Page 47 of Hate the Game
“I slept with three men at the same time!” She groaned and then shoved two cookies past her lips. “I went to a party at their campus after the game and there were these three guys… They were best friends, I guess, and we ended up in one of their rooms. Drinking and teasing ended up turning into hours of sex and a bun in the oven.”
My mouth was hanging open, but I wasn’t sure I’d ever be able to close it again. Sweet little Blaire had a wild side.
“So if you think I’m going to judge you for hooking up with three guys, I’m not. I get it. I lost my virginity to three guysat the same time. I can’t judge. Not that I would, Vannah. Never.” She met my gaze finally and raised her brows. “Does that change the way you think of me?”
I choked as I tried to rush to assure her that it didn’t. “No! No, Poppins. I would never judge you. I do have questions, though…”
“I can’t give you directions for how to do it with my brother and his two besties, Vannah. Pretty sure that goes against every code of ethics ever. If it wasn’t my brother, I totally would, though.”
“I don’t want directions! I’m not going to sleep with them. At all, much less all together.” I had to be the color of the red line on my paper. “I was just curious.”
“Promise you won’t judge?”
I leaned over and grabbed her hand. “You’re my best friend on this campus, Poppins. Even after just a few talks. I won’t judge you. I promise.”
“Okay. Well, it started like this…”
***Jax***
“Man. Your dad needs to get laid or something. My thighs are on fire.” Cole slammed his locker shut and leaned back against it. “Is there something going on with him? I swear to God he hates us these days.”
I worked my stiff shoulders back and forth and sighed. “I don’t fucking know. I barely see him outside of practice and games.”
I could hear more of the guys grumbling about how hard he’d worked us and bit back my frustration. It was a painful spot to be in, stuck in the middle of the team and my father. I agreed with them. Dad had been an asshole. He was still my dad, though.
“Speaking of getting laid…” Danny came over and leaned against the locker next to Ryder. “What’s the deal with Savannah? I was thinking of asking her out. There was some talk about one of you hitting that, though. Any conflict?”
My jaw clicked with the force of my anger. My teeth ground together painfully but I didn’t have to say a thing for Danny to get the point. It was Cole who jumped into action to shut Danny down first.
He pinned Danny to the locker with his elbow in his chest. “Stay away.”
Danny snorted and pushed Cole away. “Jesus. You just had to say so, Cole. Seems like you’re on the same shit as Coach. You both need to get laid and fucking relax.”
Ryder caught Danny’s shirt as he moved to leave. “Let anyone asking know that she’s off-limits.”
I slammed my locker shut and shoved my hands through my wet hair. I was confused about what was happening and I didn’t like being confused. I jerked my head for Ryder and Cole to follow me as I made my way out of the locker room. I was so amped up that I didn’t make it very far before I turned on them with a scowl on my face. “What the fuck is going on?”
Cole faced Ryder with the same scowl. “I’m wondering the same thing.”
Ryder folded his arms over his chest and stared back at us with the same dark expression on his face as always. He also felt it as necessary to talk as he always did. Which was not at all.
“I know the score. I know why she’s here but she’s spent the most time with me and I feel like it makes more sense if the team thinks I’m with her.” Cole pinched the bridge of his nose. “It’s a little more obvious that she wants me.”
I snorted without meaning to. Both Ryder and Cole look surprised at the sound. “I think it’s more obvious that she wants me.”
“Yeah, right. She’s been seen all over campus with me.” Cole turned on Ryder. “And I suppose you think she wants you more than anyone else, too?”
He shrugged a massive shoulder. “You said it.”
I tugged at my hair and growled. “Let’s be serious. If either of you had witnessed the way she… If you saw how she looked at me, you’d know that it wouldn’t make sense for people to believe she wanted either of you.”
“You don’t have a clue what you’re talking about, man.” Cole laughed and then smirked when he saw the way the sound irked me. “She’s crazy about me. We’ve had some intense moments.”
Ryder’s arms dropped to his sides and I noticed his fists clench. “What’s that supposed to mean?”
Cass popped up from where she’d been sitting on the bench across from the locker room. None of us had even noticed her there. A wave of embarrassment hit me at being caught arguing over the woman who’d come to get us canceled.
“Are you three seriously fucking arguing over who gets to claimher?Over who she wants more? Have you forgotten why she’s here?” She threw her hands up. “Idiots. All of you. I hope you’re proud of yourselves. You’re fighting over a woman youknowwants to take you down. Honestly, I don’t even know why I fucking try.”
