The One Night That Changed My Life Forever

"So what are we going to do this morning?" I asked Ellie as we sat at our dining room table drinking our coffees.
"When do your classes start? I don't know we could go skating at the park or something?"
"Not until 1:30 so we have a few hours. I haven't been skating in ages that sounds good! Though I don't know if I brought my skates down from Ottawa."
"You can just rent some. I have to rent some too. I don't even know why I suggested skating I've never been any good at it."
"My boyfriend rubbing off on you? A few months ago you would have never suggested let alone talk anything hockey" I laughed.
"Maybe that's it. But lets go before I change my mind. You better not leave me! I'm not a great skater like all Canadians seem to be."
"I've been on ice since I was five. Pat couldn't believe it especially after I went 12 hours before recognizing who he was. It's actually pretty funny looking back on it now" I smiled. Ellie and I changed into some warmer clothes. Ellie had dared me to wear a Kane jersey but I couldn't do it, not that I didn't want to. I texted Pat telling him of our plans before class and he said that he might stop by, I knew that he wanted to critique my skating. I wore my hair down covering my head with a hat, before bundling up in a winter jacket and a scarf. I hoped this would be enough so as not to draw any attention to myself. I knew that if Pat made an appearance that it didn't matter how much I hid behind my scarf people would recognize me. Honestly I wasn't freaked out about the media anymore. It didn't phase me as much as before, probably from experience.
"You ready to go El? Is it ok if you drive? I have a feeling Pat is coming to drop me off at school, and I don't want you to be left in Chicago ride less, though you could just drive my car I guess."
"It's fine I'm going to run a few errands after anyways, and yup lets get out of here!" she replied grabbing her keys and heading towards the elevator. We made it to the park in under twenty minutes, and luckily found a place to park in record time. We made our way over to the skate rental booth, both getting hockey skates in our sizes. The guy looked at us funny when we asked specifically for hockey skates. I guess women have never played hockey" I thought laughing in my mind. Plus I had never even tried skating with figure skates, and that is not how I want Pat to see me skating if he did decide to come. We changed into our skates, zipped ourselves back up and made our way onto the ice. El and I took it slow for the first couple laps, after which she started to get the hang of skating again. It felt good to be on the ice again, I had missed it. After a good half hour of skating the rink had gotten less full as most people had left in search of food for lunch. I told El I was going to skate a few laps, just to enjoy the feel of the ice under my skates. I took off at a much quicker pace, feeling bad at first which was soon erased by the thrill of gliding over the ice.
"Wanna race?" I heard none other than Pat called out skating to catch up to me.
"I don't know you seem like a pretty good skater yourself, something about playing in the NHL?"
"Aw come on! One race it'll be fun."
"Who's the one helping El skate again?"
"Oh that's Sadder. Brandon he's pretty nice, he won't let her fall. Now come on I bet you can beat me!"
"No going easy on me! There is nothing I hate more than people letting me win. So one end to the other?"
"Yah, but we both need clear paths and I would never let a girl beat me at skating. I have to keep up this professional image or something" he said winking at me.
"So what do I win when I kick your butt?"
"Bragging rights? Plus Brandon I think is videotaping anyway so if you win you will probably make Hawks Tv, and I myself will be ridiculed the rest of my hockey career" he laughed pointing to where Brandon and Ellie stood videocamera in hand. The rink was quite long, and people had cleared a path when they understood that a showdown was about to take place. Obviously no one paid too much attention to who it was that was racing, but more to the fact that a girl was racing a guy.
"You sure you want to do this? There is still time to back out" I told Pat as we set ourselves up for the race. "Imagine the public humiliation alone you are going to receive just here" I said pointing at the crowd
"Hmm yes, show me what you've got."
Brandon stood at the finish line camera in hand and El took the starting line. I knew this was going to be tough, but I was always a really good skater. There was no time to doubt myself now, so I waited for the go signal. When she dropped her hand I shut everything out, not knowing where Pat was and just skated towards the finish. One foot in front of the other, was all I thought about gaining a bit of energy and determination just thinking about what winning would mean. I crossed the line in front of Pat by a skate length.
"Shit" he said out of breath. "That is embarrassing!"
"And to think you probably came here to critique my skating" I laughed shaking my head leaning in to give him a hug and a kiss. "Sorry" I whispered in his ear hoping I sounded sincere. "We don't need to show the video to anyone but I can't say anything about Brandon not telling your teammates." I said pointing to where Brandon stood with a satisfied smirk on his face.
"My girlfriend is a better skater than I am" he pouted "How is that fair! Maybe you should be the one in the NHL."
"Someday girls will play in the NHL, but that day is not today. Lets go take the video proof away from Brandon. Though I am not destroying that video! It will be cute to look back at. Plus I may be a faster skater, but there is no way I could do half the things you manage to do with your stick" I said pecking him on the cheek and making my way over to my best friend.
"Nice going, you showed him! I even looked back at the video, he did not go easy on you at all!" Ellie said.
"It's true. You are a great skater" Brandon said to me.
"Thanks, not a big deal. He would win 9 out of 10 times, I guess I found an extra bit of energy I didn't know was there."
"I'm not so sure about that. You should race the team. I'm not sure if many people could beat that, plus it would save your boyfriend a bit of embarrassment. It would also be a fun segment for Hawks TV, and amazing bragging rights."
"She's pretty fast huh?" Pat remarked to Brandon.
"I'd say. I told her she should challenge the team. Not many people beat P.Kane"
"That's actually a great idea, plus it would keep me from looking as bad. The guys would't be ones to shy away from a challenge either. Especially with us playing pro hockey, I guess we just expect to be really fast skaters. Hey! No one beats me ever!"
"Well…actually there was one day like today, oh wait it was today when hmm what was it again? Rachel beat you!"
"Yah, yah i'd like to see you try. Videotaped and all. I'm saying you don't stand a chance especially since she beat me and there is no way you could ever beat me!"
"Fine!" he huffed. "But if she beats me she has to challenge the whole team!" he whined.
"I'll think about the team challenge thing, maybe make it into another mini olympics ordeal. As for the race you are on Saad. " I said cocking my head to the side and shrugging my shoulders.
"Why do I have to do this? We all know she is going to win" he whined into the recording camera now in Pat's hands.
"I don't know cause its funny. Not 5 minutes ago you were laughing at me for loosing and now its my turn!"
"Alright boys settle down, lets not draw even more of a scene, though now that I think of it draw the people in. I want and audience when I take on two Blackhawks in one day and win."
"I'm not so sure about that." Pat said looking at the crowd that was big even though they had no idea who we were.
"What? Afraid of people knowing you got beat by a girl?"
"No it's not that. Well maybe a little… but I also don't want to deal with all of that today" he said pointing at the other people on the rink.
"Well can I wear your jersey when I beat him?"
"Umm ok? You carry my jersey around everywhere you go?"
"Haha no. Ellie thought it would be a great idea if I wore it ice skating, to which I said no not wanting to deal with all that" I said pointing to the people as well. "But she somehow managed to put it in my bag while I wasn't looking, and that brings us back to where we are now."
"Ok, that clears that up" he laughed. "Not that I mind you wearing my jersey all day everyday. You look hot in it" he said giving me a kiss on the cheek. I chucked the jersey on and made my way over to Brandon.
"Okay! I'm ready. I've got some Kane power on my side, and I'm ready to win this so my boyfriend over there doesn't suffer from anymore unnecessary embarrassment" I said laughing and shaking my head as I looked over and saw Pat with the camera aimed and ready." I was surprised that I didn't have much more of a reaction about the jersey, but what I got was enough. People had learned from the first time, that this was something they should videotape as I saw people with their phones out. I was glad to have race Pat first, not wanting it to be him all the people videotaped losing. As predicted I won the race and made a few fans of my own, which was surprising seeing as I was skating in-between two Blackhawks. If only people knew. After a while of seeing Pat and I skate around a little while people started putting two and two together. I laughed as I saw Pat's face change into an embarrassed scowl.
"They know don't they?"
"I think so. How many minutes before we are mauled?"
"Minutes. Hah you think too much of people. I'm giving it 20 seconds max before someone comes over here and wants an autograph, followed by them asking how I let a girl beat me. Then followed by who's the girl… and it goes on and on."
By the time his rant was done, a couple of people came over to us. Patrick had these people pegged, they asked for autographs to which Pat obliged. They followed up with pictures then asking if had been him getting beat by a girl. Finally they clued into the fact that I was the same girl.
"Who's that? Your girlfriend for the day?" one blonde sneered?
"Actually she is my girlfriend. For the day for the night and hopefully forever if she will have me. Now I'm done talking to you, goodbye!" he said as we turned and skated away. "Bitch" I heard him mumble as soon as she was out of earshot. "Sorry" he said turning to me.
"Sorry? Why would you be sorry. Honestly that's the nicest thing that anyone has ever done for me. You defended me in public, what more could a girl ask for?"
"I don't know I feel like it's my fault you have to deal with that in the first place."
"Honestly I don't even let it phase me. I have you and that's all that matters. Something that some skunk says to bring me down isn't going to make me lose you so I just ignore it, and you have to, to. Not that it wasn't incredibly sexy watching my man stand up for me."
"I love you. I mean't what I said. I want you to be mine forever and I will do everything to make sure that you are, because I am so fucking in love with you right now."
"I love you to Pat. That is the sweetest thing I've ever heard, and I would love you to be my forever, although we still have a long way to go I'm willing to make the effort" I said kissing him before heading of towards the changing room.
"Hey where are you going?" he asked skating to catch up.
"School."
"Oh yah, school" he said seeming a little disappointed.
"I would have loved to continue our little moment we had going on there, but maybe I can make it up to you later" I said winking and continuing my decent to the change rooms.
"You need me to drive you?"
"It would be nice" I replied with a smile. "We have to stop at Starbucks first though. I'm going to need a boost of energy to stay awake in class after that workout this morning."
"Haha ok. Lets get going" he said taking my hand and walking into the change rooms. We gave our skates back to the rental place. Giving the poor man who was still sitting there a well deserved chance, and a signature Patrick Kane smile as he tipped his hat to the man who smiled when Pat's face was revealed. We made our way to Starbucks and got our coffees. Pat parked the car and walked me to my building. I'm sure if he could have he would have walked me into my class as well, and would have probably stayed too had I not reminded him that questions were asked. He said there is no way he could have answered a question, and that he would probably get too much attention so he went home and left me to suffer through another 4 hour lecture.
Pat~~ What are you up to tomorrow morning? Q saw the video of you beating Brandon and I, and he wants you to come out to practice to help whip the other guys into shape.
Me~~ Haha, who showed him? It's not on the internet is it!??!
Pat~~ Nah. Brandon showed him. You in?
Me~~ Why not. I don't have class until 1:30 again so I'm free.
Pat~~ Great I'll pick you up around 8:30.
Me~~ Ok. Thanks. Did he say what he wants me to do?
Pat~~ Nope just told me to invite you to practice. Probably wants you to race the guys and keep us from being cocky ;)
Me~~ Alrighty, I guess I'll find out tomorrow what's up. He probably just needs another skater or something.
Pat~~ Yah, probably. Maybe we will scrimmage against each other. How's school?
Me~~ Boring. Almost done though. Time to go home and sleep. How's whatever your doing going?
Pat~~ Boring, you aren't here. I'm just watching sports, and texting you. I'm going to hang with the guys later though.
Me~~ Almost as fun as me. ;) Have fun tonight. Say hi to the guys for me. I'm going to pay attention to class now :( Love ya
Pat~~ Will do. Love ya too Rach. See you tomorrow.
Me~~ Tomorrow. :)
I stuck to my word. I finished class, and made my way home. I changed into sweats and a Hawks sweater, and made my way to the couch. I flicked through the channels for a while before settling on a hockey game. I left that in the background while I checked my emails, paid a few bills and did some homework. Eventually I could feel myself getting tired, so I shut everything off, set my alarm and headed off to bed.
The next day my alarm went off at 7:30. I texted Pat asking him to bring me an extra pair of skates, seeing as his feet weren't too much larger than mine. I changed into some leggings, thick socks and a grey Hawks sweater. I had a protein shake, and a banana while waiting for Patrick. I chucked on my coat and boots, as I heard him knocking on the door. We made our way to the UC and into the building. I headed to Coach Q's office while Pat went off to the locker room.
"Hey Q" I said opening the door to his office. "What's up?"
"Well I was thoroughly entertained with your little ice rink video. I would love you to come out to practice and see if you can give the guys a reason to push themselves. And so they want to get into shape. I'm tired of them grumbling when we workout."
"Haha sounds like the guys. Let me guess Pat's the one who complains the most?" I laughed.
"They aren't too bad right now, but since it's nearing playoff time, why not give them a little boost? I think they are getting a bit full of themselves, so I need you to knock them off their pedestals a bit. Plus you are really good at skating. I'd love to see what you've got."
"Okay, I'm good with that, but really I'm nothing special, the guys are much better than I ever will be."
"But you will give them a run for their money. It will be fun as well, and provide some laughs for our fans. You ok with this going on Blackhawks Tv?"
"Ya sure, but you might want to check with the guys after I beat them. They might not say the same" I said smiling at Q.
"Sucks to be them. Plus the fans will love it, so they will just have to take it and move on" he said jokingly.
"Well, I'm going to put my skates on then."
"Alright just hang in here, and we will go out in 5 minutes." I put the skates on, making sure to lace them tightly seeing as I didn't want them feeling loose. Q and I made our way out to the bench where we could see the guys circling the ice running some drills. Coach whistled them over, I got lots of waves and hellos in my direction.
"Hey Rach, what's up?" Jon asked.
"Well. I invited her out to practice. Thought it would be nice to have her out, after all she is here for all them anyways." Q said answering Jon's question.
"Cool!" All the guys said, looking at each other and smiling.
"So first off you guys are going to run a few drills. Rach feel free to skate around and watch. You could even go shoot puck on Crawford if you want, while I work with the guys" he said pointing off to where Corey was stretching.
"Cool. Thanks Coach!" I said winking, then turning to wave at Corey. I grabbed a right handed stick from the trainer, and headed off to the other net.
"Hey Corey! What's up? You always left out down here all alone?"
"One of us usually is yes. They wanted to give Raanta a bit of practice, so I normally will just have someone come down and take a few shots."
"Well guess what!"
"What?" he said smiling.
"You aren't alone anymore! I'm going to take shots on you."
"You? Have you ever played?"
"Yes silly, I played in University. I didn't tryout for the team in Chicago when I moved here, thinking I wouldn't have enough time between that and school. But now I just miss it" I smiled softly at Corey.
"Wow! I didn't know. Let's see what you've got Carson."
"Not many people know. I played on Team Canada my junior years too. I don't even think Pat knows how good I was. He would never have challenged me to a skate off if he did." I laughed.
"A skate off? Who won? Who won? "Corey asked sounding like a little kid.
"Who do you think? Why else would Q have me come to practice. Now lets take those shots. Don't want Q to think you are slacking off" I winked. Corey got into his net and I fired shot after shot. I worked his glove hand, then moved blocker side. After a few minutes of that I decided he should practice shootout scenarios as well. He saved a lot, but I got some in as well. I was pretty happy and relieved that I hadn't lost all my moves. We kept doing this until Corey said that it was enough and we went to grab a drink break.
"Well Carson, I must say I am pleasantly surprised. Some of those moves you pulled were pretty great."
"You are a great goalie Crow! No wonder you guys won the cup last year."
"Haha thanks. You should definitely still be playing hockey! You're what 23? With moves like that, you could definitely still be playing!"
"Well thanks Crow. It means a lot coming from you. It would be hard to get back in any sort of hockey program after taking a year off. I couldn't even play for a university anymore."
"All you have to do is get noticed. "
"Yah, I have the feeling I will only get noticed because I'm dating Pat."
"That and you are a great player. Don't doubt yourself. You might just find yourself heading to the next olympics superstar" he winked. "No joke! Put yourself out there, you's be amazed."
"We'll see Crow" I said laughing and shaking my head. "Want to take more shots or something?"
"Well I think I need work on the breakaways and shootouts, so we could continue with that."
"Alright. Let's do it. Make sure not to go down too early." I grabbed a puck and waited for him to get in net before coming in and deekeing him putting it top shelf on a backhander.
"Hey! What was that?" Crow exclaimed with a massive pout on his face.
"Me scoring" I said laughing.
"Frig! You and Pat are perfect for each other. Typical Kaner move you pulled right there."
"Well then you should be able to stop it" I winked and laughed.
"My god. You two are perfect for each other. Let's do it again, until I get it."
"Alrighty Crow. Your wish is my command" I said while curtsying. We ran the same shot a few more times, before he finally gave up saying that I was going to have to some out every practice to help him. I told him to ask Coach, because it wasn't my place. We headed back to the bench and watched the guys as they practiced.
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Pat's POV
"Hey Man!" Jon said skating up to me hitting my shoulder.
"What?"
"Watch that." He said pointing over to where Rach was taking shots on Crawford. Before I knew it she deeked past him and roofed the puck top shelf on her backhand. Her friggin backhand!
"Shit!" I said mesmerized, as she repeated the shot with the same result.
"Where the hell did she learn how to do that?" Jon said from beside me.
"Q? Where did she learn how to do that?" Jon asked Coach.
"Huh? What? " He said looking to where we were pointing and staring wide eyed.
"I have no idea. She's pretty good though. How many times has she beat Corey?" Q asked.
"Well I've seen atleast 3 times in a row." I said. "Jon was watching before me though." I watched as she skated off back to the bench laughing and talking with Crawford. I wondered why I hadn't asked her about whether or not she played hockey. I should have after seeing her skate yesterday. I was brought back to reality when Coach whistled us over announcing that we were going to do a few lengths of the ice.
"So boys, Rach has lost a little bet with Kane and Saad. So she has to take part in this. She will have to race you guys, and only if she wins does she get off with no punishment from the bet."
"Haha this should be fun. What was the bet about Kaner?" Jon asked.
"You'll see. Hey Saad want to go grab a drink? I'll go let Rach know her services are needed" I said winking at Q.
"Yah sure." Saad replied.
"Wait why don't they need to do lengths?" Sharpie asked Q pointing at Brandon and I.
"They got theirs in yesterday. Now don't you worry about them. Go line up guys." Brandon and I skated off to where Crow and Rach were sitting.
"Hey Babe" I said kissing Rach. You are wanted by the coach. Now go kick their asses, while we videotape this." I said pointing at Brandon and Crawford.
"Alright." she said adding and "Oh I will" before skating off to join the guys on the line. Brandon grabbed the videocamera, while Crow and I had our phones on and ready. We also had our photographer up in the stands from a better angle ready to catch the footage.
"So I heard you two both got your butts kicked yesterday huh?"
"Shut up Crow" I muttered. "Just wait. And what the hell was that move she was pulling on you down there?"
"Honestly couldn't tell yah, but she was damn good. I'd say she would give you a run for your money Kaner."
"Probably." I replied honestly. "She has good hands. I wonder where she learned that."
"Might wanna ask her!" Crow replied smirking obviously knowing more than I did.
"What do you know?" I sighed.
"Just the fact that she might have played more than what you think she has. And the fact that you should probably convince her to get back into it."
"Hey guys! They are getting ready" Saad exclaimed. I looked down and saw the guys laughing and shaking their heads. I knew those smirking faces would not be like that for long, after she beat everyone. Coach blew the whistle and everyone was off. Rach was definitely fast. Soon it was just her and Jon going head to head with each other. She got her skate across the line just in front of Jon's, and then proceeded to do a little victory dance. Everyone looked confused, and then they all looked at me. I just smiled and shrugged, as Saad, Crow and I made our way back out on the ice. "Nice job Babe!" I said picking rach up and twirling her around.
"That good coach?" Rach asked Q.
"Yup. Perfect. Now boys as we have seen, we have some work to do before playoffs. That mean's you too Crawford, I saw her putting shots past you too!"
"Alright Jonny run some drills I'm going to go chat with Rachel."
"Yes Coach." We replied and headed off to do some drills.
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Rachel's POV
"So where did you play?" Coach asked as we made it to the bench.
"I played up in Ottawa for four years and then Team Canada for the juniors. Then I moved down here to finish school, and they didn't offer me anything to do with hockey so I kinda just left it at that."
"Well from the looks of it you are really good. You should come out and practice with us. I could see if I could get you an in for Team Canada's summer camp this year if you are interested again. After all your schooling would be done."
"I'll get back to ya. As for the practices, Crow practically begged me to come work with him so I think that's doable. You don't think the guys will mind?"
"No. I think it would be good for them. It would throw something new into the mix, give them a little challenge. So what do ya say, want to go run some drills? You will probably recognize some of them."
"Ya, but I will have to take it easy I didn't bring my equipment down from London, so this is all I have" I said pointing at my clothing attire.
"Okay, I'll make sure they go easy on you. Plus we can get it brought down here if you want. Just let your parents know to get it ready and we can have it flown in."
"Thanks Coach, your the best!" I said giving him a small hug, before making my way back over to the guys.
"So boys what's up? What drill you running Jonny?"
"Come to beat us a drills now too?" Sharpie pouted.
"No, but I would like to join in if you will have me" I said putting on a pout of my own.
"Fine! But don't show us up again! Or we won't ever let you come back!" Sharpie threatened jokingly.
"Pointless to threaten me Sharpie. I'm already allowed to come to any practice I want, plus Crow begged me to work with him so I guess you will be seeing a bit more of me" I said shrugging my shoulders and winking at Sharpie.
"Back to work boys!" Q shouted over.
"Yah boys" I said laughing.
"And Girl." Q added.
"Shit. " I said as a couple of the guys chuckled. I knew most of the drills pretty well, and the ones I didn't know I picked up pretty quickly. Soon the practice was over and the guys headed back to the change room, and I headed to Q's office to get my boots back on.
"So, how did it feel to be back in the swing of things again?"
"Honestly amazing Q! I missed it. I might just take you up on that offer, on summer camp. "
"Sure I'll get your name back in there."
"Thanks Q! Don't make too much of a fuss if they don't want me though."
"Who wouldn't want you. You keep playing and you might just be the first girl in the NHL."
"Ha. Ok. That will never happen. But thanks for trying to get my name in the mix, I owe ya one. When's the next practice?"
"Can you make it to morning skate tomorrow? Its at 9."
"Yah. My classes are in the afternoon so it shouldn't be a problem. Looking forward to it. See ya tomorrow Coach. "
"Tomorrow."
I put Pat's skates in my duffel bag, put my hair up in a messy bun, slung my bag over my shoulder and made my way towards the guy's locker room. I kissed Pat as he came out. "Ready to go babe?"
"Yup. You want to eat first or head home and shower?"
"Lets grab some food on the way, then head to my place. That way we can eat, and I can shower" I smiled.
"Sounds good with me. I'm starving."
"Me too" I laughed as we made our way out to his car. 20 minutes later we were sitting on my couch eating our Chinese food.
"So where did you play?" Pat asked.
"Finally, I was waiting for you to ask. Took you long enough." I said smiling. "Thought for sure you would have asked after I kicked your butt yesterday."
"So… You never answered my question."
"You find out Mr. Hockey player. I'm not giving in that easily" I laughed pecking his lips and heading off into the shower. I had left my laptop opened, and wondered if he would do a search on me. Sure there wouldn't be as many hits as he has, but there would still be quite a few of me back from my junior days, and my Ottawa days. I let the water roll over my body, allowing it to relax my sore muscles. My body was definitely not in hockey shape quite yet. I made my way into my room wrapped in a towel, and found some clothes that would look nice enough for a day at school. It was 12:30 when I made it back out. Pat was on the couch, watching something on my laptop. I jumped onto the couch beside him and said "Whatcha watching?" I looked over his shoulder and saw it was a video of me, at the juniors tournament. "Oh that."
"So you play hockey huh?"
"Probably could of mentioned that huh?"
"Probably, but man you are really good. No wonder you kicked my ass. You still play? Why aren't you playing in Chicago?"
"I didn't get an invite to the team, and I knew I wanted to do this school exchange, so I had to let hockey go for a year, and hope I could get back in somehow. You upset I didn't tell you?"
"Not, upset but shocked. Never thought my dream girl would have as much in common with me." he said kissing me.
"Sorry to disappoint you. So can you pick me up again tomorrow morning? Unless you don't want me infringing on your team" I said sincerely not wanting to overstep my boundaries.
"I still love you even if you are great at hockey! And I would love to pick you up. Got to give you another chance to show up the guys again" he said smirking. "So you know how your going to get back in?"
"Well Q was going to put my name in the mix for team Canada, saying I could practice with you guys whenever. I really want to make sure that you are alright with this, I feel as though I'm crossing some boundaries."
"Really it's fine, just don't take my spot and all is good" he winked.
"Haha Q said if I worked hard enough I could be the the first girl in the NHL. Your spot is definitely the one I would take in a heartbeat." I said winking.
"Haha ok. You better not!" He said jokingly as his face changed to look stern and serious.
"I'm not that good, you have nothing to worry about." I said kissing him against the couch. I broke away after it started getting heated, unfortunately having to go to school yet again.
"School." I pouted.
"I'm starting to hate that school of yours" Pat said shaking his head starting to get up.
"A couple more months. "
"I know. I just miss you. Let's get going."
"I know what you mean. Plus summer is going to be cut short if I get invited to summer camp. You are lucky, you get a huge vacation."
"You are taking a vacation too! Training camp doesn't start until July and it isn't all summer, plus school is out in May. We are going to take a much needed vacation after playoffs are done. "
"Sounds like a plan. You better win me a cup though. I never got to see it last time." I pouted as we pulled into my school's parking lot.
"I plan on it." He came around opened my door and slung his arm over my shoulder walking me towards the building. This time we weren't really disguised, but it didn't really matter, as we were in a world of our own talking and laughing not paying attention to anyone else.
"You up for dinner tonight? Or maybe just a chill movie night or something?" Pat asked.
"I'll text you. Don't be mad if I just head home and sleep. You could probably come hang at my place though. "
"Alright I'll be over around 5:30ish with food."
"Thanks. Love ya." I said kissing him.
"Love you too, Rach." He said hugging me, and kissing me quickly on the lips before making his way back out towards his car. Which was proving to be difficult as every 30 seconds it seemed as if someone else wanted an autograph or picture. I settled into my seat, just as my phone went off.
Pat~~ You owe me. I just made it back to my car.
Me~~ Sorry. Tonight I promise. Love you.
Pat~~ See that just made it worth it. See ya tonight ;)
Me~~ Later Kane.
Pat~~ Later Carson.
School was boring, but it went by pretty quickly. I was out of class by 4:50 and I saw Pat had texted me that he was in the parking lot. Man that guy must love me if he risked coming back here again I thought. I made my way out and saw him leaning against his car, surrounded by quite a few people. Lots of girls, and also a lot of guys. He seemed to be having a good time as he was laughing mostly with the guys whom I guessed actually knew something about hockey. I made my way over and he saw me, smiled and waved. I shook my head and made my way to his side. " You ready to go?" He whispered in my ear.
"If you are," I smiled back.
"Nice to meet you guys." He said to the group of people that had slowly started to disperse. He put the car in drive and we made our way to my apartment. "Ellie? You home?" I shouted as we made our way through the door. No answer. I guess she was at work. I shot her a quick text telling her Pat was over, and to give me heads up when she was on her way home. "Is it tonight yet?" Pat asked.
"Only if you want it to be" I said.
"Yupp." He said getting up and carrying me to my room.
When Ellie texted saying she was on her way we got dressed again, and made out way back out too the couch. I snuggled into his embrace, as he flicked through the channels finding a random movie to watch. We stayed this way, moving only to kiss one another.
"Well hello there lovebirds" El cooed as she walked into the room.
"Hey!" We both responded.
"We have anything thing for supper? I'm starving" El complained chucking her coat on the bench, and kicking off her boots."
"Pat brought Pizza it's in the kitchen."
"OMG Thanks Pat. Honestly a lifesaver!" She exclaimed running into the kitchen to grab some food.
"Goodness. That girl and food." I said shaking my head. Pat just chuckled and focused back on the TV, bringing me in closer to his side. I brought the blanket around us and snuggled in. El joined us, and we watched a bit of the movie. A couple hours later, Pat headed home and El and I cleaned up and got ready for bed. "You are so lucky! I wish I could get a hockey player" El sighed.
"Brandon seemed interested the other day. He didn't leave your side, and he seemed to have fun keeping you from falling." I winked.
"Yah right. I'm nobody."
"As was I, not long ago remember? Give it a shot, you might be surprised." She grabbed the laptop and went to check her emails.
"Hey what is this you and Kaner were watching?"
"Um. Nothing really. Just some old hockey videos."
"These aren't old they are from like last year! Fuck, you are good."
"I might be. Not that big of a deal." I said shrugging my shoulders.
"Hmm, yah ok. Oh by the way you are on the Blackhawks TV. Brandon just sent me the link."
"Wait you have his number? OMG! This is going to be so exciting!"
"Take a chill pill. We have been talking, we are just friends. Let's watch this video, apparently it is a "MUST WATCH". By the end of the video we were both laughing our butts off. They had put the video together perfectly, even including the video from the park. Ellie was shocked to see herself in the video too and I showed her what I mean't when I said Brandon was going to want to be more than just friends. Just by the body language you could tell he was interested. I would have to bring it up at practice tomorrow I thought.
"Well I've had enough excitement for today. I'm going to crash, I'm heading out to skate with the guys tomorrow, gotta get in shape for summer training camp" I said waving bye to El, before taking off my makeup, brushing my teeth, and crashing into my bed. I texted my brothers a picture of me skating with the guys with the caption "Practice with the Hawks", and sent them the link of my video knowing it would get a rise out of them. I was about to sleep when the little buggers got back to me, saying how lucky I was and that I must have not lost much of my hockey skills if I could still beat the guys. I told them about Q getting me into the Team Canada training camp. They seemed pretty excited for me, and they said they were putting the video all over their social media. I knew it would only be a matter of time before all my friends back home, and my old team mates saw the video, and that my phone would be off the hook the next couple of days, especially with the footage of me skating, shooting and running drills with the guys. I hoped to get recognized by Team Canada, but that was for another day. Mom and dad had also texted saying they saw the video and that they were impressed, and also that my equipment would be here by practice tomorrow. They had wondered how long it was going to take for me to want it, saying that they had it ready for whenever I asked for it. I thanked them, and said my good nights, and crashed in a pure state of happiness. Who would have thought my life would have turned out this perfect. I was playing hockey again, had the greatest boyfriend, and an amazing family. Things were definitely looking up, and honestly I had Mike cheating on me to thank for that.

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