Chapter 27: Chapter 27

/Amber's pov/

At lunch, I couldn't chat to Mike much since we were both seated at the same table and everyone wanted to speak with him. "Do you have a secret girlfriend, then?" One of his pals, Tim, inquired, his face set as though he didn't believe him at all.

"Yes," Mike replied, his face beaming with pride. I flushed like mad every time he glanced at me, and I was sure someone would notice.

Rick grinned, "She must be one attractive lady to have tamed the beast into settling down."

Mike smiled, and his gaze shifted to me for a brief moment. He firmly said, "She is the sexiest thing alive, guy."

“Really? "Is she a hot fuck?" Rick inquired as he ate his lunch.

"Dude, truly," Mike smirked, "I'm not going to answer anything about my lady."

Rochelle flirted, sliding her hand down his arm, "I think I could blast her out of the water."

He burst out laughing. "You wouldn't stand a chance, believe me." My girl is beautiful on the inside and out." Mike grinned as he shrugged and pulled his arm away. The females at the table were all aww'ing and ahh'ing. I smiled and made an attempt to eat my meal. I felt Kate's gaze on me, so I turned around to see her, who was beaming from ear to ear. I laughed as I rolled my eyes at her.

Jake smirked and said, "He hasn't slept with her, she believes in no sex before marriage." I stifled a chuckle. Had Jake truly believed him this morning when he told him that? Everyone screamed and turned to look at Mike, who was beaming ear to ear.

"There's no such thing as crap!" "You haven't had any sexual relations with her?" Rick inquired, his tone skeptical.

"No, I haven't, but that's none of your concern." Mike grinned as he shook his head. "I'm sorry, but I have to go." I need to discuss practice with Coach." He stood up with a shrug. Half of the lads followed him out the door.

As soon as he left, the females began plotting and strategizing. They were desperate to find out who the mysterious female was, so they each pulled out twenty bucks and placed it in the centre of the table. I was perplexed when I glanced at them.

With a grin, Jessica replied, "So, the next female to nail him gets the pot."

I let out a gasp. “Seriously? You're betting on who'll sleep with him next after he says he has a girlfriend and isn't interested? What if his girlfriend follows suit and sleeps with him?" I inquired, surprised. I can't believe these females are putting their money on someone having s*x with them! It's a competition, dammit!

"Well, she can win if she puts in her money, but she's clearly not giving him what he needs." He'll stray at some point. I promise that the next person to nail him will not be his girlfriend. He can't wait any longer. Right, no sex before marriage! We're talking about Mike here." She smiled as she rolled her eyes. She was very confident in her ability to win.

Then I had an idea, so I took a twenty from my wallet and tossed it on their pile. "You're the one who's going to get him, right?" With a smile on my face, I inquired.

"You're correct!" "As if you have a chance, Emo!" Jessica sneered at me angrily.

"How much does the winner get?" I asked, oblivious to her scorn.

She went through the money in the pile and counted it. "Well, there are two hundred and forty people here right now, but if word gets out.... well, I'm not sure.... the last time we did this, it was for Chris." It reached up to 620 dollars, but Mike is considerably hotter, and he seems to be untouchable, at least for the time being." Jessica chuckled as she folded the money and slipped it into her pocket, scribbling the names of the contestants on a piece of paper. I grinned, thinking to myself, "Wow, this is going to be easy money." Kate couldn't stop giggling.

"Are you going to participate as well?" Jessica kindly asked of Kate and Lucy.

"No, not me, "I'm not going to stand a chance." Kate laughed and shrugged.

Lucy handed her money to Jessica. "I'm all in." "Who could say no to all that free cash and the freedom to sleep with Mike?" Sarah wondered. I grabbed the arms of my two friends and hauled them out of the lunchroom to our next lesson.

After school, I had to stay around and wait for Jake and Mike to complete their hockey practice. I crept inside the rink and hid in the back to avoid being seen. We were not permitted to enter during practice because their coach claimed that females were distracting the players. I like watching their hockey games because of the way they glided over the ice so quickly and beautifully.

They were performing sprints just now, skating as quickly as they could from one line to the other, then dribbling a puck around a bunch of cones, and lastly taking turns shooting at the goal, with my brother trying his best to keep the pucks out. He was a fantastic goalie, but he simply played for the joy of it. Mike , on the other hand, had been granted a full sports scholarship to one of the country's most prestigious universities. He wanted to go pro, which he seemed to have a good chance of achieving since scouts were all over him.

I found myself staring at Mike as he skated. I'd seen him do it dozens, if not hundreds, of times before, but there was something special about it. My breath was taken away by him. I was watching his feet, his shaggy brown hair blowing in the wind as he skated, and the ice spraying up as he came to a halt. And, of course, I couldn't help but notice how insanely gorgeous he was in his outfit.

As soon as practice was over, I slipped back out and waited by Mike's vehicle for them to shower. As I stood there, Lucy approached. "Hey, girl," she chirped, her joy visible in her hopping up and down.

"Hey, Lucy. What's up? What exactly is going on with you? Has it crossed to you that you haven't been sniffing those plants lately?" I was playing a joke on her. A continuing joke between Lucy and her friend, who had purchased some 'herbs' from her and had them lit in their room to purify their aura or something like that. It had turned out to be weed, and she had gotten high while sprinting down her neighborhood, half n**ed, while contacting everyone she knew to come witness the parade on her cellphone. She was never the same after that.

"Ha ha! That's hilarious! Rather, I just talked with Ashley, who informed me that the pot for Mike's ass has increased to $1860! Is it possible to believe that? In that case, I'm going to give it my best effort when he gets out of practice," she remarked, hopping on her feet and looked around for them.

I was on the verge of choking. $1860. Was it some kind of joke? Wow, what a disaster! That means that over ninety females will be begging my man for sex and presenting it to him on a silver platter, and I'm terrified of letting him touch me at all. Maybe this isn't going to be as entertaining as I had hoped.

The guys emerged from the shadows around five minutes later. "Hello, Mike. "Wow, you smell nice," Lucy said, leaning in close to him and purring softly at him.

A startled expression was on his face as he stared her in the eyes. I had to bite my lower lip so hard to keep from laughing. "Hello, Lucy. Listen, you may not have been aware, but I have a girlfriend, so......" he trailed off, shrugging his shoulders.

"That's OK; I'm not opposed to sharing," Lucy murmured, squeezing his chest to bring him to a halt in front of her.

He seems rather irritated. "Lucy, in all seriousness, I'm not interested, all right." He took her hand off him and stepped inside the vehicle, frowning.

I sheepishly smiled at Lucy, who seemed to be a bit dejected. "That's twenty dollars I'm never going to see again," she pouted.

I chuckled. "Hey, if I win, I'll refund your twenty." As I hopped into the vehicle, I winked teasingly at her, making her giggle.

Today was one of Jake's working days, and Mike dropped him up to the gym where he worked Monday through Wednesday nights. Mike would then generally drive me home. "Shit, guy, I believe I've been sexually assaulted more times today than I ever have. What the devil is the point of that? I told them that I have a girlfriend, and during the day, individuals have pleaded with me to fu-" He quickly stopped speaking, his gaze fixed on me in the mirror, as if he had spoken too much. I grinned, because he had no clue about a hundred eager females were attempting to sleep with him for a wager! "What's so amusing, Angel?" he said in the mirror, lifting his eyebrows at me.

"Would you want to know why you've received so much additional attention today?" Smirking, I inquired.

"Yes," he said, his face somewhat worried.

Jake shifted his gaze to the front to look at me. I grinned. "Well, there's a bet among the ladies about who can sleep with you first. The first female to successfully seduce you wins the pot. "It's quite a bit of money," I remarked, grinning. Jake broke out laughing, and Mike was so taken aback that he almost veered the vehicle into the opposite lane.

"What are they doing?" "Do they not realize I have a girlfriend?" He screamed, clearly enraged. Jake seemed to chuckle even more as a result of his fury.