l

hat I need to try my hardest to make som

notes all around campus. They are searching for new members, and even thou

the fan club, an

nt plan

weren't so

the sounds of guys grunting and hitting the puck fill my ears. People sit on the b

pread ove

is the chairman of the fan club and is supposedly friendly.

" I mumble as I pave my way past peo

les. I lift my eyes to scan the area, wond

to them, but I know who they are— Isabella and Danielle, known

ng. Soon, Winnie spots me and ge

nd taps the place next to her with her mi

friend, and Winnie's already

is taller than me. A freckled, pretty blon

pretty excited. "And y

elcome o

n brighter. "

to people, grins mischievously at me. "So, Alice,

nk I'm stupid for wanting to join the hockey fan club. "I'm

ty. Making friends on campus can be hard. I know of others who joined the fan club to make

of my worries, an

don't stick around for too long. NHL pick them like berries, and... If I were to make

th

e who delivered the tackle is none other than Nathan. I g

I'm bothered, b

ew too, actually... Once those guys make it into the NHL, anyone

Those girls are only

gs. "Most girls in the fan clu

not?"

ause I've always been around hockey," she nods forward at two similar looking players. "Jake and Mark, tho

." I

us eyes. "You went to the same high

rge to grimace

wasn't

long conversation. Andrew might not have bullied me like Na

don'

e why he approached me yesterday, b

ice to you?"

We are sitting at the bottom of the bleachers, and Andrew i

ntimidating when they are weari

on mine. His widen a little. "Oh, are you thinking about joi

g me Picasso. It's a nice chang

hrug, a bit wary if he will keep being

best person to ask if you want to know more about the

if to show I'm under her wing. "Alice is a freshman under my care, an

cti

change women faste

How dar

innie, but I have tapped out of thei

ore he silently follows the other man through the door.

se of

bab

loor, and I watch him glug water

eyes rake him up and down. He is bigger than the other

so sudden that I momentarily freeze into my place. He smiles at that a

him. "Andrew, she isn't interested in

with dark hair and even darker eyes. A real ladies' man, but I'm not interested in

d laughing at my expense," I smile sweetly at him, amused that he is baffled. The only guy who makes me

, there is some spice to you!" His eyes are intereste

ment takes

t comes to the dating and flirting front. I have never gone ou

've been c

Andrew. I'm unsure what to say,

and she would never fall for your flirting techniques. And they su

your problem with me? Why are you

g me. He is leaning against the plexiglass, and once he gets cau

h before looking away from me. Bizarre. I wish I could

and A

eginning to realize that t

ithout a care

h?"

esult, you're invited to the frat party this weekend. Fan c

ng back, already excited. "I've

oves his shoulder into Nathan's larger frame.

out his attention has been on me the entire time, and a misc

han nonchalantly shrugs, speaking calmly. "I will

the feeling Nathan only said that because I said I would be coming?

t his face until his

body quivers in response. Fire races along my chest, and my

rs me that he always looks so goddamn close

ts. "Winnie, you want to head t

ance. "Do you want to come wi

manage to peel my eyes away from Nathan's face. "Bu

keeps her smile.