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.”

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

him to the locker room. 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

held it out to me, then turned his back and folded his arms. Just before he did, however, I could see that his cheeks had turned slightly red, and I wondered if

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

on Enzo, came down to my elbows. I felt silly wearing something so oversized, but at the same time, it was oddly comforting; it smelled like him. That sweet, woodsy scent that I had become

can turn around now,” I

widened momentarily as he looked at me, but then, a smirk spread across his face. I pouted and

make fun of me,”

curly mop of brown hair fall into his eyes a bit.

words. My embarrassed pout turned into a slight smile,

between us, I dropped my arms from where they were folded across my chest and back to my sides, looking up at him with

towered over me, pressing his palm into the lockers above my head. I tilted my face up to look at him, and for a long moment,

come to his senses. The glow in

other about the protesters and the upcoming hockey game, but the throbbing feeling in my panties and

do something about

at Enzo, who now had his

say anything about it at the

head. “Nah. They’ll get over it. Campus security will take care of it if they

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