My Hockey Alpha

With that, my friends hung up. I was alone again with my thoughts now, which only meant that I would quickly spiral once more as I thought about Enzo. No matter how hard I tried not to think about it, I simply couldn’t help myself. I felt as though I lost him all over again, and this time it was for good. Surely he told Selena by now about what I did and she would take him away, never to return.

If only I had just talked to him more when we had time alone. Maybe I could have made him remember his old life before it was too late, but instead I was an indecisive coward and blew it.

As I leaned against the corner of a building and wiped the tears off of my face, I couldn’t help but notice a car driving down the street. Normally, I wouldn’t have paid any mind, but it was one o’clock in the morning already and they were driving incredibly slowly — not only that, but they were coming straight for me.

I pushed myself off the wall of the building and squinted, straining to see if my friends had found a ride to bring them to me, but I couldn’t see into the car through the tinted windows.

For some reason, seeing this car head toward me at this time of night made me uneasy. I decided, even in my drunken state, that this wasn’t safe and that I should walk away. But as I turned and picked up my pace, the car only sped up to meet me, and soon they were driving alongside me.

walking and staring straight ahead, but the driver rolled

a pretty thing like you doing out here

picked up my pace. “Go

laughed. I didn’t look at him, but I heard what sounded like two other voices laughing, which made me even more uneasy.

and peek over at the car, and I was right; there were three men in the car, including the driver. I didn’t recognize any of them, but they all looked rather scary.

forward to ogle at me

stifling a scoff. How was I supposed to be “chill” when I was being followed