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Chapter3: Game's afoot

The Next Day...

-EV-

"You okay, Ed? You look a little down."

I sighed, "Sorry, Ronnie, didn't get much sleep last night."

My old bully chuckled, "Ooh! Did you have a good time?

I blushed "Oh, it's nothing like that, I

He patted me on the back in the way Derek sometimes (rarely) did.

"Hey, What are best friends for?"

I laughed at that.

Honestly, who would've thought that the guy who tormented you in middle school would now be one of your best-est buddies? And yet here we were, hanging out together by my locker.

Suddnly, the front door burst opened and Lizzie came charging in with Michelle in tow.

"Edwin! Ronnie! We need to talk to you in private."

I groaned; she really did love to make an entrance. Sometimes, she's so much like her sister, I almost feel like Derek. It felt like every pair of eyes were on us. Ronnie led the way to the now-empty gym. He shut the door tightly and turned around.

"All right, what's the problem?" He asked.

Michelle spoke, "It's my boyfriend, Teddy. I can't help but get this feeling that he's involved with another girl. Everyday, after lunch, he comes back to class very late, and every time, there is this funny look on his face."

Hmmm, this sounds suspicious – Wait, wait, wait, she's dating Teddy?

"Wait, wait, wait... you're dating Teddy?"

"Uh, yeah..."

I gaped at her and completely missed Lizzie's warning.

"I-I'm sorry... I guess I'm just a little surprised. Why are you dating him? I mean, Teddy's not exactly known for his fidelity, you know?" That was the understatement of the century, he makes "Triple D" Derek look like a saint. Figures that kid's always trying to steal my brother's thunder.

"Ed-win!"Lizzie growled.

Michelle's cheeks turned red. "Maybe this was a bad idea,"

"No! Ed will help us ... Won't you Edwin!"

Oh god! There are precious few things that can have me shaking in my shoes; angry Lizzie was one of them. The way she was glaring so fiercely at me... it was both frightening... and downright sexy.

"Yes, of course!" I squeaked, "How can we help?"

"I want you guys to tail Teddy, "See where he goes everyday."

Ronnie nodded. "Alright, we'll look into it, but we don't work for free," He chuckled, "Not even for ex-girlfriends."

I rolled my eyes,

I better explain: when I was a happy seventh grader, I was dating Michelle. Meanwhile, I had asked Lizzie to intimidate Ronnie with her Tae Kwon Do Moves. Well, I guess he was actually rather impressed because the next day, he asked her out.

Lizzie sighed, "Fine, name your price."

"Let's see, how 'bout 40 dollars? 10 dollars up-front."

Lizzie narrowed her eyes. "That's a lot."

He shrugged, "Hey, there's no such thing as a free lunch. Good service comes with a price. So how 'bout it?" I rolled my eyes.

"Don't worry, Shylock, you'll get your pound of flesh."

Ronnie laughed, and rubbed his hands together gleefully.

….Later at lunch...

We found Teddy sitting at the tables with a bunch of his friends.

"There he is," Ronnie said. We sat a couple of tables away from our target who was still oblivious to our presence."

Suddenly, Teddy stood and left his friends.

I smirked, "Let's go."

We stood up and followed our mark. Down the hallway he went, stopping in front of the girl's bathroom, and as we hid behind a row of lockers, he stopped, looked around nervously, and then walked in.

"Whoa, did you see that?" Ronnie breathed, "Good thing he didn't see us. This is gonna be interesting."

The old clanker rang just as we managed to squeeze into the janitor's closet across the hall. There we waited, our ears peeled for any sound.

Suddenly, there came the sound of a door opening. Ronnie and I peeked out the door just in time to see a girl enter the same bathroom.

Minutes passed, and there was silence for a moment.

Then, just as I was about to say something, there suddenly came strange sounds … strange, yet oh so disgustingly familiar.

"Ugh!" I wrinkled my nose in disgust; it was the gut-wrenching sound of public fornication.

"Oh my god! That little whore!"

There was nothing we could do to drown out the moaning. It seeped from the bathroom walls and invaded our ears. It was worse than amateur porn. We sat in that crucible with our ears covered, Ronnie laughing quietly to himself. Fifteen minutes later, all sounds ceased and then Teddy came out with a big fat smile plastered on his face.

"Jeez Louise!" I sighed, "I'm sure glad that's over."

Eh heh, famous last words! As I was about to open the door, the pit-pat-pattering of footsteps echoed through the empty hall, and another boy came lumbering down the hall.

"He's not…"

The boy entered the girls' bathroom.

"Oh fuck!"

All too soon, we were once again subjected the un-silent treatment.

Five excruciating minutes later, the boy came out, a waddle in his step. One look on his face told me everything: he looked as though Christmas came early this year.

Ronnie laughed. "We better go before there's more."

I blanched, "More!"

We got out of that janitor's closet as quickly as we could. Ronnie chuckled as we ran. "Wait 'til Lizzie hears about this! She's gonna be pissed!"

….LM...

"WHAT!"

It was afternoon, and Ed, Ronnie and I were walking down to our last classes.

"Oh that skanky little bitch," I rubbed my temple, "Listen. I want you to find out who the hell this girl is."

Ronnie nodded. "Sure, I've got some connections. I'll see what I can do."

"What about Michelle?" Ed asked

We stopped at the classroom door.

"Well, I'm going to tell her right now. After all, she is in History with me." Ronnie said, "No doubt she'll want a piece of Teddy's behind. Later!"

"Bye!" we chorused.

I sighed and snuggled into Ed's warm arm.

"Hey, what's up?"

"Nothing. Just a rough day."I said, "Tanya, she's troubled me for the past six years."

"What is it this time?" He asked.

"She's trying to get the others to vote me off the team."

"Again, why?"

I shrugged. "She knows about us. She tried to convince everyone else that I was a freak for dating my step-brother."

Ed kissed kiss hair. "Don't worry about it. The team wouldn't kick you off just for this. Freak or not, you are indispensable out there!

"And besides, she's just jealous that she doesn't have a Venturi hang on her shoulders."

Oh god! I rolled my eyes "Shut it Ed, your ego is as big as your brother's"

He chuckled. "Oh, but that's why you love me." He bent down and pressed his lips hard onto mine.

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