Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better

Wolf Den

Rikki

We walk into this arena, lead by the twins and Robyn. Robyn looks to be in her absolute glory. She really wants to play hockey. As soon as we walk through the doors, painted in blue, black and white are the worlds 'welcome to the Wolf Den' with an angry wolf beside the words. As we walk down the halls of the arena we see championship banners. Several division and state championship banners from the years that Bee and CC would've been playing.

We make it to a change room and we all lace up our skates, or try to. I've been on skates before but I wasn't great on them, I don't think Bret has ever been on them. I watch as Bianca ties her skates up quickly and moves to helping Robyn. She makes sure Robyn has a helmet on and her hockey gloves. Robyn grabs her stick and marches out the door towards the ice. Bianca grabs her gloves and stick but looks back to her sister.

"She's fearless, Bee. She gets it from you." Ana says.

We all head out to the ice to see Robyn sitting on the bench. Bianca smiles.

"Only players like CC ride the pine pony, half pint." Bee tells her niece and smiles at her brother, who flips her off.

"I'm scared, what if I fall?" Robyn says.

"You get back up." CC smiles.

"Skating is easy, babe." Bianca assures her. "You just gotta get the hang of it."

"Can I watch for a few minutes?" Robyn wonders and Bee nods.

"Yeah of course, for now I'm gonna skate though." She smiles as she puts on her gloves and grabs her stick and a puck.

When she stands she's nearly as tall as me which worries me to be honest. She wears a sweatshirt I think she stool from me, a pair of blue jeans, her black skates, and her blue, black, and white gloves. They must be from her hockey days. Bianca skates around shooting at the net for about five minutes before CC joins her with a stick and matching gloves. He's better at skating than I could've guessed.

After about five minutes of shooting they start doing what looks like a drill or chicken or something. They start off at one net, Bee skates backwards towards the other net and CC skates forwards, pushing her back. When they make it to the end, CC starts skating backwards with Bee pushing him back. Bianca is fast though so CC try's to match her sped going backwards. He collides with the boards landing on his ass. Once my girlfriend is through laughing at her twin, she helps him up.

I look down to see that Robyn has left. I look at Jamie and Ana, they point back to the backroom. Did she get scared? I look over to Bret and Bobby.

"If CC can do it, so can I." Bobby declares.

"If fucking Bee can do it, I can do it." Bret says.

"I'm not sure if that's how it works." I admit.

"Bee and CC have been skating since they were four." Jamie adds.

Just then, Robyn returns wearing a small jersey and carrying two more. She looks up at me and makes a face. Definitely related to the twins.

"Aunt Bee! Ain't CC!" She yells and they come over.

"I'm gonna hurt you, little one." CC smirks at his little niece.

"Here take these." Robyn holds the shirts out to them.

They both hold them up facing them so the backs are to us. They both are with with black lettering out lined with a sky blue, like their gloves, Wolves colours. Johannesson is spelt across the shoulders and the numbers 14 and 62 are on the backs. Robyn is wearing a small number 14. The twins light up and Bianca pulls on number 14.