"There you are." Since I had stormed out of the locker room three hours before, I'd been wallowing in the silence of the lake. Hoping no one would find me, some times you've just got to be alone to get your thoughts together. However the voice from behind me know was a welcomed one.
"I've been looking all over for you."
"Why aren't you out with your team, you've got a victory to celebrate." I asked as the trim blonde deposited herself onto the rock beside me with a sigh
"They haven't left yet. We're heading to Applebee's in a bit, but I wanted to see if you wanna come with us." She smiled slightly her eyes crinkling up in the corners.
"Why do I not think your friends would take to kindly to me being there?" I wasn't suicidal, there was no way I agreeing to going with her. I had already reached my pissing off one whole team a day limit.
"Oh come on it'll be fun, plus Banks and I are friends with you so they'll just have to get over it." Julie bumped my shoulder lightly
"I dunno Gaffney."
"Please Scooter, come one."
I'm weak, spineless even. I am a poor excuse for a man. The look in her hazel eyes had me melting into a bubbling puddle of ex goalie.
"Fine." I threw my hands up in surrender, "I'll just have to stop by the Army-Navy supply store on the way and pick up a can of mace."
"Haha, you're so funny. Now why the long face? You can't be that upset because your uniform isn't going to have that stupid Indian embroidered on it anymore."
"I don't have a uniform anymore, I uh quit the team." I lamented, skipping a stone on the water
Julie scowled at me in confusion
"Why?"
You know it would've been a lot easier to keep things from her if she wasn't so damn cute. But no of course that could never happen. Why make things less difficult for me? Damn hormones making telling her to 'mind her own business' impossible. I was staring to curse the day puberty struck.
"I dunno, I haven't been feeling much Warrior pride lately I guess. I don't think I'm the same person I use to be, and I know my friends aren't who they were."
Julie simply nodded and kept looking at the water, after a minute I did too.
"Scooter?" She shattered the silence again moments later, but it didn't bother me at all. Her voice was the most beautiful sound in the world, especially when saying my name.
"Yeah?" I turned to face her again and met her pretty hazel eyes
"Um, that kiss you gave me at the end of the game, was that a 'gee wiz you did a great job Julie' kiss or a 'I wish we could be more then friends' kiss?" That Gaffney, always with the tough questions, you know if hockey doesn't work out, she's got a bright future on Dateline or Sixty Minutes.
"That was a… I dunno, what did you want it to be?"
Do you know how she answered me? Of course you don't because you weren't there, unless you were there. In which case I'm sort of creped out, because I think it's pretty freaky that someone sat and watched us make out. Yup that's what happened, she kissed me! Julie actually kissed me! The girl can kiss to.
It the risk of completely grossing you out, I've got to tell you, I was getting pretty turned on. Captain Winkie was definitely not getting the mental messages I was sending him. The one saying 'Calm down, you're not coming out to play.'
"Down boy." Julie giggled getting up, "Come on, I need a ride to the restaurant."
She ran up the hill and chased close behind her, catching her around the waist, spinning her around and pecking her cheek, before leading her to my car.
From the doorway of Applebee's we could see the rest of the Ducks, sitting at three tables in the back, being their normal loud and goofy selves. We approached them quietly, holding hands, my palms were sweaty. I mean it was like walking into the lions den or something. All I needed was to say the wrong thing and get attacked by a whole flock.
"Did you see the look on Riley's face?" Fulton asked taking a sip of his soda.
"Man, I thought he was gonna cry." His fellow Bash Brother declared.
"He probably did, when he got back to the dorm." I don't why I opened my mouth. I should've just stood off to the side and sunk into the background. But no I couldn't do that, I am a walking mouth that can't shut up for more then ten seconds.
'Stupid Stupid' * Kicks self in the butt*
"Scooter, hey sit down." Banks slid over on the bench to make room for me.
"No thanks Banks, I'm just here to drop off Julie. I think I'll go now." I was halfway to the door before Conway made a snide comment.
"Hey Scooter, when is the varsity getting fitted for you're new uniforms?" He snickered
"I wouldn't know, I don't play anymore, I quit." I responded dully
It seemed like the entire restaurant fell silent in the second, well the Ducks all did at least. I didn't explain it to them, they didn't deserve an explanation, I just walked out to the parking lot and sped off.
"I've been looking all over for you."
"Why aren't you out with your team, you've got a victory to celebrate." I asked as the trim blonde deposited herself onto the rock beside me with a sigh
"They haven't left yet. We're heading to Applebee's in a bit, but I wanted to see if you wanna come with us." She smiled slightly her eyes crinkling up in the corners.
"Why do I not think your friends would take to kindly to me being there?" I wasn't suicidal, there was no way I agreeing to going with her. I had already reached my pissing off one whole team a day limit.
"Oh come on it'll be fun, plus Banks and I are friends with you so they'll just have to get over it." Julie bumped my shoulder lightly
"I dunno Gaffney."
"Please Scooter, come one."
I'm weak, spineless even. I am a poor excuse for a man. The look in her hazel eyes had me melting into a bubbling puddle of ex goalie.
"Fine." I threw my hands up in surrender, "I'll just have to stop by the Army-Navy supply store on the way and pick up a can of mace."
"Haha, you're so funny. Now why the long face? You can't be that upset because your uniform isn't going to have that stupid Indian embroidered on it anymore."
"I don't have a uniform anymore, I uh quit the team." I lamented, skipping a stone on the water
Julie scowled at me in confusion
"Why?"
You know it would've been a lot easier to keep things from her if she wasn't so damn cute. But no of course that could never happen. Why make things less difficult for me? Damn hormones making telling her to 'mind her own business' impossible. I was staring to curse the day puberty struck.
"I dunno, I haven't been feeling much Warrior pride lately I guess. I don't think I'm the same person I use to be, and I know my friends aren't who they were."
Julie simply nodded and kept looking at the water, after a minute I did too.
"Scooter?" She shattered the silence again moments later, but it didn't bother me at all. Her voice was the most beautiful sound in the world, especially when saying my name.
"Yeah?" I turned to face her again and met her pretty hazel eyes
"Um, that kiss you gave me at the end of the game, was that a 'gee wiz you did a great job Julie' kiss or a 'I wish we could be more then friends' kiss?" That Gaffney, always with the tough questions, you know if hockey doesn't work out, she's got a bright future on Dateline or Sixty Minutes.
"That was a… I dunno, what did you want it to be?"
Do you know how she answered me? Of course you don't because you weren't there, unless you were there. In which case I'm sort of creped out, because I think it's pretty freaky that someone sat and watched us make out. Yup that's what happened, she kissed me! Julie actually kissed me! The girl can kiss to.
It the risk of completely grossing you out, I've got to tell you, I was getting pretty turned on. Captain Winkie was definitely not getting the mental messages I was sending him. The one saying 'Calm down, you're not coming out to play.'
"Down boy." Julie giggled getting up, "Come on, I need a ride to the restaurant."
She ran up the hill and chased close behind her, catching her around the waist, spinning her around and pecking her cheek, before leading her to my car.
From the doorway of Applebee's we could see the rest of the Ducks, sitting at three tables in the back, being their normal loud and goofy selves. We approached them quietly, holding hands, my palms were sweaty. I mean it was like walking into the lions den or something. All I needed was to say the wrong thing and get attacked by a whole flock.
"Did you see the look on Riley's face?" Fulton asked taking a sip of his soda.
"Man, I thought he was gonna cry." His fellow Bash Brother declared.
"He probably did, when he got back to the dorm." I don't why I opened my mouth. I should've just stood off to the side and sunk into the background. But no I couldn't do that, I am a walking mouth that can't shut up for more then ten seconds.
'Stupid Stupid' * Kicks self in the butt*
"Scooter, hey sit down." Banks slid over on the bench to make room for me.
"No thanks Banks, I'm just here to drop off Julie. I think I'll go now." I was halfway to the door before Conway made a snide comment.
"Hey Scooter, when is the varsity getting fitted for you're new uniforms?" He snickered
"I wouldn't know, I don't play anymore, I quit." I responded dully
It seemed like the entire restaurant fell silent in the second, well the Ducks all did at least. I didn't explain it to them, they didn't deserve an explanation, I just walked out to the parking lot and sped off.