back this time. I've never felt that way in two damn years, at that time I was hoping I wouldn't because I'd never find a girl to fall love in with again. But it happened, I fell for Hala.

Two years ago, I fell in love with a girl named Isabelle. We were dating for about 3 years until she was diagnosed with lung cancer. It wasn't as bad at first but when a year passed by, that was when the tumor had gotten bigger in her lungs in which she had to be put on life support because she couldn't breathe on her own. A few months after, I was in the hospital room with her, grasping her cold hand in mine. And that's when the cancer completely stopped her heart from beating. 

Now here I am today, got my own apartment, my own protection, but I was a complete mess. You'd think I would of gotten over it now, but I honestly didn't. I've grown to become completely stupid, and I'm going to fix that.

Just moving on from Hala and all of this was going to be harder than I expected, especially when she reminded me so much of Isabelle.

SEAN'S P.O.V

We pulled up in the driveway of a big mansion. Jesus christ where did she get all this money from? I climbed out of the car and stared wide eyed at the house. 

"You like?" I heard Katrina say as she stepped behind me. I scratched the back of my neck awkwardly and nodded my head slightly.

"Y-Yeah." Yes, I was still stuttering because she gave me the chills and not the good kind, the bad kind. She was a monster. Tracing her finger down my arm, she interlocked her fingers with mine and pulled me towards the doorstep, eagerly. She pulled me inside the mansion and let me tell you, the inside was breathtaking.

There was a big wide staircase leading upstairs, on the right was a dining room and on the left there was a living room. I walked down the white polished hall and into the kitchen, the kitchen was big and open spaced, and when you looked ahead of you, you'd see the backyard clearly. I walked towards the big french doors and looked out the windows of it. Holy shit, was basically my reaction. The backyard was everything you'd dream it to be, the pool, the beautiful deck, the little waterfall. This must of cost millions. 

I felt Katrina hands run down my back. "So," she started. "Why don't we go out or something?" I turned around to face her and raised my eyebrow.

"Already?"

She stepped closer. "Unless," she moved her finger over my bottom lip and leaned in closer. "We could stay here..." Yeah, no. I moved her hand away from my face and stepped back, giving her an awkward smile. 

"Let's go out." She nodded and turned on her heel, walking towards the door. 

"You coming?" She asked, twirling a piece of hair with her finger. I nodded and followed after her, I could already tell I'm going to be in hell for quite a bit.

******

HALA'S P.O.V

"This is such a great idea Hala! Why don't you just do it!" Danielle exclaimed.

"Because it's a stupid idea." Danielle came up with the stupid idea for me to fake date Chris and he thought it was brilliant. It was probably the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Chris took my hands in his and turned me around so that I was facing him.

"It'll be perfect, if we do that Katrina would definitely think you're done with Sean."

Danielle grinned. "Exactly. It'll move things faster as well." I sighed and rubbed my temples in frustration. Was this really a good idea? This would definitely not help the mixed feelings I've been having towards Chris.

"I," all that ran through my head was bad idea, bad idea. "Fine." I said before I could even stop myself. What am I getting myself into? Chris grinned widely and pulled me closer towards him, now we were inches away.

"Great." He whispered, his minty breath hitting my face. I placed my hands on his chest and pushed him back slightly.

"We don't need to do this when we're not in public. It's not like we need to practice or anything..."

"Right! We did our practice earlier." He winked. He was referring to the kiss, wasn't he? Oh my god. I felt my cheeks flush, I can't believe I'm blushing over this. I rolled my eyes and turned away from him. 

"We should go out!" He exclaimed. 

"Already?" I really did not want to do this.

He smiled. "Yeah, why not? Go get dressed and we'll go to the park."

"But-" Danielle grabbed my shoulders and pushed my towards my room.

"Go get dressed before I throw you out the window." I couldn't help but laugh at her attempt to threaten me. I was pushed into my room and the door slammed behind me. Are you serious right now? I bit my lip and looked around, what am I suppose to wear? I opened up the closet and scanned over the racks, before finally deciding to throw on a simple summer dress. I slipped on my flats and looked at myself in the mirror, I'm just going to the park, it's not like I have to look fancy or anything. I sighed and pulled my door open and walked down the hallway into the living room where Chris and Danielle were waiting.

"Hala," Chris breathed out. "You look beautiful." Ah, there's that feeling again. I gave him a sweet smile and thanked him. Danielle walked over towards the door and yanked it open, gesturing us out the door.

"Okay you two love birds, let's get a move on." Chris interlocked his fingers with mine and pulled me out the door.

He's fricking holding my hand.

He laughed. "Yes I am Hala." Shit, did I really say that out loud? I shook my head and laughed awkwardly.

God please don't let this plan turn out to be a disaster.

*******

Finally arriving at the park, we decided to go for a walk in the meadow. Little kids were running around, some other couples were sat under trees and families were having picnics together. I looked around and admired the scenery, until I caught sight of something that made me want to throw up.

Katrina and Sean were here as well.

I tugged on Chris' hand, trying to go in the opposite direction, please don't see us, please don't see us. 

"Oh look who it is!" The bitch exclaimed. I stopped and slowly turned around, putting on a fake smile. Once they reached us, I couldn't help but glare down at their interlocked hands. I looked up at Sean and saw that he was doing the exact same thing, glaring at mine and Chris' hands. Sean raised his eyebrow at me but I turned away, he obviously would not be okay with Chris and I as a 'couple'.

Katrina gasped. "Oh Hala, I love your dress! Where did you get it from, the charity shop?" I pressed my lips together, trying to contain the anger that was building up inside of me. 

I smiled. "Aw thank you, I love yours too! Where did you get it from, Sluts 'R' Us?" Chris snickered and Sean practically snorted but quickly covered it up with a cough. Her fists clenched and she glared at me, I couldn't help but let a proud smirk grow to my lips. She rolled her eyes and changed the subject.

"What's this?" She asked, pointing to Chris and I's interlocked hands. I bit my lip and nervously glanced at Sean, only to see that he was waiting for an answer as well. Chris let go of my hand and snaked his arm around my waist, pulling me closer. 

"We're together." He simply said.

Katrina grinned. "Wow, she really is a whore." I gritted my teeth but kept my ground. I wasn't going to let her tick me off. Sean opened his mouth to say something but I gave him a look that clearly said shut up. 

"Well let's get away from here." Katrina finally said as they moved away from us. 

I sighed in relief as they walked the opposite direction from us. "She really is an ass hat." Chris laughed and stepped in front of me with a sweet smile plastered on his face. 

"She is." He said quietly, as he tucked a loose strand of hair behind my ear. And that's when I made a mistake.

I looked up into his eyes and I couldn't find myself to look away.

He took his hand and caressed my cheek, gently stroking it with his thumb. He leaned in closer, his eyes still fixed on my own. My throat tightens and a blush taints my cheeks. I glanced at his lips then back up at his eyes. 

"Chris," I say breathlessly. "What are you doing?" He leaned in closer, our lips inches apart now. 

Kiss me. Please just kiss me.

Wait, WHAT?!

And that's when he closes the gap and his soft lips meet mine.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

What did you guys think? So I don't think you've noticed but I've decided to attach pictures to the chapters, I might also be thinking about attaching songs to but I'm not sure yet. :)