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Take me on a trip, I'd like to go some day.
Take me to New York, I'd love to see LA.

I really want to come kick it with you.
You'll be my American boy.
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Dawn rolled up to Vancouver International Airport with her fiancé in tow in their black Acura ZDX. Rap music was streaming from the subwoofers. Bass pounding, beats thumping. They got out in the unloading zone together as the noise from the music came to a stop. He opened the trunk to get her bags out for her. At least he was a gentleman. He could've just popped the trunk for her and sent her on her way. His backwards hat and heavily tatted arms made him look like a bit of a tool, but hey ink means different things to different people. Suddenly he kissed her full on the mouth in front of everyone. I didn't want to eavesdrop but it was the most interesting scene going on at the passenger drop off as the team was massing together to get on the flight to San Jose. I saw him pull a white bandage off of a piece around his left finger. Must be some new ink. Her name perhaps? She smiled, gave him another kiss and a hug. He grabbed her ass as he hugged her. "Classy" I said under my breath. Sarcastically of course. But who was I to judge? If I had an ass like that leaving me I would probably do the same. Finally after saying their last goodbyes she entered the airport. "Hey Dawnie." I said in a mock New Yorker stereotypical accent. Much like my father has. "You ready for your first roadie with the boys?" I asked her as she put her luggage with the rest of the team's ready for the group check in.

"A little nervous." She said smiling her blue eyes twinkling. "I think Brett is even more so." She added with a giggle.

"Oh right, that was him?" I asked non chalantly.

"That was him." She said smiling. "He's not used to me leaving him just the other way around." She added.

"He's got an awful lot of ink on him." I said my forehead scrunching up together.

"Really? I hadn't noticed" she said jokingly with a grin. "He got a new one yesterday. My name around his left ring finger." She said wistfully. So called it. Score one for Higgy.

"No offence, but isn't that a little premature or bad luck?" I asked her scratching my head.

"I think it's sweet" she said with a smile. "And special"

"Didn't you tell me he did that for another girl he was engaged to?" I asked. "Is that like a Canadian thing?"

"Oh what's this Higgy?" She said to me she said pretending she was having difficulty getting her hand out of her pocket and flashed me her middle finger.

"Oooh ouch!" I said grabbing my heart pretending like I've been shot.

"Come on American Boy. We've got a plane to catch." She said with a smile. On the plane I sat beside her. It was a short flight, not even two hours. But the chance to sit with her was good enough for me.

"So is it hard being a woman in a mans world?" I asked her.

"In general or in the sports world?" She asked pushing her hot pink beats headphones off of her head around her neck.

"In sports of course" I laughed at her smiling my most charming, debonair smile.

"Well you've got to be tough." She said with a smile. "Or just learn to bat your eyes and play dumb" she added. She didn't seem like the type to play dumb. She had a tough personality but seemed like she could be sweet too. I've definitely already seen hints of that sweetness. "It definitely is a boys club" she added. "I've already been told I will likely spend most of my time in the trainer's room at the ready in case you guys get injured. Almost no way I'll see any action on the bench." She said her eyes downcast.

"Aww honey. I'm sorry to hear that" I said placing a hand over hers squeezing it. At first I thought it was too much. Perhaps a step too far. But she looked up into my eyes and said a very quiet thank you squeezing my hand back.

"So we're going to your turf in a few weeks" she said to me with a smile. "That's got to be exciting for you." She added with a grin.

"Yeah, first time on home turf as a 'Nuck." I said with a silly grin on my face.

"I've never been to NYC." She said. "Would you be my American Boy and show me around?" She asked her eyelashes fluttering slightly. Was she flirting with me? Or was this some sort of joke? I was going to have to tell Kes this one. The guy had a huge hard on for Dawn. Every chance he got he hung around the trainer's office. Sometimes it seemed like he even faked injuries to get her attention.

"Absolutely." I said to her with another panty dropping smile. "So I have to ask, what happens when spring training starts?"

"What do you mean what happens then? He reports and I stay here until the end of the season." She said firmly.

"How do you guys decide on a date for a wedding?"

"We're getting married during the Allstar break." She said. "His not ours. And then we will have a delayed honeymoon and do it during our Allstar break next winter." She said with a smile.

"Sounds...complicated. I just know if I had a girl like you I wouldn't want to leave her with a pack of 30 other guys." I said with a wink.

"Dude. She's engaged." Kes said giving me a slap upside the head. "Even I couldn't change her mind." He said with a smile. "Yet" he added with a wink.

-------- Kes' POV ---- I

I knew exactly what Higgy was trying to do. And I'll be damned if I wasn't going to cockblock as much as I could. After all, I saw her first. Well actually Boothy did but he sure wouldn't know what to do with a girl like that. Her body built for sin and I'd take that sin again and again and again. "Are you guys usually this friendly to the help ?" She asked me at dinner that night.

"Oh yeah," I said. "It's just a part of being with the team" I gave her my biggest smile possible as I opened the restaurant door for her.

"Hmm, I'll have to ask Mike how many quiet, intimate Italian eateries you've taken him to tomorrow." She said with a smirk. We sat down at a quiet, candlelit table. I couldn't have asked for a better spot to charm and seduce her.

"So, what do you think so far?" I asked her as the waiter poured us some water.

"Well I'm definitely feeling the love." She said with a big, toothy smile.

"And caaaaannn you feeeel the loooove tonight." I sang to her with a laugh. She laughed too clearly appreciating the song. "I should've been a popstar."

"Don't quit your day job Kes." She said smiling then taking a sip of water wrapping those beautiful lips around the lip of the glass. Damn that glass was lucky right now! I entertained her with stories about growing up in Livonia, practical jokes played between myself and Bieksa, what it's like to be in the Stanley cup playoffs, she listened intently and hung on my every word. "And then I got married, had a couple of kids and here we are." I said finishing my plate of chicken parm. My pocket buzzed. "Speaking of married" I said taking my phone out of my pocket. "Hello Andrea, yeah I'm out to dinner can I call you later? I know hon I'm sorry I didn't call when we got here. Yeah....yep....mmmhmmm...love you too babe." And I hung up quite relieved. "Sorry, the wife gets worried when I don't check in" I said putting the phone down.

"That's sweet." She said to me "I noticed you didn't say who you were out to dinner with." She said seductively sipping her wine.

"In this case, a little innocent fun can't hurt her." I said raising a glass to her. A few glasses of wine and a delicious piece of tiramisu later, we headed back to our hotel. "What floor are you?" I asked her as we got into the elevator.

"Fourth, room 427; you?" She asked looking at me.

"Third. Let me walk you to your room?" I asked her trying not to sound creepy. "For safety of course" I added . Smooth Kes, real smooth.

"Sure." She said as we rode the elevator up to the fourth floor. We stopped at her door and she unlocked her door then turned to me. "Well...goodnight." She said smiling standing in the doorway. The moment felt right, an unspoken understanding between us. I leaned in to her lips, she leaned up. Our lips not even an inch apart. That's when it happened. I hear the song Batter Up blaring from a phone. "I ummm, I have to take this." She said grabbing her phone. "goodnight Kes" she said with a grin.

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