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 took my seat in the stands, now with anxiety no doubt rolling off me in waves. I'd never seen Jack be violent, even to Reid, who he openly disliked. But for some reason, I want worried Jack would start another fight. I was worried that Reid would end one, and that Jack would get hurt.
My heart felt like it was being torn apart, a pain that was real as my feelings ran in two completely different directions. In one sense, I wanted to believe that I wanted Reid. I'd had a crush on him for months before we began dating, and I finally had him, but in another, Jack was . . . Well, he was Jack.
And for some reason beyond me, my heart was being pulled to him like the tide to the moon. Like it belonged there. With him.
I was worried. I didn't want Jack to get hurt, but the look on Reid's face and his history of what I'd call extreme violence was scaring me. He was scaring me.
Why had Jack gone after him in the first place? In the past few weeks I'd come to know Jack as gentle, and kind, and annoying, but mostly kind. He wasn't easily phased, even if things made him angry. He usually brushed them off. So, whatever Reid had done, it was enough to make Jack angry, really angry. And more than that, he'd mentioned me. I wanted to know why.
One thing I did know for sure, was that I didn't want to be with Reid any longer. And not because of Jack, but because of the character he'd shown in the past few weeks.
Hayley was sitting in the stands, Izzy and Stella near her but not near enough to be considered sitting together. Stella grinned at me, calling me over, but I also didn't want to be rude to Hayley. I looked at my brunette best friend from Willowvale, and she glared at me, then at Stella and Izzy. I sighed, not wanting to make her upset.
"Hayley, let's sit with Stella and Izzy," I told her. "They're nice."
Hayley frowned, sulking as she stood up. "Whatever."
I sat beside Stella, smiling brightly at the girls as they invited us over with friendly smiles and excitement. Izzy leaned across, speaking to us. "This'll be a good game, especially considering the fight that's already happened!"
"I'm honestly quite worried," I admitted, gritting my teeth and wincing to prove my point.
"Why?" Hayley spat, speaking in a rude tone. She rolled her eyes. "It's not like number 86 is your boyfriend, unlike Reid."
I frowned, thinking. She was right, Jack wasn't by boyfriend. "Still," I argued, thinking out loud. "He's my friend and I don't want Reid to hurt him."
"Looks like you've been spreading yourself a little bit thin," she mocked, smirking with glossed lips and raising a perfectly groomed eyebrow. "If you know what I mean."
She clicked her tongue, giving me a questioning glance. I don't remember Hayley being this horrible, then again, it seemed since moving to Crestwood, my eyes had opened to the ways of every person I once thought had my back, but really didn't. I was only now realising what kind of people they were.
