Chapter Two
I was in the middle of my end-of-the-day-not-quite-awake walk to the sidewalk in front of the school, when the lovely blue Maxima drove up again. Dom rolled down the window and stuffed my board through it.
"You left this here this morning," he commented. I laughed and grabbed it.
"Kel, I have to ask you something." To Cleon, who had just come up behind me, he said, "Is it ok if I take your sweet skater princess home today?" Cleon shrugged.
"I guess..."
"Oh good!" I sat down in the car and waved good-bye to Cleon.
"So, what do you want?" I asked on the way home. Dom laughed nervously.
"Well, it's kinda funny, actually. I mean, you're not gonna believe it!"
"Dom, just tell me."
"Well, me and Meathead-"
"Meathead and I."
"Meathead and I went out with a couple of the guys from college. Aaaand he told them I was engaged." I laughed.
"Sucks for you!"
"Aaaand the guys want to meet my 'fiance'" I shook my head.
"That's even worse, dude. Why doncha get Neal to dress up as a girl or something." Dom shook his head.
"Well, I was just about to ask you to pretend to be my fiance." I stopped.
"What the hell, Dom! Why don't you ask Amelia or someting!"
"Well, Owen's her boyfriend." I nodded.
"Exactly."
"Exactly what?"
"Exactly why I can't do this. I'm Cleon's girlfriend. He's a sensitive male, you know." Dom sighed.
"I kinda figured that."
"Thanks alot, Dom, I knew you would understand. So, now, go get yourself some single college blonde and have a little bit of--oh, SHIT!!" It was just at the moment that I realized that Dom had parked the car in my driveway and was holding out this absolutly *gorgeous* ring. In the middle was a round-cut diamond surrounded by tiny emeralds on a gold band.
"God, Dom you bastard!"
"Oh, thanks, Keladry, I love you too." I balked at the ring again. It kinda matched my eyes, when I thought about it.
"So, are you gonna do it? It'll only be for one night, Saturday."
"What are you going to tell them when they want to be invited to the wedding?"
"I'll say that we've had philosiphical differences that just *couldn't* be solved so I had to break off the engagment." I laughed and shrugged.
"I guess I'll do it, since it's only one night." I stepped out of the car. "Bye, Dom! And not a word of this to *anyone*, or I'll have your head on a silver platter next Wednesday." Dom grinned that cute grin, and sped away. Only then did I realize what a stupid, stupid descision I had just made.
I was in the middle of my end-of-the-day-not-quite-awake walk to the sidewalk in front of the school, when the lovely blue Maxima drove up again. Dom rolled down the window and stuffed my board through it.
"You left this here this morning," he commented. I laughed and grabbed it.
"Kel, I have to ask you something." To Cleon, who had just come up behind me, he said, "Is it ok if I take your sweet skater princess home today?" Cleon shrugged.
"I guess..."
"Oh good!" I sat down in the car and waved good-bye to Cleon.
"So, what do you want?" I asked on the way home. Dom laughed nervously.
"Well, it's kinda funny, actually. I mean, you're not gonna believe it!"
"Dom, just tell me."
"Well, me and Meathead-"
"Meathead and I."
"Meathead and I went out with a couple of the guys from college. Aaaand he told them I was engaged." I laughed.
"Sucks for you!"
"Aaaand the guys want to meet my 'fiance'" I shook my head.
"That's even worse, dude. Why doncha get Neal to dress up as a girl or something." Dom shook his head.
"Well, I was just about to ask you to pretend to be my fiance." I stopped.
"What the hell, Dom! Why don't you ask Amelia or someting!"
"Well, Owen's her boyfriend." I nodded.
"Exactly."
"Exactly what?"
"Exactly why I can't do this. I'm Cleon's girlfriend. He's a sensitive male, you know." Dom sighed.
"I kinda figured that."
"Thanks alot, Dom, I knew you would understand. So, now, go get yourself some single college blonde and have a little bit of--oh, SHIT!!" It was just at the moment that I realized that Dom had parked the car in my driveway and was holding out this absolutly *gorgeous* ring. In the middle was a round-cut diamond surrounded by tiny emeralds on a gold band.
"God, Dom you bastard!"
"Oh, thanks, Keladry, I love you too." I balked at the ring again. It kinda matched my eyes, when I thought about it.
"So, are you gonna do it? It'll only be for one night, Saturday."
"What are you going to tell them when they want to be invited to the wedding?"
"I'll say that we've had philosiphical differences that just *couldn't* be solved so I had to break off the engagment." I laughed and shrugged.
"I guess I'll do it, since it's only one night." I stepped out of the car. "Bye, Dom! And not a word of this to *anyone*, or I'll have your head on a silver platter next Wednesday." Dom grinned that cute grin, and sped away. Only then did I realize what a stupid, stupid descision I had just made.