After my little incident with James my world seemed quiet. Then it was immediately disturbed with poor time management.

"Tyreek, pay attention to me." Brooke demanded.

"It's a lost cause." Aubrey said with a laugh.

I was currently hanging out with Brooke and Aubrey on my corner of the boxing ring in my house. My dad was using Erin and Katerina to talk to Ky on the other side of the ring.

"Ty, the dance is this Friday and the boxing tournament is Saturday." Brooke informed me.

I know. The sad fact is I don't want to go to either of them. I don't have a choice though. There was a special announcement today at school with the names of the participants and that we will all be at the dance. I feel like it is some sort of way to get guys to actually go to the dance.

I turned over to look at Ky. He was doing a speed challenge with my dad seeing how fast he can hit the striker pads on my dad's hands. They seem to get along way better than me and my dad ever did.

Also what is the deal with James? What did he make Ky do that he doesn't want the world to know about?

All this thinking made my head spin. I laid back on the mat and tried to focus. My body was still dripping in sweat and I felt sticky and gross. I wanted nothing more than to shower.

"Ty, what are your plans for the dance?" Erin asked me as she walked over?

"Whatever you want them to be." Was my answer.

"What's wrong with him?" Erin asked.

I can think of a thousand things wrong with me. I got suckered into this tournament and tricked into having friends. They aren't even friends in my age group. This is literally my last year in high school and I am being forced to do a bunch of things I don't want to do. I feel things I don't want to feel.

And the only thing I can truly think about is the word experiment. You experiment with food, and sports. You don't experiment with people.

I was taken off guard when Erin laid her head on my chest.

"Erin!" Brook gasped.

"Relax. Ty is harmless. Gross but harmless." Erin said with a laugh.

"Why are you doing this?" I asked.

"You looked like you needed a hug." Erin said. She can be thoughtful at times but it comes with a price. "And I need you to wear a certain outfit to the dance."

There is the favor. Erin has been using me recently to chase boys away from her. I actually enjoy my newly gifted hobby.

"Am I covered?" I asked.

"Of course." Erin said with a laugh.

"Don't you three have dates?" I questioned.

All three of the girls shook their heads no. To me this dance wasn't important, but I am pretty sure that is all they are really talking about.

"I will save a dance for all of you." I offered. "I will also beat up any guy that approaches you."

"What about Ky?" Aubrey asked. "Aren't you going to dance with him?"

"Why would I do that?" I asked.

"Are you two fighting? Pour the tea." Aubrey said.

"It's "spill the tea."" Brook snapped.

"There is no tea." I whined.

Ky and I aren't fighting. Yet. Ky doesn't know that I punched James in the face. I also don't know if Ky knows that James only saw him as an experiment gone wrong. I also do not know how Ky feels about all of this because he could easily beat James up. It took one punch, man.

So the last thing I want to do is to ask Ky to the dance when I can't even say if I roll that way or not. I mean when Ky looks at me does he see me Tyreek Jr or Tyreek the T-Rex. He admires my dad so much that it is a turn off.

Also do I even like Ky or do I like the admiration he has for me. Brooke shows that same admiration, but I can communicate with her. I can't send Ky more than two text messages before getting angry.

The whole idea of even dating disgusts me and this dance feels like a forced date between the student body. Okay maybe there is tea to spill, but I am unsure how to even approach it.

"Hey Ty, relax." Erin whispered. "We are just teasing you. No matter what happens you can come to us okay."

"I did something very bad, guys." I admitted.