Opposites Attract
Burgers
Katie woke up to an alarm going off, an alarm that wasn't hers. She rolled over to her right where the sound was coming from and saw a clock on the nightstand. 8:00.
She rolled back on her back and just laid there for a minute. She looked to her left and smiled when she saw Tuukka asleep next to her. She got up out of the bed, put on his jersey and her underwear. She then went to his fridge to see what he had.
A carton of eggs, leftover Chinese food, 2 apples, 7 beers, orange juice and ingredients for protein shakes. Katie opened a few drawers and then found a frying pan. She began to fry a few eggs.
While the eggs were frying, she sat at a stool on the island and checked her phone. She suddenly felt Tuukka's arms around her waist and his lips against her neck.
"Morning, sweets. Last night was fun."
"Morning, Tuukka. And yes, certainly was," She turned around and held his face and kissed him before getting off the stool and going over to the frying pan.
"Eggs were all you had, so I figured we could have the eggs with an apple and orange juice. "
"That sounds good," he said, walking over to turn on the tv.
Soon the eggs were done frying and Katie put them onto two plates with apples on them.
"Do you have ketchup?" She asked as Tuukka walked over to get his plate.
"Ketchup?"
"Yeah, sometimes I eat my eggs with ketchup."
"That's disgusting!"
"Jeez! First you've never had chocolate milk and now you've never had eggs with ketchup?"
"That sounds disgusting, no!"
Katie smirked and they walked over to his couch to eat their breakfast and watch tv.
At 9:30 Tuukka pulled up to Katie's apartment. She turned to him and said, "Am I going to see you before you leave for Toronto?"
He squinted at the road for a minute, thinking, before he said, "I have practice from 10 to 1, then we leave Boston at 3. I don't think so, I still have to pack and I think Seguin wanted to grab lunch with a few of the guys."
She smiled and looked at her hands in her lap. "That sounds fun."
He forced a smile for a second before saying, "Hey can I ask you something?"
"Of course."
"Remember when we were walking with that kid, and he asked if we were in the awkward pre dating stage?"
She laughed and looked ahead before saying, "Yes. How could I forget?"
He laughed awkwardly. "Well, are we... do you-" He stuttered for a second.
"Are we what?"
"We're past that, right?"
"Well, yeah-- wait, are you asking me to be your girlfriend?"
"Yes!" He exclaimed, looking out his drivers side window. "I really like you, Katie."
"I really like you too." He turned to her. Both of them were smiling and he put his hand on the back of her head and pulled her in, his lips meeting hers.
They stayed like that, making out for a while before Tuukka muttered, "Babe I need to get to practice."
"Yeah, yes. Yeah, yeah. Good luck Tuukka, I know you'll do well."
"Thanks, sweets. I'll be seeing you."
She got out and went into her apartment. Tuukka drove to practice, the time 9:40.
By the time Tuukka showed up to the ice fully dressed it was 10:10.
"Rask! 'Bout fuckin' time!" Coach Julien shouted, pointing to the net. "I'd love to hear about what made you the only one late."
"I'm sorry, my alarm fucked up."
Claude knew Tuukka was lying, but he decided not to push it. This kid was carrying the team and everyone knew it. "Don't let it happen again."
The practice went on normally. After, Tuukka, Marchand, Bergeron, Seguin, Lucic and Thornton all went to lunch at the Four Burgers.
After they all sat down they ordered a bunch of drinks.
"So Tuukka, how's that alarm clock?" Marchand asked, laughing.
"Shut the fuck up."
"Dude everyone knows you were with Katie." Seguin said plainly.
"Katie?" Bergeron asked.
"Girlfriend," Tuukka clarified.
"You're official now? Sheesh," Seguin said, taking a swig of his drink. "You guys finally fuck?"
"What do you think?" Tuukka asked, a bit annoyed. They all knew the answer, they just wanted to hear him say it.
"What's she like?" Thornton asked, noticing how Tuukka was getting a bit pissed.
"She's different, She always smells like vanilla and she has dark brown hair, she's studying to be a trauma surgeon and she likes her eggs with ketchup. Which is fucking disgusting," he said.
"Trauma surgeon? That's gotta be a good 8 more years of school for her, dude." Lucic piped in.
"Yeah, I know. She's really serious about it, though. Remember the marathon? She got hurt pretty badly in it, knew then she wanted to do it."
"Wow. Good for her, dude. And you too," Marchand said.
Lucic glanced at Bergeron who nodded. Lucic said hesitantly, "Tuukka, not trying to be a dick here, but someone has to say it. This girl has made you late to twice now. I'm saying this for your own good... There's a big chance if you're late again, Julien is gonna put in Khudobin. You can't keep fucking around with this girl if she's gonna fuck up our chances. It's unfair to us."
Everyone was quiet for a minute, looking at Tuukka.
He sat there for a minute before saying, "Well... what am I supposed to do with her then?"
"We're not saying you gotta break up with her, necessarily. But if you keep showing up late and getting distracted during games Julien is gonna be more bullshit than he already is." Thornton said. "And while we're on it, Seguin. You gotta cut the drinking, dude."
Seguin looked at Thornton and said, "I got it. Don't worry about it."
Bergeron began to talk for the second time since they sat down. "Seguin. We're serious. Cut the shit, cut the partying, cut the drinking. You're 21, we all get it and we've all been there. But it's not doing any good for anyone."
"Thanks but I'll be fine. I can handle it."
Soon their lunches came and they ate their burgers. They split the bill then left each to their own apartments to get their stuff together. Tuukka got home, packed, and boarded their flight to Toronto at 2:50.
She rolled back on her back and just laid there for a minute. She looked to her left and smiled when she saw Tuukka asleep next to her. She got up out of the bed, put on his jersey and her underwear. She then went to his fridge to see what he had.
A carton of eggs, leftover Chinese food, 2 apples, 7 beers, orange juice and ingredients for protein shakes. Katie opened a few drawers and then found a frying pan. She began to fry a few eggs.
While the eggs were frying, she sat at a stool on the island and checked her phone. She suddenly felt Tuukka's arms around her waist and his lips against her neck.
"Morning, sweets. Last night was fun."
"Morning, Tuukka. And yes, certainly was," She turned around and held his face and kissed him before getting off the stool and going over to the frying pan.
"Eggs were all you had, so I figured we could have the eggs with an apple and orange juice. "
"That sounds good," he said, walking over to turn on the tv.
Soon the eggs were done frying and Katie put them onto two plates with apples on them.
"Do you have ketchup?" She asked as Tuukka walked over to get his plate.
"Ketchup?"
"Yeah, sometimes I eat my eggs with ketchup."
"That's disgusting!"
"Jeez! First you've never had chocolate milk and now you've never had eggs with ketchup?"
"That sounds disgusting, no!"
Katie smirked and they walked over to his couch to eat their breakfast and watch tv.
At 9:30 Tuukka pulled up to Katie's apartment. She turned to him and said, "Am I going to see you before you leave for Toronto?"
He squinted at the road for a minute, thinking, before he said, "I have practice from 10 to 1, then we leave Boston at 3. I don't think so, I still have to pack and I think Seguin wanted to grab lunch with a few of the guys."
She smiled and looked at her hands in her lap. "That sounds fun."
He forced a smile for a second before saying, "Hey can I ask you something?"
"Of course."
"Remember when we were walking with that kid, and he asked if we were in the awkward pre dating stage?"
She laughed and looked ahead before saying, "Yes. How could I forget?"
He laughed awkwardly. "Well, are we... do you-" He stuttered for a second.
"Are we what?"
"We're past that, right?"
"Well, yeah-- wait, are you asking me to be your girlfriend?"
"Yes!" He exclaimed, looking out his drivers side window. "I really like you, Katie."
"I really like you too." He turned to her. Both of them were smiling and he put his hand on the back of her head and pulled her in, his lips meeting hers.
They stayed like that, making out for a while before Tuukka muttered, "Babe I need to get to practice."
"Yeah, yes. Yeah, yeah. Good luck Tuukka, I know you'll do well."
"Thanks, sweets. I'll be seeing you."
She got out and went into her apartment. Tuukka drove to practice, the time 9:40.
By the time Tuukka showed up to the ice fully dressed it was 10:10.
"Rask! 'Bout fuckin' time!" Coach Julien shouted, pointing to the net. "I'd love to hear about what made you the only one late."
"I'm sorry, my alarm fucked up."
Claude knew Tuukka was lying, but he decided not to push it. This kid was carrying the team and everyone knew it. "Don't let it happen again."
The practice went on normally. After, Tuukka, Marchand, Bergeron, Seguin, Lucic and Thornton all went to lunch at the Four Burgers.
After they all sat down they ordered a bunch of drinks.
"So Tuukka, how's that alarm clock?" Marchand asked, laughing.
"Shut the fuck up."
"Dude everyone knows you were with Katie." Seguin said plainly.
"Katie?" Bergeron asked.
"Girlfriend," Tuukka clarified.
"You're official now? Sheesh," Seguin said, taking a swig of his drink. "You guys finally fuck?"
"What do you think?" Tuukka asked, a bit annoyed. They all knew the answer, they just wanted to hear him say it.
"What's she like?" Thornton asked, noticing how Tuukka was getting a bit pissed.
"She's different, She always smells like vanilla and she has dark brown hair, she's studying to be a trauma surgeon and she likes her eggs with ketchup. Which is fucking disgusting," he said.
"Trauma surgeon? That's gotta be a good 8 more years of school for her, dude." Lucic piped in.
"Yeah, I know. She's really serious about it, though. Remember the marathon? She got hurt pretty badly in it, knew then she wanted to do it."
"Wow. Good for her, dude. And you too," Marchand said.
Lucic glanced at Bergeron who nodded. Lucic said hesitantly, "Tuukka, not trying to be a dick here, but someone has to say it. This girl has made you late to twice now. I'm saying this for your own good... There's a big chance if you're late again, Julien is gonna put in Khudobin. You can't keep fucking around with this girl if she's gonna fuck up our chances. It's unfair to us."
Everyone was quiet for a minute, looking at Tuukka.
He sat there for a minute before saying, "Well... what am I supposed to do with her then?"
"We're not saying you gotta break up with her, necessarily. But if you keep showing up late and getting distracted during games Julien is gonna be more bullshit than he already is." Thornton said. "And while we're on it, Seguin. You gotta cut the drinking, dude."
Seguin looked at Thornton and said, "I got it. Don't worry about it."
Bergeron began to talk for the second time since they sat down. "Seguin. We're serious. Cut the shit, cut the partying, cut the drinking. You're 21, we all get it and we've all been there. But it's not doing any good for anyone."
"Thanks but I'll be fine. I can handle it."
Soon their lunches came and they ate their burgers. They split the bill then left each to their own apartments to get their stuff together. Tuukka got home, packed, and boarded their flight to Toronto at 2:50.
Notes
writers block! sorry guysi'm going to reward you guys with two pictures to make up for the wait
drunk marchand from 2011 grabbing his dick
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seguin getting his new tattoo
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Love this!!! Tuukka is super sexy.
4/26/14