Seven Days
A ForWood Fic
Tyler Asshole Lockwood. Of course, asshole's not really his second name. It just suits him better. He goes around school with that quirky grin that says, "I'm the great Tyler Daniel Lockwood! Mess with me? I dare you."
"Pfft. Great Tyler Lockwood my ass." I thought to myself. Smiling inwardly for mocking him without him knowing.
"Smiling inwardly aren't we, Forbes?" Ugh. And the Devil arrives.
"What do you want, Lockwood?"
Tyler stepped towards me and said,
"Cmon, Caroline. You know what I want. Just one date."
God. And did I mention he's been asking me out since- well, since he knew what a "date" was? Yep. He's been ruining my every day since then.
I stepped closer to him. Putting only a little o distance between me and him.
"Tyler. Tyler. Tyler," I chuckled. Plucking the collar of his designer polo.
"I've said this a million times and I'm gonna say it again: No."
Looking straight to my eye, he asked genuinely, "But why not? I'm a nice guy. You just don't know me too well. You know, I'm not the jerk you think I am."
He held my gaze. Determined not to look away. Those eyes. Those beautiful, mesmerizing eyes. Wait- what was I thinking? Tyler doesn't have beautiful and mesmerizing eyes! Just brown eyes.
"That's not my point, Tyler. I just don't like you."
"Please, Caroline. What do I have to do to make you agree?"
"Nothing. Even if you bring me the moon, I'd still say no. You're just not my type." I told Tyler honestly. I stepped around him but he blocked my way.
"Did I ever tell you Lockwoods don't give up that easily? I don't give up that easily. One of these days, you'll be saying Yes to me, Caroline Lindsey Forbes."
I sighed and said, "Fine." This had Tyler's attention.
"Fine? You'll go out with me? Good! I'll pick you up tonight-"
"Lockwood, hold your horses! I meant. Fine, I'll give you 7 days to convince me in any way possible. One week. After the 7th day, if I say no, you have to stop asking me out until I rot six feet under in a casket. Understand?" I clarified to the dork who smiles at me right know as if he's at the top of the world.
"Yes, Forbes. We have a deal. You will say yes to me on the seventh day, Caroline. I bet both my Rolls Royce and Range Rover on that," He said arrogantly.
"Don't go betting that high, Lockwood. I haven't set my conditions yet."
"Oh, I already am. But if it means well, let's hear your conditions," Tyler mused.
"You might want to back out now, Lockwood. These are pretty hard to do."
"Now that you've actually given me a chance? Hell no! I'm doing this," he replied. Determined.
I eyed him meticulously and said, "Okay. So first, you have to stop acting like a jerk to everyone. Second, you have to stop bullying others. Third, at the end of your seven days, if I still say no, like I said, you have to stop asking me out until I die. And lastly, you have to stop being so arrogant."
He pondered for a moment and said, "That's it? I just have to be nice, unjerk myself, stop being arrogant and accept whatever your answer is by the end of the week?"
I nodded. "So are we on?" I asked.
"Oh, baby. We so are," he held out his arm, motioning me to shake on our deal.
I shook his hand. We both went our separate ways. He of course, was smiling like a total idiot.
I walked to my car and said said to myself, "What the hell did I just put myself in to?"
"Pfft. Great Tyler Lockwood my ass." I thought to myself. Smiling inwardly for mocking him without him knowing.
"Smiling inwardly aren't we, Forbes?" Ugh. And the Devil arrives.
"What do you want, Lockwood?"
Tyler stepped towards me and said,
"Cmon, Caroline. You know what I want. Just one date."
God. And did I mention he's been asking me out since- well, since he knew what a "date" was? Yep. He's been ruining my every day since then.
I stepped closer to him. Putting only a little o distance between me and him.
"Tyler. Tyler. Tyler," I chuckled. Plucking the collar of his designer polo.
"I've said this a million times and I'm gonna say it again: No."
Looking straight to my eye, he asked genuinely, "But why not? I'm a nice guy. You just don't know me too well. You know, I'm not the jerk you think I am."
He held my gaze. Determined not to look away. Those eyes. Those beautiful, mesmerizing eyes. Wait- what was I thinking? Tyler doesn't have beautiful and mesmerizing eyes! Just brown eyes.
"That's not my point, Tyler. I just don't like you."
"Please, Caroline. What do I have to do to make you agree?"
"Nothing. Even if you bring me the moon, I'd still say no. You're just not my type." I told Tyler honestly. I stepped around him but he blocked my way.
"Did I ever tell you Lockwoods don't give up that easily? I don't give up that easily. One of these days, you'll be saying Yes to me, Caroline Lindsey Forbes."
"Fine? You'll go out with me? Good! I'll pick you up tonight-"
"Lockwood, hold your horses! I meant. Fine, I'll give you 7 days to convince me in any way possible. One week. After the 7th day, if I say no, you have to stop asking me out until I rot six feet under in a casket. Understand?" I clarified to the dork who smiles at me right know as if he's at the top of the world.
"Yes, Forbes. We have a deal. You will say yes to me on the seventh day, Caroline. I bet both my Rolls Royce and Range Rover on that," He said arrogantly.
"Don't go betting that high, Lockwood. I haven't set my conditions yet."
"Oh, I already am. But if it means well, let's hear your conditions," Tyler mused.
"You might want to back out now, Lockwood. These are pretty hard to do."
"Now that you've actually given me a chance? Hell no! I'm doing this," he replied. Determined.
I eyed him meticulously and said, "Okay. So first, you have to stop acting like a jerk to everyone. Second, you have to stop bullying others. Third, at the end of your seven days, if I still say no, like I said, you have to stop asking me out until I die. And lastly, you have to stop being so arrogant."
He pondered for a moment and said, "That's it? I just have to be nice, unjerk myself, stop being arrogant and accept whatever your answer is by the end of the week?"
I nodded. "So are we on?" I asked.
"Oh, baby. We so are," he held out his arm, motioning me to shake on our deal.
I shook his hand. We both went our separate ways. He of course, was smiling like a total idiot.
I walked to my car and said said to myself, "What the hell did I just put myself in to?"
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Disclaimer:
1. Tyler Lockwood and Caroline Forbes are owned by L.J. Smith.
2. Then again, the plot's mine. Inspired by a dream I had last month. Special thanks to Isabella Calixto for urging me to continue this story. :D
3. The image above is from tumblr.
