Slowly, he smiles. “You did it.”
Something cracks open in my chest.
“YEAH!” I throw my stick away, my voice echoing so deeply. “f**k!!”
The noise that comes out of Luke is inhuman as he rushes towards me, Cooper clears the boards so fast he nearly takes Coach down with him, and then they’re all on the ice, all of them, ambushing me with cheers and joyful chants.
“That’s it! That’s the one!” Cooper boasts. “I knew he was gonna do it this time.”
Luke grabs my helmet from me. “Dinner is on me and the waitress story dies forever.”
I grab his shoulder and shake him slightly. “There was no waitress story, okay? She tried to flirt with me and I shut it down. Don’t let Allison hear a single word of this.”
He grins, tapping my chin. “You scared of her?”
“Hell yeah.” I answer as Cooper p
