Cruel Summer - C. Sturniolo

Eighteen | Boston

It was back to Boston the next day, being sent with a nice goodbye from Trevor and Jamie. On the plane I was nervous. How could I not talk about spending my time with Trevor and my first encounter with Jamie?! I mean if I even tell someone can i trust them not to tell Chris??

Finally when I landed and got out, I saw my mother along with Vela at the end of the gate. Smiling as I walked up to them, engulfing them in a hug before heading home. It was three pm when I arrived home, heading over to the Sturniolos like I live over there.

"Hey Mary" I said entering their house

"Stell!!" she exclaimed

"Where are the boys?" I asked giving her a side hug

"Upstairs, they'll be very happy to see you" she smiled

"Okay" I nodded "Hey trev" I greeted their family dog

I walked upstairs and into Nic's room, then Chris', and finally Matt's. There I found all the triplets with post-its on the wall, looking back at me like I just walked into them doing nothing good.

"Hey Stell" Chris greeted me

"We need your opinion on something" Matt said walking back to hug me

"What a way to be greeted from a two day trip" I playfully sighed as they had a refreshed look on their minds

"That's why she wasn't here!!" Chris shouted

"We thought you were like with your new hockey friends and ditching us" Matt said

"I wish I was with my hockey friends, I was locked in a hotel with Vanessa" I scoffed

"What?" Chris stopped everything

"Yeah" I nodded realizing what I said "I had to stay with her" I straightened my posture

"Poor you" Nic said sympathetically

"Yeah. But I live to tell the story" I sighed looking around the room

"Hey-" Chris gets interrupted by my phone

"Hold on" I held up a finger leaving the room

I looked at my phone and it was my coach, did I leave something on the plane?

"What's up coach?" I asked looking around in Nic's room

"Hey so they need you down at the Boston Combine, you know like height, weight, how high you can jump, how far you can jump, all of that" he told me

"Right now?" I asked

"Yeah, you have to do two days of it. Today is just where they're checking you, tomorrow is where you are going to meet all the teams and talk with them. Also have interviews" he said

"Alright I'll head over to the combine" I sighed

"Remember Dems, you're at the top. Own it" he reminded me

"Yeah, thanks coach" I quickly said

"See you in a couple of days" he said hanging up

I let out a disappointing sigh, I really wanted to hang out with the triplets since it's been a while. But now I have the combine? What the hell is going on right now?

"Everything good?" Chris asked coming in

"Yeah I just have to go somewhere for hockey" I said putting my phone in my pocket

"Oh. You can't ditch it?" he asked with hope in his eyes

"No, it's the combine. I cannot miss that Chris" I sighed