just by looking at you. You’ve been checking me out this whole time.”
Sadie folded her arms and looked at me critically. “Well, I do like your eyes,” she said. “They remind me of Aaron’s. Also, you look enough like him that you’re decently good looking. As I learned last year, though, the copy is never as good as the original. Especially when the copy has a major attitude problem.” Her eyes flickered down for a moment. “Plus, I’m pretty sure I heard a rumor that you’re not very big where it counts, if you know what I mean. Yeah, from the soccer girls I think.”
Now I was extremely irritated. I pulled out my phone and began typing a note on it.
“What are you doing?” Sadie asked.
“I’m writing down the list of girls you mentioned,” I said. ”Alyssa, Olivia, Darcy, Morgan... I’ve got a pretty good memory when it comes to girls.”
“And what do you think you are going to do with that list?” Sadie said.
I smiled at her. “I’m going to have sex with everyone on it,” I said.
“Uh, no you’re not,” Sadie said firmly. “If I find out you’re trying to have sex with any of those girls I just mentioned I’m going to tell your brother. Then I’m going to make that rumor about the size of your you-know-what comes to life. I’m pretty well respected around here when it comes to boys. The girls in this school will believe me.”
I clenched my jaw in frustration. I wasn’t afraid of the rumors Sadie might spread. Those were easy enough to disprove, and I could certainly disprove them, but Aaron... for some reason the thought of him getting angry and disappointed with me always irked me. I was still mad that he had called me yesterday just to give me a lecture. He was my brother and a cool guy, at least most of the time. I had picked up because I half thought he was calling to congratulate me and half because, well, getting a call from Aaron was a rare occasion. I didn’t think he was going to yell at me.
“Okay, it was good seeing you. I need to get to class. Be a good boy,” Sadie said in her annoyingly superior voice. I don’t know why I had ever thought she was hot. I must have been even drunker than I remembered when I kissed her.
After she was gone I looked down at my phone. Nine girls. If Sadie actually thought I couldn’t have sex with them all she was an idiot. I was sure I could bed whatever girl I wanted. If she was going to make a big stink about sex, well, maybe there was a way for me to get around that. I hesitated for a moment and then titled the note “The Hookup List.” A hookup could be something as simple as a make-out session. If the girl wanted to turn it into more than that, well, that wasn’t my fault. Sadie had just said that I couldn’t try to have sex with the girls. She hadn’t said anything about stopping them from trying to have sex with me. Nine... that wasn’t a great number. I could do better. If Sadie could get 11 guys, I could certainly get 11 girls. After considering it for a moment I added “El Diablo” Carly to the list. Hooking up with her was sure to infuriate Sadie.
I had one more spot to get to 11. Only one name came to mind and I instantly knew what I needed to do. It was time to show Aaron that he was acting like a jerk and set him free so he could actually live it up in college. He would thank me in the long run. I added one final name to the list: Sadie Anderson.
Chapter 3 – Making Enemies
I was late for my first soccer practice of the season but I didn’t really care. Sure I had also missed all the summer practices with the team, but I was good. Ridiculously good. As soon as the coach saw me play he would let me come at any time that I wanted so long as I played for him.
I recognized several guys as I walked down to the field. The joker Noah Cafferty was taking shots on net while Dylan Myers, my brother’s replacement as captain, jogged around the field with several other guys to warm up. Coach Hayworth was