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.

on something?” Jessica asked after I

Sure seemed

said. ”

Lisa. If she was on hard drugs, she

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

know,” I replied. We got in line at the sandwich shop. “I thought you were his

she replied. “Besides, I just… haven’t been

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

a strand of blonde hair around her finger, then grinned and waved excitedly at someone. I

Jessica interested

It couldn’t be…

I could

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

she was sitting

from her desk

tone of voice. “Ready

and my jacket on one of the hooks in the back

looked like she was up late the night before, too “Think you’ll

point, I had been working here long enough to feel fairly comfortable with my tasks. Besides, when it came to waiting on students

Tiffany said, standing. ” If you need anything,

at the tall lab table to get some studying done while I

my work expecting to see a 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

however, when he came over to me with a big smile

see,” he said, setting his bag down on the table. “I thought you got swept away by

I replied, pushing my night with Enzo out of