My Hockey Alpha

Nina

When I got home, Jessica and Lori were both furious.

“Where were you!” Jessica yelled as soon as I walked in the door. I didn’t even have a chance to hang my jacket up.

“You totally ditched us,” Lori chimed in, folding her arms across her chest. ” We thought you got kidnapped or something. Then that freak typhoon hit and you still weren’t answering your phone.”

“Okay, mom and dad,” I said, tossing my bag down on the counter. “I’m sorry. Just, you know… I was lonely, and there was a cute guy.”

Jessica let out a big sigh. “Well, you could’ve at least let us know you were leaving,” she said. “But I know with everything going on lately, stuff like that happens.”

Meanwhile, Lori didn’t seem convinced at all. She had always been more intuitive than Jessica and could always see through a lie, but she didn’t say anything this time. Still, seeing her hurt expression made me feel awful for lying and I couldn’t let myself walk away like this.

I took a deep breath. “Actually,” I said, looking at my feet, “that’s not what happened. I did something really stupid, and honestly I’m lucky that it didn’t turn out worse than it did.”

Jessica and Lori were silent. When I looked up at them, they both looked concerned and confused. I sighed and continued.

“I didn’t watch my drink at the bar and I got drugged.”

Jessica gasped and clamped her hand over her mouth, her eyes wide. Lori, without a word, ran over to me and threw her arms around me.

to cry until I couldn’t hold it in anymore and I started sobbing into Lori’s shoulder. Jessica came over

place all night, were you?” Lori asked finally, pulling away a bit to

get that far. Thankfully, a friend of mine saw what was happening

not telling them that I was actually picked up by a talking skeleton and carried to a werewolf’s apartment, so I just left

at me through her tears. “I’m glad you’re

or if… They were doing something to the guy who tried to drug me. The

day in her office treating students, since there was a flu outbreak on campus. Needless to say, after hours of tending to feverish and vomiting students, I

and brisk, a welcome relief after being cooped up in an office all day, and the campus was quiet. I enjoyed nights like this more than anything; feeling the cool

in store for me, because Lisa was crossing the

She looked strung out on something, storming toward me with her fists balled up at her sides and her

when I realized that she was indeed headed straight for

hesitating for a second before her hand flew forward and grabbed one of my

to wrench my hair free from her surprisingly

apartment the other day, you dirty, pathetic little slut!” she yelled, yanking my

said, but she didn’t seem to care. She clearly just wanted

on the concrete. I groaned and attempted to stand, but she was on top of me in a flash like some sort of demon, clawing at me with her

flying out of

the sidewalk. I grabbed

tightened around my throat.

off of