Page 50 of My Fake Relationship With the Popular Boy
“I have a car.”
“I know but didn’t you leave it at home while you were out of town for half a week?”
“No, I got permission from the school to leave it in the parking garage while we were gone.”
The school had a parking garage where students were allowed to park during the day, but you had to get special permission to be able to leave your car there overnight, let alone for three days.
I considered his offer for a moment. It would be a lot faster to drive than to take the bus and since he was offering anyway, there was no reason to say no, right?
“Yeah, a ride would be great,” I said. Then I frowned. “But, uh, do you know where I live? Because I’m pretty sure it’s on the opposite side of town than you.”
I only threw in the “pretty sure” so he didn’t think I was a creep for knowing his address. I’d only been to Jaxon’s house a handful of times, all of them for the yearly end-of-school pool parties he liked to throw.
“You live by Eli, don’t you?” he asked. I nodded. “Yeah, that’s no problem. I drive by there all the time.”
I was surprised he knew that, although it did make sense that Eli might have mentioned it at some point. It was for the best that he knew it, anyway, since that was a reasonable thing for people to expect my boyfriend to know.
“Let me just say goodbye to Madison,” I said. I left my suitcase with him and walked over to Madison, who was standing off to the side and texting someone.
“Hey, Vi!” she said when she saw me approach. “Do you need a ride? My dad’s on his way.”
I shook my head. “Jaxon is going to give me a ride but thanks. I’ll see you at school on Monday?”
“Yep!” She threw her arms around my neck in a hug and squeezed. “Have fun with Jaxon! I want to hear all about it.”
“He’s just giving me a ride, Madison.” I laughed. Well, more like wheezed, because her hug was suffocating me a little. “Not that interesting.”
“I know, I know.” She pulled back. “But you guys might talk about something interesting! Or hang out this weekend.”
“Well, thanks for thinking ahead,” I said. “See you later.
She nodded happily. With one last wave, I walked back over to Jaxon.
“Ready to go when you are,” I said, bouncing on my tiptoes.
“Perfect,” he said. He grabbed the handles of both of our suitcases and began walking down the path that led to theparking garage, which was conveniently located next to the bus bay.
“I can take my own suitcase,” I said. “You shouldn’t have to pull it.”
“I don’t mind,” he said.
His jeep was pretty close to the entrance of the parking garage, so it wasn’t a long walk. Jaxon put all of our stuff in the back while I waited by the side of the car for him to unlock it. When he did, he also came around the passenger side door and opened it for me.
“I can open the door myself, thanks,” I said.
“I’m just being chivalrous, like a good boyfriend,” Jaxon said. He tilted his head back and forth a couple of times. “And I’m also a little worried you’ll have trouble getting in since it’s so high.”
“I am not that short!” I said indignantly.
He ruffled my hair. “Whatever you say, short stack.”
I rolled my eyes but I did take his hand while I was climbing in because it was probably less embarrassing to take the help in the first place than to try, fail, and need the help for a second try. Jaxon closed to the door for me then walked around to his side. I watched bitterly as he climbed in with ease.
“Hey, don’t worry,” he said, noticing my expression. “Sabrina can’t get in without help, either. Eli has to help her every time.”
I laughed at the mental image of that. Sabrina was even shorter than me, so I could only imagine how hard it was for her to get in.
“I guess it’s a good thing she and I both have tall boyfriends, then,” I joked. My mouth snapped shut immediately after the words came out. Would Jaxon find it weird that I just called him my boyfriend when it was just the two of us around? I didn’t even say fake boyfriend or anything. But Jaxon didn’t seem to notice anything wrong with what I’d said. He just laughed along.
