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[canadien]

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tfln continuation — fiftygoals

[canadien]

It's uphold, actually. Not hold up.
Don't ask me why, English is just weird like that.

[fiftygoals]

It's so confusing sometimes. Sometimes in early practice and I'm tired I only understand half of what my teammates are talking about.

[canadien]

That sounds really frustrating.
Something like that's happened with a couple of the French speakers on the Metros, but there's more than one of us so usually someone is awake enough to translate. It must suck dealing with it by yourself.

[fiftygoals]

I usually just tell them to shut up until I am awake. Is not so bad, my English has gotten better. But it can be frustrating, sometimes.

[canadien]

Do you ever miss speaking Russian regularly?

[fiftygoals]

A little. Sometimes. But I talk to Svetlana often, so it is not that bad.

[canadien]

I'm glad you have that. Have her.

[fiftygoals]

I hope you meet her, someday. She would like you.

[canadien]

Really?
I mean, I'd like to meet her too. Someday.

[fiftygoals]

Yes, really. She knows that you're a man, but doesn't know who you are. I think you'd be friends too.

[canadien]

What's she like? All I really know is you used to hook up and her dad was a goalie.

[fiftygoals]

She's fun and funny and kind. Knows everything about hockey, even more than me. She spends way too much on shoes and always looks amazing. After you, she has the best laugh in the world. She's good with people, and she usually gets her way.

[canadien]

She sounds cool. I can see why you would like her.

[ he is very much focusing on that "after you, she has the best laugh" and trying not to be jealous. but also-- ]

Did you tell her that you were seeing a guy?

[fiftygoals]

She is. We've been friends since we were children.

No, she guessed. She knows that I like women, but men more, most of the time. I think she knew that if I were serious it would be for a man.

[canadien]

[ it's maybe a little ridiculous, but shane feels a small thrill at seeing confirmation, again, that this is serious. ]

So... when I meet her someday, can I ask her for all her embarrassing stories of you as a kid?

[fiftygoals]

You can try, but there are none of those.

[canadien]

I don't believe that for a second.

[fiftygoals]

Russians aren't allowed childhood stories.

And she would keep my secrets anyway.

[Once she realized HOW serious Ilya was, she'd likely cheerfully sell him out with every story she had, but Ilya could deny it until then.]

[canadien]

Come on, you got to see pictures of me as a kid at my parents' place. I want to hear little Ilya stories.

[fiftygoals]

You'll have to wait and try to bribe Svetlana.

[canadien]

And you're not going to give me any hints on how to do that, are you?

[fiftygoals]

She loves candied almonds.

[canadien]

[ is he writing this down in his notes app even though he has no plans to actually meet svetlana any time soon? you bet he is. ]

So she's got better taste than you.

[fiftygoals]

In most things. Maybe not in taste in men.

[canadien]

Isn't it insulting yourself to say that? Since you used to hook up.