Picture of Amelia's dress is up there.

I went home early today since the Gala was tonight, I have to get ready and I need to persuade Matt as well.

Matt spits his water out and stands up from the couch.

"You want me to be your what?!" He looks at me with his blue eyes wide open.

"My boyfriend." I say calmly as its not that big of a deal. Leave it to Matt to overreact in every situation.

"You're crazy! I don't wanna be your boyfriend! I love you Ems but not in that way okay." He sits back down on the couch and wipes his shirt that got wet when he spat his water.

"Would you calm down? I don't wanna be your girlfriend either." I cross my arms across my chest. "We're just gonna be pretending alright? I may have told Lucas I had a boyfriend."

"You what? I thought you were trying to apologize to him."

"Yeah it kinda escalated that way." I scratch my head and face Matt. "So would you please do me a favor and be my boyfriend for just one night?"

"What's in it for me?" Matt smirks.

I roll my eyes at him. I knew he wouldn't do it for free. "Food? There's gonna be lots of foods. Delicious delicious foods." I try to bribe him with food, knowing how much he loves food.

"Hmm food." He puts his hand on his chin pretending to think about it. "But no." He says and lays back on the couch.

"Ugh Matty? Pretty please?" I plead.

"Nope!" He says and turns away from me.

I get down from the couch and stand on my knees in front of him. I give him my best puppy dog eyes and pout. "Please with a cherry on top?"

Matt tries to ignore my face before he finally gives in. "Alright! Fine!" He says.

"Yayy! Thank you so much! I love you!" I squeal and hug him.

"Ugh get off me!" He yells as he tries to push me off.

I laugh and let him go. Now that I have a date, what I need is a dress. All I got is my prom dress from high school, but I don't think that will fit me anymore. I need to go shopping.

"Matt?" I call Matt so he could go shopping with me. I know he hates shopping but I'm still gonna take him out.

"Now what?" He groans.

"Let's go shopping!" I exclaim as cheerful as I can.

"No! I already accepted to pretend to be your boyfriend. That's enough sacrifice already!" He scoffed.

"Oh come on! Plus you need something to wear as well." I say and pull him up from the couch.

After a lot of persuading and many vanilla ice creams later. Matt and I finally get the dress and the tux for the Gala. Of course I had to lure him with ice cream every time he whines about going from one store to the next. After that we had a light dinner at McDonalds.

"Ems what's taking you so long?" Matt whined for the past ten minutes. He's waiting for me downstairs. Boys are so lucky they don't have to put makeup on or style their hair or anything that us girls needs to do before going out. They just put on their clothes and they're ready just like that.

"Just a minute!" I say from my room.

"You've been saying that for an hour now!"

I roll my eyes at him, even though he can't see me. Always the one to exaggerate. I put on my matte lipstick and take one final look in the mirror. I look okay I think. I don't usually wear make up but this is an exception, I need to look professional.

I wonder what Lucas will think when he sees me. I just hope he doesn't think I look silly with the make up and the dress. Wait why do I even need his opinion?

I finally get out of my room and head downstairs. I see Matt near the doorway, leaning on the wall, looking impatient. Once he hears my footsteps he finally looks up and sucks in a breath when he sees me.

"You look-" Matt begins to say.

"Stupid right? I know I shouldn't have put make up on." I cut him off.

"No actually I was gonna say you look beautiful." Matt says.

"Really? You don't think its too much?" I half smile.

"Not at all. You look really beautiful." Matt smiles.

I finally smile. "You look great too Matt."

When we reached the Brooks Garden, there are already many people in the hall. The hall looks absolutely beautiful with the lights hanging, reflecting the fountains nearby. I can't help myself but look for one particular person among the crowds.

"Ems I'm gonna get a drink okay. Do you want anything?" Matt asks me.

"Yes just water please." I tell him.

"Alright stay here." He says and leaves me.

I look around but I don't see Lucas anywhere. I'm starting to think maybe he didn't come here at all. I frown thinking about the fact I put so much effort to looking good tonight and he's not even here.

"Amelia?" I hear his voice. My heart suddenly beats faster. He's here.

I turn around and finally see him. I suppress the urge to gasp because he looks so great in his tux. I don't know how he manages to look even better.

"Lucas." I'm not sure what I'm supposed to say.

"You're here by yourself?" Lucas looks around as if looking for someone.

Just as I'm about to tell him I'm here with Matt. Matt comes with a glass of water.

"Ems here's your water." Matt hands me a glass of water. I take a sip and thank him.

"Lucas this is Matt my uhm" Should I just tell him the truth? I don't know how long I can take his lie going on anymore.

"Her boyfriend." Matt finishes for me. I gasp at the same time Lucas scowls.

Lucas just leaves without even a word. He went to the front table and grabs a drink. He gulps it down and grabs another one. He looks pissed. Why is he angry anyway? He's the one who said he could get any girl he wanted. But where is his date? I don't see any woman near him who could be his date. What if he came alone? Now he thinks Matt is my boyfriend. I should tell him the truth.

"Matt I think I should just tell Lucas the truth." I tell Matt and he gives me a nod.

I approach Lucas who is standing on the front table, gulping down his third drink now. I just hope he doesn't lash out on me.

"Lucas I think you should stop drinking." I say when I reach him, taking the glass he's currently holding and put it on the table.

"Don't tell me what to do." Lucas says. I almost laugh at the irony when I hear him say that.

I sigh and finally say, "Lucas I have something to tell you. Its about Matt, uh, he's not exactly who you think he is."

"I don't wanna hear about your boyfriend." He seethes.

"You see the thing is he's not my-" just as I'm about to tell him, a woman comes over and puts her arms around Lucas's hand. She looks vaguely familiar, but I can't seem to place her.

"Luke honey, who are you talking to?" She says in a slow tempting way. I find her voice oddly annoying.

Before Lucas could answer, the woman reaches her hand towards me, "Hi, I'm Samantha." Oh right. Now I get it, she's Samantha. Of course she is.

I try to smile, but I don't think it looks like a smile at all. I shake her hand and say, "Amelia."

She gives me an over sweet smile, showing her pearly whites, which makes me want to gag. "We're gonna go. We need to be somewhere." She says and pulls Lucas away.

I thought they broke up. But why is she here with Lucas then? Many questions run through my head. I thought he'd at least compliment me on my dress. I feel a little hurt that he didn't even spare me a glance. I really wanna go home right now.

Oh hell I already came here all dressed up. Maybe I should enjoy myself. I grab the drinks in front of me and gulp it down.

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Yay! Another chapter. I had so much fun writing this particular chapter. So I'm thinking about doing Lucas's POV. Do you think I should do it?

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