Seventeen

Winston's pov

I felt my phone buzzing as I jogged, I paused.

Martin jogged past me but stopped soon when he saw I wasn't jogging anymore.

“Are you tired?” He asked, he bent, holding onto his knees.

We were competing on who will have our first as we jogged through the city.

I shook my head, “I am not tired, Mhm, Mhm” I answered, wavering a finger at him with a smile on my face.

I brought out my phone from my shorts and turned it on. It was a text from Nolan.

A smile appeared on my face. I clicked on the notification, We have been chatting for a while, nothing serious though.

Nolan is a cool person, Chatting with was so easy.

We also planned to have dinner today. He probably sent me the address to the restaurant.

                                                     Nolan

                                        38, Wither street,

                                      Oxa’s Restaurant.

                                     

I smiled as I typed my reply, telling him I will be there.

We agreed to meet at Six after my practice today. I jogged towards Martin.

“Who were you chatting with?” He asked as we returned to our exercise.

“Nolan” I answered casually,

“Nolan?” Martin repeated, “Wren’s brother?”

“Yeah…I forgot to tell you that I met him last week. He owns a coffee shop and offered to take me out for dinner” I explained to Martin.

“Oh…” He let out, I glanced at my friend and his face was a little sour.

“You good?” I asked concerned, 

“I…I am, Probably tried” He said and I bursted into laughter, He had just lose to me, Confessing that he was tired.

“Why are you laughing?” He frowned,

“You just lost” I reminded him,

“F**k” he cursed but still laughed anyways, “I wasn't supposed to say that out loud” He groaned.

“Come on, You're buying me a coffee” I patted his back, jogging in cold weather in the cool weather is not nice at all.

I hope we have a climate change soon.

“Okay, Mr Crowley” Martin said playfully as he followed me into the nearest coffee shop.

We walked up to the counter to order our coffee. A few people recognized us and pointed at us.

I gave an awkward smile while we went for our orders, I heard some other customers gossiping about me. Which I get I am different from the other Alphas on my team.

Then their conversation switched to Orson.

“Just last week, He was with a Popular model” one said,

“No way, He was going out with an Actress, Not any type Actress just two weeks ago and It was Halo Coffey” The Second one said,

My heart clenched at their words.

He definitely doesn't even think about me.

Why would I want him to think about me?

There was no feeling attached and I only slept with him to keep my secret.

“Winnie”

“Winnie”

I snapped out of my thoughts.

“Yes?” 

He was holding two takeaway coffee cups, I smiled as I took the one he pushed in front of me.

“Ah…thanks” I smiled, 

“You're welcome,” Martin said, “Are you okay?”

“I am good,” I lied, “Can we head back to my place?”

“Yeah,” Martin said as he put his arm around my shoulder, leading me towards the exit of the coffee shop.

••••

One thing I regret doing today is; Checking the pictures of Orson's with those ladies he went out with.

In different pictures, he had kissed each lady.

I hated that I was too curious.

I should not care.

Hopefully he won't text me anymore. Maybe we won't exchange words outside of the rink.

But a small part of me…a small part of me hoped he would text me.

I stopped my car in front of the restaurant then made my way into the Restaurant, Nolan had reserved.

When I walked in, I noticed Nolan almost immediately.

He was at the center table, glancing around anxiously when he saw me. He started waving.

I waved back and walked up to the table, “I am sorry I am a bit late, Practice took longer than I expected” I said as I sat down.

“No, It's okay. I am glad you came” Nolan smiled, “How was practice?”

“Hectic as usual” I sighed, “But I am happy to be here” I joked,

Nolan laughed softly, “So should we order?”

“Yeah…Of course” I agreed. A waitress came and took our order.

I and Nolan engage in small talks while waiting for our food.

“So you moved here right a few months back?” I questioned,

“Yes, I love this city since I had come to visit my brother and I thought I would leave here one day and have a little coffee shop” Nolan answered, He was more relaxed, blushed a few times.

But unfortunately, I can't even feel that way about him.

I would prefer him as a friend.

“Your coffee shop isn't small though, I like what you did with the place” I complimented,

“Thanks, it's nice hearing that from you” Nolan blushed,

I couldn't help but smile, our food came and we ate silently but I broke the silence soon.

“So are you a fan of hockey too?” I asked politely,

He shook his head slightly, “I am not” he chuckled, “I..I”

“Oh, it's okay. Nolan, I don't really expect you to be a fan” I told him, “But you should truly come to watch a game sometimes.”

“I don't think…” Nolan started,

“Don't refuse me just yet,” I laughed, stopping not wanting to be turned down. “I have a free seat in my next home game,”

“I don't think I would understand what is going on there, Winston” Nolan replied,

“Don't worry i can teach you the basics, Explain a few things” I pushed, “So what do you say?”

I looked at him with hope.

“Okay,” He smiled,

“When we are done here we should go to the rink” I said excitedly, it has been long since I felt this free with anyone.

Maybe because we have the same secondary gender.

“Okayy” Nolan made a face. We laughed and chatted like we had known each other for a long time.

I really did take Nolan to the rink and we skated around the rink while I explained Hockey to him and we also talked about our childhood.

It was fun talking to him. I learned that he did Ice skating in highschool. He even should do a few moves which are great.

The next morning when I woke up very late to see a bunch of notifications on my phone.

I clicked on a notification that came from a social media app, the notification turned into a full screen.

My eyes widened when I saw the picture. It was a picture from last night.

The picture of I and Nolan coming out from the restaurant, we were la

ughing in the picture and the headline says; HOCKEY STAR, WINSTON CROWLEY AND BOYFRIEND WAS SEEN TOGETHER COMING OUT OF A RESTAURANT.

“The heck?”