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“Called him out on his shit and the fact that he fucked up.”
He pinches his brows slightly. “How’s that?”
I really don’t want to tell him that Aura doesn’t really have a boyfriend. Not anymore. Because that would mean she is free to date whoever she wants. My stomach sinks when I imagine another man caressing her soft skin, but I shake it off. I really need to get laid.
“If you want to know who Aura’s now ex-boyfriend was, now you do.”
“What? Who? Johnson?”
“The one and only. She just caught him with his tongue down a cheerleader’s throat.”
He shakes his head. “That fucking prick.”
“I said the same thing to myself when I found out. He should have told her and not let her find out how quickly he moved on and ghosted her. Now we have a reason to really kick their asses tonight. Get the team up to speed. We are going balls to the wall tonight. No exceptions.”
“You got it, St. Claire.”
Chapter eleven
Aura
“Did you see that?!” Exie says in excitement. We are sitting in the corner of the bleachers as far away as we can from the students at Spencer Academy.
I stand up with my hands covering my mouth. “Oh my god.”
Kalum just sacked Marcus on the field like a rag doll. Marcus takes a minute to get up.
At first, I was worried that Kalum hurt him. I don’t want to see him hurt even if he hurt me because I’m not the type of person that likes to see others suffer. It sucked to see what I felt all along and Kalum’s words regarding Marcus coming back to haunt me.
He moved on with Melissa and when I saw Gina, she wouldn’t acknowledge me. She miraculously is now on the cheer team with Melissa. The betrayal stings at how little I meant to them. Melissa never liked me and would always try to flirt with Marcus.
It is weird that I don’t feel jealousy, but I feel hurt. He was not only my boyfriend, but he was also like a best friend, and would always tell me he would wait until I was ready. There were many times I told him that he didn’t have to be with me if he felt he needed to date other people. I’m not naïve to think he didn’t have needs, but he assured me he was cool with it.
It makes sense now why she was always trying to flirt with him. He was probably sleeping with her behind my back and who knows how many other girls he’s been with. They must have been laughing behind my back.
Gina once told me I should sleep with him before he found someone else, but I couldn’t act on it. It didn’t feel right with Marcus and I’m glad I trusted my instincts. Mom always told me when the right person comes along you will feel it. You would know. If you make the mistake of losing your V-card to someone who wasn’t worth it, then the next time you decide to sleep with someone make sure they are worth it. She would tell me it happens. She would tell me stories of her other friends back in high school and college but most importantly to practice safe sex and not fall pregnant. If the guy is the one and you know deep down he is perfect and treats you right, you would know.
My father wasn’t her first, but she said she wished she would have waited and not feel pressured to sleep with someone just because people or your friends were hooking up with guys. I took her advice and trusted my feelings and how my body responded.
Sitting back down on the bleachers, Exie leans next to me. “Did you see it, Aura? They have already taken out four guys on the field. There is no way Spencer Public High will win this game. St. Claire has been a beast on the field. The man can play.”
“He is very good,” I say. I mean it. Kalum is very good on the field. The best I have seen in a long time.
In that moment when Marcus finally shakes it off and can finish the last minute of the game. Kalum looks up and scans the stands until his eyes find mine. Marcus tilts his head in the same direction and looks over at Kalum. He shoulder checks him and Kalum loses it, tackling Marcus to the ground. Kalum lifts Marcus up like he weighs nothing and slams him down on the ground.
“Oh shit,” Exie blurts.
Whistles sound like an alarm going off from the referees as they charge the field to stop the brawl as more players begin to go at it taking their helmets off.
Standing quickly on my feet, not believing they are fighting like animals, I ask. “Is it always like this?”
“Um, no. This is really bad and not to say it’s your fault, but this isn’t about the game.”
“I didn’t do anything. What could they be fighting about?”
She rubs her lips together and places the strands of her short black hair behind her ears. “Looks like he is defending you. Why else did he look this way and your ex-boyfriend shoulder checked him making Kalum lose his shit. It could only mean one thing, it’s about you.”
Watching Kalum going ape shit on Marcus makes me wonder why he would do it. Why would he care? They finally break all the players, and they go to their respective sides to finish the last-minute of the game. Looking at the score, there is no way Spencer Public High will be able to win. They are losing 54 to 17.
