Ski Lifts and Hockey Sticks

Jess' POV:

TV: "mother knows best, take it from your mother, it's a scary world out theree..."

I groggily looked up from my pillow to the tv screen, Disney's tangled was playing. Yes we are 5. Blake was passed out on my shoulder, Aquamarine was asleep on his chest, Callie was asleep at my feet, Peyton was using Callie's lap as a pillow, and Hazel and Lydia were intently watching tangled.

Jess: "what time is it?"

Hazel checked her phone.

Hazel: "12:30"

Jess: "we have a 6 am practice tomorrow"

Hazel: "Correction! You do! I don't!"

I threw Blake's hat at her.

Jess: "shut up, now how do I get him off of me so I can go to my very comfy bed?"

Hazel: "I got you!"

She got up and pulled Blake off the couch onto Peyton and Callie.

Peyton: "OMG ow! BLAKE! Why can't you sleep still?!"

Blake rolled off of Peyton with a huff and a groan. He was about to answer when we saw two pairs of headlights pull into the driveway. We all looked at each other with blank faces.

Jess: "OMG DID MORGAN BRING SOMEONE HOME?!"

We all jumped to the window and watched them pull in.

Blake: "damn a mustang"

Lydia: "that's like Morgans favorite car, she must be dying!"

We watched the boy from the mustang jog up to open her door and help her out of her car.

Hazel: "awww that's so cute!!"

We watched them talk for a little then she turned and walked to the front door, then he called her name and she turned and he jogged up to her. He said a few things to her and then we watched him pull her close.

Callie: "OMG HES GONNA KISS HER!"

Jess: "omg that's Sidney Crosby! Why didn't I recognize him earlier?! I need to stop this now!"

Callie and Hazel: "NO!"

They pulled me back to the window to watch my best friend be kissed by Sidney Crosby. I think I might throw up. All the girls awwed as they kissed and watched Morgan walk inside after it. We all jumped back on the couch after we saw her walk inside and heard her footsteps coming up the stairs. We pretended to be asleep, so it didn't look like we were spying on her. She slowly opened the door and tiptoed past us to the window. She opened the window letting the cold winter air in.

Morgan(whispering): "Sidney! Sidney!"

There was silence then we heard her close the window, grab something from her bag and go into the bathroom. We all quickly got into bed while she was in the bathroom. Morgan got out of the bathroom a second after Callie got in bed.

Morgan: "really? You didn't think I'd notice you guys moved?"

Hazel: "yes?"

Morgan: "you all are idiots"

Aquamarine: "hey! Be nice baby sister!"

Morgan: "go to sleep!"

Morgan sat down on the couch and turned on Friends. I jumped off my bed and motioned to Callie and Hazel to come too.

Hazel: "so you gonna tell us about it?"

Morgan: "about what?"

Callie: "your date!"

Morgan(blushing): " well I went late night skating and his team was practicing there too. I went out on the ice when they finished and he stayed there, we practiced together for a little then Jess called. He heard I missed movie night so he offered to take me out for coffee. I accepted, we went out, talked, laughed, he took me home. End of night"

Jess: "hahaha what's this end of night bull shit? We saw that kiss!"

Morgan(she's a tomato by now) "you did?!"

Callie: "oh yeah, the whollee thing!"

Hazel: "well how was it??"

Morgan: "it was amazing guys! He's a fantastic kisser!"

Jess: "he's the star if the nhl, he's had his time with the ladies. He's got to be a pro by now!"

Morgan: "I never thought of that

Jess: "yeah he could be a total slut and just playing you like he probably does to most girls"

Morgan: "don't talk about him like that! He's a very nice guy and probably isn't a slut!"

Jess: "I'm just trying to look out for you, NHL players aren't always the most faithful guys. I don't want you to get hurt"

Morgan: "well what about that Flyer? Sean? You're clearly crushing on him"

Jess: "um no I'm not. He has no teeth and he is a hockey player, I've dated too many of them. I know how they are"

Callie: "not all hockey players are the same, you should give him a chance"

Jess: "yeah, probably not. We have an early practice tomorrow, we should get some rest"

We exchanged goodnights and got into bed. I quickly drifted off into an uninterrupted night of sleep.

--The next morning--

*alarm sounds going off*

I grab my phone and shut the alarm off. I threw my pillow at Callie and Hazels bunk and jumped out of bed.

Jess: "get up suckers, hockey time"

Callie: "just another year of sleep please"

Peyton:"I will kill you if you actually make me get up"

Jess: "I'm making you get up! Be at the car in 15 ladies!"

They all groaned and rolled out of bed. I quick changed into sweats, threw my hair into a bun, grabbed my bag from the closet and ran downstairs to make some tea. I was surprised to find Morgan already down there.

Jess: "oh! Hey Morg! I didn't expect you to be down here already!"

Morgan: "I've been down here since 2, I couldn't sleep"

Jess: "oh sucks! Are you up for practice?"

Morgan: "oh yeah I'll be fine! Don't worry, I've got enough coffee in me to power an electrical plant!"

Jess: "um that's probably not healthy.. Hahah"

Morgan shrugged and grabbed a cliff bar and went upstairs. I sat at the table eating my belveeta bar when Blake came downstairs.

Blake: "you know, 5 teenage girls getting up is not very quiet"

Jess: "suck it up you wuss"

He grabbed my hood and pulled it over my head so I pulled his chair out when he went to sit down. I checked the time and grabbed my thermos, bag, keys and ran out the door to warm up the car.

Blake(said from the ground because he fell): "I'll get you Sharp!"

Jess: "I highly doubt that!"

I threw my bag into the back of the Blake's car and jumped into the drivers seat. The girls slowly walked out the front door and made their way in to the car.

Jess: "Come on you turtles! We're wasting daylight!"

Payton: " how the hell are you up and functioning?"

Jess:" I'm a vampire, I don't sleep"

Morgan:" god that totally makes sense, I now understand how someone so tiny can check so hard"

I rolled my eyes and pulled out of the drive way. I blasted my driving playlist which consisted of JAY-Z and Beyoncé. We pulled into the lot to see an almost full lot, did the flyers know anything about car pooling? We shuffled into the locker room to find the rest of our team mid getting changed.

Jess: "Alright, 20 minutes I want all of you out on the ice ready to stretch"

I quick changed and headed to the ice, I liked being the first on on the ice, it felt nice. I was disappointed to see about 20 guys messing up my perfect ice. I waved at Claude who was running the stretches for the guys. He waved back and smiled at me. Aw he's actually adorable! My girls started making their way onto the ice as the Flyers finished up their stretching.

Jess:” Okay girls! Circle up!”

They skated into a big circle around me and we started our stretching. The boys were watching us. I could feel Sean’s eyes on me. It was hard to concentrate with him here, everything he did I noticed. I couldn’t sleep last night because I spent the whole night thinking about him and what Morgan and Callie said about giving him a chance. I don’t even know if he likes me. Ugh these feelings need to stop. I can’t like him. I’m still getting over Brendan. I can’t like another guy two weeks after a massive break up. Focus Jess. Get your head in the game.

Callie: “Earth to jess, were done stretching.. What do you want us to do now?”

Jess:” what oh, right practice! Claude! What should we do?”

Claude: “Well, how about you send your goalie to work with Mase and Emery, and your defense to Luke, Kimmo, Coburn, Gus, Gross, Streit and Hall. And the rest of us can work with the forwards.”

Jess:” sounds like a plan, you heard him, split up!”

Everyone split off with someone on the team, I made sure every one of my girls were situated before I went to see who I would be working with. I turned to find Sean tailing me.

Sean: “Hi! I was kind of assigned to you, since were both defensive forwards playing center.”

Jess: “Woopdi doo. Alright toothless wonder, a few ground rules. No interfering with me if I’m trying to win a bet. And no falling head over heels in love with me.”

Sean chuckled at this: “ No promises sweetheart”

I hit him in the gut with my glove and told him to start with some pointers. He helped with my face offs and gave me a few tips on backhands and wrist shots. Practice started to wind down and a few players left the ice to clean up. Being captain I stayed after with Morgan, Claude and Sean to clear off the ice.

Sean: “how about we leave the pucks for the next team to deal with?”

Jess: “no that’s wrong, unless it’s a team we hate. Then we pick up the pucks and chuck them at their face.”

Sean: “yesss! I like you!”

Sean put his hand out for a fist bump. I hit his rather large hand and at the same time we pulled back and made explosion noises. Morgan laughed and Claude stared at us like we were crazy. We finished with the pucks and we were about to leave the ice when we saw the next team make their way out.

Claude growled: “penguins”

Morgan quickly turned and started searching for Crosby. Ew. Gross. I might throw up.

Sean: “I hate them”

Morgan: “they can’t be that bad, I mean they might be nice off the ice.”

Claude: “Seriously? Crosby said he hated all of us. Off the ice”

Morgan: “He could have been having a bad day”

Jess: “Ew please stop defending him!”

Morgan: “I do what I want!”

We watched her skate over to the locker room and waved to Crosby then disappeared into the locker room.

Sean: “What was that?”

I gathered the puck bag and skated with Sean and Claude to the locker rooms.

Jess: “She went on a date with him last night”

Claude: “WHAT. Ew!”

Jess: “God tell me about it..”

Claude quickly said goodbye and went into the locker room. Sean stayed out with me for a minute.

Sean: “so how are we gonna break up Morgan and Crosby?”

Jess: I vote an undercover mission”

I put my hands into a gun shape and dropped to the floor and rolled to the side of the building like a spy. I looked over at sean and he dropped to the floor and did the same thing.

Jess: “Kidding, I vow not to mess with her relationship! Even if it is with Crosby”

Sean: “well I guess I won’t mess with it either. But I am so in for an undercover mission with you sometime”

Sean winked at me and walked into the locker room. I stood there stunned. A NHL player just winked at me. I turned and walked to the locker room, I walked in to find Morgan sitting on the floor. I sat down next to her patted her knee.

Jess: “I’m sorry I’ve been bashing your relationship with Crosby. If you’re happy with him I should be happy about it”

Morgan: “Thanks, it’s not even a relationship yet though.”

Jess: “but it will be. My spidey senses are tingling!”

I jumped up and pulled her up with me.

Jess: “Now let’s get changed and go skiing or snowboarding!”

Morgan: “Um no I need to eat first! I’m starving!”

I mumbled a fine back and went to get a quick shower. I changed and met the other girls in the car.

Callie: “Where to?”

Morgan: “Mountainside Café!”

We drove home quickly and dropped our hockey gear off and picked up our skiing/snowboarding gear. We made our way into the café and sat at a big circle table near the fire and the huge window overlooking the mountain. I looked out the window and noticed the Flyers on the mountain. I saw Sean talking with Wayne. He had a beanie on and his golden blond hair was sticking out of it. I watched him put his goggles on and head to the ski lift with another one of the players. I turned back to the conversation which was about the festivals “Snow queen”. Which is an over glorified tradition that Hazel is beyond excited to compete in again. They have 3 girls from town and3 tourists compete for a stupid crown and title as snow queen. The competition is completely rigged. A tourist has never won because the town officials are the judges and always pick the townies. For the past three years Hazel has been competing in it and every year her hopes are crushed when she loses.

Jess: “why don’t you just not compete this year, and make this vacation fun and not end it in tears again.”

Hazel: “are you saying I can’t win?”

Jess: “no you deserve to win, but the idiot judges don’t see that”

Hazel: “This year will be different. I’m gonna kick ass!”

Callie: “you go girl!”

We all finished our food and went back to the car to change into our snow clothes. On our way to the car Hazel ran right into a group of guys. Like full on tripped over their bags in the parking lot, a blond in the group helped her up. She was the color of a tomato and that didn’t fade until we were on the slopes and she crashed into a pile of snow. It may have cooled her off but today was not her day. I decided to snow board for today and went off with Morgan and Lydia. It was about lunch time when they decided to head back, I wanted to stay for a little longer so I gave them the car keys and told them I would walk home when I wanted to. I snowboarded till about three, when my stomach decided it needed to eat or I would pass out. I started to take my boots off as another set of snow boots walked up to me and stood over me. I looked up to see Sean towering over me.

Jess: “What do you want”

Sean: “To see where all of your friends are”

Jess: “They left”

Sean: “how are you going to get back to your cabin?”

Jess: “walk”

Sean:” with all of your gear?”

I turned and looked at my boots, snow pants, skiing jacket, helmet, and board. I groaned at this.

Jess:” I didn’t even think of that. UHG”

Sean:” I can drive you home”

Jess:” Really? You wouldn’t mind?”

Sean:” Not at all! Here let me help with your gear and I’ll lead the way to my car”

He scooped up my clothing and helmet, I grabbed my boots and board and followed him to the parking lot. He made his way through cars and stopped in front of a black 2013 Jeep wrangler. He threw my clothing into the back with his stuff and took my board from me and strapped it onto the roof with his snowboard. I stuck my boots in the back with the other stuff. I jumped into the car and got a big wiff of flowers. I was expecting hockey sweat so this threw me off guard.

Jess: “it smells.. Flowery?”

Sean:” Uh yeah, blame my ex for showering my car with air fresheners. She didn’t like the smell of hockey”

Jess: “oh I’m sorry to hear you broke up.”

Sean: “it was like 7 months ago, I’m over it. I just decided to keep the flowers, it reminds me of my mom.”

Jess:” Aw! A mommas boy?”

Sean(Blushing):” yeah I guess you could say that.”

Sean started up the car and pulled out of the parking lot.

Sean:” Where to?”

I gave him directions and we sat most of the car ride in silence. He had drake playing.

Jess: Ew can we not listen to this wining grown man?”

Sean:” What? You got a problem with Drake?”

Jess: “ Um yes, here let me play some actual music”

I unplugged his phone and plugged mine in, I put my JAY-Z/Justin Timberlake mix on. Big Pimpin started playing and I turned the music up. I sang along and seat danced to the song. I could hear Sean laughing at me over the song, I turned it down and looked at him.

Jess:” are you enjoying my dancing?”

Sean:” yes very much! I didn’t expect JAY-Z. I expected more of a country playlist”

Jess:” just because I’m a Dallas Stars fan doesn’t mean I am a super country fan! Well I do like country, but only certain times”

Sean:” You’re a Stars fan? Oh god there is so much I need to teach you about teams to like”

Jess:” Oh, should I like the Flyers and that’s it?”

Sean:” Well,yes”

Jess:” and whys that?”

Sean: “because I’m on the team”

Jess:” I’m gonna need a better reason than that”

Sean:” okay, how about I think of more reasons and I tell you them tomorrow night?”

Jess:” Why tomorrow night?”

Sean:” because I’m not busy and you’re gonna come over and we’re gonna hang out and watch movies and eat and maybe go hot tubbing”

Jess:” I never agreed to this”

Sean:” well, would you like to agree now?”

Jess:” sure, why not? It beats hearing about the Snow Queen from Hazel and listening to Crosby stories all night from Morgan”

Sean said awesome as we pulled into my driveway. I grabbed my stuff in from the back and he pulled my board off the top of his car.

Sean:” I can’t even see you under that pile of clothes”

Jess:” Shut up, I know I’m tiny”

Sean chuckled and pulled some of the pile out of my arms.

Sean:” There you are” he smirked

I nudged him with my boots I had in my hands. I walked up to the garage and put in the code and dropped off my boots and helmet and told Sean to lean my snowboard against the wall with my boots. I turned to him and took my jacket back.

Jess:” thanks for the ride”

Sean:” Anytime! So tomorrow at 5? I want to fit dinner in so don’t eat anything before”

Jess:” okay I won’t, I’ll see ya tomorrow”

I watched him walk back to his car, he was about to pull out when he rolled down window.

Sean:” DON’T FORGET YOUR BATHING SUIT TOMORROW!”

I rolled my eyes and waved at him as I hit the garage door button to close it. I walked upstairs showered and changed into sweats and a tshirt and collapsed on the couch where Morgan was sitting.

Jess:” I’m going to fall asleep on you okay?”

Morgan nodded and I fell into the deepest sleep thinking about the one and only Sean Couturier.

Notes

Alright! here it is! the next chapter! I hope you like it, sorry nothing really happened, its a bit of a filler! but thanks for reading :)