Courtney's alarm sounded off at six-fifteen. She and Adam both jumped at the sound of the trumpet's blow. Courtney scrambled over Adam to her alarm clock. She smacked it off.

"Ow," Adam grunted.

"Sorry," Courtney apologized, "didn't mean to." She rolled back under the covers, unwilling to get up.

Dwayne was shuffling around in his bunk. There was a loud crack of wood and he jumped down from his bunk. Dwayne stumbled through the darkness towards his suitcase. Courtney saw him grab his clothes, but through them onto his bunk.

"Get up, Connie," he mumbled, shaking her vigilantly. She moaned in aggravation, but also got down from her bed.

"Come on, Courtney. You've got an early practice today. Get up," Adam instructed her.

"No," Courtney objected, like a little girl. She wrapped her arms around his waist and flashed him her puppy dog smile.

"Come on, Courtney. Chances are the coach is already pretty upset, don't make it worse."

"I wanna stay with you," Courtney replied quietly. "Will you come?"

Adam shrugged, "I guess I could come with you. But I'm not gonna skate today. I'm not allowed to until tomorrow!" He said the last few words with extreme excitement. Courtney gasped.

"Why didn't you tell me before?" She reacted, equally as happy as him. "Does this mean you can play in the Iceland game?"

He nodded furiously. Courtney screamed happily. "YES!" She shouted. She hoped over Adam, pulling him up. Dwayne and Connie watched, astonished, as she started dancing around the room with Adam.

"What's going on?" Averman exclaimed, barging into their room. "What's wrong?"

Connie looked from Dwayne to Averman. "Nothing," she responded, nonchalantly, her mouth still hanging open at Courtney.

"Then why did I hear someone scream?" he asked, squinting at Adam. He wasn't wearing his glasses and could barely see.

"Sorry, Averman. That was me. I just found out that Adam's playing with us against Iceland! Isn't that great?" Courtney explained, grinning from ear to ear. Averman wasn't smiling. Luis came walking inside beside him, rubbing his eyes wearily.

"Do you guys ever sleep? I mean, I know today's an early practice an' all, but most of us don't get up until at least six-thirty," Luis whined.

"Sorry, guys. I was excited, that's all. See ya later," Courtney apologized, ushering them out the door.

"Go get changed," Adam whispered.

Courtney had forgotten about the pool incident just long enough to actually look forward to practice that day, especially since Adam would be there. She even made Connie and Dwayne leave early with her.

Not only were they the first to show up, they were the first to be hit by the Category five Hurricane Bombay.

"What were you thinking?" He blasted in their ears. Even Dwayne, who hadn't been there at all, got the lecture. "I don't care if you thought it was just harmless fun, you broke the law! Every one of! You trespassed on private property!" Coach Bombay bellowed. His voice was echoing in the arena, making him ten times louder.

Courtney felt hot sticky tears falling down her cheeks. She wasn't the type of person who liked being yelled at. At the time, it had seemed like a good plan to go to Coach Bombay's. All she had wanted was a time to be alone with Adam. How was she to know that Connie would open her big mouth and create chaos?

"I just can't believe you, Courtney! What made you think that? You're smarter than this! And After all I've done-" he stopped himself. It was clear he had something he hadn't wanted to.

"What d'you mean 'all you've done'?" She asked curiously. But there was no time to answer as the rest of the team slowly filed into the arena.

Each time someone new came out onto the ice, Coach Bombay would restart his lecture, repeating the same thing over and over. Courtney bet she had heard it at least twenty times. At least he yelled at me for having the idea to go to his house before everyone showed up, she thought, it saved me from embarrassment. Charlie, however, wasn't as fortunate.

"What happened to 'Jo won't do anything bad. She'll want to stay on the tem with Portman'?" He thundered. Charlie stuttered, but no words came out. "Guess you can't always be right, huh, Charlie?"