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Kathryn Ascher
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What It Takes
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For the love of hockey
When I was younger, my parents' took me to my first ice hockey game and I believe I was hooked from that moment on. It was only a minor league game, but that was good enough for me. When I was old enough to go to games on my own, with my best friend, while other teenaged girls were walking in groups around the perimeter of the ice hoping to get attention from the teenaged boys (who were usually walking in groups behind the girls), we were sitting in our seats, watching the game. The action on the ice was always good, but the fights were always a highlight. A few months ago, we introduced our own daughter to hockey, and for now it seems she's following in my footsteps. She squeals with excitement when players get boarded and her eyes are glued to the action during the game and especially during the fights. It was this kind of excitement I imagine Kelsey displayed when she went to the hockey game with Patrick, something he wasn't expecting, but clearly enjoyed.
Book Excerpt
What It Takes
On Saturday night, Patrick and Kelsey went to a hockey game together. She’d given him tickets for his birthday, even though he’d asked her not to get him a gift. When she’d said she planned to go with him, he’d had his doubts, but was surprised when she’d greeted him in the visiting team’s jersey with a gleeful expression on her face. He’d actually loved seeing the enjoyment in her eyes as she’d watched the skaters on the ice and the fiery passion the fights produced.
Now, as he walked her up to her apartment, a passion of his own was beginning to build. He opened the door and watched as she breezed inside and dropped her shoes in the basket by the door before walking to the wall of windows and closing the blinds. She took her jersey off, revealing a tight, white tank top, and his blood began to warm through his veins. Slowly, he walked to the couch and sat down as she laid the jersey over the back of the armchair.
“That was fun,” he said as she sat with her back against the arm of the couch and laid her legs across his. The intimacy wound him a little tighter. “I’m not sure I’ve ever known anyone who loved hockey that much.”
She grinned widely as she pulled her hair out of its ponytail and shook it loose. “I wasn’t too loud, was I?”
“No, just louder than I’d expected.”
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