Not At First

Chapter 4 ({ocean blue eyes})

Madison~

The next day of hockey practice....

I was doing laps with the team for a warmup. I was in front of everybody, they were kinda just slow too say the least. Everybody was so serious and nervous but Guy and I were playing tag. I had a pretty good lead on him until I heard skating pretty close behind me. Guy was gaining on me so I began to speed up, he came up from right behind me but with both of us being clumsy our skates collided and we crashed to the ground.

It was a huge thud and everyone came rushing over to us. Guy and I were laughing our heads off because we found it hilarious but everybody just was giving me a concerned look. I was completely clueless on what they were looking at when Connie finally spoke up. "Maddie are you alright? your nose is bleeding a lot!" She said in shock. I put my hand to my face and when I looked down everything I was wearing plus my hand was almost covered completely in blood. "Damnit!" I shouted. I was upset that my old jersey was getting drenched in blood but it is what it is.

Guy now was extremely concerned, He threw his gloves to the ground and crawled closer to me. "Maddie are you alright?!? Here let me help you" Guy said in a apologetic tone. I think he thought it was his fault. We were both clumsy so it was mostly my fault. He put his hand on my back and helped guide me off the ice, I was tilting my head back plugging my nose, so it was a helpful gesture. Coach Orion was in his office for the warmups, he must have been grabbing papers or something.

Guy led me to the locker rooms and stayed with me. Coach Orion checked on me then went back with the team. I took off my gear to reveal my spandex and sweatshirt underneath. I felt Guy's eyes fall to my thighs, yet I sat on the bathroom counter with paper towels to my nose. It was kinda embarrassing but it was out of my control.

Guy was rubbing my back to comfort me and he would get me more paper towels to use. "Is your nose still bleeding?" He asked shocked. "Yea it does this for a good 20 minutes" I said kind of chuckling of embarrassment. "I am so sorry how I crashed into you. I really didn't mean to do it I was just playing around I-" he rambled but I cut him off with "it wasn't your fault we were both messing around and I'm pretty clumsy, plus these kinda things happen all the time." I said as calmly as I could hoping to ease his mind. "I just feel bad you know. If I didn't crash into you, then your nose wouldn't be bleeding." He said. "Guy you should not feel guilty at all alright." I reassured once more.

My nose finally stopped bleeding but I did feel a little light headed due to the blood loss amount. Guy held my hands helping me off the counter. Yet I stumbled on my own feet but Guy put his hands on my waist to stop me from falling down. "Are you ok?" He asked miserably concerned. "I'm fine just tripped on my own feet again" I said trying to make him less concerned. He still seemed worried. "You can't go out on the ice if you are stumbling on your own two feet." He said almost as an order. "I beg to differ. I am perfectly fine." I said quite sternly back.
Yet he was right I couldn't go back on the ice at least until I washed off some of the blood on my gear. Guy helped me which I was so thankful for because nobody else that I have ever known would do that for me.

Guy held me by my waist walking me back to the rink. Pretty quick for meeting each other today? Perhaps, but I'll allow it. "What took y'all so long?" Dwayne asked
"Maddie's nose bleeds for like half an hour!" Guy exclaimed.
I nudged his shoulder with a scoff, "it was only 20 minutes so I don't want to hear it." I said sarcastically. We laughed it off
And went back to practice.

Practice was now over and everyone seemed so ticked off by coach Orion. I didn't mind him, he was a family friend to my family and we knew each other quite well.
"What starts with a W?"
"Wussies"
"That's right wussies on offense and defense"
"Defense, defense who-a who-a"
They were mocking coach the second we got in the lockers. I stayed quite taking my gear off but putting my skates back on so it was just me in my spandex and sweatshirt again. "Lane what are you doing?" Fulton questioned.
"Im gonna go back on the rink and do some laps to work on my legs." I said monotone
"Practice is over?" He responded still wondering what I was thinking.
" I want to skate better!" I said. Hopefully I had dumbed it down enough for him. I did.

I walked on the ice and skated around. I was flying around corners trying to work on my speed. After that, I started a stop watch to see how long it took me from blue line to blue line. Luis had 1.9 but I wanted to beat him. I raced down and back. 1.11. Damn, I tried another time. 1.15, I kept getting slower. This time I pushed myself harder than I ever have. 1.5.
I felt so proud, and cheered quite loudly. I heard clapping at the entrance of the ice. It was Guy.
"Oh my god you scared me!" I said startled
"Has anyone every told you that you are a fast skater" he said
"I've been told once or twice,"
"Well has anyone said you have beautiful ocean blue eyes?" He questioned
"Cant say I have been"
"Well, you should hear it more often" he said with a wink. I just rolled my eyes playfully and walked past him to get my actual shoes on.
"So what are you doing now?" He questioned. I assume he wanted me to say nothing.
"I am going to sleep. You know it is 8 o clock after all. By the time I get home it'll be 9-9;30 so I will be pretty tired," I responded
"Don't you live on campus?"
"Sadly no. My parents don't give me rides either, they say it's good for me to walk. That's why when we moved here from Orlando they got a house very close to the school. It was so they didn't have to drive me"
"You can stay in my dorm tonight if you want. I know we met the other day but we are on the same team aren't we?" He said
"Thank you for the offer but we have school in the morning and I can't wear spandex to school." I said sweetly
"That's ok I understand. Maybe another time" he responded in a disappointed voice. "Well I'll see ya tomorrow," he finished
" Later," I said before walking away.

A/n: hey y'all these are kinda short chapters but I am trying to get to the point as quick as possible so if this seems kinda quick then I'm so sorry. I'll work on it. Love you guys ❤️