Opposites Attract
Abnormal
Sunday Tuukka had practice at TD Garden until noon. In the locker room after practice, Seguin said, "Hey Tuukk! Anything new with that girl?"
"We're gonna get pizza tonight."
Seguin smiled. "Wear a condom bro. Wait, just kidding, the flight's at 11, no way you're gonna have enough time dude. Sucks"
"I didn't really think we were going to fuck anyways," he said. To get a rise out of Seguin he added, "Wouldn't be so sure though. We're leaving her house at 5:30."
Tuukka was grinning and Seguin grinned too.
Tuukka got ready to leave, picked up a sub on his way home, and got home by 1. He began to pack and was already done by 1:30. He bummed around for a few hours and watched The Breakfast Club.
Around 3 pm when the movie was over, Tuukka texted Katie:
Ill be at your apartment round 5:30, figured we could walk if thats ok... it's about a 20 minute walk, right?
Katie texted back a minute later:
yeah, 15-20 minutes. sounds good, see ya then!
Katie put down her phone and was sitting on her bed. She'd got home from a class about 10 minutes ago and had no idea what to wear.
"Cara! Can you come here for a sec?"
Cara poked her head into Katie's room. "What's up?"
"I'm going out with Tuukka tonight to get some pizza and I have no idea what to wear."
"Aw! Don't worry, I've gotcha covered."
"Should I wear a dress?"
"Well, it's a pizza date... what's he wearing?"
"I'm not going to ask him that! It sounds like a sext!" Katie said, her mouth wide.
"Jesus sorry! Uh, well you don't have to wear a dress, especially if you wore one last time... I can almost guarantee you he'll probably be wearing like, khakis or something."
"Alright, I'm wearing a dress."
"Jesus okay way to completely ignore everything I just said."
"I'm thinking a white dress."
Sure enough, after about a half an hour, Katie had decided on her outfit and hair. She went with simple, natural makeup and was ready by 5:15.
Katie turned on the tv and watched a random episode of Spongebob for 15 minutes.
Sure enough, at 5:30, the doorbell rang and she opened it to Tuukka standing there.
"Hey!" She said. As she was shutting the door, Cara's foot slid in between the door and the door frame.
"Is this Tuukka?", Tuukka heard. He began to smile because that meant that Katie had told her friend about him.
A small blonde head popped out and exclaimed, "Hello! I'm Cara." The door opened further and she stepped out and extended a hand.
Tuukka shook hands with her and said, "Yes, I'm Tuukka. It's nice to meet you. Seguin's told me a few things about you.." She made a face before he added "don't worry, all good things."
She smiled and replied, "Katie's told me all about you, too. Well, I'm not going to hold you guys any longer. Go on your date!"
With that being said, Cara shut the door abruptly and left Tuukka and Katie standing there. Katie's face was extremely red.
As they began to walk to the North End, Tuukka glanced at her and questioned, "So... what'd you tell her about me?"
Katie looked up at Tuukka, embarrassed. Then she just looked ahead and smiled. Score. Tuukka kept looking at her expecting a response, then looked ahead.
"Don't you guys have a game tomorrow?" Katie asked.
"Yeah, my flight's at 11 tonight."
"Jesus! We shouldn't stay out too late, then."
A few minutes later, a 15 year old boy walked up to them and said, "Hey! You're Tuukka Rask!" Tuukka smiled and responded, "yeah, what's up man?"
"Nothing really, but good luck tomorrow! Can I get a picture?" He said, pulling out his phone.
"Sure," Tuukka said.
"Can you take a picture of us?" The boy asked Katie, who was standing off to the side a bit.
"Of course!" Katie took the phone from the kid and took a few pictures of Tuukka and the boy.
"Thanks!" He said to both Katie and Tuukka. "Wait, is this your girlfriend?" He asked, smiling.
"Alright, nice to meet you..." Tuukka said awkwardly, waving to the kid, motioning Katie to walk ahead with him.
"AH. YOU'RE IN THE AWKWARD PRE-DATING STAGE? COOL, COOL! YOU'RE A BEAST. HEY GIRL, STAY WITH HIM. HE'S RICH! BUT HE'S A PUSSY MAGNET, KEEP A GRIP ON HIM," The kid shouted from behind, before turning around and going back the way he came.
Tuukka's face was extremely red. Now, he was the one who was embarrassed.
Tuukka and Katie walked quietly for a minute before Tuukka began the conversation again.
"...It'll be fine. Worst case scenario is they wait for me."
"...I wouldn't want you to show up to a plane full on angry hockey players, though.."
"That's true, Lucic wouldn't be too happy with me."
"Exactly. We'll be sure to get wittle Tuukka back nice and early!" she taunted.
"I swear to God."
They arrived at Regina Pizza 10 minutes later.
"What kind of pizza do you like?" Tuukka was hoping she'd say something with meat, not just plain cheese like every other girl always gets.
"I love bacon and hamburger meat pizza, it's the best."
"No way. That's literally what I wanted too."
"If only our views on coffee were the same," Katie said, smirking.
Tuukka smiled and walked up to the counter. "Hi, can I get a large cheese with hamburger and bacon?"
"Yep, that'll be about 15 minutes and around $16."
Tuukka paid and took a number and handed Katie a cup. They went to fill their drinks, Katie with root beer and Tuukka with Diet Mountain Dew.
"Diet Mountain Dew?" Katie asked.
"You know, gotta watch my figure." Tuukka responded, laughing. He actually didn't give a shit about his figure, he just didn't like the taste of regular Mountain Dew.
"That's abnormal," Katie said, sitting down at a little table for two.
"You're abnormal."
"Why is that?"
"You're a hockey fan, and not to sound vain, but you didn't exactly freak out when you met me. A lot of people do," Tuukka said. He shut his eyes and regretted that the second he said it. He sounded way too cocky.
Katie sat there for a second before she replied, "That night at the club, I went to the game before. I knew who you were, and if you want me to be blatantly honest, I knew I could've scored a goal on you that first period. When we got to the club, I didn't want to be there. Which is one of the reasons I was drinking, drinking a lot... And when I found out the Bruins were there, I really didn't want to be there.. around puck sluts who only cared about the players, and knew nothing about the game. So of course, when Cara pulls me out to the dance floor, I say 'ah whatever, I'm leaving in 10 minutes anyways'. Cara agreed to leave too, but not without dancing first. Out of all the people who could have danced with her, who walks up to her? None other than Tyler Seguin himself. I know all about Seguin's reputation in Boston, and I didn't want my friend to be another puck slut. Then you came, and I judged you to be the same as Seguin. I didn't want to be a puck slut, even if Cara did. I couldn't stand to watch it, and I just wanted to leave... So I did. But you followed me, and well, thank God you did. Because I wouldn't have been able to get home otherwise. All in all, I didn't freak out because I thought you were another stereotypical hockey player, who rakes in the girls in one hand and the drinks in the other. And I wanted nothing to do with it."
She paused for a second, before adding, "But, I was wrong." Katie didn't want to mention the puck slut he'd slept with later that night. She knew if she mentioned that, it'd kill him.
Tuukka sat there for a minute, in shock. He literally had no idea what to say. No girl had ever said something that ballsy to him.
"Well... that was honest.."
"Sorry, that was a little harsh.."
"No, no, it wasn't. That night I played so shitty in the first period because I thought I recognized you from somewhere--" Tuukka stopped dead in his words. He didn't want to tell her how he recognized her, how he knew her from the Marathon. Not yet.
"Really? From where?"
Shit. "...I don't know, just from around Boston or at a party, I think."
"Oh."
Right then, their pizza came. Tuukka didn't really want to talk anymore and mess up anything else any further, so he gave Katie a slice then dug into his own slice.
After 4 slices for them both and a long, no-longer awkward walk home, Katie was standing at her door around 10:15.
"I had fun tonight. That was good pizza," she said.
"Yeah, me too. And yeah it was! I can't believe we finished the entire thing."
"Me neither." She then bit her lips and looked at Tuukka's for a second. God that's fucking hot, Tuukka thought.
Before Tuukka knew what he was doing, his lips met Katie's and he was holding her face. She stood there for a second, surprised, not knowing how to react. After a few seconds, she began to kiss back and leaned her body into his. He smelled like Old Spice. His arms moved from her face to her waist and she had her left arm touching his shoulder and moved her right arm along his chest. Still smells like vanilla, and tastes like peaches.. beautiful.
Tuukka pulled his lips away from hers after a good 20 seconds, his forehead still touching hers.
"I've wanted to do that ever since--" He was interrupted by Katie now pressing her lips to his, and he could feel her smiling against his face.
She pulled away a few moments later and simply said, "I know."
Tuukka let go of her waist as she moved away to go to open her door. She opened it, then turned around.
"Don't hold up the plane, Tuukk. I'll be here when you get back... good luck."
"Looch is probably gonna have a fit. Thank you, I'll talk to you later on," he smiled and began to walk down the steps.
He turned around upon seeing that the light from the door was still shining through to the sidewalk, and Katie's lips immediately met his.
"One more for the road."
"We're gonna get pizza tonight."
Seguin smiled. "Wear a condom bro. Wait, just kidding, the flight's at 11, no way you're gonna have enough time dude. Sucks"
"I didn't really think we were going to fuck anyways," he said. To get a rise out of Seguin he added, "Wouldn't be so sure though. We're leaving her house at 5:30."
Tuukka was grinning and Seguin grinned too.
Tuukka got ready to leave, picked up a sub on his way home, and got home by 1. He began to pack and was already done by 1:30. He bummed around for a few hours and watched The Breakfast Club.
Around 3 pm when the movie was over, Tuukka texted Katie:
Ill be at your apartment round 5:30, figured we could walk if thats ok... it's about a 20 minute walk, right?
Katie texted back a minute later:
yeah, 15-20 minutes. sounds good, see ya then!
Katie put down her phone and was sitting on her bed. She'd got home from a class about 10 minutes ago and had no idea what to wear.
"Cara! Can you come here for a sec?"
Cara poked her head into Katie's room. "What's up?"
"I'm going out with Tuukka tonight to get some pizza and I have no idea what to wear."
"Aw! Don't worry, I've gotcha covered."
"Should I wear a dress?"
"Well, it's a pizza date... what's he wearing?"
"I'm not going to ask him that! It sounds like a sext!" Katie said, her mouth wide.
"Jesus sorry! Uh, well you don't have to wear a dress, especially if you wore one last time... I can almost guarantee you he'll probably be wearing like, khakis or something."
"Alright, I'm wearing a dress."
"Jesus okay way to completely ignore everything I just said."
"I'm thinking a white dress."
Sure enough, after about a half an hour, Katie had decided on her outfit and hair. She went with simple, natural makeup and was ready by 5:15.
Katie turned on the tv and watched a random episode of Spongebob for 15 minutes.
Sure enough, at 5:30, the doorbell rang and she opened it to Tuukka standing there.
"Hey!" She said. As she was shutting the door, Cara's foot slid in between the door and the door frame.
"Is this Tuukka?", Tuukka heard. He began to smile because that meant that Katie had told her friend about him.
A small blonde head popped out and exclaimed, "Hello! I'm Cara." The door opened further and she stepped out and extended a hand.
Tuukka shook hands with her and said, "Yes, I'm Tuukka. It's nice to meet you. Seguin's told me a few things about you.." She made a face before he added "don't worry, all good things."
She smiled and replied, "Katie's told me all about you, too. Well, I'm not going to hold you guys any longer. Go on your date!"
With that being said, Cara shut the door abruptly and left Tuukka and Katie standing there. Katie's face was extremely red.
As they began to walk to the North End, Tuukka glanced at her and questioned, "So... what'd you tell her about me?"
Katie looked up at Tuukka, embarrassed. Then she just looked ahead and smiled. Score. Tuukka kept looking at her expecting a response, then looked ahead.
"Don't you guys have a game tomorrow?" Katie asked.
"Yeah, my flight's at 11 tonight."
"Jesus! We shouldn't stay out too late, then."
A few minutes later, a 15 year old boy walked up to them and said, "Hey! You're Tuukka Rask!" Tuukka smiled and responded, "yeah, what's up man?"
"Nothing really, but good luck tomorrow! Can I get a picture?" He said, pulling out his phone.
"Sure," Tuukka said.
"Can you take a picture of us?" The boy asked Katie, who was standing off to the side a bit.
"Of course!" Katie took the phone from the kid and took a few pictures of Tuukka and the boy.
"Thanks!" He said to both Katie and Tuukka. "Wait, is this your girlfriend?" He asked, smiling.
"Alright, nice to meet you..." Tuukka said awkwardly, waving to the kid, motioning Katie to walk ahead with him.
"AH. YOU'RE IN THE AWKWARD PRE-DATING STAGE? COOL, COOL! YOU'RE A BEAST. HEY GIRL, STAY WITH HIM. HE'S RICH! BUT HE'S A PUSSY MAGNET, KEEP A GRIP ON HIM," The kid shouted from behind, before turning around and going back the way he came.
Tuukka's face was extremely red. Now, he was the one who was embarrassed.
Tuukka and Katie walked quietly for a minute before Tuukka began the conversation again.
"...It'll be fine. Worst case scenario is they wait for me."
"...I wouldn't want you to show up to a plane full on angry hockey players, though.."
"That's true, Lucic wouldn't be too happy with me."
"Exactly. We'll be sure to get wittle Tuukka back nice and early!" she taunted.
"I swear to God."
They arrived at Regina Pizza 10 minutes later.
"What kind of pizza do you like?" Tuukka was hoping she'd say something with meat, not just plain cheese like every other girl always gets.
"I love bacon and hamburger meat pizza, it's the best."
"No way. That's literally what I wanted too."
"If only our views on coffee were the same," Katie said, smirking.
Tuukka smiled and walked up to the counter. "Hi, can I get a large cheese with hamburger and bacon?"
"Yep, that'll be about 15 minutes and around $16."
Tuukka paid and took a number and handed Katie a cup. They went to fill their drinks, Katie with root beer and Tuukka with Diet Mountain Dew.
"Diet Mountain Dew?" Katie asked.
"You know, gotta watch my figure." Tuukka responded, laughing. He actually didn't give a shit about his figure, he just didn't like the taste of regular Mountain Dew.
"That's abnormal," Katie said, sitting down at a little table for two.
"You're abnormal."
"Why is that?"
"You're a hockey fan, and not to sound vain, but you didn't exactly freak out when you met me. A lot of people do," Tuukka said. He shut his eyes and regretted that the second he said it. He sounded way too cocky.
Katie sat there for a second before she replied, "That night at the club, I went to the game before. I knew who you were, and if you want me to be blatantly honest, I knew I could've scored a goal on you that first period. When we got to the club, I didn't want to be there. Which is one of the reasons I was drinking, drinking a lot... And when I found out the Bruins were there, I really didn't want to be there.. around puck sluts who only cared about the players, and knew nothing about the game. So of course, when Cara pulls me out to the dance floor, I say 'ah whatever, I'm leaving in 10 minutes anyways'. Cara agreed to leave too, but not without dancing first. Out of all the people who could have danced with her, who walks up to her? None other than Tyler Seguin himself. I know all about Seguin's reputation in Boston, and I didn't want my friend to be another puck slut. Then you came, and I judged you to be the same as Seguin. I didn't want to be a puck slut, even if Cara did. I couldn't stand to watch it, and I just wanted to leave... So I did. But you followed me, and well, thank God you did. Because I wouldn't have been able to get home otherwise. All in all, I didn't freak out because I thought you were another stereotypical hockey player, who rakes in the girls in one hand and the drinks in the other. And I wanted nothing to do with it."
She paused for a second, before adding, "But, I was wrong." Katie didn't want to mention the puck slut he'd slept with later that night. She knew if she mentioned that, it'd kill him.
Tuukka sat there for a minute, in shock. He literally had no idea what to say. No girl had ever said something that ballsy to him.
"Well... that was honest.."
"Sorry, that was a little harsh.."
"No, no, it wasn't. That night I played so shitty in the first period because I thought I recognized you from somewhere--" Tuukka stopped dead in his words. He didn't want to tell her how he recognized her, how he knew her from the Marathon. Not yet.
"Really? From where?"
Shit. "...I don't know, just from around Boston or at a party, I think."
"Oh."
Right then, their pizza came. Tuukka didn't really want to talk anymore and mess up anything else any further, so he gave Katie a slice then dug into his own slice.
After 4 slices for them both and a long, no-longer awkward walk home, Katie was standing at her door around 10:15.
"I had fun tonight. That was good pizza," she said.
"Yeah, me too. And yeah it was! I can't believe we finished the entire thing."
"Me neither." She then bit her lips and looked at Tuukka's for a second. God that's fucking hot, Tuukka thought.
Before Tuukka knew what he was doing, his lips met Katie's and he was holding her face. She stood there for a second, surprised, not knowing how to react. After a few seconds, she began to kiss back and leaned her body into his. He smelled like Old Spice. His arms moved from her face to her waist and she had her left arm touching his shoulder and moved her right arm along his chest. Still smells like vanilla, and tastes like peaches.. beautiful.
Tuukka pulled his lips away from hers after a good 20 seconds, his forehead still touching hers.
"I've wanted to do that ever since--" He was interrupted by Katie now pressing her lips to his, and he could feel her smiling against his face.
She pulled away a few moments later and simply said, "I know."
Tuukka let go of her waist as she moved away to go to open her door. She opened it, then turned around.
"Don't hold up the plane, Tuukk. I'll be here when you get back... good luck."
"Looch is probably gonna have a fit. Thank you, I'll talk to you later on," he smiled and began to walk down the steps.
He turned around upon seeing that the light from the door was still shining through to the sidewalk, and Katie's lips immediately met his.
"One more for the road."
Notes
AAAHHHHHHHHHH---anyone watch the ESPY's? the hoyts were unbelievable, true bostonians & amazing people
let me know what you guys think
Love this!!! Tuukka is super sexy.
4/26/14