"Yeah same" he scratched the side of his head an laughed nervously. When she asked about the puck he held it up to show the tape around the edge "Yeah, its sort of a tradition in hockey for a team to keep pucks from games or goals where certain milestones are reached. This one's for me though, I guess, so yeah, I'm gonna keep it on the desk in my dorm I think"

They hashed out a plan for Cole to pick her up once he got the details of the party. He gave her a pretty generic quote about how amazing it was to redeem himself after his big mistake and how happy he was to score his first goal.

After that, they split up. Cole went back to his dorm to shower and get ready. He placed the puck in it's spot on his desk, smiled at it one more time and proceeded to get ready.

A few hours later, now sporting a team t-shirt, jeans, and a little bit of hair gel, he knocked on Alex's door.
"Hey, it's me, ready to go?"