"I can't believe that she rejected me." Scott said, fuming as he threw himself down on his previous seat.
Stella laughed. "The look on her face was priceless. What was she yelling about her not being a slut?"
"She thought you and I were together. So then she said it was rude to ask someone out in front of your girlfriend. I told her you weren't. That's when she poured her drink all over me. Does she know how much this jacket cost?" He asked angrily.
Stella wasn't listening to the last part. She had one of her genius ideas. "What if we go out?" She asked excitedly.
"But…you like Ray." Scott pointed out.
"No. Not like that. We'll fake date. That'll get Ray jealous, and this will help you get over Mo."
"How?"
"Simple. If Ray really likes me, he'll be mean to you. You can get over Mo because you'll be with another girl."
"Not really." Scott frowned.
"Come on." Stella pleaded. "Everyone already thinks we're going out already. We just have to make it official and they'll believe us."
"Stell, I love you and all, but I really don't want to lock lips with you."
"It'll be fine." Stella said, waving her hand. "We'll just say we don't like to flaunt our relationship and we're not really public people." Stella sighed as she saw Scott's look. "Come on. What do we have to lose?"
"Our dignity."
"We don't really have much dignity in the first place." Stella pointed out.
Scott sighed. "Since I really don't want to argue with you all night, I'll do it. In the morning."
"Yay! Wait, what do we tell the band?"
"The truth?"
"No." Stella said thoughtfully. "Mo would get upset when she realized that you still weren't over her." She explained.
"Ah." Scott nodded in understanding. "Okay. In the morning, we date."
Scott groaned as he put his head in his hands. What seemed like a simple idea at the time and blown up into something much more. First was the rest of the band's reactions. Olivia and Wen were okay with it. Mo and Charlie were a little worried, but they were happy Scott was moving on, although they did find it a little suspicious that the girl he'd found was Stella.
"Look!" Stella burst into his room and shoved the laptop in his face. He glanced at the screen. It was a twitter update from Ray, congratulating them. "What do you think this means?"
"How am I supposed to know?"
"You're a guy." Stella said, rolling her eyes.
"Anyone could mistake you for a guy too." Scott said, causing Stella to playfully punch him in the shoulder.
"You know what I mean."
Scott leaned in and actually read the message. Congrats Stell and Scott, the message read. "Um…he seems okay with it. Twitter's not a great place for expressing your emotions though." He glanced at Stella's pained expression. "Maybe you're reading into this too much."
"True." Stella bit her lip. "Do you think he likes me?"
Scott shrugged. "Dunno. He did act differently around you though. Probably cause you spit lemonade all over him." They both chuckled at the memory.
Stella paused. Then she sighed and picked up the computer. "You're probably right. Thanks, though."
"You're welcome."
Stella grinned wryly. "You know I promised myself when this all started that I'd never live a lie."
Scott grinned back. "Guess we all are, in some way."
