Cameron
“Howmanytimeshaveyou seen this movie?” Zhuri asks me curiously, glancing at the TV whereThe Mighty Ducksis playing.
“Pretty sure I lost count by the time I was eight,” I laugh, leaning back against my sofa while she sits on the opposite end.
“Honestly? Same,” she chuckles. “I had a stupidly big crush on Conway.”
“Connie was mine,” I smile.
She decides to tease me. “Got a thing for female hockey players, Cammy?”
I give her a pointed look. “Maybe.”
She looks at me in surprise, and as she does, I get a good look at her long, toned legs.
Legs that I shouldnotbe staring at.
Legs that I shouldnotbe imagining wrapped around me in various ways that all involve zero clothing.
So what am I doing?
Staring and imagining anyway.
She teasingly asked if I missed her when we were texting, but I had to play it off.
Yeah, I fucking missed her, even though she had only left my place not even two hours before.
Not hard to figure out exactly what that means.
Zhuri is one of my favorite people, and I think it’s time I admit that I don’t feel completelyfriendlywith her.
Which is why I had her come over.
Sure, I didn’t want to be alone tonight, but the only spiraling my mind would have done would have been thoughts about her.
I’msurehaving her over while I have those thoughts is a better idea.
I must still be staring because she looks up at me, confused. “You okay, Cam?”
“Yeah,” I reply quickly. “Totally okay.”
“You’re staring at me…”
I shrug it off without denying it.
If there is anything between us, it can’t go anywhere. We’re on the same goddamn team, and the NHL thought it would be a brilliant idea to put men and women together and expect them to keep their hands off each other.
It’s testing all of my willpower to not be more open about what I’m thinking, but Zhuri has already talked about how she has to keep her image clean. The last thing she’d ever do is risk that for me.
I’m… not worth that.
I let out a deep breath.
“Cameron?”
“Hm?” I say, snapping back to reality.
“Are you really okay? You seem like you’re in your head right now.”
