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when he
had those two around, but they both insisted he learn how to defend
himself and start lifting something other than school books. It
took some doing, but they finally managed to get his nose out of
the books and into the gym.
    “If he ever decides to put those fast hands
of his in a pair of boxing gloves,” Wade told Paul, “he’d be bloody
dangerous.”
    “He already is dangerous,” Paul answered on
one of those rare moments he was actually being serious. “The rest
of his body just doesn’t know it yet.”
    Other than that one, brief interlude of
giving Michael a compliment, Paul constantly complained about
Michael to Lucy. He told her that if Wade insisted on dragging that
geek along, he at least had to try to make him less ‘geeky’; he had
his own reputation to protect. Lucy just laughed.
    An outsider might have believed those two
were actually becoming friends, but Lucy was not an outsider, and
she fully expected that little house of cards to come crashing
down.
    Lucy knew how much Michael irritated Paul,
especially when Paul caught Michael staring at her. She didn’t like
the way he sometimes looked at her either, but she would be the
least of Michael’s worries.
    Paul had a nasty jealous streak, and even
Wade would not be able to stop him from stomping Michael into the
ground if Michael did not learn to keep his eyes to himself.
    Paul and Michael’s friendship, for the lack
of a better term, was putting extra pressure on her, and she did
not like it one bit. She had to be constantly aware that she did
not say anything to Michael that Paul might misinterpret.
    It was all quite exhausting, and even though
she was glad Michael was no longer subject to Paul’s constant
bullying, her life was a hell of a lot simpler when he was.

    CHAPTER 2 – Road Trip

    “Whose van?” Lucy asked as she threw her
duffel bags into the blue Chevy.
    “My sponsor family said I could borrow it so
we could come support our school. Team spirit and all,” Wade
smirked.
    Lauren spoke up. “Team spirit hell, you came
here to see tits and ass.”
    “Really? I didn’t even notice,” Wade’s smile
broadened. “There were Sheilas there?”
    “You didn’t notice?” Emma laughed. “Than why
were you tripping over your own tongues? The three of you looked
like a pack of dogs in heat.”
    They all laughed.
    “So, why are you driving?” Lucy asked Paul as
he slid behind the wheel.
    “He drove up, I’m driving back. Hey, Emma,”
Paul snickered, turning his head to the back seats, “what does a
blonde say after sex?”
    “What?” Emma asked, never knowing what lame
blonde joke Paul was going to come up with next.
    “You guys all play on the same team?” Paul
laughed.
    All three girls groaned and rolled their
eyes.
    “Speaking of playing on the same team,”
Lauren announced excitedly, “did you hear the latest about that
slut, Kelly Gets?”
    “What’s your beef with her anyway?” Emma
asked. “And why does everyone call her Kelly Gets? Her name is
Kelly Peterson!”
    “Oh, my God, Emma, I can’t believe you’re
that naive,” Lauren answered.
    “What?” Emma asked.
    “Gets, as in every boy ‘gets’ whatever he
wants,” Lucy explained.
    “Really?” Emma’s eyes opened wide in shocked
disbelief.
    “I heard she took on the whole football
team,” Lauren said with more than a hint of disgust in her voice.
Lucy shot a dirty look to Paul.
    “I never touched her,” Paul said defensively.
“I wouldn’t fuck that skank with Mikey’s dick.”
    “I wouldn’t let you,” Michael answered.
Everyone laughed.
    “Well, most of the team. Same diff,” Lauren
added.
    “Why would she do that?” Emma asked. “It’s
not like she’s ugly and couldn’t get a boy to notice her.”
    “My dear little Emma,” Lauren laughed, “it
has nothing to do with getting boys to notice her. Kelly Gets is
just a slut, plain and simple. And apparently, it takes a football
team to satisfy her.”
    “Wow,” Emma was