Practice before school
In a small bedroom in the middle of suburbia, with white walls plastered over with posters of rock groups and various hockey teams. A digital clock had just hit 6:00 am and pale morning sunlight filtered through the curtains into Trick's bedroom. She groaned and turned over, pulling the sheets over her head.
~~Tap tap~~
Trick opened her eyes and glared at the window.
~~tap tap~~
Trick groaned again and sat up to open the window.
"Go bother someone else," she said tiredly to her thin white-haired friend on the other side of the window.
"Can I have some food?"
"You drive me crazy," But Trick punched out the screen and in crawled a small girl of about fifteen years but very short for her age.
"Five, we have practice today before school, don't we?"
"I think so," answered the small girl. She pulled the sticks out of her hair and picked up one of Trick's hairbrushes as her friend got dressed.
Ten minutes later, Trick and Five were walking through a park on thier way to the school. On the way they met one of their teammates. "Hey Puck," said Little Five, "Have any food?"
Puck dug in the pockets of his jeans and pulled out a package of beef jerky.
"Disgusting," said Trick quietly. But Five dug into it as though she hadn't eaten in days.
"Where's everyone else?" asked puck, messing up his dirty-blonde hair.
"I dunno."
Puck continues messing his hair.
"My hair froze. I had a shower this morning and then left forgetting that snowstorm last night. Will we have practice today through the ice?"
Little Five shrugged.
"Hey," she said, "there are those dark-haired twins again."
"You point them out every time you see them," said Puck annoyed, "You gona ask one of them out or what?"
Trick rolled her eyes.
Five waved to them, they were about a block away.
The boy saw her but didn't wave back, Instead, he walked faster.
"What's with him?"
"I dunno, I need to get my stuff. C'mon"
They went into a small shack in the woods next to the school and got the hockey gear that they stole from the gym a year or two ago, and played until class started.
~~Tap tap~~
Trick opened her eyes and glared at the window.
~~tap tap~~
Trick groaned again and sat up to open the window.
"Go bother someone else," she said tiredly to her thin white-haired friend on the other side of the window.
"Can I have some food?"
"You drive me crazy," But Trick punched out the screen and in crawled a small girl of about fifteen years but very short for her age.
"Five, we have practice today before school, don't we?"
"I think so," answered the small girl. She pulled the sticks out of her hair and picked up one of Trick's hairbrushes as her friend got dressed.
Ten minutes later, Trick and Five were walking through a park on thier way to the school. On the way they met one of their teammates. "Hey Puck," said Little Five, "Have any food?"
Puck dug in the pockets of his jeans and pulled out a package of beef jerky.
"Disgusting," said Trick quietly. But Five dug into it as though she hadn't eaten in days.
"Where's everyone else?" asked puck, messing up his dirty-blonde hair.
"I dunno."
Puck continues messing his hair.
"My hair froze. I had a shower this morning and then left forgetting that snowstorm last night. Will we have practice today through the ice?"
Little Five shrugged.
"Hey," she said, "there are those dark-haired twins again."
"You point them out every time you see them," said Puck annoyed, "You gona ask one of them out or what?"
Trick rolled her eyes.
Five waved to them, they were about a block away.
The boy saw her but didn't wave back, Instead, he walked faster.
"What's with him?"
"I dunno, I need to get my stuff. C'mon"
They went into a small shack in the woods next to the school and got the hockey gear that they stole from the gym a year or two ago, and played until class started.