~Tell Me I'm Dreaming~

"I'm open Luis!" I called out as he passes the puck to me, taking the last point of the game.

It's been a week since I moved in and it has been amazing. Luis and I are reunited and I made a bunch of friends, mostly with the whole team. I'm pretty close to Julie and Connie since we're the only girls in the team and the only ones that tells me all the gossip. Julie was more tough, but yet sweet. And Connie is just a pure sweet angel. Guess the three of us were just meant to be the small group of girls.

"Nice shot Nai!" Julie smiles as we give each other a high five

I looked over to Luis to give him a high five as well for the assist, but he went over to Connie. He's been trying to impress her for a while now, maybe before I moved here. She would sometimes be interested and other times she would just be with another teammate named Guy. To be honest, I think he likes her, and for some reason, it does hurt my heart a little. I mean, yeah Luis is my best friend and all, but I think I'm starting to get interest in him, and not in a best friend way. I can't compete with Connie, she's naturally beautiful, other than Julie.

I stared as they both laugh and giggle at some remark Luis made. I had to look away, as it made me upset. I almost jump as I felt Dean pat my back.

"You alright Nai?" He asks as he passes the puck to Adam.

"Huh?" I murmured, realizing he asked me a question "Oh- yeah! I'm fine"

"You sure? I don't wanna bother you or anything-"

I assured him "It's ok Dean. C'mon, let's keep playing yeah?"

Dean and I always had some sort of small connection. His dad is in jail for a reason I would never know, while his mom works at a full time job as a manager in a grocery store nearby. So pretty much we both know how it feels like to have a mom being out because of work and not having a dad around. He never liked anyone calling him Dean, that is if it was me- which I feel honored. He's even so sweet to me, and makes pretty good jokes. Usually he never likes talking about anything about his parents or lifestyle at home, because he thinks that the team will laugh at him, but I know they would want to help him.

Adam passes the puck to me as I tried to cut through Robertson to make a shot. It tips over the trash bin at full speed and hits someone in the face, hearing a loud scream right after. Everyone gasps in shock as I drop my stick and quickly went over to the boy I hit.

"I'm so sorry!" I apologized, hopping he wouldn't sue me or something "I didn't know it'll-"

"What the hell was that?!" The boy shouted as he held his nose, it was dripping clear red blood like it was water. "You almost made me loose my whole front teeth you idiot!"

Sheesh, do I always hit the puck that hard? And an idiot? I'm not surprised but like c'mon he could at least said something more threatening towards me. Luis, Dean and the rest of the team quickly come over to me as the boys friends help him up.

"You should've seen where you were going Cooper" Luis snickers "

"See where I'm going?! You're little girlfriend here almost broke my mouth open! I'm covered in blood!" He shouts "She needs to watch how she swings that stick!"

"She's not my girlfriend! And it wasn't even her fault! You should've been looking instead of daydreaming you moron!"

I felt my heart break a little more. I know I'm not suppose to feel this way towards Luis but what he said could probably make anyone that has a slight crush on him feel bad. Which is me in this moment.

"You better watch your mouth Luis-"

"Aye, you better back the hell up rich boy" Dean steps up, standing in front of me.

I watch as the boy- who I now know as Cooper- push Dean, making them both start fighting. The rest of the boys started to fight with my team, making it chaotic. I grab Dean's arm and gently push him away from the fight. Julie, Connie and Ken helped me out with the rest of them.

"Listen here- whoever you are! I'm not gonna let you fight with my friends over something that I didn't even know was gonna happen!" I spat "How's about we deal with this like hockey players instead of crazy people"

"You?" He scoffs "Playing hockey?"

I watch as he and his friends start to laugh, making my cheeks red from anger. I'm usually never the type of person to be angry but boy did he make me wanna hit him with my stick.

"Alright, there's a championship game coming up. If we beat you, you and you're little duck friends can go flying away to a different park and never come back. Simple as that" he explained

"What's in it for me?"

"If you and your team wins- which will probably not happen- we'll leave. So what do you say?"

I look down as he lifts his hand up for a shake. I look back at Charlie, he was out captain and I couldn't just walk all over him when it comes to being a leader. as he nods his head for approval. I grab his hand and slowly shakes it.

"You got yourself a deal"

"Good. You guys are probably gonna need a lot of training before you beat us. Like seriously, you think just because you got some tough teammates you will have an advantage? Might wanna check on that"

Dean stepped up once more "What did you say you-"

I gently push Dean back as Cooper laughs "Wait til the game Portman, then we can throw hands"

I didn't leave my eye off Cooper until he was officially gone, making me stare at the distance. I felt my anger cool off now that they were finally gone, for now.

"You alright Nai?" Luis asks as he grabs the puck.

"We're gonna win them" I boasted, realizing we do have an advantage

"Huh?"

"You heard me. I have a good feeling that we are gonna beat the hell out of them"

Luis chuckles "Course we are. We're ducks aren't we? C'mon, practice is gonna start soon so we better get going to the stadium"

I watch as Luis skates back to Connie and the rest of them. Dean skates beside me as we headed to the stadium.

"You almost forgot this" he said as he handed me my stick.

"Thanks. Since when did you become a fighter all of sudden?" I asked him.

"You know that I'm always like that. Besides, he can't talk to our new member of the team that way"

I chuckle "I should've let you give him a good punch. Maybe even two"

"Or three for having a smart mouth" he added

We both laugh as Ken and Fulton stay behind with us. I always liked them two, them with Dean is a whole comedy show, especially when Ken gets a smart mouth.

"That was a good shot Nai" Ken smiles as he fixes his helmet.

"Yeah, if only it got him in the mouth. He wouldn't be talking for a whole week- maybe even a whole month" Fulton chimes.

"Next time I should probably aim it more, that'll shut him up for good" I giggled

"Wait- when you think about it won't it hit his-"

Ken's eyes grew big as Fulton, Dean and I bursted out laughing. Ken could be so innocent at times which is why I find him hilarious. He kinda reminds me of a puppy for some reason, maybe it was how his eye will get big when he's shocked like a chihuahua.

"That would've hit him in the jackpot!" Ken uttered in shock.

Fulton wheezes "Sheesh Ken, you make it seem like you've never seen someone get hit there"

"Well- I- Y'know what, forget it, we're already at the stadium. Race you guys!" He laughs as he started skating pass the whole team.

"Aye knucklehead that was a head start!" Dean shouted.

"Guess you two will be the losers!" I giggled as I started skating past

Ken and I were screaming like idiots as the rest of the team realizes what's going on. They tagged along as Ken and I were on the lead. Ken looked back and started to go faster, but I was able to go past him just by a foot or two.

"Ha! I guess I win" I smiled as Ken, along with the rest of the team catches their breath.

"How the heck are you not tired Nai?!" Jessie pants as he takes a seat on a bench along with Robertson, Goldberg and Guy.

"I guess I have pretty good stamina?" I huffed

"Wow, seems like you guys are here early" Coach Bombay says as he opens the stadium.

"We just wanted to be up and at 'em!" Lester said "Think of it as us being committed souls"

"We also wanna work hard and maybe get a couple of scrimmages" Russ added.

"That's a bit odd considering it came from you Russ, but I'm glad you guys are excited to practice! First go get changed and we will start some hardcore practicing!"

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