The Fake Boyfriend by Anna Harris (book club recommendations .TXT) 📕

I was so tire of always being the bridesmaid, always the one that had no life, the one with no stories to tell, always the one that came back to New York with a desire to forget everything about my family because I was always the one with a boring life, Andrew knew all about my life, we had been friends for a long time ever since he had come to work to our company, he had been there for me when I needed a shoulder to cry, he was the one who came with the idea of a fake boyfriend, he was tire of seeing my eyes red and me with a bucket of Starbucks Coffee and Chocolate Frapucchino in my hand eating from it with my heart broken.
"I can't make you do this Andy, I can't, is not fair"
"Is fair, they had made fun of you for such a long time, you need to go back with your head up and show me around, have a good time for once in your life", I looked at him with a surprise look in my eyes.
"Why are you doing this?.
"Because I don't want to see you come back and attack the Starbucks ice cream bucket with tears in your eyes"
"I am so pathetic, Andrew and Anne were walking on the streets of New York after finishing a day of work.
"Look take advantage of me, we have the same two weeks of vacation, so lets do it"
"I just feel bad about using you this way, is not fair, you probably want to spend your vacation some place else", Andrew laugh a bit.
"Not really, I don't have a family so to be able to do this is exciting", for a moment I thought it was the wrong thing to do but I had been humilitated so many times that to have a chance to see their faces surprised was something that put a smile on my face.
"Maybe you are right Andy, I should really do something good for myself, I am getting tire of beind ridiculed just because I always show up empty handed", Andrew laughed.
"And to think this is 2010, It looks like we are in the 1800 when people worried about you being single"
"Society never changes, they are as primitive as ever with just a few more gadgets that is all"
"You are so intelligent"
"My only attribute, I guess", Andrew was not only inteligent but handsome, his ex girlfriend had dumped him to be with an older man so he had stopped dating, it was a waste of time.
"You have many attributes, really Andy"
"Well thank you, now are you taking my offer?"
"I think is not a bad idea, you are right I got to stop feeling sorry for myself and do something about it, getting back at all those of made so much fun of me"
"So you can come back here and for once feel different", I knew he was right, we couldn't harm any one, it was just something that needed to be done, how many tears had I wasted and how many buckets of Starbucks ice cream had I eaten mixed with them.
"Yeah, I am going to do it, I am going to email them tonight before we leave tomorrow and tell them that my boyfriend is coming with me"
"Oh no, no don't email them, surprise them", I liked that idea ever better.
"You are so right".

We were leaving for the Hamptons next day, they were having different events prior to the wedding. My family was one of those that had money and had a estate in the Hamptons, my cousin was getting married to a Harvard graduate and of course she was the talk of society. I hardly sleep that night thinking about Andrew's offer, how my family would react to me bringing a boyfriend they haven't heard a word about. I was worry about how would it go but then again I deserved to be the center of attention for once in my life.

The trip was great, Andrew and I talked about so many things, we had so many things in common, it was scary but the thing is that both of us were scare to fall in love again, we had our hearts really broken so being friends made a lot of sense. We finally arrived at my family's house in the Hamptons.
"Here we go girlfriend", he teased me and I smile.
"It feels good to finally arrive with a boyfriend", we got out of the taxi and got our luggage out when I saw my cousin
Megan, she came close and then hugged me.
"Oh, we hadn't seen each other in such a long time", actually I felt bad about lying to Meg for she had been the only who had been good to me but I couldn't tell her the truth, besides it was only for one week and then I was going to take a small trip on my own.
"Meg, this is my boyfriend Andy", he smile and shoke her hand.
"You have a boyfriend, oh my God that is so great"
"Hi Andrew Sands"
"Oh my God, he is hot", she whispered in my ears, I felt something so strange run through my body, I felt like for once in my life I could smile and not cry.
"Thanks, so where is every body?"
"Everybody is inside waiting for you, they are going to be so surprised to see you here with a boyfriend", Andrew looked at me and smile, he was having fun too, I thought.
"Come on honey", he said as he took my hand, for a moment something in me felt weird, I was all warm but I didn't know why, his hand in mine felt so good, I shoke my head wanting to get rid of the stupid thought I was having at that moment.
"So what you do Andrew?".
"Anne and I work together in the publishing company"
"Oh you work together, you two have to tell me your romantic story", Megan looked at us with stars in her eyes.
"Oh sure Meg", I said.

Andrew got closer to me as he holded my hand and we were on our way to announce our fake relatioship...

Text: c2011
Publication Date: 08-26-2011

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Dedication:
To the one and only who inspire me this story...