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?