Tuesday, July 07, 2015

Transformation Beginning: Day 6

Word Count: 36,656

Summary of Events:
Chalmers was benched for the first two periods of a game against Calgary, which frustrated him, but Joseph convinced Charles to put him out and in his two shifts in the game Chalmers scored four goals, turning a 4-1 deficit into a 5-4 win. Alizabeth found herself missing Chalmers and Cole being as Swift Current was on a long road trip, and so she was left to agonize about what she should do once she graduated. Chalmers watched the Broncos play Edmonton — being as he'd been scratched — and ended up having a rather lengthy conversation with the Winnipeg Jets' WHL scout.

Excerpt of the Day:
"Watching the action down below him, Chalmers seethed. This was not the kind of reward he'd expected for his four-goal third period that'd won them the game against Calgary; he'd expected to get promoted — although Justin and Zachary were competent players, and Zachary was a lot nicer on the ice than off.
Instead, Chalmers was sitting here in the press box for the second straight game, watching the action from above. He didn't know what he'd done to deserve this; he thought he'd been taking positive steps like Mr. Kolesar, Joseph, and Grandma had been encouraging him to do, especially of late.
Chalmers wished one of them were up here with him so he could vent — either that or he could leave the arena and got to the diner and talk with Elizabeth again; but the diner was some nine to ten hours' drive away from here in Edmonton, there was no way he could get there, and it wasn't like he had a phone number for the place — not that he should tie up their phone line and employee for purposes unrelated to the restaurant's profit.
Sliding his forearms forward on the table in front of him, Chalmers rested his chin on them and watched the action, listening to the broadcast of the game using an internet-based radio app.
Something touched Chalmers' shoulder and he startled violently, turning in his chair and hoping that it wasn't some ghost or something. He found that it was someone else, someone he didn't recognize, and who was too old to be a WHL player —much less an NHL one — being as he was greying at his ears.
"Sorry," the man said. "I didn't mean to startle you, I didn't realize you were listening to something."
Chalmers pulled out one of his ear pods. "That's alright, I need something to do other the cultivate hatred for my coach."
"Why?" the man asked.
"Because I went and had a four-goal period, won us a game, and the reward I get is — so far — a two game scratching," Chalmers replied. "I mean, I'm a – first-round top five draft pick, and I'm sitting around up here doing nothing; it was better being on the third and fourth lines than this."
"Oh, we were wondering about that," the man said.
"We?" Chalmers asked, looking around for more people.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Thomas Nagel, WHL scout for the Winnipeg Jets," the man said, offering his hand.
Chalmers shook it. "I think you'd probably know who I am," he said.
"Yes," Thomas said. "Our most recent draft pick."
Chalmers nodded.
"So you haven't done anything, but you've been scratched anyways?" Thomas asked.
"I've done nothing bad," Chalmers replied. "I mean – I got demoted last game — but still scored four goals — and I'm scratched.""

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