Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better

Game Day

Rikki

I've never been so horrified yet excited at the same time. I love Bianca and I can't wait to see her play but hockey is rough (but so is rugby). I sit between Robyn and Bret (but Bret is trying to flirt with the girl in the next row. Robyn smiles at me.

"Scared or some thing?" She wonders and I laugh.

"I don't want them to get hurt." I admit and the little girl nods.

"That's understandable." Robyn says as the opposing team skates out. "Fucking Devils." She mumbles and I laugh.

"Robyn!" Ana scolds and she scowls.

"Auntie Bee and Uncle CC say it all the time." She mumbles.

The Wolves skate out and I smile once I see the twins and James skate out. The three of them shove each other as they skate around to do warm ups. The coach calls them in and before they go they skate in a circle banging their sticks on the ice before lifting them into the air making an upside down come. They go over to Shep and they talk for a while before howling like wolves.

The starters skate out. James takes the face off and the twins flank him. James wins the face off and it goes to CC. CC stakes towards the net with Bianca on his left. The puck gets passed perfectly to Bianca. Holy Fuck she's fast. She weaves in between the defending players and straight to the net. She takes her shot and it goes in. Everyone cheers.

That was the only goal scored in the first period but I notice that the Devils seem to be gunning in my baby girl.

They skate back in for the second period and I notice that when James and CC skate back on, Bianca isn't with them. Did the assholes from Jersey actually hurt her? I look at the numbers on the bench and 14 is there and looking pissed.

When they finally put her on, the score is tied. The puck is in Wolves territory and CC is skating for the puck. Two giant ass dudes come in and bash him into the boards. The ref blows his whistle as Bee and James start to pull the giants away from Bee's brother. James ends up having to pull Miss. Bianca away as well. They Devils get skated to the penalty box.

"Two minutes for roughing." The ref says and they smile.

"Worth getting that broad pissed." The one says pointing at Bee as she argues James.

The period continues and the Devils score again. I notice that when CC isn't on the ice they really go after Bee. At the same time, Bee doesn't take a lot of it she hits back pretty hard. In the next second, Bee is behind the net being shoved by one of the huge guys from the other team. I can tell by the look on her face, she's seeing read.

Stick gets dropped.

Gloves get thrown.

The Devil's jersey gets yanked over his head.

And my hundred pound girlfriend is beating the shit out of him.

Two more guys from the Devils try to pull Bianca away from him but that just brings James and CC in. Sooner rather than later it turns into a bench fight. Ending in CC, Bianca, and James, as well as several players from Jersey getting skated to the box.

"Five minutes for fighting." The ref tells the three.

"Worth it." Bee smiles.

Bianca

"What was that?" Shep asks at intermission.

"Fun." Someone speaks up.

"Sure, it was funny when Bianca fought that big son of a bitch. But you know what wasn't funny? Devils scored twice that period." Shep looks around at us. "It's like you don't even know how to play hockey and I've coached you lot since you were four!" He points at James. "Who are you?"

"Coach, I'm James. Need your eyes checked?" I say and he gives him a look.

"Name and where you're from.." Coach explains.

"James Lockman, Brooklyn New York." He says.

"You." Coach points at another player.

"Shaw Whittley, Albany New York."

"Ken Newman, New York City New York."

"Ashton Blame, The Bronx."

"Isaac Trudeau, Chicago Illinois."

"Bianca Johannesson, Brooklyn New York." I stand up.

"Bruce Johannesson, Brooklyn New York."

One by one the whole team stands up.

"Gordon Shepherd, Brooklyn New York. Now, what are we?" He asks.

"Wolves!" We yell.

"And how do Wolves travel?" He asks.

"In a pack!" We yell back.

"Well let's show them!" Shep says.

We all howl before heading back out onto the ice.

We get the puck within the first three minutes of the game and set of the Wolf Pack. In doing that, James gets the goal. The thing is, that's the only goal of the period.

No goals in over time.

Time for a shoot out.

Best of five.

James goes out first and scores.

Devils score.

CC goes out and scores.

Devils score.

Trudeau misses.

Devils miss.

My shot.

If I make this then we win, if I don't well we might've just lost the game. I stake out to the ice and start at centre. The ref drops the puck at my feet then blows the whistle. I know as soon as I touch the puck the goalie is going to come out and challenge me. My heart thumps in my ears and I can only focus on breathing. I take a deep breath and kick the puck forwards.

I skate up the the net with the puck at my stick as the goalie comes out to challenge me. I dike once, twice, three times and take my shot. Time stands still and for a spilt second I was sure I missed. The buzzer sounds. I scored.

The crowd erupted and my team came skating onto the ice.

The team huddles around me as we laugh and cheer.

I get changed and showered and I walk out to meet everyone else.

Rikki picks me up and spins me around.

"You did great, baby girl." He tells me and I smile.

"After that, I wanna sleep." I admit and he laughs.

"Let's get you home then." Rikki says before kissing me. "I'm so proud of you. You're a little hometown hero, aren't you?"

Hometown hero? Yeah maybe. I thought I was just a broad that played hockey.