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Hockey, the one and only good thing about winter. I could live without the snow and freezing temperatures. But my friend Matt, no, he lived for this kind of weather.

"____, lets go to the ice rink!"

Matt called me after lunch asking for a ridiculous request, knowing it was 12 degrees out.

"Matt are you kidding, it's like negative a billion out!"

"Aww c'mon ____, please!"

I sighed and looked outside.

"Fine but you're driving and you owe me a hot chocolate, okay?"

I could hear the enthusiasm in his voice

"Yea sure! I'll be there in 15 okay?"

"Uh, yea, I can do that."

"Sweet, see you in a few!"

"Alright."

He hung up and I grabbed a pair of skates and put it in a gym bag. I also put a hockey stick and two pucks into the bag knowing that Matt will want to play a round or two. I bundled up with my fluffy coat and sat on my couch waiting for Matt. I waited about 8 or so minutes before hearing a honking noise outside my house. When I walked out with my gym bag I saw Matt in his pickup truck. I tossed my bag into the back and hopped into the passenger seat. When Matt pulled out he asked me,

"You brought your stick didn't you?"

I looked at him like he was crazy.

"Of course, are you insane, why wouldn't I?"

He laughed,

"Of course."

We laughed and talked as he drove us to the ice rink. When we got there the rink was empty, so we grabbed our gym bags, switched out our shoes and set the rink up for a one-on-one hockey battle. We used our sneakers as goal markers and started "fighting" for the puck. After we kept scoring every other, we did some goalie practice. Matt took the puck on the other side of the rink and hit it as hard as he could. The puck hit me dead in the face. Everything went black for a moment, or, at least it felt like a moment. I woke up to paramedics and Matt over me.

"____, ____! Are you okay?!"

I was lifted off the ground onto a stretcher. Matt turned his attention to the 2 paramedics rolling me to the ambulance.

"What are you doing?!"

One of them looked at Matt with a mixture of worry and seriousness.

"Her nose is very much broken and the bleeding wont stop."

I tried to get up but the other paramedic softly pushed me back down. I motioned for Matt to come over by me.

"Matt meet me there okay?"

It looked like he was crying. He looked at his truck and said,

"Yea, alright."

I was taken to the hospital, and 3 minutes of me being there a rushing Matt came to my room. And now I knew he was crying.

"I am so sorry ____, it's all my fault!"

I told him to come over by me and I gave him a hug.

"Matt, Matt, it's okay, I'm fine."

He let go of me and sat next to me in one of the chairs. He calmed down and said,

"No, I'm really sorry ____, you didn't even want to come along"

"Matt I had a lot of fun today, I'm glad I went."

We talked for a couple hours until a nurse came and told Matt that visiting hours were over. When they sent him home a nurse brought me dinner and then I fell asleep to the sound of my heart monitor and the sound of rushing doctors and nurses.
* * *

I woke up to the sound of Alfred's voice and then the sound of Matt quietly telling him to shut up. I sat up and rubbed my eyes.

"What are you two doing here..?"

Matt looked at me a little surprised, a light blush dusted on his face. He started to speak but was cut off by Alfred.

"My little bro wanted to visit you! And he brought me 'cause he said he don't wanna be embarrassed!"

"ALFRED!"

Matt's face was a beet red now. I giggled a little and then stopped because that made my nose hurt a lot. Matt looked away blushing, but then looked at me worried when I stopped and held my nose.

"Ah, that's right I almost forgot!"

Matt reached behind him on the floor and pulled out a bouquet of flowers.

"Wow Matt, these are amazing, thank you!"

"It's the least I can do after a hurt you. I also got you this."

He pulled out a container of hot chocolate mix.

"I did say I'd get you some!"

I tried hard not to laugh but failed. It hurt so badly, but what Matt did was so sweet and funny. After I stopped laughing and my pain subsided I opened up the container, took my plastic spoon from dinner and ate a spoonful.

"Aw, dude that was wicked awesome!"

"M-maple, that's not how you're suppose to eat it!"

"Yea, but it's good!"

I swallowed, my speaking had gotten some chocolate powder on my bed sheets.

"Try some Matt."

I wiped the spoon off with my robe, scooped some up and held it to him. He shook his head, so I did my best to do puppy-dog eyes and it worked. He took the chocolate-powder spoon and ate it. He coughed a little sending some flying into the air.

"Maple..."

"Heh, is it good?"

He swallowed,

"I guess, I prefer the liquid though."

"Dudette you totally have to let me try some!"

I smiled and sighed. Then I wiped off the spoon and scooped up some up for Alfred, he took it and ate it in one swift move. He ate it so quickly I'm surprised he didn't choke. Matt stood up and looked at me and Al.

"Hey guys I'm gonna use the bathroom okay?"

"Do you know where it is?"

"Yea, I do, thanks."

So with that I was left alone with Alfred. I should've cherished those few moments when it was silent, because the silence was short-lived before he had to open his mouth.

"You know Mattie couldn't sleep last night because of all this."

"Wha?"

"Yea, believe it or not, even after you turned him down he still likes you."

"Wha? I never turned him down."

"But he said he did!"

"No, he never said anything like that to me."

"That lier!"

"So he-"

I blushed

"He likes me?"

"Well of course dude! He's liked you for like a year or two now!"

I felt a smile creep onto my face but I didn't smile, I didn't want Alfred to tell Matt that I liked him. I do, but I didn't think that Matt liked me!

"Maybe he should tell y-"

Matt came back and looked at Al who had an evil smirk on his face.

"So Mattie, you really didn't tell ____, did you?"

"Tell her what?"

"That you like her!"

"I-I do not!"

I don't think Matt's face could get any redder beyond that.

"Nice try dude I already told her that you do, and apparently you never told her. Which means you lied to me!"

I was wrong, Matt's face got redder, a type of red that was a mixture of embarrassment and anger. A type of red that would put Lovinio's tomatoes to shame.

"I-I-"

"I like you Matt."

"Yea, I do, I always have."

I let that smile from earlier onto my face and own my face.

"M-maple, I like you too ____!"

I opened my arms for a hug and he accepted it.

"je t'aime ____"

I don't speak French, but still knew what this meant

"I love you too Matt"

___________________________________________EXTENDED ENDING_________________________________________________________

After that, I got my nose fixed and hung out more with Matt. He doesn't know if he should kill or thank Al. When we play hockey now, we don't make shots from across the rink. I love him. I really do.

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Hockey, the one and only good thing about winter. I could live without the snow and freezing temperatures. But my friend Matt, no, he lived for this kind of weather.

"____, lets go to the ice rink!"

Matt called me after lunch asking for a ridiculous request, knowing it was 12 degrees out.

"Matt are you kidding, it's like negative a billion out!"

"Aww c'mon ____, please!"

I sighed and looked outside.

"Fine but you're driving and you owe me a hot chocolate, okay?"

I could hear the enthusiasm in his voice

"Yea sure! I'll be there in 15 okay?"

"Uh, yea, I can do that."

"Sweet, see you in a few!"

"Alright."

He hung up and I grabbed a pair of skates and put it in a gym bag. I also put a hockey stick and two pucks into the bag knowing that Matt will want to play a round or two. I bundled up with my fluffy coat and sat on my couch waiting for Matt. I waited about 8 or so minutes before hearing a honking noise outside my house. When I walked out with my gym bag I saw Matt in his pickup truck. I tossed my bag into the back and hopped into the passenger seat. When Matt pulled out he asked me,

"You brought your stick didn't you?"

I looked at him like he was crazy.

"Of course, are you insane, why wouldn't I?"

He laughed,

"Of course."

We laughed and talked as he drove us to the ice rink. When we got there the rink was empty, so we grabbed our gym bags, switched out our shoes and set the rink up for a one-on-one hockey battle. We used our sneakers as goal markers and started "fighting" for the puck. After we kept scoring every other, we did some goalie practice. Matt took the puck on the other side of the rink and hit it as hard as he could. The puck hit me dead in the face. Everything went black for a moment, or, at least it felt like a moment. I woke up to paramedics and Matt over me.

"____, ____! Are you okay?!"

I was lifted off the ground onto a stretcher. Matt turned his attention to the 2 paramedics rolling me to the ambulance.

"What are you doing?!"

One of them looked at Matt with a mixture of worry and seriousness.

"Her nose is very much broken and the bleeding wont stop."

I tried to get up but the other paramedic softly pushed me back down. I motioned for Matt to come over by me.

"Matt meet me there okay?"

It looked like he was crying. He looked at his truck and said,

"Yea, alright."

I was taken to the hospital, and 3 minutes of me being there a rushing Matt came to my room. And now I knew he was crying.

"I am so sorry ____, it's all my fault!"

I told him to come over by me and I gave him a hug.

"Matt, Matt, it's okay, I'm fine."

He let go of me and sat next to me in one of the chairs. He calmed down and said,

"No, I'm really sorry ____, you didn't even want to come along"

"Matt I had a lot of fun today, I'm glad I went."

We talked for a couple hours until a nurse came and told Matt that visiting hours were over. When they sent him home a nurse brought me dinner and then I fell asleep to the sound of my heart monitor and the sound of rushing doctors and nurses.
* * *

I woke up to the sound of Alfred's voice and then the sound of Matt quietly telling him to shut up. I sat up and rubbed my eyes.

"What are you two doing here..?"

Matt looked at me a little surprised, a light blush dusted on his face. He started to speak but was cut off by Alfred.

"My little bro wanted to visit you! And he brought me 'cause he said he don't wanna be embarrassed!"

"ALFRED!"

Matt's face was a beet red now. I giggled a little and then stopped because that made my nose hurt a lot. Matt looked away blushing, but then looked at me worried when I stopped and held my nose.

"Ah, that's right I almost forgot!"

Matt reached behind him on the floor and pulled out a bouquet of flowers.

"Wow Matt, these are amazing, thank you!"

"It's the least I can do after a hurt you. I also got you this."

He pulled out a container of hot chocolate mix.

"I did say I'd get you some!"

I tried hard not to laugh but failed. It hurt so badly, but what Matt did was so sweet and funny. After I stopped laughing and my pain subsided I opened up the container, took my plastic spoon from dinner and ate a spoonful.

"Aw, dude that was wicked awesome!"

"M-maple, that's not how you're suppose to eat it!"

"Yea, but it's good!"

I swallowed, my speaking had gotten some chocolate powder on my bed sheets.

"Try some Matt."

I wiped the spoon off with my robe, scooped some up and held it to him. He shook his head, so I did my best to do puppy-dog eyes and it worked. He took the chocolate-powder spoon and ate it. He coughed a little sending some flying into the air.

"Maple..."

"Heh, is it good?"

He swallowed,

"I guess, I prefer the liquid though."

"Dudette you totally have to let me try some!"

I smiled and sighed. Then I wiped off the spoon and scooped up some up for Alfred, he took it and ate it in one swift move. He ate it so quickly I'm surprised he didn't choke. Matt stood up and looked at me and Al.

"Hey guys I'm gonna use the bathroom okay?"

"Do you know where it is?"

"Yea, I do, thanks."

So with that I was left alone with Alfred. I should've cherished those few moments when it was silent, because the silence was short-lived before he had to open his mouth.

"You know Mattie couldn't sleep last night because of all this."

"Wha?"

"Yea, believe it or not, even after you turned him down he still likes you."

"Wha? I never turned him down."

"But he said he did!"

"No, he never said anything like that to me."

"That lier!"

"So he-"

I blushed

"He likes me?"

"Well of course dude! He's liked you for like a year or two now!"

I felt a smile creep onto my face but I didn't smile, I didn't want Alfred to tell Matt that I liked him. I do, but I didn't think that Matt liked me!

"Maybe he should tell y-"

Matt came back and looked at Al who had an evil smirk on his face.

"So Mattie, you really didn't tell ____, did you?"

"Tell her what?"

"That you like her!"

"I-I do not!"

I don't think Matt's face could get any redder beyond that.

"Nice try dude I already told her that you do, and apparently you never told her. Which means you lied to me!"

I was wrong, Matt's face got redder, a type of red that was a mixture of embarrassment and anger. A type of red that would put Lovinio's tomatoes to shame.

"I-I-"

"I like you Matt."

"Yea, I do, I always have."

I let that smile from earlier onto my face and own my face.

"M-maple, I like you too ____!"

I opened my arms for a hug and he accepted it.

"je t'aime ____"

I don't speak French, but still knew what this meant

"I love you too Matt"

___________________________________________EXTENDED ENDING_________________________________________________________

After that, I got my nose fixed and hung out more with Matt. He doesn't know if he should kill or thank Al. When we play hockey now, we don't make shots from across the rink. I love him. I really do.