30 Days Fiancé

Chapter 1: Own Fairytale

"You should stop lying to your parents Clarke. They will kill you when they find out that you are actually single and living a lonely life and your fiancé is actually your Netflix account." Octavia muses as she takes a bite out of her bagel.

"Shut up O. I'm not going to marry one of my dad's co-workers. Look at the last time I went home. He tried to set me up with a guy named Roan Queen. Handsome fella but I'm not going to marry someone I'm not in love with. My dad knows that. My mum knows that." Clarke sighs as she sinks into her seat.

Clarke Abigail Griffin. Beautiful blonde woman with eyes as blue as the ocean. She is an art teacher at one of the art museums in downtown San Francisco, earning 50k a year and she is currently single. Ever since she was a little girl, Clarke always believed in true love and soulmates. And she never stopped believing. She always imagined herself as the princess in the story, where her knight in shining armour would come and rescue her, and take her away with true loves kiss and live happily ever after. But of course, life wasn't as easy as 1, 2, 3. But the only problem now is that she's turning 27 soon, and she hasn't met the right one yet which is making her parents extremely worried she would spend the rest of her life alone with the fairy tale ending that will never happen. Even her friends think that she is just being delusional.

"Jesus Clarkey. We are going back to your parent's place in 5 days time to spend the summer break with them, and you have no fucking fiancé. So, either you fucking craiglist your sorry ass, or you take Bellamy as your fake fiancé. O and I are sick and tired of your crazy delusional ending fairy tale Clarke. Keep going on like that and you would be single until the day you die. What is so bad with dating Bellamy?"

Raven Reyes, Clarke's best friend including Octavia Blake, whom she had been with since their college days. Meeting on the cheerleading team, they had formed a strong friendship over the years, being there for each other and they had practically married each other. In terms of friendship of course.

"Come on guys. The fact that the two of you are still single at our age, isn't it the same concept as waiting for the right one to spend the rest of your life with? Fuck we have been single since forever." Clarke muses.

"Alright! Alright. Jesus. But seriously Clarke, who or should I say how are you going to find the right one to bring back as your fiancé in 5 days' time? Let alone spend the whole summer, 30 days with them?"

Raven had a point. Clarke was in deep waters. Her parents were dying to know who her fiancé was, having told them it was a secret and that she wanted them to be surprised by the love of her life.

"I don't know. Maybe scroll through our old year books and look for someone? Try to find them and who knows, pick out a date? Tell them your needed for the next 30 days?"

"That is the lamest thing I have ever heard." Raven smacks her hand into her forehead before looking back over at her two friends.

Just then, Mrs. Beaty walks over to them and hands out her all too famous apple pie for them with warm smiles. The café she runs has been her baby for years, and the three friends would always come there to relax and chow down on desserts.

"How are my favourite girls doing?"

"Clarke has been bullshitting her parents for two years now of her fiancé that doesn't exist. Now she has to return for the summer to spend some quality time and not to mention get hooked up to a handsome bachelor if she shows up without a fiancé. Think you could help Mrs. Beaty?" Raven explains everything, making Mrs. Beaty laugh.

"Oh my. Looks like you have your hands full Clarke. Sorry I can't help you, my sons are both married with kids. I'm sure your parents would understand that you do not wish to marry someone you do not love. But I can understand their point too. You are getting older, and so are they." Mrs. Beaty muses and taps her shoulders comfortingly.

"I wish too. Maybe I should just marry whoever my parents want me to marry." Clarke groans and places her head straight down flat onto the table. Octavia rubs her friends back and turns to look at Mrs. Beatty with a warm apologetic smile.

"Well there is one person whom you can ask for help." Clarke shoots straight up, all three heads turning to Mrs. Beaty.

"Who exactly?" Clarke was intrigued.

She had always loved Mrs. Beaty for being a big help. She was like their grandmother who always took care of them whenever they were in need of help. And this was a first that Mrs. Beaty was helping her with a relationship problem.

"There is someone who is coming down to help me later. It's a she by the way. And I think I can persuade her to help you if your interested."

"Hell yeah I'll take it."

"Wait... there is one condition in which you have to abide by though." Mrs. Beaty warns.

"And what is that?" All three friends were confused.

"You can't fall in love with her. Because if you do, then your fairytale ending would never be. And it will only break your heart. Do you understand?"

"Relax Mrs Beaty. Clarke won't fall in love with someone so fast. Besides, it will only be 30 days of her having to be tortured by Clarke, and she can walk away after we come back. Right Clarke?" Octavia jokes and Clarke just stares at Mrs. Beaty.

"Yeah. I promise she will get a fine pay check. Can I at least meet her to ask he personally of course?"

"She should be here by now. I'll have a look behind. But remember what I said. It is strictly business okay?"

Clarke nods her head and Mrs. Beaty smiles, leaving the three friends back to their own devices. Questions began running through her mind. Who was this mysterious person? And why wasn't she allowed to fall in love with her? Why would it break her heart? Was it that this woman was deformed? Or autistic? So many questions came to her mind but she had to be patient.

Soon enough, she would find out just how much she would break her promise, for her very own fairy tale had just begun.

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End of Chapter 1

xx Alex