When Lyla arrives at her new school, Crestwood High, her hopes of a new beginning are quickly challenged by the schools walking one-night stand. Lean, killer jawline, captain of the ice hockey team, and rude as all hell, Jack Hughes is everything Ly...
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I was so thankful for the end of the school day that I verbally sighed. I'd never changed schools before, and now I knew why people hated it so much. Sure, I'd made some friends, and though half of them were hockey players, they seemed like nice people, and sure, my teachers weren't so bad, but overall, it was exhausting and different. At Willowvale, I had a school uniform, but at Crestwood, I had to actually pick clothes to wear every day, which added a whole extra level of stress to going to a new school. What if people didn't like what I wore and I ended up being picked on? That happened, didn't it? Though, the people I'd met today didn't seem like the type.
I was also mildly disappointed that I now had no boyfriend to drop me home after school, so I was stuck with walking. Thought, the breeze was nice on my skin and the trees were pretty in the area, so that made up for it.
I flopped on my bed the second I walked through my bedroom door, now that my room was much smaller than my last, my bed was literally right beside my door. Staring at the stucco ceiling I thought about my day. Going to school with Jack Hughes was a nightmare, I saw it coming, but I didn't think It would be so bad. I had imagined in my mind that we'd be paired for a science project and start off hating each other but by the end of the lesson we'd realise we were being silly and become friends, but that was not the case. Jack despised me as I despised him. We were star-crossed haters, meant to dislike each other, and I couldn't imagine him any other way. Jack was an asshole, and he would always be. There was no way we could ever be friends, especially since he loved to push my buttons and tease me at every chance he got. If Jack was being nice, he wasn't being real.
I sighed, flopping to my bedroom floor before rolling to stand back up. I had to get ready for work. It was my first day and this was my first ever job. I really didn't want to have to work, especially since it was at the Crestwood Olympic Ice Rink, meaning I would most definitely run into Mr. Annoying the hockey captain, and, it was out of my comfort zone. I was used to never having to work for anything, things just came naturally for me. Other than skating, I was used to just . . . receiving, that was the way I'd grown up. But things were so different here, my mother had no money, and worked so much that I barely saw her, honestly, I saw my Nan more, and if I wanted to keep skating, I had to pay for it myself.
Of course, I had promised Hayley and the rest of Willowvale that I wouldn't skate again, that I would hang up my old skates and never touch the ice again, but that was impossible. I couldn't just give up my passion, sure, I hadn't skated in over a month, but that didn't mean I wasn't itching to get on the ice, and working at the rink was the closest I could get to it.
I shoved the dark blue uniform shirt over my head, pairing it with black leggings that flared at the ankles and would cover the top of my skates. I slipped into the uniform jacket, big and blue and puffy, to keep me warm in the freezing rink, then tossed my brunette locks into a high ponytail with a scrunchy keeping it in place. My face was fine, I had done light makeup for school, and other than a slight touch up of the cheeks and lips, I wasn't really phased. I had a boyfriend anyway, so there was no one to impress.
