Marcos' POV:
Elena ironed a shirt for me, I'm wearing a casual suit that dad got for me, I don't know what the difference is really. Maybe it's because it doesn't have buttons? He told me that she is the same age, so I've probably met her before. I can't even tell anyone about this though, my best friend, my brothers, my sister or even Elena, who practically raised me after mum died. I heard a knock at the door. "Can I come in?" it was my father, "sure" I said, and he opened the door. "I know you've don't really like the idea, but she's not going to be like other girls you've met" he explained, "Ok, so she will probably be really boring or overly-cheerful." I said, starting to feel irritated. "Well, thank you for accepting to do this son, I'm sure you will grow to like her, and who knows, it might not stay a fake relationship." he smiled and left my room, closing the door behind him. "Yea right" I scoffed as I put my shoes on.
I jogged down the stairs and walked towards the front door, I opened the door slightly when a hand reached over my head and slammed it shut. I turned around and saw Diego, Teo and Safia standing behind me with stupid grins on their faces, "where ya goin'?" Safia sang, "nowhere" I grunted as I turned to open the door again, "Come on little bro, you can tell us" Diego said playfully, "I SAID NOWHERE!" I snapped. They looked at me surprised, I'm usually pretty calm so I can understand their reaction, but I just want to get out of this awkward situation! Teo took his hand off the door, " Geez, sorry" he said. I swung the door open and went outside, the force closing it again behind me, "I think he finally has a girlfriend" I heard Safia through the door.
Dad was waiting for me in the car, I slid into the seat and the driver shut the door, "So, Nervous?" he asked, "No" I replied, the rest of the drive was silent.
Ash's POV:
As I was picking my outfit, Dad knocked on my door, "Hi honey, you nervous?" he asked through the door, "Not really" I told him "It's basically work anyway so I'm not too stressed" I added. There was a short silence, "Okay, we will leave in an hour" he said, "sea athair (Ok dad)" I replied.
I chose to wear my white pleated skirt, black blazer and my adidas trainers. Casual work clothes. Before I left, I quickly brushed through my mane of black hair and decided to tie it up in a ponytail, it still looked to messy, but I didn't really care. I got in the lift and pressed the button for the garage, Dad was waiting in his car, I got in the passenger's seat and closed the door.
We pulled up outside of a short, fancy-looking glass building, there was only one other car so I'm guessing that someone rented the place for the day. We were greeted at the door and taken through some double doors to a dinner table set up in the middle of the room, there were two people sitting down, one I recognised as Alvaro Rivera who I'd met before, but I couldn't see the person next to him as he was looking down at his phone. "James!" Alvaro exclaimed, he stood up to shake my father's hand, "Good to see you" my father answered. "My, you've grown so much since I last saw you Aisling!" He said as he came over to shake my hand too, I smiled my business smile (I'm really good at it because mine doesn't look fake). The boy still hadn't looked up from his phone, wow, were meant to be "dating" and he won't even say hi. Reminds me slightly of that boy in my class, what was his name? Marcos, that's it! I thought about what just went through my mind, Marcos? What's Marcos' surname? He has brown curly hair; this boy has brown curly hair. He has an irritating attitude; this boy has an irritating attitude. He has broad shoulders; this boy has broad shoulders. Wait, how do I know that? I stood there looking confused, almost burning a hole into this Marcos-like person. "Hijo (son), say hello" Alvaro told him, the boy looked up and stared at me and his mouth fell open, "You..." he started, I stood there with the exact same expression on my face, but I didn't say anything. It IS him! Ah SHIT. I mentally screamed, WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE THIS GUY?!
I had tried to walk out, Dad stopped me. I was pushed into my seat, I already agreed to this, and I'm not allowed to back out now. No matter HOW MUCH I might want to. "Looks like you already know each other, yes?" my father asked, there was no reply. The food was brought to the table and Alvaro told the waiter to leave, once the door closed, Alvaro leant back slightly, "We will go over the rules of this contract, make sure to listen because they won't be repeated" he told us sternly. "First and foremost, NO ONE other than the four of us in this room can know about this arrangement" my father demanded, he looked at Alvaro, who told us the story we would have to use in case anyone asked.
"You will say you have been dating secretly for the past three weeks, you didn't want anyone to know about it as you weren't sure how it would go, you met at school, Marcos liked Aisling for a long time before he confessed and found out Ash liked him too." Alvaro finished, I wasn't too bothered but apparently Marcos was, "WHAT, WHY DID I LIKE HER FIRST?!" he shouted. Alvaro was about to answer him, but I spoke instead, "because it works so shut up and let me listen to the rest." I told him, he looked slightly taken-aback, but he stayed quiet and sat back down. His father laughed quietly to himself.
Dad carried on explaining, "You will go on dates twice a week, to make it seem more real, you will spend time together a t school, you will occasionally stay at each other's houses, and you will not date outside of this relationship." he explained. Me and Marcos glared at each other, "Fine." we said simultaneously. "Great" my father said "don't tell anyone anything for the next three to four days, oh and by the way, your first date is tomorrow" he smiled.
Christmas is coming!!! YAY!!!