Ring of Love

Insane For You

Axel's pov:

A couple days have passed since the whole fiasco with Ben. 

Ally hasn't heard anything from Sophia since it happened, which has been hard for her since she considered Sophia one of her closest friends since starting here. 

Likewise, Bryce and I have been avoiding each other like the plague. I wasn't sorry about sucker-punching him in the face, he deserved it. 

Us avoiding each other though has definitely set an awkward tone around the house with Dylan and Tanner caught somewhere in the middle. 

I'm not mad that they didn't pick my side right away, I know they just want to keep the peace in the house. But it is a bit frustrating, considering the fact that every time I hear his voice around the house I want hit him in the face again. 

The good news though is that practice for me has been going pretty well these past couple of days. It has helped with letting off some steam, and coach has seemed to be noticed that I've been packing a stronger punch. 

I'm a bit surprised coach hasn't mentioned anything yet to me about it. Although I don't think he'd appreciate the fact that my anger has been stemming from one of the guys on his team. He would probably have us sit in a corner or something and work out.

If that were to happen, I can't promise I'd be on my best behavior.

I have never been the type to hold a grudge for long, but for Ally? The girl has got me bending over backwards to do anything to please her. 

We have our first tournament coming up for the season, and unlike other years, it hasn't been all that I can think of these past few days. 

It seems that all my thoughts have one thing in common, and she goes by the same Ally Elizabeth Sanders. 

After what we've been through this past week, I've decided to hold off on asking her to be my girlfriend, considering the fact that I would like to do it at a time where we are both in a better place. 

It hasn't been easy though. The longer she's still single, the more restless I get. 

Since that day, we've been spending almost any second of free time that we have together. She's even let me spend a few nights at her place, and I swear I've never slept better, even with Claire squealing about every half hour from the sight of us.

Today though, I haven't had the chance to head over to their place yet because practice ran longer than expected, and then I have to run over to my place to grab my school bag since I've fallen a bit behind on assignments.

Bryce hadn't shown up to practice today, and I didn't know how to feel about...

 As someone who can't stand the sight of him at the moment, I was relieved. 

But as his captain, I was pissed, considering the fact that we are so close to the official start of the season. 

I must have had smoke coming out of my ears at some point during the practice, because both Dylan and Tanner told me to chill out. 

As I open the front door to the house, I see Bryce hanging in the living room. 

The sight of him just lounging around when he was supposed to be at practice made me want to put my fist through the wall. 

I force myself to take a deep breath, telling myself that coach will deal with him. And if you thought that I wasn't happy about Bryce's absence? It is nothing compared to how heated coach probably was.  

Physically, I am both taller and stronger than coach, but that doesn't mean the man doesn't scare the shit out of me on a daily basis. 

Shaking my head, I go about my business, just glad that in twenty minutes, I'll be back at Ally's place, hopefully cuddling her to death on that tiny mattress I've come to love because it gives us no choice but to basically sleep on top of each another.