Lie To Me (Jay McGuiness Fanfic)

Chapter 5

Hey everyone! Sorry I took so long to post this chapter. I promise I am going to try to post the new chapter on sunday, like usual! 

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Emma

After Jay’s call, I can’t sit still. Did I really just agree to go on a date with him? I pace around my apartment, trying to figure out whether or not I should call Jamie and tell her. If I tell her now, she is no doubt going to march right back down here and keep me up talking all night, and then I’ll be so tired tomorrow, I’ll show up to my date with Jay looking like a hot mess and I won’t be able to stay cool and Jay will find out that I know the truth about him and he’ll freak out and be pissed and then I’ll die. Woah, I need to get it together. My nerves, the crying and all those beers I had earlier were starting to get to me. I need to go to sleep. I’ll just call Jamie in the morning and tell her then. Somehow, I manage to get into bed and fall asleep quickly. I guess I didn’t realize how exhausted I really was. I wake up the next day to the sound of my annoying alarm clock, more disoriented and confused than I usually am. I look around my room and that’s when I remember: tonight’s my date with Jay. Or Luke, as he says he is. I need to get used to calling him that. Because I can’t spend the entire day in bed like I wish I could, I get up and take a shower. After my shower, I face my first big task of the day: calling Jamie. Its 7 am and since she doesn’t have any classes till noon, Jamie never gets up before 9. I’m hoping she doesn’t answer. I think it’ll be easier to tell her through voicemail than to hear her reaction and what she has to say. I could just send her a text but I know she won’t be too happy about that. Jamie likes hearing the person’s voice when being given any kind of news. Her phone rings a couple of times before going to voicemail and I hear Jamie’s quirky cheerful voice saying she can’t get to the phone right now. At the signal, I try to tell her my situation in as casual a way as possible “Hey Jamie. Its me! I’m guessing you’re still sleeping. So umm Luke called me last night. We’re hanging out tonight, although I don’t know where we’re going or what we’re doing. Anyways, that’s all. You don’t have to call me back. I’ll call you tomorrow. Okay, bye” Sigh, I survived that. I know there’s no way Jamie isn’t going to call me back, but I might as well try. Now on to my next problem- what the hell am I going to wear tonight?! Looking through my closet, I come to the conclusion that I have nothing to wear. Okay so that’s not entirely true. I have enough clothes to dress all the girls in my art class, but none of my clothes is good enough for tonight’s occasion. I want to wear something cute but I want to look effortless. I don’t want him to think I tried too hard, even if I actually did try. Ugh, I need Jamie right now. I set 5 dresses and 4 pair of pants and tops aside. I look at the clock on my bedside and when I realize that it’s almost 8:30, I throw on a pair of jeans and light sweater. I’m going to be late to class again. I’ll choose something to wear later, with Jamie’s help, no doubt.  

   My 9 am Wednesday art class is my favorite. Working in the studio, painting random objects that inspire me is where I feel the most carefree. Luckily I arrive before my professor does. He arrives as I’m setting up my canvas and starts discussing the day’s topic right away. I’m trying to concentrate and put all my energy into my latest project but I find it hard to do that. I only manage to do a few strokes of paint before giving up. After what seems like an eternity, the class ends and just as I’m walking out, Jeremy, one of my classmates, stops me. “Hey Emma. Are you busy right now? Do you want to get some coffee?” Crap. With the Jay situation, I completely forgot about Jeremy. I’ve been thinking about him since I first noticed him in the beginning of the semester. Here’s the thing about Jeremy: he is an overconfident hottie with a body. He is the most valued swimmer on the NYU Swim team, and you can tell he does a lot of swimming just by looking at him. Lately, Jeremy has been trying to get me to have coffee with him. He seems like a nice guy, but I keep coming up with excuses. I don’t know what it is but something about having coffee with Jeremy scares me, as ridiculous as that sounds. Maybe it’s because he’s so good-looking and so out of my league. Which makes no sense, considering the person I have a date with tonight.  “Sorry Jeremy, not today. I have to open up the gallery today and….” I don’t actually have to work today but I couldn’t think of anything else to say. At that moment, my phone starts ringing. Looking down at it, I see that its Jamie calling. Perfect timing. Jeremy just smiles, and in his sexy winks at me and says “No problem. Some other day maybe.”  I feel bad, but I just smile and answer my phone while walking away. I don’t get to say hello before I hear Jamie squealing in excitement. Well, she definitely got my message. “Emma, OMG! I told you he was gonna call. So where are you guys going? What are you gonna do? What are you gonna wear? It better be something hot, something that says ‘if you don’t take me home with you tonight, you’re an idiot and I don’t have time for you anyway’” I can’t help but let out a laugh at Jamie’s ridiculousness. This is why she’s my best friend. “Jamie calm down. I don’t know where we’re going, or what we’re gonna do. And I don’t know what I’m wearing and that’s why I need your help. Can you come by my apartment after your class? I’ll buy you lunch?” Jamie pretends to have to think about it for a while before saying “Helping the girl Jay McGuiness will never forget look drop dead gorgeous and free food?? Hmmmm, okay I’m in. I’ll be there by 3:00 and my food better be there waiting for me. Ahh I’m gonna be late for class, gotta go love you bye.” With that, Jamie hangs up. She can be so demanding sometimes, but that’s part of her charm. I leave campus and when I get to my apartment, its almost 1. I have 2 hours before Jamie gets here, so I decide to go for a run. I used to run a lot more last year but now I only run when I’m stressed, like now. During my run around the park, I keep thinking of different things that could happen on my date with Jay. It could be either really good or really bad. Screwing up this opportunity, that’s what scares me the most. I guess I’m going to have to just let things be. I feel better after my run, and by the time its over, its almost time for Jamie to get here. After a quick shower, I order General Tso’s from the Chinese place around the block, Jamie’s favorite. Jamie arrives at my place at the same time as the food. While we’re eating I mention what happened with Jeremy after class and Jamie just rolls her eyes and says “That kid is too cute for his own good. But if you don’t want him, I’ll take him” I laugh and say “I’ll let you know after tonight, that is, if I survive.” Once we’re done eating, Jamie wastes no time in raiding my closet. She goes through it and finds clothes I forgot I had. “I don’t understand how you can stand there and complain that you have no clothes. Look at this! Try this on now!!” She picks up a black lace dress and throws it at me. Catching it, I say “Jamie, I’m not going to wear this to our first date! Its too much. Just forget it. I’ll wear one of the outfits I first picked out.” Jamie gives me a face and sighing loudly says “Fine. Now I’m gonna go raid your kitchen for something sweet. Since I’m not the one with a hot date tonight, I need some chocolate in my life right now. Good bye”. With that, she walks out my room. I finally decide to wear black jeans, an ivory top, and ankle boots with my black leather jacket. Jamie walks back into my room and when she sees what I’m wearing, she smiles and says “Not bad, Emma. You look hot. You want me to do your hair and makeup?” I like doing my own makeup but since Jamie is a genius when it comes to hair, I tell her she can do my hair once I finish my makeup. I try to keep my makeup as neutral as possible. Once I finish, Jamie sits me down facing away from my vanity mirror and starts working her magic. Half an hour later, she turns me around. Looking in the mirror, I see that she’s curled my hair into soft waves and picked up just the top half.  “So what do you think?” Jamie asks. I look at my reflection in the mirror and looking back at Jamie, I hug her and say, “I love it. Thank you so much. I couldn’t have done this without you.” Jamie hugs me back and with a smirk on her face says, “I know. But that’s what I’m here for. It’s not everyday your best friend goes on a date with a boyband member who is incognito. But it’s already 6:45. What time are you meeting him and where?” I look at my phone and see that it actually is 6:45. “I’m meeting him at 7:30 at the park across the bar.” 45 minutes. That’s all the time I had before my life is either perfected or ruined. I’m starting to feel nervous again but Jamie distracts me by talking about something that happened on campus during the weekend. Soon enough, its 7:15 and time for me to go. Jamie looks at me and fixes my hair for the last time. She gives me a big hug and pretends to get emotional “Oh my goodness, my little girl looks so beautiful. I’m going to cry.” I make a face at her and giving me a light slap on the face she says “Hah! Can you believe this? You’re going on a date with Jay! You need to make sure you keep it cool and please make sure he doesn’t find out you know the truth about him! I’m assuming you’re not bringing him back here on the first date, right? Although that would be totally understandable. But I’m gonna be here waiting for you so if you decide to come back here with him, just text me so that I can leave and not kill the mood. Okay I think that’s all. Now you need to go before he thinks you stood him up!” I laugh and throwing on my jacket, say “Thanks for the pep talk, Mom. By the way, there are oreos in the top cabinet, so feel free to have a party with those.” Jamie smiles “Oh my weakness. This is going to be a great night for me. Now leave! Go knock him dead.” With that, she pushes me out the door and I walk out of my building towards the park. I arrive there in less than 5 minutes and am about to sit on an empty bench when I notice Jay sitting on the swing on the playground. He doesn’t see me walking towards him but when he hears my footsteps, he looks up and smiles. He gets up from the swing and starts walking my way. I keep reminding myself that I need to make sure to call him Luke, not Jay. When we’re right in front of each other, Jay/Luke’s smile gets bigger and giving me a big hug, he says “Emma, you look amazing.” As I hug him back, I notice how good he smells. That, combined with his accent, is more than I can take and I know it’s going to be hard for me to keep my cool tonight. I’m doomed.