24 September 2012
22-James
~James' POV~
There. I was ready. It had taken me forever to finish getting ready; longer than it should take for a person to get ready, I think. And the whole point of going, tonight, was to sabotage Tyler and Ally’s date. It wasn’t like I had a date or anything… Hold on, a sec. I guess it would be kind of weird if I showed up at a very fancy restaurant, on my own, for no reason…and I knew what I needed, now. A date. But who? Who would go out on this fake date with me, not expecting to go out again in the future? That was the problem with 99% of the girls at Kingston High School. If you asked them out once, they expect to keep on dating you. I wanted one of that 1% that would do this as a favor. But again, who did I know that would help me out with this? I wasn’t one of those guys that went through girls like babies go through diapers. I mean, I haven’t dated many girls. People like Mitch have, and therefore, he knows many girls. He could easily hook me up with a correct girl for this job, but of course, he happened to be Ally’s brother…so, asking him was totally out of the question. But then, it hit me. The perfect girl. And she would do it willingly, too! Chloe. I hated using her, because she had already been used for dates so many times before, but I was desperate. I had to get Ally to be mine, no matter what. Since I unfortunately did not have her number, I was faced with the solution of calling up Mitch for the number. I dialed his number, and waited while it rang. He immediately answered, and I swallowed before talking. “Hey, man.” “James? What’s up?” he asked. I cleared my throat before continuing. “Oh, well, uh, can you possibly give me Chloe’s number?” I asked quickly, and getting to the point. I could hear Mitch smile over the phone. “You want her number, do you?” I rolled my eyes. “Yes…can you give it to me?” Mitch was enjoying this, I knew. He chuckled lightly. “I thought you didn’t want to go out with her anymore.” I was growing more and more irritated by the second. I had to leave in less than thirty minutes, and I needed to get ahold of Chloe as soon as possible. I decided to play along with Mitch, thinking I’d get the number faster, if I did. “Yeah, you were right, Mitch. She’s an awesome chick, and I wanna take her out again.” Mitch laughed. “So I guess you should listen to me more often, then.” I clenched my teeth, just barely holding back my frustratedness. This conversation thankfully did not last much longer, and I finally received Chloe’s number. Rolling my eyes, I began to dial up Chloe. I prayed as hard as I could that she would say yes. Or, at the very least, be at home. I needed to do this. “Hello?” came the response as soon as she picked up, and I sighed quickly with relief. I was so glad that she was there. “Hi, Chloe, it’s James,” I explained quickly. “Oh, hi!” she said cheerfully. “How are you and Ally doing?” I sighed. “We’re not…” I said, and quickly explained all that had happened. “Oh my gosh!” she exclaimed after I had finished. “That’s not good. But actually, it’s probably a good thing that you didn’t ask her out while she was all upset like that. Her reaction would be so different than it would be if you asked her while she was in an average mood.” I nodded. “Yeah…that’s what I was thinking. But see, tonight, she and another guy are going out. And I…I can’t let them get any farther-“You need a date to take, tonight, right? Chloe quickly finished for me. I stood there, my phone pressed against my ear, speechless. I was almost positive that Chloe was naturally a mind-reader. She laughed at my silence. “If that is why you called, I’d be happy to be your date tonight, James. It’s not like I’m doing anything.” I beamed hugely, and said, “Oh my god…thank you, Chloe. Seriously. You’re the best.” Chloe giggled a little, and said, “Just tell me, fancy or casual?"
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