How The Cookie Crumbles by Ting Melanie

Author:Ting, Melanie [Ting, Melanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Melanie Ting
Published: 2013-11-09T08:00:00+00:00

37. Games People Play

After a day spent alone, loving the museum and hating the L.A. transit system, I was quite excited to get to the hockey game. I went to the washroom at the arena, and I got changed into my jersey dress and the boots that Jake had insisted I wear. As I fixed up my makeup, I started getting hassled.

“Oh my God, what have you done to that jersey?” This woman with a purple Kings jersey and jeans was looking closely at me. “And it’s autographed by Jake Cookson too! Are you insane?” she screeched. Other women started coming over and looking at me.

“I made it into a dress,” I replied calmly as I glossed my lips in the mirror.

“Well it looks ridiculous,” she informed me. “An autographed jersey is sacred.”

“You look like a desperate puck bunny,” another woman chimed in. “And I’ll tell you, Jake Cookson would never have anything to do with a girl like you.”

I briefly considered showing her the hickey on my inner thigh, but unless I also had Jake’s dental records and some CSI-type technology, that would not be proof. Seeing as I was surrounded by large and scary members of the Jersey Preservation Society, I decided to keep my smart mouth shut, for now. But as I walked out the door, I turned and declared, “It was a game-worn jersey too!” And then watched the door swing closed on their horrified faces.

Attending a game alone was not much fun. After I joked around with the guy beside me, his girlfriend suggested that I get my own date next time and made him switch seats with her. I didn’t even know if I was sitting near any of the Kings’s girlfriends since I had never met any of them, but nobody in my immediate vicinity had the glossy good looks I assumed a hockey girlfriend would have. Come to think of it, neither did I, which only made me feel worse.

When the Kings won the game, perversely I felt sorry for the Canucks. I guess I was just in one of those moods. Being alone all day in a new place did not agree with me; I had so much news to share, I was bubbling over with excitement.

I found my way to the family lounge, where Jake had told me to wait after the game. When I walked in, I could have sworn that the room went silent for a moment. Not only was I a complete stranger, but I was the only one in the room over the age of ten wearing a player jersey. Not to mention that it was a strategically altered jersey. If I hadn’t just spent five minutes convincing the security guard that I belonged in the lounge, I would have walked right out.

“Are you Jake’s girlfriend?” This tall blonde came up to me in the family lounge and started interrogating me without even an introduction. Because of the jersey dress, there was no denying who I was here with.

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