The Hockey Captain That Hates Me novel · Chapter 16 of 24
Chapter 16: Stolen Hours
The new schedule was taped to the arena office door, and it was a small masterpiece of cruelty.
Prescott had left the skating club exactly one slot.
Wednesday, five to six thirty, the only morning the two teams could run the joint number on the real ice.
Everything else belonged to hockey, under a line that read Captain's Cup Preparation.
"One slot," Britt said. "For seventeen days."
"Then we use it like it's gold," I said.
Henrik read the page twice with his jaw set.
He was standing without crutches, in his brace, with his hand lightly on the small of my back.
He had asked first.
He asked every time now, and it was making me crazy in a way I would never admit.
"I'll talk to the coach," he said.
"The coach talked to Prescott on Monday."
"Then I'll talk to Prescott."
"No." I took his hand off the paper. "Not yet. Not until we have something he can't send back."
He looked at me.
Slowly, he smiled.
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