the only exception - kenny wu

18. great one

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they arrived at the court, where russ and his friends were. when the bus pulled up, they noticed, and cheered when arabella and charlie walked out. 

the winger arabella flirted with was there, and he called her name out from behind the fence. "bella!"

"luke!" she grinned, and charlie and her ran up the stairs to say hi to everyone. arabella turned to luke, saying hi. 

"flirted with any more guys yet?"

arabella laughed, shaking her head. "nope, i'm gonna save it for iceland. have you flirted with anyone yet?"

"only you, babe."

she pushed his shoulder, scoffing. she was about to say something, but charlie grabbed her, pulling her in front of russ. "russ, you gotta come with us. we need a player, and you'll save us."

arabella understood what he was doing. without adam, there was an empty spot on the team. russ could fill in for adam for the game, seeing as he knew how to play. "you could show the world your knucklepuck!"

russ looked to his older brother. "i don't know if mom will let me."

luke came up and threw an arm around arabella. "i'll convince her. i love your mom."

russ's brother shook his head. "no way man, you're not hitting on my mom again."

charlie and arabella looked at each other, trying to hide a laugh. luke pretended to be sad, but russ's brother went back to russ joining the team. "i'll call mom. just tell her that you'll do more chores. i'll help convince her."

russ's brother pulled out his phone, and a minute later, they were on call with his mom. "momma? you know how we played against team u.s.a? well they want russ on the team."

russ's brother handed russ the phone, and russ looked scared. "i'll do whatever chores, this could be important."

after a few minutes of russ trying to convince his mom, she gave him. they cheered, and arabella thanked his mom. they said bye to everyone, and russ followed charlie and arabella back onto the bus, where it took them to bombay's office. 

charlie and arabella ran into his office, telling russ to wait outside of it for now. "coach, i know with banks out, we got a roster slot open."

bombay looked at him, wondering why he brought this up. charlie continued, "you know how i always told you i'd make a better coach than a player?"

bombay laughed a little. arabella turned to him, looking at charlie. "he did some scouting. and trust me, this guy is good."

she called russ in, and charlie introduced him. russ grinned at him. "hiya coach!"

"well russ, what can you do for the team?"

arabella grinned, looking at russ. russ looked offended, looking at charlie and arabella before back to bombay. "you've never heard of my knucklepuck?"

bombay looked at russ confusedly. "knucklepuck? no."

russ grinned and charlie and arabella, and they knew he was on the team. 

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the day after, they were playing against russia, and they were up 2-1 in the third period. arabella and charlie were on the same line, with russ.