Love in the Shadows ~ Dean Portman x OC

Ch.2: Morgan, Oh Morgan

Pov: Morgan Tibbles, June 24th, 1994, Minneapolis
Day 2 of practice is so far much better than day one. Minus the schooling, I'm actually quite enjoying it. Me and the girls laugh as we recall Dean's "America always dominated" comment about the Olympics as we head back out on the ice after a water break.

"Alright guys listen up, your team work is really improving but we still need to get some of our new guys game ready" Coach motions at me and Ken who's standing in front of me.
"Scrimmage?" The guy I recently found out is "Charlie" calls out
"You got it" Bombay confirms "I know that we have 14 so for this scrimmage we'll have 7 people on the ice. Alright now when I call your name please stand with your team. Team one is Charlie, Goldberg, Connie, Averman, Ken, Guy and Luis " They all shuffle to the right and get ready
"Team two is Adam, Julie, Jesse, Morgan, Dean, Fulton, and Dwayne"

Greatttt more Dean time. We all huddle up as Adam tries to make a plan
"Ok so I'll take the puck drop, Dwayne and Jesse take first line, Dean and Fulton take second, and Maple-"
"Morgan"
"Right, Morgan stay in the back and watch the team"
"Who put you in charge rich boy?!" Dean protests
"Seriously dude why are we second line? We should be first" Fulton agrees
"You'd kill the other team before the puck even dropped so just stick to second and defend Morgan"
"I don't need defending. Let them take offense"
"Your dad said to make sure you don't get hurt so that's what I'm gonna do"
"Well I'm telling you you're not my dad so let me play"
"You've never played just- fine. Morgan and Julie do defense by the goal and first and second line switch. Happy everyone?"

I don't speak up but the rest of the team nods so I go along with it. Why did my dad put me in HOCKEY if he didn't want me getting hurt?! I could be in tennis, or you know, New York.

We set up and Coach drops the puck. Everything up there is so hectic. Adam gets the puck and races towards the goal. Luis catches him and starts barreling towards us. The meat heads have just finished taking out Guy and Connie so they start going for Luis but he's too fast. He clears Dwayne and Jesse so Adam yells from across the ice "Morgan get the puck!"

My roller derby instincts kick in and I sprint towards him and just before we collide, he dodges me and shoots for the goal. If it weren't for Julie, he would've gotten the point. Instead Fulton comes around the net and sets up for what looks like a golf swing. He slaps the puck and it goes flying everywhere but the goal. Ken gets it then Dean gets Ken. Dean shoots, he scores. He then skates to me and said "Check that out babe, maybe if you want I could show you how to be just as awesome as me"
"In your dreams meatball"
"What did you call me?"

Too late to figure it out because the second match up is about to start. This time everyone is watching for Luis as Dwayne and Avermen are up for the pick drop. Dwayne gets the puck and starts getting fancy with it. The team keeps yelling to pass it but he doesn't and shoots instead. Point us! The team is celebrating but doesn't include me and Julie.

"So this is how it feels to be a goalie huh?"
"Yup either get blames or get ignored. No in between"
"Fun"

The scrimmage is first to five and my team is currently up 4-2. I'm the only one who hasn't gone up for the puck drop. As I'm skating to the center line, Adam is trying to give me last minute pointers, Jesse is praying, Julie is cheering me on, Dwayne smiles as me, and Dean and Fulton are giving each other the "oh lord" look. I set up and I catch a glimpse at Coach Bombay who is glaring at me like he's trying to solve a puzzle. I look at my opponent, Ken Wu as the puck drops.

I look at him hoping he'll forgive me for absolutely slamming this kid into the ice and taking the puck. I fluke out Guy and soar past Connie. Charlie is riding my ass and Luis is skating right towards me. I brace myself as I remember my old roller derby move. The Slingshot.