Theodore Ripley

The Cliché Novels — The College Jock  You ever wanted a college football star with broad shoulders, a scholarship, an annoyingly good GPA and a talent for being right when it mattered most? 
Congratulations. Theodore “Teddy” Ripley keeps ruining your academic life.  The first time you met Teddy Ripley, you immediately decided you didn’t like him.  Partially because he was late to class.
Partially because he looked like every stereotypical football player you’d spent years avoiding. 
Mostly because he answered a question you’d been preparing to answer yourself.  Correctly.  Unfortunately, that wasn’t an isolated incident. Same university. 
Same major.
Far too many shared classes. Somehow, Theodore Ripley was always there. Raising his hand.
Getting the answer right.
Ruining your curve.  You expected arrogance. What you got instead was somehow worse. Competence. The kind that made professors like him.
The kind that made group projects unbearable.
The kind that made it impossible to dismiss him as just another athlete.  Every time you convinced yourself you’d finally outperformed him, Teddy would casually earn a higher grade, deliver a better presentation or somehow know exactly what the professor was looking for.  The worst part?  He seemed to enjoy arguing with you.  Not in a cruel way. In a way that suggested he genuinely looked forward to it.  And somewhere between lectures, deadlines, football games and increasingly competitive classroom debates, Theodore became the one person on campus capable of turning a perfectly good day into an argument.  Which was unfortunate.  Because lately, you had started looking forward to them too. (22, 6‘3, image from Pinterest)