Problems With Love

Chapter 29

Jared's POV

Game time. My NHL debut. I stand in the tunnel my stick in my hands. My red home jersey on. The Indian head proudly sporting on my chest. Number 27 and my last name, Cramber on my back.I close my eyes and take a deep breath. Kris walks up behind me. "How ya doin Jared?" he asks. "Nervous," I say. He shrugs. "Eh you'll be fine. I gotta go stretch a little more. See ya on the ice!" Oh gee that helped. NOT!! I start to pace a little bit trying to shake the nerves out. Then a wave of nausea hits me. "Oh crap! Can this get any worse?" I think. I take deep breaths again. "In through your nose out through your mouth," I think. "Hey kid how ya feelin?" someone asks. It was Brandon Bollig. "Like I'm gonna throw up," I sigh. "Nerves or are you sick?" he questions. "Nerves," I say. "Yeah that'll happen," he laughs. Hey it's time to go out for warm-up! Ready?" he asks slapping me on the back. I take a deep breath. "As I'll ever be."

I step out into the ice. First one on the team. It was an amazing feeling. The UC was a sea of red. Everyone cheering. I take a quick warm-up lap before realizing I was the only one out there. I see the team cracking up as they hit the ice. I shake my head. "Sure prank the new guy," I think.

Then it's time for the anthem. I stand on the bench with the rest of the team except the 5 starters and Crawford. Jim starts to sing and the crowd goes nuts. Hey it's not called the Madhouse on Madison for nothing. I got chills. Then the puck dropped.

I sit on the bench watching the game. Then Coach Q taps me on the shoulder. "It's go time Cramber!" he yells. My first NHL shift. I jump over the boards, my blades hitting the ice. I skate down to our zone since the Sharks have the puck. Thorton passes to Pavelski. I check him but the Sharks still have the puck. Then the Sharks turn it over and Ben Smith gets the puck. We skate down the ice toward Niemi. Smith passes to me and I shoot but it's blocked. We get the rebound and I get the puck again. As I was about to pass back to Versteeg a huge body hits me. I hit the ice with a thud. I'm a little shaken up and slow to get up. I make my way back to the bench. "You okay Cramber?" Saad asks. "Yeah. I just got a little shaken up," I respond trying to catch my breath. Well I guess my 1st NHL shift wasn't that great after all.

At the end of the 1st it's tied at 0.

Kristen's POV

Tonight is Jared's NHL debut. I could tell that he's a nervous wreck. He was practically shaking at Starbucks.

I meet Chelsea at the game and we head to our seats. The game is going really well until Jared's first shift. He got hit really hard and was shaken up a little.

I'n a trainer for the hawks during intermission at home games so when the horn sounds starting the 1st intermission, I head down to the locker room. Chelsea comes with me to help. "I think you should check Jared. He took a pretty hard hit," she says. I bid in agreement. "He might have a concussion," I add.

"Hey guys!" I say as I walk in. "Good period!" Chelsea says. "Are there any of you that need us to check anything out?" Chelsea asks. No one says anything. "I'll take that as a no," I laugh. "WAIT!! Some of muscles are really tight so can you help me stretch out a bit?" Andrew asks. "Of course!" I say. I turn to Chelsea. "Why don't you do that and I'll take a look at Jared," I whisper. She nods. "Hey Jared can you come with me?" I ask. "Yeah," he says getting up. I lead him back into the training room. "Take a seat here," I smile. "I just wanna make sure you don't have a concussion or anything. You took a really hard hit." I check his eyes and they're not dilated. "Okay you're good. No concussion. You can play" I say. "Thanks," he says shyly getting up to leave. He makes it to the door when I say, "Hey Jared?" He turns. "Yeah?" "I'm sorry about earlier." He shrugs. "It's fine. I understand."

A/N hey guys. so the hawks traded Bollig to Calgary for the 83rs draft pick😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I'm so sad. I really hate that he has to leave. I want him so stay a hawks. Once a hawk always a hawk.