The beach was always a great place to run in the morning. One, not many people came out this early in the morning and two, Rylan didn't mind getting up to watch the sunrise as he did his daily routine. After about 20 minutes of running from one section of the beach and then back to his start, he took a small break to look out at the sun rising above the ocean. Rylan smiled, as the sky lit up an orangish color, then quickly he got back to his running. He did another 20 minute run before heading back to his car. He walked up to his car and leaned against the front of the car, wiping off the sweat on his face and taking a few drinks of water. A few girls, who wanted to get a good spot on the beach walked by a few parking spots down and were staring at him. He smiled and rolled his eyes, but the girls giggled and moved onto their true reason of being there.<br/><br/>Rylan got into his car and drove back to his apartment a couple miles away. It was a nice two bedroom apartment, which he didn't have to share with any of his teammates, thank goodness.<span style="font-style: italic">As much as I love company, I'd rather not have a roommate,</span>Rylan thought. He sat down on his couch and picked up the remote and turned on the flat-screen TV on the wall, to catch the morning news just beginning. Surprisingly, the news started off with the announcement of the Pirates upcoming season. Rylan gave a huff, but was smiling, wishing sometimes he could keep the team to the rink.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Few hours later</span><br/>Rylan had fallen asleep on the couch, which wasn't a big deal because he did this occasionally after runs, but he seemed extra tired. He shook his head and combed his hand through his light brown hair. Rylan got up and walked over to his fridge and picked out a water bottle and moved back to the couch again, hoping to find something interesting to do while he waited for 10 am to roll around. Rylan had called a team meeting before the press conference was going to take place, just to make sure everyone was on the same page about the upcoming season. Even, the cheerleaders were invited to the meeting because he knew a few of them would be quite unhappy if they weren't invited.<br/>_______________________________<br/><span style="font-style: italic">Gosh, this sucks so bad!</span>Jace thought as he ran through his apartment, trying to find where his small dog, Molly, went. He hoped the little Yorkshire Terrier hadn't gotten onto the balcony again. He was terrified to allow her on the balcony because she might fall off, even though there was a glass wall between the railings and ledge. "Molly!" Jace called hoping he would get her attention.<br/><br/>Rather quickly a jingling sound made a noise from his bedroom and out ran a small black and brown dog, with a ton of excitement on her face. Jace turned and smiled as she ran up to him and sat down waiting for him to show her more attention. "Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know you little attention diva," Jace said as he picked her up by her stomach and held her up to his face. She licked his face with a bright smile on her small face.<br/><br/>Though, this wasn't Jace's main priority today because he hoped his friend could watch Molly while he headed to the rink for the team meeting and press conference. "Oh yay," Jace said with sarcastic enthusiasm.<br/><br/>________________________________<br/>Vanellope took in a deep breath as she finished doing her hair for the event taking place later at Armstrong Arena. She just hoped that no one would start questioning the team because of their young captain choice. She believed Rylan will make a great captain, even though she had only talked to him a few times. He was kind, yet willing to get the job done and make sure the team was successful in their first season in the ECHL. She knew the other teams wouldn't take kindly to another team in the state of Florida. Along with the Pirates, the ECHL had two other teams in the state, the Florida Everblades and Orlando SolarBears. Though, this was great for the three teams because of their closeness and the ability for fans to travel to the others.<span style="font-style: italic">I mean if Alaska can have an ECHL team, then another team will be fine here.</span>She thought with a big smile on her face.<br/><br/>Vanellope looked down at her attire and smirked when she realized that she still was in her pajamas and t-shirt. She quickly brushed her teeth, then set out a nice, but casual attire to wear to the rink. She wondered if anyone would yell at her for wearing skirt and leggings to the rink because it could get really cold in there.