Devoted To You

Chapter 15: Maxton

"Pick up the pace boys, I'm sure your grandmothers can skate faster than this!" Coach yells at us as we skate laps around the ice. I push myself even harder than I was before, trying to control my rapid breathing and the exhaustion taking over my body. Coach has been riding us harder than usual since we have a game against our biggest rivals coming up soon. I mean every team we've played against in the past has been good but Penn State is definitely our hardest competition. It's also the team we have the most issues with since all of them who play there are major assholes.

"Fuck, coach is trying to kill us" Matt says from beside me through harsh breaths. Just as he says this, coach blows his whistle signalling for us to stop. All of us halt our movements and try to catch our breath. My chest aches and my legs are ready to crumble but I force myself to keep upright. Dylan, on the other hand, throws himself on the floor and lies like a starfish.

"I think I'm going to die. Please tell my mama to make those special brownies I love and leave them in my grave so I can enjoy them while I haunt you coach." I chuckle along with the other guys at his dramatics and I don't know if this practice has made me hallucinate things but I think I see a small smile on coach's face.

"Get up and stop being a baby. The only reason I'm stopping you now is because the figure skating team needs the ice today so hurry your asses up and head to the changing rooms." His face is serious again and when he blows his whistle for the second time, the team springs into action and heads over to the changing rooms.

I stay behind to help coach pick up the equipment and the pucks around the ice. Just as I step out of the rink, I see the figure skating team making their way over to the ice. I don't pay these girls any mind even though I can see them giving me lust filled glances trying to get my attention. Unfortunately, one familiar high pitched voice irritates my ears before she steps in front of me, blocking my way to the changing room.

"Hey baby, I've missed you" I visibly cringe seeing Amber's caked face and hearing her repulsive voice. She brings her hands up and slides them under my jersey, her fingers tracing the lines of my abs.

I quickly push her arms off of me. "Don't touch me and don't call me baby." With that I go to move past her but she digs her fucking claws into my arm and steps even closer to me.

"Come on Maxton, this playing hard to get game is getting old. You know I rocked your world that night." I close my eyes as a wave of sadness and anger wash over me. I was in a bad place that night and I got completely wasted which led me to sleep with not one, but three girls in the span of three hours. Fucked up, I know. But I didn't know how else to deal and everything that happened after drinking that whole bottle of vodka is all a blur.

I had never felt more disgusted with myself than after that night. I didn't even make it home, the boys found me laying somewhere on the side of the road completely out of it. When Ella came over and found out what happened, she cried for what felt like forever and the guilt I felt for causing her more pain than she was already in really got to me. I realized that I was selfish for getting like that and I made a promise to myself that from that day on, I wouldn't be selfish anymore.

I let out an annoyed huff and pry her fingers off me. "Get out of my face Amber, I was fucked up that night and you know it. And I definitely don't want you now so just find someone else to latch on to."

She lets out a squeaky sound, crosses her arms and stomps her foot. Yes you heard me right, she stomped her foot like a five year old child. "Is it because of that whore Fallon that you're always with? Because if it is, you need to get yourself checked out cause I am so much prettier than her and if I'm being honest, she's kind of fat."

My entire body fills with rage at the way she speaks about Fallon but just as I'm about to put her in her fucking place, another voice beats me to it.

"Bitch, I suggest you keep my best friends name out of your cock sucking mouth before I give you a reason to go get checked out. And I get it, you're jealous of her, many people are because she's hot as fuck and you wish you were her but being bitter doesn't look good on you. If anything, it just makes you look uglier than you already are." Alex sends her a bitchy smile before blowing her a kiss with her middle finger and I don't even try to hold back my laugh because everything she said was true. Fallon is truly one of the most beautiful girls I've ever seen, if not the most beautiful. She has that kind of natural beauty that most girls wish they possessed but she doesn't even realize it.