Chapter 12 Love Potion

Nina

The locker room was pitch black. Had we lost power?

I didn’t dare to move in case I would accidentally bump into Enzo and give him the wrong idea. He was still hovering over me, his hand on the locker above me and his muscular body shielding me. I would be lying if I said that I didn’t fantasize about taking advantage of the dark and kiss him, letting him run his calloused hands all over my body and fuck me up against the locker…

But before any of that could happen, a light flicked on at the end of the row of lockers. Just a single light, beaming down like a spotlight from the ceiling. Enzo quickly moved away from me.

There was the sound of shuffling in the

darkness, then someone stepped into

Chapter 12 Love Practice

the light.

It was Justin.

He was holding his guitar.

Everything in my whole body cringed when he started playing his guitar and singing. It was a song that we had listened to the first night we hung out, and it was the song that we had our first kiss to.

Under any other circumstance, I would have found this gesture sweet. But now, it just made me even more embarrassed.

When he finished singing, the lights turned on and the rest of the team flooded in while Justin gazed at me with sorrow in his eyes.

“Please take me back,” Justin said. ” I’m so sorry, Nina. I’ll make it up to you.”

I stood there biting my lip, unsure of Chapter 12 Love Practice

what to say. My face felt hot, and grew even hotter when the rest of the team – excluding Enzo, who was sitting on the bench next to the medical tools as if he had never gotten up from his seat — started chanting.

“Forgive him!” they chanted. “Forgive him!”

squirmed uncomfortably in my spot, avoiding Justin’s gaze. The chanting grew louder as the team closed in on us, urging us to get back

standing. No one listened at first until he raised his voice. “That’s

two and two together. It didn’t seem like anyone heard my conversation with

about our

was giving it

not a lovemaking session,” Enzo said. ”

of the team

so boring,

everyone do 25 laps after this shit show, but now I’m thinking that

shoulders dropped and he hung

team filed out,

out a heavy sigh, I looked at the Chapter 12 Love

my shift was over. I packed up Tiffany’s supplies and lugged the heavy medical bag out of the locker room, just happy that I could go home and not have to see

I didn’t see Enzo among them; when I looked around, I realized that he was standing off to the side and

That someone was Lisa.

exit where Tiffany stood waiting for me, Lisa glanced over.

Chapter 12 Love Practice

doing here?” I heard her say as I walked past,

didn’t hear Enzo’s

held the door open for me and we stepped out into the rain. It was more of a drizzle now, and there was a bit of a fog on the campus. The chill in the air felt nice after being

I said as

back to

even got hurt in the arena earlier,” she said with a chuckle. “It was all a setup. I take it that Justin boy

door and took the medical bag from me, which she carried with a lot more ease than I did. The woman Chapter

than

have a talk with him, I will,” she said

head. “No,” I replied. “It’s alright. I’ll deal with it on my

reassuringly. “Tomorrow will be better,” she said. “No hockey team. Although, you might

than

their practice, Tiffany and

individually

going well until two players collided into one another, then

My first instinct was that they were being a bit dramatic, but maybe I was just too inexperienced with sports injuries

ankle of

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