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A/N: I know I said it would only be two weeks, but I ended up having surgery on my ankle. The pain is just now starting to go down, but the swelling remains. Anyway, I'm sorry I couldn't update sooner.

Truth

Surprisingly, the locker room was somber when I entered. One loss and everyone thinks it's the end of the world. Then again, I guess losing to the JV team is the end of the world, at least to them. I wonder if that has ever happened before. Probably not. I sat down next to my locker and immediately noticed the note. I picked it up, knowing damn well who it was from. I still couldn't figure out how in the hell he knew every move that I made. I opened the note and read the words inside.

Scooter/Gunnar,

Well what do you know? You blew yet another game against the ducks. You made us the only team to loose to the Freshman team in school history. Don't worry. You won't be the laughing stock of the school for long. Your blood will soon be mine.

I closed the note as Coach Wilson walked into the room. "Us?" I questioned to myself. "Who the hell is this guy?"

"What was that Scooter?" Coach Wilson yelled at me.

"Nothing Sir." I answered, hanging my head.

"How in the hell could you guys embarrass me like that? You let a bunch of freshman beat you. You let them beat you, the ten time defending state champs. You guys don't deserve to call yourselves champions, they do. Maybe I need to be asking Orion to switch me teams and let them come up here and play Varsity because there isn't one of them that didn't play with more heart than you guys." Coach Wilson screamed at us all, his veins literally popping out of his head. "I expect to see all of your asses in here Sunday morning 4:00 A.M. If you don't show you can consider your ass off of my team."

After the inspiring speech by Coach Wilson, I took a quick shower and headed out of the locker room. I decided that I was going to take the plunge. I had got Julie back on my side and I decided that it was time to tell her the truth about who I really am. I figured that Julie was out with the Ducks, but to my surprise I found her walking alone towards the dorms. "Why aren't you out celebrating with your team?"

Julie sighed. "They went to some party. That's not exactly my scene."

I smiled. "And why not?" I asked. "You were one of the starts of the game. People will want to see you there."

"I know, but I'm not into the whole drinking scene." Julie answered and I nodded. It wasn't a Eden Hall party unless there was alcohol involved.

"I guess I can understand that." I told her. "But it's really not safe for you to be walking alone on a Friday night. Believe me, there are all kinds of psychos out there."

"Then why don't you walk with me?"

"I would love to." I answered. "I need to talk to you about something anyway."

"You're mot canceling our date again are you?"

"No." I answered. "I have to tell you the truth about something."

"About what?" Julie asked, stopping to look at me.

"About who I really am." I answered.

"What do you mean about who you really are?" Julie asked confused.

"I'm not who you think I am."

"Then who are you?"

"Don't I look like someone you have met before?" I asked.

"No, not really." Julie answered.

"Send in a woman to do man's job." I told her in my natural Icelandic accent. Julie's eyes grew wide as realization dawned on her. "Recognize me now?"

"Oh my God." Julie said as her hand went over her mouth. "Gunnar Stahl."

"That's me." I admitted.

"What the hell are you doing here? And why did you lie to me?"

"It's a long story." I told her as we sat down on a bench.

"I'm not doing anything right now."

"Alright." I answered. "But first let me apologize for my sexism during the Goodwill games."

"Apology accepted." Julie stated. "Now tell me why you have cut your hair and changed your name."

"Because I am in hiding." I answered.

"Hiding? From what?"

"Some crazy asshole." I answered. "After we lost the game to you guys some psycho started calling me and placing threats on my life."

"Just because you lost the game?"

"Yeah, he blamed me, said something about me ruining it for him." I answered. "The police suggested that we go into some kind of witness protection thing. This one officer, Officer Mitchell had ties here and was able to get me in. They made me change my hair and my name before I left to try to keep this guy from finding me."

"Wow!" Julie stated.

"I even had to switch positions on the ice."

"You seemed to have taken well to the change." Julie told me. She was right, I had become a pretty good goalie.

"Yeah." I answered. "Even when I got here I continued to get letters from my stalker. Last year, I found out that he killed my mother."

"That's awful." Julie placed a comforting hand on my shoulder. "Did they ever catch this guy?"

"No." I answered. "He's still out there, watching every move that I make. That's why I broke our date. I didn't want him to come after you as well."

"I see." Julie nodded. "Do you have any idea who it is?"

"I was thinking that maybe it was Coach Stansson, but he got a job for some hockey team in Russia so he can't be there and here at the same time. When he killed my mother, I had got a letter from him just before my dad called, telling me what happened."

"So you think it is more than one person?"

I nodded. "One here and one in Iceland."

"What are you going to do?"

"There's not much I can do. This guy is obviously far ahead of me. He knows every move I make before I even make it." I told her. "Look, if you don't want to see me anymore then I understand."

Julie smiled. "I still want to see you. It sounds like you really need someone to support you. Where is your dad at in all of this?"

"Who knows. He was supposed to protect my mom, but she ended up dying. I haven't spoken to him since. Every time he tries to call I hang up on him."

"Oh," Julie said quietly.

I looked at my watch. "I should get you back to your dorm. You probably have an early practice in the morning."

"Yeah, at dawn." She answered as we headed back to the dorm.

We arrived at the dorm a couple of minutes later and I kissed her goodnight. As I left I thought I saw a shadow around the corner. I figured it was my paranoia because when I got to that corner there wasn't anyone there. I left Julie's dorm building without a second thought. It was later that I would be told about the blood curling scream that rang out soon after I left.

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