Then she had spent the morning by herself skating restlessly back and forth on the portable rink.
When Yuri entered the Huygens Cafeteria in search of lunch, Phoebe was sitting by heself with a double cheeseburger and and two orders of fries.
Yuri looked across the cafeteria; saw Pheobe sitting by herself with a surprising amount of food. Got in line; ordered what he thought she was eating -- with the exception of onion rings instead of fries.
Boldly he sat down next to Phoebe, not as close as he desired; Griff said to go slow. This was easy because he could not think of anything to say. He had considered saying that the LA Kings were not off to a very good start, but Phoebe probably knew that was not true .
Phoebe eyed the onion rings on his plate.
"Would you like some of my onion rings?" he asked.
"Yes."
Yuri handed her his plate. "They are all yours," he responded.
Phoebe arrived at the Huygens cafeteria alone. She had spent the early morning tearing up Calgary Dinos hockey news clippings that menioned Casey-Marcel. During the years she dated him while they were both at Calgary, she had treasured each clipping; they were kept in a red and gold now-empty box that had once contained chocolates-- sent her a few days after Valentines Day, late due to a team road trip to Regina.