You Wanna Bet?

You Wanna Bet?
By
Mary and Kim

The 8th hour bell had just rung and we were all settling in to our desks when Jesse leaned over and quietly teased……
“Well Wilson……what’s the bet going to be this time?”
We were in 8th hour Geometry and Mr. Belfiori was handing back the tests that we had taken the day before. Jesse Larson and I always made “fun” bets with each other on who would get the better score on our quizzes, or tests and stuff. The bet was usually something simple like buying the other person a soda, or getting them a date with one of our friends. The odds were usually in my favor even though I was only a sophomore to Jesse being a senior. I was simply just a little bit sharper at Math than he was.
“I don’t know Jesse, what did you have in mind? Another date with Kimmie?” I teased.
Kimberly Peterson was my best friend and had been my next door neighbor since we had been in Kindergarten. She was also the only sophomore girl that had made the varsity cheerleading team and because of her over developed young body, she had become the desire of every boy in school! The last time Jesse had gotten a higher score on a Geometry test than I did, his bet winnings consisted of me convincing Kimmie to go out with him……and, it didn’t take too much convincing! Jesse was a very good looking boy with thick blond hair and bright blue eyes, and, he had the coolest car in school. Also, according to Kimmie, he was very well hung!!
And, Kimmie would know!! She had lost her virginity during the summer before our Freshman year and has been sexually active ever since. In my case……I didn’t lose my cherry until I attended an after Prom party last May, and since then I have only had a few boys that I let have their way with me! Or should I say, they let me have my way with them!!
“How about….. if I beat you today…..you meet me in front of the team locker room after school…..before the JV game…..” Jesse offered.
“Huh?”, I thought to myself. There had to be more to this than just meeting him in front of the team locker room….. And seeing as how I was on the JV cheer squad, I had to be at the JV game by 4:00. Whatever he had in mind had better not take too much time.
“OK…..I guess. And if I win, I want you to drive me to the Woodland Mall tomorrow and hang around with me while I shop for underwear!” I chuckled.
“Geez Mary……will I have to go in the stores with you?” Jesse replied, looking totally grossed out by the whole idea.
“Shhhhhh…..” I whispered as Mr. Belfiori came down our aisle, placing tests face down on desks as he walked by.
Mr. Belfiori put Jesse’s down on his desk and then put mine down on my desk as he continued to the front of the room. I immediately flipped my test over and saw a 96% marked on the top of the front sheet. ‘Not bad’ I thought as I looked the test over. A couple of dumb mistakes I had made…..probably when I had caught myself looking over and daydreaming about Jesse!!
I looked to see what Jesse had gotten on his test, and much to my surprise he had a 97% circled at the top of his test!
“One point!” I thought. “How could that happen? I had those theorems memorized!”
Oh well….
“See you after school Wilson……don’t forget……team locker room…” Jesse boasted.
What could Jesse have in mind? I hope he knew that I had to get to the JV game and couldn’t be screwing around to long after school. It was a good thing we got to wear our cheerleading uniforms to school on game days as that would be one less thing I would have to worry about.
8th hour just dragged by as we reviewed the test problems forever. Out of boredom, I even volunteered to go up to the board to work a rather long problem hoping all the boys, and probably a few of the girls too, would be checking me out in my rather short and tight cheering outfit! I loved the attention. The rest of the hour I couldn’t help but wondering what Jesse had in mind….
Finally the bell rang for the end of the hour and the end the day! The other students just flew out of Mr. Belfiori’s classroom. I headed to my locker to drop off my books and to tell one of the other JV cheerleaders that I might be a little late for the game, but that I would be there! I dropped off my stuff and headed down towards the team locker rooms. I was surprised at how quickly the school had emptied out after the final bell. It felt like I was the only person in the school. As I neared the team locker room, I saw absolutely no one in the hallways….so just where was Jesse?
“Psst…..Mary! Come in here!” I heard Jesse whisper excitedly.
I turned to see where his voice was coming from and saw that he was calling me from the small training room next to the main locker room. He had the door open just enough so I could see it was him. I walked over and he opened the door and pulled me into the tiny room.