𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝓂𝓎 𝒹𝒶𝓇𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔

Games

It was two weeks later and the first game for varsity. JV lost their first game 7-4, they got a bit cocky.

Bryce was still offset by Trey and him trying to get close with Verity. He does his best to keep him away.

They were all in the ice before the game. Their coach, Coach Ava Grane, was giving them a pep talk. "Beat their fucking ass."

"Ava, watch the language." Rogers laughed. "We have Duckies here."

Grane turned to him. "Rogers, don't call me Ava. Now, we got Kevin to left,Wolf man over there, Miss Dior on right, Stevens, and Ulrich go on defense. Ight, let's go kick some butt!"

    Verity pulls down her helmet and sees Aneli yelling in the stands. "GO, VITY!" She was cheering as Verity got to her spot.

    Bryce does the face off and wins it. Verity gets bumped down as Bryce passed the puck to Kevin. Kevin gets it and skates down the ice.

    Verity gets back up and sees Kevin get ransacked into the boards. The puck gets stolen and Verity chases after it. Bryce was with her. Defense did their job and knocked down the guy.

    The puck goes flying across the ice and Bryce went to get it. He hits another player headfirst and Verity got the puck instead. "Go!"

    Verity slips past bigger players and got hooked before she could attempt a goal. She turned around and pushed the girl that hooked her. "Hey, what was that for?" She pushed her again.

    A ref blew his whistle. "Eden Hall Varsity Ducks, #3, Portman, two minutes; roughing." A ref got her.

    "What are you on about!?" Grane was yelling from the bench. "It was provoked!"

    Bryce got into it too. "She had every right to do that! Open your damn eyes, ref!"

    Verity got pushed into the box and she threw her helmet off. "Bogus." She mumbled.

    "What the fuck?" Abeli shouted. "Boo! Boo! That's a shit call!"

    Diane and Justin give her a look. "Sit down, froot loops." Diane suggests. "You're getting looks."

    "No one gives a flying fuck, Didi." Aneli mumbled to Diane. "GO, VARSITY!"

    Varsity start snickering at her, especially Skills. Verity watches the game from both the box and bench, switching in every now and then.

    It was the middle of third period when there was a fight. "No, no, no! WE TALKED ABOUT THIS!" Grane was shouting to the ice.

    Bryce, Skills, and another player were fighting on the ice. "#23 and #33 from Eden Hall Varsity Ducks are fighting with #49 from Albatross High Varsity Dragons!"

    "At least they're fighting together." Zach says, putting on his helmet. "And not each other."

    Verity got her helmet on as Bryce and the others were sent to the box. "They're improving." She slides over the bench and skates onto the ice, Zach following. "I swear they always get into fights."

    The score was tied, 1-1. And the other school had the puck. Zach steals it and passes it to Rogers, who passed it to Verity, who faked and got it to Zach.

    Zach shoots and it was blocked. The clock is going down as the puck is going back and forth between the two teams.

"SICK 'EM, V!" Aneli was yelling. Justin gave her looks but doesn't say anything. "GET THEM, ZACH!"

Grane gave her look. "I like that girl. GO, MISS DIOR! GRAB IT!"

Verity sneaks the puck and races back down the ice. She was sneaking past everyone and missed some checks.

She does a wraparound and tricks the goalie for the goal, bringing them up 2-1. She celebrates with Zach and the others.

They reset and lost the puck. "With a minute left on the clock, Albatross has the puck and man, are they zooming. Yates from Eden Hall steals the puck and passes to teammate Verity Portman. Oh, she goes down!"

Verity got checked into the boards and the puck was stolen. "You good, Miss Dior?" Zach smiled. Verity gives him a nod as their goalie made a rebound.

Theresa got the rebound and started skating down the ice. "Ulrich with the puck, and man is she going down the ice! Twenty seconds left and-OH! She gets side checked by Albatross' captain, Daniel Greensburg. Portman with the steal!"

Verity got the puck and turned around on the ice, Theresa switched in with Bryce. Bryce tailed Verity as she crisscrossed between players. She gets ready to score as Bryce cleared her way.

She wraps around and shoots it in. She makes it and throws her hands up. Verity got cross-checked into the boards and the stick hit her playing wrist. "OW!" She yelled, getting slammed by the bigger player.

"You bitch ass MOTHERFUCKER!" Aneli slammed her hand against the glass.

Bryce threw off the player from Verity. He shoves him to the floor and Verity holds her wrist. "You stupid bitch!" Bryce yelled at the player as the refs came over.

"Bryce, no." Verity pushes him slightly. "I'm fine." Her wrist felt like hot lava was being poured onto it. "Let's go." She slowly skated away with him in tow.

Grane looks at them. "Line up for handshakes."

-

An hour or so after the game, Verity was sitting alone in her dorm. She got moved to Varsity Hall so this girl Theresa Ulrich was her new roommate.

Verity was soaking her wrist in a bowl of ice water. It was very bruised but she wasn't sure if it was broken or not.

"Vity, you will NOT believe what that stuck up little brat di-OH MY GOSHIES!" Aneli stared at her. "Did those little pests do that?"

She closes the door and looks down at her friend's wrist. "I think I could still play." Aneli looked at Verity with a face. "What?"

"You cannot play like this." She went soft. "You need to see the nurse, this could get worse, V."

Verity looks at it. "At least I'm ambidextrous. I could still write to my dad."

"Verity, that's your stick hand." Aneli said again. "Your good shooting arm. This could be permanent if you don't get it properly looked at. Do you want that?"

Verity looked at it. "I'll go see the nurse."