Confessions from a Ranger's Roommate

When she was lead in by Marty and Bobby, she felt like an inmate. Ariel of course was waiting near the Anaheim locker room with a smile on her face. "Whaddyu looking at?" Teodora retorted.
"What'd you do this time?" Ariel laughed.
"NOTHING!" Teodora bellowed. "The damn car didn't even tap me in the slightest! And don't friggen talk! Where were you this whole time?"
Like her brother, Ariel decided to annoy her. "I thought I wasn't supposed to talk?"
She scowled back. "You're talking now you turd!" Ariel just laughed and followed the group into the medical room. "So. Tampa Guy."

Marty laughed as Teodora scowled. "Usually she's not bad like her brother. Looks like today's an exception."
Bobby approached her, hands out as if he was going to help her sit. "Do you need-,"
"Get away from me," she ordered as Ariel laughed.
Ariel leaned in to Marty. "Think she'll punch him? She's got a nice hook punch. Knocked a guy around once or twice."
Marty laughed. "You know, I'm not surprised at all." He straightened up when a doctor came in with Ryan Getzlaf.

"Nice job idiot," Ryan snapped at Bobby as he came in with the Doctor.
"I, uh," Dr Orr laughed at Teodora's thunderous look. "I think this kid's pissed."
Teodora shrugged. "Maybe cause I've been in the damn hospital for meningitis. My parents are doctors: mom has a knack with viruses, dad's in the ER with that one's dad," she pointed at Ariel. "My foster brother from when we were in the system has seizures from when our drug addict fosters parents beat us. I think I know when a simple freaking car hits me and what happens."
Marty straightened up as Ariel shushed him. "Teo wants it a secret from most of the Rangers if you could. Stuff like that happens in the foster system and in the rough parts of the big cities. Not that we're supporting it, but Teodora doesn't like the fuss."
"Fine," Marty sighed and rubbed his eyes.

"Here," Teodora said and lifted the side of her shirt so Dr. Orr could examine her side.
"Not a scratch or a bruise," Dr. Orr declared. "Though I'd be more careful driving Bobby."
Ryan promptly started ripping into his teammate. "Yeah, turn that fucking music off and put your phone down."
Marty mouthed, I need to go. "See you girls after the game," he said and left for the Tampa room.
"Same here," Teodora declared and started for the door when suddenly she was face to face with a familiar blond player.
"Bonjour," the guy greeted her. Ariel wrinkled her nose, very confused by the sudden French.
"Uh, you a French guy? So...I saw you on highlight reels and you're Corey Perry. Doesn't sound French," Teodora noted.
"But what the hell do we know about Canada or even French Canadian things?" Ariel asked and they laughed.
Ryan snorted at all of them as Corey grinned sheepishly. "My bad. Sorry. The way you were dressed seems like you were French Canadian. I guess this is California though."
Teodora checked over her clothing and jewelry. "Uh my jeans are from here, top's from Japan and my earrings are from India," she said, plucking each clothing item. "Other than that, the closest French influence I have is the French influenced Vietnamese food I eat over in Little Saigon."

"Yeah, she's more Asian than I am and I'm the Chinese one," Ariel joked.
As Marty quietly excused himself for his own team's practice room, Teodora politely excused them. "I'm sorry for wasting your time Doctor Orr. We have our own seats to go find," Teodora said and did her best to leave Bobby in the dust but instead ran into someone else outside.

"Why were you in the medical exam room with Bobby Ryan my husband?" A leggy blond demanded. "You better not be Bobby's fling that conveniently got knocked up!"
Teodora shrugged. "You're with Getzlaf? That Bobby Ryan guy thought he hit me with his car and your husband walked in."
The girl blinked and laughed. "Oh. I thought some player knocked you up and my captain husband was watching over things. I'm Paige by the way."
"Teodora," she said and squinted as she noticed Bobby grinning at Corey. "Shh," she hushed Paige. "One second." Squinting, she focused in on Bobby's and Corey's lips.
I know I didn't hit her, Bobby boasted. She's fucking hot...and feisty. I like that.
Corey's eyebrows raised up. I'm pretty sure she's onto your act. Oh well, your funeral.
"Fucking idiot," Teodora scoffed and then cupped her hands around her mouth. "HEY! RYAN! I READ LIPS IDIOT!"

Both Ariel and Corey bent over laughing as Bobby seemed astonished for a moment. However then he called, "Hey, after-,"
"NO!" Teodora snapped. "And I'm not scared of hockey players. Take another step and I'm punching you, you soft Canadian boy!"
Paige muttered, "Erm. He's actually American."
"Whatever," Teodora scoffed and rolled her eyes. "Watch me walk out without your number!"

As they walked out, another girlfriend gasped at them. "What the hell is going on? I hear screaming in the locker room, Tampa people just took some Asian kid's shirt from him and hid it somewhere. He's screaming too."
"What the hell?" Paige giggled and followed the girl to the Visitor's locker room.
Teodora grinned and called, "Sup you guys!" Just like the newcomer girl said, Alex was shirtless and standing with Steven Stamkos and Vinnie Lecavalier. Over Paige continuing to giggle, she laughed loudly, "What the hell? Who took your shirt you idiot! Ariel you should see your brother!"
Alex glared at her and then bellowed, "Hey, come down this way so I can kick your ass!"
Paige looked alarmed so Ariel just laughed. "Oh don't worry. Totally normal. These two are always wrestling and threatening to kill each other. She does all my work for me."

"Yeah...she seems to like fighting boys," Paige said in bewilderment.
Teodora leaned in. "Yeah. Some girls are known for following hockey teams...you know." Paige laughed and rolled her eyes. "I'm known for being loud and or annoying."
"I can imagine," the brunette laughed. "I'm Blakeny. Corey's my boyfriend."
Jokingly, Teodora pointed for Paige to leave. "Your name isn't fun. I'm Teodora and this is Ariel."
"Whatever!" Paige shrieked and shook her head. "Actually, no! Now I expect Ariel to do that song from The Little Mermaid."
"Whatever," Ariel shot back. "I'm the dancer. This one's the singer," she pointed at Teodora.
Getting the giggles out, Teodora cleared her throat and started to sing the bit from the movie where Ursula takes the mermaid Ariel's voice.Over the girls astonished gasps, she said, "And, no! I'm not going to singing as a career!"

Suddenly Teodora yelled and tried to fight of Steve Downie who grabbed her wrist. "This kid and I have a score to settle," he called as Ariel of course just stood there and laughed.
"I'm about ready to kill everyone!" Teodora yelled and was surprised to see she was pulled to a quiet hallway. "Ah. Are we having some sort of talk?"
"Marty said I should ask you but not tell anyone," Steve said quietly.
Quickly considering things, she nodded. "Alright. We missed the game yesterday cause this mysterious court case popped up about suing the foster system in California for, well, fucking up with my foster brother's and me."

He grunted. "Dare I ask?"
"Foster parents were huge druggies, hit us if we got in the way, gangs...Actually the gangs and a Korean immigrant family did a helluva lot better job taking care of us," Teodora replied. "Though we don't know where the fuck this lawyer came from and why he's all of a sudden suing for all of us."
"Awesome. Tell him to kick their asses," Steve said cheerfully. "And sorry about Ryan by the way. I heard the yelling."
This is why she loved being friends with Downie. He got things. "Yeah, he thought he was being slick but that didn't work out too well. DZ's dead by the way."
"If you somehow manage to get away from your family over your break, I won't say a word if you sneak to their Toronto game before the Olympic break to mess with DZ," Steve strongly hinted.

Suddenly she perked up. "I bet I could lie about going to Connecticut or Nebraska," Teodora said. "Granted Lina doesn't fuck things up. She's here by the way."
"Your cousin?" Steve gasped. "What the fuck did she have to say?"
"Oh I know about 'that dark haired guy' but that's it," Teodora grinned. "Anyways, I bet I could blackmail her somehow. Hopefully UK family doesn't show up. That's who I'd be worried about."
He leaned in and hissed, "Feel free to recruit John Tavares or Alex Pietrangelo."
Hmm. Teodora said, "I have some San Francisco boys I could recruit. Might be too obvious if I disappeared with Alex and Sara."

"WHAT THE FUCK?"
Teodora turned to gasp at his high pitched yell. "What'd you do to Alex?"
"I know you California kids don't like the cold. He may have found his shirt in the ice machine," Steve grinned a gap toothed smile.
"You do that to me I'll fucking kill you," she promised. "And I know Paul Bissonnette now by the way. He'll back Alex and I up."
He shook his head. "Doesn't surprise me at all."
They parted ways and she found her friends were still talking with Paige and Blakenly. "We sitting together now I take it?" She asked and shrugged. "Sure."
"So, they told me your last name was Brown," Paige asked. "Any hockey relations?"
Teodora snorted. "Doubt it. Though it was my birth last name. Other than that I know nothing and my last name's Ansary anyways."
"Oh. You know LA has a player with that name. Dustin Brown," Paige said. "Was just curious."
Again, she doubted it. "Yeah? Probably not."
Ariel messed with her phone and made a face. "Dude looks nothing like you. Way too pale. Your skin color is like Shakira dark, not like this guy."
"It's a common name from England but I doubt I'm very English," Teodora said.
"Good," Blakenly smiled. "They're our rivals. We may have to kill you then."
Teodora laughed and shot back, "I'd like to see you try!" Her phone buzzed and she got some more smiles.

"Is that Michael texting?" Paige smiled coyly.
Teodora checked her phone and made a face. "Hang on," she said and X'd out the news updates she was getting on the Arab Spring movements and saw she had some grades posted.
"Nice looking A's you got there,” Ariel teased.
Going back to peeking at the news articles of the different countries overthrowing their corrupt people, she felt a pit growing in her stomach. It had been nagging at her for a bit, but now that people could be dying from revolutions made her mind up. "I think I want to change my major," she suddenly decided.
"Hmm?" Paige asked.
Ariel raised her eyebrows as Teodora nodded. "Yeah. Ear, nose and throat is too easy. I want to go into critical care."
"Intensivist?" Ariel asked. "Good luck trying to get your Dad to agree. He was all for ear, nose and throat."
"Yeah? I'd rather do that than have Manny have a massive seizure and I can't do anything beyond the basic first aid. Ear, nose and throat won't help him," Teodora replied.

"Is that someone that makes more money?" Blakenly asked.
Teodora lifted a shoulder. “Not for me. My parents had to leave their country from an invasion, my city had the race riots and the Northridge earthquake, a brother from when I was in the foster system has seizures..."
Blakenly must have thought she said something insensitive so she said, "Oh that's very sweet of you."
"Yeah the douchy doctors typically are the plastic surgeons," Teodora laughed and Ariel grinned knowingly. "At least the one at our Dad's hospital. We may have pulled a few pranks on them."

"One guy nearly ran over her little brother and the guy cussed Joey out. So Teo may have dented his car in retaliation," Ariel smirked.
The girls gasped so Teodora added, "Yeah, not sure how my foot found his car door."

"Hmm. Bobby better watch out then," Paige laughed and suddenly raised eyebrows were focused on Teodora.
"Nah," Teodora said and decided to deflect things onto an easier target. "My roommate is enough to deal with. Michael Del Zotto from the Rangers? You should hear him bitch about how much studying and homework I do. Even though it was easy."
"Oh...is he your boyfriend?" Paige asked.
Teodora licked her lips. "Um, quite the opposite. Just your average male and female roommate story except for the desire to hook up. Actually part of the reason why that Bobby guy almost hit me because we were messing around with the Steve's. Downie and Stamkos. They lost a football bet with Del Zotto so now they had to mess with Alex and I."
Blakenly smiled. "So will you ever hook up with him? Its not bad after all."
"Hmm, right now the main worry is the apartment blowing up, not relationship stuff," Teodora said. The game started so Teodora quieted down and secretly didn't mind that Downie conveniently elbowed Bobby Ryan in the face.

Notes

Had to throw another funny chapter in since it won't always be fun for Teodora.