the only exception - kenny wu

2. dizzy

the man did say how he was a bit off a 'showboat', but all coach said was 'wow'. it was obvious he was impressed. 

over by the net, the girl that connie and arabella shared a look with put her goalie helmet on as she was being talked about. "that's julie 'the cat' gaffney. she won the state championship in maine three years in a row."

coach didn't give her a chance before bringing up goldberg. "we have a goalie, goldberg."

arabella looked over to see goldberg in the other net, shaking around, saying he was ready for it, saying how he was the man. his confidence was put on pause as he fell, and arabella laughed. it looked like he was doing the splits.

she loves goldberg, but she was almost 100% sure that julie was probably better. arabella was proved right as she stopped every puck that was shot at her as if it were easy. connie and arabella shared another look, and they both grinned. they finally had another girl player, and she was good. 

coach didn't seem too excited to have her on the team. he wanted to stick with goldberg. "well, we could use a backup."

arabella looked at him in confusion. "does this guy want us to lose every game or what?"

charlie shrugged. "i don't know. i love goldberg, but 3 time state winner? damn."

she didn't continue talking, because a guy with a white and red jersey skated up, doing a small spin. she thought he was cute, and fulton noticed the look on her face and gave her a teasing shove to the shoulder. 

"you don't even know his name."

"shut the fuck up, weedy reedy."

charlie heard their conversation, and he joined in. "no way do you have a crush on him. get your priorites checked!"

she glared at him, and the two boys just laughed.

coach looked a little confused. "isn't that the kid from the olympics? the figure skater?"

the guy nodded. "yup, ken wu. what can i say? i convinced him that hockey had more of a future. we put a stick in his hands, and nobody's been able to touch him."

arabella watched in shock and amazement as ken spun around in a million circles, and she wondered how he did that. wasn't he dizzy?

fulton leaned over to tease arabella, noticing her starstruck look. "maybe he can teach you how to do that on your first date."

she gasped in embarrassment before shoving his arm, which didn't really do that much. fulton was much bigger than her, so he only moved an inch. 

when arabella looked over, she saw a guy who looked a little older, and his jersey sleeves were cut off. he had headphones on, and she wondered what he was listening to. 

"he's probably listening to taylor swift," arabella joked to fulton, who laughed. 

charlie rolled his eyes jokingly. "no, no, no. you got it wrong. he's obviously listening to baby shark."

arabella laughed and looked over again as he started skating and singing to some random song that definitely wasn't taylor swift or baby shark, but arabella kept joking about it anyway. "no see, he's literally singing 'i'm just gonna shake shake shake'."

bombay looked skeptic to have him on the team, saying he was a whole teenager. to further his dislike, the boy, who's name was dean, arabella learned, pushed down one of the original ducks team members, but arabella wasn't paying attention to who it was. 

the guy standing next to bombay just shrugged. "hormones."

that was the stupidest answer arabella heard, so all she did was laugh. but dean pushing the duck guy caused trouble. he was pushing everyone down, and when he told dwayne to sing, he looked like he was about to cry. 

arabella frowned when he put ken on top of the net and pushed his helmet. fulton obviously had a distaste towards him. "who does this guy think he is?"

arabella shrugged as she skated towards the net, seeing if ken was okay. when he sat up, he saw a girl with dark brown hair and tannish skin standing in front of him, and his eyes widened. 

'damn, she's pretty.'

"hey, are you okay?"

'say something idiot!'

"yeah, i'm fine. nothing really happened." he smiled to try and reassure her. "but thanks. i'm ken, but mainly everyone calls me kenny."

"of course. and i'm arabella." she smiled back. 

and in kenny's opinion, she had the prettiest smile ever.