Cold As Ice

“How did you find this place?” Jordan asked referring to the ice rink Sam had taken her to. Apart from two or three people it was empty, but as for the hockey side there were a couple of boys playing. The place was isolated, it was hidden behind a building and could only be seen if you took time to walk around, as for the other side it was all trees.
“My cousin showed me this place.” Sam explained as she laced up her figure skates. Jordan nodded and got up from the bench, she noticed Kayla having trouble with her skates.
“Here let me help.” She grabbed Kayla’s leg and held it between her legs as she tightened her laces; she finished it off with a loose knot.
“Thanks.” Kayla replied.
Jordan smiled as a response before she grabbed her hockey stick and made her way over to the hockey rink, she waved at them both before tucking her hair into her jacket and putting on her helmet.
She opened the door and skated onto the ice, she stopped by one of the goalies and flashed him one of her winning smiles, “Can I join?”
“You sure you can handle it?” He teased. Feeling a bit offended she thought of a quick comeback.
“You can answer that yourself when I make you look like a fool in front of your friends.” Jordan smirked as she crossed her arms over her chest. The goalie smiled impressed.
“I’m Marc.” He introduced himself, he took off one of his gloves and extended his hand towards Jordan, she uncrossed her arms and took his hand in hers.
“Jordan.” She smiled before letting go of his hand; she put on her gloves as did he. She looked over her shoulder to see the other players staring at the two of them.
“Jordan is joining; you’ll be on that team.” Marc pointed to the group with less players, she skated over to them and introduced herself.
“Wait, you’re a girl!” One of them pointed out as he looked closer at her.
“Yeah, and if you make a big deal out of it I will kick you.” She smiled sweetly.
“I like, I’m Geno.” He was speaking broken English, and his accent gave away that he was clearly not from Canada.
“I’m Pat, this is Jon.” Pat hit Jon in the stomach as he was checking out one of the girls skating; Jordan followed his view with her eyes and noticed who he was focusing on.
“That’s Sam.” Jon looked over at Jordan for a split second before turning back to look at Sam who was now looking at them.
Jon quickly looked away, “You know her?” He asked.
“Yeah, she’s my friend, so is the girl she’s with, that’s Violet.” Jordan nudged Geno as she caught him staring at her. Geno tried to hide a smile before playfully shoving Jordan and skating away.
“You guys should go out for drinks with us after this.” Pat suggested, she was about to accept the offer but was cut off by a player on the other team.
“Are we going to start or what?” He shouted.
“Who is that?” Jordan asked as she skated over to the center with Jon and Pat by her sides.
“Jake, he’s kind of an ass. “ Jon explained mumbling the last part so no one would hear.
“They say his heart is cold as ice.” Pat joked.
“Talking about me Kaner?” Jake smirked. Jordan looked over at him and her mouth almost dropped, he was extremely attractive.
“Aren’t I always?” Pat rolled his eyes before skating away. Jake skated past Jordan gently brushing shoulders with her; she slightly turned her head to watch him.
“Save yourself the heartbreak and don’t even think about it.” Jon patted Jordan’s back before skating off leaving her by herself. She looked over at Jake trying to be subtle but failed miserably when he noticed her looking.

They had been playing for over half an hour, Jordan’s feet were beginning to ache but she wouldn’t stop now, she had scored twice on Marc and each time he made up an excuse. Jon passed the puck to Jordan, she raced down the ice with the puck, and she was so focused on scoring she didn’t even see the player hurdling towards her.
She was slammed into the boards and fell to the floor, she held the side of her hip as it began to sting, she looked up as Jake skated away from her with the puck she once had. Jon rushed over to Jordan to make sure she was okay.
“Are you hurt?” He asked as he helped her get up from the ground, she shook her head.
The rest of her teammates skated over as they paused the game, “Maybe you should sit down.” Pat suggested.
“No I’m fine.” Jordan reassured, her hip still hurt, she’d definitely have a bruise in the morning. She skated away not wanting to make a big deal over it, she had been hit worse than this and made it out alive.
She skated towards Jake and shoved him, “Asshole.” She hissed.
“Stop being such a girl.” He spat, he shoved her back.
“I am a girl!” She snapped, the other players watched as Jake made a fool of himself.
“You’re a girl?” He asked in disbelief. Jordan threw off her helmet her blonde locks came down just past her shoulders.
“I need a drink,” He announced, “I’m sorry, I didn’t realize.”
“Don’t be, I’ve had worse hits, yours was nothing compared to them.” Jordan smirked before skating off towards the other players.
"Your friend looks like she's having some trouble." Beau pointed out, Jordan looked over at Kayla who was holding onto the fence for dear life, she was still learning how to skate.
"You should go help her." Jordan suggested, Beau winked at her before skating off the ice, she watched him skate towards Kayla. He grabbed her hand and wrapped his arm around her waist as she helped her skate.
“So about those drinks.” She spoke.

They sat in a club/bar after a long game of hockey, Jordan had introduced her friends to the guys she met, and they were more than happy to go out for drinks with them.
“Can we get a round of shots?” Pat asked a waiter as she walked by the booth they were in; she nodded her head before walking off to get our drinks.
“How did you all meet?” Violet asked.
“We all play in the NHL.” Beau answered, Jordan looked over at Beau so quickly she could have snapped her neck.
“NHL?” She repeated his words.
“Yeah, Sid, Marc, James, Geno and I play for the Penguins, Jon and Pat play for the Blackhawks and Jake plays for the Leafs.” Beau explained.
“Do you watch hockey?” Jake asked as he eyed Jordan from across the table.
“I do, I should have realized who I was playing with.” Jordan smacked her forehead feeling like an idiot, she knew exactly who each of them were and should have known it was them just by looking at them.
The waited dropped off our shots and quickly left, they each grabbed one and quickly downed the shot.
“Let’s dance!” Pat shouted. They got out of the booth and made their way over to the dance floor, Sam had disappeared with Jon in the sea of people grinding against each other, she looked over at Violet who was dancing with Geno, Beau and Kayla had decided to stay in the booth.
“You look lonely.” Jordan slightly turned her head to see Jake standing behind her; he placed his hands on her hips as he pressed her against him.
Having had a few shots and a beer prior to getting on the dance floor the alcohol was taking over, she went along with his actions and moved her hips to the beat of the music.
“Let’s get out of here.” Jake suggested. Jordan grabbed his hand and led him back to their booth to get her things.

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