The Fill - In Boyfriend
Episode 8

Claire pulled out of my yard. "You okay? I haven't heard from you at all this weekend. I thought you wanted out last night. ”

I shrugged my shoulders. “No, I have to finish homework.”

I'm sorry, you didn't win.

Win what?

Prom queen.

I laughed a little. "You don't think I want to go out because I didn't win prom queen?"

"I don't know, that or Bradley. I've never seen you angry at a man before. "

I started to deny that staying home all weekend had anything to do with Bradley but in a strange way it happened. Or at least with the person who will replace him. He had taken over my mind and made it impossible for him to concentrate. Why is that when I barely even know him? Maybe that's the point — that he saved me that night without knowing me at all. And I want to know why. "You're right. It has to do with him. "

“Is it because he basically broke up with you first for cheating?”

"What?"

“You are always the best. He beat you for it. "

Me. . . ”

He playfully punched me in the arm. Don't deny. Bradleys. He broke up with me. The tension in my chest came back as I thought about it. No, I'm done with him. He left me in the parking lot at the prom. He can't make me feel bad anymore. Claire took my hand. "I'm sorry. I don't mean to underestimate it. He's doing a jerk move. You should be upset. I should've taken you out to drink some whipped milk or something. " He squeezed my hand. "But you can't let a boy ruin your meticulously crafted image. Calm yourself and we will grieve in private. "

"good. We don't want that. " Is this how I comforted him after Peter last year? “Do you guys have fun Saturday night after leaving prom? What did you finally do?"

“We went to the park and gathered. Tyler surfing on the swing. "

"Sounds fun."

"That's funny. He almost ruined his tux. ”

I smile. “So, Tyler? Do you feel like you know Him better now? He looks good. "

He shrugged his shoulders. “I don't know. He's a solid B, but I still think I have a chance with Logan. He's a sure material. Don't you think? "

Logan. I vaguely remember telling her a month ago when no one had asked her to the prom yet that Logan was someone she had to go to. He was a star on the football team and did well in school. But then Tyler asked her and she seemed to like it so I thought she forgot about Logan. Seems not. “Logan has a chance. I'm thinking if you're having fun with Tyler, you should do it. "

“Not that important. We'll be going to college soon. " He bit his lips, smiled. “Then we will choose our college boys. College man. Much better than Bradley. "

"Good." I finished my granola bar and stuffed the wrapper into my backpack.

“Oh, by the way, my mother bought us doormats.”

“For our dorm?”

"Yes, I tried to tell her that our dormitory was inside the building and it wasn't like an apartment, but she insisted."

"What does it look like?"

“Get this. It says, 'I'm not a doormat.' "He groans.

I laugh. “Do you think he is trying to send a message to our future visitors or just trying to be funny?”

"I don't think he understands double meaning. I think he thinks the doormat says it's not a doormat and he thinks it's funny. "

“Your mom's funny.”

“My book sucks.”

“Among our two pairs of parents, we do not need to buy anything for our dorm room.”

I can't wait.

We stopped at the parking lot at the school. I immediately saw Laney and Jules walking towards where they had just got off the car. I strengthen myself. Jules had all weekend to analyze the prom. Surely he will find something damning.

CHAPTER 6

Laney and Jules joined us in the car.

"Gia," said Laney. "Breaking the tie."

"Good." I shouldered my backpack and closed the car door.

“Which building do you think is higher — Holiday Inn or Convention Center?”

“Um. . . What?"

“The boys were talking about one of the rappers. Hypothetically, of course. "

which “Holiday Inn? Beachfront or City Center? ”

Beachfront.

“Convention Center. Hands down. But Beachfront will be easier to rap without getting caught. ”

"See?" Laney said, pointing towards Jules.

“You act like Gia is the authority in building heights.”

Goody. I thought it was a fight between boys. I didn't realize that I was going to fight Jules. It seems like she was always on the opposite side of me whether I realized it or not. "But I could be wrong" I said. I never measured it. I walked towards the college, the others followed me.

I'll search on Google Jules said.

He keeps looking for things on Google to prove that he is right. The problem is that when he's not right, he gets very upset, as if we've personally opened Google and changed all the answers to oppose him.

He pulled out his phone. "Oh, and when I'm online, I want to leave a malicious message on Bradley's Facebook page about what he did to you. What's his last name again? ”

Here are — games. I was surprised he waited this long. “He's not on Facebook. After all, who uses Facebook? ” She's actually on Facebook, but there's no way I'm telling her that.

“So Instagram? Indonesia's? You showed it to me earlier but I don't remember the handle, "he pushed.

“We broke up, Jules. I don't want him to think I'm still hanging up. "

“But the message will be from me.” He held his phone like I was going to give him his social media information there on the way to class. I'm not sure if he thinks he'll find anything on any of those sites that incriminates me or if he knows he's not the person I claim to be. “Do you see the prom party photos I posted? It already has forty likes. "