My Hockey Alpha

Chapter 36: Anatomy Ace

Nina

I had an anatomy exam the next day and after my shift with Tiffany I needed to get some studying done. It was nice and sunny out, which was a welcome relief after the weather being gloomy and rainy for the past couple of days, so I decided to find a spot to sit under a tree where there were few people.

A few minutes after I sat down in a spot a little ways out from campus in a quiet park, Luke showed up. He walked over to me and stood right in the way of the light.

“You’re blocking the sunlight,” I said, not looking up from my notebook.

“Oh. Sorry,” he said, stepping out of the way. He continued to stand there, just staring at me. I tried my best to ignore it in the hopes that he would just go away since I was not in a good mood at all after seeing Enzo’s hickey, but he didn’t budge. Finally, I slammed down my pencil and glared up at him.

“If you’re gonna hang around, at least sit down or something,” I growled.

“Okay.” He immediately plopped down on the ground.

I couldn’t help but smirk a bit, amused by his doglike obedience.

“What’s so funny?” he asked, cocking his head. As he did so, I could hear the faint rattle of his vertebrae clacking together.

“Nothing,” I replied, returning to my work. “You’re just… Do you have any thoughts of your own?”

Luke was silent for several moments before speaking. “Of course I do,” he said finally.

“Why don’t you share them, then?”

was silent again for much longer this time. After about ten minutes, when I had become reabsorbed in my studying and thought for sure that he had gone

think you made a

looked up suddenly and furrowed my

had a diagram of a skull with notes scribbled on it. “Right there. You got your terms mixed up. It’s occipital bone, not parietal bone. The parietal bone is over here.” He

a moment, then realized that he was right and erased my notes so I could fix

“Thanks,” I muttered.

No problem.

in my studying again, only to notice eventually that he was inching closer and closer so

he muttered, rubbing his

up from my

facial expression, not supporting the lacrimal apparatus.

again, I realized that Luke was right. I fixed my

know all this?”

to himself. “I am a skeleton, after all. And besides,

any other pointers you can give me, then? I really need to pass

“Yes, actually…”

while he helped me study. He was a surprisingly good anatomy tutor, even going so far as to show me where all of the bones were on his own skeleton. He was incredibly literal and couldn’t take a joke, but it was still surprisingly nice to spend time with someone

the end of our “tutoring” session, I had gained

about life; while my relationship with Enzo may have come to an end, my date with James was now a day closer and I also felt oddly happy to have

I was on my way to my exam. The sun was shining already, the birds were singing, the autumn air was crisp and cool, and I felt great so long

the exam, the professor handed out

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