say yes, please

“You want me to what?” Malia asks as soon as Kira stops talking.

“Can you pretend to be my girlfriend for a couple of weeks while my grandmother is in town? We’ll pretend to break up as soon as she leaves. "Kira pauses for a second. "This sounds ridiculous, forget it. I’m owning up.”

She turns around to leave the coffee shop Malia works in, it’s a small place that’s empty at 9 pm. Kira had spent the day trying to gather the courage to ask Malia for a favor and now she realized it was probably the worst idea she had ever had.

“Kira,” the blonde girl calls her. She sighs before facing her again. “Why are you asking me to help you with this? Why not ask a guy?”

“Because every guy I know is dating someone? Scott is dating Allison, Stiles is dating another guy we know, Derek, and Isaac is dating Derek’s sister. And I don’t know Boyd well enough to ask him. Not that I would because his relationship with Erica is probably known out of state. I could ask one of the guys from lacrosse but uh, I’m not gonna do that, half of them are total jerks or gay.”

“So you decided to ask me to be your fake girlfriend?” Malia asks, incredulous.

“I know it’s stupid but could you do it for me? I’ll help you with your art projects for the rest of the semester.”

“The rest of the year,” she remarks. “And, you’ll be my model for my photography class.”

“I have zero talent for modelling, that’s probably a bad idea.”

“It would be suspicious that I don't have my girlfriend in my photos, wouldn’t it?”

With a groan, regretting every decision that led her to this moment, she agrees.