Chapter 5

Teddy just lay in bed, replaying his text-versation with Tori in his head. That was a close call. He should have just told her that the boys were talking about video games or Megan Fox. Oh well, it was over now.

Becoming fed up with doing nothing, he started listening to other peoples conversations. He over heard Scott and Adam debating Halo 2 vs. Halo 3 (stupid...besides everyone knew Halo 2 was the best), Josh and Darren were wrestling on the ground (that, or having a tickle fight, it was hard to tell), and Chuck and Mitch were bragging about who-knows-what in the corner to a group of wanna-bes. Curious, Teddy nonchalantly slinked over to the man-pow-wow.

"Getting with chicks is easy. Just shoot them a smile, wink and BOOM...they're hooked," Chuck bragged, leaning back and placing his hands behind his head. The circle of boys nodded in understanding. Teddy scoffed inwardly. Only cheap annoying girls fell for that crap.

Mitch laughed and said, "Every girl except one...Nickels! HAHAHA this guy totally blew it with her!" he pointed a finger at Chuck. Chuck punched Mitch in the arm and said,"She's just playing hard to get. You'll see, within the next few days, she'll be another check on my list," Chuck's "list" was a list of the girls Chuck had gone out with.

Teddy was furious. No way Tori could every fall for a bag of crap like Chuck. Chuck didn't deserve someone as amazing as Tori. She deserved someone who knew her favorite song (currently, Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen), her favorite food (pepperoni pizza with m&ms), or even her favorite flower (forget-me-nots). She deserved someone who knew all that, and who knew that she was terrified of thunder storms and that she loved to watch old episodes of Saved by the Bell just to make fun of Mario Lopez's hair. She deserved someone who knew her better than anyone, someone who'd known her forever. Someone like...Teddy.

It suddenly dawned on him. The only right guy for Tori was himself. They were perfect for each other, weren't they? there was only one way to find out...