𝑯𝒆𝒚 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑫𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒉 | ᴹᴰᴳᶜ

11: Big Night

I woke up and it was the morning of states! I'm so excited! I grabbed my phone and saw a text from Logan.

Skater boy⛸️: Good morning, Lilah! We're going to states!!!

Lilah🫶🏼: Good morning, my love! Yes we are!!!

Logan and I texted back and forth about states for a few minutes, and then I started to pack. I packed mainly band shirts, leggings, and ripped jeans. For shoes I packed 4 pairs. 2 boots and 2 sneakers. Different colors, of course! I finished packing my bags and got dressed. I brushed my hair and left it down. I went downstairs to the kitchen, leaving my suitcase and bag by the door.

"Good morning, Del! Congrats on states!" Dad says as he makes breakfast.

"Morning! Thanks! I'm excited!" "You know I can use one of my vacation days to come down and see you play at states?" "You don't have to do that." "I haven't seen you play all season! I'm coming to states, you watch! I'll be the loudest in the crowd!" I laugh at dad's reply. We ate breakfast and we got ready to leave.

We went to the ice palace where the team is meeting to go on the bus. Shawn drops me off. "Bye, Delilah! I'll see you at states!" "Bye, dad! Bring your megaphone!" I say jokingly "Now since you said that, I will!" "Oh god." I say laughing. As he drove off I headed to the bus.

"There's my girl!" Logan says, coming over to me and taking my hockey bag from my shoulder."Hi baby!" We kiss real quick and continue walking to the bus.

"There's the love birds!" Sam says, pointing to Logan and I. "Sup, guys?"

"Hey!" Bombay comes from out of the palace."Okay! Everyone here?" We all nod and say yes "Okay great! Now! Girls in the back! Boys in the front!"

"Why?" Lauren asked Bombay. "I've been on the road plenty of times! I know how it goes! Now!" He clapped his hands together. "Boys up front! Girls in the back!" We got on the bus. I was sitting in the back, but I wanted to sit with Logan. I thought about it for a moment, then climbed over a couple of seats then went hopped onto the aisle and went to where Logan was sitting and sat next to him in the window seat. "Hey!" I said sitting down.

"You heard Bombay! Boy up front! Girls in the back! And no disrespect, Delilah, but you're not a boy." Nick says, leaning towards the aisle.

"You're right! I'm not! But I wanna sit with my BOYfriend! So I don't care." I say, looking at Logan and holding his hand. "I'm fine with it!" Logan says, looking into my eyes, smiling.I smiled back. "Hey! Okay, team. Listen u- I said girls in the back boys in the front." Bombay said. "I don't care." I said with a bit of an attitude. "Okay, little Portman." "Excuse me?" "Nothing. Uh, anyway! I'm sure you've all heard, I'll be in charge on this trip." "So, we get to run around and push all the elevator buttons and wear shower caps?" Nick asked. "It's my first time at a hotel without my moms. I'm gonna live it up!" "Just be safe," Bombay told us all. "I'm not interested in how many of you can fit into an ice machine. Oh, and there's a party tonight at 7 sharp. And tomorrow's our first game. And one more thing," He paused. "We're going to States!" We all cheered.

I put my earbuds in and looked out the window. Logan tapped my shoulder, and I turned to look at him. He tapped his ear, and I took an earbud out.

"What are you listening to?" He whispered. I took out an earbud and handed it to him. I gave him a small quick kiss that wasn't really quick. "No kissing on the bus." Bombay said, turning around, looking at Logan and I "Sorry." "Our bad." Bombay turned back around, and we looked at each other, trying not to laugh. When we arrived, we dropped our stuff off at the entrance and went adventuring.

We then got rooms. Evan and Nick. Koob and Sam. Maya, Lauren, Sofi. The czech-mates. Logan and I. It was originally going to be Sofi and I, but I convinced Bombay to let Logan and I share a room. I promised we wouldn't cause trouble or do anything bad.

"Whoa! Check out the new power couple." We overheard MJ say to Evan. We both turned around to see Sofi with Trevor, making me laugh. We looked to see Evan and MJ dancing.

"I don't know which is more brutal, watching my best friend dance with my crush or watching what he thinks is dancing." Nick said, walking over to Logan and I.

"Hey, don't worry about it. I mean, if she's the one for you, you'll get her in the end," Logan told him. "That's how I got Delilah!"

The next morning, I woke up on Logan's chest.

"Morning babe!" Logan said, looking down at me.

"You wake up too early." I said, getting off his chest and turning on my side. My back facing him. "It's only 7:03!" "Early." I'm not that much of a morning person. Logan and I got up and got dressed. I got dressed in the bathroom, then headed downstairs to get breakfast.

"Okay, team's all here." Bombay walked in. "Just a friendly reminder, the first game's at 2, and if Nick can stop looking so happy, which is kind of weirding me out, I think we got a chance of beating these guys."

"Gordon Bombay?" A man in a suit walked in. "Yeah, that's me." he answered. "I'm with the Youth Hockey Association. We have a problem." Oh no. I looked at Logan, and he looked confused and concerned. We were all in a fake courtroom place. Coach T told on Bombay about something he did in his past. Logan sat in a chair, and I stood next him. His arm was around my waist and my arm was around his shoulder. They said stuff that was a little confusing to me but I understood what they were saying....a little.
Then Alex walked in with.....Stephanie?

"Stop, stop, wait. Stop." She said. "Did you rule yet, judge, sir?"

"I'm sorry. Who are you?" the man answered. "Oh.. uh, I'm Mr. Bombay's lawyer?" she answered awkwardly.

"Where have you been counselor?" Bombay asked, playing along. "I'm so sorry.. sir. Anyway, so. By your own definition in order to keep your NCAA certification, this tournament needs their prospective student-athletes to be coached by an NCAA-approved coach." "Which Mr. Bombay is not?" The man added confused. "Correct. However, the definition of prospective student-athlete is a student who has been scouted by one of your member institutions." "Yeah, this is the Minnesota State Championships. All of the teams have been visited by a scout." "Expect for us. Nobody took the Don't Bothers seriously enough to check us out. They didn't bother. So, by your own definition our players don't meet the criteria, thereby rendering Mr Bombays' collegiate ban immaterial." "Well, that being the case, then you are correct. Mr Bombay can continued coaching." We all started cheering then did a group hug. "Hey, guys sorry for the craziness. Today I'm not here to coach, I'm just here as Evan's mom."

"No, we want you to coach." Evan said everyone agreeing doing another group hug.

While we were on the bus for some reason I started to think about Maya and the way she made me feel. I finally understand why I feel this way! She's a girl and so am I. I am in love with her! I like guys and girls. I like Logan and Maya. It felt like a weight being lifted off my shoulders!