Liiza's POV
It's Sunday night and we all know what that means. Holidays are gone. Back to school. I've been binge watching N*****x for hours already, cradling a bag of popcorn and stuffing it into my mouth.
It's only 10:00pm, way too early to go to sleep.
My mom always tells me to sleep early but I never listen and end up suffering every morning. Maybe someday In the future I will see what she meant.
I lay on my stomach, watching 'Enchanted', which I've watched over a hundred times already but never gotten tired of. I knew I was slowly going to fall asleep while watching, so I made sure I made myself comfortable enough.
As I stare at my laptop, I felt my eyes starting to flickering shut untill darkness finally drowns me.
••
I wake up to the annoying upbeat tune of 'One Dance' by Drake, singing from my alarm. With a deep groan, I roll out of bed and trudge to the washroom.
Quickly, I remove my pajamas and sink into the hot bath I have run for myself, trying not to forget I have to go to school. Taking a warm shower on a school morning is the worst idea due to how hard it is to get out of it.
A few minutes later, I get out and I’m faced with the challenge of picking out what to wear. I quickly chose a pale gray shirt with a V-neck and high waisted skinny jeans, a blue infinity scarf around my neck and white boots.
I do my short makeup routine, applying some mascara, eyeliner and concealer on the "trouble" areas. Finally, I apply some lip balm. As I take the last step to the ground, I see that my breakfast is already prepared, I mutter a greeting to my mom, who is wiping down the bench top.
"Good morning Mom." I say, flashing a small smile and sitting down at the table.
"Morning, dear. Come and eat your food before it gets cold. You don't wanna be late to school on your first day!" She says cheerily.
I just finish eating my eggs and toast when the doorbell rings, so I run to the door and open it.
It's Zach.
"Hey, Muff" I grin, sliding my backpack over one shoulder.
I shout my goodbye down the hall and turn to face him again. "Are you ready to go?"
"No, I'm not ready. I just came here to waste some time." He sarcastically replied, giving me the duh face. I just roll my eyes and walk past him.
"Bye Mrs. Starr" Zach shouts into my house and shuts the door behind me.
Zach is one of the hottest and richest guys at my school. He has dreamy light brown eyes and short, soft hair to match. Unlike the other boys, Zach is not a player. He respects girls and doesn't play around with them, one of the many reasons why I really care about him. Today, he's wearing a white polo shirt with faded blue jeans.
I open the door to Zach's BMW and slip into the padded leather passenger's seat. In case you forgot, Zach is filthy rich, so yeah, he does own a BMW, and a driver.
"Hey Willy." I greet his driver, with a familiar face.
"Hey Liiza, how are you?" He asks.
"I'm good." I smile, and he starts the car.
His real name is William but Zach and I call him Willy in short. He is in his early 40s and has been working in Zach's family for over 10 years. I can just tell, even from the limited time I have with him, he is honest and kind.
"Soooo.... baby girl. How are you?" Zach interrupted my train of thought.
"I'm… Good” I narrowed my eyes and responded, suddenly getting suspicious “What about you?" I ask.
"I'm good. You look nice today." He says with a wink.
"Thanks." I reply dryly.
I'm used to his praises. Often they are just to tease me but sometimes, I think he actually means it.
"Even though you're getting a bit fat" He grins, making me roll my eyes.
I saw that coming.
"Keep rolling your eyes, you might find a brain back there." He and William snort.
"Stop!" I smack him on the arm, a slight smile creeping onto my face.
"Fine, fine. I'm sorry baby girl." He chuckles.
He has called me pet names for as long as I can remember, since we were small. And because he does it, so do I. Everyday it's cupcake, baby girl, angel, sweetheart, darling or anything else that comes to mind.
He only ever calls me by my real name, Liiza or Liz, when he's hiding something, angry, or nervous. Zach and I have known each other for 18 years. We have been friends since birth.
We grew up together. Our parents were best friends since high school and are also neighbors. We hang out with each other every day and help each other with homework and stuff. Zach is also that type of annoying friend. You know the ones you bathed with when you were a baby, yup that type.
He annoys me everyday, but he's also so overprotective. I guess I know that if anyone ever hurts me then that person has to wake up in the hospital the next morning.
It's a short ride to school and as soon as we get there, I jump out of the car, leaving Zach behind, with a short farewell. Then, I go straight to my locker to get my books.
After I choose the books I need, and check my makeup in the mirror, I close my locker and see the recognisable blonde hair of Rilee, bouncing towards me.
"Hey, Riles!" I call, waving her over.
"Hey, girl. How's life?" She asks.
Rilee is gorgeous. She has beachy, blonde hair, tan skin and pink, full lips. She has gray eyes and a tiny waistline. Rilee is one of those girls that are just naturally pretty and her nice bubbly personality just makes her even prettier. She's had more boyfriends then I can count in the past five years of our friendship.
Today, she's wearing a strappy, yellow crop top and white, ripped jeans.
"Oh yeah. Life, it sucks." I say, groaning and backing into my locker.
"Ain't that the truth." She smirks, eyeing up Zach as he walks towards us with a group of unknown boys.
"Hey girls." Zach kisses me on the forehead, like usual. He has always treated me like a sister. "So this must be your precious girlfriend." One of the guys says to Zach.
"Um... I'm sorry but-" I start, about to correct them as the affection that Zach and I show each other is usually misunderstood by others, and I honestly don’t blame them.
"Liz, these are my friends from Greenwood." Zach cuts me off, gesturing to the group of guys.
"Hi, I'm Jack" Says one of the boys.
"I'm Caleb. Must have heard of me already" He said, smirking.
"Uh, and I'm Dylan" The last guy nods his head.
I say hi to each one of them with a soothing smile and a small wave "Did you guys just transfer?" Rilee asks. "I haven't seen you around."
"Yeah." Jack replies. "We know Zach from football."
"About what you sai-" I began to correct them.
"Liz, if you don't mind, can I speak to you?" I once again got cut off by Zach. He looks at the guys and Rilee desperately. "Alone?"
"Sure," I agree softly, walking with Zach to an empty classroom.
"What's going on?" I ask, confused, folding my arms across my chest and narrowing my eyes at him.
"Liz. I-I really need your help." He stammers, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly.
Stammering? And calling me by my actual name? Yeah, this guy is up to something, "Spill it, Zach." I stare into his pale brown eyes, unimpressed.
They're just so cute. I can't resist them. Suddenly, he drops down to his knees. That's a bit dramatic.
"Zach, what are you doin-"
"Shut up, Liz. Let me talk. It's not what you think." He puts his hands together, pleading.
"Liz, I have known you my entire life and I have always treated you like my younger sister. I protected you and saved you from all trouble and never asked you for anything until now" He blabbers.
"What is this about, Zach?" I have never seen him act so vulnerable in my life.
"Liz." He pauses, taking a deep breath. "Will you be my fake girlfriend?"
Shocked, I stood there frozen, unable to say a word.
Liiza's POVThe words that Zach said repeat in my head over and over again.Will you be my fake girlfriend?Zach sighs and I snap out of my thoughts. He stands up, and starts talking again."Look, Liz, I know I'm being really stupid and selfish. It's just that all my friends have girlfriends except me and I didn't want to be the fourth wheel and the only single friend. So, I lied and said I had a girlfriend and then they all began making plans for all of us and all our girlfriends to go out together sometime and they were asking who and your name just slipped out" He stopped, his head in his hands. "Look, I get it if you don't want to. I'll just go out there and say we broke up. Hell, you can even break up with me! Or I could tell them the truth-""Zach." I cut him off, for once. "It's okay.""Liiza pleas-" Zach's eyes widen "Wait, what?" Clearly surprised by my answer."Yes, Zach. You have always been by my side" I exhale, slowly. "Remember that time when the path was slick with mud
Zach's POVI shift into the seat of the bright yellow cab in front of my house with a sigh. Will is taking my mother somewhere that I don't care about, so I'm forced to get there by my own means. I'm going to his house. Jayden's house.His house is just a couple miles away from my house, so it doesn't take long before the cab pulls up and I make my way to his front door. I'm sort of dreading ringing the doorbell. It feels really awkward being here. Liiza and I haven't been here since the incident happened.I press the modern, white doorbell and the door opens almost instantly, drifting me out of my thoughts. A woman, probably in her thirties, stands in front of me."Hello, may I help you?" She asks politely."Uh..." I pause for a moment, gathering my thoughts. "I'm here to see Jayden"The woman lets me in and gestures to a plush, leather couch to wait on while she gets Jayden. The place has changed a lot after all these years.Jayden's house is huge. It is three stories, with high cei
Liiza's POVSchool has been going as boring as it has always been, withe time slowing down whenever we need it to go fast. After a whole hour of boredom, the bell finally rang for lunch.Rilee and I went to our usual place in the cafeteria, by the windows, before Zach and his three new friends joined us."Hey girls," Zach greets."Hey Cupcake." I reply."Ooooh Cupcake, huh?" Caleb teases, wiggling his eyebrows."Hey, why doesn't my girlfriend let me give her pet names?" Jack whines."Look, Jack, if your girlfriend let you give her pet names, you would probably call her something stupid like Chipmunk," Caleb slides down beside Rilee.Chipmunk is actually not that bad honestly."Hey!" Jack frowns. "How did you know that I was gonna call her that?""Why don't you guys describe your girlfriends to us? I really want to get to know them!" I interrupt."Yeah, I'm so excited to meet them," Rilee adds."I'll go first," Jack says, raising his hands."My girlfriend's name is Stephanie. We would
Liiza's POV"What happened between you guys and Jayden?" Rilee breaks the silence.I freeze. What do we tell her?I lock eyes with Zach.Should we tell her the truth?Zach is the first one to speak up. "I think we better go home and talk about it there." He mumbles, standing from the seat.It was a silent car ride home."Rilee, you really wanna know what happened?" Zach asks softly."Yes.""Cause we can tell you right now.""Sure.""Are you sur-"Rilee cuts in. "Just get to the point, Zach.""Okay. Here I go," Zach starts, barely mumbling. "Liiza, Jayden and I used to be really good friends."Suddenly, Jayden barges into the room. "Hey, guys." He slides down next to Rilee with a wink."I never thought I would say this. It's good to see you, man." Zach says dramatically, going in for a fist bump.""You too, man" Jayden smiles.I glance at Riles. She doesn't look too happy. "Guys I-I'll talk to you later you later. I have to go." She lifts herself to her feet."Alright. See you later, b
Liiza's POVAfter talking to Cassandra for some time, she suggested we go to bed. "You look tired, why don't you go to your room and sleep for some time."I nodded, waiting for her to tell me where my room is."Your room is upstairs. The second room on the left," She smiles. "I think our butler took your luggage to your room."On my way upstairs, I hear my phone buzz and take it out of my handbag. It's a message from Rilee.I read it hastily and tap out a response.Rilee: Hey should I come over? We could watch a movie or sumnMe: Hey, nah im not home. My mom had to go to London for a while so I’m staying at her friends houseI sigh and
Zach's POVIt's been two days since my mom told me she was going off traveling for three weeks with Liiza's mom. She just dropped me off at my friend Logan's house. He's been looking for a roommate, and he offered to let me stay with him till he finds one. I still don't know who Liiza is staying with. I have to call her, but my phone's dead, and anyway, it's night time. She probably isn't even awake. • • • •I wake up to the sound of Logan knocking on my door. "Hey man get up! We got to go for our morning run!" He shouts.I hardly slept last night. Logan and I spent the night binge watching the first three 'Fast and Furious' movies"Give me 5 minutes." I yell back, rubbing my eyes and falling out of bed.I walk down the hall to the bathroom, splashing my face with some water and getting rid of my morning breath. Then, I throw on a maroon tank top and sweatpants and walk out."Let's go."After we're out the door, Logan and I look at each other mischievously."You thinking what I'm thi
Liiza's POV"Liiza, what is he doing here?" Zach asks, walking out of the cafe with Rilee."Too late." I mumble to myself."Oh great, and here comes the hulk." Andree rolls his eyes.I climb out of the car, putting my hands on Zach's chest. "Zach, calm down. Let's just sit down and talk about this.""There is no way I'm gonna sit with him." He stiffens his jaw and I can see the anger building up inside of him."Don't worry, I wouldn't want to sit with a pathetic, jealous wanna-be, like you, either." Andree smirks."You need to back off." Zach slips his arm around my waist."Oh, are you her boyfriend?" Andree sighs, feigning a confused expression. "I guess she didn't tell you that she slept in my bed last night. With me." He laughs. "I'm leaving. Call me if you need a ride. Mom said I should bring you back home safe and sound." After starting the car, he drives away.I don't even have his number."Care to explain?" Zach sounds furious.I look at Rilee with pleading eyes but she just sh
"Please, Liz." Jonah is on my front porch, begging me to help him make it up to Rilee."No." I snap. "You really hurt Rilee. Do you really expect me to help you after you hurt my best friend? If you want to make it up to her then you'll have to do it yourself.""Please. I really want to apologize." He looked solemn. "I want us to be friends again.""Whatever. Why are you coming to me?" My hand slides to our cold, metal doorknob as I go to close the door in his face."Wait! Liiza." He bites his lip in thought. "I'll sing for you. I have an awesome voice.""What?" I look at him in confusion."I'll get you a jewellery." He sounds desperate."Nu-uh.""I'll buy you makeup." He pleads.I roll my eyes in response."I'll buy you a pizza!"I contemplated his promise for a short while. "You've got yourself a deal."I know that I'm being pretty selfish, but hey, food is my first priority. I could never say no to pizza.Besides, I'm doing this for Rilee. She deserves an apology.Jonah exhales in