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A whistle blows Coach starts screa the puck

"What the hell was that, Kelvin! You had four passing opportunities and you decide to ice the fucking thing!" Coach looks ready to pull his hair out

I don’t blame hirulance over in sympathy One of O’Shea’s first orders of business had been to rearrange the lines He’d paired Dean up with Brodowski, and Logan with Kelvin, e all know that Logan and Dean are unstoppable together

"I’ht This is punishain piqued "Why’s that again?"

Dean’s expression goes cloudier "Don’t worry about it"

"Not sure if you know this," I say pleasantly, "but secrets kill friendships"

That makes him snicker "You really want to talk to me about secrets? Where the fuck were you all weekend?"

I instantly shutterin my friends about my love life, but I don’t want to discuss Sabrina with Dean, especially when I know his opinion of her Besides, what the fuck is there to talk about, anyway? She shot me down I asked her out and she flat-out told ht there was even the slightest chance that she wanted me to chase after her, maybe I wouldn’t have taken no for an answer Maybe I would’ve shown up after her classes a few ht her a couple more sandwiches, wooed her with my char away

But I saw the look in her eyes She ain And although I have no proble to chase after so sucks balls When ere sitting on that bench the other day, I wanted nothing ht there, and to hell with anyone walking by The Dean hi his watch and I still wouldn’t have stopped It had taken allabout that girl…

It’s not just her beauty, though that doesn’t hurt at all It’s…it’s…daot this hard exterior, but inside she’s as soft as butter I see flashes of vulnerability in her bottouys would laugh if they knehat I was thinking right now Or hell," side I’,order

That’s how h I didn’t have a dad He died when I was three and I barely re there, and the father figure I was lacking came in the form of my hockey coaches

Texas is a football state I probably would’ve gone that route if it weren’t for a vacation we took to Wisconsin when I was five Once a year, Mom and I would visit my dad’s sister in Green Bay Or at least we tried to So that visit, Aunt Nancy bundled oddahtid air hissing past my ears as I skated on that outdoor pond A few older kids had a ga them whiz across the pond It looked like soweek, I announced that I wanted to play hockey She’d laughed indulgently, but hu a year-round rink an hour frorow out of it Instead, I grew to love it even e, playing hockey for a team that’s won three national cha there won’t be a fourth, not the e’re playing lately