Mutual Hatred - Love Game by Ruth Houston Read Free Book Online

time."
    "Why are we obsessing over this? You told me you didn't care about him."
    "And I don't!" Shelley said defensively, "I'm just telling you what happened! You're the one who is making this a bigger deal than it should be."
    "Right. Well what else is new?"
    "And you know what else he did?" Shelley surged on, "The team went out for breakfast at IHOP and he like..bribed the waitress to put shaving cream on my crepes instead of whipped cream!"
    "Did you eat it?" Taryn asked eagerly.
    "Hell no. I switched plates with Brandon," she said smugly.
    "And Brandon ate it? What did he do?"
    "He ran around in circles like his ass was on fire," Shelley said sarcastically.
    "Really?"
    "No!"
    "Then what did he do?"
    "He got mad," Shelley rolled over so that she was on her stomach, "And he called me a bitch for switching plates. That's the second time this week! What a fucking bastard."
    "Sounds a lot like love!"
    "Hardly."
    "Let's talk about something else. Talking about Brandon always gets you hot and bothered."
    Silence. Just what Taryn had expected.
    "I'm just kidding Shell. So Kyle invited me to his party tomorrow night. Are we going?"
    "Normally I'd be all for it. But the thing is…Brandon will probably be there and Saturday and Sunday are my only Brandon-free days. I'd be risking pure bliss for a party," she explained.
    "Kyle always invites tons of people. You probably won't even run into him there," assured Taryn.
    "With my luck I probably will."
    "Well let's go," urged Taryn, "Don't let Brandon ruin your fun! If we see him we'll ignore him. Although I might say hi and get friendly with him…"
    "You dork! Fine, we'll go," said Shelley, not totally convinced.
    "Great! I'll pick you up at 8, 'kay?"
    "Whatever. See you tomorrow!"
    A click and their conversation was over.
    Some days Shelley liked to lay on her bed and stare at the ceiling, just thinking about things. Tonight she thought about Taryn. Taryn Manuel was her best friend. She visibly remembered how she and Taryn had met. It was at ballet when they were toddlers. One of the girls in the class, Chelsey, had stolen Shelley's prized tiara for recital and refused to give it back. Taryn had bullied the girl into giving it back and even made Chelsey cry. And that was when Shelley knew they'd be friends forever. Taryn had always been there for her; they'd gone through a lot. They'd had their share of fights and problems, but the one thing they never fought over was boys.
    Sappy moment. Enough of that .
    Pulling herself up from her bed, she turned on her computer and logged on to her screen name. The moment she signed on, hundreds of windows popped up.
    Okay, so maybe it was only 2 windows. One was Taryn, the other an unfamiliar name.
    LusciousLloyd: hey cutie
    sea x SHELLS: do i know u?
    LusciousLloyd: yea
    sea x SHELLS: who is this?
    LusciousLloyd: i'd tell u but then i'd have 2 kill u
    sea x SHELLS : right
    sea x SHELLS : i don't talk 2 ppl i don't know
    LusciousLloyd : but u do know me
    sea x SHELLS: well i refuse 2 talk to someone whose name i don't know!!
    LusciousLloyd : take a chill pill. u'll find out all in due time
    sea x SHELLS : well how did u get my sn?
    LusciousLloyd: i have my ways
    sea x SHELLS: stalker
    sea x SHELLS : …this isn't taryn playing a trick is it?
    LusciousLloyd : no
    sea x SHELLS : is it kyle?
    LusciousLloyd : wrong again
    LusciousLloyd : i'm many things
    LusciousLloyd : but i am no stalker!!
    LusciousLloyd : i'm offended
    sea x SHELLS : fuuuuuucking stalker!!
    LusciousLloyd has signed off at 9:59 pm.
    Shelley closed the window and opened up the one she had with Taryn.
    TareBear: Hey where are u?
    sea x SHELLS: here..sry
    sea x SHELLS : do u know who Luscious Lloyd is?
    TareBear : yeah
    sea x SHELLS : WHO IS IT????
    TareBear : he's luscious Lloyd, silly!
    sea x SHELLS : be serious tare
    TareBear : no idea who it could possibly be
    TareBear : perhaps a secret admirer?
    sea x SHELLS : hah no!
    TareBear : k well im going to sleep now i'm exhausted
    sea