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Chapter 43

"It's wasn't my fault! How was I supposed to know that man was her boyfriend?" Sam complained as we walked into the empty lobby of the hotel around midnight. The six of us had decided to go play laser tag and Sam was hitting on this girl the whole time.

"The way his eyes were practically burning a whole in the side of your head. And the fact that he had his arm around her earlier." I pointed out like Sam was a dumb ass. He really was in all honesty.

Despite wanting to stay in bed with Finn all night, it was fun going out with these guys. They all knew about us is it was fine if we acted like a couple around them. Besides, Aiden and Jameson wouldn't talk unless we told them they could. They knew it was supposed to be a secret.

I knew there was someone else in the lobby when Finn's arm left my shoulders. I glanced up to see five guys from the Darien team lounging around the lobby. They had been undefeated four seasons in a row before Finn and Coach started winning the Championships instead. There was a lot of resentment since we took their throne four years ago.

Their faces hardened immediately when we saw them. We were supposed to play them for the first time tomorrow. It would be close and there was a lot of reputation riding on that game even if in actuality it meant virtually nothing. The five of them stood from their spots and approached us with hostile faces and crossed arms. One of the boys with black hair sneered at me.

"That's the bitch Jack got arrested for?" He snorted. "Definitely wasn't worth it for that pussy."

Immediately, my jaw tightened and my fists balled. I moved to take a step forward but it was unsurprisingly Jameson who grabbed my wrist from behind and gave me a look that told me everything I needed to know. A quick glance around would show you that there was no hotel staff nearby and that this could get ugly if I didn't keep my temperature in check.

Beside me I could feel the anger radiating off Finn's body and see how tense and ready for a fight his muscles were. He still had some common sense though, because he made no physical advancements.

"Team USA is making a huge mistake letting you and one of your fuck toys on the team." Another one barked at me.

"At least I'm actually on the team unlike some people." I retorted calmly. My voice wasn't raised as to not escalate the situation.

"Please. I'm sure you managed to fuck your way to tryouts. Now you've got all your little friends ready to defend you because they're just as whipped as everyone else." The blonde boy spat. I was used to their uncreative insults by now so I easily let it roll off my back.

The one with the black hair took a step closer but I refused to take a step back. "I wonder what makes you so special. If your tits are fake, your surgeon should have added more," Okay not true. My 32DDD is just fine thank you very much (which wasn't actually huge given the band size but that's besides the point), "maybe it's your fake ass. Seems large enough to distract from your shity lacrosse skills."

Finn took a step closer to the boy with the intense glare but I subtly held him back by the wrist. "Shity? You realize you're talking to the State Champions that beat you last year. I wouldn't be a starter if I was shity." I retorted easily. My body was calm but my mind was fuming.

The same blonde boy eyed Finn up and down with a smirk before turning back to me and leaning his face close to my ear. He spoke loud enough so everyone could hear him. His warm breath tickled my skin and made me want to cringe away from him. "Do you moan like a slut for Griffin, too?"

My blood ran cold when he quoted Jack perfectly. No one else knew the significance of what he had just said; even Finn. Finn only knew the gist of what was said, not the word for word quotes. Despite that, Finn opened his mouth to defend me and rip the blonde kid a new one but I beat him to it when I launched at him.