Derek
Practice had run long. My body ached, and I was ready to take a shower, put on some music, and go to sleep.
Jessica had been running me ragged. I loved going out to dinners and parties with her, but sometimes, I just wanted to relax.
And she “wasn’t the relaxing type of girl.” She said it was boring when I wanted to stay in and watch a movie with her.
She’d called me boring more and more often lately. I was doing my best to keep up with her, but it was exhausting.
I was walking back to my dorm, grateful for a moment of quiet, when I saw them.
Tyler and Hailey were sitting in the ice cream parlor just outside of campus. I froze when I saw them and just stared for a moment, unable to process what I was seeing.
They looked so relaxed with each other. The
