Chapter 14

"You were WHAT?" cried JT.

"HAHA! I knew that was you!" Shouted Haylie gleefully.

Chris stared.

"What the hell! How did you- What did you-"

Nine." The girls said. Jeremy shook his head.

(Dammit, Jeremy, I'm gonna KILL you! That was YOUR idea!)

(How the hell was I supposed to know that was Lexie? I'm not psychic!)

Chris just stared.

"So, Chris…how was it?" JT teased.

"It was…unbelievable," replied Chris, still half in shock. JT grinned wickedly. Jeremy poked him.

"Would you do it again?" he asked maliciously.

"Anytime…"

Lexie coughed. Chris looked startled at his own words, almost like he didn't remember saying them. "I didn't mean that the way it sounded-" he said hurriedly.

"God, Chris, you are an animal! In front of the whole class, too…" said JT. Haylie smacked him. Hard.

"OW! What'd I say!"

There was a moment's silence in which the two boys stared at their feet as they walked, Jeremy scuffing the dirt almost angrily with his shoe. JT interrupted the quiet with a rueful:

(He got to ride her, man…that's not fair…)

(Lucky bastard. If I'd known…)