Lighting the Lamp by K R Collins

Author:K R Collins [Collins, K R]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: sports, Romance, coach, Contemporary, demisexual, LGBTQIA+, Lesbian, ice hockey, slow burn, NineStar Press, teammates, bisexual
ISBN: 9781648900181
Publisher: NineStar Press, LLC
Published: 2020-08-15T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Indianapolis is their last game before the Christmas break. They lose the two games between Christmas and New Year’s. It happens every year. They hit this part of the season, and they lose all the momentum and rhythm they had leading up to it. Sophie hoped this year would be different.

Marty Owen runs article after article predicting the landslide of their season and loudly speculates that a “more experienced” captain would be able to guide the team through their struggles. It’s the same shit she’s dealt with all season, but it sticks this time. Maybe it’s because they’re on a break and she doesn’t have a game tomorrow to prove herself in. Maybe it’s because they only have three games before the All-Star break and history suggests they’ll drop all three.

She should be in the weight room or on the ice, building good habits and getting her head on straight. Instead, she’s answering a knock at her door and allowing Napoli and the rest of the CondorsTV crew into her apartment. They did an In The Nest special last season when she first rented her apartment. This is a follow-up now that she has a roommate.

Napoli looks over her running tights and Condors shirsey and frowns. “This is what you’re wearing?”

Sophie woke up way too early so she could run before she cleaned the entire apartment top to bottom. She vacuumed, mopped, cleaned each bathroom, wiped down every surface in the whole place. She did all the laundry, folded it, and put it away. She did all the dishes and put them away too.

She had a minor freak-out when Elsa had a snack and put her dishes in the dishwasher. It led to Sophie handwashing and drying Elsa’s dishes while Elsa first argued she was being ridiculous and then tried to steal them from her so she could do it herself. Elsa doesn’t get what it’s like be constantly scrutinized.

Sophie represented women in the NAHL on her own for two years. When the cameras invade, they pick up on everything. If there’s a sock out of place, she’s a slob. If there are dishes in the sink, she doesn’t clean up after herself. If the TV is too big, she cares more about having fun than playing hockey, but if it’s too small, she’s boring.

Napoli hasn’t even turned the cameras on, and Sophie’s patience is frayed. She wishes she could leave Elsa to field their questions and give the tour. She wishes she could throw them out of her apartment and tell them to dissect someone else’s life. They already have hours of footage of her. They have interviews with her family, her childhood neighbors, and coaches. They have pictures from her early teams and footage from her first ever time on skates. What more do they need?

“Is it time to get started?” Elsa asks, wandering in from the kitchen. She’s in designer jeans and a Patriots shirt because she’s fallen headfirst into football frenzy.

Napoli nods and then gives a signal to his camera guys.

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