Chapter 38 Celebration At Last

• With some cajoling, Aiden convinces me to accompany him back down to the rink. Fans on all sides call out to get our attention as Aiden leads me back to the crowd of his teammates. I feel a bit embarrassed by the attention, but I’m bursting with too much pride to focus on that right now.
• As soon as Aiden and I return to the team, they start cheering for him and slapping him on the back. A few teammates share excited smiles with me — it’s not much, but it certainly feels like a start to some kind of acceptance. Even I feel swept up by the excited energy as they all begin to chant.
• “Freeze! Freeze! Freeze!”