Todos los capítulos de The Collision : Capítulo 11 - Capítulo 18

Maya’s POVI scrolled through my phone while walking across the quad, the afternoon sun warm on my skin. My heels clicked against the pavement — sharp, confident steps that always turned heads. I looked good today. I always made sure of that. Tight top, perfect hair, the kind of smile that made people remember me.Then I saw them.Jace and that girl Ariana sitting at a table outside the campus café. Not touching, but close enough. He was leaning in slightly, saying something. She had that guarded little smile on her face, the one that made her look soft and innocent. My stomach twisted.I stopped behind a tree, far enough that they wouldn’t notice me, but close enough to watch. Jace laughed at something she said. That easy, warm laugh he used to give me.My fingers tightened around my phone until the case creaked.“Who the hell is she?” I whispered to myself.I opened Instagram and started typing a story. Nothing too obvious. Some people move on so fast… guess the rumors were true a

Ariana's POV I pushed open the dorm door, still replaying the conversation with Jace in my head. My bag slipped off my shoulder and landed with a thud on the floor. Becca was already sitting on her bed, legs crossed, phone in her lap, but the second she saw me she dropped it.“Ariana Brooks,” she said, eyes wide. “You better sit down right now and tell me what the hell is going on.”I froze halfway to my bed. “What do you mean?”Becca pointed at her phone screen. “Maya made a post now everyone is talking about you and Jace Carter.But this time it looks way too real. You went on a date with him? A real one?”I sat down slowly on my bed, my hands gripping the edge of the mattress. My heart was still racing from earlier. “It wasn’t a real date. It was… part of the arrangement.”Becca crawled closer to the edge of her bed, leaning forward. “Arrangement? Girl, start talking. From the beginning. Because from what I’m seeing online, you two looked pretty cozy at the café.”I rubbed my face

Jace’s POVThe arena lights beat down on the ice as I skated out for warm-ups. My skates cut clean lines, but my mind was somewhere else. Dad’s voice from yesterday still rang in my ears; sharp, disappointed, demanding focus. And now she was here. Ariana. Sitting in the stands as my “girlfriend” for the first time.I glanced up toward the section Mike had pointed out earlier. She was there, in a simple gray sweater, hair tied back, looking small among the crowd of fans in team colors. Our eyes met for a second. She gave a small, awkward wave. I lifted my stick in response, forcing a smile that felt too wide.Mike skated up beside me, tapping my shin pad. “She actually came, you good?”I nodded, but my stomach was tight. “Yeah. Just… weird seeing her here like this.”The crowd noise swelled as more fans filled the seats. I pushed off, taking a few hard laps to warm my legs. Every stride sent a dull ache through my shoulder, but I pushed through it. The game mattered. Scouts were here,

Jace's POV I walked into the campus café the next afternoon, my hands shoved deep in my hoodie pockets. The place was busy with students grabbing drinks between classes, but the back corner table we’d agreed on was still open. My shoulder ached from yesterday’s game, but I ignored it. The real reason my stomach felt tight was simpler; Ariana had actually shown up for the study session yesterday, and now we were doing this again.I spotted her already sitting there, notebook open, hair tied back in that neat ponytail she always wore. She looked focused and guarded. Like she was ready for this to be strictly business.I pulled out the chair next to her and dragged my seat close to hers, close enough that our arms brushed when I sat down. “Hey, you beat me here again.”She glanced up, her expressive eyes meeting mine for a second before she looked back at her notebook. “I had a free period and figured we should make it look real.”I nodded, setting my bag on the floor. “Yeah. That’s the