Ice Lovers (boyxboy)

CHAPTER 14

(back to Mason's POV)

It's possible I could be falling for Diego. I don't exactly know why, but he's obviously shown effort. He even got in a fist fight with my ex. And there's no way he faked that, they both were bleeding.

Could I really trust him? He always sounds so sincere, could he really be faking that? I think I can trust him. I just don't want to be hurt again like I was before.

I'm so confused. How do I tell if I can trust him? Maybe I should ask Sofia about this, she's a genius when it comes to boy problems. Yeah, I'll ask her.

Today's Tuesday, we have the rink. All of my classes were easy today. We went back to our original seats in my class after lunch, so I was able to avoid Diego there. Then it was time for practice.

I don't have much time to ask her, we have lots of work to do. So as soon as she sat next to me to lace up her skates, I was already talking. “Okay, so, I've gotten really close to Diego these last few weeks, right? But I don't know for sure if I can trust him, y’know?”

“Jeez, you sprang that on me so fast. Good for you though.” I rolled my eyes. “Okay, so what do I do? How do I know if I can trust him?” I asked her, almost begging. She thought for a moment. “What has he done for you so far? Like to prove that he is trustworthy.”

I huffed and thought of all the things he's done for me in order. “Well, he always asks if I'm okay when I seem upset, every morning he sends a good morning text, every night he sends a good night text, he doesn't talk to any of the mean hockey players-” As I listed everything I counted them out on my fingers.

“He drove me home when I was drunk, he literally told me he likes me, he got in a fist fight with Simon, he told me he'd fight anyone for me…I think that's it.” Eight ways he's proved himself. Sofia rolled her eyes. “And what's the singular reason that you don't trust him?” She asked as if it's not a good singular reason to not trust somebody.

“That…He's on the hockey team.” I slowly admitted, realizing the point she's making. “Exactly, I'm pretty sure you can trust him, he's always staring at you anyway. What really matters is if you like him back or not.” I nodded my head and took a few seconds to think about this. Do I like him back? It's hard to tell. There's so many reasons for me to like him, and I know that I'm at least a bit physically attracted to him. Could that be enough to like him?

Sofia even told me he's trustworthy, I believe that he's trustworthy. So I do like him. What do I do now? Should I tell him? I got awoken from my thoughts by our coach yelling at us to get on the ice. I sighed, finished tightening my skates and got in the rink. Today we were working on singles, so anyone that didn't have one stayed off the ice and just did a few stretches for the day.

We sectioned off different parts of the rink for each person and got to practicing. For the longest time now, I've been trying to land a triple axel but I just keep landing on my butt. What makes it even worse is the few hockey guys that laugh every time. I haven't seen many people land it in competition though, so I wanna try.

That's what I did for the entire practice time. I ended up landing it three times, got close to landing it six times, in total I tried doing it seventeen times. Diego had been watching, I tried my best to avoid eye contact with him. I was about to get off the rink when I thought of something, so I skated over towards where Diego was sitting.

“Diego, meet me in the parking lot, okay?” I don't give him any time to answer before I smile at him and skate away. I sat down with Sofia on the bleachers and we unlaced our skates together before going to our respective locker rooms. I changed from the clothes I wear at practice to the clothes I wore to school today, then I went off to the parking lot, as fast as I could.

I looked around for Diego, spotting him near the front doors of the school. I ran over towards him, excited to talk to him. “Hey, Mason.” He greeted me and I waved to him. “Hi, Diego.” I planted my feet in front of him. Getting ready to tell him, I took a deep breath in to settle myself.

“I, uh, figured it out.” “Figured what ou-” I cut him off, but not with words. I placed my hands on each side of his face, pulled him in, and kissed him. He relaxed into the kiss, letting his fingers tangle into my hair. I moved my arms to wrap around his neck, deepening the kiss.

The kiss is nice, one of the best I've ever had. It's funny, the last time we kissed, it felt the same. But unlike what he had done, I don't pull away. I don't want to pull away, I want to kiss him forever. Because I like him. I like a boy on the hockey team. I like Diego, a boy on the hockey team.

But soon enough he pulled away, wide-eyed and staring at me. “Does this mean you like me back?” He asked, a little bit out of breath. I looked back at him, smiled and nodded my head. Then a look of pure joy took over his face, he seems so happy. “Wait, so, will you date me?” “Yes!” I nod my head again, this time more urgently.

Somehow he looked even happier, lifting me up and twirling me around. Not a second later, I was back on my feet and he was kissing me once again. I could barely stop laughing, it was so nice seeing him so happy about this. He pulled away, placing little kisses all over my face before fully letting go. “Sorry, I see my dad here to pick me up, I gotta go. But, I'll text you, okay.” I nodded my head for the third time. “Okay, see you.”

And with that, he left, walking across the parking lot to get to his car, waving goodbye to me on the way. I sighed and began walking towards my car. I unlocked the door, got in, buckled up, and started the car. I didn't take off just yet though, I stayed still for a moment, leaning back in my chair and thinking about Diego. A little sad, I watched as his car pulled out of the parking lot and left.

It's crazy, I already miss him. I lifted my hand and lightly grazed over my lips, I can't believe I kissed him like that. I can't believe he kissed me back. He really likes me, doesn't he? Well he's my boyfriend now, he better like me. So I got out my phone, texted Sofia to let her know what happened, then finally drove out of the parking lot and towards home.