My Hockey Alpha Chapter 117

Not a Monster

Nina

As I looked down at the rotten, smelly mess of tomato guts on the front of my white shirt, the people around me began to laugh hysterically.

“Werewolf-fucker!” the girl who threw the tomato shouted, laughing maniacally.

“You’re protecting a monster!” another guy yelled.

The crowd erupted into a mixture of mocking and angry chatter, and all I felt was Enzo’s arm wrap around me. He began to usher me toward the hockey arena, shielding me from a barrage of other items being thrown. I had never expected it to get out of hand like this.

We rushed toward the arena. Enzo flung the door open and helped me in, shutting it firmly behind us. I could still hear the muffled sound of the rioting crowd outside, and I hoped that my friends got out before anything bad happened.

“Why did you do that?” Enzo asked, turning to face me.

I felt my face get hot. “I don’t know,” I said. “I just sort of did it. You’ve done so much for me… Taking a rotten tomato to the front of my shirt was the least I could do.”

through his curly hair, then gestured toward the locker room. “Come on,”

Once we were inside with the door shut, the muffled sounds of the protesters faded away completely, leaving us with a welcome silence. Enzo walked over to his locker and dropped his duffle bag on the floor. I followed, then watched as he retrieved an extra hockey jersey with his number on it out

he did, however, I

with trying to get the rotten tomato smell out of it in the wash. Even if I did get the smell out, I would probably not be able to wear it without

were supposed to be short on Enzo, came down to my elbows. I felt silly wearing something so oversized,

turn around

across his face. I pouted and folded my arms

fun of

eyes a bit. “I’m not making fun of you,” he murmured, averting his gaze to the floor. “You look…

skipped at his words. My embarrassed pout turned into a slight smile, and I looked

licked his lips before stepping toward me. As he closed the distance between us, I dropped my arms from where they were folded across my chest and back to my sides, looking up at him with my brain scattered. He had just told me that we couldn’t act

tilted my face up to look at him, and for a long moment, our lips hovered tantalizingly

senses. The glow in his eyes faded, and he

game, but

someone’s gotta do something

over to look at Enzo, who now had his back turned to me as he rifled through

say anything about it at the hockey

security will take care of

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