My Girl

11

I walk into the dressing room and once I see Kennedy I can't help but smile.

"What's the smile for Adam?" Charlie asks with a smirk. "Had a good time last night!" I tell him. "Get to home base?" He grins. "Charlie!" I say. "I'm just curious!" He chuckles. "First!" I quickly and quietly tell him. "I don't want everyone to know Charlie! So don't say a word!" I tell him. "I promise!" He says. "What did you do last night?" I ask. "Played video games." "Not surprised." I chuckle.

We all finish getting ready and go in the ice for warm ups.

"Hi Adam!" Kennedy says as I skate to her in the net. "Hey Kenny!" I grin. "Ready?" I ask her. "Of course I am. Are you?" "I am! Ready to win!" I tell her. "Good. Now go score a goal!" She tells me with a grin. "That would be nice, wouldn't it!" I grin as I skate away. "It would!" She nods.

I start to stretch with Ken and Luis by the boards before I start shooting the puck with team.

-

"Get out of here!" I hear Kennedy say to the other team as she covers the puck. The ref hasn't blown the whistle and the other team keeps hitting her glove. I hear Kennedy tell them to go away again as she continues to cover the puck and we try and get the other team out. Once the ref blows the whistle, Kennedy stands up and one of the other plays seats at her pads.

"Nice one man!" I say to him. "Shut up, cake eater!" The guy says to me as he turns around. "You didn't need to hit her after the whistle blew!" I skate up to him and lift my helmet and say.

"Adam! He's not worth your time!" Kennedy skates go and separated us. "Getting a women to finish a man's job!" The guy says with a smirk. "You shouldn't be talking since you guys can't even score on a women!" She tells him as she lifts her helmet up. The guy rolls his eyes and skates away.

"Sorry!" I look down at her and say. "Just get back to the game Adam. We're only up one goal, go get one!" She tells me before she skates back to her net.

-

I walk into the lobby of the rink and I look around.

"He went home Adam!" Mom tells me. "Figure." I say. "You played well honey! And you got a goal!" She smiles at me. "Ya. But I guess that's not enough." I huff. "Let's go home!" She tells me as she put's one hand on my back and we walk to my car.

"Hey Adam!" I look up from the ground and I see Kennedy's mom. "Hey, Holly!" I grin. "You played great! You had a great goal!" She tells me. "Thank you! Your daughter played well too!" I tell her. "She did! You're a lucky guy!" She grins and walks back towards the rink.

"That's Kennedy's mom?" My mom asks as we get into my car. "Ya!" I say. "She seems nice." "I've only met her twice and she is!" I state.

-

"Hey Adam, where did you go after the game?" Kennedy asks as I answer he phone call. "Hey, sorry I went home right after. I ran into your mom though." I tell her. "Ya , she told me. You had a great game!" Kennedy tells me. "Thank you! You too!" I say as I lay on my bed. "Adam, are you okay?" "Ya. My dad left the game early. Before I scored my goal." I tell her.

I'm honestly a little mad and upset that he left. He didn't see us win the game it even score my goal. I love being a duck, and I'm glad I've had the opportunity to play with them and given many great opportunities for hockey so far. But sometimes I think about what it was like to stay a hawk.

"Did you want to go somewhere and talk about it?" Kennedy asks me. "Do you actually want to come over?" I ask her. "Sure!" I hear her say and I can tell she's grinning a little. "See you soon!" I say and hang up the phone.

About 10 minute go by and I hear a knock on the front door. I walk out of my room and go down to open the door.

"Hey!" I grin as I let her in. "Hi!" I say. "Adam, who is- oh, hi Kennedy!" Mom says. "Hi Mrs. Banks!" Kennedy grins. "Great game!" "Thank you!" Kennedy smiles. I grab Kennedy's hand and lead her upstairs.

"I'm glad you came over!" I grin as I lay back on my bed. "I'm glad to see you Adam!" She says as she sits on the lounge chair. "You know, you don't have to stick up for me in hockey." She tells me. "Well the guy was waking at you!" I state. "Adam, I'm a goalie, that's what they'll do! But I can get them away after the whistle blows." She states. "Sorry. Just don't want you get hurt!" I apologize. "It's fine Adam!" She grins over at me.

I turn on my side and look over at her.

"Hi!" She grins. "Hi!" Smile.