Love, Hate and Hockey Skates

uld think my ass was on fire. I expected Ace

ught he would. I guess it would be hard to fo

to kill time and read a book. It was another passion of mine that I loved to do, but I stopped reading in publ

tand a chance of being my friend? He wouldn't l

ance to finally get back at him f

as lau

o Cities, by Charles Dickens. I fell in love with this book freshman year of hig

hair to sit and read. I was so invested in the words I had r

uman creature is constituted to be that profoun

glared at him. "What

t so fast afte

dy told you; that I'm not interested in mak

to be your friend, and I'm

me no matter how much I argued, and there w

e you talking abou

uote from the book."

at?" I asked in pure shock. I didn't ever remember him reading back

h and turns out it was nothing like I thought it was. I expected it to be a romance story, which it was,

about me. There were tons of students who were reading

shock you?" he

of,

bout it. Just because I'm a dumb jock, doesn't mean

t a little bad, he

n't what I mean

and sat down backwa

e you've met me before, and somet

ited for him t

that?" I asked when

I was wrong, and you're just mea

ou're m

er his chest. "Oh

compliment. What

ir. "I'm bored, I have another half hour to ki

ook shut and g

ng me with your presenc

here." He jumped u

e that very quickly. How in the world did I stand this guy in the past? I wasn't sure

lass wasn't far

" I said and hoped

he class and watched as a f

you as a dancer, I thought for sur

wha

the music students here, it's al

ove music," I

funny name and they're all

the dance studen

'm not sure yo

ly right about that.

y. Are you going to come and watch it again

ho just wanted to be accepted and would've killed to have had a handsome and

reason, it was hard to be mean when he looked s

. "I might hold y

first time even since high school that he had ever said it.

, I would've laughed at them, then smacked them. This was