Cassidy
"Are you going to make it to my game tomorrow?" I ask Tristain.
"I wouldn't miss it. My family managed to get last minute tickets as well." He replies.
"So I'll see you tomorrow then? Thanks for lunch!" I give him a hug. He's only a few inches taller than me so I don't have to reach up. I'm 6 feet tall so sometimes it's hard to find guys who are taller than me. Normally I find myself leaving down to give almost everyone a hug. He lets go and I'm about to turn to leave when he grabs me around the waste and pulls me in. I feel his lips in my lips. He really is the best kisser. Better than Zach Norton ever was. I close my eyes and savor the moment. To my dismay, the kiss had to end at some point.
"I got to go to practice. See you tomorrow." He says.
"Kay. See you then. Bye!" I turn and leave. A grin is on my face. A huge one. But, I have to stop thinking about boys and start thinking about my game. We don't have any practice until tomorrow, so right now I have to get into my mental game. I head back to the dorm.
"Hey Allegra!" I say while I skip into our dorm.
"What are you so giggly about?" She asks looking up from her book.
"Nothing. What makes you think I'm 'giggly'?" I reply putting quotes around giggly. Cassidy Sloane isn't giggly. She's never giggly.
"Does it have anything to do with a Tristain Berkeley?" She asks smiling misteviously.
'What does she know?' I wonder.
"What's it to you? I snap.
"Whoah. Sorry. You don't have to be so sensitive. But... Is it?"
"Maybe. I say." Smiling guiltily.
"Ooh Big Bad Cassidy Sloane has a crush."
She sings getting up off the bed and dancing around. That's how Tristain had described me to his old ice dancing partner, Annabelle. I chase Allegra around the room. Until finally we both flop on our beds giggling.
Dinner time rolls around do we go to the cafeteria to eat. Even though I'm nervous of our game, I'm still ferociously hungry and chow down to my hearts content. Once Allegra and I are back in our room, we short and decide to go to bed early so we are rested for our game. Once the lights are off, Allegra whispers to me, "So... The mystery man. I want details." I sigh and tell her about our whole backstory. I skip a few details but by the time I'm done, she whispers through the dark, "I never pegged you for the dark and mysterious type." I then proceed to chuck a pillow at her.
Somehow, I eventually managed to fall asleep. When we wake up, we head straight to the training facility. We have an hour of practice there and then head to the arena. On the bus ride in between, Coach Lipton gives us all muffins. It's her favorite kind of power food. She gives them to us before every game and after almost all our practices. Once we get to the locker room she gives us a pep talk, "Today, is what we have been preparing for for the last year. Even more. All your life. Get out there and get something done. Score. Play good D. Take every shot you have because you miss 100% of the shots you don't take. I've never had a more promising and determined team and if you don't make it to at least the semis, I'd be surprised. So lets get out there and give it all we got!" We all rush our the door, and into the ice.
We warm up and then the game begins. I start on the bench but that's okay with me. I'm not the best on the team yet. I tune out the roaring crowdsand focus on every mistake our team makes so when I go in I don't make them too.
I'm subbed in at the beginning of the second period. After the face off, I immediately get a hard pass from my left. The puck slams off my stick and then goes soaring forward. I chase it down and focus on the goal. There is a single defender in my way, #4. If I can get around her, it's just me and the goalie. A quick flick of my wrist, sends the ball to my teammate and then I stealthily skate around #4. A pass comes my way, like a bullet, in one touch, I slam it. Everything slows down. The crowd goes quiet. The puck bounces off the goalie and I take my chance. I pound it in again. The crowd goes wild. My first Olympic goal! I look up at the roaring fans, a multitude of red, white, and blue. Then out of the corner of my eye, I see a big group of people chanting my name. The first one I see is my sister, Courtney, holding Chloe, my baby sister. I look at the people surrounding them and I see all my book club friends and family. Even some random families from around Concord. There here! They came!