The Bet (Book 1 in The Deception Series)

Chapter 34: change and loss

Garrett

~~~~~~~

"The Scientist"- Coldplay

I stare at the line of pucks I put across the ice and smirk. I glance at the goal and then look back at the first puck in line. I skate up to the first puck and get a good view of what angle I needed to hit it in order to make it straight into the goal.

Once I figure it out, I back away from the line and grip my stick.

3,2,1.

I kick off the ice with all my force and start slamming each of the pucks into the goal until I reach the other side of the rink, not missing a single puck.

I smirk as I look at the goal which had a bunch of pucks in it.

"Wow, that's impressive." I hear her voice.

I smile as I look at her sitting on the bench off to the side of the rink. I skate over to her and stop in front of the plastic window. She smiles as she gets up and comes over to the plastic window.

"It's all about the angles." I tell her.

She lets out a small laugh. I stare at her and a smile forms onto my lips. Tonight was the night I was going to tell her the truth. I wanted to tell her everything from my point of view to show her that it wasn't just a game to me. She was my world. My lifeline.

"What?" She asks.

"Nothing." I lie.

It was everything. She was everything, I was madly in love with this girl. Crazy in love. I've never been so consumed by someone.

"Stand on your tiptoes so I can kiss you." I tell her.

She laughs before standing on her tiptoes, showing her face barely above the clear wall. I chuckle before I lean down and kiss her passionately.

I hear someone clear their throat making us pull apart. I move my gaze to the sound and see Brennen standing there with his arms crossed over his chest.

"I'm ready to go." He says.

"Alright, I'll be out in a second." I tell him.

Me and Brennen stayed late to lock up after practice, Taylor was gonna come over and spend the night so I told her to stop by after practice. I just wanted a few moments of peace with her before we went back to my place and I told her the truth.

"You wanna come with us?" I ask my girlfriend.

"I brought my car, I'll meet you at the house."

I nod before I kiss my middle and index finger and place it on the plastic wall.

She smiles before doing the same.

"I love you, Tay-Tay." I say as she grabs her bag.

"I love you too, Garrett." She replies before she made her way to the exit.

I stand there and smile to myself and spin in a circle on the ice.

God, does love really feel this amazing?

After I finish cleaning up I meet Brennen in the parking lot. He stood by my car and stared at the ground.

"What's up with you?" I ask as I walk up to him.

"Nothing." He says as he opens the car door and gets into the passenger seat.

I roll my eyes before getting into the driver seat.

We drove home in silence, I didn't know what to say to him. He was one of my best friends. I love Brennen. Yes, we made a stupid bet over a girl that we both fell madly in love with and he was pissed about it and so was I. But I love him, he's stood by me since freshman year, I knew I could count on him.