My Imaginary Boyfriend

My Imaginary Boyfriend *3 in 1

"I'm surprised you asked me to meet you."

"Daniel, I'm sorry," I say, walking towards him. "It's just, there are a lot of things going on—"

"And I'm not your priority, I understand."

"No, it's not like that."

He smiles, but it doesn't reach his eyes. "Annalise, it's alright. I can accept the truth. Though it hurts, it's much better than the lie."

"I'm not—"

He puts his hands on my shoulder and kisses me on my forehead. I just stare at him, tongue tied.

"I already told you before that when the time comes you don't have use for me anymore, I will still be here for you," Daniel says, staring deeply into my eyes. "That's a promise forever. You can let me go but I will still be available for you. Just one call from you, I'll come running back."

I blink rapidly to stop the tears that want to fall from my eyes. "I'm sorry," I murmur.

He lifts my chin, and for a second I thought I'll have my first kiss. Instead, Daniel pulls me toward him and envelops me in a warm embrace.

I'm supposed to interrogate him, but in the end, he comforted me and pours his love for me.

What can I do? I can't resist him, especially when he's being like this.

So instead of questioning him, I just spend a quality time with him. He's kind of sulky and I don't want him to feel neglected.

I'm just going to ask him when he's in a good mood. It's kind of weird because I just made him, but now it's as if he has a mind of his own. He decides his own actions, like he's alive.

Beep. Beep.

I open my eyes because of the ringing of my phone.

I should have put it on silent mode so that it didn't have the opportunity to stop me from talking and spending time with Daniel.

Opening my phone, I'm greeted by a new text from Caleb. It says:

Come down. I'm outside your house.

Is he kidding?

I check the time; it's already quarter to six. I didn't notice the time because I'm having a good time with Daniel.

Why does Caleb always ruin the moment?

I get up from my bed grudgingly and make my way downstairs. He should have a good reason for asking me to meet him.

"Hi," Caleb says as soon as I open the door. "Want to watch a movie?"

"Is that why you're here?" I ask incredulously, "to ask me if I want to watch a movie?!"

"Yes, in our house. Alex is already setting it up."

I can't believe it. He interrupted my supposed date with Daniel 'cause he wants to watch a movie with me.

"Okay, fine," I relent. It's not as if I can still go back and continue my daydream.

I walk inside the house, get my spare key, and lock the door behind me. Margarett told me that she'll work late in her office.

I follow Caleb in their house and find Alex sitting on the couch, in front of their flat screen television.

"What took you so long?" he asks in his usual bored tone.