Reflection (Artemi Panarin)

Introduction

Taylor Ann Smith is one of a kind. Ask anyone about her and no one would have a bad thing to say. To everyone except her, she has it all. She was on honor roll every semester of school from middle school to college, people adored her for the way she thought and the way she carried herself, she lettered in four sports every year in high school while being a part of the clubs and the community. To her classmates she was a goddess. People admired her bubbly personality and natural athleticness. On the outside she was collected but the one person she ended up always having problems with was herself. But she knew she couldn't let anyone know because they would think of her differently, so every day when she left her house she plastered a smile on her face and suffered in silence. Taylor always came across as happy and it was contagious. She loved making people smile and once she made it to college she started random acts of kindness to spread the happiness. After her glory days in high school she continued her caring ways and excelled in her field also. She got her sports medicine masters degree by the age of 22 and already had a job lined up to work with the Chicago Blackhawks.

She had even caramel skin and dark brown ringlet curls that went down her back. Her hazel eyes were complimented by a few dark brown freckles and perfect lips. She never lost her athletic build and kept up with the workouts. Even with her natural beauty and outgoing personality she never had a best friend. Since she was a only child and lived with her mom she became introverted and insisted on doing things on her own. Because of her difficulties she experienced in high school she became a good person, but only because she had to. Her fight was silent but still raging on inside of her.

Artemi Panarin is a fiery kid. He's good at hockey but wants to be better, something bigger than he was. He has done as much as one can do in the KHL so he moved to the United States to take on a new challenge. A smaller rink and bigger opportunities awaited him in Chicago. He joined the team that just won the best trophy in all of sports to be on a line with a newly acquired Russian center and one of the best American born hockey players to ever touch the ice. Not only must he learn this new style of hockey but he must learn the ways of Americans and how they function. Artemi looks to become a superstar but needs to find a little bit more about himself.

This is the story of Taylor and Artemi finding everything they were looking for right in each other.