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A/N: I'm so sorry for the wait. But to answer Airis- Mcs's question, I will finish this story. It may take me forever but I'll get it done. After I get to the tri-outs, the chapters will be coming quickly because I'll be using a lot of the chapters from the first story in this one. I'm sorry it's taken me this long to update.

But onto the story.

Emily's POV

We decided to head straight to the hotel on Friday, that way we'd be rested for the tri-outs and ready to go the next day. Needless to say I was worried. Every worst case scenario was running through my mind. We hadn't even hit the road and my stomach was in knots.

Matt and I had said goodbye to Dad earlier that morning before school. He had held me close and told me not to worry. Then he gave Matt a hug and told him not to get into too much trouble. Before we left he held Matt back and told him to take care of me. He always does that.

The final bell rang and we walked out of the building to find Uncle Rizzo and Uncle Jimmy parked and ready for us. Our stuff was already in the car because they'd picked it up this afternoon during school. After deciding that Adrian and I would ride with Uncle Jimmy and Matt, Coxie, and Rizzo would be with Uncle Rizzo we stopped at McDonalds then hit the road.

We decided on Nickleback for the stereo and sat back to enjoy the ride. Matt had tried to talk them into letting him and Coxie drive, but they didn't agree, thankfully. We all had our permits, except for Rizzo, he had his license.

After driving for the better part of three hours, we decided to stop and get some dinner, but the only place around was a DQ. So after much begging Uncle Rizzo gave in, seeing how he's a doctor, he's all for the nutritious foods. He was hoping to find an Italian place so we could get some carbs in us before the big day.

After munching on fast food, Adrian and I went to the bathroom, which turned out to be a one stall bathroom.

"Are you really that nervous?" Adrian asked as we washed our hands. I nodded unable to speak.

"Why do you think I only had half a root beer float?" I can normally put those babies away like no tomorrow. She gave me a sympathetic smile but then it turned into an evil grin. "What?"

Before another word was said, she splashed water onto me and burst out laughing. I was so shocked that she'd done that, I couldn't do anything back. She got me three more times before I snapped out of my trance and got her back. I would have ran for cover but there was no where to go.

Grabbing a handful of soap, I flung it at her. She ducked at the last second and it hit the wall. We looked at the wall, then each other, then back to the wall and burst into more laughter. We were laughing too hard to fight and I sank to my knees, unable to stand up.

A knock came at the door followed by a womanly voice. "Is anyone in there?" She sounded snooty and I couldn't help but giggle again.

"Hold on a second." Adrian said and we scrambled to clean up our mess. We got halfway done when I noticed how wet we really were and broke down again. Then Adrian realized what I was going on about and couldn't help herself.

"Excuse me? Are you done yet?" The woman outside the door tapped her foot.

"Almost done." I said this time, trying to hold back my giggles. This time we managed to clean up most of the bathroom and we stumbled out of the bathroom to see a woman dressed in a smart looking skirt outfit while a diamond ring on each finger and two on a couple. She looked disgusted at how we looked. But we didn't care, we were too busy laughing. Little did I know, we'd be seeing a lot more of her in the months to come.

"Sorry", Adrian called over her shoulder as I pushed her down the hall to the main part of the DQ. I'm sure we were a sight because when we approached the table, everyone stopped talking and just stared at us.

Matt was the first to break the silence. "Did you two fall in or something?" He said as if he had just asked what the weather was like. We started snickering again after that.

The rest of the night was pretty uneventful, except for the fact that I met him. Yes, I met the guy who would later break my heart the night before tri-outs. He was in the elevator with us on our way up to our rooms.

When he noticed our hockey bags he asked, "are you guys here for the hockey tri-outs?" He gave me a great, big smile. I felt my knees go weak.

"Yeah, you too?" Rizzo asked. He nodded but then we came to his floor and the elevator door opened.

"Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow." He smiled at me again and walked off down the hall. My heart fluttered. I guess everyone had noticed the look on my face.

"He's from Minnesota." Matt grumbled to me. I blinked.

"How do you know?" I asked and picked up my bags.

"Because my gay-dar is never wrong."He said and we walked toward our rooms. Little did I know that boy would make my heart flutter and knees weak for many months to come.

A/N: A little short but I wanted to get something out. Hopefully, they'll be out faster in the coming week. Thanks for the great reviews, please continue. And I hope Matt didn't come off as too much of a jerk in the last part. I just wanted to show that he's protective of Emily.