CLEO'S P.O.V
"You look like someone ran a bus over you" Eva scrunched her nose as she threw a disgusted glance at me. I show her the finger before consciously touching a strand of hair that escaped my ultimate classy and comfortable bun. Although not so sure about classy.
I blow out a breath and get back to my laptop. I scroll down a bit more and come across the one photo I knew was perfect because it fit the image I had in mind for the profile of a fake person I was making.
"This is the one. Where have you been all this while?" I grinned as I save the said photo.
"You found it?" Eva raises a brow curiously as she peers over my shoulder at the screen. I quickly shut it and keep it out of her reach. Swivelling around to face her, I give her a teasing wink.
"I thought you didn't care?" I raise a playful brow and smirk up at her irked and rather sheepish expression. She looked ready to do some sucking up to me.
"I was kidding, okay? Besides you of all should know how much this means to me. That and how can I let you do this thing without my much needed assistance" she throws up her hands in the air for extra dramatic measures. I roll my eyes. Very typical of her.
"Leaving that aside you sure you can pull this off. I mean no offence to your skills or anything but this is hella risky. You make one slip and you'll be caught. This is exactly why I told you that I will do it. You could just help me in not chickening out" Eva bites her lip and furrows hers brows at me in concern.
"Oh chill it. Look even if I haven't catfished anyone before in my life, I know the rules and the risks. Just don't get caught and play safe, right? I can do that. And the only reason why I am doing this instead of you is because as you said yourself. You will chicken out. Me on the other hand? I live for this sh*t. Teaching a player a lesson? Hands down the best past time I could possibly ask for" Eva chuckles a little before patting my back.
"Alright then. Get to work charismatic Scooby do. I'll see you tomorrow in school" she breezes past me and heads down the stairs to the front door to meet up with her boyfriend and I wave my hand at her in a bye gesture. Ten seconds later I hear my front door being shut and once again silence ensues in the empty house.
I quickly fill it with the incessant typing on my laptop and the occasional clicking on the mouse.
Yup. It's true. I took Eva up on her offer. To be honest I had my own score to settle with Kade Winston and what better way to do it than beating the player at his own game. However Eva doesn't have to know about this. I would like to keep this a secret.
For Eva this is a favour I am doing for her and her cousin whose identity is still unknown. For her it's me catfishing the player to teach the motherf*cker a lesson about how not to mess with a girl and along the way I get my own sweet revenge for what he did to my best friend. This is going to be so much fun.
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"I am scared sh*tless" Eva bites her nails nervously and paces the length of the hallway in front of my locker. I shake my head in amusement before giving her a light shove so that I could get to my locker.
"Ouch" she fakes a hiss and gives me a murderous glare and all I can is: Try again sweetheart. She frowns at me most probably waiting for an apology which by the way she wasn't getting anytime soon and by that I meant never.
"If you are so scared then maybe you should have thought about it again before approaching me." I give her a dry look before throwing all the books in my locker except two and a pen and most importantly my phone and it's companion my earphones. These two can't live without each other. More like I can't live without these two but they don't have to know.
She clamps her mouth shut because she knew she didn't have anything to say in her defence but the expression of defeat didn't last long. Her eyes go wide with panic and her mouth gapes open.
"Kade's here. Oh my god he's here. How am I suppose to react? What should I go up to him and act like everything is nice and normal-"
"Preferable" I quip
"-no that would only make it seem weird. Should I act as if I am all cool and chill-"
"Nope. Because that's not you"
"-Nah. That's so un-Eva like. Cleo! Help me instead of standing there and...and..doing nothing. What if he figures out our plan? Don't know about him but my cousin will sure kill me first if that were to happen. What if he decides to torture us like roasting us alive under the hot scary flames? Or pushing us in the arctic ocean and laughing as all the cells in our bodies freeze up like a popsicle? Oh no I can't imagine dying like this. This is the worst. I cannot die a virgin-" before she could spew out one more damn word I cover her mouth thankfully muffling the rest of the crap. What a royal pain in the a*s.
I glare at her and grit my teeth when she still gives me those wide eyes. This is even more annoying than my weak wifi signal. And that's really saying something.
"Listen to me Eva. It's go big or go home. A hit or miss situation. If you mess up today everything we have so far planned will go down the drain. On the other hand if you manage today and get through this, everything will work out and you'll be a hero to your cousin. Got it?" That speech resembled more like a pep talk a coach would give to his star football player. Great.
"Alright then. Seize the day Anson and make me proud" Yup. Definitely a coach. Maybe that's my career. A sign from God.
I clap her on the back and grin at her in encouragement urging her to calm down and get into action. She blows out a nervous breath and plasters on a fake smile and I suppress a gag. Too much fake sickens me.
Kade Winston strode through the hallway like he bl*ody owned it. Too big of a head if you ask me. I glance at Eva to see her already looking at all manageable escape routes. Knowing her for a week was enough to guess how badly she worked under pressure. So the chances of her blowing up our plan to smithereens was the size of Mount Everest and Mount K2 included. That bad.
I nudge her with my shoulder and look pointedly in Winston's direction. She blinks once. Twice. Thrice. And finally makes a move. I think I saw a white hair.
"Hey Kade" Eva gives Kade a wide smile which bordered too much towards I-probably-killed-your-cat-or-whatever-that-big-thing-was-but-please-do-check-to-make-sure-it-wasn't-in fact-your-ego.
"Good to see you too Anson" Winston ran a hand through his thick mane of ash blonde hair and gave her a small smile.
I narrowed my eyes at him. For someone who is going to be destroyed he looks good. A light five o'clock shadow and perfect straight jaw. The ones you see on Instagram with hashtag goals. His body was lean complete with broad shoulders, washboard abs visible under his tight Black Beatles t-shirt and his muscled arms. His ice blue eyes danced with mischief and playfulness glancing around probably checking out anything with nice ladies and a great bottom. Thank God I never doubted him of not being a player. That would be a huge crime on my part.
"I hope you haven't forgotten about the double date this Saturday. Katie would probably have my head with a saw if you did because she personally asked me to remind you. Crazy girl, no?" Eva forces a guffaw the sound of which gave me creepy goosebumps. I guess crazy and scary runs in the family.
"Of course not. What kind of a boyfriend will I be if I forgot I have a date with my girlfriend. She looks pretty excited about it seeing as she went so far as to threaten you about it" Winston suppressed a laugh when he saw Eva visibly shaking at thought of being sawed by her cousin-Katie.
Wow. This Katie creature sounds Annabelle spooky.
"I'll see you around Anson. That is if you aren't sawed by then. Who knows Katie's tendencies?" Winston chuckled before going about his way. I glared at the back of his head. He was getting a real kick out of Eva's fear even though I found it entertaining too.
Eva shakes her head as if to break out a trance before turning around to face me. Her eyes search my face for any sign of approval. Well all I can say is I gave it to her in the form of a free slurpee. Lucky girl.
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