Nadia ran down to the ice rink. She had no time to spare if she was going to decide her future with the man she loved. As Nadia neared the ice rink, she could hear men talking in Russian with each other. Of course, she knew, this is where she would find Vladislav. Nadia ran through the door, tears streaming down her face, onto the ice and slipped.

"NADIA!" Boris cried, "What are you doing?"

Nadia stopped herself but not before Vladimir Petrov and Valery Kharlamov banged into each other trying not to hit her.

"Where's Vlad?" she cried.

"Hey sweetie, can you try not to run onto the ice while were practicing. It's dangerous." Said Petrov.

"That's what I call an understatement." Said Kharlamov, rubbing his side where he hit Petrov.

Krutov skated over to a rather frightened Nadia and put his arm around her to comfort her. He obviously didn't mind doing this.

"It's alright, Nadia. He's right over there." Nadia smiled up at him and gave him a hug.

"Thank you…" she said and glided over to Vlad.

For a moment, Vlad and Nadia stood about 3 yards apart, staring at each other, but then they both went towards one another. Vlad skated up to Nadia and threw off his helmet and embraced Nadia in his arms. Nadia smiled for the first time in a while and giggled.

"I missed you. When I met you, I didn't know if I would like you or not." He said, "I thought you were a little weird at first and just wanted to be friends with you, but that night back in April… and now… I can't imagine my life without you."

Vlad looked at Nadia and she looked back, then they both leaned forward and kissed passionately. They became so into each other that they forgot that the whole USSR hockey team was watching them in awe. Some of the guys, such as Vladimir Myshkin or Sergei Makarov, had never has such passionate experiences but very much wanted to. Nadia and Vlad then looked at each other in sadness and realized that it couldn't last.

"All right Tretiak!" said Kharlamov, "Come on! We have to practice! The US game is in two days!"

"Alright, I'll be right there!" Vlad yelled back, "Did Tikhonov talk to you?"

"Yes, and then he kissed me." Said Nadia.

"WHAT?" shouted Vlad.

"I don't know why." Said Nadia, "He put his hand on my cheek and hold me I was pretty and that you were very trustworthy and deserved to have someone like me. Then he kissed me."

"Oh, I thought it was a…"

"Oh don't worry! If I were to cheat on you, I would at least make sure it was someone younger than 40!"

Nadia giggled and Vlad smiled, knowing that she was joking.

"We'll talk later." He said.

Nadia waved good-bye to Vlad and started gliding off of the ice. Without her knowing, Krutov came from behind he and picked her up and skated her over to the exit.

"Here you are." he said.

"Thank you." She said, "That was very sweet."

She knew that Vladimir Krutov had a crush on her so she felt uncomfortable. Krutov smiled at her a little and this all felt strangely familiar to Nadia. This is how she and Vladislav fell in love. In fear of making a terrible mistake, she quickly said, "Bye." And left.

Nadia walked down the hall thinking about how much she love Vlad and how awful it would be to never see him again. Then, she thought of Krutov and realized something. Their meeting might have been similar, but one thing was very different. She didn't love him. Relieved, Nadia went to the lounge to help Sally with the report.

On her way down, she ran into the last people she had hoped to run into, Chelsea, Halley and Tina.

"Eww, it's Nadia!" said Halley, "Where's you 30 year old boyfriend?"

"Look, I don't have time for you three right now, and he's not 30, he's 28!" she retorted.

Chelsea glared at Nadia evilly, "Look you Soviet-dating slut," she said, "One: That report had better be done and Two: Your team is going DOWN!"

"Just get out of my way!" said Nadia, not used to being so obnoxious, "Go have with sex your boyfriend or something! I just need to see Sally."

"When since did you get so brave?" said Chelsea sarcastically and held her against the wall.

Nadia was strong but Chelsea was two years older than her.

"Go do the report like a good girl and we won't hurt you."

Nadia struggled a little and said, "That's exactly what I'm going to do! Sally is already in there working. I was just going to help."

"Well you better get moving then!" said Tina.

Chelsea let her go and Nadia ran.

"Oh, and by the way, everyone knows you're a traitor to the United States!" screamed Chelsea to her.

Nadia stopped and yelled back, "The US gives me freedom to love whomever I choose!" And ran to see Sally.

"Sally!" yelled Nadia to Sally, who was writing the report.

"Yeah, hey Nadia!" said Sally, "What's up?"

"I was talking to Vlad!" she said, "About our life…"

Sally put her paper and pen down and walked over to Nadia.

"Oh…" she said, "So, are you two getting along better?"

Nadia smiled, "It couldn't be better!"

Nadia then told Sally the whole thing, about Tikhonov, the ice rink, Krutov, and the terrible three.

"Wow, you've been having a rough day." Replied Sally, "I need to talk to Boris about this, too."

"Sally, listen to me." Said Nadia, "You can't tell anyone this!"

"Okay." She said.

"Alright… Vlad hates Russia, he hates the government and all of the rules it has! It forbids him from coming to North America to play in the NHL for the Canadians. He told me that's his dream."

Sally gasped, "Then what about Boris? I bet he hates it too!"

"I didn't ask him, but all I know is that Vladislav Tretiak would be a lot happier in the U.S.! He and I could stay here and I wouldn't have to move to Russia."

"But what about Tikhonov?"

"I don't know, but I'll try to find a way to get him and Boris to stay."

That Night…

Ah-ha! That's next Chapter!