The Shane Game
Chapter 24
“I’ve already thought of
the perfect plan,” Ava said.
“What is
it?”
“Shane has so many
friends who will do anything for him. Everyone hates us and
there’s a strength in numbers that Shane has that we lack.
Shane can go ask one of his dumb friends to find out why
we’re always together, but we’ll just say it’s
because you’re my tutor. Shane will know something’s
up, but no one else will. And how does Shane explain to his
friends who think he’s so superior and confident that
he’s afraid of his ex’s? Afraid of his
ex’s that everyone hates! Someone will always have
Shane’s back and the thing is, we don’t.
That’s why we need to be here for each other, taking Shane
down.”
“And how exactly
are we taking him down?”
“Shane thinks that
you’re going to talk to him whenever he wants you to, yet
he ignores some of your texts. Am I right?” Ava asked.
Savannah nodded. “So give in. Make him think he’s
right. Play him just as much as he’s playing you. Only the
difference is, you’re going to win the Shane Game,
Sav. Here’s how we’re going to do it. Shane already
knows that I know he likes you. He freaked out when I brought it
up to him the other day. But what he doesn’t know is that
we’re in this together. We’re going to freak
everyone out, and start hanging out together, maybe even
hopefully, truly be friends. No one will know
what’s going on. Especially Shane. Soon he’ll know
we’re in this together, but he won’t know what to
expect.”
“So basically, the
two most hated girls in school become best friends, to become the
most powerful players in the Shane Game?”
“Exactly!”
Ava said, so happy that Savannah understood the first part of her
plan. “But that’s only step one. I still need help on
the rest of the plan.”
“What were you
thinking?”
“Shane can tell
you as many times as he wants that he likes you, but until he
proves it, he’s not getting anywhere. He thinks
you’re going to stick around so he can lead you on a leash,
tying you up to wait there for him until he gets back from
hooking up with other girls. Do you really think he’s going
to tell you about last night? No. Give him the cold shoulder and
act really annoyed. He won’t know why, and he’ll need
some help figuring it out. And who’s the middle man here
who’s friends with both of you? Me. I’ll basically
tell him that you’re really upset about it, and
that’s when he’s going to apologize,”
Ava said.
“But the thing is,
he’s still going to be getting with other girls. I’m
not stupid, I know he’s going to. After he basically begs
for my forgiveness and promises not to get with other girls,
we’re going to have to set up a situation where he’s
bound to get with another girl. And we’ll see if he tells
me or not if he got with the girl we set up as bait,”
Savannah said.
“Oh my God,
that’s perfect! We’ll get him alone with this girl
and make sure she instigates it. Whether he rejects her or goes
along with it, let’s see if he tells you about it,”
Ava said.
“Because that will
prove if he really likes me or not and means what he’s been
saying. But what girl can we get to be the bait?”
“I mean, he
was all over a bunch of girls last night. I’m not
just talking about hooking up with Willow and Autumn. You know
how when you’re high how it releases a lot of dopamine
which is the love endorphin? It makes people really hor.ny if
they smoke enough of it,” Ava said.
“How do you know
that?” Savannah asked, shocked that Ava knew of
psychological brain patterns.
“I’m not
dumb!” Ava laughed.
“I know,” Savannah
smiled. “But what was he doing?”
“He only went after the
pretty girls who of course didn’t care but he was grinding
with them, kissing them on the cheek, he even grabbed my bu.tt at
one point which is weird-”
“What??”
“Don’t worry, I
swear I didn’t do anything with him. I pulled away,”
Ava defended herself.
“No, Ava this is
perfect. Even if he was high, he still tried to do something with
you. You just said he only went after the pretty girls, and
let’s be honest, what guy doesn’t want to
get with you? It would be another reason for Shane to brag and
feel cool- you have to get with him!”
“You want me to
be the bait?”
“Yes!”
Note: "We're all part of
the same sick little games and I need to get
away."
Teaser: The sound wasn't him
recieving texts, it was notification's from Facebook of what
he could only imagine ended up
online.
