The words stung, not gonna lie, but Cole just wanted peace between them, so he agreed, and settled in to do some studying.

Coach ordered a light practice on Thursday. They had another game that Friday, and he wanted them fresh for it. During practice, Cole noticed that a gaggle of pretty cute girls had found their way into the stands, and they were staring intently at them all as they chatted amongst themselves. He felt like one of them was watching him in particular.....

The Raiders won the game by a score of 3-1. Cole didn't score any of them, but he had assisted on one with a nice cross-zone pass on the power-play. In the locker room afterwards his phone buzzed with a text from Alex, asking him if they could talk and that she was waiting outside for him. He quickly replied back 'sure' and hurried to get cleaned up.