The Shane Game
Chapter 33
“What did he say??”
Savannah opened the door for Ava and let her into her house. Ava
had walked straight from Shane’s house to Savannah’s,
eager to tell her the new information that she’d
learned.
“He thinks
I’m on his side and that I’m going to help him get
you!” Ava said.
“Why would you
tell him that??”
“Because,
Sav,” Ava said, as if it were obvious. “I could spend
more time with him, get him to trust me, and then boom. Hook up
with him.”
“This is
perfect,” Savannah smiled. “He’s never going to
even see it coming.”
“I know,”
Ava smiled. “And I don’t know if you’re going
to find this creepy or sweet but guess what?”
“What?”
“I was looking at
the pictures on Shane’s living room and kitchen walls and
there was this one picture-”
“The teletubby
one?” Savannah laughed.
“No! It was a new
one….you were in it,” Ava said.
“What?”
“It was Shane
holding you in your Cinderella dress on Halloween as he was in
his suit. You’re laughing and holding onto him and
he’s looking straight into your eyes and you could just
tell, he really liked you,” Ava said. She felt
awful knowing that not even one month later, she ruined that.
“Why is it still
hanging up?” Savannah asked. She remembered when Mrs.
Palmer took that picture and said it was her favorite one of
them. Savannah never really thought of it, but she would’ve
assumed that Shane made his mom take it down.
“I have no
idea!” Ava said. “I’ll try to find
out.”
“Do you think he
still likes me? Like, as much as he says he does?”
“Honestly, I have
no idea. The way he talks about you and the things he says make
it seem like he truly does, but you and I know the best not to
trust Shane. And as much as this is going to hurt you, I need to
tell you. He-”
“Had s/x with
Lexi,” Savannah said sadly. “I know.”
“How?”
“I heard so many
people talking about it. Even Lex herself with Paige and
Tiff.”
“Why didn’t
you text me?”
“I don’t
know,” Savannah said. “What were you gonna do? Yell
at him for it?”
“I’m
sorry,” Ava said. “But if it makes you feel better, I
think Shane regrets it. He talked about it a little with me and
he didn’t want you to know because he knew it would upset
you.”
“Did he find out
why I’m mad?”
“Yeah,” Ava
said. “I made it perfectly clear for him.” Savannah
laughed, only being able to imagine what Ava had done.
“And he still
hasn’t even apologized. Maybe he’d rather be with
Lex,” Savannah said. “Or Willow. Or Autumn. Or any
other girl but me.”
“Believe me Sav,
Shane is going to get with as many girls as he can. But
there’s one thing that he can’t resist, and
that’s a chase. And if there’s one thing he
can’t stand, it’s losing. Don’t give
up now.”
“Why?”
“Because
you’re winning.”
Note: "Never impressed by me
acing your tests."
Teaser: "Just find a girl tonight, hook up with her, and
then tomorrow move on to the next," Shane
said.
