Eat. Sleep. Hockey

You all know my brother, the ever famous Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks. Let me tell you a little about me. Yes, I am his little sister, well one of them. I too work for the Blackhawks, but my job is a little different than his. I'm an Ice Girl, and proud of it. I've made some pretty amazing friends, Melanie, Brittany and Sophia to name a few. Melanie, Brittany and I share a penthouse, considering how close we are. Sophia lived with us up until a few months ago when Jonathan proposed to her. He asked her to marry him right on the ice, they had just won the Stanley Cup, it was perfect.
During the summer after they won, I honestly didn't think the parties would ever stop. Of course, us girls on the Ice Crew had our own little party. Take a guess who crashed it, you'll probably guess right. Brandon, Andrew, Patrick, Jonathan, Corey and it wouldn't be a party without Sharpy. It was a fun party though, my brother got wasted and Andrew and Brandon were being their typical comedic selves. I'm pretty sure Melanie and Corey became a thing after the party was over, they seemed to only have eyes for each other the whole night.
Another month passes and my brother and I are headed back to our hometown to show off the Stanley Cup. It wasn't as grand as it was in 2010, but I expected that. It definitely felt good to be home for a little while. I spent a nice amount of time with my younger sisters, which is something I always love. Being the eldest of 4 girls, I was the one they looked up to. Besides Patrick of course, but why would they want to look up to him. He's a stinky boy. All jokes aside, they looked up to both of us. We both have great jobs, working for the same organization, doing what we love.
Present day, I'm just living my life with my two best friends in the best city on Earth. Brittany, Melanie and I all decided it was time to lace up our skates and go practice a bit before pre-season training starts at Johnny's Ice House. "I call not driving and shot gun!" I shout from my room as I pack up my skates and other things in my duffel bag. "Melanie's driving!" I hear Brittany exclaim. Picking up my bag, I exit my room, crossing through the living room to get to the front door of our apartment. "You both suck. You know that?" Melanie declares as she grabs her keys. "You know we love you though right?" I tease, adjusting the shoulder strap on my bag.
To our dismay we weren't the only ones who thought early practice would be good. Andrew, Brandon and my brother we skating around the rink when we got there. "Looks like our brothers are here." I state, looking back at Brittany. Her cheeks turn a light shade of pink when she realizes that, Brandon was super protective of her, especially around Andrew or any of the guys to be honest. Patrick just loved to tease me, of course I teased him right back. "We should sneak up on them..." Melanie suggests, a devilish glimmer in her eyes. "Good idea, we can put our skates on out here and set our stuff down behind the second row of seats." I say quietly.
Quite sneakily, we make our way inside the small arena. Carefully, Melanie peeks over the seats giving us the nod that the boys weren't looking. Setting our belongings down we quietly make our way over to the ice. Of course the minute our skates made contact with the ice they all turned around. Skating up to Patrick, I wrap my arms around his broad shoulders. "How's my big brother?" I ask, giving him my cutest puppy dog expression. "Perfect, how's my wittle sister?" He counters, mocking me. "Just dandy!" I trill letting go of him, skating around the boys. "What are you girls doing here?" Andrew broke in, giving a once over to Brittany. They weren't very good at keeping their relationship a secret, Brandon was bound to find out sometime. "Just here to skate a little bit." Brittany replies innocently as she and Melanie join us. "Good enough for me." Andrew remarks skating over to Brittany and snatching her off the ice. He tosses her over his shoulder in one swift movement, speeding around the rink. "Put me down!" Brittany shrieks, pounding her fists into his back. He laughs, setting her down gently next to Brandon.
"I know you two are dating. You don't have to hide it anymore." Andrew states smirking at the two. Brittany's face instantly turns red while the rest of us burst out laughing. "It's not funny." She mumbles, crossing her arms over her chest. After a few short seconds of her pouting, her eyes light up and she pulls Brandon down to her eye level. She whispers something in his ear, her eyes glancing at me for a split second before she looks away. I start to feel a bit uneasy as Brandon makes eye contact with me, I immediately look down at my skates as my cheeks flush red. I really hoped she didn't tell him what I think she did. I'd been pretty good at keeping my feelings for him a secret, and I really shouldn't have told his twin sister. She is my best friend though, so I do trust her. "What's your deal Chels?" Patrick asks nudging me in the side with his elbow. "You like the man-child or something?" He continues, his smile growing by the second. "You do, don't you?! Chelsea and Brandon, sitting in a tr--" I cut him off before he can finish jumping on his back and covering his mouth with both of my hands.
I wrap my legs around his waist, carefully though, don't want to cut him with my skates. Out of the corner of my eye I can see Melanie, Andrew and Brittany laughing up a storm. Brandon on the other hand, I couldn't tell. "If you tease her, you'll have to tease me too." He blurts out, looking right at me giving me a reassuring smile. I smile back, not realizing I'm still covering Patrick's mouth with my hands. All of a sudden I feel something wet touch the palm of my hand and I immediately let go, which ends up with me falling right on my butt. My face turns a deeper shade of red, if that's even possible. "Whatever suits you two." Patrick snickered, shaking his head at me.
Brushing the golden blonde locks that had fallen messily in my face over my shoulders, Brandon skates over to me offering a hand to help me up. I take it gratefully as he pulls me up with ease. "Thanks." I murmur, wiping a few remnants of ice off my behind. "Is it true, do you really have feelings for me?" Brandon asks, his bright blue eye's studying my expression. "I..well...y-yeah." I stutter, feeling like a complete idiot. Way to go Chelsea, can't even speak to him now. I look up at him slowly as I realize he's still holding my hand. "So does that mean if I ask you out on a date you'll say yes?" He inquires, squeezing my hand gently. "Yeah, I'd love to go on a date with you." I say, managing to not butcher any of my words this time. "Great! That's really great, how about tomorrow night?" He asks, a hopeful look in his eyes. "Sure." I nod in agreement as he pulls me into a hug. I ignore my brother's immature sound effects and just enjoy the moment. One of the many moment's I'd be spending with Brandon.

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