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Okay so I know that some of you guys are like why is this taking so long. Well I was waiting for 5 reviews but I have been writing the whole time and I decided that even though I didn't get what I asked for you guys should still get your chapter.

So here it goes.

chapter 7

Two weeks later-

I got up early this morning and showerd. We had played the Blackhawks last night and won. And we were doing pretty good this season. mind you we are only a couple of weeks into it.

When I went downstairs for breakfast I saw Jacob and Jasper talking. They were still in their pajamas, which was strange since we had to leave soon for a flight. It had become so common to see other people at breakfast time that I always looked forward to it. I can't imagine living on my own this year. I've gotten to know the boys so well in the month that I've been here. I feel like I already am best friends with some of them and I was a lot closer to them then the boys I played hockey with for four years in high school.

We had another game tonight and we had to fly out at 7am I had gotten up at 4 just to make sure I was ready. Unfortunately I was up way to early. When we got on the plane Jacob made this huge scene of asking me what time I got up. And then all the boys laughed at me for getting up so early. I sat next to Jacob on the plane despite him making fun of me and I took a long nap on the plane. I don't know when it happened but when I woke up I was all cuddled against him . my head was on his shoulder and he had his arm wrapped around me. I pretended to be asleep because I love the feeling of being in his arms.

Soon I felt the plane start to descend and Jacob Nudged me awake. I decided to play around with Jacob a few more minutes.

"5 more minutes mommy" I sighed

" I know you've been awake for 10 minutes already. Why don't you just admit that I dazzle you with my charm and maybe I'll carry you off the plane." He whispered in my ear

I couldn't believe that I was stupid enough to believe that I was fooling him. Of course my breathing was different which would have been a dead give away.

"Okay you caught me" I said while sitting up "but I'm not the one who threw my arm around an unsuspecting girl while she tried to get a little sleep. I bet you loved it having me all snuggled up against you. Well let me tell you something mister. No matter how comfy I was it's your fault for initiating contact."

"I didn't say I had a problem with you pretending to sleep. I quite liked the feeling of you in my arms but now we have to get ready to land"

As soon as he finished speaking the pilot came over the speaker to announce that it was indeed time to prepare to land. The descent was rocky and I was afraid that my flu might return. Soon enough though we were on the ground and we could start getting off the plane. Jacob went into the isle first and I followed and reached up into the overhead compartment to grab my bag. However Jacob already had it in his hands.

"We don't need our star player straining herself" he said with a wink.

"I think I can handle a couple of pounds. That bag is nothing compared to my hockey bag now give it up."

I reached for my bag but he took a few steps back and with the force I used to propel myself at him I fell flat on my face. Of course I was so use to falling that as I fell I started laughing. Jacob gave me a weird look the offered me his hand. I hit him in the chest.

" The least you could have done was attempt to catch me before I embarrassed myself."

"No the least I could have done was nothing and that's exactly what I did."

He was laughing and I was fuming. He was supposed to be a gentlemen. I ripped my bag out of his hands and stomped away. Then I saw Jasper and ran up to him and tossed my arm around him.

"Hey Buddy" I called happily

"What's up teacup? He greeted just as happily

"Teacup? What's that suppose to mean?" I was a little agitated I mean I know I'm a girl but people need to stop treating me like I'm breakable.

" Well your fragile just like the ceramic they use t make a teacup but you are beautiful like an elaborately decorated teacup. Its really compliment."

I gave him a shove what was up with this fragile thing.

"I'll show you who's fragile. Just watch all the hits I take in a game. I bet you couldn't take as many. I'm always out there protecting you because you're the goalie. I bet if we switched positions you would be hurt within the first five minutes."

"Yeah and you would have let four goals in. and haven't you seen how many people run into me when they crash the net. But I'll watch you tonight since Backs will get the start"

" Well I hope they put you in the net sometime on this road trip you deserve it. Unfortunately your just the backup goalie to a really impressive goalie"

We had just gotten to the parking lot as we were wrapping up our conversation. Our bus was waiting to take us to the hotel. We would get a chance to drop off our stuff and then we had to go right to the rink for practice. I hate playing when I'm jetlagged I always feel like I'm going to fall or something but usually I do okay for some reason I play better when there's something challenging me. It just takes some getting use to. In high school we never had to fly any where except for nationals and even then we got in a day early so we could sleep it off.

Practice was fast and easy. Coach didn't push us to hard. I think that he knew we were all tired. We went back to the hotel to rest up a little before the game. Tonight we were playing the Nashville Predators and we usually don't do our best against them but I'm determent to win.

Now it's time for the game to start and I am well rested and ready to kick some butt. I am itching to get on the ice. Sometimes it feels perfect to just have that ice under your skates its were it belongs. Coach told me when we got to the arena that I would be on the starting line up and I was pumped. I know I can't mess it up. This is my chance to prove that I belong in the NHL and that I belong on the WILD now all I have to do is play a solid game. We heard the announcer call us out and we did a few laps around the rink while the announcer called the starting lineup for the Predators was announced. Then it was our turn.

"In net for the wild in number 29 Jasper Whitlock " I was so happy for him it's about time that he gets the start, I know that they were talking about Jasper getting the start today since Backs played last night.

"The center is number 18 Bella Johnson" When my name was announced a course of boo's rang thorough the arena I'm not sure if its because they know how good I am or if its because I'm a girl. I'm leaning more towards the girl thing.

"The right wing forward is number 7 Cory Turner and his partner number 24 Martin Jones. Number 5 Alex Papa will be partnered with number 3 Kyle Nichols on defense."

It felt great to hear my name called for the starting line up I hope that it continues. We skated to center ice this was it, my first time in the starting line-up for the Minnesota wild. I am so nervous I feel like if I mess this up I'm never going to get the start again. I am hoping to get at least one goal tonight.

The whistle sounded and it was time to play hockey. The puck dropped and I could already tell that this center was weak. He seemed to favor his left side like maybe his right leg was injured. So when the puck dropped I hit it to his left side then grabbed it with the stick and sent it off to Jones. Just like that we were charging into their zone. Jones passed me the puck and Cullen was in the perfect position for a goal so I passed it off to him. It hit his stick right on the tape. It was a perfect pass. He one-timed it right in the goal and we took an early lead.

The first twenty minutes passed just like that. I kept winning face offs and we kept getting chances on the goal. Coach followed the lines that he set up early in the season. It appeared that Nate Strickland and David Philips seamed to have found their grove because they played like they could read each other's mind. At the end of the first it was 3-0 us. We went into the locker room confident.

Unfortunately the Predators came into the second period with a vengeance I kept taking hit after hit. It was like they were out to get me. They outplayed and out skated us. I was putting so much energy into the plays that I could feel myself draining. I knew that come the third period I would be sluggish. Maybe that was their plan to just wear us out so we bombed the last period. I slowed down a bit and thought of outsmarting them instead of out playing them. They had gotten two goals in the second already and I didn't want them to get anymore. Their goalie was week in his five hole and up in the corners of the net. But we couldn't get in their zone to take a shot because of their defense. So I started to watch the defense looking for something that I could capitalize on. I noticed that one pf the players hesitated right before he passed the puck off, and with how they've been cycling us I knew he would get the puck soon enough and I would just have to be fast. His partner passed the puck to him and I skated over to him.

I grabbed the puck from him just as he went to pass it. Then I had tunnel vision it was just the net, the goalie, the puck and me. I skated as fast as I could and I decked but the goalie was anticipating my moves. I thought back to when my mom forced me to figure skate and I spun around and it threw him off. He was way out of position and I just slid the puck in the goal. All of the sudden I was being hugged. The goal didn't seem real to me. It was to perfect to different and to new. I had never gotten a goal like that. It was defiantly the best goal of my career thus far. I looked at the jumbo-tron and watched the replay. It was defiantly me but I didn't know that I could do something like that. The game was now 4-2 us and I just wanted to sit down, I got to the bench and everyone was giving me high-fives but the victory was short lived because the predators turned around and got another goal. The second period came to a close a few minutes later. As I was walking down the hall with me teammates reporters started to ask me to walk them through my goal. I only wanted to do an interview with Gorg so when he came over I was happy to give him the interview.

"That was a beautiful goal here in the second. Tell me how it happened"

"Well honestly I'm not even sure. I watched the replay on the jumbo-tron and I was like yes that's me but I'm not sure how I came up with any of it. I saw an opportunity to get the puck and I had like tunnel vision. I took the chance when I saw it."

"Why did you decide to do a spin like that?"

"Well Lindback was really watching me so I had to do something unexpected to get the goal. My mom forced me to do figure skating when I was a little girl because real girls don't play hockey so I just channeled my inner figure skater and yeah."

"Well that was an impressive goal and I think you just let the NHL know that you're a forced to be reckoned with. Good luck in the third."

The third period was disappointing. We lost our grove and the Predators found there's. We let the game slip from our fingers and we lost 5-4.

We were going to stay the night in a hotel and then continue on our road trip we had two days to get to Colorado and then we were going to Vancouver. After that we were going down to California to take on the Kings and sharks" I just hope we can find our grove before we loose another game.