Quick! Hold My Hand!

“Piper, as great as a decision with would be; why me?” Jason asked, leaning against Piper’s headboard. Piper paced in front of him, still wearing the outfit from breakfast with employees.

“Everyone else is obvious. Plus people say we would make a good couple! Two birds with one stone.” Piper sat down next to him. She sighed, resting her head on his shoulder. The words she spoke were muffled by his shirt, “I don't want my mom to keep playing matchmaker.”

Jason tapped his fingers on her knee, contemplating. This would be beneficial to him, and Piper was right. He leaned sideways, making her head fall off his shoulders. “So what do I do, then?”

Piper looked up at him. Confusion made her eyebrows furrow and her mouth open slightly. He sighed, but Piper spoke anyway. “Just act like you want to date me.”
Jason blinked. How do you act like that? Always having his arm around her? Kissing? He couldn't remember how he acted when he dated Reyna, just that they were labeled a cute couple.

Was he a PDA guy? A subtle guy? Jason had no idea. He realized he looked confused when Piper shook him.

“PDA. You know. Like with Reyna?” Piper offered, but Jason was just as confused. “Have me under your arm, maybe a kiss on the cheeks every once in awhile?” Piper clarified. Jason opened his mouth to say ‘oh’.

That cleared it up. But he has a hard time believing he was like that. He was that handsy? Or he wasn't very handsy? Either way he was surprised.

A knock rapped on Piper’s door, and Piper pulled his arm around her waist. Piper’s mom threw the door open.

“Piper! I-” She locked eyes with Jason. He looked surprised, and Mrs. McLean looked between him and Piper. “Oh. I thought you were lying.” Mrs. McLean looked pleased.

“Mom.” Piper whined, “Is there no privacy?!” She put on a good show, almost hiding in Jason’s chest.

He changed the way his arm wrapped around her. It looked more protective in his head. It would take a while to get used to this. Acting like a couple, anyway.

“Sorry- I’ll leave you two.” Mrs. McLean left, pulling the door closed. He could see the crack of open air. Jason knew Piper’s mom wouldn't leave until she saw something happen. If he had to adjust it was right then.

First fake kiss happened. Caught Piper off guard, but she didn't act surprised. He could hear the door close, and he broke off.

“She wouldn't have left.” Jason sputtered. Piper laughed under her breath.


It was the laugh he made sure to hear. Though, his favorite was her full on no-shame laugh. Snorting and all. It was adorable. Plus, it was hilarious when she launched off the couch and onto the rug- laughing harder.

“You've got to practice faking it somehow. But, you need to change your contact name for me.” Piper reminded. Jason leaned back and pulled his phone from his pocket, going through his contacts


Beauty Zombie. That isn't something you call your girlfriend. Fake or not.

Lovely? Not him.

Dat ass? Piper would laugh, then kill him.

Babe? Maybe add a fire emoji. Good. That was simple enough. Though, it still did the job.

Piper laid on her back on her bed. Jason laid next to her, phone falling by his face. They looked at each other for a moment.

“Will this work?” Piper asked quietly, as if someone else was in the room.

“I hope so. I need to convince my dad, too.” Jason whispered back. They were silent for another minute, only their breaths making noise.

“My mom did seem happy that you were my boyfriend.” Piper looked up, her voice still a whisper. Jason let out a hybrid of a laugh and a sigh, which was just as awkward as it sounds. Piper couldn't help but laugh loudly, before clamping a hand over her mouth. Jason laughed too, feeling his face go red in embarrassment.

He remembered their friends. Jason would love to tell them this was fake, but it wouldn't do good. Everyone had to believe it. Leo couldn't keep a secret anyway, so it would be useless. Their friends would have to think it was real.

“We can't tell Leo that this is fake. “ Jason said. He was quieter, unsure if he was able to say it loudly. Piper nodded, hair moving on her comforter. She blinked slowly before getting up to lean on her side. She supported her head with her right arm, facing him.

“Yeah, he'd tell the first person he sees.” Piper said, just as quietly. Their silence was agreeance. Nobody but them would know it was fake. It would be risky, since it was hard to keep a secret anyway. Plus, how else would they know that they're fooling everyone. They wouldn't.

Jason knew he was in deep already. He kissed his best friend and had to act like he was dating her. Maybe more than just dating. Maybe he had to act like they were sleeping together. He could do that. After all, it wasn't like they hadn't.

He sat up, starting to go through the DVD case on Piper’s wall. As Jason looked at the titles, he dragged his finger across the spine of the case. None of the movies even looked good. They were romance or hardcore action. A few horror movies mixed in. Piper could stomach them, but Jaian always had to stay over after one. He wouldn't sleep alone in his room.

“What if we went out to a movie?” Piper suggest from behind him. That was a good idea. Something new, try out the PDA thing.

“Sure.” Jason shrugged, sitting back down on Piper’s bed. She had already unplugged her phone and dropped it into her purse. “Grab a sweater. You always get cold.” He reminded, and Piper rolled her eyes.

“I'll be fine, Jason.” Piper waved him off, tossing Jason’s jacket and keys at him. Jason caught them, slipping his phone into his pocket and carrying the jacket.

He followed her out the front door, though he knew the path by heart. Piper almost tripped on the rug, stumbling forward. She smoothed out her shirt as she regained balance.

“I meant to do that.”

“That's exactly why I'm dating you. Cause that was extremely sexy.” Jason teased, met with a light hit on the arm.

“Oh shut up, Jason.” Piper laughed, sliding out the front door.

Notes

The POVs should switch back and forth, jsyk

~Nova~