Let's just pretend.

Chapter Nine

HOLLY FUCK GUYS! Do you have any idea of how many tests I had last week? NINE! Exactly, NINE! And I had 3 more tests this week ¬.¬ … luckily they are over and I'm having a huge break because of Mexico's 200 year Independence! :P anyway… still I hope you enjoy this chapter! Thx for the amazing reviews. Please read, enjoy and REVIEW AGAIN! xD

"WHAT?" I yelled into the phone.

"I know, sweetie! It was a big shocker for me too" my mother sighed "but… look up at the bright side, look at this like… an opportunity to switch schools and meet new people!"

I rolled my eyes "Mom, when I said that I wanted to switch schools, I meant in the same city! I can't simply move to Albuquerque and leave the only few friends that I have, behind!"

"Well, I'm sorry Gabby. But it's either that or live in the alley besides our building!" my mother shot back, I was clearly beginning to annoy her.

I sighed. Somehow I knew it wasn't her fault, and I knew that sooner or later her job would send us to another place in the country… so I gave in; as much as I wanted to whine, yell, scream, complain and kick the walls... I had to give credit to the woman; she's doing the best she can to keep our small family of two on float.

"I'm sorry" I mumbled "I guess you're right…"

I could almost hear the smile in her voice after she sighed "Oh, Gabby… I know it's hard, but I promise you'll love it! It is sunny everyday; the neighborhood is really pretty, our next door neighbors, the Evans, are very nice! And you're new room has a balcony..."

"Sounds great mom…" I tried to smile "Well I'll talk to you later; I'm taking Luna out for a ride…"

"Oh! You finally got her tamed?" she asked.

I smiled "Kind of. Still have to work on some things… but she's able to stay inside the barn now without disturbing the other horses…"

"That's good sweetie. Well, I'll let you work. See you in a few weeks"

"Bye mom…"

"Bye"

Then we both hung up.

I sighed a little annoyed; and to be honest I didn't know why I was so annoyed about. In my school back at New York I was only bullied by all of those cheap, blonde Barbies with expensive boob jobs. But I learned to ignore them after a while and I actually ended up being friends with some of them. My friend Mariana won't be very thrilled about this… I was practically her only friend.

The doorbell rang.

"I'll get it!" I yelled to my nana, who I believe was in the kitchen and went to open the door. I found a pair of cerulean eyes staring down at me and I frowned confused.

"Troy? What are you doing here?" I asked. He was supposed to be in L.A visiting his friends.

He grinned "What? Can't a guy visit his wonderful girlfriend?"

I rolled my eyes "I meant: weren't you supposed to be in L.A?" I raised my eyebrows at him.

He shrugged "Came back earlier"

I smiled lightly at him and opened the door wider for him to come in. He accepted my invitation gladly and we both walked over to the living room. He sighed as he sat down on the couch, bringing me down onto his lap; I giggled as I rested my head on his shoulder.

"You won't believe what happened to me today!" he said smirking while playing with my fingers.

"What?" I smiled lightly at him.

"I got a letter -" but he stopped when he looked up at me. He frowned "Are you okay?"

I nodded my head and frowned "I'm fine"

"Are you sure?"

I rolled my eyes "Yes, Troy. I'm fine"

He gave me a look, the look! You know… the one that I cannot resist even if I had actually some self control around him. He looked so handsome, looking at me sternly. I groaned "Okay, fine, fine!" I sighed, looking down to my hands "My mom told me we're moving to New Mexico and I'm kind of upset…"

His eyes went wide and he blinked, surprised "Oh…" he articled "Which part of New Mexico?" He suddenly seemed to get interested. He shifted a little in his seat to look at me better, but never moving me from his lap.

I looked at him curiously as I spoke carefully "Albuquerque… why?"

He lifted his eyebrows and his smile became into a huge, white teethed grin "Are you serious?" he asked a little over excited… at least that's what I thought.

"…Yeah?" I frowned at him "Troy, why are you so jumpy?"

His grin grew bigger, if possible "Because I will be able to visit my beautiful girlfriend, more often than I thought"

I giggled confused at him "You will?"

"Yes" he nodded while rubbing my cheek with his thumb; Gosh, his touch is so electric. I smiled and placed a hand over his, to keep his soft fingers over my cheek.

"Because I'll be attending 'U of A' next fall" he said, still with that huge, happy grin on his dimpled face.

I looked at him totally surprised "When did you decide that?"

He chuckled "A few seconds ago…" he admitted while shrugging.

I couldn't help but squeal and throw my arms around his neck, excitedly. I hadn't even considered that thought cuz I didn't know which school Troy was attending next fall. I couldn't believe he-

"Wait! Are you sure?" I asked as I pulled away from his neck, looking at him sternly in the eye "I don't want you to regret this later!"

He grinned once more "I'm totally sure, Brie"

I pursed my lips and then bit my lower lip nervously, looking down to my hands again "But… what happens next month when we break up? Or you meet someone else? We've only dated a little over a month Troy, we barely know each other" I looked up at him.

"That won't happen…" he smiled as he returned his hand back to my face.

I rolled my eyes "You don't exactly know that!"

He grinned "Yes I do. You don't know this but…" he looked around before leaning into my ear and whispering lovingly "But I can see the future. And guess what? You're in mine…" I giggled as he pulled back and placed a kiss on my cheek.

I smirked "You missed"

"What?" he arched one of his perfect and dark eyebrows.

I answered him by placing my lips over his and wrapping my arms around his neck. He didn't lose time; he leaned back entirely over the couch, bringing me on top of him; I could feel my cheeks turn red when he placed a hand on the small of my back, near my ass, as he ran his fingers from the other hand down my hair… did I make it clear enough that I had never done stuff like this before? Though I didn't want to pull back…

…it was kind of a turn on…

...you know… being on top of him, with him running his hands all over me... kind of… and… making out. Oh God, it's so great to have a boyfriend, especially a really sweet, caring and hot guy like him. Sigh. I could almost feel his rock hard abs against my stomach, but of course… that had to be my imagination… right?

We pulled back when we heard someone clear their throat; I snapped my head up to find my nana crossing her arms and raising her eyebrows at us with a smirk threatening on the corner of her lips; I felt my cheeks burn harder than before as I got off of Troy and we both sat up straight.

"Oh! Don't let my presence bother you" she said sarcastically "After all it's my living room…."

"Sorry Isabella/Nana" we mumbled both at the same time.

She rolled her eyes "You both are just lucky that I won't tell your parents!" then she finally let out the smirk that I know she was dying to get out "Talking about parents… Troy, I'm going over to yours… I won't be back until late, so don't be 'smart' and do stuff you shouldn't be doing" she threatened as she crossed the living room, going for the door "I don't want surprises when I come back… especially… unwrapped surprises"

"Nana!" I hissed; could my cheeks get any hotter?

"Just preventing" she shrugged as she grabbed the knob and opened the door "Be good!" she gave us a stern look before turning back around and exiting the house.

"Now that was hell embarrassing…" I groaned as I rested my head over Troy's shoulder.

He chuckled as he placed a hand over my thigh and rubbed it lightly "You'll get over it… I've been caught in worse situations…"

I shifted the position of my head so my chin was resting over his shoulder and I was staring at him. I raised my eyebrows "Really? What kind of situations?" I smirked.

He blushed a little "The kind of situations where… I'm only on my boxers…"

I laughed as his tainted cheeks and kissed one of them "And…. Have you ever…?" I raised my eyebrows at him again; I had to know with what I was dealing with…

He nodded his head and looked at me "Yeah…. You?" I had to laugh at that.

"What part of 'you're my first boyfriend', don't you understand?" I smirked.

He smiled "Hey! I had to be sure of it! You don't want me making wrong conclusions, do you?"

I shook my head while smiling "Nope"

I got onto my knees on the couch and passed one of my legs over Troy, straddling him and wrapping my arms around his neck; he smirked as he wrapped his strong, gorgeous arms around my waist.

I sighed as I pecked his lips once "Well, then you'll have to teach me…"

He raised his eyebrows "Now?"

I smiled and pecked his lips once more "Keep dreaming, baby…" I smirked as I got off of him and went in the direction of the kitchen; after I crossed the dinning room, I was pretty sure he was following me.

I grabbed an apple from the fruit bowl and leaned over the counter, taking a bite at the same moment as I felt a pair of strong arms wrap around my waist from behind and a pair of lips pecking the side of my neck; I giggled.

"What are you, a chicken?" I asked as I turned my head to look at him.

He smiled "You're very mean to me, cutie…"

I smirked "Aw, too bad. I know you love it…"

He laughed and placed his soft lips over mine, making me drop the apple over the counter and turn around in his arms, only so I could get a better access to his lips; he was like some kind of drug to me… is it normal that you can't resist someone like this?

After a few moments of zoning out and getting dizzy from the need of air, he pulled back and wiggled his eyebrows at me, while letting go of my hips and place his hands over the counter at both sides of me.

"So…. want to go 'smart'?" he smirked.

I gasped dramatically and slapped his chest "Not tonight, Bolton…"

He shrugged "Then tomorrow night…"

I laughed "What about when we get married?"

He raised his eyebrows "Are you kidding?"

"Nope" I shook my head "I'm wearing a Purity ring…"

He smirked as he leaned down to kiss my neck "Then a little foreplay won't hurt…" he said between pecks. I rolled my eyes.

"Hell that won't happen!" I pushed his face away form my neck and looked sternly in his eyes "Now would you please stop attacking my neck? I know what you're trying to do and you won't find it!"

He groaned "Fine…"

I'm so killing my Nana for bringing this subject on! I'm not sure if I'm even ready to… do…foreplay! I'm not even sure to be able to let Troy take my shirt off, even though, only knowing him a little over a month, I totally trust him.

I rested my head over his left shoulder and rubbed his strong arm. I let out a sigh as he placed one of his big, thick hands through my hair. He kissed my temple and I felt his breath over my left ear.

"You know I was kidding, right?" he whispered in my ear. I looked at him with a confused look "About the foreplay thing" he said before I could ask; I guess he already knows my looks all too well now.

"I won't rush you into anything…" he smiled lightly as he kissed my forehead.

I smiled back at him "Thank you…"

Some kind of relief waved over me as he kissed me sweetly on my lips and held me securely into his big, beautiful arms that I've grown to love so much.

**ZV**

I could feel the wind blowing between my black curls as I rode full speed over Luna's back. A rush of adrenaline pumping through my veins as I stared ahead of me, holding onto Luna tightly; I felt so free! After all, I was ridding an almost wild mare.

My nana had this spare field besides the barn and near my swing tree that she bought a few years ago, but it turned out to be more infertile than… Taylor's step mother; so she decided to use it for the horses.

"Wahoo!" I exclaimed just by the time that I passed in front of Troy, hearing his gorgeous and angel like chuckle as he leaned over the fence watching me. I could tell that he was having as much fun watching me as I was ridding my beautiful, dark mare.

After a little while I pulled the ropes, making Luna come into a halt. I patted her side with my foot lightly and made her start walking; I smiled as I heard her heavy breathing and her hoofs walking over the soft soil. Then I heard clapping and I turned smiling to my blue eyed boyfriend.

"That was very neat, Gabby" he congratulated me as soon as I got off of Luna, when I was near the fence.

"Why, thank you Mr. Bolton" I smiled as I leaned up to kiss his plump lips. Luna huffed at my side as she shoved me with her muzzle. I pulled away from Troy and looked at her giggling.

"What's up with you?" I asked as I patted her neck.

Troy chuckled "Looks like Luna is a little jealous…"

She leaned down to my stomach and patted the pocket of my jacket with her muzzle. I giggled.

"More like a little hungry…" I said as I pulled out a piece of chocolate bar that I put in the day before; I was going to finish it a little later, but I guess I just forgot it was there. I took the little piece out of the wrapper and handed it over to Luna "She likes chocolate…"

"Is it sane to give chocolate to a horse?" Troy asked as he raised his eyebrows.

I shrugged "It's not like I give her chocolate everyday…" I patted her neck and then grabbed the rope "Let's take her back into the barn…"

Troy nodded as he climbed inside the fence and held my hand.

After we put Luna back in and gave her some fodder for her to eat during the night, Troy and I headed back out . We walked back to the wooden swing that was rocking back and forth with the slight breeze and Troy sat on it, bringing me down to his lap. He wrapped his arms around me and rested his chin on my shoulder as he began rocking back and forth. I smiled as I felt my eyes getting a little heavy; I had woken up really early that morning to feed the chickens, milk the cows and harvest some of the melons and turnips that were ready to harvest; my nana told me that it wasn't necessary but… she looked awfully tired that morning that I simply had to…

…I hate to admit it… but Nana's starting to get older…

I still think she has a lot of time left, she's only 67 and she's still rocking; she had my dad at the age of 23 and… I was born when dad and mom were 27; so she's still very young… and I have to say that she's still rocking!

…But when I saw her rubbing her back this morning before she even saw me coming into the kitchen I got really worried; she had said that she was okay, but after giving her my very famous stern look she finally admitted that she had carried a very large bag of chicken food and that she felt her back soar. That's what got me to help her around with the rest of the duties this morning.

Sometimes I wonder if I'll finish collage on time before my nana retires… I don't want her to work by herself while I finish collage… though of course I'd still come around in summers. That thought brought me back to…

"Troy?"

"What is it, Brie?"

"What were you going to tell me earlier before I told you that I was moving to Albuquerque?" I shifted a little on his lap, so I was staring at him better.

"Oh" he blinked "No, no… nothing important" he gave me a reassuring smile…

…of course that didn't fool me. I narrowed my eyes at him.

"Are you sure?"

"Totally positive, why?" he frowned.

I shrugged "I was thinking about collage and I thought that what you were telling me earlier was about it, since you told me you got a letter..."

He chuckled nervously "No! No… I… got a letter from… my… sick… uncle! He doesn't know how to use e-mail so he sent me a letter just to know how all of us were doing" he nodded. I raised my eyebrows.

"So… instead of sending the letter to your mom or dad, he sent it to you?"

"We're… very… close?" he asked more than stated. I glared at him.

"Really…? What's his name?"

"Uhmm… Chuck?" he smiled nervously; he looked so cute… but that didn't stop me from snapping.

"Troy, I wasn't born yesterday!"

He smirked "You look so cute when you're angry…"

I rolled my eyes "Do not try changing the subject, Bolton!"

And when I finished saying that sentence a drop of water fell onto my cheek, making me jump surprised. We both looked up at the sky and saw that it was grey. I hadn't even noticed the clouds settling in the sky above our heads; but I should've guessed since it started to get a little windier.

"Great! I watered the crops this morning! And all my hard work only so it would rain!" I sighed.

Troy chuckled at me "We better get going back to your house…"

"Scared of a little rain, Mr. Bolton?" I raised my eyebrows at him, mocking him. He smirked.

"No, you… Montez?"

Ironic how after asking that question, the sky began to practically falling down.

"YES!" I squealed as I stood up and pulled up a laughing Troy with me. Even with the tree branches hovering over us, the rain still got to us hard: that's how awful it got.

We ran back to my place as fast as we could, well more like I was running as fast as I could, since I was the one pulling Troy by his hand. The wind started blowing in the other direction, making the drops strike onto my face; I tried covering my face with my arm, but that only made it harder to see where I was going. Suddenly I felt Troy's hand slip from mine and land on my waist; he pulled me close to his side and with his other arm, he covered my face. Before I knew it we were both inside my kitchen breathing heavily.

I looked up at Troy only to find him smiling. I couldn't help but mirror his smile and we both began laughing. He sighed and passed his fingers over my face, brushing wet strands of hair out of my face. I looked into his eyes while his wet bangs hung over them beautifully and when he dropped his hand from my face, it was my turn to brush his wet hair out of his face, even if he looked very hot.

He chuckled and when he leaned down to kiss me…

…the power went off…

I sighed.

"Now that's great! I can't see a crap!"

"A little scared from the dark, Montez?" Even if I couldn't see him, I bet he was wiggling his eyebrows.

I rolled my eyes as I tried guiding me to one specific drawer that held a lantern inside. I brushed my hands over what I believe was the island and touched one… two… three… four drawers and opened the fifth one. I sighed in relief as I found the lantern and lit it up. I pointed it towards where Troy was supposed to be but I frowned when I didn't find him there.

"Troy?"

"BOO!"

I squealed when I felt two large sized hands squeeze my waist from behind. I turned around only to find a laughing Troy; I smacked him on the chest.

"Do not do that!"

"I'm sorry! I just couldn't resist that!" He said between chuckles. I rolled my eyes as I began walking to the living room.

"Well if you're going to keep doing that, then maybe you should go home!" I said jokingly.

Troy smirked as he stopped me from going any further by pulling me back by my waist. I giggled.

"Even if I were willing to listen to you, I don't think you'd be capable to send me home with this heavy rain, now would you?"

I smirked back at him "Oh… try me, sweetheart!"

He shook his head "Nah. I'd rather not…"

I smiled up at him "Why don't we change into something dry?"

"Brie, I don't think I have dry clothes in here…"

I pushed his arms away from me and I turned around "You see; now that's where you're wrong!" I smiled "Remember that time when you kidnapped me to get me to that 'secret' lake of yours?"

He smiled "How can I forget that night?"

I giggled "Yeah well… I never got to give you your clothes back…"

"Ah!" he nodded "True…"

"So let's go change before we catch a cold…"

Troy agreed with me and then with the lantern's help, we made it safely to my room. I took out another lamp from a little door underneath my bedside table and lit it up. The bright white light, lighten up the room and I smiled at Troy before heading to my closet. I took out Troy's boxers and shirt from my drawer and handed it over to him, and then I took out my own pajamas and headed to my bathroom to change. After I got out, I found Troy lying comfortably inside my bed with his hands behind his head. I raised my eyebrows at him, trying to hold back a laugh.

"What do you think you're doing?" I asked as I placed my hands over my hips.

He smiled "Warming myself up?"

"It's my bed! Get out!" I said as I went over to him "You're going to contaminate my pillow with your boy cooties!" I shrunk my nose playfully.

Troy laughed "Yeah right, you love my boy cooties!"

And before I could react, Troy grabbed me by my arm and pulled me on top of him, making me squeal. I looked down at him and rested my nose on his.

"You're very beautiful…" he stated smiling. I blushed.

"Thank you…"

I leaned down to kiss his lips, when my cell phone started ringing. I groaned annoyed; what is it with people interrupting perfect kisses with perfect boyfriends who are perfectly laid on top of your not so perfect bed? I dug into my back pocket as I sat up straight on top of Troy, straddling him.

"Hello?" I said into the phone.

"Gabby?" I heard my nana on the other side "Are you guys okay?"

"Yes, we're both fine, why?" I frowned.

I heard her sigh relieved "Good. Listen, the storm is getting pretty bad, so I can't make it home tonight"

"Why not?" I looked down at Troy, who was frowning concerned at me.

"The rain flooded the Bolton's driveway, I can't reach my truck. So both of you stay inside the house and do not go out in any circumstances! You locked the barn and the chicken coop, right?"

I nodded "Yes nana, I did. I always do before sunset…"

"Great" she sighed "Close windows and lock the doors; I don't want to find wet floors in the morning"

I sighed "Alright… so… Troy's staying over?" I bit my lip to prevent a squeal coming out.

"Don't get used to it! It's an emergency!" she scolded me "Now both of you be careful and take care of each other. Remember I don't want unwrapped presents!"

"Nana!" I hissed at her like earlier this day "We won't do anything we shouldn't be doing!"

She laughed "That's what I wanted to hear. I have to go, I'm losing sign"

I sighed "Yes nana, take care!"

Then we both hung up. I looked at Troy and he raised his eyebrows.

"I'm staying over the night?" he asked as he rubbed my thighs.

I nodded "Your driveway is flooded, so my grandma can't reach her truck; she's staying over the night and told me to not let you out in any circumstances…"

He smirked "Now that's good. Bring the handcuffs; I'm your prisoner for the night…"

I laughed "You're crazy, Bolton…"

Then I leaned down and got to kiss him without cell phone interruption.

To Be Continued.

Hope you liked it guys! Extra long once again! See? Even if I get a rough week, I still do my job in fanfic! ;) Please read, enjoy and review! ^^