Katie's POV

I was sitting in the hospital bed, watching game 7. Cara was sitting in the chair next to me. Cara had brought me some clothes so I didn't have to stay in the uncomfortable robe the hospital had given me. I wore my Rask jersey and a pair of spandex, and Cara wore her Seguin jersey and yoga pants. All of our attention was directed towards the screen. It was the third period and the Bruins were down by 2, there was about 3 minutes left in regulation time.

"Katie, they're gonna lose. We should shut it off."

"No, it's not over until it's over."

Cara sighed and said, "I'm gonna go to the bathroom. There's no way we're getting this."

I rolled my eyes as Cara walked out and then turned my attention back to the screen. They pull Tuukka a minute later, smart decision, and then SCORE! LUCIC! I heard shouts through the entire hospital and knew that everyone else was watching the game, too. One more. One more and we go to OT!

Cara must have heard the entire hospital shouting because she came back to my room with a minute left gasping for air, panting "no fucking way".

I smiled and then went back to the game. My nerves were through the roof. I was sitting criss-cross now and Cara was at the edge of the bed with her head on her hands, tapping her foot. Nothing could distract us from the tv. Less than a minute later Bergeron scores and we're both on our feet. The entire hospital is screaming and shouting! No, scratch that. The entire state is screaming and shouting with us. We still have a shot!

Soon enough we all calm down and I sit back down. It hadn't occurred to me that jumping up that quickly might not have been the best idea, because my side was beginning to hurt again. Badly. I shook it off and calmed myself down, we had a while to go before OT.

Once we got to OT our nerves were through the roof. I knew Tuukka wouldn't check his phone, but I texted him anyways.
holy shit!! you guys are gonna win this, i know it!!fuck the leafs :)

We were so fucking nervous watching OT. It was anyone's game, free hockey. After 6 nerve wracking minutes, Bergeron scores! WE'RE MOVING ON! The entire hospital is screaming and laughing along with me and Cara. We were both up on our feet, hugging and dancing and singing along to Zombie Nation, the Bruins goal song.

I threw my hands above my head and shouted "YEAHHH!" But I threw my hands up too quickly. I felt a sharp tear in my side. Not good.

"Cara get a doctor."

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Tuukka's POV

All the guys in the locker room were ecstatic. We're moving on to the next round!!

"Hey Tuukka, dude. You better fuckin come out with us," Seguin shouted.

There was no way I was going to get out of this one, and to tell the truth I kind of wanted to go out with the guys. The last few days have been really stressful. "You know it, dude."

I checked my phone for the first time that night and read a few texts I'd gotten. I texted everyone back. I sent to Kate:
you were right :) i'm going out with the guys, i'll stop by tomorrow! night sweets

I changed and got my shit together and put it all in my car.

Soon enough we were all changed and showered and headed out to a random club. We all took a few shots and went to the VIP section. Since I was 'with' Katie I hung around with some of the guys who were married or had girlfriends, while single guys like Seguin and Marshy went to find some puck sluts. All of the taken guys took another shot, now we currently had 4 in our systems. We got a round of beers and it began to get a bit fuzzy, but we weren't drunk yet.

"So, Tuukka. How's the fuckin, how's Katie?" Bergeron began.

"She's good. She's tough, she'll--" I burped, "she'll be alright."

"I gotta see a picture of her. Seguin says she's an absolute smokeshow."

It made me a bit uncomfortable to hear someone talk that way about Katie, but I didn't want to be a dick. "I'll try to get a picture soon dude. And yeah, she's pretty hot."

We took another round of shots, then another. Everything began to get blurry and I got lonely so I drunkenly decided to text Katie... several times.
-hhye sweets:)) u smell good, soOOo good it makse me happy. u make me happry. di du wear my jersy tonnihgt ;) lobeyiu

-god iwanna fuck u agian

-hey hehy can i ncome se eu i miss u, kate, swweets, ilov eu ok

We left the club soon after and I crashed at Marshy's apartment. He had a puck slut so I crashed on the couch and went out like a light.

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I woke up to Marshy poking me in the side. He handed me a water and 2 Advil.

"Hey man, it's 11:30."

I nodded and sat up. Shit. I'm really hungover. I had a head ache and gulped down my water in less than a minute. What happened last night?

"I gotta go. Thanks Marshy."

"No problem man. Tell Katie we say hi."

"SHIT!" I exclaimed. I jumped up and ran out of the apartment before he could ask what was wrong. Katie was supposed to leave the hospital today! I should've been there. I checked my phone as I was in the elevator down to the lobby. I had a text from Katie's phone.

I opened it and saw that I'd texted her three times previously, drunk, all around 1:30. Shit that's embarrassing. She's gonna give me so much shit for that haha. Then I scrolled up and saw the texts I'd gotten from her, around midnight.

From: goodfella, 12:21 am
Hey it's Cara. Katie got really excited from watching the game about a half an hour ago and did something to her waist/scar and she's in with a doctor right now.

From: goodfella, 12:53 am
Cara again, I assume you're drinking so it's okay, but she just tore open the stitches, they re-stitched it a few times and she's gonna be fine. They want her to leave around 1:30, is there any chance you can pick her up? I have a class at 1. Dw, she'll be doped up with pain meds.

She didn't respond to any of my drunk texts, so I assumed she just didn't read them or didn't exactly know how to respond. Shit, I feel like an asshole. Cara texts me all this, Katie's hurt again, and I go and drink with the guys and drunk text her saying I want to fuck her again? Fuck. Kill me. Plus my hangover wasn't exactly helping, either.

I texted back:
Shit I'm so sorry. Yeah I'll be there at 1. Thanks Cara

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Notes

aw. transition chapter, meaning i'll update really soon
*****
i just realized is it bad that i know the lyrics to the blackhawks goal song chelsea dagger
like
they're my second favorite team, always have been
but

stanley

----> also I'm thinking of making a seguin story, but it'll take place after the trade, like currently right now, during the summer. would anyone read it? i don't really know the stars but I saw a picture and a small story just poofed in my head.
the only drawback is, this one would update a lot less frequently cause i'd be writing two. idk, lemme know!