𝑻𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑩𝒂𝒄𝒌🌙 |𝑳𝒖𝒊𝒔 𝑴𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒛𝒂 𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒄|

-32-

"I Wanna Be Yours"

We've reached the tallest mountain. With all the blood, sweat, and tears, we've reached it—almost.

We are one step away for victory, all of us and especially myself being able to taste it. Since we visited Luis, we all promised to win every single game for him.

It was challenging, but with a few tricks up our sleeves, we were able to win and get us up to the finals.

Many teams were impressed, even some colleges came to scout and were impressed. Guess they didn't expect some ducks to have a comeback.

However, we weren't the only ones with a winning streak, Cooper's team- The Black Knights- made other teams fear them. There weren't any girls, which made some of the boys a bit nervous knowing how harsh they can be, especially towards Connie and I.

"Guys relax, we'll be fine" Connie reassuring them as she grabs her bottle of water "Just ask Nai, as long as we play smart, they won't have a chance to lay a finger on us"

"Remind me again why is this a problem? We've went against tons of guys, how can this one be any different?" added Julie

"Their vibe is definitely different than the rest" Charlie stops pacing and looks at the three of us "You may not notice, but there is definitely something up"

"Maybe it's the fact that we're going against Nai's new brother" Ken laughs

I quickly smack him in the back of the head, his laughter going completely quiet right after "I may be cool with his dad, but I ain't going to see his son as a brother"

"I think we should let them play Charlie" Luis spoke up, everyone turning their heads towards him "These girls got what it takes"

Everyone began to agree, Charlie sighs "Alright, I just want to make sure no one else gets hurt"

As Bombay enters the locker room, we quickly sat down, waiting for his next words or move. He scans the room, and for some reason- smiles, almost on the verge of laughter.

"Uh Coach, you good?" Russ asks, making the rest of us curious

He nods "Yeah, it's just been a while since I felt this much anxiety and excitement"

"For a second there you kinda looked crazy-" Ken says before Dean shushes him

"This is it guys, some of us have been in this exact same spot, others is their first time"

"Don't try to get all emotional on us Coach, especially before the game" Brian chuckles

"Now that you're saying that- let's cut to the chase- you guys are here from working your asses off and I'm really proud of every single one of you. However we aren't finished yet, we're just one step away and it's not gonna be easy. So expect to work twice as hard as you do in practice and in your past games"

We hear a sniffle coming from Russ, making us turn to him "Are you crying?" Robertson asks

"What?! No! I just got something in my eye is all!"

The mood was enlightened as we had a laugh. It was able to calm us down just a bit. It slowly died down as we looked at each other with content.

"So what are we here sitting on our asses for? Let's go get that dub!" Portman cheered as we all became desperate to leave the locker room

Bombay couldn't help but smile, seeing our anticipation "Let's go win a trophy!"

I walked beside Luis as everyone else began cheering down the halls, echos bouncing the walls and down the exit towards the rink.