Evan Morrow and Lily Germaine were a repeat of history. As amazing as it was for people to watch the greatest love story ever play out once again, for Evan Morrow, it was infuriating. Why couldn't Lily just see that he liked her, and had liked her s...
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Evan Morrow's team had a weird name.
"The Don't Bother's?" Jesse asked. "We're the Don't Bother's?"
Peter scoffed as he said, "Man, what brain-dead jerk came up with that name?"
Alex looked offended as she answered, "As a matter of fact, I did. But I didn't have a choice. It was the first thing I could think of."
Peter and Jesse let out scoffs.
"Hey. You don't wanna be Don't Bother's?" She asked. "You'd rather be Ducks? Some stupid animal?"
"Better then some stupid phrase." I shot back.
I heard a snort come from behind me, and I looked and saw another person standing there.
"Anyway, I'm Coach A." Alex said, before I could figure out who it was. "Just call me Alex. Today we are going to start with a really cool passing exercise."
We all grabbed our skates, but Alex stopped us.
"No not that kind. Today we won't be touching the ice. But we will be breaking the ice."
"That was a terrible joke." Jesse told her.
"What does that mean?" Evan whispered.
As she continued talking, I zoned out until I heard Evan's voice.
"So no skating at all. Our first game is Saturday."
We all sat in a circle, and I sat between Peter and Jesse. She started talking about a "Trust Puck". Sam went first.
"I'm Sam. Uh, outside, I like skateboarding and I act kind of crazy but inside, I have no spleen. It burst when I crashed into a stop sign. I am a mess in there."
I was trying to chock down my laughs and I could tell Jesse was doing the same.
"Hi, I'm Maya. I have this talent were I can zero in someone's weakness and like, destroy them. Like I might tell you your puffy vest is very 2017 and every time I saw you I'd say things from 2017 just to get in your head. Like, Lego Batman Movie. Or Fidget Spinners."
"Wait, this is one of my favorite vests. Its got a lot of pockets." Alex defended.
"I guess pockets were big in 2017." Maya shot back.
Evan was trying to get us to the rink but Alex made him sit down.
"I'm Lauren. Outside I'm a female warrior. People say I dress weird. Inside, I used to have a crippling fear of death. But then I realized everybody. Popular kids, freaks, we all have this vast nothingness waiting for us. In a strange way it gives me a sense of peace."
I scooted closer to my brother, who wrapped his arm around me.
"Peter, she scares me." I whispered.
Peter nodded in agreement, and we both scooted closer to Jesse.
