[Discovering Me 03] • Dating Texas

Killian:

I think I have a thing for my roommate.

I, Killian “Killer” James, future NHL goalie and current team loner, have no idea how this started.

I’m a poor ranch-hand from Texas who ended up at a boarding school for the elite for one reason: hockey. My classmates don’t understand the world I grew up in. And then there’s Diego, the guy who asks too many questions and talks so much I can barely think.

But he trusts me, and that’s not a feeling I can easily forget.

When he isn’t hunched over his computer screen or trying to save the planet, he stares at me with these adorable wide eyes behind his glasses.

I don’t need any distractions, but I’m starting to realize maybe I want one.

Diego:

My roommate has killer dimples.

He’d probably punch me if he knew I noticed. As the goalie on the school’s prized hockey team, Killian James is out of my league.

Even if he were gay.

I, Diego “weird-guy” Jackson, love math. Computer code is my language. I’ve grown up with anything money can buy but little else, and now, I don’t know how to talk to people.

Sometimes, when I ask my constant awkward questions, I wait for Killian to laugh at me, to make fun of me. He never does.

Maybe that’s why his rare smiles make me want more. Maybe it’s why I’m willing to risk my life climbing onto a horse, or strapping my feet into death-trap ice skates.

I’m tired of living inside my own lonely world. I’d rather join his.