I went to the game against the Jets and sat down next to the kid that threw Bryan and Ray in the trash. He looked at me in surprise, but didn't say anything. I guessed he was a guy of little words. After awhile I couldn't stand the silence and talked to him.
"So how do you know my name?" I asked and he smirked.
"I only know your last name." He said but did not say more.
"So…How do you know my last name?" I asked. This time he turned towards me.
"I come and watch the games. I know the others from school so when I heard the announcer say your name I remembered it because I didn't know you." He said. "So what's your first name?"
"Amore." I said. I wasn't sure if he believed me but he didn't comment on it. "So now that you know my name may I know yours?"
"May I? You must go to a prep school." He said and I laughed.
"Is it that obvious?" I asked and he nodded. "So how about that name?"
"Fulton Reed." He said holding out his hand. I shook it and smiled. I watched as my old team skated onto the team. I watched as they took falls and tried their hardest to trip up the Jets. I shook my head. I couldn't believe Bombay would teach them how to take falls.
"Amore!" I turned to see my dad standing in the back with Coach Reilly. I didn't like the fact that my dad had brought Reilly but I knew I'd be in trouble if I didn't go talk to him. When I got to his side my father smiled down at me.
"I have some good
news for you honey." Dad said and his smile widened. "Since
you're moving with your mother and you've quite the D-5 team,
Coach Reilly had agreed to let you back onto his team."
"What!"
I said. I couldn't believe my father. I never wanted to be a Hawk
again. I knew the Hawks would give me a hard time.
"I'm so proud of you." Dad said and I knew there was no way out of this. I didn't hear him say he was proud of me that often. I sighed heavily.
"When's practice?" I asked.
I skated onto the ice with my head down. I heard the boys laugh when they saw me. I skated up to Reilly and looked up at him.
"Welcome back Witts." Coach Reilly said. I faked a smile. "Go line up against Larson. Lets see how you are since you've been gone."
I did as he said. Larson smirked at him.
"Just because your back, doesn't mean your one of us again." Ray said and I rolled my eyes.
"Don't worry about that Larson." I said bitterly. "I just want to play hockey. And I know that if I'm treated the same way I was last time I was on the team, I wont be here long."
"Is that a promise?" Ray asked as the puck came his way. I knocked him down and took position of the puck. I faked out Fanger and shot against Weise. It flew past his glove. I skated around the goal and smiled as I went up to Reilly.
"Nice goal." Reilly said looking surprised. Then turned to Larson. "Next time pay attention an stop making small talk."
"What now?" I asked and Reilly looked down at me.
"You and Banks go face off on that side of the ice." Reilly said. I groaned. He just had to put me against him. "Banks! Witts is all yours. Go easy on her."
The team started to laugh as Adam and I made out way to the other side of the ice.
"So how come you came back?" Adam asked as he dropped the puck in front of us. "Ladies first."
"Then go ahead." I said with a smile. Adam looked up at me frustrated.
"Now listen, I'm trying to be nice…" Adam started but I didn't want to hear it. I angrily took my shot and the puck sailed threw Adam's legs and went into the goal. He growled and threw up his hands.
"Why did you have to be so stubborn" He asked circling me. I out my stick out and he tripped over it.
"I'm sorry, I didn't see you coming." I said skating past him and retrieved the puck. I slid it over to Adam who had gotten up. "Now let me get this straight. You're calling me stubborn when it was you who ended our friendship. But now that I'm a Hawk again, we can be friends."
"Our friendship never ended, we just had a falling out moment." Adam said as he started to maneuver past me. I didn't even try to stop him. I was shocked. I couldn't believe he had said that. Adam scored but he wasn't happy about it. "Come on Mory at least try and stop me. I don't get practice by you jut standing their and neither do you."
"I'm sorry but I was a little confused about what you had said. I could have sworn you told me that our friendship never ended, because from my side of it. It has." I said angrily. "If I remember right you harassed me at school, almost broke my nose and harassed me and my FRIENDS just two days ago. To me that means it ended."
Adam skated closer to me so I was the only one that heard what he had to say. "Didn't mean any of that and you know it. Your my best friend Mory."
"But only when Larson and McGill aren't around right." I asked and shook my head. "Get a new best friend Adam, because I wont be."
I skated away angrily.
"Witts where do you think your going?" Reilly called after me.
"The little girls room." I yelled back, but I knew none of them believed me. Reilly called Adam over to him and he didn't look happy. When I walked out of the rink I was surprised to see Jason waiting for me. "What are you doing here?"
"I knew you to well. There was no way you were going to stay the whole practice." Jason said opening the car door for me. He shut the door and quickly got into the drivers side. He drove off and was strangely silent.
"What happened?" I asked and Jason sighed.
"Bombay stopped by." Jason said keeping his eyes focused on the road. "he came to ask you back. He said he was sorry and could really use your help. He was crushed when Dad told hi you went back to the Hawks. But Bombay said that you wouldn't be on the team for long. And neither will Adam. He knows the district lines have changed."
"But I'm moving with mom, remember." I reminded him sadly. "I'll still be in the Hawk's district."
Jason shook his head. "not if we convince mom that you're happier at dads."
"Good luck with that. She only listens to me if I'm talking about hair, dresses, or boys that don't play hockey." I said rolling my eyes. " And you know how often I talk about those."
Jason smiled and drove home.