dogfight-e.d

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"mr dolan, would it kill you to at least pretend that you are interested in dawson's theory?" the biology teacher's voice snaps ethan awake from his daydreams. he sighs and nods his head at his teacher quickly to get him off his ass, ethan was never one to show much interest in his studies, his mind would always wander some place else, which was probably why he was failing almost everything. the teacher's dull flat voice begins to fade away again as he drones on about how what they're studying will be on the test next week but all ethan can think about was the conversation he had with grayson and his friends earlier that day. he's behind all his friends in terms of scoring with the most girls, its not that he cant get offers so why is he so behind?

he drums his pencil against his desk and slowly looks to the girl sitting next to him, the one who nate had hooked up with the night before, she's the usual generic type that guys pine after. long flawless hair, a tall and slim body clothed with expensive items, thin nose and plumb lips covered in gloss. ethan keeps his attention on her and she wraps a strand of hair around her manicured finger, her eyes quickly shifting from ethan back to the board. ethan smirks at the fact that he has caught her attention, its what makes him feel proud with himself. he decides it's time to raise his magic number. breaking his gaze from the girl for a moment, he rips out a slip of his paper and scribbles a note on it, sliding it over the desk till it reaches the girl. she picks it up and smiles at it, fancy having some fun after class cutie? xoxo. ethan gives her a wink as she nods as a response, she giggles at his actions that he had mastered by practising in the mirror several times a night, he had to get the popular fuckboy gimmick down to a t.

then minutes later after class has finished, he walks out of the janitor's closet, wiping her dark lipstick off his mouth and zipping up his pants. he didn't bother getting her number, not even her name because there was no point of it to him. no point in going back to an old screw because it wasn't about how many times he could have his way with a chick but how many chicks he could have his way with. his number had gone up but he was still too low to rival the scoreboards of his peers. he recites how he's going to word his hookup to his brother and friends when he sees them, he'll have to use expressions like "yeah bro she was gagging for it" or "damn the honey was practically begging for more" and lastly "she'll be sore for a few days now ive had her". on his way to meet his friends he sees her again, surrounded by a group of girls who flick their hair and turn their noses up at her. the kids at school were like a pack of wolves preying on rey, snarling at her and cornering her when she was vulnerable and alone, which was a lot. the alpha of the group, mikayla jordan steps forward and tugs at rey's wild hair laughing. "what the fuck is this gross shit on your head banks?" she sneers turning to her friends who encourage her attack with shrill laughter "why don't you give it a wash for once huh? try and tame that beast". "forget shampoo, that shit needs holy water since its fucking possessed" kyla's best friend or a more suiting label would be side kick, kelsey calemine copies her friend and wraps her hand around rey's hair and tugs her the other way. rey doesn't say anything in defence, she never has, she just shoves their clawing hands away and walks away as they laugh and throw harsh insults at her.

ethan shakes his head as he watches rey stumble into the girls room, probably to cry, "pathetic thing" he thinks to himself. ethan didn't think of himself as an asshole but his mindset towards rey's situation was if she didn't want to get made fun of everyday for her appearance then maybe she should put more effort into it. the other girls did, they got regular appointments at the parlour, shopped for the right clothes, worked out for hours on end at the gym and that's why guys went for them. so why couldn't rey be the same? be like everyone else?

he runs a hand through his tousled hair and walks over to join his friends, as rey sits alone in a cubicle, wiping salty tears away from her face and tugging at her hair herself wishing she could just tear every strand out of her scalp.

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"I'm so fucking bored guys" jake moans, laying back on his bed and staring at the celling, "same here bro" nate adds throwing his can of soda in the trash. "we need something to do" grayson decides and the others nod. they were bored, not just for that moment but in general and they did need something to do, something that could keep them satisfied for a long enough time. "anyone got any bright ideas?" ethan asks looking around at all his friends, they all think for a moment sighing, "maybe we could throw a party?" their other friend cameron suggests but the idea is quickly rejected. "I cant get the house free now my dad's home" jake scoffs "maybe something else....something we haven't done before", they all think some more. "maybe....we could have a competition or something?" grayson says slowly and the boys perk up at the idea. "like...a push up competition or something?" nate replies, grayson shakes his head, "nah dude I was thinking of something more long term". "how about who can take taylor caster's v card first?" cameron pipes up grinning like a cheshire cat, "sounds fun" jake inputs "but I hear shes saving herself for marriage and her mind is made up and I don't know about you guys but I aint looking to be weighed down yet...even though taylor is smoking".

they all go quiet for a moment longer, trying to accumulate good enough suggestions on how to spend their time. finally jake smirks, his eyes going bright, "what you thinking of jakey?" grayson asks him intrigued. "a little game we can play guys....a competition" jake tells them raising an eyebrow on the last word. all the boys stare at him, waiting for him to continue, "its a game that involves some ladies..." all the boys look at each other and smirk but jake shakes his head and laughs. "sorry to burst your hormonal bubble my friends but these ladies wont be like the gorgeous ones we've got on our list" he says and a confused expression falls on all the boys faces. "its a game I like to call the dogfight" jake announces with an over the top hand gesture, "dog...fight?" ethan asks tilting his head, "whats the aim of the game?" his brother questions a little more interested than ethan is. jake takes a deep breath and pauses for a moment for dramatic effect, "the aim is simple boys, we all go out and find the ugliest most dog looking bitch we can or she can just be a weirdo or something" jake begins and the guys grow even more puzzled than they were before, "then once we've got our girl we bring them to a gathering and whoever has the ugliest freakiest girl wins...hows that sound?".

the boys lick their lips and look at each other, taking in what jake has just said, it sounds interesting and fun. messing with some dumb unattractive hog sounds like something they could all get on board with. "I like it" nate speaks up first "I think we should do that", "same here" cameron adds smirking and grayson nods giving a curt "why not?" as his response. the only one who hasn't given his agreement is ethan. his brother and friends all turn to him with impatient expressions on their faces. "you in eth?" jake asks him putting his hand forward.

ethan thinks for a moment, turning the idea over in his head but clearly not enough since he doesn't see the harm with it. he smiles and grabs jake's hand, "hell yeah I'm in" he says confidently.