It is the day after you found out that you will be playing Las Vegas and you are packing your backpack for the journey to Las Vegas. Thankfully it doesn't take you long to get the stuff ready. You head to the kitchen to find Evgeni who is apprehensively nibbling on some cereal. You quickly get some orange juice from the fridge. You find yourself sighing at the nature of Evgeni's apprehension.

"Sorry if I'm bothering you," Evgeni speaks up. You can tell that he is excited but at the same time, he is nervous.

"Don't worry about it. It's a natural feeling," You respond. It doesn't take you long to finish your orange juice. You are suddenly hit by a wave of excitement because you know that the Stanley Cup playoffs will be fun. You soon get your stuff in the car. It doesn't take long for Evgeni to join you. He can tell that you are very excited.

"Mia you know if we go now we will be early," Evgeni announces. You get the feeling that you may end up irritating Evgeni by the end of the day.

"I know but I'm ready to help win the Stanley cup," You respond. Evgeni soon gives up on being on time. After ten minutes of driving, you have made it to the meeting point. The only person there is Mike. You can tell that he is deep in thought about the next week. The good thing is the team has playoffs experienced players like Evgeni and Sidney. It doesn't take long for the rest of the team to make their way to the meeting point.

"So Mia are you ready to win the Stanley cup?" Kris asks.

"Yup I'm ready to go," You respond. You can hear the nervous chatter. You are not surprised at the nature of the chatter. It doesn't take long for everyone to get their stuff on the bus. After six hours of travel, you have made it to Las Vegas. You are enthralled by the scenery going past.

"You seem impressed," Iggy remarks.

"Yeah. It's different," You respond. It is definitely not Germany. You will have to add Las Vegas to the list of American cities that you should visit. It doesn't take long for the team to arrive at the hotel. You are thinking about what you could do before practice. You find yourself in Evgeni's room. You can tell that he wants to get to practice early so he can wreak havoc on the Golden Knights.

"Do you think glitter in the glove could work?" Evgeni asks.

"Depends on the colour. I would suggest pink" You respond. You get the feeling that Evgeni would go for a pink colour anyway.

"I'll be back," Evgeni springs into action. You decide that it would be better to head back to your room and wait. Your thoughts about the playoffs are interrupted by some excited yelling. A mini sticks game must have broken out. You poke your head out of the door to find Matt laying across a mini-sticks goal. The sight makes you giggle.

"Mia you should join in," Jake remarks. He offers you a spare stick. You take it and you get to work on getting past Kris and Iggy. You manage to get the ball between Iggy's legs. She tries her best to stop the ball with her legs but you are too fast for her. It has been fifteen minutes since the mini sticks game broke out and you are waiting for Evgeni. It doesn't take him long to join the game.

"Geno where were you? We were looking for you," Jake gets to work on finding out on where he was.

"I was getting some stuff for a prank," Evgeni responds. Jake's face lights up instantly. It is the day after the mini sticks game and the team has arrived at the practice rink. It doesn't take long for Evgeni to disappear. It's probably to cause chaos on the Vegas Golden knights. You know it is childish but you did the same thing in the DEL. It will be interesting to see Marc's reaction. You quickly get yourself ready for the practice. Seven minutes later you have taken to the ice. You get to work on doing some warm-up drills with Evgeni. You are about to pass him the puck when you notice Marc coming up behind him. You try your best to hide the giggle.

"What's the giggle for?" Evgeni remarks. He is clearly confused.

"I'm sorry but," You are cut off by a roar of laughter as Marc dumps the pink glitter from his gloves on Evgeni. You find yourself gripping Evgeni's shoulder to hold yourself up. It doesn't take you long to recover. You can tell that Evgeni wants to tackle Marc.

"I'd save it for tomorrow's game," Marc says. He is right it would be better to let the revenge flow during the next game.

"Any way you must be the German teammate," Marc turns his attention to you.

"Yes, my name is Mia," You respond. Marc is surprisingly nice.

"You should get back to your own practice Marc," Sidney remarks. It doesn't take long for the practice to resume. You are still distracted by the remaining pink glitter. The good thing is the practice is short. After thirty-five minutes of intense practice, the team is back in the change room. You are helping Evgeni get the remaining bits of glitter out of his hair. The others have swarmed around the two of you. You get the feeling that this moment will come back to haunt you later. Evgeni tries to escape but there is not much he can do.

"Mia will you be able to do this in the hotel room?" Evgeni hates the idea that this moment will likely end up on social media.

"I'm almost done. Hold still," You respond.

"Well Geno that's what you get for using one the messiest things in the world," Matt adds. You can see him reach for your phone. At least Matt can tell that you will want to record this moment for you. You run your hand through his hair to make sure that you have gotten rid of the glitter. You feel like a mother goose but someone has to help him.

"Ok everyone the fun is over," Mike announces as he enters the change room. Well, it was nice to have a little fun before the first game. Matt quickly passes you your phone. You toss it back into your gear bag. The good thing is Mike is probably used to the shenanigans. It doesn't take him long to finish his speech.

"So are we ready to give it our best?" The only one not to cheer in response is you because something tells you that you may have a hard time at centre ice. Again at least you had fun today.