The One Night That Changed My Life Forever

"You sure your up for this?" Pat asked as I got my workout clothes on.
"It's been a few days. I'll be fine."
"Alright lets get going then." He said grabbing his keys. I grabbed one of his sweaters and followed out after him. Q had told me that we could use the UC gym and ice whenever there wasn't anything else going on.
"Workout or skate first?" Pat asked.
"Skate!" I exclaimed.
"Of course." He said smiling as we made our way down to get changed.
"You ready?"
"Yup! Just let me grab my stick." I said putting on my gloves and grabbing my stick.
"How do you shoot with that?" He questioned.
"How do you shoot with that?" I replied pointing to his left handed stick. "Come on let's go." I said making my way out of the room and to the ice. We worked on some shooting, passing and skating. He also had me working on some stick handling drills. He did them perfectly, and quickly whereas I could do them perfectly but nowhere near as quick.
"Frig. Stop showing me up!" I yelled as Pat did the next drill flawlessly.
"Nope. It's too much fun." He said winking and standing beside me. "Your turn" he said laughing.
"You just want to see me fail don't you?" I said staring at the drill he had set up.
"Nahhhh. You will do great. You are learning from one of the best."
"You think?" I said winking. He had me stick handling like in his previous video. Mine however was an attempt a bit better than Bollig's but not by much. "Dang this is hard" I said. "It's not even the hardest it could be!" I whined.
"Haha you did pretty well for starting off on that hard of a level. You ready to call it a day?"
"Sure. Workout time." We had been on the ice for a good hour and a half, before heading off to workout room.
"I'm so grateful Q is letting me use this!" I exclaimed from the treadmill.
"You are like part of the team Rach. Plus Q loves you."
"Haha very true" I said getting off the treadmill after a nice 30 minute interval run. I made my way over to where Pat was lifting weights.
"You don't have enough muscle already?" I asked.
"Nope. Could always have more" he replied smirking.
"Haha ok. I'm going to lift a few weights, then we can go." I said grabbing a set of weights.
"Well that was fun!" Pat said thirty minutes later after we had called it a day.
"Yah, But now I feel gross." I said pulling on the sweater and putting on my boots.
"Nice sweater sexy."
"Thanks. I don't remember who I stole it from."
"I can answer that question. See the last name on the sweater?"
"Oh yah? Who's is it?" I said winking.
"I don't know, some guy named Kane? Ring a bell?"
"Hmm. Yes I think I remember him. Blonde curly hair with blue eyes. I think he played hockey or something. Oh wait that's it. He's my boyfriend. "
"Yes, he is." Pat said giving me a hug. "Your very lucky one."
"I'd say I got pretty lucky too."
"Mhmm" He said kissing me in the middle of the locker room.
"Yup. Pretty lucky." I said smiling,
"Haha. Let's get out of here Carson."
"Right behind you Kane. " I replied grabbing my duffel bag and slinging it over my shoulder declining Pat's offer to take the bag, seeing as he already had one of his own.
"I could have taken that." He said pointing to my bag as I slung it into the trunk of his car.
"I know." I smiled back. " I didn't mind."
"Still…"
"Nope. I can carry something too. "
"Fine. But I could have."
I laughed and made my way into the car after shutting the trunk.
"So what's up today? Well, this afternoon seeing as it's already 12:30."
"You are probably going to look at me like I'm crazy, but I was thinking on going for a run later." I shrugged.
"Seriously?"
"Yes. It's a perfect day, plus I miss running."
"Even after this morning?"
"Yup. It's not too different from having morning skate and then a game you realize. "
"I guess. Give me at least an hour to recuperate."
"Why? Don't think you could take me now?" I said smirking.
"Just give me an hour. You will be begging for me to slow down."
"Cocky much?"
I started laughing, realizing what we had just said. Man to any bystander that would not have sounded like a couple about to go out for a jog I thought to myself. Pat was looking at me clearly amused, at my outburst although he had no idea where it had come from.
"What was that?"
"Oh nothing." I replied sweetly. "You can have your hour, though I hope it doesn't take you that long."
"I don't get it. What's funny?"
"You will get it at some point. " I said laughing. "Honestly contemplating doing that instead of running at the moment."
"So wait are you still going running then?"
"Depends on whether you get it or not. But probably yes. I need to have a nice warm bath to loosen up my muscles a bit though."
"I definitely missed something huh?"
"Yes. I would have thought you would have got it way before me. You being the guy, but I guess not." I said hopping out of the car and grabbing my bag from the trunk. "Hand me your phone I'm going to text Jonny, and see if he finds it funny."
"Um. Okay." He said tossing me his phone, which I took and handed my bad off to Pat in the Elevator. I texted Jon our conversation, and asked him what he thought about it.
Pat~~ I don't get it what's funny? I asked from Pat's phone.
Pat~~ She just burst out laughing. I just don't get what's funny about going running.
Jon~~ Dude. You kidding?
Pat~~ No.
Jon~~ I think it's pretty obvious. I don't agree with the whole begging you to slow down part though. Not happening.
Pat~~ Haha so you get it. Goodness sometimes he makes me laugh.. sorry this is Rach. Wanted to make sure I wasn't going crazy. I definitely agree with you though ;)
Jon~~ Rach! How are ya kiddo? Didn't need to know that btw.
Pat~~ I'm great. Better now that, that just went down.
Jon~~ I'm disappointed. Normally Pat would pick up on something like that. I mean it's Pat!
Pat~~ Maybe the 4 hour workout we just had is screwing with his brain.
Jon~~ 4 hour workout? ;)
Pat~~ Nah. We were at the UC actually working out. Jonny boy turning into a little Pat, some dirty mind you got on ya :)
Jon~~ Tell him I said that you need to stop screwing with him, and just to give it up. ;)
Pat~~ I'm impressed.
Jon~~ I have my moments. Let me know what he says.
Pat~~ Will do. One sec.
I sat up from the couch laughing. "Hey Pat?"
"Yah. Wait you are still laughing? What is going on between you and Jon?"
"Nothing important. But he did want me to stop screwing with you and to just give it up." I said smirking. Pat's phone went off, and I put Jon on speaker.
"Did he get it yet?" Jon asked laughing.
"I don't know. Looks like I'm still going running."
"Seriously man? It isn't that hard."
"I agree, he said it would take him an hour to recuperate" I said laughing into the phone.
"Haha that makes it even better. "
"So you to going to give up this act, or make me work hard to figure it out?" Pat asked.
"I'm going to say, she's going to make you work hard for it. " Jon snickered through the phone.
"I ain't going down without a fight, he has to earn it." I said laughing.
"Damn straight. I'd say he's earned it after he's figured out this however."
"Hmm. Maybe. I guess we will just have to see who outlasts the other. I mean I obviously have better stamina, right? He thinks I will be begging him to slow down? Never happening.
"Frig. I do not need to be hearing this right now. Pat just figure it out already. You aren't going running you idiot. "
"Um..."
"Dude. Seriously we've been dropping hints this whole conversation. Get your head out of your ass, and go back into the mind of your twenty year old self. You've gone soft man. When a girl picks up on this before you, I start to think somethings wrong with you."
"Wait. What…. Are you F'ing kidding me. How the hell did I miss that?" he whined.
"I don't know, but I'm going to go now. My work is officially done. Have fun Rach. Can't wait to tell the boys all about this" he said hanging up.
"You see why I laughed?" I asked laughing.
"Hmmm. Yes, I have to admit that is funny. You better not be going running now!"
"You have a better idea? I intended to make you work, I mean it would be really hard for you to beat me. You definitely would be breaking a sweat. It would have been fun especially beating a cocky Pat" I said winking.
"Shit it was really obvious huh?"
"Yes."
"And you and Jon, hinted at it every chance you could. Fuck this is going to spread like wildfire. I can see the headlines "Pat Kane gone soft? Can't pick up on sexual references even with the help of girlfriend and teammate."
"I don't think that is making it to the press, though I do think you have gone soft. It was too obvious! Have I tamed you that much?" I said laughing.
"Oh just shut up" he said before colliding his lips to mine.
"You have not tamed me!" he growled.
"Hmmm. You sure about that?" I whispered in his ear.
I got my reply a few seconds later as I was pushed up against the wall, and taking part in an ongoing tongue battle. Soon enough clothes were shed, and at some point we had made it back to the bedroom. "So much better than running." I said as I laid back in bed with a smile.
"So much better." Pat said with a smile that matched mine. "You convinced, I haven't been tamed?" He said cocking his eyebrow.
"I realized that after the first time, the second and third weren't needed." I said winking.
"Added bonus then." He said smirking.
"Yes, but now I'm actually going to sleep. My body has had quite the day today." I said smiling and grabbing one of Pat's shirts and chucking it on while shutting off his light.
"Indeed you have. I love you Rach" he said pulling me in as I pulled the covers back over me.
"Love you too, Pat." I said smiling and embracing the warmth coming off his body as I started to fall asleep. I could get used to this I thought to myself. Though I couldn't keep the questions from making my way into my thoughts. What was going to happen when I had to leave for Canada, and him to Buffalo? Were we going to talk everyday? Go and see one another? It seemed so easy now, but what would happen with that much distance between us? Would we fight over stupid things? Do stupid things while we weren't together? I decided not to worry too much about the future would hold, and decided to return back into the present and to just enjoy it. That's what I did, as I closed my eyes and actually fell to sleep by Pat's side.

Notes

Sorry...its short. But I thought I would update... kinda filler i think... let me know whatcha think.

Xoxoxoxo Jordan