My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

#Chapter 48: Running with the Wolf — Part I

Nina

The next day, I headed to work with Tiffany.

She was evaluating a sick student when I arrived.

“Good morning!” Tiffany called over her shoulder when I entered. I started to take off my jacket, but she stopped me. “Don’t get too comfy,” she said. ” We’ll be heading out right after this. Did you wear athletic clothes like I asked?”

“I did,” I replied, keeping my jacket on. Tiffany had texted me early before my shift to tell me to dress appropriately in athletic clothes and sneakers today — she didn’t explain why, but I complied and put on my only real athletic clothes, which was a pair of leggings

and a tight zin-un ton with long sleeves. I had purchased them the semester before when I thought I was going to be one of those girls who was into yoga, but one yoga class with Jessica changed my mind. Jessica was graceful and flexible with excellent balance and I… fell on my face. A lot.

Tiffany finished evaluating the student. “Looks like you’ve got a nasty case of strep throat.” She walked over to her desk and scribbled on a notepad, then ripped the page out and handed it to the student. “Take this to the pharmacy for some antibiotics. Avoid overusing your throat and try to drink lots of tea with honey. Can you come back in a week for a checkup?” The sick

student nodded miserably and left,

coughing into her elbow.

“Alright,” Tiffany said, grabbing her

and medical

headed out the door.

and then headed offtoward the athletic fields with me on her

we headed?” I asked, almost jogging to keep up with Tiffany’s quick

all of the sports teams today,” she replied, her breath making little clouds

be

walked, ” you don’t have to tell me if it’s too personal, but I’m just curious; what’s going on between you and Enzo now? And James,

shrugged.

of

I replied. “I need

turned toward me, taking me by both shoulders. She was shorter than

a spark. Even if you’re heartbroken and lonely and you think you won’t be able to ever find the right person, it’s not worth it if you have to force it. I made that mistake with my ex husband… When you meet the right

forcing a spark with James or Enzo? At this point, I didn’t know the difference between real

I asked. “How do you know?” Tiffany sighed and started walking again. “I have,” she replied quietly, her usually-bubbly voice now low and somber. “It was a lot like you and Enzo, actually. We met here, in college. It was a confusing back-and-forth that went on for far too long, all because of me. He pissed me off. I argued with him. When he finally got sick of my games, he got together with a girl just a few days later; they got

still regret it.”

asked, my curiosity getting the

“Still married to her, with two kids now. Needless to

a chance to ask Tiffany anything else before we got to the football

have pried

anyway.

that were training. We would take notes on their performance, attend to any injuries or concerns that the players had, and I watched Tiffany teach them new stretches to help with their performance. It was fun to see how each team trained differently, but I dreaded visiting the hockey team. I just hoped that I

same time, however, Tiffany’s words struck a chord with

regretted pushing her love away years ago? By late afternoon, after taking a funer break, Tiffany and I made our way to visit the hockey team. My heart pounded as we got closer to the arena and I just wanted to run away, but I willed