Hockey Genes

When we got home after the movies, we took a quick nap because our flight to Philly is at 3am and it was already midnight. We already had all our things together and I wrote a note to Mr. and Mrs. Schenn for welcoming me and letting me stay at their home.

Time flew by and it was already 2:30 so we rushed out the door and to the airport. Our flight to Philly was going to take about 4 hours so we would get there at 7am. Just in time for the boys’ practice at noon and a well-deserved rest on the plane ride home.

After our flight, my dad picked us up at the airport and it honestly felt like forever since I last saw him.


Dad: “There’s my little girl! I thought you would never come home.”

Tori: “You know I can’t be gone for too long or I’ll miss you too much, dad.”

Dad: “It’s good to see Brayden’s still alive and maintained. The girls didn’t wear you out too much huh?”

Brayden: “Oh no, hahaha, they were very welcoming, sir”

Dad: “Good. Ready for the game tomorrow?”

Brayden: “Yes I am, it’s going to be a tough one but we should pull through.”

Dad: “Beat those penguins’ ass for me eh?”

Brayden: “Will do sir”



I put on a pair for jeans and a flyers sweatshirt and headed to practice with Brayden. When we got to the rink, I went upstairs to my room and got myself an energy smoothie. After that and a couple minutes later, I went back downstairs and saw my dad chatting it up with one of his all-time favorite players, Vinny Lecavalier outside the locker room. I walked up and we all talked a little bit and Vinny kindly asked me to take care of his little daughter whose name was also Victoria, during the practice.

I held her on my lap during the practice and watched the boys play. Vinny’s wife couldn’t make it to the practice so it was just me and her. And not forgetting some of the fans who came to the practice. I got a couple glares from the girl fans, seeing my Schenn sweatshirt and holding a little girl, probably didn’t know it was Vinny’s daughter.

After the practice, I walked around with Victoria and waited for her dad and Brayden to get undressed. About 15 minutes passed and the boys started walking out. I met up with Vinny and gave his daughter back to him and he gave me a big thank you. I caught Brayden, Wayne, and Raffl taking pictures with some fans. I sat down by a nearby bench and waited till he was done. He shot over a couple smiles at me in between autographs to make sure I was still there. He then excused himself from the fans and made his way over to me and greeted me with a hug.


Brayden: “Sorry babe, I didn’t mean to make you wait any longer”

Tori: “No it’s ok Bray, I don’t mind”

Brayden: “You sure? How bout I take you out before the big game”

Tori: “I’m sure. But pasta sounds great for a nice pregame meal”

Brayden: “It’s like you were reading my mind. C’mon lets go home and shower up”



We left the skate zone and Brayden dropped me off at my house and then he went to his apartment. When I got home, I took a shower and washed my body with my favorite body wash ever. It smells like vanilla cupcakes. When I got out and dried myself off, my phone went off and I got a text from Brayden. "I want to take you out somewhere special, so put on something nice".
I quickly rummaged through my closet in search for a nice dress. I picked out a half sleeved black tight dress that stopped above my knees. I matched it with a pair of black Louboutin pumps and a black Saint Laurent clutch. I straightened my blonde hair and did a nude makeup look. Before leaving, I grabbed a long black peacoat. I told my dad I was going out to dinner with Brayden then going straight to the game. It was 3:00 so we had about 2 hours to eat before getting to the rink at 5:00 for the 7:00 game.

Just in time, i got a call from Brayden that he was outside. When I walked out, he was standing in front of the passenger side of his car, holding a single red rose. He was dressed in a very nice black tux and damn did he look good.


Brayden: “You look beautiful Tori”

Tori: “Thanks Bray”

Brayden: “This is for you”

Tori: “Awwww you’re too sweet. Thank you”

Brayden: “Anything for you. So are you ready for a great night?”

Tori: "Couldn’t be more excited”

Brayden: “Good, so am I”


Brayden opened the car door for me and I sat in. The whole car ride there, Brayden held my hand like a little baby holding their mothers hand. I felt wanted in something so little like holding his hand and I loved it. The ride didn’t take long and we pulled up to an Italian restaurant in Philly called Spasso’s.

They had a table already reserved for us when we walked in. A lot of people were distracted from their dinner as we walked in, hand in hand. We sat down, ordered our drinks and appetizer and waited for it to come. We started a conversation until someone from my old school walked passed and waved hello. That was just one of the people at my school who thought I was crazy about dating a professional hockey player especially Brayden Schenn. And let me tell you it felt amazing to prove them wrong.

It wasn’t long until our food got here and we quickly dived in. Brayden and I both got some kind of pasta dish, the ultimate pregame meal for the Schenn family. When we were done eating, we sipped our drinks and waited for our check. We weren’t going to get dessert at the restaurant because we decided to go to Coldstone’s and get ice cream… my treat. When the check came, Brayden paid for our food then we walked out of Spasso’s.

We made our way toward Coldstone’s to get our ice cream, as soon as we made it out of the restaurant. It was only a block away so we walked. We saw a couple of fans wearing Flyers shirts and jerseys walk past us and wished Brayden good luck at tonight’s game.

When we got to Coldstone’s, Brayden ordered some kind of birthday cake ice cream (no surprise) and I got a berry cheesecake ice cream. We sat down and gobbled down our ice cream with no fan distractions. Looking at the time, we quickly finished and made our way back to the car and on our way to the rink.

We got there at exactly 5:00 and drove to the back of the rink to park. When we got out, we saw a couple of other players arriving and some of those were Pittsburgh players. No one made conversation with each other, except the players that were on the same team. When we walked into the tunnel, we were stopped by a Pittsburgh player that just happened to be Sidney Crosby. What luck. Every time I run into Crosby, he always tries to flirt with me and purposely gets on my nerves because he knows I’m a Flyers fan. But this time was different because I’m dating Brayden.


Crosby: “Well well well, isn’t it the beautiful Victoria Franco. How are you babe?”

Brayden: “Back off Sindey, she’s with me”

Crosby: “Haha that’s funny. Has she told you about our behind the rink hookups yet?”

Tori: “Only in your dreams Sid. That never happened.”

Crosby: “But it will sooner or later”

~He picked up my hand and lightly kissed it and gave me a wink. Brayden pulled my hand away and we walked off~

Brayden: “Better watch it out there Crysby. Don’t think you’ll get away with this one”


After the boys did their pregame stretches and their little soccer game, which Brayden sucks at and I enjoyed it very much being able to laugh at how bad he was, Brayden handed over his Flyers hat for me to wear and he headed off into the locker room. I made my way to the suite with the other Flyers wives and family members and got ready for the game. The suite had free food, desserts, including little sandwiches and drinks, which I helped myself too. I got myself a cup of hot chocolate and sat down next to Michael Raffl, Hal Gill, and Andrej Meszaros, who were sitting out, and got ready for the game to start.

As the game went on, Brayden opened the scoring late in the first period as the flyers lead 1-0. After that, 8 and a half minutes left in the second, Pittsburg responded with a powerplay goal by their captain, Sidney Crosby. But that only pushed the Flyers more and created a tiebreaker & powerplay goal 6 minutes later and 1:20 minutes left, by Brayden. The score didn’t change as Ray Emery stopped all shots fired at him in the third period and the Flyers beat the Penguins 2-1.

I was a very proud girlfriend especially because Brayden scored the only 2 goals and was a big help to give us the win. So my gift to him, after every game they win, are pancakes that I will make for him for breakfast the next day and a funfetti cake as well. I decided to spend the night at Brayden’s apartment so i wouldn't run into my dad. When we arrived at the apartment, we both jumped in the shower. We had a well-deserved love session in the shower that continued on in the bed and finished with a naked cuddle as we drifted off to sleep.

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Notes

I wanted to update this chapter earlier but i never got time to finish it, sorry! I hope you enjoy this chapter though :).

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