Page 18 of Celebrities Don't Date Bookworms

Nope, try again

Zesty

Hmmmm

Can I get a hint?

Sharky

Quit texting, and focus Luca

Tis Moi, Luca

Hypocrite

And hint: we only moved in together recently

Not Zesty

Luca stop telling them so much

And focus

Tis Moi, Luca

Take five, Zesty

Not Zesty

LUCA JUDE

Tis Moi, Luca

Ooooh full first name, got to go

I laughed to myself as I readLuca’s message. I liked that he hadn’t immediately removed me from the chat like the others wanted him to, but it also did leave me with more questions than answers. Who were they, and why wouldn’t they tell me immediately? What was this secret that they had to have a meeting about? Why did they live together if they weren’t siblings? They were all hopefully questions I would get answers to in due time…, but I wasn’t exactly known for my patience.

The boys didn’t get back to me for a while, and the longer I waited, the more my anticipation grew. What was this big secret that they were so concerned about? It had to be something good if they were this nervous about telling me. My phone didn’t buzz again until I was home and sitting on the couch, some mindless reality show playing on the TV to distract me.

Group name:I promise this isn’t a group chat, Dad

Members:Ni-Ni, Bay, Sharky, Tis Moi Luca, Zesty, Not Zesty

Tis Moi, Luca

Okay we have deliberated, and come to a decision

We’ll tell you our secret if you tell us your name

I stared at the message for a few seconds until I feltlike it was imprinted on my mind.If you tell us your name. There were a couple of possibilities here. The first one was that this was still part of some long-standing ruse that was making less and less sense by the second. The second was that they genuinely had no idea who I was, and they wanted to figure it out, but my name would be of no benefit to them if they didn’t know me at school, right? Had I unknowingly tipped them off to something I didn’t want them to know by mentioning that I went to Summerfield? They seemed like nice people in this chat, but people could easily hide their true intentions behind a screen. Look at me, pretending to be confident and cool on here when in reality, I was an insecure mess. If they figured out who I was in real life, there was no telling what they would do.

Zesty

No can do on the name

I don’t know you well enough for that, y’know?

I waited for one of them to answer with bated breath. I didn’t know why I was so worried about what they were going to say in response; it wasn’t like I actually knew them. They couldn’t do anything to me. The worst they could do was kick me out of the group, which would just make everything go back to the way it was 48 hours ago. I should have felt relieved by the idea, but instead… all I felt was sadness. How had I gotten attached this quickly?

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