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My Hockey Alpha Chapter 125

Pebbles at the Window

Nina

I cocked my head. My mother smiled up at me and pushed the plate containing my sandwich into my hands.

“Eat up, honey,” she said. “Are you alright? You look like you’ve lost a lot of weight.”

“U-Um… I’ve just been stressed.” I picked my sandwich up off my plate and took a bite, chewing for a moment, before speaking again. “Are you sure you don’t know about the Peacekeepers? The school doctor that I’ve been working with–”

“You know what?” my mother interrupted, stretching and feigning an obviously fake yawn. “It’s late, and we’ve got to be up early tomorrow to catch our flight.”

Now, I frowned and watched as she turned somewhat robotically and started to walk out of the kitchen. “But you said that we would be leaving in a couple of days…”

My mother froze again. “Did I?” she asked, her back still turned to me. “I guess I just misspoke. No, our tickets are set for first thing in the morning.”

“Oh…” I paused, looking down at the sandwich on my plate. “Okay.”

“Good night, honey.”

“Good night, mom.”

sat alone in the kitchen and silently finished my sandwich, puzzling over why my mother acted like she didn’t know about the Peacekeepers. In fact, her

finished, I hopped down from the counter and rinsed off my plate before

I fell backwards and splayed my arms out on the bed, running my hands along the quilt as I looked up at the old glow-in-the-dark stars on my ceiling that I’d put there when I was seven. I turned my head, looking over at my old desk that still had my high school textbooks piled up on it, then

something patter against my window. I didn’t get up right away; instead, I chalked it up to the wind

heard

up. I turned around to look at my window, only to see something small and round hit it again, as

myself. I stood and tiptoed over to my window, peeking out from behind the curtains. My jaw dropped as I saw Enzo standing on the lawn staring up at me. What was he doing here? And how did he know where my mom and

the window open

you doing and how did you find me?!” I half

was all he asked. He pointed to the tree, then made a climbing motion with his hands. I sighed and gestured for him to come, stepping away from the window and waiting with folded arms as he quietly and nimbly climbed up the tree. I watched as his hand, then his leg, followed by the rest of his body, came through my window. Once he was through, we stood there in silence for a few moments; mine was a disbelieving sort of

was a bit put off by his sudden appearance, especially after how he’d spoken

he said quietly. “I’ve been a

I looked down, I heard Enzo approach and suddenly felt his warm arms

we finally pulled away, there were tears in my eyes. “You can’t stay,” I whispered, taking a step back and wiping the tears away with my hand. “Your father… I don’t know what he’s planning

widened. “You spoke to

with you, he knows where my mom and my brother

rattled sigh. When

been pushing me away?” I