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“Gah!” Sophie yelled. “I forgot that he liked that!”

“Sophie!”

“I’m sorry! Wait, there’s Liam!”

We ran over to him.

“Liam, can you please stop this somehow?” I asked.

He looked at the guys fighting. “Yeah...no. I’m not getting in the middle of that.”

“Liam!”

“Mom and Dad will kill me if I come home with another black eye.”

Wait, really? I didn’t know he’d gotten in trouble after his boxing match.

The music cut out.

I turned around to see Axel standing on top of a table. He put his fingers in his mouth and whistled. “Anyone still fighting in five seconds is cut from the team,” he said very calmly.

“Can he do that?” I asked.

Sophie shrugged. “I have no idea.”

But the threat was enough.

Jacob, Leo, Eli, and RJ all froze. William did too. And he looked the most disappointed.

Axel jumped off the table, like that was the end of that.

Jacob slowly stood up. He grabbed RJ’s arms to help him to his feet too.

Jacob spit some blood out onto the floor. “Stay away from my girlfriend, Leo.”

Leo turned to me. “Tell him...”

“Leo, can I please talk to you in private?” I said.

“Not happening,” Jacob said.

Okay then... I looked around. I hated that everyone was watching.

“I’ve got you.” Sophie ran over and got the music to start up again.

I walked up to Leo. “I’m so sorry. But I’m still with Jacob.”

“Seriously, babe?”

Jacob shot him another dirty glance.

“I’m sorry,” I said. “We...um...we worked it out.”

Leo looked at Jacob and then back at me. “But you love kickers.”

“No, I love Jacob. I’m sorry about all of this. I really am.”

“But what about last night? We had such a good time.”