Out of Play (Entangled Teen) by Perry Jolene & Dawn Nyrae

Author:Perry, Jolene & Dawn, Nyrae [Perry, Jolene]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2013-08-05T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Penny

So yesterday I was at school all bent over Mitch, and today I’m bent over Bishop. At least I’m headed to the rink. I left last period early for some time alone on the ice. Coach is going to bust our asses this week, but I’m looking forward to it. It’s not like anything else awesome is happening right now. This is the last week of high school hockey, and the harder I work, the better the distraction is.

“Got a sec?” Mitch hollers across the ice.

After moping last night over…pretty much everything, I really just want to skate. But I slide to a stop in front of him anyway because I need one awkward part of my life to not be awkward anymore. “What’s up?”

“Knowing you, I have about thirty seconds, so I’m going to spit it out.”

Now that I’ve decided to let him talk, everything in me is still and waiting to hear what he has to say.

He shoves his hands in his pockets. Obviously nervous. “I love you, Penny. Like a sister. Like my best friend. Like if I’d seen your text, even though I haven’t seen Becca outside of school in forever, I would have come to help. My phone was on the counter, and I hate that I didn’t know you needed me.”

I nod once because this is what we do as a team. Explain. Get over it. Move on. “Okay.”

His head tilts to the side. “Okay?”

My chest loosens in a way it hasn’t since Matt’s party. It’s not perfect, but it’s better enough that I know we’ll eventually be good. For real. “Get your gear on or you’re going to be late. And yes. We’re okay.” I push away from the wall to keep warming up.

Mitch will never be mine like he is Rebecca’s, and now that it’s done, it doesn’t hurt the way I thought it would. Like the idea of us together was my constant but not a reality I actually wanted. Crazy, but I think it took facing Rebecca and kissing Bishop to figure it out. An ache spreads from my chest at the thought of seeing Bishop with another girl. I suck in a breath and try to dispel the pain. I need to keep skating. Two laps and my brain is still spinning over the girl and Bishop, but when two laps turn into fifteen, into twenty, my head is finally starting to clear. At least a little.

Rebecca steps into the team box as I come around the corner and waves. She’s biting her stupid lip again.

I slide to a stop, trying to be nice and forcing myself to recognize that she has more balls than I’ve given her credit for. “What’s up?”

She shrugs her tiny shoulders. “Just came to watch you guys practice.”

“Why?” I’m actually curious.

“‘Cause it’s really important to Mitch, and I want to understand that about him.” She flicks a chunk of brown hair over her shoulder.

She wants to understand him, and she should. He deserves that anyway.

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