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cheated.”
    “ Pass it here.” Pike held his hand
out to take Logan’s controller, and I knew that I was stuck playing
the game with him.
    Logan passed it over, and we set
our characters.
    “ Where are the other guys?” Logan
asked.
    “ Picking up Lex. They said they’ll
come over too. They should be here soon.”
     
    My heart dropped. Carl would be
over, and he would make his dislike known as soon as he got
here.
    “ Let’s see what you got, dude.”
Pike said.
    “ You do realize I’m not actually a dude?” I said, slightly
annoyed.
    “ Yeah, yeah.” Pike said, dismissing
what he said, getting ready for our virtual battle.
    “ Game
on! ” the voice came from the TV and
Pike began pressing the buttons wildly, probably trying to prove
something because he was playing against a girl.
    In no time at all, the voice boomed
again.
    “ Winner!”
    Pike was worse than
Logan.
    “ Shit! That was my favorite
character too.” He complained. “Again.” He challenged, but it was
in vain.
    I beat him twice more when the
others came in.
    “ Somebody please beat Chase.” Pike whined when the others sat
down.
    Carl looked at me, and I knew he
wasn’t happy.
    “ I’ll go.” He said.
    If I thought he was unhappy with me
being there, he was furious when I beat him too; then Stu, then
Lex.
    Logan laughed at their disgruntled
expressions.
    “ Fuck, we should make a tournament
or something. Put money on Chase. We’d make a fortune!” Said Pike,
rubbing his hands together.
    “ You’re kidding, right?” said
Carl.
     
    Now that was something I would’ve said, more in
disbelief than anything, but Carl… He said it as if I were a joke. I
couldn’t stop myself before my mouth opened.
    “ What
the fuck is your problem?”
    I noticed Logan stiffen beside
me.
    “ He’s just pissed he got beat by a
girl.” Lex laughed.
    “ Fuck you, Lex.”
Carl spat. “I didn’t get beat by a girl .” He sneered at me.
    “ Watch it, Carl.” Logan said, and I
could hear the threat in his tone.
    “ It’s ok, Logan. His ‘manhood’
obviously feels threatened.” I said, holding my fingers up for
emphasis.
    Carl’s eyes bugged.
    “ I’m going to go before I do
something I won’t be able to take back.”
    “ Yeah? Like what?” Carl asked,
snarling.
    “ Like castrating you with my bare
hands.” I practically growled.
    “ Chase…”
    “ It’s ok, Logan.” I said before he
could stop me. “See you in school.”
    I walked out, the other guys not
saying a word; just sitting there in shock.
    *****
     
    I’d gotten as far
as the front door when Matt showed his irritating self.
    “ Going somewhere, cock-block?” He
asked.
    “ Home. Not that it’s any of your
business.”
    I moved to open the door, and he
stopped in front of me. I was already angry, and I felt it bubble
up, ready to explode.
    “ Not so fast.” He looked me up and
down, and I automatically curled my shoulders forward, pushing my
back out to hide my body. I didn’t like his eyes on me.
    “ Why don’t you
stay and keep me company? Maybe I can bring you out of that shell
of yours?” He said with a leering sneer.
    “ Oh my God!” I
burst out laughing, which confused the hell out of him. “Do you
even hear yourself? That was pathetic, Matt. Even for you.”
    I shoved him out of the way, my
catching him off guard by answering back allowing me to, and I
opened the door and walked out.
     
    “ What the fuck, Matt?” I heard
Logan shout as I was halfway down the path.
    The door opened, and Logan ran
towards me.
    “ Chase, are you ok?” He
asked.
    His hand reached to touch me, but
he stopped, as if realizing what he was about to do, and put it in
his pocket.
    “ Yeah. Nothing I can’t handle.” I
said with a shrug.
    “ I’m sorry about him.”
    “ He’s a douche.”
    “ About Carl too.”
    “ Another douche.”
    God, my language skills were
impressive… not.
    “ I can get rid of them, you
know…”
    “ No” I interrupted. I wasn’t