This is a finished story. Posting just a few pages to see what everyone thinks. Tell me if I should post the rest.
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CHAPTER 1
Chevonne Michaelson sat on the couch in the living room of the dorm room she shared with her roommate Katrina Wellsman not believing what she was hearing or what her roommate and her roommate's boyfriend Ashton Bishop III wanted her to do.
"Let me get this straight," Chevonne said switching her gaze between Katrina and Ashton.
"You want me to fly to London with Ashton, meet his family and pretend that Ashton and I are involved."
"Yes," Katrina said as if she asked Chevonne to something like this everyday.
Chevonne stared at her roommate wondering if she was losing her mind. Katrina stands five feet six and a half inches tall, weighed one hundred fifteen pounds.
Her eyes an amazing shade of blue shined like sapphire jewels and her straight, even teeth smile made up her beautiful facial features along with her small upturned nose.
Her flawless skin was darkened by the long hours she spent lying in the sun to obtain a tan. A tan that she sported year round and maintained by going to the beach or tanning salons when she was too busy to make it to the beach. Katrina's body was model thin.
When she and Chevonne first met she had small breasts, but with the help of breast augmentations her breast were now one size larger than Chevonne's.
Katrina said her small breasts made her feel off balance and insecure. Her larger breasts made her feel more balanced and better about herself. Katrina considered her body and her good looks to be her best assets.
They were what got Ashton to notice her and kept him interested in her. So she took real good care of them because she intended to hang on to Ashton Bishop III no matter what.
Chevonne couldn't understand why Katrina was asking her to pretend to be Ashton's girlfriend especially since she and Katrina weren't close. Heck they weren't even friends.
They had been roommates their entire time in college and hadn't said more than hello and goodbye to each other and that only happened when they bumped into each other in the living room. But for them the situation worked.
They weren't in each other's business and they never borrowed anything from each other. Not money, clothes nothing.
They were like two people who lived in separate apartments and in different worlds. They set up rules they could both live with and things worked out.
Now for the first time in the four years that they'd known each other Katrina was asking Chevonne for a favor. A huge favor.
"Why do you want me to pretend to be Ashton's girlfriend?" Chevonne asked Katrina.
"My parents think that Katrina and I are no longer seeing each other," Ashton said.
Chevonne gave Ashton a look that said 'and.'
"And I told them that I was bringing someone new home with me that I wanted them to meet," Ashton said.
"So call them and tell them you and Katrina have made up," Chevonne said. "Or go home alone."
"I can't do that," Ashton said. "My mother is a planner, a strict planner. She hates surprises. I told her I was bringing home someone new and she expects me to bring home someone new."
"Who were you going to take before?" Chevonne asked.
"A woman I met in a bar," Ashton said, "but it didn't work out," Ashton said.
"So take Katrina," Chevonne said.
"I can't go," Katrina said. "My family has made plans for after graduation that can't be changed."
"I don't feel right going to London as Ashton's girlfriend," Chevonne said.
"Why not?" Katrina asked. "Didn't you say that your parents were going on a cruise around the world after graduation and would be gone for months?"
"Yes," Chevonne said surprised that Katrina listened to her.
"Well, you'll be home alone," Katrina said. "Going to London with Ashton would allow you to travel, do some sightseeing and have some fun before you tie yourself down to a job."
"I don't like the idea of lying to your family," Chevonne said looking at Ashton.
"They won't know you're lying," Ashton said. "I'll tell them our relationship ended a couple of weeks after you return to the states."
"I don't know about this," Chevonne said. "Why do you want me to do this? I'm sure you have friends that'll gladly do this for you."
"That's why I'm not asking them," Katrina said. "I don't trust them around Ashton. Some of them have dropped hints that they would love to try and take my place and I'm not willing to give them a shot."
Translation: I don't see you as a threat to me.
"Ashton and I aren't friends either," Chevonne said.
"That's another reason you should go," Katrina said. "You understand that this is only temporary and I don't have to worry about you becoming attached to Ashton or him becoming attached to you.
Translation: Ashton isn't attracted to you and will never be.
"Please say you'll do it," Katrina pleaded. "It will help out both me and Ashton."
"How long will this trip last?" Chevonne asked.
"Until I come back from my trip with my family," Katrina said. "About two months."
"TWO MONTHS!" Chevonne screamed. "I can't be out of the country for two months. I've got to start looking for a job."
"I'll provide you with a position in my family's company," Ashton said. "We're always looking for someone in our computer department and hiring people fresh out of college is something my father's company has done for years and I'll take care of all your expenses while you're in London."
"Within reason," Katrina added.
"I'm not going to change who I am," Chevonne said.
"I'm going to pretend to be something that I'm not."
"You don't have to," Katrina said. "I wouldn't want you to change a thing about yourself."
"Okay, I'll do it," Chevonne said.
"Thank you, thank you," Katrina said throwing her arms around Chevonne.
"I told you she would do it," Katrina said to Ashton as they waited dinner to be brought to them in their favorite restaurant.
"You were right my love," Ashton said taking her hand, bringing it up to his lips and kissing the back of it. "I can't wait to see my parents face when I step off the plane with Chevonne on my arms. I can picture my mother fainting right there in Heathrow."
Katrina laughed when she pictured Ashton's mother fainting in the airport.
"And imagine the look on their faces when you tell them you're thinking of asking her to marry you," Katrina said.
"Mother will definitely faint when I make that announcement," Ashton said. "They might disown me."
"I'm sure they'll let you back in the family when you tell them you never intended to marry Chevonne and that you're actually engaged to me," Katrina said. "I'll be they'll welcome me into the family with open arms."
"Yes, they will my love", Ashton said. "I just wish we didn't have to announce our engagement to my family in this manner."
"We wouldn't have to if your mother didn't pick a fight with me the first time we met," Katrina said her eyebrows almost coming together as she frowned thinking about the first time she met Ashton's family.
"Saying that the Queen was a figurehead and not a true part of British government wasn't a bright thing for you to say," Ashton said.
"How was I to know that your mother is a distant relative of the royal family?" Katrina said.
"It also didn't help when you asked to be moved to another room until the one she put you in was finished being decorated."
"I apologized for hurting your mother's feelings but she doesn't seem to be the forgiving type and the room looked as if it wasn't finished."
"Asking her if she was going to a costume party when she came downstairs dressed for a night out with my father didn't improve the situation."
"Alright, alright," Katrina said. "I didn't make a good first impression on your mother. But when she meets Chevonne she's going to realize that I'm not such a bad person after all. I almost laughed out loud when she said she wasn't going to change who she is or put on any airs that she was going to be herself."
"I did too," Ashton said.
"She doesn't know that, that's exactly what we want her to do," Katrina said smiling, "be herself.
"Are you sure she's the right person for this job?" Ashton asked. "You said yourself, that you don't know much about her. So how do you know she'll behave the way we expect her too."
"She's black," Katrina said, "being ghetto is in her DNA. She'll be perfect for what we want. I just hope she doesn't go black girl on me when she finds out why we asked her to go with you."
"I'll protect you," Ashton said.
"I know you will," Katrina said leaning over to kiss on the lips. "I know you will."
CHAPTER 2
A week later after letting everyone know that she was going out of the country Chevonne along with her friend Evelyn met Katrina and Ashton at the airport. Katrina covered her mouth to keep the laugh that almost escaped her lips inside when she saw what Chevonne was wearing.
Chevonne's five feet seven inch, one hundred thirty pound frame was dressed in a pair of jeans, a T-shirt bearing the name of the college she attended and the school mascot emblazoned on the front.
Her dark brown almost black hair was sectioned off in medium sized plaits that hung down just past her shoulders. She carried eight pieces of luggage and a carryon bag.
"Stop it," Ashton said before making his way over to assist Chevonne, "you're going to give us away.
"Can you believe her?" Katrina whispered to Ashton he rejoined her after helping Chevonne check in her luggage.
"My mother is definitely going to faint when she sees her in that outfit," Ashton whispered back.
"The girl has no class," Katrina said looking at Chevonne with distain on her face.
"Everyone can't be you darling," Ashton said giving Katrina a kiss on the cheek.
"No, they can't be can they," Katrina replied.
"Who is that with her?" Ashton asked.
"I don't know," Katrina said, " probably one of her homegirls.
Ashton and Katrina started snickering.
