Chapter 6: Hockey
Terra liked History, it was one of her favorite classes. Mr. Bates teamed Charlie up with her, since they came in the room together. That class was boring, all they did was copy out of the text books and do their homework. Terra very happy when the class ended, but she had to sit with Charlie so that class was a mediocre. She had Latin 3 this period, so she shuffled down the hallway, until she came to her classroom. Only three people were in her class. This was even tinier than her Art class. She translated a story, and was the first to finish it. The bell rang, and she had a computer class next. She was given the rules and did a few keyboarding exercises.
This day was a very boring day. She had P.E. last period of the day. She changed out into her athletic pants, and went to start stretching. She had not met many new people, but she was fine with that. She didn't think that she would like most of the people who went there to start with.
Today they were playing soccer. Yes! She loved soccer, she was the best goalie. She was picked for teams and volunteered to be the goalie. During the whole class period no one could get any goals past her. She liked P.E. She walked to the changing rooms, and put back on her pants. She put on her headphones and pressed the PLAY button on her C.D. player. Out of the headphones and into her ears, came the screaming sound of Kurt Cobain's voice. She bobbed her head in tune for a minute and then started walking back to her locker. She threw in her P.E. pants and school books and took her skateboard from her locker. She held it by it's wheels and walked outside. She put it down and started skating off campus.
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Charlie's rest of the day was a bore, but he had Hockey practice after school so that was one good thing to look forward to. He was the first one out on the ice. He was always the first one, even before the coach. He loved skating. He did about 15 laps until he heard the door open. He figured it was one of his teammates coming to join him, but when he turned around no one was there. He kept skating. At last his teammates and his coach came out. They did drills and practiced. Everyone was aware that they had a spectator in the crowds, except Charlie.
Soon practice ended and Charlie skated off the ice with his friends. He chatted in the locker rooms with his teammates and they left in a pack talking together about the day. Connie was supposed to meet Terra somewhere at 5, but other than that, everyone was free. They all wanted to go to the park to play roller-hockey.
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Terra walked up to the grown man, who had to be the coach. "I know that you were watching us today. And I want to know why. Were you thinking about joining the team, or were you keeping your eye on someone?" Terra smiled and said, "I was not thinking of joining the team, but I came to watch Connie, and a couple of....other...friends." The coach nodded and skated off the ice.
Terra stood there, on the edge of the rink, just staring at the ice. She could feel the cold wash over her body like a plague. She shivered, even though she was wearing her P-Coat, and walked out of the arena. She put her skateboard down on the sidewalk. She saw Connie with Charlie and another boy from her English class. She called out to them to wait.