The Secret

Chapter 5: prom

                                                                       Brennen

                                                           ~~~~~~~~

I sit in the penalty box as I watch the rest of my teammates play. I hate the penalty box, it makes me wanna die. Coach was already glaring at me from across the ice which didn't make this any better.

I stare at the timer and feel my heart pound against my chest, time is almost up. We were tied and I did not want overtime. I watch Garrett steal the puck and I feel my heart race faster and faster. Come on, come on. He could do it. He does a stutter with the puck to throw our opponent off before he hits a straight shot into the goal. I jump to my feet and cheer, everyone starts screaming. I quickly skate out of the penalty box and skate over to him.
We throw our arms around each other, cheering. This was my favorite part of hockey, the victory.

I walk out of the locker rooms and everyone is happy and excited about our win.

Chris begins to laugh and talk about some weird theory he had about fish but I totally tune him out, because that's what you have to do when he starts saying stupid shit. Everyone who knows Chris knows that. I look at him and smile as I nod before I look ahead of me and my heart skips a beat when I see Taylor. She was with Lily and my sister. They were all laughing, she was smiling as they continued to talk.

We start to get closer to them before she looks over at us and smiles, freakishly. She's never smiled at me like that before. I start to lift my hand up to wave at her before I hear another voice.

"Tay-Tay!!" I hear Garrett cheer.

I drop my hand and stop walking as he runs past me, he runs up to her and lifts her up, spinning her in a circle as they hug.

She was smiling at him. Not me.

"Dude, you good?" Chris asks, breaking me from my thoughts.

I force a smile and nod before we both walk up to them. Jake follows us as we all stand together talking.

"Congrats on the win again, guys." Taylor smiles.

"Thank you, Tay-Tay." Chris says.

I smile and nod before Jules walks up to us.

"Great job guys." She says.

"Thanks." We all say.

"So, party at our place tonight?" Garrett asks as he throws his arm over Tay-Tay's shoulder.

"Fuck yeah." Chris cheers.

We all head back to the house and as usual the house starts to fill up with people but I keep myself locked in my room. I felt like shit. Mostly because I hated the way I felt when I thought Taylor was smiling at me.

I scroll through my phone and try to distract myself which was not working.

I turn my phone off and roll over in my bed and face the wall that had a photo of me and the guys. I look at the photo and sigh as I look at Garrett and me. We had our arms over each other's shoulders and we were laughing.

He deserved a better friend than me.

I hear a knock on the door before it opens and I see Jules standing there.

"Hey." She smiles.

I sit up in my bed and look at her.

"I got something for you." She smirks.

I frown before she holds a cart. I laugh at her and she smiles.

"Wanna get high?" She asks.

"Hell yeah." I say.