ice cold love - guy germaine

chapter eight

guy germaine
"Ruggedly handsome?"
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I watch as Shay glances at the ice, holding back a smile as she pulls her hair into a half up half down look. Orion is in the process of screaming at us. All I can think about is that my hand is still sore and bruised and how soft her hair probably is.

"You listen to Shay and i'll be back in ten!" Coach screams, skating off the ice after the figure skating coach gave him a look.

Shay skates a bit closer, "You're all in deep shit." she finally laughs which makes the team roll their eyes practically as one.

"How can you stand him!?" Charlie pulls his gloves off, "The guys the total ass-"

"Okay! I get it... he's hard on you guys."

"He's not just hard, Shay, he doesn't believe in us!" Julie scoffs as I nod along with her statement.

"Maybe because you guys totally flunked your last game!" Shay goes into hard ass mode but we all know she's right. Against the Springfield high kids, who aren't even a good team! Everyone was fucking around and the energy was way too way, "Skate backward in a lap!"

We follow her instructions like the good kids we are, she follows us except she's going forward.

"If portman was here-" Fulton starts to say and I pity him. His best friend left the team and everyone gave him shit for being angry. They were teammates like the rest of us but they grew closer.

"Well he isn't!" Russ spits which makes Fulton Shove him away.

"Come on Russ..." Dwayne has always had a soft spot for friendship.

"And the varsity won't stop with hurting us!" Ken speaks up.

"I know but-"

"You know that he's right, Pierce." I hold up my hand, knowing that she still remembers, "We're doing something about it. Tonight!"

"Yeah!" Connie agrees, grinning before her smile fades a bit, "What are we doing...?"

"That is yet to be decided! Ideas? Because we really need to fucking shape up."

"We've been together for four years and we really can't think of any good pranks?" Connie almost trips but Luis pushes her back up a bit.

"I got one..." Charlie finally talks again, glancing back at me.

"You guys remember those ants?"

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"Guy, Shay, and Connie will keep look out!" Charlie reads off the plan we made after practice, the sun went down two hours ago and we all gathered in Ken and I's room because it was sadly the cleanest.

What I didn't plan was the groups. Though i'm friends with both of the girls, they're ruthless. And best friends. And judging by Connie's face, she isn't very happy.

"Come on Conaway you put me with them?" She's joking but her face suggests otherwise, "They'll be making out five minutes in!"

"You're there to stop that!" Luis hits her shoulder and laughs before she punches him back, hard, "Hey!"

Charlie kept talking, going over everyone's positions so it would run smoothly. The plan was perfect. Sneak into the office, get the ants, suck up the ants, distribute them into varsity dorms.

Easy? No. Funny? Absolutely.

We're all in Black. Most everyone had on glasses or hats, my favorite is Ken in a beret, says he and Shay got it in Paris when they competed. Dwayne was sitting with Shay, her cutting him a black eye mask out of some fabric as he tips his cowboy hat to her.