Game Set Match

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜɪʀᴛʏ ꜱɪx

Ryder Pov

I am doing a work out with Jake in the boys locker room. I saw how Jo stared at my body yesterday and it makes me more confident with this Men of McKinley Calendar. I watched Brittany's talk show last night and Jo was the guest star and Brittany suggested something that I love. Even though I like her, I thought that Jo was gay but no.

"I'm thinking about naming my shoulders. You know, like The Situation has his abs? They could be my signature thing. One could be Smith and the other could be Wesson." I said to Jake.

"You name your arms after guns, not shoulders." Jake simply said.

"Shoulders are part of your arms." I protest.

"No, they aren't. They are part of your shoulders and don't pick a signature when you know that my John Hancocks are clearly better than yours." Jake says to me.

"No, they aren't." I shake my head.

"Do I need to humiliate you right now?" Jake stands up and takes off his shirt.

"Bring it." I grin at him and take off my shirt and show off our guns. "They are on fire."

"I am a statue." Jake says proudly.

"There's our money-makers." Tina and Kitty suddenly walk into the boys locker room.

"This is the boy's locker room. You can't be in here." I frown at them.

"We couldn't help ourselves. Your chick magnets drew us in." Kitty smirks at us.

"I wanted to talk to you about the concepts for your pictures. Ryder, you are February and July. I was thinking about heart boxers and a sexy Uncle Sam thing." Tina says to me.

"You're going to be June and October. June is a beach theme, and for October you're just gonna be holding a 'Jake-O'-Lantern' over your naughty bits." Kitty smirks at Jake.

"We are going to find Artie and tell him about his March sexy Leprechaun." Tina grins at us then walks out with Kitty.

I sit down on a bench and put on my shirt again. "I thought Kitty was going to jump you right in here." I chuckle at Jake.

"Dude, you want to know the weirdest thing? If a girl in the next room is into me, I can feel it. But since I've been with Marley, it's like there's not another girl on the planet." Jake says to me.

"Wow, that's hardcore." I said to him.

"Dude, I'm sorry. I try not to talk about her with you." Jake half-smiled at me.

"Why? I totally moved on. Alright you're really into her." I said to Jake.

"Then, the other day, we were singing this, like a romantic song together and then, right at the end, I thought that she was gonna say it to me." Jake says to me.

"Say what?" I raise my eyebrows. Jake only gave me a sign and I do understand what he meant. "Oh! Oh it. Wha-What would you have done?" I ask Jake.

"I would have said it back. I mean, that's the way I feel." Jake simply said.

"Then you have to tell her first." I said to him.

"Nah....I can't do that. That's terrifying." Jake shakes his head.

"Chicks dig hot guys who are willing to get naked for a calendar, but what they are really looking for is a guy who will get naked emotionally." I said to Jake.

"You said that to me but do you even have any guts to tell my sister that you are into her?" Jake raised his eyebrows at me.

"I was about to tell her yesterday but then Kitty took her away." I said to him.

"Then tell her again now." Jake says to me.

"Here is the deal, I will tell her if you wanna tell Marley about your feelings." I held Jake's shoulder.

"Fair enough." Jake nodded.

I nodded and walked to my locker. Yeah I will tell Jo that I love her and I'm into her no matter what I will take the consequences.

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