Short chapter- don't own anything
"Ok everyone split back up into the groups I put you in before, we're going to run the same thing but this time I expect everyone not to try and kill someone on the other team." I rolled my eyes at Herb's comment.
"Janny, you stay and protect this goal, Jimmy, Hailey come with me." Herb said, everybody split up as Jimmy and I followed Herb. We went and picked up a bucket of tennis balls, I looked at Jimmy, he looked at me and we both had confused looks on our faces. We went to the hall by his office.
"Jimmy, stand right there in front of us." Herb said. "Hailey watch this, I want you to just watch right now. Throw the balls, do not hit Jimmy, make them hit the wall and Jimmy I want you to catch them. First, we're going to start slow," Herb instructed us. Herb would throw a ball against the wall and then Jimmy would catch it, they he started to speed up and miss. We did this for twenty minutes.
"Ok, Hailey you try," Herb told me. I threw it and it barely bounced off the wall. "Throw it higher," Herb instructed. I threw it and Jimmy caught it. "Just keep doing that for the next half hour or so." He told us. I threw two more like that.
"Ok, now throw it harder Hailey," Jimmy told me. I threw it hard and it hit Jimmy square in his head, my hands flew to my mouth.
"Jimmy I am so sorry!" I told him. "It's ok Hailey," He said turning around and laughing at my reaction. "I have a hard head." He reassured me.
"I'm not going to hit your head this time I promise!" I told him, he only laughed as he caught the ball. The two of us talked a little bit while working on this drill. When we were done Jimmy helped me gather up all the balls.
"How's your back doing? I heard the snap when you hit the goal," "It hurts a lot right now," I admitted. "The bottom of your eye is all black and blue and swollen," He told me. "He hit me pretty good," I admitted. "You hit him pretty good," He replied, there was a pause. "You know I really don't ever act like that." I admitted. "He just frustrated me that somebody that didn't even know me had that much anger towards me. Not to mention the cheap shot." I said.
"You can go out; I'll put these in Herb's office." I told him. "I heard Silky talking to you earlier. Are you going to come out with us tonight?" Jimmy asked. "Yeah it'll give me a chance to get to know everyone." I admitted. "Alright, I'm going to head back to the ice." He told me. "I'll see later." I smiled.
I didn't go out on the ice but my dad told me to go see the physical therapist that was part of the Olympic staff. Dane was the guy's name. I lay on the table and lifted my shirt covering my upper back and chest. He massaged out my back, working for a long time to get out all the knots. The guys came in while he was still working on my back, I didn't notice because I was still in pain. After Dane was done, I rolled my shirt down and put on my sweatshirt again.