Page 166 of Wrong Pucking Jersey

“It wasn’t that bad,” Clayton grumbles.

“Yeah, it was worse,” Felix acknowledges, and we laugh again.

“Felix, do you even lift?” Clayton calls out. “And Nurse Champion. No way do you lift.”

“I can hold my weight just fine,” Felix casually states, stretching his arms and putting his hands behind his back. “As for Dimi over here, he’ll be good. Have faith in him.”

“I don’t even have faith in my mom’s cooking,” Ethan complains. “I don’t think I can put my pride on the line with Nurse Champion.”

“Didn’t you see him running on the treadmill?” Sebastian acknowledges. “He has endurance.”

“Endurance versus being able to lift is two different things,” Clayton huffs.

“Just admit you’re jealous because they get to show off in front of Nurse Smoking Hot Johnson,” Knox brings up and has the others whistling. “Got a little crush, don’t you?”

“Sh-Shut up! I do not!”

“Right, right,” Knox brushes off, and Marcus walks over to pat Clayton’s shoulder.

“Don’t worry, man. Everyone’s crushing on our smoking hot nurse, but remember, she’s off limits,” Marcus reminds. “Unless Captain allows it.”

“Ohhh,” the boys join in, emphasizing Marcus’ point.

I roll my eyes.

“You guys are delusional if you think a guy can share his girl with anyone,” Jayce grumbles.

“Why is that?” I’m not the only one surprised by Dimitri’s words as he begins rolling his shoulders. “We’re in 2025. If a guy can share his girl with another, he’s confident as puck.”

“Confident? In what way does that make him confident, Champion? All he’s doing is whoring his girl around like the toy she is,” Jayce counters.

“If that’s your way of thinking, then you’re the problem,” Dimitri dares to say.

I’m impressed by how the Vipers back him up.

“So a guy can have multiple wives and be deemed a prideful man who can financially support having multiple women, but when a girl has more than one guy interested in her and willing to share, she’s a whore?” Felix sums up. “Hypocritical, if you ask me.”

“Right,” Clayton agrees. “I may not be able to share a girl I’m interested in, but I think it’s pretty bold to be able to do so.”

“Agreed,” others chip in before Dimitri answers Jayce’s question.

“If a guy is actually willing to share his girl with another, it means he’s confident as fuck. He doesn’t have a pinch of insecurity inside him that thinks he’ll be replaced by letting his girl be shared with another,” he reveals and dares to walk right up to Jayce.

Everyone tenses up when Jayce raises an eyebrow while looking down at Dimitri, but he seems completely relaxed in comparison to Jayce’s stiffness.

“Don’t you watch shows where there are gangs or motorcycle crews who have one girl that’s hands-off on everyone outside their crew? Did you think in those shows, it’s just the main leader of the crew who gets to date the girl?”

“Yeah. It’s painted as clear as day,” Jayce comments and rolls his eyes.

“Wrong,” Dimitri replies, and from the tone of his voice, I feel like he’s smiling. “Some of those movies just portray what society wants to assume. A lot of cultures, crews, and gangs share their girl because they can trust her to be their ride-and-die chick. Those women would love every man to the fullest and give them the compassion and affection each of them deserves without favoritism. I can talk about it all because it’s something I was intrigued by. Don’t mock something simply because you don’t understand or agree with it.” With a shrug, he turns away and walks toward the weight section.

“Let’s get lifting, shall we?”

“Only talking shit ‘cause you’re gay,” Jayce announces,

Everyone freezes.

“Jayce Winchester,” I call out, turning to face him with my hands on my hips. “You want to talk shit, do it by finishing what you started. Go lift and stop being a fucking dick.”

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