Begin Again.
Chapter 14
*Tuukka's P.O.V.*
At the end of practice, we were all huddled in the locker room getting undressed and talking about our plans for Valentine's Day, which was tomorow. I was really excited I got to spend it with Steph, but she wasn't really into Valentine's Day; as a matter of fact, she nearly hated it.
"It's so stupid, Tuukka," She explained to me last night as she stood in the kitchen and opened a Mike's hard. "It's just a sick excuse to suck more money out of your wallet."
She was probably going to be mad because I had bought her a really expensive charm bracelet with little charms that symbolized our realtionship. Hockey skates (our first date), a snowman (the day we got snowed in and stuck with each other), a music note (when she belted out to Carrie Underwood in my car and showed me a side to her almost no one had seen), a hockey stick (for obvious reasons) and a heart, because I love her. Tacky, I know, but I hoped she loved it.
"So what are you guys' plans for Valentine's?" Coach Julien asked as I untied my skates.
"I'm taking Britt out to Blue Ginger," Lucic said, getting weird looks from all of us.
"What the fuck is Blue Ginger?" Ference asked him, supressing laughter.
"It's this fancy Asian restaurant place in Wellesy," Looch defended himself. "It was her idea."
"Interesting name," Chara shrugged. "What about you Tuukk? Whatcha doing tomorow night?"
"I'm taking Steph out," I said, trying to hold back a smile so they wouldn't make fun of me. "It's the first time I'm taking her out to some public place, so everyone in Boston will know I have a girfriend and who she is."
"That's some scary shit man," Jonny said, shaking his head. "Bet you a hundred bucks she'll be the top story on NHL Network the next day."
I shook my head. "So?"
"Will she be okay with that kind of publicity?" Bergy asked me as he threw his skates in his bag.
I hadn't really thought about that to be honest. I shrugged and bit my lip, getting my stuff ready to shower.
"I think she'll be fine," I mumbled as I walked to the showers. Nothing bad was going to happen, the guys were just trying to scare me and I wasn't going to let it work.
*Steph's P.O.V.*
"Erika," I moaned as I stomped from the bathroom to her room. "I look so gross."
She looked up from her magazine and scanned me from head to toe. "No suh." She said. "If anyone looks gross here it's me."
She wore a baggy tee shirt and some leggings, her hair was in a fishtail and she had on no makeup. But she still somehow managed to look pretty. Damn her.
"Then why don't you get all dolled up?" I asked her. "Itsn't Bradley coming over?"
She nodded, taking a bite of an apple. "Yes ma'am," She beamed. "He's on his way now."
"Ugh," I groaned and stomped back to the bathroom. "What are you guys doing tonight anyways?"
"Just hanging here," She called out from her room. "We both didn't want to do anything special, I mean we haven't even been going out for two week yet."
"I see," I said from the bathroom as I brushed some foundation on my face. "Tuukk and I are going out publicly for the first time tonight."
I heard Erika gasp and slam her magazine down and when I looked up from my makeup bag she was standing right next to me.
"Oh hello." I said, startled.
"You-what!"She excalimed, jumping around. "You're doing what! What!" I giggled and nodded.
"Yes," I said calmy, trying to stop her from jumping around. "Please chill out though." She nodded with a smile and then heard a knock on the door and sprinted away.
"Bradley!" I heard her squeal and him chuckling.
They had fallen for each other within days and Tuukka told me that in the locker room he had mentioned something about getting her a promise ring, which was insane. They were both irratating and stubborn at times, which made me worry but I convinced myself that everything would be fine.
I walked out into the kitchen to say hello, only to see them intensley making out.
"Hi, Brad." I said after clearing my throat. He pulled away and saw me bringing me into a hug. "Hi, dollface." He was such a goof this kid. Erika placed her head on this shoulder and pointed at me. "Doesn't Steph look nice?" She asked him. "She thinks she looks 'awful'." Putting air quotes around awful.
I really thought I did though. I had on a navy blue tight dress with a few sparkles that only showed in the light, and it had tiny cutouts near my waist. I had long sleeves and the dress hugged my body tightly. My hair waist straight and newly ombre'd; (Tuukka's idea) gradually getting blonder and reaching my waist. I had on some lipstick and used a certain eyeshadow to ephasize the green in my eyes and I threw on some black pumps.
"You don't look awful!" Brad exclaimed, throwing his arms up in the air with exasperation. "You look great. And Tuukka told me once that he likes blue on you."
I snorted a little, the thought of Tuukka talking to Brad about what colors he liked on me made me laugh.
"Thanks Brad," I said. And then I heard a knock on the door. Erika grabbed her boyfriend by the arm and dragged him down the hall, presumbably to her room and gave me a thumbs up. I gave one back and opened the door, revealing my boyfriend to me.
He stood in the door, wearing a white polo looking shirt and grey-ish jeans, very dressy for him.
"Hi." I said as I looked up at him, smiling. His draw was dropped as he scanned me from head to toe, nearly dropping the flowers he had brought for me.
"You...you look..." He started nut couldn't seem to find the words. I giggled and placed my hand on his cheek and a kiss on his lips.
"Good, I'm hoping?" I said to him as I pulled him inside.
"Better than good," He said as he closed the door quietly behind him. "Like amazing..beautiful..wonderful..." His voice trailed off as he looked at me. I found myself smiling for no damn reason, and I loved it.
A few hours later we sat at some fancy restaurant in the North End, the type of fancy when there's a piano player and the napkins are folded into what looks like swans and all the waiters wear bowties. It made me uncomfortable, I was a very low-maintenence person and down to earth, I hated fancy settings like this.
Tuukka was a little uncomfortable, too. He didn't seem to like the high society enviroment around us and all the wealthy people staring me down.
"Well this is fun," He grumbled sarcastically as he stabbed at the chicken he ordered.
I shrugged and took a bite of my salad and a gulp of my wine. "It's fine, Tuukka. Really." I comforted him and I took his hand from across the table. He seemed almost mad at himself, when it really wasn't that big of a deal.
"We'll make up for it later." I gave him a wink and he almost choked on his food, causing me to laugh a little at his adorableness.
"Later?" He asked me as his voice cracked, my laughter intensified causing all the snooty people to look over at me and glare. I rolled my eyes and gave them the finger, and they all gasped and gave me stunned looks.
"Nah," I said to him, taking one last gulp of wine. "We can make up for it in 5 minutes if we leave now."
He smiled at me, knowing what I was talking about and reached into his wallet and quickly threw a bunch of bills on the table, stood up, grabbed my hand and we ran off, giggling and squeezing his hand tight.
The drive back to his place was hell; I wanted him so badly in that moment, but I couldn't do anything because he was driving, and driving very fast at that. I leaned over and started kissing and sucking on his neck but he nearly swerved off the road so I knew that I should probably stop.
At red lights I pulled him into my by his jacket collar and kissed his mouth roughly as I ran my fingers through his hair and didn't pull away untill the person behind us honked because the light had turned green.
Once we were inside his apartment it took us all of about 3 seconds to be completley naked and in his bed, rolling around and giggling like teenagers.
"I want you so bad," He breathed into my ear as he felt me up.
I giggled and kissed him, every inch of him that I could; wanting him back in the worst way. We had been interupted so many times and I wouldn't let it happen again. I pulled back and looked him dead in the eye.
"Get a condom on right now so we can finish what we started a couple days ago," I breathed heavily, mentioning when Erika had ruined it for us. He nodded and got up, doing as I told him then got back on top of me.
"You sure you're ready?" He asked me. I nodded feverishly.
"Okay," He leaned down to kiss me again. I felt him push himself inside me, and couldn't help but let out a moan. Finally.
He pushed himself deeper into me, starting to move a little faster. "Baby," I breathed. Oh my God he was good at this.
I scratched at his back and arched mine, feeling an orgasm coming on soon. He breathed heavily, pumping himself into me and then reached down and rubbed my spot. I couldn't help but yell out and he shushed me with a kiss.
I could feel myself coming soon, "Right there baby." I breathed heavily. He thrust himself deeper into me every time, feeling a sensation I had never felt before.
Tuukka trembled, breathing heavily and moving faster. "I'm gonna come." He said. I nodded. "Same here!" I exclaimed. And we did, at the same time.
It was amazing and I couldn't have asked for anything better. Best sex of my life, by far, and it was different from before. We weren't 'fucking' but we were making love., and it was amazing.
He collapsed down next to me and pulled me into him, I kissed him lovingly and cuddled up to him. We layed there, almost falling asleep because we were both exhausted. I smelled his smell and I could still taste him on my tounge, and I loved it. I wanted to stay like this with him forever.
"Hey, Stephanie?" He whispered to me as I was about to fall asleep.
"Hmmm?" I moaned sleepily against his chest.
"I just wanted you to know that I love you."
"I love you too, Tuukka." I mumbled, not quite processing what he said.
"No, I'm serious," He said, fully awake now. "I love you Steph. I love that you can make me laugh on my worst days. I love that you literally don't give two shits about peoples opinion of you. I love how you get excited over bathtubs. I love how your laugh literally makes me the happiest guy on Earth. I love how you've become my best friend. I love how you put peanut butter on your pancakes. I'm in love with you."
I was fully awake now, shocked but happy, staring up at him with my head on his chest. I had felt the same way about him but I was speechless, in a good way.
"I love you too, Tuukka!" I exclaimed, jumping up on him and wrapping my arms around his neck. "I love you so much!" I had waited so long to be able to say that, because I always told him everything and it felt weird to leave out that I'm in love with him.
He hugged me tight and kissed me softly, and I felt those sparks that I loved so much. We cuddled all night and eventually fell asleep in each other arms, but I'm pretty sure I fell asleep with a smile on my face.
At the end of practice, we were all huddled in the locker room getting undressed and talking about our plans for Valentine's Day, which was tomorow. I was really excited I got to spend it with Steph, but she wasn't really into Valentine's Day; as a matter of fact, she nearly hated it.
"It's so stupid, Tuukka," She explained to me last night as she stood in the kitchen and opened a Mike's hard. "It's just a sick excuse to suck more money out of your wallet."
She was probably going to be mad because I had bought her a really expensive charm bracelet with little charms that symbolized our realtionship. Hockey skates (our first date), a snowman (the day we got snowed in and stuck with each other), a music note (when she belted out to Carrie Underwood in my car and showed me a side to her almost no one had seen), a hockey stick (for obvious reasons) and a heart, because I love her. Tacky, I know, but I hoped she loved it.
"So what are you guys' plans for Valentine's?" Coach Julien asked as I untied my skates.
"I'm taking Britt out to Blue Ginger," Lucic said, getting weird looks from all of us.
"What the fuck is Blue Ginger?" Ference asked him, supressing laughter.
"It's this fancy Asian restaurant place in Wellesy," Looch defended himself. "It was her idea."
"Interesting name," Chara shrugged. "What about you Tuukk? Whatcha doing tomorow night?"
"I'm taking Steph out," I said, trying to hold back a smile so they wouldn't make fun of me. "It's the first time I'm taking her out to some public place, so everyone in Boston will know I have a girfriend and who she is."
"That's some scary shit man," Jonny said, shaking his head. "Bet you a hundred bucks she'll be the top story on NHL Network the next day."
I shook my head. "So?"
"Will she be okay with that kind of publicity?" Bergy asked me as he threw his skates in his bag.
I hadn't really thought about that to be honest. I shrugged and bit my lip, getting my stuff ready to shower.
"I think she'll be fine," I mumbled as I walked to the showers. Nothing bad was going to happen, the guys were just trying to scare me and I wasn't going to let it work.
*Steph's P.O.V.*
"Erika," I moaned as I stomped from the bathroom to her room. "I look so gross."
She looked up from her magazine and scanned me from head to toe. "No suh." She said. "If anyone looks gross here it's me."
She wore a baggy tee shirt and some leggings, her hair was in a fishtail and she had on no makeup. But she still somehow managed to look pretty. Damn her.
"Then why don't you get all dolled up?" I asked her. "Itsn't Bradley coming over?"
She nodded, taking a bite of an apple. "Yes ma'am," She beamed. "He's on his way now."
"Ugh," I groaned and stomped back to the bathroom. "What are you guys doing tonight anyways?"
"Just hanging here," She called out from her room. "We both didn't want to do anything special, I mean we haven't even been going out for two week yet."
"I see," I said from the bathroom as I brushed some foundation on my face. "Tuukk and I are going out publicly for the first time tonight."
I heard Erika gasp and slam her magazine down and when I looked up from my makeup bag she was standing right next to me.
"Oh hello." I said, startled.
"You-what!"She excalimed, jumping around. "You're doing what! What!" I giggled and nodded.
"Yes," I said calmy, trying to stop her from jumping around. "Please chill out though." She nodded with a smile and then heard a knock on the door and sprinted away.
"Bradley!" I heard her squeal and him chuckling.
They had fallen for each other within days and Tuukka told me that in the locker room he had mentioned something about getting her a promise ring, which was insane. They were both irratating and stubborn at times, which made me worry but I convinced myself that everything would be fine.
I walked out into the kitchen to say hello, only to see them intensley making out.
"Hi, Brad." I said after clearing my throat. He pulled away and saw me bringing me into a hug. "Hi, dollface." He was such a goof this kid. Erika placed her head on this shoulder and pointed at me. "Doesn't Steph look nice?" She asked him. "She thinks she looks 'awful'." Putting air quotes around awful.
I really thought I did though. I had on a navy blue tight dress with a few sparkles that only showed in the light, and it had tiny cutouts near my waist. I had long sleeves and the dress hugged my body tightly. My hair waist straight and newly ombre'd; (Tuukka's idea) gradually getting blonder and reaching my waist. I had on some lipstick and used a certain eyeshadow to ephasize the green in my eyes and I threw on some black pumps.
"You don't look awful!" Brad exclaimed, throwing his arms up in the air with exasperation. "You look great. And Tuukka told me once that he likes blue on you."
I snorted a little, the thought of Tuukka talking to Brad about what colors he liked on me made me laugh.
"Thanks Brad," I said. And then I heard a knock on the door. Erika grabbed her boyfriend by the arm and dragged him down the hall, presumbably to her room and gave me a thumbs up. I gave one back and opened the door, revealing my boyfriend to me.
He stood in the door, wearing a white polo looking shirt and grey-ish jeans, very dressy for him.
"Hi." I said as I looked up at him, smiling. His draw was dropped as he scanned me from head to toe, nearly dropping the flowers he had brought for me.
"You...you look..." He started nut couldn't seem to find the words. I giggled and placed my hand on his cheek and a kiss on his lips.
"Good, I'm hoping?" I said to him as I pulled him inside.
"Better than good," He said as he closed the door quietly behind him. "Like amazing..beautiful..wonderful..." His voice trailed off as he looked at me. I found myself smiling for no damn reason, and I loved it.
A few hours later we sat at some fancy restaurant in the North End, the type of fancy when there's a piano player and the napkins are folded into what looks like swans and all the waiters wear bowties. It made me uncomfortable, I was a very low-maintenence person and down to earth, I hated fancy settings like this.
Tuukka was a little uncomfortable, too. He didn't seem to like the high society enviroment around us and all the wealthy people staring me down.
"Well this is fun," He grumbled sarcastically as he stabbed at the chicken he ordered.
I shrugged and took a bite of my salad and a gulp of my wine. "It's fine, Tuukka. Really." I comforted him and I took his hand from across the table. He seemed almost mad at himself, when it really wasn't that big of a deal.
"We'll make up for it later." I gave him a wink and he almost choked on his food, causing me to laugh a little at his adorableness.
"Later?" He asked me as his voice cracked, my laughter intensified causing all the snooty people to look over at me and glare. I rolled my eyes and gave them the finger, and they all gasped and gave me stunned looks.
"Nah," I said to him, taking one last gulp of wine. "We can make up for it in 5 minutes if we leave now."
He smiled at me, knowing what I was talking about and reached into his wallet and quickly threw a bunch of bills on the table, stood up, grabbed my hand and we ran off, giggling and squeezing his hand tight.
The drive back to his place was hell; I wanted him so badly in that moment, but I couldn't do anything because he was driving, and driving very fast at that. I leaned over and started kissing and sucking on his neck but he nearly swerved off the road so I knew that I should probably stop.
At red lights I pulled him into my by his jacket collar and kissed his mouth roughly as I ran my fingers through his hair and didn't pull away untill the person behind us honked because the light had turned green.
Once we were inside his apartment it took us all of about 3 seconds to be completley naked and in his bed, rolling around and giggling like teenagers.
"I want you so bad," He breathed into my ear as he felt me up.
I giggled and kissed him, every inch of him that I could; wanting him back in the worst way. We had been interupted so many times and I wouldn't let it happen again. I pulled back and looked him dead in the eye.
"Get a condom on right now so we can finish what we started a couple days ago," I breathed heavily, mentioning when Erika had ruined it for us. He nodded and got up, doing as I told him then got back on top of me.
"You sure you're ready?" He asked me. I nodded feverishly.
"Okay," He leaned down to kiss me again. I felt him push himself inside me, and couldn't help but let out a moan. Finally.
He pushed himself deeper into me, starting to move a little faster. "Baby," I breathed. Oh my God he was good at this.
I scratched at his back and arched mine, feeling an orgasm coming on soon. He breathed heavily, pumping himself into me and then reached down and rubbed my spot. I couldn't help but yell out and he shushed me with a kiss.
I could feel myself coming soon, "Right there baby." I breathed heavily. He thrust himself deeper into me every time, feeling a sensation I had never felt before.
Tuukka trembled, breathing heavily and moving faster. "I'm gonna come." He said. I nodded. "Same here!" I exclaimed. And we did, at the same time.
It was amazing and I couldn't have asked for anything better. Best sex of my life, by far, and it was different from before. We weren't 'fucking' but we were making love., and it was amazing.
He collapsed down next to me and pulled me into him, I kissed him lovingly and cuddled up to him. We layed there, almost falling asleep because we were both exhausted. I smelled his smell and I could still taste him on my tounge, and I loved it. I wanted to stay like this with him forever.
"Hey, Stephanie?" He whispered to me as I was about to fall asleep.
"Hmmm?" I moaned sleepily against his chest.
"I just wanted you to know that I love you."
"I love you too, Tuukka." I mumbled, not quite processing what he said.
"No, I'm serious," He said, fully awake now. "I love you Steph. I love that you can make me laugh on my worst days. I love that you literally don't give two shits about peoples opinion of you. I love how you get excited over bathtubs. I love how your laugh literally makes me the happiest guy on Earth. I love how you've become my best friend. I love how you put peanut butter on your pancakes. I'm in love with you."
I was fully awake now, shocked but happy, staring up at him with my head on his chest. I had felt the same way about him but I was speechless, in a good way.
"I love you too, Tuukka!" I exclaimed, jumping up on him and wrapping my arms around his neck. "I love you so much!" I had waited so long to be able to say that, because I always told him everything and it felt weird to leave out that I'm in love with him.
He hugged me tight and kissed me softly, and I felt those sparks that I loved so much. We cuddled all night and eventually fell asleep in each other arms, but I'm pretty sure I fell asleep with a smile on my face.
Notes
IM SO BAD AT WRITING SEX SCENES UGHsorry i was gone so long, i was on vaca and todays my bday!
so yeah happy way to end a chapter haha
and this story is currently in the 2011-2012 season of the bruins, and its in the middle of february.
just lettin ya know (:
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