Page 125 of The Backup Plan

Cameron

I figured you could have the floor since you actually won for the first time in a month. My bad.

Cory

And it’s Porter with the mic drop.

Cameron

I almost dropped twenty pounds on my toe in the weight room this morning. I haven’t slept.

Hayden

Me neither. I think I have a groin strain. For multiple reasons, and I regret nothing.

Cameron

Speaking of groin strain.

Ethan

Do I need to check the photo sharing settings?

Cory

We good.

Cameron

My buddy just found out that his girlfriend was only dating her last ex to get his attention. Is that messed up?

He scooped up a chunk of pale pink marble the size of a softball. Someone had chiseled one side into a series of geometric waves he admired, and had gone to the trouble of polishing the waves while leaving the rest of the stone untouched but for a brief inscription.

Fuck this rock.

Cameron

Is a girl suddenly more interesting to you if she’s with some other guy?

Hayden

We’re competitors. Look around here. Everybody wants to win. It obviously got your buddy fired up.

Cameron

Teammate. They’re both my teammates. The guy, and the fake ex or whatever.

Cory

Oh, that makes it a little more interesting. Does the fake ex know he’s a fake ex?

Cameron

He was in on it.

Dale

Girls don’t logic like we do, but why would another guy do that? Would any of us pretend to date a girl so she can get our buddy’s attention? And why?