My Hockey Alpha

Nina

After Enzo dropped me off, I went upstairs and went straight to bed.

That night, I had dreams about Enzo. In the dreams, he wasn’t just a human but a huge wolf with silver fur and red eyes. I sat on his back while he walked through the forest, my fingers tangled in his fur. Something about it felt comforting. —

When I woke up the next morning, I realized that I had missed my alarm!

I jumped out of bed, cursing, and threw on the first thing I could find in my dresser, combed my hair without even bothering to braid it, and brushed my teeth before running out of my dorm and flying down the stairs with my loose hair flowing behind me.

A few minutes later, I burst into class, completely out of breath..

The professor raised an eyebrow at me as several students turned around to see what the commotion was about.

“Sorry,” I muttered, squeezing my way through a row of desks to find at seat next to Jessica, who had saved me my usual spot. She glared up at me and moved her jacket out of the way so I could sit

“It’s not like you to be late,” she whispered while the professor continued giving his lecture. I took out my notebook and tucked my wild hair behind my ears.

“I was up late,” I whispered back.

Jessica frowned at me. “I saw his motorcycle driving away. I thought you were done with him and interested in someone else?”

“Ladies, please,” the professor said annoyedly, folding his arms across his chest and facing us. “Please save your conversation for after class… Especially you, Miss Harper. You’ve

already missed enough this morning.”

“Sorry, professor,” I replied, averting my attention to my notebook.

Jessica and I headed toward the dining hall for lunch after class.

think Lisa was on something?” Jessica asked after I explained what happened

know. Sure seemed like it. Her pupils

Jessica said. ” Maybe now she’ll quit bothering

although I couldn’t help but feel a little worried for Lisa. If she

into the dining hall, “you should be careful about Enzo.

shop. “I thought you were his

“He played with your feelings,” she replied. “Besides, I just… haven’t been

eyebrow, confused by my friend’s sudden change in demeanor. As long as I had known her, she had been boy crazy and was almost constantly talking to a new guy.

waited in line, twirling a strand of blonde hair around her finger, then grinned and waved excitedly at someone. I turned

Jessica interested

It couldn’t be…

could

to go to work with Tiffany. I said goodbye to my friends, who seemed perfectly content with sitting alone together, and headed over to the health office as I downed the

entered Tiffany’s office, she was sitting at

up from her desk

tone of

nodded, hanging my bag and my jacket on one of the hooks in the back

dean,” she said, rubbing her eyes. She looked like she was up late the night before, too “Think you’ll be okay in here without me if

with a smile. By this point, I had been working here long enough to feel fairly comfortable with my tasks. Besides, when it came to waiting on students in the health office, the majority of what I would

” If you

Tiffany left, I sat down at the tall lab table to get some studying done while

student, but felt my face get hot when James walked in instead. We hadn’t seen each other since our study session at the coffee shop, and by this point I had really begun to think that I scared

wasn’t scared away at all, however, when he came over to me

he said, setting his bag down on the table. “I thought you got

Enzo out of