Hero

My mouth dropped. I couldn't believe it, my sworn enemy was now my teammate.

Carter stepped out from behind coach. He took a look around the locker room before his eyes landed on me.

I sucked in a deep breath. He was gorgeous. He had dark hair that fell down to his eyes. His eyes were a deep blue/green colour, which gave him a sexy and mysterious look. He was tall, really tall. He looked 6"5. He was wearing sweats with a black tight v-neck which showed off his yummy body. He had a smirk on his face that made him look edgy and daring. But then it dropped and there was a cold look in his eyes. He was staring right at me.

I could feel the eyes of the rest of the team on us too but I was only concentrating on his eyes on me.

"Who's that?" Carter asked. He looked really confused. So were the rookies when they saw me around.

"That's..." Coach began, "that's Taylor King."

"Excuse me?" Carter asked. "Taylor King is a girl? The toughest and best defenseman in this league is a girl? Well fuck me. This is the worst thing ever. Can I just leave this team? This is a joke."

What an ignorant pig ugh. I can't believe I just thought he was cute.

I was about to say something when I was interrupted by my team.

"Listen up buddy, King is our star player and we respect her as much as we would respect any guy player or superstar." Smith said.

"You better treat her with respect or you'll have a hard time here, trust me." Goodrow said.

"She would take you down while doing her nails" Santos yelled from his stall.

"King is our teammate, friend, and little sister. We'd do anything for her" Mark said before coach could cut them off.

I was so proud. I loved these boys so much. They were all like the brothers I never had.

"I'm not practicing or playing with her" Cater said simply. Wow this guy was an A+ jerk.

"Well then I guess you'll be watching from the press box." Coach said.

Oh my god. I couldn't help but laugh and was soon joined by the rest of my team. I think I even saw coach smile a bit.

"Just accept it Pierce, you're on our team now, and you go by our rules." Goodrow said once we all calmed down.

"Whatever" with that Carter left and went out to the ice.

"Hey coach. And all of you guys. Thank you. I'm so glad I have my team behind me" I smiled.

"No problem King. Now suck it up before you start getting emotional"  Smith said laughing.

They could say whatever they wanted but I knew I could always count on them and that they would always be there for me. That makes me feel so happy.

I went out to take my usually laps on the ice before practice started. I could feel the eyes of Carter on me but I just ignored him.

"What's up?" Mark asked as he came around and started skating with me.

"Um nothing much...”

"No I meant how are you feeling?"

I looked at him. He looked like he was really concerned. Typical Mark.

I laughed "I'm okay, seriously. Nothing that jerk says or does will hurt me. I'm not fragile, I'm a hockey player."

"Liz this isn't funny. I'm seriously worried. What if he tells someone about you?"

I froze. He wouldn't, I mean he couldn't right.