Page 3 of Billionaires Don’t Date Cheerleaders (Texting the Boyband #2)
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Sloane @its_sloane
# of times I’ve met Hudson Shaw: 2
# of times I’ve met the rest of T5: 0
They need to step up their game
Paige @paigenotpage
You met him AGAIN?
Kinsleigh @kins.jacobs
girl
Jess @digressjess
Clearly I need to hang out with you more. You’re like a magnet for T5
I wasn’t sure it was me who was the magnet for T5—Megan was the only reason we’d talked to Hudson today. We were at the mall when he recognized her as the girl he spilled coffee on in Starbucks. But that didn’t mean I wasn’t going to have fun with it.
“Sloane, put your phone away,” Mom said. “You know the rules at dinner.”
I sighed and dropped my phone face-down on the table and tried to act like I was interested in what Grace was talking about. My parents insisted on us having family dinners every day, but more often than not, it turned into Grace talking for an hour straight. Tom was smart and took a night class that ran right across the time we had dinner, so he didn’t have to sit through it three days a week.
“And Neil’s my age, so he’ll probably end up in my class and...” I was pretty sure Grace hadn’t taken a breath in the last ten minutes she’d been talking about Take Five. I sighed and rested my cheek on my hand as I pushed my food around my plate. While I’d had fun trying to convince Megan that she and Hudson were clearly destined to be together since they’d met twice in twenty-four hours, that didn’t mean I’d suddenly become a huge fan of the band or wanted to listen to these long rants. I’d had enough of them for a lifetime.
“How old are the other boys?” Mom asked. “Maybe some of them will be in Sloane’s class.”
Just as I was scooping some food up on my fork, Grace’s hand clamped down on my forearm, just like she’d done when I tried to sneak away during the livestream the other day. I had to clench my mouth shut to avoid yelling at her. It was my own fault—it was a skill I’d taught her a while ago to use anytime a boy was annoying her. It hadn’t occurred to me that she might turn around and use it on me like this.
“Oh my gosh, Sloane!” Grace squealed. “If any of them are in your class, you have to introduce me!”
“They probably won’t be,” I said, even though I was praying for the opposite. Megan and I had identical schedules at school, so by hoping for Hudson to end up in one of her classes, I was automatically hoping for him to be in one of mine as well.
“Three of them are your age!” Grace’s voice was getting more shrill by the second. “Between your four classes, those are amazing chances! Promise me you’ll introduce me.”
“I—” I hissed as her grip tightened. I couldn’t tell whether it was from the anticipation of my next words or as a way to try to threaten me into saying yes. “Okay, okay, fine.”
Grace squealed again and let go of my arm, only to throw her arms around me and squeeze like she was trying to suffocate me. It wasn’t really comfortable, but I guess it was better than getting my arm crushed. “Thank you, thank you, thank you!”
Now probably would be a bad time to mention to her that I’d actually met Hudson twice and hadn’t asked for an autograph or anything. She probably would never forgive me if I admitted that… Good thing she didn’t have Twitter.
Take Five Boyband @takefiveofficial
If you see us embarrassing ourselves in town, no you didn’t
Lily @lilypletsch75
Want to give us a hint where you would be? ;)
Eloise @eloise.seymour
Nah, if I see you in person, I’m taking a picture. I don’t care what you’re doing
Sloane @its_sloane
Embarrassing how?
Take Five Boyband @takefiveofficial
@its_sloane you know how
Sloane @its_sloane
Is this still about the coffee??
Take Five Boyband @takefiveofficial
Most mortifying moment of Hudson’s life
So, it wasn’t Hudson tweeting then. I obviously couldn’t say for certain which boy it was, then, but based on how Grace had talked about them, I was guessing it was Jude—he was known to be the funniest one of the group and took over the official account the most.
I stretched out on my bed and grinned to myself as I typed out my next tweet.
Sloane @its_sloane
Nice alliteration
Take Five Boyband @takefiveofficial
Ohhh alliteration big word
Sloane @its_sloane
Yeah not to brag or anything but I go to school
Take Five Boyband @takefiveofficial
What a coincidence, I’m going to start going to school soon too
Sloane @its_sloane
I heard! My school in fact
Take Five Boyband @takefiveofficial
Right! Looking forward to us coming? *bats eyelashes*
Sloane @its_sloane
I think you’re mistaking me for a fan
Take Five Boyband @takefiveofficial
Why would I mistake you for a cooling device?
Sloane @its_sloane
Ha ha ha.
Take Five Boyband @takefiveofficial
@hudsonshaw come defend me, I’m being bullied
Hudson @hudsonshaw
It’s about time somebody told you your jokes aren’t funny ;)
Take Five Boyband @takefiveofficial
I’M HURT. WOUNDED. CRUSHED. HOW WILL I GO ON FROM HERE?
Sloane @its_sloane
Well for starters, you’ll make better jokes
Call Me Jude @judeturner
@its_sloane Fight me
Sloane @its_sloane
Did you switch accounts just to tell me that?
Call Me Jude @judeturner
I didn’t think it was a good idea to tweet that from the official Take Five account
Well, there was my confirmation of who I’d been tweeting with.
Neeeeeeeil @neilhadley
Not looking to get skinned alive by our PR team?
Call Me Jude @judeturner
Doing my best
Sloane @its_sloane
And you thinking asking some poor cheerleader to fight you is a better look?
Call Me Jude @judeturner
Well I did but now that you told me you’re a cheerleader, that’s gone out the window. Changes everything
Sloane @its_sloane
You have a thing for cheerleaders or something?
Why did the thought of that cause butterflies to erupt in my stomach?
Call Me Jude @judeturner
Just extreme respect for the sport
Call Me Jude @judeturner
Ok and maybe a bit of a thing
Sloane @its_sloane
Come to our one of our practices! I’ll help you pick out a good potential girlfriend ;)
Call Me Jude @judeturner
I think I’ve already found one
I dropped my phone in surprise and had to cover my mouth with my hand as I bent forward and squealed. He couldn’t mean what I thought he did, right? He couldn’t possibly be talking about me. I grabbed my phone and read the tweet again. I wasn’t sure if there was a way I could be misinterpreting this… I guess I would just have to see on Monday.