“You said to invite Jenna out in a big group of friends. I invited her to my medieval reenactment society, along with Alex, Heath, Connor and Katya.”
Jordan blinks a couple times. “Okay… I take it she didn’t like that?”
“She likes it a lot. She keeps coming back.”
His feet scuff loudly on the floor. I hate the way his feet sound on the warehouse floor. He’s not wearing sneakers today. Those are much quieter.
“Isn’t that a good thing? Don’t you want her to keep coming back so you can see more of her?”
My fists clench again. I want to swing one of them at him. “No, it’s not a good thing. Because that first night she met Doug Callihan. He’s one of the chief knights of our organization.”
My hands ball up and then relax over and over again—another thing I do to calm down. I take a few more deep breaths, because I still really want to hit Jordan.
“Okay…and what happened when she met him?”
“He asked her on a date. And now they are boyfriend and girlfriend.”
Jordan’s mouth gets round, like he’s shocked. “Oh man. I’m sorry…but that doesn’t mean it’s over. You can still swing this. I’ll—”
I hold up my shaking hand. “I don’t want to swing. I want Jenna. I don’t want more advice because I don’t like your advice. You said that if I asked her out in a group that we would get more comfortable with each other, and then we could become boyfriend and girlfriend. You were wrong.”
Jordan holds his hands up, palms out. “I’m sorry, dude. My advice doesn’t come with a guarantee. But let me see if I can—”
“No!” I shout. I don’t like to shout, but I’m so angry that the choices are either hitting Jordan or shouting. I turn and start to walk away from him. I need to leave this warehouse.
“Whoa, William, wait up.” Jordan speeds up his steps to walk beside me. “Let me see if I can fix this.”
“I’m going to do that myself. Doug is my foe. My rival. My arch enemy. I’ve already challenged him to one-on-one combat.”
Jordan stops walking and stares at me. I pick up speed and run from the warehouse, and I don’t stop even though Jordan is calling my name.
I have to prepare for a duel.