The Hockey Player

Bonfire

I rode the bus with Lillian. she was talking about some girl in her math class being a loser or something, but my mind was with the party tonight. I'm going to see both Ben and Alex. My stomach was filled with butterflies. I felt someone playing with my hair and I turned to see Evan playing with it.

"Ew why are you playing with my hair?" I say pulling my hair towards myself.
"It's very nice" he smirks.
I turn around while Lillian gives him a dirty look. Evan is a grade 11 that thinks he is loved by everyone. In reality he is a huge loser. His twin brother Quinn was a little nicer and likes to apologize. They were polar opposites.
"Jenna are you going to the party tonight" Evan says
"Yea, but I don't remember you being invited" I say not bothering to look at him while speaking. He tugs my hair. I turn to face him.
"Well your friend Joseph invited me." He says twirling my hair between his fingers
"Joseph. Are you serious. whatever." I say plucking my hair from his fingers.

The bus stops signalling my stop. I get up with a few other students on my bus too. I can't wait to drive to school by myself. Evan stands up and comes close to me.
"Wear something nice Jenna" he whispers into my ear.
I shoot him a dirty look,
"I will dress for myself not you." I push him to sit back in his seat and get off the bus waiting for Lillian. Quinn apologizes through the window while Evan smirks at me.
"What did he say?" Lillian says looking at the bus now passing.
"To wear something nice. Obviously I will wear something nice, I'm not going in my uniform." I say
"Well I will see you tonight then chica" Lillian winks at me and then gets into her dads car.
"Bye" I wave at the leaving car.

I walk into my house. the cool conditioning cooling my sticky skin.
"Hello?!" I yell into the large house.
My older brother John comes out.
"Hey sissy" he says kissing my forehead.
"Hey John where's daddy?" I say hugging him. My brother works in the army. I only ever see him when he has vacations. I miss him a lot. We used to fight all the time but when he got deployed the first time, it was then I realized that I missed my older brother.

I was the youngest of a family of 5. My mom and dad were surgeons. My sister is a lawyer, now expecting a baby girl and my brother is a soldier. Then there was me the girl in high school. The baby of the Italian family, both my parents are the youngest in their families, so I was the youngest in that family too, most of my cousins either a year older or already starting families of their own.
"He's at work but Ava is here" he says grabbing an apple from the kitchen counter.
"Okay, well I'm going to a party tonight" I say getting a water bottle from the fridge.
"Who's?" John asks
"Rianna's" I say
My brother was in love with Rianna's older sister Rachel. They both loved each other but don't want to get serious in case John dies. He says he will get a normal job if he had a child with her. But she doesn't want to ruin Johns dream of being a Canadian hero.
"Do you want to come, you can hang with Rach if you guys want." I say smiling at their relationship dating for 4 years.

What if me and Ben were like that. Wait I meant Alex. Not Ben. Well maybe Ben. But still. Alex is the one for me.
"Maybe I will come. Me and Rach can go out to the rooftop at Marc's" he says starry eyed.
"Go get her you goof ball." I say punching his built shoulder.
He takes out his phone and leaves the kitchen to call Rachel.
I go upstairs to see Ava cleaning up my parents bedroom. Ava was our nanny. I have had her since I was only two months old. I could never live without her.

"Hey Ava." I go over to hug her.
"Hey sweetheart. How was your day?" She says giving me one end of the comforter.
"Good, I'm going Rianna's to get ready for her party today okay?" I say making the bed with her.
"Of course, stay safe." She smiles and shoos me out of the bedroom.

I go to my room and take out my white bikini and shorts. I take out a white DNKY towel and put them all into my beach bag. I change into my short shorts and a crop top and slip on my converse. I take my cell and headphones and head out to call John.