Chapter 3

"It's okay," I said to Marcel as he looked down "It's not your fault."

"But how about your suspension? Your requirements?" Marcel said as I looked down and covered my face.

"I don't know," I said in a frustrated tone "I don't know..."

"I-" Marcel sighed "I'm here if you need help in passing the requirements," he said as I looked up at him.

"No, Marcel you don't have to--"

"It's the least I can do after all you've done to stand up for me." He said handing me my books which I dropped earlier due to frustration.

Marcel then stood up and started walking away.

"Marcel?" I called out.

"Yeah?" He stopped and turned around shyly to look at me.

I then gave him a warm smile and said "Thank you."

He then returned the warm smile and headed off.

-At Alison's home, 7:37pm-

"You got what?!" Alison exclaimed as I kept on being dramatic about my suspension.

"I don't know what to do anymore! What if I won't be this year's class valedictorian? Or even the salutatorian? What if I can't go to Yale?" I said slowly tearing up as Alison comforted me.

"Shh, you will hon, don't worry," she said hugging me and stroking my hair. "You have a 3.85 GPA so don't worry about it."

"But Marcel," I said pulling away "He's got a perfect 4.0 GPA! How am I supposed to beat that?!" I added losing hope.

All of a sudden, Alison's face lit up.

"Wait a minute," she said "I have an idea."

"What is it?" I said as she grinned at me.

"Why not get closer to Marcel?" She said which made me stare at her blankly.

"What? Why?" I said.

"Why not fake date Marcel and get him to do your requirements for you? After all, he's running as batch valedictorian and it's not impossible for him to like you." She said which left me in confusion.

"Ali! You know I'm not that kind of person!" I exclaimed slapping her shoulder.

"Okay then just get closer to him," she said frustrated "But fake dating him is more effective." She added raising her eyebrows as I think carefully until her mom called us.

"Girl! Dinner's ready!" She said so we both went down to the dining area to eat even though I'm not in the mood to eat.

Should I really do this? I mean, I really do want to become the batch valedictorian for this year and get a scholarship for Yale or Oxford but I also don't want to hurt or use Marcel for it. But still, he told me he'll be there if ever I need help in the requirements right?

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There you go loves! Hope you liked this chapter :)) It's a bit dull but the next chapter's pretty exciting I tell you ;) Pretty please don't forget to vote and comment LOVEYOU!

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