Chapter 12- Without Me, You'll Be Nothing

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"Got it?" I ask the boys, looking at each of them

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"Got it?" I ask the boys, looking at each of them.

"Yeah." Myles nods in agreement.

"Yup." Grey says.

Luke and Boo nod their heads. I walk back into the locker room and start getting dressed. I just get done tying my skates when I hear my phone go off. I dig it out of my jacket, it's a text from Ember saying "Good luck." I shut my phone off and stuff it back in my jacket.

A couple minutes later, Clutch and Hawk walk in and start giving us a pep talk.

Hawk is our assist coach. His first name is Brendan. He's kind of stiff but he's hockey smart and knows what the hell he's talking about.

Clutch tells us it's time to go out there, I'm always the last one in line. It's kind of a ritual I've been doing. This is just a pre-season game so we won't get called out. We get out on the ice and start warming up. After warm-ups, we all stand on the blue line for the National Anthem.

I look at Boo, Grey, Luke and Myles they nod their heads, meaning my plan is commencing. While the song is playing I look at the crowd, it's already pretty filled up. I see only a few empty seats but I manage to find my parents. They're sitting directly across from our bench at the top of the seating section. The song ends and everyone on the ice except us starters get on the bench.

I skate to Boo at the net and call Grey, Luke and Myles over. "Alright, you guys know the plan, right? We're going to shut Scott out, completely. Nobody passes to him."

Luke interjects first. "What if he's wide open, in front of the net?"

"Doesn't fucking matter. Nobody give Scott the damn puck. Even though he's on the ice with us, we're going to act like he isn't, alright?"

"I still don't understand why we're doing this. If he's open and in front of the net then I'm going to pass to him because I want to win." Grey says.

I'm getting frustrated at this point. "No, Grey. Just stick to the fucking plan. We're still going to win, don't fucking worry about that. Just listen to me on this. Okay?"

I look at the guys, they nod their heads in agreement.

The ref blows the whistle, meaning the game is about to start. We all get in our positions, I get in my position at the face-off circle.

The ref drops the puck, I win the face-off and past to Luke to my left. He carries it into their end, I stand in front of their goalie, to create a screen. Luke passes the puck to Myles, who passes it to Grey. I'm fighting with Malone's defensemen in front of their goalie. Grey passes back to Myles and he takes a slap shot.

I see that the puck is high so I bring my hockey stick up but not higher than my waist other wise I'll get called for 'High sticking'. I hit the puck down and it slides in between the goalie's pads and hits the back of the net.

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