cold as ice -guy germaine

Hello Minnesota -p1

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𝑴𝒂𝒄𝒚 𝑹𝒐𝒄𝒄𝒂𝒔
"She's got that KI"

It has officially been two months since I was offered to play on team USA for the junior goodwill games. I am waiting outside my house for a driver to come pick me and take me to Minnesota.

I see a sleek black limo pull up at the end of the driveway, "Bye mom! I will call you as soon as I can... Love you!" Mom goes to pull me in for a hug... I slowly push her away. "I got to go mom.."

I am taken to a small runway surrounded by tons of planes. I see five other kids standing in a group all wearing their hometown's jerseys, I am wearing my team hoodie it is purple and reads "Bears" across the middle in white. Reluctantly I walk towards them playing with the strings of my hoodie. "Uh.. hey I'm Rox- I mean Macy" slowly putting my hand out to shake theirs. The rest of them introduce themselves.

A small man named Don Tibbles peaks his head out of a private plane, "Alright kiddos.. We are ready!". I sit alone on the plane listening to my walkman. It isn't a super long flight but I manage to sleep for most of it anyway.

"Macy.. Macy" someone says as they lightly shake me, "We're here cmon!". As I open my eyes I see little Ken Wu walking away. I grab my bags and blanket and follow the crowd. I follow Julie "the cat" Gaffney into the locker room.

"You don't talk much do you?", Julie has a nice voice, I like it. I look up from tying my skates and see Julie in full goalie gear. She is really good, but I heard that there was already a goalie for team USA.

"Uh no not really.." I do an awkward little laugh to myself. "I'll meet you out there Julie, just gotta pee!". Julie nods her head at me and walks out. I head over to the sink and splash some cold water on my face, "Get your head in the game Roxie" I grab my stick and head to the ice.

As I skate towards Julie I see a a brunette girl, ginger boy and blond boy all whispering suddenly the blond boy elbows the other kid to the ground, the girl just laughs. Hey that blond boy looks pretty cute. Tibbles walks over to Gordon "Don, tell me about my new kids!"

"That's Luis Mendoza.He's from our Miami club.
A real speedster. Incredible skater. I clocked him at 1.9 seconds, blue line to blue line. He has one minor problem."

"Aah!"

"Has a little trouble stopping."

"i'd say so." Kenny and I skate over to Luis to make sure he's alright.

"Yee-haw! How is everyone! Y'all ready to play some puck?"

"That's Dwayne Robertson from Austin. He's the best puck handler I've ever seen."

"You mean for his age."

"No, i don't."

"Hey, this is easier than ropin' hogs! Yee-haw!"

"He does have a tendency to showboat." Dwayne makes that abundantly clear as he's skating.

"There's Julie "The Cat'"Gaffney. She won the state championship for Maine three years in a row." Julie puts her helmet on and smirks.

"Well, we have a goalie. Goldberg."

"All right! Bring 'em on, man! i'm ready for this! i'm the man! i'm the man!" Sadly Goldberg lets the puck in and gets stuck in the splits.

"Gordon watch this." Don giggles as everyone watches Julie catch each and every puck, like I said earlier she is really good.

"Well, we... could use a backup. Isn't that that kid from the Olympics? The figure skater?"

"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." Ken skates up and does some fancy figure skating move everyone is in awe. Ken skates back over to me I give him a small pat on the back and as I am about to tell him good job I get cut off by Portman.

Portman has music blaring in his ears and he's singing along... I zone out but can hear and Gordon and Tibbles talking about how Portman is important since he is an enforcer.

My turn. I skate up and steal the puck from Dwayne. "That is Macy "Roxie" Roccas. She's an excellent scorer, great defensive player, solid puck handler, but most importantly she has the aggression and that KI. The press loves her she puts on a great show for them" Tibbles whispers something in Bombay's ear I hear part of it "Immense anger issues..."

"KI?" Gordon looks confused.

"Killer instinct," I shoot the puck and get it in. "She has set the record for most goals in a season in the under 16 division three years in a row back home." I put my head up and wave to Gordon.

"Tibbles I know, I'm the one who taught her to shoot." Bombay winks at me. Suddenly there is a huge outburst of arguing. I distance myself, no need to start fighting with my new team before I even learn their names. A whistle is blown Tibbles and Bombay go back and forth before we do a scrimmage.

Before we know it Fulton shoots, the puck goes flying and hits Tibbles in the head. A very pretty woman is beside him holding his head up. "We never got introduced I am Michele MacKay their tutor," once again an outburst of how we don't need school starts. We learn that school is optional but if we do not attend we can't play.

As I'm heading to the locker room I hear my name being called. It's the brunette girl from earlier, she is walking with Julie, "Macy!! Or is it Roxie? I'm Connie!! I'm so happy to finally have other girls on the team!"

I laugh, "Either or I guess just back home my team called me Roxie. I am happy to have girls too!". I didn't have many girl friends back home, well actually many friends at all. I sit down and start unlacing my skates when I see the blond boy  he sits across from Connie with a grin on his face . I grab my bags and leave in a hurry.

As I'm leaving I guess I looked upset because Bombay grabbed me, "Macy what's up?"

"Oh nothing just a little homesick", Ugh why did I say that? Bombay knows that I don't get homesick!

"Yeah we both know you don't miss home let alone miss your mother," I shrug and let out a small laugh...

"You caught me! Just nervous about the new team." As I'm saying this I see the blond kid again I must've zoned out cause next thing I know Bombay calls him over.

"Guy this is my niece Macy! Show her the hotel please." I stand there shocked... Why him?

"Uh yeah sure thing coach!", Guy looks at me, "Follow me I guess..." he seems just as confused as me. I smile and follow him. We make small talk  on the walk there. "So I think we have like a team dinner tonight so be prepared for that."

"Okay thanks!" He walks away to his room and I go to mine. I am sharing a room with Ken but he is no where insight. I set my bags down and flop onto the bed.

I feel slight shaking to wake me up, it's Ken. Dinners in an hour I wake up and start getting ready. "Hey Ken what are you wearing?" I slightly yell since he's in the bathroom now.

"Button up shirt and dress pants! I hear this place is fancy. You got a dress to wear?"

"You think my mom would've let me leave without any? What color blue, yellow, black or maroon?"

"Hmm blue to match me!" Kenny walks out wearing a light blue shirt smiling. I get dressed and do my hair I just put it in a clip. Kenny and I make our way to the lobby and meet up with everyone. I walk over to Connie and Julie we all bombard each other with compliments. All of a sudden we see a limo... it's for us!