THE GROUP OF SEVEN were all sprawled out in Dylan's room, some on their phones, others simply just sitting. As Dylan walked into the room with a snacks, the boys all turned their attention to the young girl.

"Alright," the dark haired girl spoke, sitting down cross-legged in her spiny desk chair. "We're making progress..." She added, gesturing to Tyler and Jamie, who had adjusted quite well the past two days.

"We are, but we really gotta get going with this plan. It's almost August, we all have jobs that we need to start again soon." Jamie pointed out, everyone nodding in agreement.

It was silent for a moment before Alex spoke up. "We know we want to show that we can all come together for this, because thats how much we want it, but we need to make sure everyone knows about it. I think we need to do a few interviews or a youtube video or something explaining what this is." The Russian spoke up, everyone nodding in agreement, again.

"Whats the point of doing an interview, if there's only-" Andre paused to look everyone over, "- seven people?"

"Yeah, he's right. We still need more people," Sidney agreed.

Evgeni furrowed his brows in confusion, "But I Evgeni Malkin, you Sid The Kid, Tyler Seguin. We really need more?"

Tyler smirked approvingly at the Russian, "Geno's got a point."

Dylan tilted her head, pondering the thought for a moment, "yeah but could you imagine if we had Mcdavid or Eichel? Kane or Toews? We would be that much stronger."

"I got Toews number," Sidney said, everyone perking up at this.

When no one moved, Andre shoved Sidney in the shoulder. "Well don't just stand there, call him!"

Sidney pulled out his phone, a moment later it was pressed to his ear, the faint sound of ringing echoing in the room. "Don't be asshole, we wanna hear," Geno spoke on behalf of everyone.

Sidney pressed the speakerphone button, just in time for everyone to hear Johnny's voice. "Sid?"

"Hey man! You busy right now?"

There was a slight pause before Jonathan said anything, "uh well- hang on a sec." Shuffling was heard as the seven huddled together to hear what was going on. "Kaner- yeah! No! Pause the game! That's not fair! That doesn't count!" Johnny took his hand off the microphone, "sorry, no I'm not. Whats up?"

"Patricks with you?" Tyler yelled, making sure Toews would hear him.

"Yeah he is- is that Seguin?"

"Yup! And Jamie too!" Jamie yelled, throwing his arm around Tyler's shoulder, though Jonathan couldn't see.

"I'm really intrigued now, whats up?" Johnny asked, curiosity clear in his voice.

Sidney looked around the room, as if asking if he could explain everything. When no one said anything, he dove right in to everything.

"Yeah, so we want your help. And Patrick's," Dylan finished hopeful, praying they'll agree.

There was a few minutes of silence, only the sound of rustling being heard. "Um... no. I mean I think it's great, but I just don't want to start and get in the middle of all this shit. I want to focus on my team, I don't need or want any distractions. I'm sorry."

"But-" Sidney tried to talk some sense into him, but Johnny wasn't up for it.

"I'm sorry, but no. Let me know how it goes-" Andre clicked the end button and the line went dead.

"Well that backfired." Alex muttered, shaking his head in disappointment.

"We need to call someone else," Jamie nodded his head sternly.

"Who?"

The room was filled with silence, everyone in deep thought. "Tavares has a lot of say with the players association. We could call him?" Dylan asked, throwing the idea of there.

"I'm on it." Jamie said completely serious, his face stone cold as he pulled out his phone.

[authors note]
this kinda sucks, but i wanted
to update this :(: