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On Thin Ice 2
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Author: Victoria Villeneuve
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I wouldn’t be lying if I said I was avoiding him. Daniel was shattering the reality I had created for myself, forcing me to rethink things I had long ago decided weren’t in my future.
    Finally, we saw each other at group therapy, and after the session with Doctor Emma, Daniel called out to me in the hallway. I stopped.
    “Hey, Kylie. Listen, can I talk to you?”
    “Yeah, of course.”
    “Cool. I have some pretty big news. Can we go somewhere private?”
    I nodded. We ended up outside in the courtyard, sitting under a big tree providing us some shade on the hot summer’s day. The light breeze ran through my hair as I looked at Daniel. His eyes seemed to shine, I could tell the news he had was important.
    “I’ve decided to go through with the surgery. I’m going to get me knee fixed.”
    “Really? That’s fantastic.”
    “Yeah. I spent the night I saw you thinking about it, and I think you’re right. I want to give it another shot. I will win that Stanley Cup. Next year it’s going to be mine.”
    “I’m really glad to hear that. When are you going to have the surgery?”
    “Next Tuesday. I’ve got a physio from the team coming in daily helping me do the pre-surgery rehab workouts, so that should reduce my recovery time afterwards. I wanted to ask you, Kylie, if you’d be willing to come with me when I get the surgery done.”
    “Really? Me? Of course, but why?”
    “Because without you I never would have considered doing this. I thought about what you said a few days ago. I’ve thought about what you’ve been saying, and you’re right. I want to do this. I want to do it for my teammates, I want to do it for you, and I want to do it for me. Hockey is the most important thing in my life, and I’m not going to let a freak accident make me give it up completely.”
    To my surprise, I felt tears starting to well up in my eyes. I was actually tearing up listening to Daniel speak. Even as he told me about his plan, I could feel the intensity inside of him growing. I could feel that fire which was there as he spoke about his recovery, the way he wanted to treat it aggressively, so he could be on the ice as soon as possible. I regretted more than ever that we couldn’t be together. I wanted to wrap my arms around him. I wanted to kiss him, to make him mine completely. I wanted to take him, right here in the middle of the courtyard, bouncing on top of him as the wind ran through my hair and he looked up at me from the grass he lay on...
    I forced those thoughts from my head. This was actually really good news. I had hoped Daniel would go through with his surgery, and now he was going to. He was going to try and make a comeback in hockey, and he wanted me there with him at the hospital.
    “Thanks for asking me to be with you during your surgery.”
    “No problem. I wouldn’t ask if I didn’t think it would be best for both of us.”
    I didn’t ask what he meant by that, but my mind immediately thought about the fact that I was going to have to get a day pass to be allowed to leave the clinic. I knew in reality there probably wouldn’t be too many problems. I had already been here longer than most people, and I think Doctor Emma knew that I wanted to stay here more for the rest of my mental issues rather than simply my alcoholism.
    Still, the next day when I went to ask for a letter from her to give to the head of the clinic, in order to get my pass to leave on the day of Daniel’s surgery, I was nervous. I stood outside the door of her office for a few seconds before finally pressing my knuckles to the hard wood and knocking.
    “Come in!” came Doctor Emma’s voice from inside. I took a deep breath, closed my eyes for an instant, then opened the door.
    I had been in this office plenty of times, of course. This was where we had our one-on-one therapy sessions, during which I told Doctor Emma virtually nothing, and she simply tried to encourage me to speak, to allow myself to heal from the wounds that
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