Love Me Now || Trayce Thompson

FORTY ONE

Stella's POV- June 2016

"How are you and Trayce?"

I looked at my freshly painted fingernails and nodded slowly.

"We got into a small argument before he left on his roadtrip actually" I stated.

Tracye was trying so hard to prove himself on the team that he was ignoring an injury he had. I suggested that he'd get an X-ray and he got incredibly defensive about it.

"What was the argument about?"

"His back" I answered.

"He should really get that checked. An injured back is something he should ignore"

"I told him the same thing and he was so defensive about it" I said earning a hum from Anthony.

"He's got a sore back and if he continues to play he's going to fracture it"

"I told him he was an idiot" I stated earning a smile from Anthony.

"Want some advice?"

I nodded and Anthony cleared his throat.

"He's going to hate you, but I think you should tell his parents"

I let out a sigh and nodded.

"You told them already?"

I shook my head.

"No, we'd probably break up if I did that" I stated.

"He wouldn't break up with you because of that. He's in love with you Stella"

I chose to ignore what he said.

"You didn't see how defensive he got" I told him.

"So who did you tell?"

"I told Klay, and he told Mychel" I replied.

He nodded slowly.

"How long has it been since you last talked with him?"

"Since he left on his roadtrip" I answered.

"He's played like shit"

I got a text from Corey telling me they were in Pittsburgh Thursday evening because he had witnessed the fight. It was now Monday evening and I had not heard from Trayce.

"Sonia has kept me quite busy, so I haven't exactly watched any games" I said.

He chuckled.

"Another person who is injured and claims she is not"

Sonia had a broken toe, and she insisted she was fine. She had been skating with a broken toe, and if it weren't for an argument she had with her boyfriend she wouldn't have gone to the doctors.

"You know I'm right here"

Anthony shifted to look at Sonia who was sitting across from us.

"If it weren't for Israel, you'd be in the same position as Trayce"

She looked at Israel who smiled.

"He's right"

He laughed as she frowned at him.

"I don't like you right now, you're not agreeing with me"

"You love me"

I smiled as she looked at him and kissed his nose.

"You missed"

Israel laughed as she grabbed his face and gave him a deep kiss.

"Nailed it"

All the attention turned to me, as my phone chimed indicating I had a text.

"Is it Trayce?"

"I don't know, let me pull my phone out" I told Sonia.

I pulled my phone out of my pocket and looked at the screen.

"It's Nolan" I said as I opened the text that said,

Are you free on Friday?

"What does he want?"

"He wants to know if I'm free on Friday" I answered showing Anthony the text.

"It's a group message"

I looked at the screen just as a bubble formed,

I know you both read this, don't ignore me!

"Does he know I'm injured?"

I looked at Sonia.

"No" I told him.

She smiled and stretched her hand out.

"Hand your phone over"

I did and watched as she typed something. She showed the text to Israel who looked at her.

"He's going to think she injured herself"

Sonia shrugged and handed me my phone. I read the text and looked at her.

"I mean, you're not wrong" I said.

She had sent out a simple text,

Won't be out of the hospital until noon.

"That should get him to talk with you"

My dad tends to freak out when Sonia and I get injured, so I wasn't surprised when he asked if I could take Sonia to the doctor's on Friday. Anthony's mom was an orthopedic surgeon, and she had agreed to see Sonia for a consult.

"Would you look at that, Trayce is calling you"

I stood up and made my way upstairs as I answered the call.

"Hello" I said.

"Are you ok?"

I made my way into my room and closed the door.

"Yeah, why?" I asked.

"You won't be out of the hospital until 2pm on Friday?"

"Oh, that" I said.

"What happened?'

"Nothing happened to me, I'm fine" I responded.

"So you're not at the hospital?"

"No" I answered.

Trayce let out a sigh of relief.

"Ok, I freaked out thinking something happened to you"

"I am very much ok" I said.

"Why do you have to be at the hospital on Friday?"

"Sonia fractured her toe, and my dad wants to see if it's healing well" I told him.

"Is she ok?"

"Yes, she just has a stress fracture. She should be skating in 4-6 weeks" I said.

I cleared my throat.

"At least now I know how to get your attention" I stated.

He sighed.

"Stella"

"No it's fine, we can talk when you get back from your roadtrip" I told him.

I looked at the time.

"I miss you"

"Bye" I said.

I ended the call and looked at the screen. Was it childish that I had just hung up on him, or was I right that he needed to see a doctor?