Hooked. Liz Fichera

      Get Hooked on a Girl Named Fred...

      HE said: Fred Oday is a girl? Puh-leeze. Why is a girl taking my best friend’s spot on the boys’ varsity golf team?

      SHE said: Can I seriously do this? Can I join the boys’ team? Everyone will hate me—especially Ryan Berenger.

      HE said: Coach expects me to partner with Fred on the green? That is crazy bad. Fred’s got to go—especially now that I can’t get her out of my head. So not happening.

      SHE said: Ryan can be nice, when he’s not being a jerk. Like the time he carried my golf bag. But the girl from the rez and the spoiled rich boy from the suburbs? So not happening.

      But there’s no denying that things are happening as the girl with the killer swing takes on the boy with the killer smile....

      Ryan

      The anger behind Seth’s eyes got worse. The blood vessels around his forehead looked freakishly ready to explode. “Some girl named Fred Oday got my spot.”

      “A girl?” I was speechless. My eyes narrowed.

      “Here’s the best part,” Seth continued, his voice growing raspier. “Coach isn’t even making her try out.” He chuckled darkly. “He handed my spot right to her.” His glassy eyes stared back at me. “Sweet deal, huh?”

      I shook my head. Hardly.

      I didn’t even know this girl, but I already hated her.

      Fred

      I’d been in Ryan Berenger’s classes since freshman year, and he picked today to finally acknowledge my existence.

      I’d seen him tons of times at the Ahwatukee Golf Club over the summer, too. He and his short stocky blond friend were always speeding by the driving range in a golf cart. Lucky them, they

      didn’t have to wait till after five o’clock for the chance to play for free like I did. Ryan could play whenever he wanted.

      And now we were teammates. As my brother would say, that was irony.

      That would also explain why he’d glared at me in English class and gripped my book as if he wanted to shred it to pieces. Apparently he’d gotten the news that I was on the team, too. What else would make him so angry?

      It’s game-on for Fred and Ryan!

      Hooked

      Liz Fichera