In love with my Ex’s Rival:The Ice Hockey Rival
"Not today. Not with this many eyes on you. Not with this many people who would die to protect you."
I nodded slowly, trying to believe him.
"You're going to stand here," he continued. "You're going to celebrate your graduation. You're going to take more pictures. You're going to enjoy this moment because you earned it. Can you do that for me?"
"Yeah," I said. "Yeah, I can do that."
He kissed my forehead.
"That's my girl," he said.
Elena called us over for more pictures. The four of us…….Elena, Paul, Lucas, and me. We stood together in our gowns, arms around each other, grinning at the camera like we'd conquered the world.
Because in some way, we had.