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Noah The first shift told me everything I needed to know. Jackson carried the puck through the neutral zone. Before he'd reached the red line, one Montreal forward stepped towards him. Nothing unusual. The second one cheated in his direction too. Not enough to leave his assignment. Just enough. Jackson chipped the puck deep anyway. Their defense recovered it comfortably. Interesting. The next shift it was my turn. I circled low through our zone, picked up speed and hit the middle
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Chaos gremlin Ben should always concern us! My interpretation is that Ben is reading the body language and sees that his "plan" is working out, so he doesn't need to stir the pot as much. More will come from him later.
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Well! That was a missed opportunity for an "I-just-wanted-to-bring-you-some-soup-do-you-want-to-snog?" conversation.
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--- Jackson The trainers cleared me that morning. "Full contact," Melissa said, handing back my chart. "No restrictions." I nodded. "Thanks." She looked at me for a moment. "Don't try to make up for lost time." "I wouldn't." She smiled in a way that suggested she didn't believe me for a second. --- Walking back into the dressing room felt oddly unfamiliar. It had only been a couple of weeks. Long enough for routines to shift. Long enough to re
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A wonderful story written with great panache. It was an era that now seems more innocent yet at the same time more complicated than the present. As others have commented, I would welcome a longer time with Owen and Randy's adventures!
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Noah "The biscotti has nothing to do with it." I nearly ran into Emily the Intern, with her hair up in a bun clutching a clipboard and two binders to her chest like armor. "Sorry!" she squeaked. I smiled at her. "It was my fault. Wasn't watching where I was going." She blinked, looking from me to Jackson. A faint blush spread across her cheeks. She looked at me. Looked at Jackson. Then back again. Her eyes widened. "Oh." Her jaw dropped. "Oh
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Hmmm... grown-ups? Maybe?
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Eight more chapters to go!
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Jackson I deliberately took my time packing. Not enough for anyone to notice. Just... A little. Helmet into the bag. Gloves. Tape. Check the edge on one skate. Retie the drawstring. Entirely normal things. Across the dressing room Noah appeared to have discovered an extraordinary number of equally important tasks. He retaped the knob of his stick. Filled his water bottle. Watched one more video clip on his tablet. Walked over to ask Rick something about... something. Rick answered. Noa
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Initiate the concussion protocol stat! I'm not sure we want to use Ben as a yentl though. That seems be be a lot of power to invest in the resident troublemaker.
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That reminds me of an on-line exchange about one of Stephen King's novels. Someone posted a theory, King came back with a rejoinder, the original poster responded, "Have you even read the book, bro?"
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I don't know if it is still true, but at one time, there was more commentary on Shakespeare than on any other author. My professor for a survey course on the tragedies opened the first day of class by telling us we did not need to use any footnotes in our essays since if he couldn't tell what sources we had read he wasn't doing his job very well. That has intimidated me ever since!
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That's me warned, then, LOL.
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Noah The first person I saw when I walked into the dressing room was Ben. He looked up from taping his stick. Smiled at me. Too much. "Morning." "Morning." He kept smiling. "...What?" "Nothing." "You sure?" "Mhm." He nodded once, still wearing the same infuriatingly pleasant expression, then wandered off towards the coffee machine. I watched him go. People had become very strange recently. I wasn't entirely sure why. --- If anything, J
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Nine more chapters, so we're picking up speed as we go downhill.
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Jackson Practice had ended nearly forty minutes ago. Most of the team had vanished before I'd even finished peeling off my shoulder pads. A few guys had headed home. A few had appointments. Ben had invited half the dressing room somewhere for wings before Coach Hayes reminded him we had an early flight the next morning. Now the rink was almost empty. Exactly the way I wanted it. I lined another puck on the hashmarks. Picked my corner. Shot. The puck rang cleanly off the insi
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...seven for a secret....
andy cannon commented on Gary L's story chapter in ...seven for a secret....
A wonderful story, and so well told! How many lives are sadly blighted by secrets and lies. -
Thank you, but have you never been to Philly to visit the famous Tear in the Space-Time Continuum? You really should go sometime. Fun for the whole family! 😁
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No problem. At this point we're all thinking that. Just sayin'.
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Noah We beat Cleveland five-two. It wasn't our prettiest game of the season, but it might have been our most satisfying. They'd spent most of January sitting on top of the division. Now we were two games clear. The dressing room afterwards was loud in the relaxed way that followed a good win. No shouting. No music loud enough to shake the walls. Just easy conversation. The sort that came when everyone knew we'd earned the result. Ben declared this worthy of "civilized bevera
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I just realized that there is a missing chapter from early in the season where Noah talks to Anders on the phone. He mentions that Anders is a deputy sheriff back in Minnesota, and complains to his brother about how annoying Jackson is. Anders then teases Noah that Jackson is exactly the physical type he is attracted to based on all the posters of square-jawed brunette hockey players on the walls of Noah's teenage bedroom, establishing that the family is aware of at least the foundation of the chemistry. Noah, of course denies that and insists that he was just expressing admiration for hockey skills. Anders didn't buy that either. I'm sorry I lost that. It was a pretty good chapter.
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The folks in Minnesota scoff at the idea of a snow delay.
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Along with Jaromir Jagr, one of my fave players!
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Once Jackson is officially part of the family, he'll even out the numbers so that Nils and Anders can't gang up on the 'baby', Noah. No doubt that the battles will be epic after several rounds of Jul Glögg.
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Ingrid sees right through her sons' shenanigans and will only tolerate so much before the necessary lesson is taught!
