"You know he had the opportunity to go to another school, on a full ride scholarship but he chose Halliwell after you and your brother chose it, even though it was only a half scholarship. He claimed it was to be close to home, but I knew he was lying."
She shrugs when she sees that I had no idea. "God, you really were in your own little head." She laughs as she shakes her head, "And then you went and slept with the one person Asher hates more than our father."
"I didn't know they hated each other. I knew our schools were rivals."
"If you had been paying attention, you would know that Dain and Asher have a reigning rivalry just between them two after Dain broke Asher's collarbone in a game two years ago, pummelled him against the plexiglass."
"That's how he was injured?"
She nods, "It's also how your brother got suspended for two weeks, because he returned the favour."
"What caused the rivalry?"
"You really don't know?"
"Know what?"
"Harlow started it because she was bored, would manipulate Dain to do it while she tried to nurse Asher back to health each time he was injured. It's a game to her. She's a raging bitch and Dain is her loyal lap dog."
"Do you think she knew about Asher liking me?"
"She dated him for a few months, the girl would be dumb to have not noticed and even if I don't like her, I can't claim she's stupid."
"And Dain does everything she asks?"
Charlie nods.
"You know Dain was the one that approached me, asked me on a date and complimented me. He would take me for breakfast,bring me coffees in the library when he knew I would be studying." The more I think about it the more it makes sense.
"Do you think they planned it, for Dain to sweettalk his way into my life, for me to sleep with him, for Asher to find out, for it to be posted on that stupid site, all because Asher liked me and Harlow is obsessed with him?" I blink a few times and look at Charlie. "Do you think she was trying to get Asher to hate me or stop liking me by having me sleep with someone he hates."
"Probably, I wouldn't put it past her. She's quite conniving."
"Well, it backfired so I hope she enjoys her sad excuse for a life with Dain Chambers. And I hope she never orgasms again, although I guess that's hardly a hope when she's dating Dain. The guy couldn't cause an orgasm if it was a big red button that said, 'push here'. " I say snarkily, looking at Charlie as she grins like a cheshire cat.
"Well, I agree, wholeheartedly." She laughs low under her breathe, "And what site are you talking about?" She says worriedly and I realize she doesn't know about the site either. My stomach drops at the possibility that her encounter with my brother could be splashed all over it just like my life was.
I grab my phone and pull up the site, inputting Justins name but the site declines entry.
I furrow my brow. "It's a stupid ranking site for the two hockey teams to win a pissing contest. Points are gathered with sexual acts. It's dumb and disgusting."
"And your name is on there?"
"Dain." Is all I say, and she nods. I try Justin's name again, but it doesn't work. "Argh."
'What's wrong?"
"The login is the name of the person who tops the leaderboard, Justin was the login yesterday but it's not working."
"Just hockey players?" Charlie says as she brings up her own phone and looks up all the names of our teams' players.
"And Dains school." I supply.
"We'll go through all the names until it opens, one of them has to be at the top."
So, we do, entering every name until only two remain and my stomach is filled with a riot of nerves.
"Asher." Charlie says her head whipping to mine. "He wouldn't." But she doesn't sound convinced.
