LOGIN~ZANDER~“You don't have to follow…” I walked past her, into her dorm before she could stop me.“I didn't ask you to come in” She uttered with a frown as she turned to glare at me but I ignored her as I glanced around her dorm room.It wasn't as awesome as my dorm but it was decent and awfully pink. She didn't even like pink that much.“Zander…”“Why is your room pink?” I asked as I turned to her.“Zander, you need to leave…”“Well I'm not going anywhere so deal with it” I said as I pulled out a chair and took a seat, letting her know I meant every word.I was finally in her space again and I had no intention of leaving anytime soon.Seeing that I wasn't making any moves to leave, she closed the door behind her but maintained a large amount of space between us.I tried not to show the fact that I didn't like that at all.“I asked you a question”“And I didn't respond”Silence descended on us as the rain continued to pour outside. I used that moment to take her in and nothing about her
~RHEA~The next few days had gone by pretty quickly.I didn't hear from Chase because he was busy with practice and I was happy about that.My father kept his words and came that same day and was able to drag my mother away despite her protest. Watching her leave had lifted some of the burden off my shoulders but I still wasn't happy.Every day, I'd wake up to a bag of food by my door from Zander but he never once showed his face and just left letters.I had been tempted to call him but always talked myself out of it and just settled for reading his letters repeatedly.That brought me some sort of relief to know that he at least still cared about me. It also gave me the courage to want to tell him the truth but according to Aisha, he was putting his all into practice these days.The playoffs were in one week, I couldn't distract him now so I was just going to tell him afterwards.At least it hurt less if it came from my mouth.The sound of thunder jolted me out of my thoughts and onl
~MASON~ “Heather! Stop running away from me!” I yelled as I chased Heather down the hall and just as she was about to turn into a corner, I grabbed her arm and pulled her close to me.“Let me go” She uttered as she tried to pull her arm out of my hold but I held her in place.“Mason, let go. People are staring at us” She muttered as she glared up at me but I couldn't care less about the eyes on us.“I've tried to call you, text you but you've been ignoring and avoiding me…”“If you know I'm trying to ignore you then why are you bothering me?” She asked and I frowned.“What did I do wrong? I thought we were cool…”“What didn't you do wrong?” She questioned and I paused for a second as I racked my brain for something I must have done.“I don't have time for this, Mason. I have a class to get to…”“You don't. I checked your schedule” I interjected and she glared at me.“So now you're stalking me?” “I just want, no need to know what I did wrong. Please let's talk, hmm?” I urged but t
~RHEA~My eyes followed my mother as she opened the curtains before pulling out my studying chair and sat down directly in front of me.She didn't say a word for a while then sighed.“You disappointed me, Rhea” “Mother…”“You said you didn't want to talk so I'll appreciate it if you didn't” She interjected and I clamped my mouth shut.“Lyra worked her butt off to get into this university and for you to squander it all just for a man is highly disappointing…”“I'm not squandering anything…”“Your grades are not impressive, Rhea and I heard you follow that man to a fucking team retreat for almost a week? Is that what you should be doing?”“Mother…”“You lost track of what was important because of a man? Because he gave you the attention you've so desperately wanted?” As soon as those words left her mouth, my heart clenched painfully.“Rhea…”“So you knew?” I cut in softly.“Knew what?” “You knew all this while ice only wanted your attention and love but you purposely didn't give it t
~RHEA~ My eyes widened as soon as I saw Zander. What was he doing here?“Have you been crying, Rhea?” He questioned softly as he reached out to touch my cheeks but I slapped his hand away and took a step back.I placed my hoodie back on my head before meeting his gaze again.“No, I have allergies” I lied through my teeth.Last night was horrible. I had cried so much after seeing Heather with Sienna that I lost my voice for a second.I tried calling her again, messaging her again but still no response. With everything going on, I was literally a mess right now but I couldn't let Zander know that.“I have another class to get to…”“You're lying to me. Again” Zander pointed out with a frown and I tensed up.“Zander…”“Tell me the truth, what's going on?” He asked softly as he moved closer but I took a step back.“I've told you the truth and you have no right to question me anymore. You're not my boyfriend” I choked out and his face fell instantly.We stared at each other in silence be
~ZANDER~The puck barely left my stick before I slammed into one of the guys on the opposite team.Hard.He stumbled against the boards, turning toward me with a glare.“What the hell was that?”I shoved my gloves against his chest. “You got a problem?”“Zander!” Mason shouted from across the ice.I ignored him.The guy pushed me back, and I immediately stepped forward, ready to hit him again.“Cole!”Coach Jones’s voice finally cut through the noise and I turned toward him, breathing heavily.He was standing at the edge of the ice with his arms crossed, his expression already telling me he wasn’t impressed.“Back off.”“He started it,” I muttered.“I don’t care who started it. You’re looking for a fight.”I clenched my jaw.Maybe I was but everything was getting under my skin. Every missed pass, every hit, every little comment felt like an excuse to let out everything I was holding inside.Coach pointed toward the bench.“Go cool down.”“I’m fine.”“You’re anything but fine.” His voi
~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







