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Playing Rough

Goodbye

"Alright guys, it's the first game of the season, so play hard. Let's win so we get off on a good start to the year. Focus, make good passes and aim your shots. Captains, anything to add?" Coach asks and all eyes land on Jonathan and Charley.

"Well I've never been really good at inspirational speeches like this," Charley laughs, the rest of the team laughs with her. "And as cheesy as it sounds, just play your hardest. Make smart plays and decisions and we'll be fine, we've been working really hard and we play really well as a team so I'm not worried. Jon, anything to add."

"Play rough with them. I've heard this team is pretty aggressive so we need to really man up. Hit them when the ref isn't looking. Throw a couple pushes in there too." Jon nods. The teammates look skeptically at each other.

"Jon, don't tell them to play dirty. Play smart and play fair." Charley scolds.

"Life isn't fair, sweetheart." Jon smirks.

"No Jon, I am not sending everyone out there thinking it's okay to play rough and play dirty. No one likes a team who plays dirty. I don't want a reputation like that for the team."

"Look Charley, I'm older, I've played hockey longer and I've been captain of this team longer, I think I know what's best." Jon says, narrowing his eyes at Charley.

"I am not sending this team out on the ice with the advice to play dirty." Charley hisses.

"Well that's too bad because I don't give a shit about what you think."

"Jon," Charley says, her voice rising. "I am just as much a captain as you are and I get just as much say in this team as you do."

"I'm so sick of you Charley, will you just shut the fuck up."

"Vous savez quoi? J'en ai marre de toi aussi, mais c'est notre équipe."

"Whatever Charley, let's just go." Jon shakes his head and skates out onto the ice without waiting for the rest of the team.

"I'm sorry you all had to see that, but please don't listen to Jon. We want to have the reputation of a winning team that everyone likes because they play smart and use their skills. We want everyone to respect us. We don't want to have the reputation of a winning team that only wins because we play dirty and unfair. No one respects a team like that. So let's not be that team and let's go out there and show this team what we've been practicing and what a great team we are." the rest of her teammates cheer and Charley smiles. The rest of them skate out onto the ice as a team.

"Hello everyone and welcome to opening night for the South Side Skippers and the Winnipeg Rangers. This is station 98.1 QEDX. The game is set to start soon. I'll be your announcer, Ben Mackis and this is my partner, Dustin Smith. Dustion, I've heard some rumors that there is some tension between the two captains of the Skippers." Ben says.

"I've heard the same, and I can definitely understand. Their first captain, Jonathan Toews, is a senior while Charley Evans is only a freshman. I've heard that both captains have a difference in opinion of how the team should be lead." Dustin comments.

"How do you think something like this is going to affect the team as a whole?" Ben asks.

"Well Ben, it's really difficult to play as a team when your captains are tearing you in two different directions, telling you to do two different things. It really makes it hard for the team to play as one. And the difference of opinion leaves the team confused, wondering which captain to listen to. And whichever one they decided to listen to, they know the other one will be angry."

"So you think it will poorly affect this team?"

"I do." the sports announcer continue to babble as the team goes through warm ups. Jon is giving Charley dirty looks from across the ice as they practice warming up the goalie. Charley shakes it off, she's not going to let it affect her game. And the rest of the team is on her side, so she is confident this game is going to go great.

The final buzzer sounds and they line up for starting players. The announcer says their name one after another until they're all line up next to each other on the ice. The Canadian National Anthem begins to play. When it's over the crowd roars and each player skates to their respective position.

Charley lines up as right wing, Noah as left. Jake and Kyle are on defense while Jonathan takes center. The ref skates up after checking the nets for holes and gets ready to drop the puck. When he does, Jon goes after it instantly. The puck shoots off his stick and into Charley's possession. She barrels down the ice and gives a hard pass to Noah. She throws a check on her defender and skates as fast as she can down the ice. Noah gives her a good pass pack, she fakes the goalie left and shoots right, putting the puck straight into the net.

Noah and the rest of the boys race up to hug her as she does and small celebratory dance. First goal of the game, first goal of the season. She can't ignore the icy glare she's getting from Toews. She fist bumps the rest of her team as she takes a seat on the bench and second shift skates out.

They were winning two to nothing against the Rangers. Jon had scored the other goal. Charley had told him good job but he ignored her kind gesture. It was a five on four power play, one of the Rangers had been sent to the penalty box for high sticking against Charley. She was standing, wide open by the net and Jon was skating down fast, puck in his possession. He was forced off to the side but instead of passing to her, he took a bad shot and it ended up going wide.

This happened three more times through the course of the rest of the game. There was about one minute left. Their shift came off the ice and the second shift skated on.

"What the hell Jon."

"What are you talking about?" Jon demands.

"I'm down by the net, I'm fucking wide open, and instead of passing to me, you take a shit shot and miss the net by a fucking mile."

"We can see some tension down on the bench right now. It looks like the two captains are going at each other down there." the announcers say while Charley and Jon continue to scream at each other.

The final buzzer rings, distracting Charley. Jon takes the opportunity and gives her a hard shove. She looses her balance and topples over the side of the bench and onto the ice. Jon quickly jumps over the wall and onto the ice to see if Charley is okay. He didn't mean for her to fall.

"Looks like the captains are getting physical. Jonathan Toews just pushed his co-captain over the side of the bench. Looks like Charley is getting up now. She's angry now."

"Charley, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to make you fall." Jon says.

"Oh of course you didn't." Charley scream bitterly. "It's not like you've been trying to ruin my chances at playing hockey of anything." she adds sarcastically. She shoves him backwards. Jon shoves her off to the side and climbs back into the bench. She falls hard and her helmet goes skittering off. A hush falls over the entire arena as they stare.

"Ladies and gentleman, this has to be the oddest thing that I have ever seen happen in a hockey game." Dustin comments. "Not only did the two captains of the same team get physical with each other, but the freshman captain of the South Side Skippers, Charley Evans, just so happens to be a girl."

Charley storms off after Jon into the locker room. The rest of the team follows. Everyone else is still frozen. When she gets into the locker room, Jon is already sitting at his locker, redoing the tape on his stick.

"This is getting ridiculous." Charley throws her stick, helmet and gloves down and stands in front of Jon as the rest of the team files in, watching.

"What is?" Jon asks innocently.

"Don't play dumb with me. We can't continue like this. It hurts our team and our ability to play together."

"Well what do you want me to do about this?"

"I want you to be willing to try and work together to make this team better."

"Okay, whatever."

"Jon," Charley screams. "You're not taking this seriously, what kind of Captain are you?" Jon stares at her with angry eyes. He stands up, towering over her, but she isn't the slightest bit intimidated.

"This team choose me to be their captain, and what about you? You were appointed by Coach. How do you know that anyone on this team even wants you captain? It's clear that we can't work together, which means one of us has to leave. So get going."

"What makes you so sure they'd pick you to stay?" Charley challenges, raising an eyebrow and crossing her arms. Jon chuckles at her stupidity.

"What do you say guys? Should we tell this little girl to get lost?" he asks. The team is silent, no one saying a word. Jonathan's stomach drops.

"Come on guys." he says, he sounds almost desperate now. Finally Paul, a senior and one of Jon's best friends steps up. "Paul, I knew you'd agree with me."

"I'm not agreeing with you Jon. We all elected you as captain because you were a great player and seemingly a great leader, but as of lately, you've been a total dick. To the team, and especially to Charley, who whether you like it or not, is the other captain."

"What are you saying Paul?"

"I'm saying, and I think I speak for the team here, that if you guys can't work together as captains, we want Charley as our captain." Jonathan feels like he's just been hit by a train. He has to grab the side of his locker to keep him from falling over and he feels likes he's going to be sick.

"You're all going to pick her over me? She's a freshman, for one thing, and let's not forget, she's a girl."

"Despite being younger than you, she sure acts more mature. She has been trying to deal with you and your immature behavior and make things work but you're the one refuses to let anything change. She leads us well and wants us to be the best team for the right reasons." Noah chimes in, crossing his arms.

"If this is about what I said before the game, I was kidding." Jon assures them.

"Were you?" Jake asks with a raised eyebrow. Jon finds sudden anger.

"Fine, if you want me to leave, I'll go. But just know, you're making a huge mistake. You're about to lose your best player." Jonathan hisses.

"Oh are we? But Charley isn't leaving." Kyle says. The rest of the team snickers at the shocked look on Jon's face. "But if you were referring to yourself, I think we'll survive."

"Jon, as of right now," Charley begins. "You are no longer part of this team. Please pack your things and clean out your locker." Jon was a little scared at how calm her voice was. He knows there's nothing else he can do about anything so he just nods, suddenly regretting his actions and knowing there's no way to fix them now. He'd gone too far and now he was paying for it.

He turns around and changes out of his hockey gear, packing it neatly in his bag. He changes into his regular clothes and stuffs the other random items in his locker into his hockey bag to take home.

By now, everyone else had packed up and gone home. The only person left was Charley. She was sitting in her locker quietly, watching him, probably making sure he wouldn't vandalize or steal anything.

Jonathan picks up his stuff and begins to walk out of the locker room. He stops and turns around, looking directly at Charley.

"I'm sorry." he says, his eyes beginning to tear up. This was actually happening. He was actually being kicked off his high school hockey team his senior year as a captain. This place had been his home away from home and he'd fucked it all up.

"Me too. I really didn't want it to turn out this way." she says quietly. She stands up, approaching him, tugging her hockey bag behind her and dropping it with a thud next to her when she stops.

"I'm sorry I let it go this far. I just got so jealous of you and I was pissed off at how much of a better player you were than me."

"Jon, if you just ask, I'll put you back on the team. But you have to promise not to be such a dick."

"I don't think the team would like that."

"Jon, if you told them everything you just told me, I'm sure they'd forgive you." Jon shakes his head sadly.

"No, I fucked up too badly. And I'd never be able to be this truthful with them. I'm not very good at the whole apologizing, emotional shit." he reaches back to scratch the back of his neck and bites his lip.

"Jon," Charley began. "You made me forgive you, and for not being good with the apologizing and emotional crap, you're doing a hell of a good job."

"Thanks, but no."

"Are you sure?"

"I don't deserve it. Not after what I did and how I treated everyone."

"Jon-." he puts his hand up to stop her.

"No, I think I just need to take a break from hockey right now." he sighs.

"Alright, well if you ever want back on the team, just let me know. I really hate losing you, you're a wonderful player."

"Thanks Charley, it means a lot."

"Anytime Jon. And if you ever need anything, my number is still in your phone."

"Are you flirting with me Charley Evans?" he teases.

"That's up for you to decide." she replies. She picks up her hockey bag and starts towards the door. "See you around Jon." she waves and turns towards the door.

"Wait." he runs up to her, spinning her around and placing his lips on hers. She freezes up but then starts to kiss him, much to Jon's surprise. They pull away a few seconds later.

"Thanks. For listening, and being there, even after I was such a dick." he says shyly.

"No problem." she replies. He goes in to give her another kiss but the locker room door opens and someone gasps. Jon and Charley spring apart and look up to see a wide eyed Noah standing inside the door way. He eyes Jon suspiciously.

"Come on Charley, it's time to go." He says, his eyes still on Jon. Charley nods and follows, her cheeks a bright pink. She follows him out the door leaving just Jon standing by himself in the locker room.

Charley was hoping he'd use her number and call her up once in a while, but he never did because less than a month later, Jon moved away.

Notes

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Comments

omg make a sequal, please !!! love this story !

hockeychick22 hockeychick22
4/4/16
Perfection :)
hellothere87 hellothere87
8/23/13
OMG that was perfect!! I love it!!!please add more!!! The whole time I was picturing me as charley!!! I love Jonathan Toews soo much and I just pictured this happening to me. Please add more!! It's great your good at writing.
I love this story, amazing! Keep it up! :D
this needs to be updated bby ok
Lundguin Lundguin
7/4/13