WOOHOO IT'S MARDI GRAS!
Don't own anything except Hailey
Flowersc781- soo happy you liked the chapters. OC's going to be a jerk for awhile to her so just a heads up. I'm getting into Mac's mom a little more but it won't really be explained until later.
I got to practice early in the morning with my dad. Herb and Craig wanted me to help them on the ice again today. Herb wanted to create a type of obstacle course. I set up the whole thing. After the whole thing was set up Herb, asked me to run through it. I ran through the whole thing, as fast as I possibly could. The first thing you had to do was shoot three times at the goal, then, you had to weave in and out of a huge line of cones. Then you were supposed to get through a line of guys hitting you into the wall. Next, I sprinted from the wall to the blue line and shot a puck, I repeated this four more times. I sprinted from where I shot the last puck, all the way to the other end of the rink. I was completely breathless by the time I ran the whole thing. I was gliding on my skates, with my hands on my knees, panting. The whole course ended up taking up half the rink, Herb wanted to run certain drills on the other half of the ice.
"So how was it?" Herb asked. I was still trying to catch my breath. "I am so out of shape…" I heaved. "What's the matter- surfing doesn't keep you in shape?" Herb joked. "Yeah, I'd like to see you try and surf." I said, Craig and Herb both laughed. We left the rink and I was following Herb to his office.
"So Doc tells me you went out with the boys last night," He inquired. "I did actually. As soon as I walked into the bar there were two very distinct tables. It was good to catch up with everyone from Minnesota considering I only see them on winter break. And lots of the Boston boys are nice… except one person in particular seems to have a problem with me." I rolled my eyes thinking about Jack.
"Hailey," I heard my name, I looked over my right shoulder and that it was Mike Eruizone that called me. "I'll meet you in your office in a minute Herb." I told him then I walked over to him. "Hey Mike," I said. "You can call me Rizzo," He said. "Ok, hey Rizzo," I repeated.
"I noticed you left the bar early last night. I just wanted to make sure it wasn't because of Jack." He said. "His ears really must be burning right now," I joked, he gave me a weird look. "Never mind, I didn't leave early because of him, I was just tired, and I'm still suffering from a little jet lag." I admitted. "Oh ok, just wanted to make sure. You know, Jack can come off as a jackass sometimes," He admitted. "Really? I find that hard to believe," I said sarcastically, Rizzo chuckled. "But he really is a good guy." He added, I merely just nodded my head.
"But anyways, we're going to go watch a movie in Silky's room tonight and we wanted to see if you would come?" He invited me. "That sounds great, what time should I come by?" I asked. "Around seven, oh and I heart that Verchota's starting a poker game in his room. But I have to run and go get ready. I'll see you later Hailey," "See you Rizzo," I said as he ran into the locker room.
As I turned my back to go meet Herb, I heard my name again. This time it was Rob. "Hey you," I said greeting him. "Are you coming to the poker game tonight?" He asked me. "I might make an appearance." I joked.
"So I talked to my mother last night." He admitted. "And…?" I was anxious for his answer. He held up a shoe box of letters. "She admitted to taking your letters and hiding them from me." He told me. "Your mom hates me." I stated. "Did she say why she took them?" I asked curious. "She said she thought it would be better for me to focus on hockey, school and my friends here in Minnesota rather than someone so far away like you." He said, I shook my head in disbelief.
"After all these years, no matter what the distance, you've always been my best friend Robbie." I told him, hugging him. "But you need to go get ready for practice and I need to go talk to Herb." I told him. We split and went our separate ways.