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Ego Season: The Reckoning

Josettè made the 14 hour plane ride from Everett Washington to Detroit Michigan. She hated flying Her original 9 hour flightier turned into 14, having 2 layovers. Which didn't help her mood much.

Breaking ground with hockey and playing with the boys was finally starting to pay off much to her mothers displeasure who just wished her daughter had followed her footsteps and joined the cheer team like she had back in the day. She thought hockey was too dangerous for her daughter especially with her playing on the guys team since they had different rules than the girls. Her father on the other hand was ecstatic. He had played hockey when he was younger and since they didn't have a son, he was over the moon when Josettè had made her interest in playing the sport very clear.

Despite people telling her girls don't play on a boys team her dad was the only one who was fully supportive of her and her choices besides the coaches who had seen her great potential, despite all the judgement and criticism. She proved everyone wrong. Joined her highschool boys hockey team they all loved her like a sister and always stuck up for her not that she really needed them too she could put most guys flat on their ass when she needed too. And after finishing highschool early excelling in her studies despite being a foreign exchange student who took her studies just as seriously as she did hockey. She had somehow found herself a spot on the Everett Silvertips those boys like her highschool team were like family and brothers to her, before she earned herself a one way ticket to the USNTDP boy's team.

To which she had a feeling some of the guys weren't gonna be happy but let's face it, A guys ego gets hurt when they're shown up by a girl in most anything, but especially sports. Sports that they play. She had been informed that she was staying with a boy on the team named Cole Caufield, which from her dad giving her a run down on it, didn't seem too bad he seemed like a sweet kid atleast she wasn't gonna be stuck with an arrogant dickhead. That was the last thing she needed to deal with was staying with some arrogant kid while she was trying to focus on hockey. They would probably end up trying to kill eachother but that's beside the point luckily that wasn’t happening.

As the Urber pulled up in front of what she was told was the Caufield residence Josettè was a bit nervous and scared to say the least meeting new people was always a challenge for her even though she easily always made friends with her teamamates, on the other hand people outside of the team she was on was always hard. Being labeled as the "bad girl" she was seen as a hardass who could do whatever she wanted but was a bitch about it yet that was anything but a front. She never asked to be labeled that way. But it was too late and a waste of time to try and change things she only let certain people see the real her.

Deep down she was sweet as a button loved playing with little kids or walking her dog in the park, she'd always look out for her friends and put them before herself as long as everyone was happy. But when people constantly tear you down it tends to change a person, and not for the better. So she hid that part of her away behind a ice cold front.Josettè cautiously stepped out of the backseat looking up at the house before grabbing her suitcases and hockey bag from the trunk of the SUV noticing a blonde woman and a older man step out of the house with wide smiles on their faces to greet her as she walked up the driveway with her bags with a small shy smile.

"Hi honey! Oh it's so nice to finally meet you! I'm Kelly and this is Paul we're so glad to have you here. Cole is currently out with the boys but should be home sometime before dinner he's excited to meet you too. His older brother Brock is off at college. But I'm sure youll meet him sometime in the future, why don't you come in and get settled I'll show you to your room, Paul honey can you grab some of her bags please" Kelly asked with a smile wrapping an arm around Jossettè, she got a warm homey feeling from the two and she was glad that she'd be staying with them any old sense of being scared was now washed away as Kelly led her up the stairs to the guest room so she could get settled in.

She gently set her hockey bag by the wall so it s was out of the way as Paul laid her suitcases on the bed "we're gonna have dinner here in a little bit but we'll leave you to get settled and unpacked come join us whenever you feel ready" Kelly said with a warm smile before her and Paul left the room to leave Josettè to unpack and get comfortable.

A little while later after she had unpacked she made her way downstairs to the kitchen to help Kelly with dinner. Just as they were both chatting away getting to know each other while cooking she heard the front door open and an abundance of voices move into the house she assumed it was Cole and his friends getting back from wherever they were before she arrived. She seen the shortest one of the group make his way into the kitchen with a bright wide smile that could honestly bring a smile to anyone's face it was contagious, as his friends trailed behind him she knew who they were she had looked up the roster to get somewhat of a name to face familiarity. "Hi! You must be Jossettè I'm Cole mom told me you were coming, sorry I wasn't home earlier but these are my friends and teammates Jack, Alex, Spencer, and Trevor." He said introducing the other four boys.

She nodded with a smile and a small wave "nice to meet you guys." Kelly looked over to her stiring the pasta sauce "hey Jos honey do you mind watching the stove while I go check the laundry?" Josettè nodded motioning her to go "I don't mind do what you need to do everything will be fine here" she said as Kelly left the kitchen. She had turned to stir the pasta noodles before turning back to the five boys who were just quietly staring at her not saying a word it was honestly a little creepy. She narrowed her eyes a little bit she didn't like being stared at unless she was playing hockey and that was it "did you guys need something?"

That seemed to snap them out of whatever trance they were in. "We've seen some of your hockey stuff from when you played in Everett on the silvertips you're really good." Cole said speaking up with a shy embarrassed smile that they had got caught staring. She heard a scoff "Yeah. For a girl Cole, that's not saying much." She heard the one with the longer hair who looked like a fuckboy mutter, It was none other than Trevor Zegras.

Jossettè smiled leaning on the counter crossing her arms not letting the comment bother her one bit, she had heard much worse from guys like him before but appreciated Cole's kindness none the less "thank you Cole, but I guess you will have to see first hand tomororw then yeah? You might just eat your words."

She said almost tauntingly looking at Trevor with the smallest hint of a smirk before turning back to the stove "now, if you boys aren't going to help with dinner please get out of the kitchen." She said glancing over her shoulder to look at them Jack and Alex were the first to dip out of the kitchen with a smile and a wave with a promise of getting to know her later, having enough manners to know when a lady asks you to get out of the kitchen you do it no questions asked.

Next was Spencer glancing at his other two friends left in the kitchen before giving her a friendly smile following after the other two. She could tell he was a bit shy and quiet. Cole nodded after Spencer left "I'll go see where my mom went maybe she got side tracked again she tends to do that sometimes." He said looking from the food to Josettè smiling before leaving the kitchen to find his mom.

The only one who had yet to leave the kitchen was Trevor. He was looking her over trying to figure her out, he didn't really understand the comment of they'd have to see tomorrow and he might have to eat his words because him and the boys had practice tomorrow and she was a girl and wasn't on the team. He could see through her innocent act though, he had used that himself too many times to get what he wanted and to get people wrapped around his finger when he needed them to be, to be able to see it on other people.

"You don't fool me Jossettè, I see right through that facade of innocence. I'd watch your back. It'd be a shame to expose you for who you really are. A..cold hearted bitch." He said with a smirk crossing his arms, She just shrugged stirring the sauce not even glancing back at him, he wouldn't get that satisfaction. She wasn't bothered by the threat.

"All my life boys like you have sneered at me for the stupidest reasons because they feel threatened. But all my life I've been knocking guys just like you into the dust. So cupcake it's really you who should watch your back understood yeah? Because zegras I would hate to hit you where it really hurts. Now scram." She said finally glancing over her shoulder giving him a dismissive once over.

He looked at her a bit shocked but quickly covered it up with a scowl no girl had ever spoken to him like that and frankly he didn't really know what to do he was used to being in control. "This is gonna be a nightmare having to constantly be around you all the time now that you're staying here with Cole and his family." He huffed walking out of the kitchen with a scowl she had successfully gotten under his skin, something she was always good at doing at the best times it always kept her one step ahead instead of two steps back.

"You bet it is Zegras...you bet it is." She said with a smirk as Kelly came back into the kitchen to help finish with making dinner the two falling right back into a comfortable conversation like the "conversation" with Trevor never even happened.

Josettè was already forming a plan in her mind, she'd seen guys like Trevor back in Everett while she was on the hockey team, sure there were a few nice boys like Carter she'd only been on the team for a year and a half before he moved up to the Flyers, he truly was the only true friend she had best friend at that. Cole had the same energy and niceness that Carter had, but most of them had the ego and arrogance like Trevor and she knew just what she had to do, she had to play his game and no matter what, she was going to win.

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Ego Season: The Reckoning. (Part 1)

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Josettè made the trip from Everette Washington to Plymouth Michigan, breaking ground with hockey and playing with the boys was finally starting to pay off

Despite people telling her girls don't play on a boys team, and despite all the judgement and criticism. She proved everyone wrong, joined her highschool boys hockey team and had even got a spot on the Everett silvertips before she earned herself a one way ticket to the USNTDP boy's team. To which she had a feeling some of the guys weren't gonna be happy but let's face it, guys egos get hurt when they're shown up by a girl in most anything, but especially sports they play.

She had been informed that she was staying with a boy on the team named Cole Caufield, which from her research didn't seem too bad he seemed like a sweet kid at least she wasn't gonna be stuck with an arrogant dickhead. That was the last thing she needed to deal with was staying with some arrogant kid while she was trying to focus on hockey.

As the Urber pulled up in front of what she was told was the Caufield residence Josettè was a bit antsy and scared to say the least meeting new people was always a challenge for her even though she was labeled as the "bad girl" she never asked to be labeled that way. Deep down she was sweet as a button and just wanted happiness but when people constantly tear you down and tell you how you can’t and shouldn’t do something just because it’s not normal it tends to change a person, and not for the better.

She cautiously stepped out of the backseat looking up at the house before grabbing her suitcases and hockey bag from the trunk of the SUV noticing a blonde woman and a older man step out of the house with wide smiles on their faces to greet her as she walked up the driveway with her bags with a small shy smile "Hi honey it's so nice to finally meet you! I'm Kelly and this is Paul we're so glad to have you here. Cole is currently out with some of the boys but should be home sometime before dinner he's excited to meet you too. His older brother Brock is off at college. But I'm sure youll meet him sometime in the future, why don't you come in and get settled I'll show you to your room, honey can you grab some of her bags please" Kelly asked Paul with a smile, Jossettè got a warm homey feeling from the two and she was glad that she'd be staying with them any old sense of being scared was now washed away as Kelly led her up the stairs to the guest room so she could get settled.

She gently set her hockey bag by the wall so it s was out of the way as Paul laid her suitcases on the bed "We're gonna have dinner here in a little bit but we'll leave you to get settled and unpacked come join us whenever you feel ready" Kelly said with a warm smile patting her shoulder before her and Paul left the room to leave Josettè to unpack and get comfortable.

A little while later after she had unpacked she made her way downstairs to the kitchen to help Kelly with dinner. Just as they were both chatting away getting to know eachother better she heard the front door open and an abundance of voices move into the house she figured it had to be Cole and his friends getting back from wherever they were before she arrived.

She seen the shortest one of the group make his way into the kitchen with a bright smile she could tell this was Cole as his friends trailed behind him she knew who they were she wasn't going to put herself in a place where she didn't know what she's gettin into “Hey you must be Jossettè I'm Cole mom told me you were coming sorry I wasn't home earlier but these are some of my friends and teammates Jack, Alex, Spencer, and Trevor." He said introducing the other four boys.

Josettè nodded with a smile "it’s nice to meet you guys." Kelly looked over to her "do you mind watching the stove while I go check the laundry?" Josettè nodded "I don't mind do what you need to do everything will be fine here" she said as Kelly left the kitchen.

She turned to stir the pasta sauce before turning back to the five boys who were just quietly staring at her she narrowed her eyes a little bit she didn't like being stared at unless she was playing hockey and even then it irked her a little bit she huffed speaking up "did you guys need something?"

That seemed to snap them out of whatever trance they were in. "We've seen some of your hockey stuff from when you played in Everett you're really good." Cole said speaking up "For a girl cole, that's not saying much." She heard the one with the longer hair who looked like a fuckboy mutter, none other than Trevor Zegras.

Jossettè chuckled and smiled leaning on the counter not letting the comment bother her but appreciated coles kindness "Thank you Cole I appreciate it you boys are phenomenal too, but I guess you will have to see first hand tomororw then yeah? You might just eat your words Zegras.”

She said almost tauntingly at Trevor with the smallest hint of a smirk before turning back to the stove "Now, if you boys aren't going to help please get out of the kitchen." She said glancing over her shoulder to look at them seriously Jack and Alex were the first to dip out of the kitchen having enough manners to know when a lady asks you to get out of the kitchen you do it no questions asked.

Next was Spencer glancing at his other two friends left in the kitchen before giving her a friendly smile following after the other two. Cole nodded after Spencer left "I'll go see where my mom went maybe she got side tracked again she tends to do that sometimes." He said looking from the food to Josettè smiling before leaving the kitchen to find his mom.

The only one who had yet to leave the kitchen was Trevor. He was looking her over trying to figure her out, he didn't take the comment of they'd have to see tomorrow and he might have to eat his words seriously because him and the boys had practice tomorrow so he didn’t really understand how she was gonna prove that.

He could see through her innocent act though, he had used that himself too many times to get what he wanted and to get people wrapped around his finger to be able to see it on other people. "You don't fool me Jossettè, I see right through that facade of innocence. I'd watch your back." He said with a smirk crossing his arms, She just shrugged stirring the sauce not even bothered by the threat.

"All my life guys like you have sneered at me for the stupidest reasons because they feel threatened. But all my life I've been knocking guys just like you into the dust. So cupcake it's really you who should watch your back understood yeah? Now scram." He looked at her a bit shocked but quickly covered it up with a scowl no girl had ever spoken to him like that and frankly he didn't really know what to do.

"This is gonna be a nightmare having to constantly be around you all the time now that you're staying here with Cole and his family." He huffed walking out of the kitchen she had already successfully gotten under his skin, something she was always good at doing it always kept her one step ahead instead of two steps back.

"You bet it is Zegras...you bet it is." She said with a smirk as Kelly came back into the kitchen to help finish with making dinner the two falling right back into a comfortable conversation, like the little pissing match with Trevor never even happened.

Josettè was already forming a plan in her mind, she'd seen guys like Trevor back in Everett while she was on the hockey team, sure there were a few good boys like Cole and the others but most of them had the ego and arrogance like Trevor and she knew just what she had to do, she had to play their game no matter what but, she was going to win.