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"Lear's an amazing player," Madison gushed.
"This is his fiancée, Hannah." Bella hooked a thumb at Hannah. "She's a huge hockey fan, too."
"This is so cool. Did we mention we're happy to be here?" Tabitha asked.
Holly laughed. "Yeah, we picked up on that."
"Time for warmups!" Hannah pointed down at the rink, where the guys came flying out of the tunnel to excited screams and cheers from the fans.
"The crowd is hyped tonight. We need that energy to keep the boys fired up," Holly said as the team skated around their zone in a circle, a blur of orange, white and blue.
"That, and for luck to be on our side," Penn replied.
Madison smiled. "Well, we are in Vegas, so I'm saying the house wins tonight."
"Damn right," Bella agreed. "House wins. Let's go, Kingsnakes!"
"Let's go Kingsnakes," they shouted, then burst into laughter.
Holly grinned at Penn. "You heard it here first. We're going home with the Cup."
* * *
"This game is gonna kill me," Penn muttered, dragging her fingers down over her face. "I can't take this. I really can't. Seriously, 1–1 with two minutes left in the second? Why can't it be a blowout for once?"
"That would be too easy." Holly waved a hand. "It would be great if we could score and take that momentum into the locker room for the third, though."
"Come on, boys," Zoe yelled, clapping her hands. "I'm gonna have an ulcer before this series is over. I've been chewing antacids since the playoffs started."
"I figured it would be a low-scoring game," Bella chimed in. "Both teams are on top of their game. Neither one of them is giving the other room to play."
"But why must we be tied?" Hannah tipped her head back and groaned. "Come on, hockey gods. Do your thing."
Brandon skated up to the faceoff dot in Tampa Bay's zone and bent low, waiting to battle for the puck.
"Just knowing the Cup is in the building is making me crazy," Nic admitted, leaning forward in her seat as the linesman dropped the puck. "I want this so bad for Fal."
"I still have faith. They're doing this tonight," Madison said confidently. "We just have to be patient. Even if we all end up with stress hives by the end of the game."
"A legit possibility," Tabitha told her sister as the Kingsnakes tried to get something going down in Tampa Bay's zone.
"One minute remaining in the period." The announcer's voice echoed throughout the arena as a Tampa Bay player stole the puck away from Tyler Quinn.
The seconds ticked down, and when the horn blared, Holly sank back in her seat with a heavy sigh. "Time to regroup and get ready for the next period."
"Which better be the last period," Penn stood and stretched. "If this goes into overtime, I'm going to lose my shit."
"Such language," Holly teased.
"We're going to go find Troy," Madison told her. "He's here for the game. We were on the same flight to Vegas."
"See you in a bit, then." Holly waved.
The girls waved back and took off up the stairs.
"They're so adorable," Nic said. "Super friendly, too."
"They're very sweet," Holly agreed.
