My Hockey Alpha

Nina

“Wanna grab some drinks?” Enzo asked with a warm smile.

I was a bit surprised by the offer, since I expected Enzo to be too disheartened after the match to want to do anything; if anything, he actually seemed excited about the rematch. Maybe finally having some real competition was refreshing for him.

“Um, sure,” I said, grabbing my bag. Where do you want to go?”

“I was just thinking the bar in town,’ Enzo replied. “Wait here. I’m just gonna go change and then we can go.’

I nodded, blushing a bit as I watched Enzo jog off toward the locker rooms.

“What was that about?” Lori’s voice suddenly said from beside me. I nearly jumped out of my skin.

“Jesus!” I said, clutching my chest. ” You have got to stop sneaking up on people like that. And it’s nothing. We’re just gonna grab some drinks.”

Lori smirked. “I thought you were staying single for a while,” she said.

I rolled my eyes. “I am,” I replied. ” Enzo and I are just friends.”

“Yeah, okay,” Lori said sarcastically. ” Who knew friends could make you blush so much?”

My face turned even more red at her words, but I didn’t let it get to me. I could have said a number of things about how Lori pined away for Jessica for two years, but I chose not to mention it.

“Well, have fun,” Lori said as Jessica spotted her from the crowd and started waving to her “I’ve got a hot date of my own.”

I watched with a smile as Lori ran up to Jessica and they walked out together, holding hands.

minutes later. “Alright,” he said, dressed once more in his usual flannel and jeans attire.

headed out of the almost-empty stadium. It was a nice night out,

was an interesting match,” I said as we walked. Enzo nodded, his hands in his

he replied. “It’s funny That team has always been kind of shitty, but

seem to bother you,” I

a

and a lot of really impressive teams played hard to win. I had

goal,” Enzo replied. “This tournament will really put us

tournament interfere with

sighed and looked over at me for a moment before averting his gaze again. “I could honestly care less,” he replied. “My dad was the one to make me come to this school. It was just a scheme to help his business get more standing in the human world, winning the Blizzard Tournament would

up at Enzo. There was a constant underlying sadness about him

play in

looked as though he was at a loss for words; it made me wonder if anyone

smiling again. “It’ll be

nights like

customers. I nodded and watched as he walked away, then pulled out my phone to check Twitter; thankfully, the days of the creepy Twitter account seemed to have passed

was scrolling on my phone, I felt someone sit down on the bench next to me. I looked up to see one of Lisa’s friends glaring at me; she was from the cheer team, still in her uniform from the game,

she said, swaying a bit in her

game just ended. How did you

matters is that you got Lisa suspended from the cheer team, and now you’re coming

Enzo isn’t Lisa’s boyfriend

“You

Erica,” Enzo

setting them down on the table. “You’re drunk. Go home