Nina “Man,” Matt said, huffing as we slowly made our way up the mountain, “who knew hiking was such a workout?” “I’ll say,” Lori chimed in. By this point, she had piled her black hair on top of her head and was flapping her ratty black band t-shirt to cool herself off as we climbed. “You guys are
Jessica’s face was beet red when Lori finally pulled away. “Don’t scare me -- I mean, us -- like that again,” Lori growled, to which Jessica nodded sheepishly. We spent some more time at the summit, enjoying the view and basking in the sun on the rocks. Despite everything that happened the night b
Nina By the time the first few days of the week passed, everything seemed to be back to normal. Midterms were coming up in a few weeks; not only did I have to prepare for exams, but I also had several projects and papers to write, so I was completely swamped with classwork. It was probably a good
Finally, the twenty minutes were up… and it was still a tie, even in the third round. My heart practically leaped out of my chest during the five minutes of overtime as Enzo and the other captain continued to battle for the winning point, but no one scored. The referee blew his whistle and gathered
After the game, I packed up my things and made a quick pit stop at home to drop off my backpack and change my clothes before heading to the bar. The bar was packed when I arrived. It seemed that both hockey teams had decided to go out for drinks, as well as half of the students on campus. I was bar
The fairgrounds were already packed full by the time I arrived at the Halloween fair the next day. The air smelled like kettle corn and apple cider, and all I could hear above the din of excited students and screaming children was the sound of rides and Carnys trying to sell their rigged games. Ahea
The attendant handed Enzo the wolf, who took it and turned to face me. He held it out to me, right in front of Ronan. I felt my face go red, and for a moment, I completely forgot all about the rival hockey captain. It was as if everything else faded away as Enzo held the wolf plushie out to me, our
Nina After Ronan left me at the fair, I decided that it was time to go home. The sun had already set, casting the sidewalks in darkness, but I felt strangely comforted by the wolf plushie in my hands. Suddenly, as I was walking, I stopped in my tracks as a blood curdling scream echoed from the woo