Where Do I Begin?

Chapter 86

Courtney

We were in the locker room before third period, and of course, we are getting the "talk". "Come on guys! Four penalties and one person out of the game!" Coach yelled. I put my hand on Julie. She put her head down. "What the hell are you guys thinking?!" Coach asked in frustration. "We need to put it together guys! You guys were not like this when we were Ducks." Coach said. I heard Charlie mumble something. Coach looked at him. "What's did you say, Conway?" Coach asked.

"Ducks fly together." Charlie said with his head kind of down. Charlie looked at me. I nodded.

"My point exactly. We are still Ducks. All of us. We need to stick together one the ice. Are we seriously going to have Iceland beat us in hockey?" Coach asked.

"No...." We all said really quietly.

"What?" Coach asked.

"No." We all said louder.

"What?!" Coach asked.

"No!" We all yelled.

"Yes! We are all different and from different places, we are all not perfect. Jane." Coach said. I looked at him. "Where are you from?" He asked. I stood up.

"Nashville, Tennessee." I stated proudly.

"Adam." Coach said. Adam stood up.

"Edina, Minnesota." Adam stated. He looked at me and grabbed my hand and hooked fingers with me. I looked at him and smiled.

"James." Coach said. James stood up.

"Sydney, Australia." James said.

"Russ." Coach said. Russ stood up proudly.

"Los Angels, California."

"See, we are all from different places. Minnesota, California, Tennessee, even Australia! But, we all stick together. Say it with me, Ducks fly together!" Coach cheered. We all stood up.

"Ducks fly together!" We all cheered.

"Again!"

"Ducks fly together!" We all yelled. Adam looked fingers with me. I smiled and kissed him on the cheek.

"Alright. Now let's get off those USA jerseys and get some real jerseys on."