Game Set Match

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜɪʀᴛʏ ɴɪɴᴇ

Ryder Pov

I hid my body behind the lockers as Marley stopped Jo and asked her the reason why she refused to go out with me. I'm a good guy and I never got arrested. I like her because I know the real Jo not the fake one everyone knows.

I kept looking at them until Jo started walking away from Marley. Marley just half-smiled at me and started walking down the hallway.

"Marley, Marley, how?" I catch Marley's hand and bring her to the corner.

"She said that she doesn't want to hurt you. She always dumps guys and you are one of the good ones, not a jerk like she normally goes after. I can't convince her, Ryder. I think you should be the one to convince her." Marley half-smiled at me and walked away.

"I know that." I mumbled.

I don't know what to do. Should I be a jerk so she will go out with me? That's stupid, I never will be a jerk and I have never played a girl before. I like Jo because I know the real her.

I let out a sigh and hold my backpack then walk down the hallway again. I see Jo and Brady, the rugby captain, smirking at each other in the hallways.

Why does she still want to keep playing with those types of guys? Especially when I'm here, the one who loves her and knows that she is different. I trust Marley, Jo won't say no if she wasn't afraid of something and I guess what Marley said was correct since Jake told me the reason she became a player.

No, I won't give up that easily. I'm in love with the player. The one that everyone thinks is a player, hot and naughty. But the fact is she is just an innocent, funny, smart and clumsy girl. 

Jo Pov

I laid my body on my bed. I can't stop thinking about Ryder. I shouldn't do that to him, but I'm afraid of myself. I'm afraid that I will hurt him. He is too nice and I can't handle that.

"Oh Ryder, I regret saying no to you." Jake mocked me.

"Shut up dickhead!" I rolled my eyes and covered my face with my blanket.

"I'm renting this room to have alone time with Marley. So please please stay in the guest room for a while." Jake says to me.

I didn't answer him, I just kept laying on my bed and covered my whole body with my blanket. I can't stop thinking about Ryder and it is really killing me. I have never felt like this before even when I have dumped a guy, so why do I feel this way about Ryder.

"Jake, your friend is here." Mom shouts from upstairs.

"Coming!" Jake shouts and runs out of our room.

I was still laying down on my bed when I took my phone off the side table. I don't know if I should call Ryder and apologize to him because it was humiliating. But I don't have the guts to call him. Ugh I really don't know what to do.

"Wow, you have a basement bedroom." Marley and Jake walk in.

"Miss, I thought you already moved out." Jake gave me a sign to leave our room.

"I won't disturb," I simply said, taking my blanket and phone before climbing up onto Jake's bed.

"Are you okay, Jo?" Marley asks me.

"She regrets her choice in rejecting Ryder and now she can't stop thinking about him." Jake simply said.

"If you don't want me to disturb your date you better shut up!" I simply said and covered my whole body with my blanket.

I have to apologize to Ryder tomorrow. It was really humiliating and I shouldn't have done that. I should have said no when it was just the two of us and not in front of the entire glee club. Yes that's what I should have done, but there is no difference. Ugh this is so stupid.

Okay okay, the thing is I have to apologize to him. That's it and then go out with him. There is nothing wrong with going out with someone else. Besides, we are just friends and I wouldn't dump a friend. 

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