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.

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

shrugged my shoulders. “I don’t know. Sure seemed like it. Her pupils were like

” Maybe now

feel a little worried for Lisa. If she was on hard drugs, she was probably

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

the sandwich shop. “I thought you were his biggest fan, though? It seems unlike you to say anything bad about

“Besides, I

friend’s sudden change in demeanor. As long as I had known her, she had been boy crazy and was almost constantly talking to

hair around her finger, then grinned and waved excitedly at someone. I turned and looked over to see that she was waving at Lori. Both of their faces were

Jessica interested in

It couldn’t be…

I 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 last of my coffee in a pathetic attempt to wake myself up

office, she was sitting at her desk

looked up from her desk when I entered

said in her usual sweet tone of

and my jacket on one

she said, rubbing her eyes. She looked like

replied 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 be doing was simply handing out condoms

” If you need anything, you have

sat down at the tall

face get hot when James walked in instead. We hadn’t seen each other since our study session at the coffee

when he came over to me with a big smile on his

on the table. “I thought you got swept

I replied, pushing my night with Enzo out of