my loverboy~charlie conway~

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The next day, Charlie and I woke up at 8 am to meet up with the team. We had a game tonight. We get to a football field and start working out. "Coach isn't here, why do we have to be?" Connie asks "We have a game tonight. We have to work out." Fulton answers. Julie then says "Come on, guys. It's not like we couldn't use the conditioning." 'Speak for yourself, Babe." Dean responds. "Her name is Julie, not 'Babe'"I say. "Don't tell me how to talk, sweetheart." Dean says stepping towards me and shoves me. "Hey, Portman, Chill!" Fulton says as Charlie steps in front of me trying to keep me safe. I could see the care in his eyes. We all start arguing. We get interrupted by a guy yelling, "Yo, Team USA, what are you gonna do today, A million jumping jacks?" he chuckles at himself. "This kids crazier than me. Forget about him. Look, Fulton!" Dean adds. "Hey,chill!" We all yell. Jesse starts talking to the boy "Hey, man, I'm gettin' sick of you!" The boy then adds 'I'm gettin' sick of seeing the USA represented by a bunch of whining babies." That really upset me. Jesse comes back at him with "Too bad you can't back up that mouth." The boy proposes a challenge of some sort. "Me and my boys can take you anytime, anywhere." I look at Charlie confused while Jesse adds "I don't see no 'boys'" "I got 'em waitin. Grab your gear and let's go play some schoolyard puck. Or maybe you forgot what it's like to play for real pride." the boys reponds. We all look at each other in agreement. A man comes to take the boy away. "You got a pass?" The man asks. "Come one, it's not too far, you little wimps. Come on. What are you doin'? Get off! You comin' or not?" The boy says as he gets pulled away. "Let's go." The man says. We follow the boy to play. Once we got there we were all in uniform while these guys were just wearing regular outfits. "My little brother Russ here has been telling me that you have been choking' big time." The boy Russ' brother says. Jesse couldn't help but say "Your brother's got a big mouth." The brothers look at each other and back up at us. "He does, doesn't he?" The big brother says. We have a bit of an argument about how we could do more than do interviews and give autographs. That's when hockey started. Russ' Team against ours. The Big brother corners Portman yelling at him "You gotta earn every inch." We got back to playing. Charlie was cheering me on from the stands. I was flying like a proud duck. I scored 3 times while Adam scored 2 times. Then Fulton did his famous shot and made it. Banks and Charlie switched out. He gulped down some water and started to play with me. Then Luis trys to skate fast but bumps into the fence. We were playing and playing and the puck hit the side of the trash can we were using as a goal and hit a car. "Yikes." Charlie says. "Eh, no sweat. It happens all the time." The big brother adds "Excuse me. Throw it back, please." Charlie asks politely "Here,kid. Alley-oop.'' The man says while throwing the puck back over. Then Charlie gets the puck and scores. After a while Russ gets the puck and scores a confusing shot. Me and Fulton looked at each other and skated over to him. "What the heck kinda shot was that?" Fulton asks while I nod my head in agreement. 'Ah, you like that, huh?" Russ adds "Yeah." I reply "that's my knuckle puck. It's hard to be accurate but it drives goalies crazy. I needed to learn that shot. It was incredible. We played a bit more till I scored and The big brother skates over and teases me and teaches me a trick on how to deal with bullies. I hugged Charlie and we did a group chant and played some more and went back so we went to our dorms. That was fun. One of the funnest things I've ever done. This is when I realized that I wasn't playing like myself. I needed to be myself and just score. Once we got back we dorms. Charlie and I got into our dorm. "Hey, Charlie! I'm gonna take a shower before the game if you don't mind. "Not at all, Vi." I showered and got dressed in a sports bra and shorts before I stepped out of the bathroom, drying my hair. "Hey, Charlie could you hand me that brush right there. It's on my bed." he walked over to get it and gave it to me "Thanks Charlie." I smile at him and I start brushing my hair. I put on a shirt, then Charlie and I headed to the locker rooms to get ready. We all got ready and got out to our benches. We all were nervous and were talking all at once. Mr.Tibbles breaks our conversation by saying "Hey, Team! Hey, Team. We're gonna be great today, right? Where's Gordon" :You tell us." Luis answers. "I don't believe this." Mr.Tibbles adds. "Team USA. I'm sorry. Without a coach behind the bench, you'll forfeit the game." Great. What are we gonna do now? "But you can't do that." Adam says. "We have one." Charlie says. I whisper in his ear "Charlie, what are you talking about?" He quickly whispers back "Trust me." I nod. "Miss Mackay!" Charlie shouts. He skates over to her and after a minute or two she shouts "What are you waitin' for, the ice to freeze? Let's play!" She gets an 'A' for effort since the ice is already frozen. But right now that was the least of our worries. "Yes!" Charlie cheers and skates over to me. He kisses me on the cheek. It was the last thing I thought would happen. I took this as an energy boost. We got into the game against Germany. Goldberg was blocking left and right. He was brilliant. Germany kept bumping into us. One by one we were being pushed down but nothing could keep us down. All of a sudden I hear a shout "Change it up!" I looked over to Ms.Mackay and I skated over, getting behind the bench. I asked Averman "How many times did it take for her to scream that?" "2 times." "Not bad." I respond. We play a little while longer and we change players again. I get on the ice and I skate over to the other players discussing. Then all of a sudden we heard a duck call. We look over to see Coach Bombay. "Look who finally shows up." Fulton says. "Just ignore him. Guy, take the face-off." Jesse adds. "All right," Guy says, skating away. I just look at Charlie, not knowing what to do. I just stayed by his side. The duck call continues as Coach moves closer. "What do we got to lose?" Guy asks "Respect. He'll dump us the minute this is all over." Fulton responds. "Come on in! Let's go, come one." Coach calls out, then kisses Ms.Mackay on the cheek. We all stop in front. Me, Charlie, Guy, Jesse, Fulton, then Goldberg. "Team. Guys. I was wrong.  And I'm sorry. I forgot about the team. And the team is all I have. All I want...is another chance. Just one more shot. I'm back. Okay? Believe me." We all nod and get into our positions. I hear a shout "All right, let's go! Flying 'V'" I knew exactly what to do. I was right behind Jesse along with Charlie. Our flying 'V' couldn't have gone better. We score! We all celebrate and get a big hug in. We get back to the game and by the end of the game we win. 3-2, We were so proud. We all go back to the locker room and get changed. Me and Charlie head back to our dorm. We got back to our dorm and didn't talk about the kiss. At about 8 am the next day we got up and met Coach by a barrel in front of the building we were staying in. I sat by Charlie, Adam, and Averman. I was sitting between Adam and Charlie when Coach started talking to us. "I've had a lot of big distractions since I've been here in LA. This is a distraction." He says holding up a cheesy cutout of him. I just laughed. "Nice haircut, Coach" Dean says. "Looks familiar." A duck calls out. "I know that guys." Another duck calls out. Charlie and I just laughed at the comments. When we turn back we see the coach throw a match in a barrel. "This is a fire in a barrel." Coach contexts. He gets handed the cutout again and he puts the cutout in the barrel. "This is a distraction in a fire in a barrel. Any questions?" We all shake our heads no. And just look at eachother and clap. "Good job, coach." Dean shouts out as we're clapping. "All right!  Woooo!" We all cheer. The cutout burns down and we get sent to our dorms. "Hey Vi, I'm gonna hang out with Luis for bit. I'll talk to you later." Charlie tells me. "Alright, see you later Charlie!" I shout out and walk back to our dorm.

~Charlie's POV~
"Alright, see you later Charlie." I start walking towards Luis' dorm. I honestly had been spending all my time with Vi that I hadn't gotten to hang out with some of my other friends. I didn't really mind considering I had a huge crush on Vi. I arrived at Luis' dorm and I knocked "Hey Luis!" "Hey man!" He responds. I walk in and sit on his bed. Luis walks over and sits next to me. "What's up with you and Violet?" "What?" I call out trying not to be suspicious. "Oh c'mon Charlie what's up with you and the new girl?" Luis asks again. "I can't stop thinking about her man. She's perfect. She's an amazing hockey player, her smile, her freckles, the way her hair falls. I mean how couldn't you fall for a girl like that?" Is all I could get out. We talked for about an hour and I made my way back to my dorm. Luis told me to tell Vi how I felt. I was confident in telling her I liked her.