Page 110 of Body Checked & Pucked

Still.

Being pursued by him… the temptation. Flirting with crossing delicate lines.

What is wrong with me?

Is this who I really am?

Think about what I’m suggesting… what I’m kind of implying here…

A hand touches my shoulder and I look back, almost ready to smile.

“Go ahead, sweetie,” a woman’s voice says from behind me. She smiles at me. “It’ll be okay.”

I realize I’ve stopped moving.

I’m holding up the line.

I walk forward and shut my mind off for a minute.

I hug Mac and tell him how sorry I am for his loss.

When I hug Violet, she squeezes me a little bit tighter than normal.

I can’t imagine what she must be going through. Standing by the guy she loves through his sad time.

I tell Violet I love her.

The words just spill out of my mouth.

I walk away, head down, and as much as I want out of here, I can’t leave.

I lift my gaze and see a very large tree. A very thick tree, with lots of branches that hang low to the ground.

A perfect place to kind of hide out for a minute to catch my breath.

When I’m behind the tree, I feel a little better.

I take a few deep breaths.

I look up and try not to think about the fact that I’m in a cemetery.

I hear the crack of a stick.

Suddenly I feel like I’m in a horror movie.

That creepy sense of oh shit, when you know someone is there…

As I start to turn to my right, Jax steps forward.

The suspense ends and my heart begins to race.

I look up at him.

He stares down at me.

The tree is wide enough that we’re both hidden.

Yes. I’m thinking it. You know what I’m thinking…

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