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THAT NEXT DAY, AT ONE-THIRTY SHE HOPPED A BUS TO THE STADIUM, where Adam was waiting for her. He wasn't in gear, just joggers and a jersey with a long sleeve shirt beneath. Jules was wearing some leggings, her dad's old jersey and a long sleeve t-shirt beneath, pretty much the same as him. Tying her hair up into a ponytail, she walked towards him when a pair of old skates were shoved into her chest.
"Boot up, and get out on the rink." He ordered.
Jules recoiled, scoffing, "Alright, if this is going to work, you're not going to speak to me like that. Ever." Adam shook his head in disbelief, raising his brows but she didn't back down from his challenge.
"I'm doing this out the kindest of my heart, Barnes." Banks told her, reminding her that he was helping her and could leave at any time. "They're my old skates, alright, you can have them for now because they don't fit me but if you're gonna play properly you'll need your own, new pair, of skates." She sat down on the bench, putting them on. Instantly, she felt the less support on her ankles and felt weird.
Adam was taking penalty shots when she stepped onto the ice, wobbling about for a minute before standing up straight, "This should be simple... I've skated before." But as she moved her foot to skate forward, her other foot slipped out from beneath her and she fell flat on her stomach with a painful grunt.
"Oh, wow." Banks cackled, shaving ice on her as he stopped. Juliet pursed her lips, in annoyance, brushing the ice out of her hair before getting up, "Should I get you a penguin? Might be easier." She flipped him off, bending her knees to keep her balance as she slid along the ice very slowly. Adam came up beside her, skating to easily, it was stupid why she found it so hard, she was a promised olympic champion.
"I miss my toe picks." Julie said, standing up straight. Where there was less blade on her skates, she had no way of balancing out and it just ended up with her landing on her backside multiple times.
Banks huffed, taking her hands, "Just go with me on this." Not exactly liking holding his clammy hands, she reluctantly followed his orders, "Bend down and I'll pull you along, just like squat." She squatted, feeling really weird about this as he took her hands tightly and pulled her along the ice, "You'll need to squat down lower to keep your weight central, there's less blade."
Juliet bit on her bottom lip as he looked down at her feet, when Adam slowly let go of her hands as she started to get the hang of it again. She knew how to skate, it was just getting used to the new skates. He skated alongside her, watching her very slowly start to skate. Once she got the hang of that, they had to move onto how to handle the stick. Jules was alright at it, she'd played before but never actual games so she was rusty and not very good but Adam had a good laugh when she went to fire the puck into the goal, and missed it entirely and went flying into the goal.
