Lia's POV
I woke up earlier in my new bed to go to the ice rink at my new school that I didn't want to go.
But I put my school clothes in my duffle bag along with my figure skates.
Might as well do something I love before something I hate.
I drove to the school and yes I have a license. I practice in England the did my test in America.
Only difference is less roundabouts, more traffic and driving on the wrong side of the road.
I ran in instantly to see I had 2 hours before the ice hockey team starts practice. Putting my music in my ears and dancing to one of my partnered songs with Giovanni my dance partner.
I never realised how much I missed him. I have to get back into those over here in the US. Especially ice hockey. I was the best on my team. Boys and girls and I was the best.
Defence was the best but a nice relaxing way is to just figure skate. Skate in and out spinning and jumps and tricks.
My favourite would have to be spinning with my leg in the air.
But I fell out off it putting me down a bit. I know I can do it.
I keep falling and I give up. I skate to the side tie my hair up and change to my ice hockey skates.
Speed is key.
I got back on the ice and just practice skating up and down. Stoping and starting and timing myself to see how fast I can go.
Now just around the rink. We used to do this all the time back in England. Skate as fast as you can around the rink. Then backwards.
Always checking your surroundings. Which I did until someone scared the life out of me by skating past me taking my earphones out.
"Off the rink." One said.
"And wrong skates for figure skating." The other one said.
"Boys! Stop harassing her! 6 laps!" Their coach probably shouted.
"Hey. It's training time so you need to get off." He came up to me.
"And if your-"
"I'm not figure skating at the moment." I told him before skating really fast around with the boys and out. The only way to get out.
I picked up my stuff and I will be back for tryouts. Dad promised to bring my ice hockey stuff after school. So I go and got changed into my cute bodysuit. With shorts and adidas trainers before going to my locker stuffing my stuff away and going back to the rink.
I watch the boys play their games and I so want to be on the ice. Playing with them.
My brother was also trying out with me. But he doesn't know that technically I can't be on the team.
I have to find a way onto the team.
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"Lia! How was figure skating?" Liam ran to me and asked. Liam was my twin brother. We looked almost the same it was annoying.
"Good. We are trying out tonight yeah?" I asked him hugging him.
"Girls can't try out." The guy from earlier comes up to me.
"Your the girl with the wrong skates." He says and I roll my eyes.
"Girls can wear ice hockey skates too." I tell him and he laughs.
"Not for figure skating." I had a really bad temper. Like super bad I had anger management for 3 years in England.
"I wasn't-" I started but Liam covered my mouth.
"Exactly. Girls can't play hockey. Keep your sister in check." He scoffed before pushing past us and that just made my blood boil.
I will show him.
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I stayed quiet for most of the day. I made a friend, his name was Issac and he's really funny. He told he he does ice dance and I told him that one day I'd have to join him.
Now I running out of school for dad to give me my ice hockey stuff. I'm already late.
"Here baby. Knock them down." He says and I kiss him good bye before going into the girls and taking off my makeup and tying my hair up tight so they can't see it then kitting up.
I'm really and I had my old jersey from England. White, orange and black. Number 13. With my name on the back. Anderson 1. Liam is Anderson 2.
I put my skates on and my helmet before running out and down on to the rink.
"Newbie your late. Your brother made it here. Hurry up and get in line." Coach shouts at me and I skate in line next to Liam and he gives me that look.
"For the next 3 hours the team will work you until you can't take it. To see if your worthy of a place in the team. So to our team captain Rocco and co-captain Emmett." Coach says skating off with a clip board.
"Right. I don't take slack, so if you can't survive 3 hours then leave now." He looked around and two people left.
"Good. Now the weaklings are gone. First is speed. Without a puck first then with. If you fail your out simple. Let's go. Get to the edge and 15 laps." That was easy.
I got to the side and started skating with them and started skating and some of these boys were fast and some couldn't skate. So we lost 4. From 30 to 22 within the space of 5 minutes.
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I'm tired. We did with puck, we did the push up skate, we did teams skating, we did attack where the actual team would push you into the wall and you have to pass to someone else. That hurt a lot because they were not playing.
We did shots then they took shots at us to see if we could take the pain.
Now from 22 to 6 within 2 and a half hours. They only need 3.
"Right rest and coach will tell you who made it on the team." Rocco shouts and I skate to grab my water and squirt it through my helmet and I needed so much water I sat there and downed my entire bottle before Emmett took it off me.
"You much water makes you sick and take off your helmet you have time to relax." He told me. I shook my head. I haven't talked because my voice would give it way.
"Are you mute?" I shook my head. This isn't going to work for long.
He rolled his eyes before skating away.
"Line up!" I got up and skated to the middle.
"The best today was Anderson 1. So these are the new teammates. Anderson 1 and 2, Pike and Gurrn." I was so happy that me and Liam made it on the team.
"Coach. I have a slight suspicious on Anderson 1." Emmett says and I look up. I was so fucking close.
"Why. He played fine."
"Helmet. Never took it off." Rocco skated over to me and I skated backwards slightly.
"Anderson! What are you hiding?" Rocco says grabbing my arm and pulling me forward.
He pulled off my helmet and my balaclava because coldness.
"You."
"I told you girls could play hockey." I say. Face probably red from how hot I was and how much how much he worked us.
"Coach. She can't play. She's a girl!" Emmett says and I look down.
You know when your so close like inches away then someone snatches it away at the last moment. This is what it feels like.
"Anderson 1. Do you want this? Like really want it?" Coach asks.
"More then anything. I'm willing to do anything to be on the team." I say.
"I will talk to some people and see what I can do." Coach says and I wanted to hug him.
"Thank sir." I told him. I felt so happy.
"Names?" Emmett asked with the clipboard.
"Liam Anderson 2, Lia Anderson 1, Ashley pike, Jason Gurrn." We said and they let us go.
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