My Hockey Alpha

Nina

Enzo walked me home that night. I could see the disappointment written across his face, but both of us were more concerned with who sent the ” Mad Wolf Serum” to Justin… and why. We were both too exhausted to talk much about it, but as I went to bed that night, there was one thing on my mind that overpowered the horrors that happened in the forest the feeling of Enzo’s lips on mine.

All week, the entire school was buzzing with gossip thanks to not only the excitement of the rematch, but also the news of Justin’s removal from the hockey team. I tried my best to stay out of it and to just focus on school and work, but when news got out that Justin had suddenly gone home to stay with his parents for the remainder of the semester, I started to question whether that was true or not.

Unfortunately, Enzo was too busy preparing for the rematch, and I was too busy preparing for midterms, to find time to talk to him about it. Hopefully we would be able to talk after the match. Justin was my ex and he had cheated on me, but that didn’t mean that I wanted anything sinister to happen to him.

On the morning of the match, Jessica woke me up a little earlier than I would have liked.

“Rise and shine!” she said, coming into my room without permission and opening my blinds.

I groaned and threw my covers over my head to protect my tired eyes from the sudden beam of sunlight aimed directly at me

“What the hell, Jessica?” I said, my voice muffled through the blankets.

“Don’t be so grumpy,” she said in a sing-song voice, coming over to stand next to my bed. I pulled the blankets down just enough to glare at her through squinted eyes.

“Why are you waking me up?” I asked, glancing at the clock on my bedside table. “It’s not even eight in the morning. And you’re dressed already.”

Jessica grinned and walked over to my closet. I watched annoyedly as she started rifling through my clothes.

“Listen,” she said, re-emerging with a bundle of clothes and tossing them down on my bed, “you and I both know that whatever weird back-and-forth situation that’s been going on between you and Enzo needs to stop. Everyone knows that he’s, like, madly in love with you, and now that Justin and Lisa are both out of the picture, you guys can finally get together for real.”

I propped myself up on my elbows and felt my face get hot “What does this have to do with waking me up so early? And why are you picking out my clothes for me?”

eyes and folded her arms across her chest,

so early so we can go get your nails

much about getting manicures; sure, I painted my nails from time to time, but

object. “I’ll be waiting in the living room. And don’t even think about trying to get out

out of the room. When the door shut behind her, I stuck out

seemed that I had no choice. As soon as I was dressed and ready to go, we spent

trimmed my hair, washed it, and blow dried it, and as we left, Jessica gave me strict orders to not braid it “for once” When I tried to explain to her

with her dad’s credit card and bought me a new top, perfume, and

to be doing all of this for me,” I said sheepishly as we stood in line. She had already paid for my nails and my hair, and I was feeling incredibly guilty

dad’s loaded and won’t even notice. Besides; I’m allowed to spoil my best friend once in a

dressed for the game. After all of the pampering, I actually felt grateful for Jessica, although I had been resistant to it earlier. For the first time in a long time, I

off a bit of cleavage. Lori did my makeup for me, giving me cat eyes with eyeliner and red lipstick. It felt a bit odd going to work dressed like this, but when I got to the arena and

up

give me a makeover,” I said, looking

she did

“Thanks,” I replied sheepishly.

did a couple rounds of a practice match, I noticed that everyone

arena began to fill with excited students from both schools Everyone was wearing their school colors and talking excitedly about the rematch. Apparently, our

was filled with students from the other school. The two sides

after Multiple fights broke out between the players, leading to both teams getting penalties, the only players who didn’t fight were Enzo and Ronan, who both stayed entirely

were in the final round. The score was tied once again; if they stayed tied, there would be another tie-breaker The countdown began, with only thirty seconds left of the match. Ronan and Enzo battled for the puck like their lives depended on it while the crowd