I'm Back After 4 Years Hello everyone that still use the Opuss app. My name is Troy, and back when i was 16 i started writing a story on this app and stopped about a chapter away from finishing it. Ever since that day i've always had thoughts about finishing it and i think four years has been enough. If anyone wants to check out my story it will be on my old posts (be mindful that i was 15/16 years old when i wrote this) Thank you for any love and support -Troy

Miracle On Ice Update: Sadly enough, my story Miracle On Ice is coming to an end within about 2 chapters. I'm proud how it turned out and I'm glad at least some people like it. Comment on this to tell me about what you think about the story, what should I fix, and if you would like to see a book 2. You guys are the best! -Troy

Miracle On Ice -Chapter 15- "The last Dance" As the sun begins to rise over London, I roll out of bed and quickly head outside to watch. As I sit outside the porch the sky is still tinted with the hazy night sky. I pull out my phone and look at the time, "Huh, it's only 6:30..." I silently put my phone away as I hear a faint voice behind me. "Yea, why you up so early Troy?" Drew says sitting next to me. I look at him for a second a laugh a little shaking my head. "I just cant sleep, my whole #life I've dreamt of this moment...now..." Drew interrupts me "You never thought it would be so sad..". I look at him and nods silently. Who put it the best way possible. The Olympic is only two weeks long, after that, it's back to real #life, school, and I won't be able to see Aliya ever again. "I.. I love you man" I say slowly say as I blow warm air on my hands. He smiles as he grabs my shoulder "I love you to Cuzin, and don't worry after all of this, I promise I will visit you and Tyler a couple times, It's not that far of a drive...". I look at him and then back at the ground, "I live in Michigan, you live in California, that's a long drive...". Drew looks at me and smiles a little bit, "Troy, we are family, I will make it work!" He stands up and walks inside, "Get some rest, ok" Drew says as he walks back inside. I slowly stand up and stretch, I think for a second as I begin to walk away from the house. I throw on my team U.S.A jacket as I walk to a ring shop, the cold night air burns my face as I walk silently down the street. The sun slowly begins to rise when I finally arrive to the ring shop, I firmly knock on the store door as the manger opens it. "What can I... Wait... Your Troy Ross from the U.S hockey team. What may this pleasure be?" I look at him as I step into his store. "I need a promise ring, the best one money can buy" I say as my voice comes out raspy. The manger quietly thinks for a moment then smiles. "I got it!! Wait here Troy, while I go grab it for you" he begins to walk off as I look around the shop. The store was very small, but had a nice, elegant look to it. The walls where painted a nice maroon and white, while the floor was a nice blanket carpet. Finally after a couple of minutes the manger walks back up to me with a golden ring, the diamond in the middle had a red, blue, and white tint to it. "I think this is the perfect ring you could get, it has the colors of the American flag so Aliya will never forget you" the manger says crossing his arms in pleasure adding in a quick smirk. I laugh a bit and look at the ring, "How did you know this was..." The manger quietly interrupts me. "Everyone knows about you and her. You two are probably the first big love struck story in Olympic History". I smile for a bit as I close the ring case and put it in my pocket. "How much for the ring?" I say pulling out my wallet. The manger grabs a piece of paper and a pen, then hands it to me. "All I want is your signature, and a picture of you giving Aliya the ring so I can use it to advertise." I slightly nod my head as I sign the paper. "It's a deal, thank you for everything" I slowly walk out as I lay a $5000 dollars on his front desk when he isn't looking, by the time I walk outside the sun has fully raised and all of London was awake. By the time I walk back to the mansion the sun is in the middle of the sky, when I open the door, all of the light are off and their is not a person in sight. As soon as I turn on the light of the main room, every single U.S athlete pops out from hiding and shout "Surprise!". I smile as I cover my mouth in shock. Everyone crowds around me and hug me tightly, finally threw the group of people Michael Phelps hugs me and whispers in my ear "I thought you could use a surprise like this for today, the hockey team thought so to." I look at him as I wipe a small tear away from my eye. "Thank you.. For everything" I smile as he walks off and more people hug me. As soon as everyone gets their hugs in Tyler and Drew carry out a big cake in the shape of the American Flag, and with it is every name of the U.S Olympic contestants. I slowly grab my slice of cake as I head back to my room, and lay down on my soft mattress. After a little bit Tyler and Drew both walk into the room and glare at me. "Why aren't you at your party Troy?" Drew says while he crosses his arms. I look up at him then shrug, "I'm just thinking about tonight...that's all..." I look over to Tyler when he opens his mouth. "We'll don't get to depressed, we have the championship game tomorrow against Russia, and we need you in tip-top shape for it" he smirks as he closes his mouth. I stand up and start putting on my dress clothes when I pause. "I promised you guys from the beginning that I wouldn't let anyone get in my way of the gold medal, that promise still stands". They both smile and nod as they leave the room to let me finish getting dressed. As I sit down at the dinner table I look back at everything that has let me up to this. My whole #life I haven't had the best luck with girls, but because of the Olympic; I've met the love of my #life. I entangle my fingers together as a see Aliya walking into the restaurant wearing a beautiful black dress that barely touches the ground. I stand up and hug her tightly as she wraps her arms around my neck. I shortly smile, "You looking amazing Aliya". We let go of each other as we both sit down and order our food. "Can I order the fish special please?" Aliya says to the waiter as he takes her menu. Her Russian accent is still very strong, but over the couple of days it seemed to become less thick. I grab her hand and hold it on the table as we both smile. "So you finally got that fish dinner you wanted?" I say laughing a bit. She blushes and nods "I guess so". As we sit there for a while and gaze into each other eyes, someone creeps up from behind and grabs my shoulder, Aliya's face goes from happy to in shock. I don't turn around when he talks. "I can I speak to you for a second...American!" I could tell who it was from the voice, it was Dimitri. I slowly stand up and walk outside with him when he aggressively pushes me into the cold rain. "I told you to stay away from here, but you Americans never seem to listen" he says crossing his arms angrily. I can see the flashes from cameras go off as I curl a fist. I slowly walk out of the rain and I get right in his face. "She likes me, not you! You want revenge on me, take it out tomorrow, but not tonight... Tonight is for me and her" I firmly walk past him hitting him with my shoulder. As I walk back inside, I wipe the water off my face and feel the stitches on my lip from when I fought him last time. Something in my mind tells me I'm not going to win the fight tomorrow. After we finish eating we walk outside and walk around, the air is still cold from the rain shower that just pasted. We walk around In complete silence when I grab her hand and stop in the middle of a open field. She looks at me when I pull out the promise ring. "These two weeks I've spent with you have been amazing, and I'm not really good with goodbyes... But I don't want this to be goodbye, just a "I will see you soon" so with this ring..." I open the ring box and put the ring on her finger "...I promise to love you every second, of everyday, I promise to find no other girl as good as you. And with this ring, I promise to love you till the end of time" I let go of the ring as she hugs me. "I got you something to Troy" she says as I feel her let go of me, slowly she pulls out a full golden male promise ring, with small writing on the inside. She puts it around my finger when she smiles. "On the inside of it, it was "Miracles can happen" I'm pretty sure you know who #quoted that". I look at the ring as I think for a second. I never really thought about it, but she made a good point. Over these past 7 months of hard work, I've turned into a hero, even a role model. People look up to me to make the right choices. "Thank you Aliya" I pull her close as I kiss her for what feels like minutes when cameramen take pictures after pictures. When I walk her to her plane, emotions swarm me like how blood flows from a fresh cut. I bite my lip trying not to cry when she lets go of my hand and walks onto the private jet. She turns around and faces me when gets on the entrance. I try to smile when I have good bye. She swiftly wipes away a tear. She blows me a kiss which I catch and throw in my pocket as she walks onto the plane. I look at the ground as I shuffle my way back to the U.S house. Tomorrow is the biggest hockey game of my #life... Tomorrow is the day that miracles are made for.

Miracle On Ice -Chapter 14- "Golden ticket to hell" I don't know what's worse waking up to Tyler snoring or knowing that today is one of the most important games of my #life. Today we face team Canada in the semi finals. I quickly get out of bed and grab my pillow. I grip it tightly as I wind back and throw it at Tyler hitting him square in the face. He makes one more loud snore as he picks his head up "What was that for!?" Tyler says wiping the sand out of his eyes. "For starters you snore like a bear, plus we have a game in 2 hours so I'm heading to the rink, your welcome to come princess" I say laughing. Tyler laughs a little bit and gets out of his bed. I notice his eyes have huge dark circles under them. "You want me to make eggs?" Tyler asks yawning. I look at him and shake my head. "Coach already got us some food at the rink" I say putting on my jacket. We both walk down stairs and head outside. We meet the other players as we all walk to the ice rink with 1 hour until game time. We all sit in are locker room stalls eating bagels when the coach walks in holding a clipboard. "Ok this is it boys, if you lose we go home empty handed, and if we win. We have a chance to win it all. To be honest I don't care what happens tonight, I'm proud of all of you. You truly are the dream team boys. Now let's go grab it!" he leaves the locker room as the rest of us finish getting changed and eating. As a team we all stand up and create a circle around the American flag in the locker room. I lift my hand high in the air "Who are we!?" I say loudly as the whole team quickly responds. "USA!". We all leave the locker room and walk toward the ice. People and t.v channels line up in a straight line taking pictures and video of us. Finally I step on the ice and skate around in the dark. The crowd and the music fill the whole rink as the lights fully flicker on, it's now or never. I line up at the face off my hand shaking violently on the stick. The crowd goes silent when the referees drop the puck, Drew wins it. I grip my stick tightly and skate quickly down the ice, while banging my stick on the ice for a pass. I catch the puck and move behind the Canadians net. I pick my head up looking for a pass when I skate around the net and lightly tap it to Michael. He easily catches my pass and takes a shot missing the net. Quickly Canada grabs the puck and sprint down the ice. I get on the bench as line 2 steps on the ice. "What happened there Michael?" says Drew with a bit of a tone. "I didn't swing hard enough that's all..." Michael says while pouring water into his mouth. I knew this was gonna be a hard game, but it's even. As the first period ends we skate off the ice and head back to the locker room the score tied at 0. Two periods have gone by, and no one has scored. I sit in the locker room taking short long breathes trying to calm my heart rate down. I take off my helmet and run my fingers threw my sweaty hair, for the first time i am actually physically dead. "I can't take much more of this!" Drew says while he rolls his head against the wall behind him. "We need to push are selves, we are so close!" Tyler says putting a ice pack on his shoulder. I slightly lift my head up and look at the team, the room quiets down as every player looks at me. I slowly lower my head and shake it in defeat when Michael stands up throwing his stick on the ground. "We cannot lose this game tonight boys! We have worked to hard for it! We missed are families for 7 months, haven't been to school, Ive lost everything for this one opportunity and I'm not losing it tonight!!! Now who is with me!?". Everyone stands up and forms a circle while sticking there hands in the middle. Michael looks at me threw the crowd and smiles slightly , "Ready Captain?". I look at him and smile back, "Who are we!?" I shout as everyone replies "U.S.A!!!" we all quickly put on are helmets and grab are sticks while we head on the ice for one more time. I step on the ice and skate around, listening to the crowd cheer. I make my way to the face off were Drew lines up to take the puck drop. When the puck drops team Canada wins it but I easily step in the way and knock over there player, I then kick the puck with my skate to Drew. He flies down the ice and rips a shot, but misses glove side. I skate back to the bench and sit down when line 2 goes out. "I almost had it!" Drew says banging his stick against the boards. I look at him and sigh lightly "It was a good effort man.." I grab for the water bottle when I pick my head up and look in the stands, there I see Aliya sitting there glaring at me. Only 10 minutes left when my line goes out for the 4th time in this period. I quickly gain speed and move into defensive position by lifting the puck carriers stick while Michael grabs the loose puck. After that he passes it to Drew as we all head down the ice. I pick my head up and bang my stick calling for a pass. Drew looks at me and passes the puck perfectly to me. I quickly burst down the ice and brake free from the defense. Time begins to slow as I grip my stick tightly. I pull to the left and takes a fast shot to the right corner. Suddenly I get hit and fall over missing my shot I took. I look up at everyone when the goal buzzer goes off. Drew and Michael tackle me as the group shakes the stadium with cheering. We won the game. As I leave the locker room I spot Aliya standing next to the door. We both look at each other as I set my bags down. She quickly runs at me as she falls perfectly into my arms as we stand there in a long hug. We both pull are faces back as are lips meet for the first time. After about 5 seconds she pulls her face away. "I'm leaving tomorrow Troy... I'm going back to Russia". I stand there in shock as the hug breaks up. "What does that mean for us?" I say looking shocked. She shakes her head as she looks down. I pull In for one more hug. "I will think of something Aliya... I will think of something..."

Miracle On Ice -Chapter 13- "Making new friends" I stand in front of the banquet hall. I have on a nice light blue dress tee shirt tucked into long black dress pants with a dark blue and red tie. I put my hands into my pockets as I walk inside. I walk around trying to find Michael when I feel a tight grip on my shoulder. When I turn around I see Michael Phelps looking at me with a nice smirk. "Hey Troy glad you could make it! Your sitting at my table if you don't mind" I look at him and laugh. "It's fine, thank you" I smile and walk over to the our table. I sit down as Michael sits down next to me. "How many people are coming?" I ask him as people begin to take there seats. "Only a couple hundred, which reminds me I have someone you might want to meet. She's around your age. So you might want to comb your hair..." he looks at me and laughs. I laugh a little and grab my comb from my pocket. I slowly comb my hair when I notice a girl walking toward the table. She's wearing a black dress which goes perfectly with her long brown hair. She was very tall for a girl and her skin was very tanned. I feel my face get redder as she sits down across from Michael. "Troy this is Alison, the female gold medalist swimmer" Michael says hitting my arm lightly with his elbow. "Hi it's a pleasure to meet you, I've seen a couple of your games on t.v" she says in a very sweet tone. "Hey... It's a pleasure to meet you to. Michael was telling me a lot about you...." I say my face getting even redder as it slightly begins to burn. She lifts a eye brow and looks at Michael. "Did he now?" she says as everyone else sits down and the waiters bring out the main course. "I hope you like caviare!" Michael says as the waiters set down a plate of food in front of me. I look at it as I pick up my fork. "You kidding me, I love this stuff!!" I quickly put the strange food in my mouth. I cough violently as I grab my napkin and spit it out. "What is that!?" I ask sipping my bubbling water. Alison looks at me and giggles like a teenage girl "It's fish eggs" she smilies while she still laughs. Michael looks at me and smirks. "Something tells me you didn't grow up in a rich family?" I look at him as I grab a dinner roll. "Yea we didn't have to much money" I say laughing. We all stay silent as we continue are meal. As we all begin to finish are meals a man in a all black tux stands up and walks to the podium. "Ladies and Gentle men of American, it has come to that time again that we have the annual contest to see who everyone thinks the most important athlete is of this year" the man says loudly threw the microphone. I look at Michael Phelps does the same "This is we're the guy calls up 5 people and we all vote who is the most important". I look at him and nod knowing I'm probably not going to be called up. "Alright and those five athletes this year is Michael Phelps, Hope Solo, Troy Ross, Serena Williams, and Andy Roddick. May all those athletes please come forward". I look at Michael Phelps as he smiles at me. "Stand next to me!" he says as I stand up. We walk over and stand in a straight line. Next to me is Hope Solo. "Alright now everyone please go vote!!" the man says as everyone runs off to the voting booth. About 5 minutes later everyone sits back down and the guy grabs the envelope from the polls. "Alright now let's see who the first 2 people that will be sitting back down. Can Serena and Andy go back to there seats. As the crowd claps my palms begin to get sweaty as I look up at the crowd. "Now the next person to sit down is... Michael Phelps..." I look at him shocked as he nods and walks back to his seat. When I think about it i realize that he hasn't been doing so good this Olympic season. The crowd clap and whistle as the men looks at us both. "and finally the winner of this olympic games is.... Troy Ross, the ice hockey captain". The crowd of people clap and whistle violently as Michael hops out of his seat and hugs me. I can't believe I actually won. Alison joins us as I get the trophy. I kiss it and lift in the air when Alison hugs me from the side. "Congrats on winning!" she says, I slowly feel my face burn red. The rest of the night when on slow but I did know one thing, everyone seemed to care about the hockey team... Now we have to win.