Free 500 Days by Jessica Miller

most girls so I knew I
had a challenge ahead of me.
     
    Colton spent the rest of the week moping
around the house. He would text Declan almost every day asking her
if she wanted to meet up, but every time she said she was busy so
he took it as a brush off and gave up. I knew Declan and if she
said she was busy it meant she was busy not that she was brushing
him off. Tired of looking at his pathetic, puppy whipped face; I
took it upon myself to see what was going on.
    What are u up2 this
wknd?
    Family in town
    Next wknd?
    Busy
    If I didn’t know any
better I might believe Colt’s theory of you blowing him
off
    Is that what he
thinks?
    Pretty much
    Please tell him that’s not
it. I really am busy.
    He doesn’t know I’m
texting u
    Ok I’ll text him. thanx 4
the heads up
     
    I tossed my phone on the nightstand, happy
to help out my friend. I knew Colton would be pissed at first for
me for interfering but in time he would thank me. Declan and Colton
are perfect for each other. I would gladly do what I could to make
that relationship happen.
    I lay back on my bed resting my head on my
hands. I heard a celebratory shout and had a feeling Colton just
got a good news text. He came barging into my room. “She said yes.”
I smiled, glad to see him finally rid of that dopey lovesick
face.
    “ See, I told you she
would.”
    His smile dropped and the look on his face
told me I wasn’t going to like what was coming next. “There’s one
speculation. She asked if I didn’t mind if it would be a group
thing.”
    I sat up, resting my arm on my knee. “Group
thing in like, a bunch of people going out?”
    “ More like she was hoping
I had a friend who I could set up with one of her
friends.”
    “ No. I don’t get set up.”
I lay back down.
    “ Oh come on Cas. Do this for me.”
    “ Ask Greyson.”
    He glared at me. “Seriously, Greyson, we’ll
never make it past the appetizer. Casper please, it’s one fucking
night. You do this shit all the time. So you have to sit for a few
hours and actually have a conversation before you get into her
pants.” I cocked my head to the side, not amused. “And you’ll get a
free meal out of it.” He clasped his hands together begging me.
    I scrubbed a hand down my face and sat up. I
was tired of looking at the pathetic look on his face. “Fine, but
you owe me big.”
    “ Thank you, thank you,
thank you.” His goofy grin returned and he jumped up high-fiving
the door frame in excitement. I shook my head and lay back down.
The last time someone set me up it was the biggest disaster of my
life. So I swore never to let anyone do that to me again. I admit
I’m not picky, but I do have some standards - okay not really. I
guess I could do this for Colton. I mean, Declan was hot so I’m
sure her friend was too, but the fact that she needed to be set up
made me think she was a dog. I grunted and smashed a pillow over my
face. I was doing this for a friend. It was just one night and I
could deal with one night.
     

Chapter 6
    Alexis
     
    “ Who was that?” I asked
after Declan sat her phone down on the counter.
    “ Colton,” she
blushed.
    “ Did you finally say
yes?”
    “ I did.”
    “ It’s about time. That boy
was two seconds away from jumping off a cliff.”
    “ Oh stop it. No he
wasn’t.” She pushed herself off the counter and searched through
the fridge.
    “ So what made you finally
say yes?” I asked curiously.
    “ Well, I told him I would
go out with him if he agreed to make it a double date.”
    “ Who you doubling with?”
She stood up and looked up at me over her shoulder. “Declan, I
don’t have a boyfriend or a date to go with you.”
    “ I know that’s why I asked
him to bring a friend.”
    “ No, no way. You are not
setting me up with some loser.”
    “ Alex, not all of Colton’s
friends are losers.”
    “ Just for the fact you
admit he has friends that are , is a bad sign. Seriously, what guy can’t get a
date and has to be set up.”
    “ I