chapter twenty-two
my tears ricochet
JULES TILTED HER HEAD BACK AS SHE SKATED OVER THE ICE, the cold mist coming off the fresh ice morphed around her body as she hummed the tune to her old figure skating song that she'd dance to. The girl had come to the conclusion that skating on her own is the only way to get good practise, because Wilson refuses to let her practise and skate properly, so she'll have to do it on her own. The cool air on her face is refreshing, she enjoys it as she glides around the smooth ice, enjoying how it feels instead of the ice before it had been Zamboni'd
"Jules." Rick hollers, she comes to a stop, turning around to see her team on the ice. They didn't practise Saturday morning, "Come here." J.V. glared at her as they skated past her onto their end of the rink, starting to skate in circles, "They retaliated last night, so we need you to play like it's an international game, alright? Don't care what Wilson says about you not being able to skate, you're front line material."
She sucked in a tight breath, "Alright. Let's do this then." Turning to look over her shoulder at her old friends, they were in their Duck's jersey's, skating in circles so Varsity did the same, warming up before the game.
Face off, Jules took the face off against Charlie, "First to ten. Full check." The Captain of the opposing team spoke. Secretly, the Ducks were terrified of playing against Jules, but they knew all of hers and Adam's tricks. What they didn't expect was for her to do it completely alone, she shoved Charlie over like it was nothing and took off down their end with the puck. She twirled out of the way of Fulton who crashed into Dwayne and scored the first shot, not even blinking when the Varsity cheered. She learnt not to celebrate, act like they're already winning, it doesn't let her get cocky that way.
The girl came up beside Connie, checking her into the boards and stealing the puck, she hit it to Rick who took the shot, putting them two up. Jules simply high-fived him, glaring at Charlie as she glided past him before picking up speed again.
"Flying 'V'." Charlie called, it was way to early and it was just letting all the Varsity team know how they play. Jules rolled her eyes, she knew exactly how to break this up, how it worked. She skated up behind the V, before throwing herself forward and right into the back of Charlie, she took the puck back down their end and shot it into the goal again without blinking. Since they weren't playing with the box, she could do what she wanted and it just angered the Ducks even more.
Banks came up on her side as she rounded the goal, heading back towards centre ice, "What are you doing? You're not letting anyone else have a chance." Jules looked up at him before skating off to get them another goal, she's had enough of not playing or barely even playing and not playing good because Coach will take her off the ice.
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𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐎𝐎 𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐋 , a.banks
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