Pretend (58 page)

             
I said before he cut me off with a kiss.

             
"Yes probably about that much," I said before laughing.

             
"Good," he replied as he stroked my cheek.

             
"Well, I'm going to go and help out Murphy, you want to come?" He asked as he grabbed his jacket off of the coat rack next to the door and threw it on.

             
"
Yeah ok," I said as I let out a yawn
.

             
"Good because there's a surprise there for you," he said as he began to smile again.

             
"A surprise?"

             
"Yup."

             
"From you?
A
t Murphy's house?"
I asked in confusion.

             
"Oh, this one has nothing to do with me," he said in a playful tone.
 

             
"Then who
?"

             
"Now if I told you it wouldn't be much of a surprise would it?" He asked as he began to laugh.

             
"Please," I said as I gave him the puppy dog eyes.

             
"No beautiful, I told you the-"

             
"Puppy dog eyes don't work on you yeah
,
yeah, you've said," I said as I began laughing.

             
"Fine, I'm not kissing you for a whole week if you don't tell me," I said as I tried to keep a straight face.

             
"That's ok, we've got the rest of our lives to make up for it," he said as he continued to smile.

             
"We do?" I asked in a more serious tone.

             
"Of course we do. April I told you that I didn't want to lose you, I lo-"

             
Suddenly he was cut off by the ringing of his
iphone
.

             
"Yes
,
I'm on my way now, calm down dude. Ok yes I will, bye," he said as he hung up the phone.

             
Gosh
,
I love
this guy.

"So," I said as Aiden started up the car engine with a smile on his face.

             
"So what?"
He replied with a smirk on his face.

             
"So, what is this surprise?" I asked eagerly.

             
"I told you that I'm not telling you," he said as he let out a small laugh.

             
"Yeah but I can still act surprised when I get there, no one will know
that I know except for me
and
you,
" I said as I batted my eyelashes at him and smiled.

             
"No beautiful, you can wait," he said as he continued to smile.

             
"Fine, I'll remember to say that next time that you ask for a kiss," I said sarcastically.

             
"April, have you ever known me to ask for a kiss?" He said as he burst out laughing.

             
"Oh be quiet," I said playfully as I kept looking out of the window.

             
He was right, he never asked and the funny thing was that I liked that he didn't.

             
"So, are you still planning to tell Crystal tomorrow?" He said, interrupting my day dreaming.

             
"Yeah, a
t some point, I'm just trying to get the guts to do it,
" I replied as I remembered how scared I was to tell her.

             
"Are you sure that you don't want me to be there when you tell her?"

             
"No
,
I really have to do it alone. I'm her best friend and I want her to know that I respect her. I just don't want her to hate me for it or think that it will change our friendship," I said in a sad tone.

             
"Now's probably the best time to tell her, whilst she's distracted by lover boy," he replied with a smile on his face.

             
"Yeah you're probably right. Her and Cameron seem pretty good together, don't they?"

             
"Yeah,
I go
t to admit that I like the guy."

             
"Me too,
he’s not her usual type of guy but we’ll see,
" I said as I began to smile at him.

             
"
True, she usually targets the bad boys, forcing me to nearly kill them,” he said as we both began to laugh.

             
“Violence is never the answer Mr Daniels,” I said with a smile on my face.

             
“Sometimes it’s the perfect answer,” he said as he raised an eyebrow at me.

             
“
Right, let's go," he said as he pulled up outside of Murphy's house.

             
I
had honestly
never seen a house as big as Murphy's before, it's like something that you'd see on cribs. Every
time
that
he holds a party here I swear it gets just that little bit bigger.

             
As I felt Aiden's fingers slip in
between mine, I turned to face him with a smile on my face.

             
"
Erm
...I don't think that I'll need to explain anything to Crystal if we walk in like this," I said as I gestured towards our interlinked fingers.

             
"Sorry, I forgot. I just can't wait to be able to do this without having to hide it," he said as he looked at me with a serious face.

             
"I
know,
me too and after tomorrow we will, I promise," I said as I gave him a soft kiss on the lips.

             
"Good," he said as he slid his hand from mine and rang Murphy's doorbell.

             
"It's open!" Murphy shouted from the other side.

             
"Hey," Aiden said as he nodded his head at Murphy as we both walked through the door.

             
"Hey guys, everyone's chilling in the living room," he said as we walked through the door.

             
"Is everything set for tomorrow?" Aiden asked as we followed Murphy to the living room or one of the living rooms should I say.

             
"Yeah, these guys work fast, so we're all just chilling," he said as we entered the room.

             
"Hey," Crystal shouted as soon as she spotted us.

             
"Hey," I said as she gave me a concerned face.

             
I forgot that she would be wondering what happened with Ed. I'd have to fill her in later.

             
"You ok?" She mouthed to me whilst everyone was saying hello to Aiden.
I nodded my head to say yes and threw her a small smile.

             
As I turned
around
to say hi to everyone else that's when I saw that Jess was sat on Anthony's lap.
 

             
"Surprise," Aiden whispered as he smiled at me.

             
"Jess, Anthony,
erm
...Hi," I said as I examined their position and body language.
 

             
"Oh April we have so much to talk about," Jess said as she tried to hide the biggest smile on her face.

             
"Hey kiddo," Anthony said as he began smirking at me.

             
I'll talk to him later.

             
"Great, let's talk now," I said as I dragged her and Crystal towards the kitchen.

             
"We’ll be b
ack in a minute," I said as I turned to face Aiden, Anthony, Murphy and Taise.
I smiled as Aiden gave me a wink and then
I
proceeded towards the kitchen.

             
"So, you and Anthony?"
I asked with a huge smile on my face.

             
"I know
,
I know I gave
in but I couldn't help it. He's
just...Different," she said with a cute smile on her face.

             
"Oh Anthony's different alright," Crystal said as we all burst out laughing.

             
"He is but I know one thing, he must really like you," I said as I squeezed her hand.

             
"You definitely think that he does?" She asked nervously.

             
"Yes," both Crystal and I sang in unison before laughing again.

             
"
You are the only girl that he has ever gone exclusive with
,
believe me
he likes you,” I said as I smiled at her.

             
“And w
ho wouldn't like you Jess, you're beautiful," Crystal said as she began to smile
at her too
.

             
"
Aww
thank you guys, you're the best," she said before throwing her arms
around mine and Crystal's neck
.

             
"So, what about you and Cameron?"
Jess asked as she gently pulled away.

             
"I
think that I
really like him
.
He's just so sweet and treats me like a princess," she said as she began to blush.

             
"Yeah, he is a nice guy," I replied as I looked at Crystal's smiling face.

             
"Yeah he is," she said.

             
“Does this mean that you are through with your ‘bad boy’ stage?” Jess asked as we both stared at her.

             
“Yeah, I guess it does,” she said. She sounded a little unsure but she will figure it out eventually.

             
"Good, I'm happy for you," Jess said.

             
"So
,
what are we going to do with you madam?" Crystal asked as she turned to look at me.

             
"What do you mean?" I said in a confused tone.

             
"Well we have to find you a Mr perfect now, don't we," she said as she looked at me.
My eyes shifted between her and Jess as I wondered whether this was the right time to tell her.
I did kind of start when we were
at the mall but I have completely lost the confidence that I had back then.

             
"I don't really think that
that's
necessary
," I said as I tried to avoid her gaze.

             
"It's not?" Crystal asked in a confused tone.

             
"No it's not, you don't need a man to make you happy," Jess quickly interrupted.
I love that girl!

             
"Exactly," I said in the hope that Crystal would drop the subject.

             
"Yeah, you're right," she finally said as she threw me a smile.