One Step at a Time

For lunch I was taken to a Mexican restaurant that I had never been to. There were some restaurants around the city that I was looking forward to eating at, and some I was excited to try. The food at the restaurant today was amazing. I simply ordered chicken nachos with chips and cheese dip. I normally got that everywhere I went, however Jon decided to munch off of me. Due to the fact that it was a large serving and he was right. I wouldn’t eat it all. Kane made me try part of his enchilada and Uncle Q gave me some of his burrito. It was a wonderful lunch and certainly filling, by the time we got out of there it was almost 5 and I was starting to get tired, I hoped the guy had something to munch on at the house. I didn’t really think I’d be having dinner but a snack of course. We all agreed once we got out of the restaurant to go back to the apartment so I could relax, on our way back Kane went to the office to get an elevator key for me so I could let myself in whenever I needed to. I slipped that into my purse and we all made our way up to the apartment. Once we were there I hung my purse up on the coat rack and grabbed my phone out of it and went to my room to let the dogs out, who were more than excited to see all of us. I was starting to feel a little tired so I decided to take a small nap. I walked over to the refrigerator and grabbed a bottle of water when I saw Jon sitting on the couch with Jackson snuggled up with him

“Well, I feel rejected.” I joked as I began walking to the stairs.

“Ha, it’s because I’m so loveable, where are you going? I thought you wanted to meet some of the guys.” Jon smiled.

“I do, but I feel kind of tired so I’m going to lay down for a bit and take a small nap. If I’m not up by 7 come and get me please. What time are they supposed to be here?”

“Around 6ish I think, I don’t know, I think Kane and Coach went to the store to get you some food, we needed more things to snack on anyways, we were running on empty.”

“Ah, yeah, I was going to ask you if you had any food lying around for later. Where’s Cheyenne?”

“Balcony, I think she likes the sun.”

“Oh, okay, it’s okay if she stays down here right?”

“Yeah? She’s part of the family too right? They’re allowed anywhere as long as they behave, Jackson seems to be pretty comfy already.”

“He’s a lazy dog, he’s comfy anywhere. Any who, get me up at 7 please. Don’t forget.”

“Doubt I could.” He winked at me.

“Doofus.” I said as I blushed and walked up the stairs to my bedroom. I changed out of my clothes and into a pair of shorts and a tank top and threw my dirty clothes into the hamper next to my dresser and hung my hoodie up on the edge of the bed and laid down under the covers.

“Hey. Lis, you awake?” Jonathan asked as he rubbed my shoulder . He was gentle to the touch and his voice was quite softer than what it was earlier. Yeah, okay. I was awake, but only slightly, I could easily fall back asleep if he kept it up.

“Hey, you wanted me to wake you up at 7. Well, its 7. The entire team is downstairs, come on Lis. They’re eager to meet you.” He lowered his head to my ear and his gentle voice got louder. He pushed the hair that had fallen loose from my ponytail away from my face. I was surprised when he did that, certainly not something I would expect him to do. I turned my head slightly and tried not to smile, I opened up my eyes and looked at him. I never realized how nice his eyes were, almost a dark brown, kinda like chocolate. Oh God I thought, here I was, recently out of a relationship, and falling for the captain of a team I’m going to work with, and my roommate. I pushed some of the blankets away and pulled up my tank top that fell slightly revealing a small part of my bra. I broke eye contact and blushed as I pulled it up.

“Whoops. Mhm, goodmorning to you too.” I said looking at him, and apologized, “Sorry about that.”

He smiled and blushed also, “It’s all good, at least you keep your clothes on, compared to other girls. I like that, thank you.”

I shrugged and smiled as I sat up in my bed. He was sitting right next to me, with a hand on my thigh. “Well I try. Ugh, I guess I gotta get up.” I laughed as I moved my legs and swung them out of the bed and stood up. He stood up as soon as I did, and laughed. “Yeah, might be a good idea, well, I’ll leave you to get ready, don’t be too long. They’re waiting.”

He smirked as he left the room and closed the door behind him. This was not good. I had to stop and relax for a bit, there are other guys in Chicago, I told myself. I’m sure you’ll find someone else, don’t hurt yourself again. After my pep talk, I continued over to my large closet and threw on a pair of black sweat pants over my shorts (I mean come on, I’m in my house, and I’d rather have them get to know me for me, rather than someone who constantly dresses in Gucci and high end stuff all the time. I mean, let’s face it, I like sweat pants, I like looking nice, and I can rock the sweatpants and ugg look, in which, I am greatly proud of.) And another tank top. I then went to the bathroom and fixed my hair into a tighter ponytail and swiped another layer of mascara on. After all that I walked out of my room and down the stair where a group of guys were hanging out, some sitting, some standing, others laying on the floor, it was pretty amusing to see. I saw Jonathan in the kitchen and our eyes met, I looked at the guys and shrugged and mouthed “I don’t know what to do”, he smiled at me and made a “come here” motion. There were 3 guys sitting at the breakfast bar in the kitchen with their backs faced towards me and must have caught on to Jon’s motions and turned to look at me. I immediately realized them and this suddenly became so real. Sitting at the bar were Duncan Keith, Patrick Sharp, and Andrew Shaw. The 3 of them smiled and waved at me, which I returned the wave, blushing also. I’m not normally a nervous person, but when I’m surrounded by my favorite hockey team, a team I grew up on, I’m nervous. I quickly walked over to my life preserver and he smiled at me.

“You okay?” He wrapped his arm around me and hugged me.

“Trying to be… Why? Is it that noticeable?”

He chuckled, “Well, you look the same way you did when you saw the apartment building, so I’m going to say yes. It is, here, I’ll introduce you to a few of them.” He said as he opened up the refrigerator, “You want something to drink?”

“Well, I didn’t know that the guys were in there.”

He just glared at me “Yeah, Kaner told me you were a smart ass.”

“Eh, you’ll learn to love it, you let me live here after all, and sure, you have a Coke?”

He rolled his eyes, “Yeah, of course I will.” He said as he grabbed a bottle and opened it for me.

“Thank you.” I said as he handed it to me. And for a small second, our hands touched and we blushed at each other.

“You’re welcome, and any who, the guys. Just remember, they’ll have your back no matter what, and don’t worry, they’ll love you. I promise.”

I nodded as he reassured me and rubbed my back. Here goes nothing I thought.

Notes

I'M SOOO SORRY ITS BEEN SO LONG! I've been so busy this summer, with marching band, and I just got my wisdom teeth removed last week, then, had to go up to detroit, now I am finally home and able to write.

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