"H-how would I know?" Stella quickly dismissed and turned her head away from Tiffany.
She hated when the topic of Jason's mate comes up, she hated knowing he can never be hers.
Just like Tiffany, every other person in Northshire wondered why Jason was participating in the best body competition when he wasn't single.
It was no secret that Jason has a mate who ran away after three months of finding out they were mates.
Jason was the academy's play boy who slept with every and anything under a skirt and mated females weren't excluded as well.
He didn't even have to come for them, they gladly offered themselves to him on a platter.
Not until a new student in the fire department showed up in the name of Katrina and Jason found out she was his mate.
The play boy suddenly turned into a one woman man and was never seen with any other girl but Katrina. Stella and Tiffany being an exception.
The inseparable had never seen Jason as happy as he was when he was with Katrina and even though they didn't like her, they couldn't deny she made their friend happy so they tried to accept her.
Three months after they discovered they were mates, Katrina suddenly disappeared without a trace. No letter, no text messages...she just left. It was almost a year and still, no news of her.
Regardless of whether she left or not, Jason was still mated to her and therefore shouldn't be participating in anything that concerns the singles night. Unless he had rejected the mate bond...or did he?
It didn't take long for rumors of Jason rejecting the mate bond to spread across the school. It immediately became the top trending topic in the school's online forum for students and it became a hot topic for the students of Northshire to speculate on.
"Do you think Jason rejected Katrina without informing us?" Tiffany asked worriedly as she scrolled through student's posts on the school's forum.
Tiffany wondered the weight of truth that rumor carried. It was one thing for your mate to disappear and another thing for you to reject the 'mate' bond. She was mated to Jake and couldn't imagine life without her mate. If ever the rumor was true, Tiffany felt really bad for Jason.
"Let's wait for the competition to be over...we can ask him then," Stella suggested. She was having mixed feelings about all this.
On one hand she felt bad for Jason, and on the other hand she was hopeful that the rumor was true. If Jason had truly rejected Katrina, it would only mean that there was a possibility she still had a chance with Jason.
"Now that you have seen our competitors, we would like you to vote for who would emerge into the next round," The host of the event announced.
"A poll has been pinned on the student's forum, the two participants with the lowest vote will be eliminated... you have three minutes to vote, are you ready?!"
"Yeah!!" The crowd yelled pretty hyped up.
The students present immediately began typing on their phone to vote for the person of their choice.
"This competition is so unfair... Jason shouldn't be a part of it," Tiffany complained. She didn't see the fun of it when the winner could easily be guessed.
"It's his luck," Stella dismissed and continued her silent worship of Jason's physique.
"I'll begin the countdown to end the voting in 10, 9.....3, 2, 1. Voting is over!" The host announced and everyone applauded accompanied with a lot of yelling.
"I'm so sorry but Oscar and Felix have been eliminated," The host said and the eliminated participants did a flex of their bodies before they left leaving the crowd more hyped up.
"With two participants gone, we are left with six more. In the next round three more will be eliminated and we'll be left with our final three." The host informed.
The second round was played and Jason successfully moved on to the next round with two other participants.
"I'm sorry Ryan, Xavier and Caspian...you have been eliminated," The host announced and the eliminated participants left just like the others did.
"We are left with Jason, Parker and Evan. You do you think will be our final winner?"
"Jason!!" The crowd yelled unanimously.
Many already knew Jason had won even before the game started because of his popularity.
Most people present in the crowd were females and that was where Jason's fan base was solid.
"Our next and final round is called the battle of the strippers. Our participants will come out one after the other and do a Little strip tease for the crowd. The participant that hypes the crowd the most will be declared winner of our best body competition."
"Woohoo!!!" The crowd yelled in excitement.
Stella had been quietly observing the whole event. It was her first time attending singles and oh boy did she find the whole thing crazy.
Tiffany on the under hand was part of the people who made her think that way. She was yelling on the top of her voice at every naked participants that flexed their body.
The first participant, Evan came out and began to strip tease the crowd. Slowly sensual music was played and he danced sexily to it. He slowly reached his hands to his pelvic region earning loud squeals from the excited females.
"I want to touch his muscles so bad," Tiffany squealed stomping ber feet like a child.
"Tiffany! You have a mate remember?!" Stella reminded her. She couldn't believe what a crazy friend she had.
"Oops..." Tiffany covered her mouth with her hand. "Don't tell Jake else he'll get mad," She whispered while laughing crazily. It was only then Stella noticed the bottle of bear in her hand and many more on the ground.
"Are you drunk Tiffany?" Stella asked with shock written all over her face.
"Don't mind me and focus on those hotties...look it's Jason's turn!" Stella had been so distracted by Tiffany that she didn't notice that the first participant had gone and the second participant which was Jason, had already entered.
The shout from the crowd once Jason entered, pierced Stella's ear that she had to use her hands to block their shouts.
"What the hell is wrong with them?!" Stella told Tiffany but once she saw Jason performing his sexy act, she immediately understood them.
"I never knew Jason looked this yummy!" Tiffany shook Stella excitedly.
"He sure does," Stella said with her gaze lost in Jason's body.