AXEL I tap a foot nervously against the footwell of the car as Lucas drives, anxiety eating at me from the inside. My mind replays everything that's happened these last three hours in an endless loop: from getting ejected in my first game, to squaring off to Shane in the locker room, to shifting in the woods… and getting seen. The night's breeze sifts through the open window of the vehicle, but it does nothing for the beads of sweat trickling down my skin. Shifting on school grounds was a stupidly reckless thing to do. The thought gnaws at me with every passing second, but hasn't that been the story of my fuckin day? I've done more stupid s**t today alone than I have in months combined. Wild burst of anger, or jealousy as Shane called it, has pushed me into exposing the one secret t

