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I changed the subject so Eddy didn’t feel like he was in an eighteenth-century torture chamber.
“Yeah, it’s nice. Do you use shampoo?”
“I do, yes.”
“That’s nice!” Eddy exclaimed.
“It is.”
“I also use shampoo.”
“That’s excellent, Eddy.”
“Yes.”
“Do you have a hair fetish?” I asked.
“Oh, no. Not at all. That would be weird,” Eddy replied. His cheeks had returned to their natural color by this time.
“It wouldn’t be as weird as a foot fetish,” I mentioned.
“That is very true.”
“So, you don’t have a foot fetish either? I heard guys like feet,” I said.
“I do not have that. I don’t like feet like that. I also find that to be weird.”
“You don’t want me to stick my foot in your mouth, then?” I asked.
“No, not really.”
“Good. You passed the test,” I replied with a smile.
“What test?”
“The potential boyfriend test.”
Eddy made a small, audible squealing noise and almost fell out of his chair.
“Sorry… You said, what now?” Eddy asked.
“No, nothing,” I replied.
When the bell rang, I saved all my progress on my computer account and subsequently got up from my chair.
“I gotta get to sixth period. I’ll see you later,” I said as I happily skipped away.
When I glanced back, I saw Eddy staring at the floor. He appeared to still be in disbelief over what I said. I wanted to see his reaction. I liked him, but I knew that I needed to find out more about him. He was on the basketball team, but he was different. He was still best friends with Frankie, which was an immediate red flag, but I was blinded by my personal affection. I saw Eddy for what he was, and I’m still not entirely sure how I felt about what he did later on.
CHAPTER 10
JACOB
When we entered the Man Cave, we were left speechless. There were hundreds, if not thousands, of pictures of different types of pigs plastered all over the walls, computer monitors, and on the ceiling. There were also paper flags with the face of a pig placed all over. Carlos and I were irate. Manny was chill about the whole situation, but that’s his usual self. He began taking off the pictures and threw them into the trash can.
“That crazy stunt they pulled in the cafeteria, and now this? What the hell are we gonna do about them?” Carlos asked.
“Let’s clean up and go about our business,” Manny suggested.
