Cold As Ice

Ariel slowly rose up from her bed rubbing her head at the slight hangover, maybe she shouldn’t have accepted James challenge but she couldn’t say no after he let his ego get to him. She held the white sheets to her bare chest as she looked over at Sid sleeping peacefully beside her; she grabbed her phone off the bedside table and checked the time. They had to check out in an hour, she threw her phone onto the bed and ripped the sheets off of Sidney, she slapped his bare ass cheek making him jump up a bit.
“Ariel!” Sidney groaned as he fought with her over the sheets, she tugged onto them not letting him have them; she kicked his side making him roll off the bed.
He hit the ground with a loud thud, Ariel climbed over to the side of the bed as she stared at Sidney who was lying naked on the ground; she held her hand over her mouth as she giggled.
“You think this is funny?” He asked, Ariel nodded her head; he leaped up grabbing her arm and dragging her down on top of him. She shrieked as she flipped off the bed and onto him, he yelped and pushed her off of him as he got up and held his crotch.
“I’m so sorry!” Ariel apologized as she realized what she had done. He sat on the edge of the bed as he bent over; he squeezed his eyes shut trying not to think of the pain. Ariel kneeled in front of him as she watched him.
“Sid wake up!” James called as he walked through his hotel room.
“James!” Ariel shrieked as she grabbed the sheets covering up her exposed body, James froze as he registered what he just walked in on; he quickly turned his back to them not wanting to look.
“I’m sorry,” He apologized, “I’m just going to leave now.” He mumbled as he quickly walked out of the room.
Ariel leaned back as she clutched the sheets to her chest; she looked over at Sid and laughed at the incident, Sid got up from the bed and walked over to the bathroom, he turned on the shower and look at himself in the mirror before it began to fog up. He was about to get in when he realized there was something missing.
He popped his head out from the bathroom and looked over at Ariel who was still sitting on the floor wrapped in blankets, she looked at him raising an eyebrow, “Are you gonna join me?” He asked. She smirked getting up from the floor and grinned to herself as she watched his reaction when she dropped the blankets covering her up.
“You’re definitely going to join me.” He walked over to her and picked her up; he dragged her into the steam filled bathroom and into the shower.

“Where’s Ariel?” Violet asked as she stuffed her small suitcase into the trunk of her car, Kenzie looked around noticing they were missing Ariel.
“She stayed at Sid’s room last night.” She explained, she got out her phone and sent Ariel a text asking her where she was.
“Typical Ariel.” Sam rolled her eyes, she felt her phone buzz in her pocket, she got it out and read the text message Jon had sent her.
“Can we talk?” After not talking to her for a week that was all her said, she sighed contemplating what to do, she looked up at Kenzie who was eyeing her, she raised her eyebrow at her and she looked away. Sam slid her phone back into her pocket; she’d deal with Jon later.
After packing all of their things into their cars they decided to go over to the pens bus, they would be leaving soon and they needed to say their goodbyes. Kayla nervously walked up to Beau who was having a conversation with some of his teammates; she has always hated goodbyes, and was really dreading this one.
“There you are! I was worried you wouldn’t come.” He smiled as he saw her; he pulled her into a hug and kissed her cheek.
“You must be Kayla, I’ve heard a lot about you from this guy.” Olli introduced himself and nudged Beau’s ribs.
“All good things I hope.” She blushed a bit as she shook the hand Olli had extended to her, she looked him up and down, he was definitely younger than all of them but he was attractive, he had the same features as Beau blonde hair and light eyes.
“Of course,” Olli smiled, “She’s a keeper.” Olli patted Beau’s shoulder before saying goodbye to them both and walking off to talk to Sam.
“You’ve been talking about me?” Kayla asked as her cheeks began to heat up, Beau nodded his head embarrassed, he didn’t think Olli would sell him out like that.
“How could I not, you’re the most amazing person I’ve ever met.” He smiled as he pulled her in for a quick kiss.
“Really?” She asked a bit self conscious, Kayla was never good at taking compliments growing up around Ariel and Fiona who were both naturally pretty she felt like she was always compared to them. She spent most of her time trying to look as good as or even better than them so she wasn’t considered the ugly friend.
“Kayla Marks you are so amazing. You’re the most attractive out of all your friends and I’m not just saying that because I get to sleep with you.” He gave her a cheeky grin.
Kayla rolled her eyes and tried to hide the smile forming, “Go on Bennett.”
“Right back to what I was saying, you’re loving and I can tell because you love your friends more than you love yourself and you’re funny, my cheeks hurt from laughing so much last night.” He held his face as he massaged his cheeks; Kayla reached her arms up and gave his cheek a pinch.
“You’re so genuine; you’re the first girl who didn’t want to be with me because I’m a famous hockey player. You’re daring and spontaneous which I learned from our adventures last night.” He whispered the last part not wanting anyone to know about it.
“Lastly you’re beautiful, you are so beautiful and I just love looking at you because I never get tired of seeing your smile especially when I’m the reason you’re smiling. I love when you hide your face with your hair when you blush just like you’re doing right now, and I just love the way you put up with my bullshit and the way I put up with yours.”
Kayla grabbed his face and pressed her lips to his, she held him closely as he wrapped his arms around her waist, they heard the hollering of their friends but neither of them cared. She knew deep down she loved Beau, she had only known him for two weeks but that’s all it took for her to fall in love with him.

“Get room!” Geno shouted at Kayla and Beau who were furiously making out in front of everyone, they didn’t even have the decency to go into the bus or even behind a car.
“Don’t be so bitter.” Violet teased as she tried to shove Geno but had no luck, he laughed at her weak attempt.
He pulled her in for a hug and lifted her off the ground, she squealed as he spun her around, he set her back down on the ground and helped her fix her hair that he messed up, Violet blushed and stared down at the ground avoiding his gaze.
“I don’t want to say goodbye.” She sighed; she didn’t know saying goodbye to Geno would be so hard.
“No goodbye, see you later.” He spoke trying to brighten up her mood, Violet looked up at him with hopefully eyes.
“See you later.” She repeated his words with a smile; he leaned and kissed her lips before pulling her into a hug.
She couldn’t tell you how long she stood there with his arms wrapped around her, she hugged onto him tightly never wanting to let go of this moment. She jumped as she heard the luggage compartment be slammed shut; she knew this would be her very last moments with him for a while. He squeezed her tightly as he felt her stiffen.
“Geno we gotta go!” Their coach shouted, Geno nodded his head and held up his finger letting him know to give him a few minutes.
He pulled away from the hug and looked down at Violet who was visibly upset he frowned not wanting to leave her so upset; he gave her a quick kiss to cheer her up.
“See soon.” He reassured, he gave her one last kiss before walking over to the bus and climbing aboard.
Violet crossed her arms over her chest as she walked over to the other girls, she watched Sidney and Ariel say goodbye to each other, it pained her to see Ariel so upset. None of the girls wanted to say goodbye to the Penguin players but they had to.
Sidney held onto Ariel’s waist tightly, Coach Bylsma was getting fed up with waiting on his players to get on the bus, he shouted at Sid to hurry up before he got on the bus himself. Sidney pulled away from the hug and immediately kissed Ariel; he held her face as they said their last goodbyes. She kissed him once last time before walking over to her friends and watching him get on the bus.
“You okay?” Kenzie asked as she noticed how vulnerable Ariel was.
“I’m not gonna cry.” She reassured.

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