Double booked

Well the next day was now here and instead of going through my previous plan to just wake up around 9:40 a.m. and put on a random fancy dress in my closet I was shaken awake by my Father at 8:30 a.m. and have been trying on a series of different extravagant dresses that my Father most likely had shipped in from the night before. It was about 9:32 when he finally settled on a peachy pink dress that had embroidered sleeves, a gem embedded poufy bottom, and a slick bow rapped around the waist. I almost wanted to gag because I am a tomboy so dresses in general are not my thing and to add on to that I was never a fan of pink and on top of that I don't like drawing unnecessary attention to myself like with crowds who want to admire my clothing or congratulate me on something that I couldn't care less about.

"Now don't you look absolutely stunning I'm so proud of my baby girl" I could have just spit at him so I was his baby girl all of a sudden yeah right he only wants to butter me up that way I'll do whatever he says but I just smiled and acted as though I was happy. "Thanks Dad...I really can't wait to see Jacob" but before my Dad could spew out anymore sugarcoated words the door bell rang and of course it had to be none other then Jacob. "Well I think we both know who that is so let's go greet your fiancé at the door" I just wanted to run the other way but it wasn't like I had anywhere else to go so I followed my Father to the living room where Jacob was waiting dressed in only the most expensive suit I had ever seen but I couldn't care less. "Nice to see you again Mr. Hansson" "The same to you" then the two went on to shake one another's hands before Jacob turned to me looking me up and down his eyes wide at that moment I wanted to punch him square in the face but I maintained my composure and gave him a forced smile. "Hello, Mr. Hao I'm exited that we get to spend some time to get to know one another. You look absolutely amazing" to this Jacob gave me a smirk and went on to grab my hand planting a kiss in the back of it "Well the pleasure was all mine and may I say you look gorgeous" I gave out a tired laugh at how high and mighty he acted but I only had to deal with him for a few hours before I had to go see Khalil.

We held hands as he lead me to his car which I'll admit was impressive with its smooth white exterior and red leather seats but I knew that this was probably a birthday gift from his parents. My Father was waving me goodbye from the doorstep as we drove off and for most of the car ride it was silent which I personally enjoyed but Jacob had to go on and try to make conversation. "So have you ever been to The Magical Kingdom before?" "No" "Well you have at least heard of it since it is one of the many establishments that my family owns" "No". This was how most of the conversation went with him trying to ask questions he believed would spark a long term conversation but I kept my answers restricted to one word. Doing this wasn't very hard since most of the questions he asked had to do with his families wealth or how powerful he would become when he took over which did not interest me in anyway. Once we got to the restaurant to be expected there were several staff members waiting to serve us which to me was extremely unnecessary but I had to act the part so I just went along with what was going on around me. After getting a table the waiter had come to take our orders but before I could order a steak with some salad on the side Jacob cut me off and ordered us a plate of spaghetti to share.

Just how cheesy was this guy did he think that we would accidentally kiss from slurping the spaghetti cause there was no way that was happening. "Don't worry love I made sure to only order the best for you" I could have just drop kicked him how was spaghetti the best I mean sure it was delicious but the restaurant serves a series of different dishes and I was in the mood for some meat but I guess I could settle for the meat balls in the spaghetti. After another awkward back and forth of questions and one worded answers our food finally came. Jacob took the initiative to invite me to eat even though my fork was practically inches away from the plate and as we ate I noticed that he was watching my fork diligently as if trying to tell what portion of spaghetti it had grabbed on to and with one reach of his fork we began on our way to an accidental kiss. I wanted to snap the noodle right from the get go but I wanted to make something known so when we were inches from making lip contact I bit down splitting the noodle which left Jacob I'm shock. "You see Mr. Hao I think it's about time that we had a proper talk don't you think?".

He smirked at me making him look even more snobbish before leaning back in his chair "I'd say so" I gave him a glare catching him off guard. "Its pretty simple I have no interest in dating you, marriage being an even bigger tragedy in my book. I don't know what the future holds but the one thing I'm sure of is that I will NEVER have feelings for you and that if we do get married it will be purely buisness with divorce following close by. I'd say I was pretty clear yeah". Jacob was completely silent his head in his hands as he listened to what I had to say and after confirming that I had finished he raised his head so his gaze met mine. "I have no interest in you either matter of fact I have a girlfriend. I'm only doing this because my parents wouldn't allow me to inherit their company if I didn't marry you so I guess were in the same head space". I was taken aback by this I was not expecting for this type of outcome sure there was still a cockiness when he spoke but turns out he wasn't looking forward to marrying me either even better he already has someone making my plans go that much smoother. "Well then I assume you won't mind if I leave this date a little earlier then planned do you?" "Not at all let's just make it seem as though we are leaving together" I nodded as I held his hand and we left the restaurant taking his car a few blocks away before we parted ways. "I'll see you around Ms. Hansson" he chuckled my way as I went to a clothing store nearby "Until next time Mr. Hao" and just like that we parted ways leaving me with enough time to get new clothes before seeing Khalil.

The rest of the day was amazing with Khalil and I taking a cooking class in the bakery. The two of us were both terrible with each step pilling on to a bigger mess but I must say that Khalil is an excellent cook with our banana bread being saved by his quick thinking. In the end we had to stay behind and clean up since most of the mess was our doing but we made the most of that time by competing with one another, pretending to be rock stars, and doing different dares along the way. Our clothes were covered in flour and other cooking ingredients but we just laughed as we got separate cabs home since we were going in two different directions. But before parting I gave Khalil a surprise kiss and ran off. I may have been in a daze for most of the ride but I was not about to make a mistake as I put my dress on top of my clothes before entering the house but this time my Father was not camping out in the living room instead I heard his voice calling from the library. "Ah Hope there you are, I assume your date must have gone extremely well for you to have stayed out this late" I held back my urge to just rub everything thing in his face and went on to give him a joyful smile "Yeah we had a great time and I can't wait to see him again". My Dad gave a bright smile but little did he know that with these words I was referring to my date with Khalil and that Jacob and I were only temporary seeing as we both have our own lovers.

Well months passed and I was still 17 years old since my birthday is close to the end of the year so Jacob and I legally still could not get married. During this time I was still seeing Khalil while Jacob was still with his girlfriend and we made a deal to not get wrapped up in each others personal lives and we even grew closer together. Not so close that I began falling for him just close enough that we were able to joke around and enjoy one another's company basically we became good friends and I was still head over heals for Khalil. I could tell he was the same for me and before there is confusion I never actually told Jacob that I had a boyfriend just that I wasn't interested in him so its likely that he believed I was single and that may have been one of my biggest mistakes when it came to our relationship. When we first started college a month ago our parents forced us to live with one another but of course when they left we took the liberty to claim different rooms and go to different colleges with my college being the same as Khalil's and his the same as his girlfriend.  Everything was going great until one day when I was grabbing a snack from the kitchen and Jacob had come running in with tears in his eyes but before I could ask what was wrong he locked himself in his room.

I gave him some time to collect himself and come out on his own and after 2 hours he did and came to sit next to me on the couch. "So you wanna tell me what happened?" he was hesitant to tell me anything but after a few seconds he began to speak. "Its my girlfriend she cheated on me with my bestfriend...turns out she was only using me for my money and was seeing a bunch of different guys throughout our entire relationship. So I barged into the room, cursed at the two of them, and then ran home trying to hold back my tears...I really loved her but...she was just using me". At this point Jacob had once again broken down into tears so I gave him a hug and let him cry on my shoulder for as long as he needed which turned out to be all night. The next day I could tell he wasn't in the mood for school so I told him he could stay home and that I would explain to his parents that he wasn't feeling well and so I went off to school. For most of the school day I was worried about Jacob and hoped that he would be okay, this worry even had me overlook Khalil as I walked through the hallway that was until he grabbed my arm. "Hey you ok?" "...No" so Khalil took me to the schools roof and I told him about everything that was going on of course referring to Jacob as my friend and not fiancée. "Breakups are hard for anyone especially if your finding out that your love was actually one sided but with time and support from friends any wound can heal" for a second I almost teared up myself Khalil was so kind and insightful he inspired me every day with how he could make sense of even the messiest of situations.

It was also at this moment that I really wanted to tell Khalil everything about how this friend was actually my fiancée, how we weren't interested in one another, and how we were planning to get a divorce as soon as we got married but I couldn't all I did was just stare at his ocean eyes as he looked deep in my brown ones. "You know your making me feel kind of bad for not focusing on my friends situation and distracting me with your stupid blue eyes" to this Khalil chuckled "Well you can consider this pay back for distracting me all through high school with your personality". I know that with everything that was going on and the fact that I was keeping so much from him I didn't deserve Khalil's love but I couldn't help myself as we kissed on the roof before being late to class and later getting detention. "Heh this is just like high school huh" I smiled "Yeah let's make our college years just as memorable".