"You did what?" Erika turned away from the road and screamed at me. "With who?!"
I bit my lip and face palmed myself.
"Oh. My. God!" Erika yelled, pausing between each word, a smile on her face. "I hooked up with an intern from the radio station down the street, an intern!" She said, trying to supress her laughter.
"And you got with Rask? The Tuukka Rask?!"
I threw my head back and laughed out loud at the situation. Poor Erika never had much luck with guys, and what happened the other night was no exception.
"So what was it like?" She asked seductivley, after making an illegal U-turn and causing the guy behind us to honk at her, and she gave him the finger and honked back.
"You're such a Masshole it's ridiculous." I teased. "And I don't remember, I was drunk out of my mind." Erika snorted and punched my arm playfully.
"Puuuuck...Sluuuut!" She sang. I hit her back.
"No!" I protested loudly. "It wasn't like that. I didn't know it was him!" Erika rolled her eyes and said two words.
"Bull. Shit."
"No I really didn't though," I defended myself. "You know I'm not like that."
She sighed and rubbed her temple. "Still can't believe it though," She said with a weak smile. I shrugged.
"What was it like being stranded with your intern friend all day?" I asked. I bit my lip to keep from laughing. "Don't even get me started, Steph." She looked at me miserably.
"He had a Southie accent, and he called me 'Toots" and 'Bae' and a bunch of other stupid names. Not to mention he nicknamed his dick. And he smelled like fucking flowers. Like why."
"You poor thing." I cooed at her, but I was still smiling at the thought of her being stuck with this guy for a day. He seemed to do or have all the things she hated guys doing or having, she must've lost her mind.
"And when...when we were ya know..."She started but hesitated. "I dunno if I should tell you, it's so embarassing."
I sat up straight in the passenger seat and looked right at her.
"Oh my God Erika tell me!" I shrieked, smiling because I knew it was going to be funny. She gripped her steering wheel tightly and bit her lip.
"He called me Emily!" She screamed out quickly."Oh, Emily, you're so good at this!" She mocked him. We laughed so hard I thought she was going to swerve off the road and kill us both. Almost five minutes later we were still trying to control ourselves, and I was wiping happy tear from my eyes from laughing.
"So how was your day with Rask?" She asked me with a wink. "Oh, hush." I squinted at her. I told her everything, how awkward it was at first but then it graduallly faded away, how we got so comfortable around each other, the bathtub, the berakfast, The Notebook...everything.
"And I told him about John." I said quickly. Erika's eyes got wide and her jaw dropped, tapping the breaks for a second and sending us lurching forward.
"You what?" She whispered. I sighed, she knew I never mentioned Jon to anyone ever and she was the only one who knew about him. She must think I'm insane, telling strangers about my awful past experiences with love.
"I had one of the dreams again, flashbacks and shit. I woke up crying and Tuukka saw, but he cheered me up."
"With sexual favors, I'm assuming?" Erika said with a wink.
"Nooooo." I groaned. "He promised that he would personally send Chara and Lucic to go after Jon if he went anywhere near me." I said with a smile.
"Aweeee!" Erika squealed, jumping up and down in her seat. "That's so fucking cute, Steph! And you're wearing his clothes!"
"For the last fucking time Erika Lyn," I warned her, using her middle name. "It was not like that!"
"I just have one question?" She asked, holding up her index finger. I nodded slowly.
"Can I be the Maid of Honor at you and Tuukka's wedding?"
"There isn't going to be a wed-"
"If there just so happens to be a wedding sometime and you and Tuukka Rask are there and are the ones getting, you know, married, could I be the Maid of Honor?"
I rolled my eyes. "Sure, but there isn't going to be one so don't keep your hopes up."




I few hours later I was sitting on my bed with my MacBook, working on a paper I had due in class tomorow about how smoking and drinking can cause birth defects.
"Did you include Spina Bifida?" Erika asked quickly, popping her head into my room. I nodded and she gave me a thumbs up and walked out. We both had this paper due tomorow but decided that we shouldn't work on it together because if our Professor found out he's be furious. I took a sip of my Arizona and put it back on my nighstand, then threw my hair up in a ponytail and continued working on my paper. A few minutes later, I got a picture message from Tuukka, which was a mirror selfie of him in my heels, the caption reading: I think they look better on me than you(:
I rolled my eyes at him mentally and texted back:
Deff, you should model womens shoes instead of playing hockey.

When can I give them back to you?

I have class tommorow and wensday, but i'm free thursday.

Perfect, I have games tomorow and wensday, but an optional practice Thursday. I'll skip it(:

I smiled at his text, feeling like an idiot smiling at my phone. I gave him my adress and told him I

had to work on a paper and I'd talk to him later.

Tuukka's P.O.V.
It was Wensday night and I had just gotten home from my game, I had told the boys about Steoh and they really seemed to like her, but they had trouble believing she wasn't a puck slut. I could honestly care less what they thought and I missed her like crazy, I haven't seen her since monday and I decided that if tomorow night went well I'd ask her out on a date, even if it was something stupid like coffee or a bruins game. I was getting into my bed and I checked my phone, seeing texts from Steph she had sent to me during the game.

Tuukka wtf are you doing, get back in the crease!
Nice glove save, buddy!
Shutout for Tuukka Rask! Great job sweetums(:

Sweetums? This girl never failed to make me laugh. I texted back:

Thanks, glad you had fun watching, I'll see you tomorow.

And with that I fell asleep.


I woke up the next morning to my phone blaring. I groaned sleepily and rubbed my eyes and saw that an unknown number was calling me. "Hello?" I answered with a yawn.
"Hi, is this uh...Tuukka?" A woman's voice said.
"Yes..." I answered slowly, a little freaked out.
"Oh this is Erika, I'm Steph's friend I dunno if she mentioned me or anything, but I um," She paused, her voice was panicked and stressed.
"Steph got her wisdom teeth out today and she's a little, you know, loopy from the drugs they gave her, but my Aunt just got in a bad car accident and I need to go to the hospital to see her but I need someone to watch Steph, could you maybe?" She held her breath.
"Absolutley, I'll be right over." I told her. She breathed a sigh of relief and thanked me. I got up quickly, got dressed and brushed my teeth, then I grabbed a protein shake and half ran to my car. This was going to be interesting.

Notes

sorry its so bad and choppy! :(
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