Scooters POV
"She's not that good." Matt said, looking thoughtfully over his shoulder at the small group gathered in the dorm room him and his twin shared.
"That's not the problem, we can make players better. Don't you remember how bad Riley was when he joined?" Cole replied, taking a chip from the bowl in between us, not even looking from the screen. "The fact that she is a 'She' is the problem."
"Gawd, are you really that sexist?" I said, pausing the game and looking at him.
"Hey! I was playing that!" Riley cried from the bed behind me, I shot him a look of pure disgust before turning my death-gaze back to Cole "Sorry."
"She is a brilliant skater. You know that Matt! You saw her!" I shouted furiously. "She shoots better than all of you and I think it's disgusting that you all judge her on her gender. Not her level of natural skill!" I stood up. "She heard you all the other day, when we had the team meeting after first practice, when you were all being sexist. And it really hurt her!"
"Calm down Scott. I was just."
"You were just what? We are a team, including Charlotte, and you will act like we are!"
"Scott. You might be the captain for now, but as soon as I'm off academic probation I am! Okay guys. Pros?" Cole asked the rest of us as I sat down on the bed, can't believe I lost my calm.
"Good skater."
"Accurate shooting" Rick offered.
"Dude, she's hot." Sam (One of the Stone twins) said very matter-of-factly. The others agreed.
"And her dad's a coach, he might come and coach us." I added smiling.
"Okay….And cons?" Cole started.
There was a long pause as the others tried to think of some. "We don't know her, and she's a year younger." Matt said.
"She's not very big, she'd be like a target to the other teams." I said, "That's the only real reason I can think of Guys. And that's easy to get around, make sure she can defend herself and look out for her when she's on a shift with you. Okay?" I looked around, they looked stumped to find any other reason.
"I am going to get her now, and we are going to get ice cream, so that she feels like a part of the team and so that you all get to know her. Not optional and I'm sure your other captain will support me on this. She is just a new team member and we will treat her like any other new player!" And with that I walked out of the dorm room and up to the girls dorm.
