Masuk~RHEA~ I closed the door before turning around to face Zander.The last time he was here, I had been too overwhelmed by him to notice how huge he looked in my dorm room.He turned to me and my breath hitched when our eyes connected. His earlier words had heat rushing to my cheeks.I cleared my throat as I walked closer to him.“Take a seat. I'll clean up your knuckles” I whispered as I pointed at my bed.“Here” He handed the plastic bag in his hand. “I should have dropped it off earlier. You haven't eaten, have you?” I shook my head as I took the bag from him.“I was about to go get something” I confessed and he tilted his head.“Did you think I wasn't going to come anymore?” He whispered and I lifted my eyes to his and nodded.“I did”He stared at me for a while then chuckled.“I can't have you starve yourself to death and I worry about you” He murmured softly then pushed some strands of hair that had fallen over my face before taking a seat on my bed.I stood there for a while,
~RHEA~ “No, Chase” I muttered with a tired tone and tried to slam my door in his face but he used his foot to stop me from doing that.“Please, just this one? You already rejected my offer the last time. Just agree now” He pleaded and I sighed.He has messaged me earlier and asked me to go out on a date with him again even after I told him no the last time. “What's the use of starting over if you won't go on a date with me?” He asked and I scoffed.“When did I ever agree to start over with you? I broke up with Zander and moved out here because of you. Isn't that enough? Aren't you happy?” I questioned and he shook his head.“No, because you refuse to see me again. Remember? You used to love me…”“Key word, used to, till you showed me your true colours. I want nothing to do with the new you, Chase. Are you going to blackmail me into dating you too?” I asked and he frowned.“Rhea…”“I had a long day Chase, I'm tired and just want to head to bed…”“What can I do?” He interjected. “Wh
~ZANDER~ “What is wrong with you guys?” Coach questioned as he gathered the three of us in his office.Mason and Kai were still glaring at each other. Mason had gotten a really good hit on Kai's cheek because now, it was quite swollen.“I expected this kind of behaviour from Zander and maybe Kai but definitely not you, Mason” Coach uttered and I furrowed my eyebrows. “Why am I being dragged into this?” I questioned with a confused look.“Because you're you and probably influenced both of them” He stated.“That makes no…”“What the hell could you two possibly be fighting about?” Coach interjected my words and I leaned back into my seat with a sigh.“It's nothing Coach” Mason muttered and Coach scoffed.“It didn't look like nothing. You guys were at each other’s throat” He pointed out as he stared at them in shock.“It won't happen again” Mason assured him and Kai nodded.“As long as Mason stays out of my business, it wouldn't happen again”Mason turned to Kai with a glare while Kai
~ZANDER~Three days.It has been three days since I'd last spoken to Rhea. Three days since she'd looked at me with tears streaming down her face and asked me to leave.I hadn't gone back nor had I approached her whenever I saw her around campus and it wasn't because I didn't want to.God knew that it took everything in me not to knock on her door anytime I delivered food to her door. It took everything in me not to demand she talk to me while holding her in my arms but she told me to leave her alone and I was respecting her wishes by giving her space even though it was killing me slowly within.I missed her so much. Everything in my dorm reminded me of her now and because of that, I rarely went back to my dorm.Either I was with Mason and Kai or I was training. It was the only thing that kept me from losing my damn mind.“Again!” Coach Jones’ voice echoed across the rink and I tightened my grip on my stick as I skated on the ice.The puck came flying towards me and I caught it clean
~RHEA~I had expected to feel more hurt when Heather finally decided to talk to me but staring at her now, all I felt was emptiness.After Zander left, my dorm suddenly felt too suffocating so I left and ended up at the beach. Usually the waves used to help with calming my nerves and clearing my head but it wasn't doing much for me now.I doubt anything could.“Hey” I said softly as I turned away from her and focused on the waves. At least I was happy the sight of her didn't bring me to tears because I was tired of crying. I was emotionally tired.Heather said nothing as she took a seat beside me. We both remained silent for a while till she let out a sigh.“I'm sorry” She finally said and my breath hitched slightly but I said nothing.“I shouldn't have ignored you that way but I hadn't realized how serious things had gotten till now” She told me and I finally turned to her.“What did I do to you?” I asked and was shocked by how calm my tone was considering how many times I've cried
~HEATHER~I stared at Rhea’s name on my phone for what felt like the hundredth time.My thumb hovered over the call button, but I couldn’t bring myself to press it.What was I even supposed to say?“Hey, Rhea. Sorry I disappeared when you needed me most.”“Sorry I ignored every call and every message because I was too wrapped up in my own problems”.“Sorry I wasn’t there when your mother showed up and you were going through hell.”None of it sounded good enough.I dropped my phone onto my bed and covered my face with both hands.After what Zander had said to me, I couldn’t stop thinking about everything I’d done.He had been right. Rhea didn’t deserve my silent treatment.She hadn’t done anything to me. She hadn’t lied to me. She hadn’t betrayed me.I was the one who had been hurt, and instead of talking to her, I’d shut her out because that was the only way I knew how to deal with everything happening inside my head.But that didn’t make it right. Especially after knowing what she’d
~ZANDER~ Something was seriously wrong with me.Because for the last twenty minutes, all I could think about was a girl in a stupid Ladybug shirt.It made no fucking sense.Girls like her were exactly the kind I stayed away from, the ones that were too bright, too innocent looking and too soft.
~RHEA~ I wanted to look away but I couldn't.My eyes stayed locked on Zander Cole as if they had forgotten how to function properly.Water still clung to his skin, sliding down the sharp lines and tattoos on his chest before disappearing beneath the towel hanging dangerously low on his hips. Ever
~RHEA~ I had blacked out from that day.The last thing I remembered after running out of the stadium was calling my dad while hysterically crying.It wasn't the silent tears I had grown accustomed to, it was ugly and bitter. The kind that clawed its way out my chest until breathing itself hurt.
~RHEA~ “You know how much I want you, Rhea. You know how much I want to fuck you” Chase murmured as he pressed me up against the wall, sliding his fingers down my thigh.“Tell me what you want” He whispered into my ear and my heart slammed rationally against my ribcage as I stared up at him.“I







