“We should probably wait on that. I need a little time to get over Brook,” I suggested.
“Besides, you’re not ready to settle down.”
“What high school senior is?” I asked.
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When we pulled up to the school, I saw Sun waiting for me. I’d managed to avoid her yesterday. It hadn’t been hard because we ran in different circles and didn’t have any classes together.
“Hey,” we said at the same time.
“I should have warned you about Sunday school,” Sun said.
I understood why Sun had invited me. The church encouraged the teens to ‘spread the word’ and invite others. I had no issue with that, but I did have a problem with the topic. It was like Sun had asked me there to be judged, or it was some sort of intervention.
“No, I get it, but that isn’t something I want to do.”
“It’s not like you can pick and choose what you believe,” she said.
I’d heard that many times and disagreed. God gave you free will for a reason.
“Sun, I like you as a friend, but I don’t think we’re right for each other as more,” I said, to rip the band-aid off this relationship.
“Is this because I won’t sleep with you?” she asked.
Sun looked like she was about to start crying. The worst part was that because of my morning ‘walks’ into school, most of the student body was out watching our little drama unfold.
“Could we take this somewhere more private so I can explain?” I asked.
“No, I agree. We aren’t right for each other,” Sun said, then twirled around and marched off.
Well, hell, that didn’t go well. This Valentine’s Day was off to a terrible start. It had to get better from here, didn’t it? In the back of my mind, I remembered a saying about how if you want to make God laugh, you tell him your plans.
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At lunch, everyone was sharing what they would be doing tonight.
“We’re going to the dance and then the party at State,” Jill announced.
I looked over at my dumbass brother.
“You better have bodyguards for this one,” I said, tilting my head towards his girlfriend.
“Why would I need bodyguards?” she asked.
“Because there will be drunk college boys there,” Wolf explained.
“We’ll be with him,” Yuri said as he pointed to Roc.
“Keep an eye on things,” I said as I looked Yuri in the eyes to let him know I was putting him in charge.
“We’ll be fine. Stop acting like my big brother,” Jill complained.
Phil looked torn, but he was too whipped to tell his girlfriend ‘no.’ Jill comprised a worrisome combination for the kind of party they were going to: hot, a flirt, and absolutely clueless that anything bad might ever happen to her.
I knew for a fact that Kevin, Luke, and Magic planned to get women drunk and spend some quality time with them. I worried that things would get out of hand and was regretting telling the guys about their party without me there.
Magic had called and let me know that it looked like a lot of people would be coming. My announcement on social media that I might attend had convinced the sorority Luke had been working on to come tonight. I would bet that they, in turn, would invite frat boys. Frat boys and college football players were a recipe for disaster, as far as high school girls were concerned. Even worse if the girls had been drinking.
“The word on the street is that Sun dumped you,” Gina said to change the conversation. “Do you have anyone lined up for tonight?”
Everyone turned and looked at me. I got the vibe that Gina asked that to see if I might take her out. That wasn’t happening.
“I’m going stag tonight. Who knows, I might meet someone hot.”
“Exactly how hot? Bang her against a wall because you can’t make it to the bed hot? Or merely take her home at the end of the dance when you haven’t found anyone else hot?” Tim asked.
I smirked because Tim typically played the straight man to Wolf’s comedy.
“Men are pigs,” Cassidy grumped.
“Hey, don’t include me,” Don, her wimpy boyfriend, said.
You know that sensation you get when the hair on the back of your neck stands up because your ‘spidey senses’ are going off? And you’re sure you’re being talked about? Well, that’s what I suddenly felt.
I looked across the lunchroom and saw Lisa Felton huddled with Sun, obviously getting the details on our breakup this morning. And by the guilty expressions on their faces when they spotted me looking at them, I knew I was right.
Lisa stood up and began to walk over.
I said a bad word.
“What is your problem … oh, shit,” Gina said when she saw who was walking our way.
“It looks like we have our answer as to ‘how hot,’” Cassidy said.
“Dude, that is a bad idea,” Wolf warned.
I put on my best smile and got groans around the table in response. Apparently, they’d all seen this car wreck before. There was something about Lisa that turned me on. It had been suggested numerous times that hooking up with Lisa was probably the wrong thing for me to do. The problem with that was we’d hooked up once, and let me just say, it had been spectacular.
