Summer seemed boring. It was only the fifth day of summer break and I was already on the verge of insanity. The air was dry, the sun seemed to beam on only my house, and my best friends had moved in with me. Don't get me wrong, they're amazing roommates, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss my peace and quiet. Me and my best friends attend Cypress college in Orange County, California. Life was going great. I had a boyfriend and I was going to school close to home with my three bestest friends... things seemed to be heading the right direction. That was until 4 months ago that my now ex-boyfriend left me for some bag of hair. When you're with someone for almost a year and they do the unbelievable it leaves an empty spot in your heart for a really long time. These days I just try to focus on myself and I have my friends to help me along the way. But as always, shit can't go perfectly for too long. I was sitting in my room in a daze when there was a knock on my door.
"Knock knock," I looked up and saw Bella, my best friend since the 5th grade. "Hey, Cameron's back with the food. Come and eat." All I heard was food and all of a sudden I was running out of my room and into our kitchen.
"You got Harry's???? God, I love you." I looked at Cameron as she laughed.
We had put on the movie Friday as we ate. We were laughing our asses off when we heard the doorbell ring. Lindsay, my childhood best friend, went up to get it.
"What the hell do you think you're doing here??" We all looked towards Lindsay's direction.
"Linds, who is it?"
"See for yourselves." She opened the door to where we all could see and I felt my heart drop to my ass. It was my ex-boyfriend. Oscar.
"What are you doing here..?" I got up and went over to the door.
"I need to ask you something." He said.
"I'm listening."
"Ok. Well.. I kinda forgot to tell my parents that we broke up and they kinda want you over for dinner tonight.." My eyes went wide.
"Oscar."
"Yeah?..".
"HOW DO YOU FORGET TO TELL YOUR PARENTS THAT WE BROKE UP WHEN IT'S BEEN MORE THAN 4 MONTHS AND YOU STARTED DATING SOMEONE ELSE???!!"
"I never wanted to tell them !! They love you so much it would have broken their hearts!" He said.
"Well maybe all 3 of us would have made a club called 'Oscar Broke Our Hearts' ."
"Okay okay I get it. But could you please come to dinner at my parents house tonight??"
"And pretend to be your girlfriend still? Oh I don't fucking think so." I was about to shut the door when Oscar put his hand up to stop it. I opened the door again and just stood there. Looking at Oscar not knowing what to say. "Alright, fine. I'll do it. But only because I have nothing better to do. And I actually like your parents." I said with a sigh.
"YES !! Oh my gosh thank you so much angel! You're the best!" He kissed me on the cheek then left. I turned back around and closed the door. My friends looked at me with open mouths.
"What..just..happened??! Did he just call you angel?!" Cameron said, almost yelling.
"I-..I don't know.. he used to call me angel all the time. It must've just slipped out.." I said quietly.
"You just can't get away from him, huh?" Bella said.
"Oh god. What have I gotten myself into..?"
"A situation where you have to now pretend that you're still dating your shitty ex-boyfriend just to please his parents." Lindsay said.
"Oh this is a DISASTER." I yelled out.
"Don't worry. I'm sure it'll be fine. Although I don't understand why you agreed in the first place." Cameron said, waiting for an answer.
"Did you see the way he looked at me??! It was so cute I just couldn't say no. It was like he was staring into my soul." I said.
"Yup. And you don't have feelings for him anymore." Cameron said.
"Of course I don't! What makes you think that??..". They all looked at me then rolled their eyes. "Well, now I have to find something nice to wear. I really hope this doesn't go south." Only if I knew what was about to happen. All four of us walked into my room and found things for me to wear. I put on my makeup and freshened up. It was around 6:30 when I was finally finished getting ready. We were all sitting on the couch when I got a text from Oscar saying he was outside.
"Hey, Stacy. Wow. You look..wow." He said. I couldn't help but smile.
"Thank you. Umm I guess I'll see you guys in a few hours." I said looking back at everyone. They all waved goodbye and headed back inside. I went and got into the car then we left for Oscar's parents house.
"I'm sorry." He said out of the blue.
"What for?"
"For suddenly bringing this upon you. I know I shouldn't have gotten into your life again. I've caused enough trouble and pain for you." He said.
"Oh knock it off. I'm okay, really. Look, the past is the past. That was then, this is now." I said, then gave him a warm smile. He smiled back.
About 15 minutes later, we arrived at his parents house. We walked up the driveway and knocked on the door.
"Oscar! Stacy! We are so glad you guys could make it !!" His mother yelled in joy.
"Hi mom."
"Hello Mrs. Delgado. It's so nice to see you again!" I said, trying to sound as nice as possible.
"Hello, Stacy." His dad said.
"Hi Mr. Delgado. It's so nice to see you too."
"I hope you guys are starving. Oscar's mother made a lot of food." His dad said laughing.
"Wow mom. You really went all out." Everyone laughed.
Dinner was great. I surprisingly had a fun time. Dinner had wrapped up earlier than usual.
"Thank you so much Mr and Mrs. Delgado. Dinner was amazing." I said.
"Oh of course. We haven't seen you in so long we thought it would be nice to have you over for dinner." His mom said.
"It feels just like the old times." His dad said. I gave Oscar an awkward smile.
"Umm well we should get going.." Oscar said.
"Oh uh yeah. I have work in the morning. Can't stay out too late." I said, trying to go along with whatever Oscar was doing.
"Well, it was nice seeing the both of you." His parents gave me and Oscar a hug. We went out of the house and into the car.
"Well that went better than I expected," Oscar said.
"Tell me about it. The whole time I was nervous that they'd ask why they hadn't heard from us in so long." I said. Oscar agreed.
"Why did you wanna wrap things up so early?.." I asked.
"I could tell that you were getting uncomfortable. I didn't want you to suffer any longer." He said.
"Thanks." I smiled.
"Anyway, umm it's still pretty early. Do you maybe want to come over to my place and hang out for a little while? Just as friends, of course." I thought for a moment. I knew that if I went over to his house I'd be screwing myself over. But a part of me wanted to hang out with Oscar again. Even if it was just as friends. Besides, friends were all that we could possibly be at this point.
"Yeah. Sure." I said. Oscar smiled.
-THE NEXT DAY-
The next morning I woke up with an immediate headache...
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