Chapter 16-
Caleb's POV:
I can't believe I yelled at Juliet like that. I vowed to never harm her and I hurt her more than ever by saying for her to find her own place. I told her she would always have a place with me.
Our next game was in Ottawa and she didn't sit anywhere near me on the plane. I sat alone when Rielly came to sit next to me. Juliet sat next to Bernier.
"What happened? You said something?" He asked. I sighed and nodded. He tossed his head back and laughed slightly.
"Of course you fucked it up. You always do." He said shaking his head.
"The night when we got back from dinner she was talking about Toews and how he was going to take her out for dinner. I got pissed and she got pissed so I called Clara."
"Of course you did." He sighed rolling his eyes.
"Anyways..."I said.
"She saw Clara the next morning and we were arguing and I got pissed and told her she should find her own place."
"That's why she is so pissed off?" He asked.
"That is how her mother and real father broke up. By that exact line. Her mom screamed at him and told him to find his own place. She is terrified of some guy saying that to her and I'm that guy." I groaned.
"Hmm..." He said thinking.
"Toews really likes her." He said.
"Of course he would! Look at her, she is beautiful, funny, smart, witty, she does this thing where she crunches up her nose when she is mad, it's really cute you sho-"
"Anyways." He mocked.
"That's amazing how much you like her but Toews really likes her and he said he was going to try and get with her." I frowned at his comment.
"Well he won't. I mean, she's mine." I said.
"Well then stop fucking it up. Just tell her how you feel and stop this nonsense." He said. I nodded and plugged in my head phones.
I would tell her when we got back.
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When I got my pads on I went into the hallways and began stretching before the game. Juliet barely talked to me and she glared at me constantly. She was over by the gate line when a few girls walked over. They said 'hi' and begged for an autograph. She signed them and they went along wishing her luck. She walked back smiling.
"Admirers?" I asked.
"Yes." She said blandly. I sighed as she went back into the dressing room and I continued stretching. I didn't need to focus on her right now. It's my time.
I got fully dressed and went for the warm up skate. Bernier was in net tonight but I still needed to warmup. I stretched in my usual spot when Chris Neil skated over. He was a huge dick and went after our smaller guys like Phil Kessel.
"Hey bud." He smirked.
"What do you want, Chris?" I asked.
"Better watch that little girl of yours. She's playing with the big boys tonight."He smirked. I rolled my eyes disgusted and he skated away laughing. That guy was such a prick.
They cleaned the ice once more and I slid on my Leafs baseball hat as we began walking out. I sat comfortably on the bench as the puck was dropped.
We usually did good against Ottawa. We had some guys who played outstanding against them. It didn't really matter if we won or lost in the pre season but it was good to come out on a high.
I watched Kessel tear it up as he took a quick snap shot on net. It was a glove save and they blew a whistle for the face off.
As the game went on a couple of guys on Ottawa began to get a little rough and to be honest, I was getting really worried for Juliet.
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