Page 7 of Puck Me With Your Best Shot (Playing the Puck #13)

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“ I s she still watching?” Bryer asks as he skates by me and Colsen during practice.

“Yes, like she has done for the last two weeks during practice and at all the games.” I’ve noticed her watching us when she thinks no one is looking.

“Don’t you think it’s time we talked to her?” Colsen asks as the three of us skate side by side, lining up to run the next drill.

“We will.” I nod to a player on our right.

“Blade said the women are going out for their weekly girls' night out tonight. He wasn’t sure where yet, but he would let us know as soon as they wormed the information out of their girlfriend, Briella.” Briella is a beautiful young woman, but she doesn’t hold a candle to our Kameron.

I’ve seen Briella and Kameron interact at the arena, and while Briella is impulsive, Kameron is calm and always in control. Kameron is the steady force we need in our lives to center us.

“I’ve heard the guys talking about girls’ night out, and it sounds like it can get pretty wild.” Bryer wiggles his eyebrows.

“Yeah, but not the kind of wild you'd expect,” Blade has been telling me stories of all the crazy places their girlfriends go to throw them off the trail. From horseback riding to axe throwing to roller-skating, even interpretative dance class.

“I wonder what tonight will bring.” Colsen pushes off the ice, taking his turn at the drill, and I have to wonder if tonight will be the night things move forward with Kameron. I sure hope so.

The rest of the practice drags by. It isn’t until a giggling Briella skates by us, being chased by Blade, Atlas, and Ivan, that we get the information we’ve been waiting to hear.

“The girls are going to The Culture Club tonight.” Blade stops his chasing of Briella long enough to tell us.

“The what?” Bryer asks.

Rolling his eyes, Blade repeats himself, “The Culture Club. It’s an 80s-themed bar downtown—seven o'clock. Now, if you’ll excuse me, someone needs a spanking for being such a brat.” Blade speeds across the ice on the hunt to catch up with Briella.

“I hope we have that someday with Kameron.” Colsen sighs.

“Me too,” I say as Bryer nods. “Now, to set our plan in motion.”