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stretching, and turned to me. “Well have a good camp, if you have any questions or concerns come see me alright.” He smiled sincerely, then skated away.
    I got up from stretching myself out and skated to the center of the ice, where Coach had called us all around.
    “I am only going to say this once.” Coach said with authority. “This year we have a girl at camp with us, as most of you have probably noticed.” He continued. “Her name is Christine, she goes by Chrissy. I expect you to treat her with the same respect you treat the other guys.” He seemed to make eye contact with two players in particular. They just nodded at him. “That being said, let’s start.”
    I heard murmurs from the other players. There were a few muffled comments about how it wasn’t cool for a girl to be there with them - the elite. There were also a few dirty comments about me being hot and bang-able. Guys, they always had sex on their minds.
    I heard one guy mumble, “kind of hard to wheel in a chick, if you have a girl like that cock blocking you. This is going to suck.”
    The guy he spoke to commented back. ”She’s hot, I wouldn’t mind hitting that.” He snickered.
    I sluffed the comments off. I ignored the stares. I couldn’t let things like that get to me. I was here for one thing only – HOCKEY! That’s all that was important.
    Coach started the practice. “I want Welsh and Chrissy to swing low from opposite sides of the ice, receive a pass from Moose in corner. Welsh and Chrissy attack opposite end – Moose chases, but stops at blue-line. I will pass to Moose for the point shot. Welsh and Chrissy you guys curl up-ice and receive the pass from me to create a 2 vs 1.” He continued to explain in detail what he wanted each of us to do. He skated us hard for the next three hours. Mostly running drills. Testing us to see what we had to offer, and how much punishment we could take. Then he called us in to the center of the ice.
    “Alright, today was good. You guys worked hard out there.” He continued. “Tomorrow will be different. I want all of you here bright and early; 9:00 a.m. for equipment fitting and medicals, and then outside for fitness testing. Should be fun!” He chuckled. “Now all of you get out of here and get a good night sleep tonight.” He walked off the ice writing something down on his clipboard.
    Moose skated over to me and patted my back. “Wow, you impressed me out there Chrissy,” he complimented. “I wasn’t sure what to expect from you, but you certainly brought it.” His comments seemed truly sincere.
    “Thanks Moose, I can’t believe how hard it was for day one.” I admitted. I was feeling the pain. I knew that was the point of the coach working us so hard.
    “Don’t worry I think you’ll definitely make it past the first cut. Providing everything goes good for you tomorrow.” He smirked like he knew a secret. Odd!
    “What is tomorrow? Medicals?” I questioned. “What exactly do they make us do?”
    “Oh, it’s not a big deal, they weigh us all in, run a few tests, it’s really nothing. They just want to see what kind of shape we’re all in. Don’t worry about it,” he assured. “After you change, Coach wants to see you in his office.” He started to skate away “take ‘r easy,” he called from over his shoulder.
    Great, wonder what the coach wants. Maybe he was going to cut me right away. Maybe that was the secret Moose was hiding from me? He was the captain, maybe he knew something I didn’t? I quickly showered and changed into my street clothes.
    I walked to the coach’s office and noticed that in the room with him, were the rest of the assistant coaches and staff members. I suppose they were getting ready for tomorrow. There were a few lists of names on the dry board on the wall. The door was open. He motioned for me to come in. I did.
    “Hey Coach, Moose said you wanted to see me?” I asked worried.
    “Yes Christine, I know you are probably wondering