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Chapter 28
Matt
My mouth goes dry as my eyes stick to my cell phone. Izzy and her friends turn a corner, so I don’t see her anymore, but that picture is enough to send a shockwave through my system. Even if I wasn’t a secret nerd and had no idea who X-23 is, the image of her licking that fake blade would be enough alone to send me into high gear. No, not just me, any guy. She’s wearing a small little black tank top, or maybe it’s a sports bra. Whatever it is, it reveals that soft, tan skin underneath. With the top and the tight black jeans, she’s posed in a way that it gives her an incredible hourglass figure. The first thing I do is save the picture and then place it as my background. The app icons cover it, but it’s too good to just be kept saved away in a pictures folder.
The next day, we have our whipped cream pie contest. This one isn’t a doubles game, but rather guys versus girls. The winning team gets an addition five votes for each member, so Yvette and Sarah are hounding the rest of the girls to do well as they sit at the table.
Each couple sits across from each other, and I look at Izzy with a smirk, to which she smiles back. I didn’t say much to her in class. I thought about bringing up the fact that I saved the picture she sent me as the wallpaper on my phone, knowing she’ll probably get embarrassed, but figured I’d save that tidbit for another day.
Greg stands at the end of the table. For this event, we’re all organized in the quad area.
“All right, here are the rules,” Greg says into the megaphone, announcing to everyone looking on. “Each court member has a whipped cream pie sitting in front of them. On the bottom of the plate, is a piece of bubble gum. Each person has to eat the entire plate of whipped cream, using only their face, no hands. After the whipped cream is gone, then they have to chew the bubble gum and blow a bubble. Once they do that, the next member can start on their plate. The first team that finishes gets the five extra votes each.
Izzy and I are near the end of the table, in the fourth spot. Franco and Jen are the last team members.
“Okay. Ready? Set? Go!” Greg yells out, and Yvette and Oscar dive in since they’re the first couple.
“Remember,” I call over to Izzy. “No hands.”
She shoots me back a flirtatious smile. “I thought I proved to you yesterday; I don’t need my hands.”
“Touché.” I clear my throat before biting the inside of my cheek.
Oscar finishes blowing a bubble and Sam starts in on his plate of whipped cream. Yvette finishes her bubble and Natalie starts next for the girls.
Sam plows through the plate, getting whipped cream everywhere, making our team laugh and cheer him on. I’m happy that Sam isn’t too embarrassed about being on the court. Despite some of the small jabs Natalie has taken at him, he seems to be enjoying it. Plus, all his friends from debate and chess were around yesterday and today, cheering him on.
Sam finishes quicker than Oscar, blowing his bubble and Bret dives his face right in to the plate of cream. Natalie’s still trying to finish her plate when she finally finds the bubble gum at the bottom. She starts chewing on the gum, but Bret has already finished his plate and is chewing his own piece of gum.
“Hurry!” Yvette screams, and Natalie finally blows her bubble, allowing Sarah to dive into her plate.
But Bret’s already blown his bubble, and I’m digging into my whipped cream. I glance over and see Sarah still eating. I finish my plate of whipped cream and find the gum.
Looking up, Izzy is grinning from ear to ear, watching me. I chew the gum a couple more times and see Sarah get to her piece finally. I deliberately lick my lips at Izzy. Her smile’s still there, but her eyes narrow at me. Blowing my bubble, my eyes never leave hers, until the bubble pops from too much air and Franco dives into his plate.
I bob my head a little, whipped cream dripping from my chin. Sarah finally blows her bubble, and Izzy starts on her plate. Her hands come loose from behind her, and she puts them on the table.
“No hands!” I yell at her through laughter.
“I know!” she yells back without looking up.
Franco has nearly cleared his plate of whipped cream when she finally gets to the bottom and finds the gum.
“Go! Go! Go!” Yvette screams again, but it’s no use.
Franco starts chewing his gum at the same time Izzy does. He blows his bubble first and she follows close behind, but Jen still has to finish her plate.
Greg blows a whistle. “And the winners? The boys’ team!”
Yvette scowls through her whipped cream face but everyone else is laughing, even Sarah.
“Aw.” Jen frowns. “I didn’t even get to try.”
“I can get you a little messy if you want,” Franco says. She beams at him, wiggling her brows.
Izzy raises her eyes, looking over at me as she gets up.
“Nicely done, man.” Carter walks over, slapping a hand on my shoulder.
