I struggled to carry all of my things from my car to the prudential center. In my hand, I held a medium iced coffee, my laptop, planner, sweater, and my purse.

"Almost there.." I murmured to myself.

"Charlotte! Hey!" A tall ginger man was getting out of his Audi and ran over to help me. I quickly identified him as Cory Schneider, the Devils goalie, "Hey, let me help you with all of this." Cory grabbed my laptop, planner, and sweater.

"Thank you so much, it really wasn't-"

"No no, my pleasure. Hi, i'm Cory Schneider, I'm guessing you already knew that though." I did know that.

"Hi, i'm charlotte." I said as he opened the prudential center door and I led him to my office.

"Sweet space you got here Charlotte, " Cory spoke examining my ultra girly office, "A lot of pink though… I gotta run to get changed for practice. i'll see you later?"

"Yes and thank you Cory for everything! If you need anything I am your players assistant after all!" I smiled with a wave as he walked out of my office.

"Finally, time to work!" I smiled as I opened my laptop to get to work when all of a sudden Adam was sitting in one of the chairs across from me.

"Hey Charlotte."

"Hi, Adam look I'm kinda busy I really need to get to work so please-"

"Hey hey hey, I was just gonna invite you out to dinner tonight with some of the guys! Don't kill the messenger!" He laughed

"Sorry Adam, I am just swamped and on the edge right now. I would love to go out to dinner with you guys." I smiled at my laptop struggling to write out an email to a protein shake company that sent the guys the wrong order.

"Alright i'll be in your office again at 7, don't be late!" He winked and sauntered out of my office.

"I have no where else to go!" I half yelled half laughed.

Alright, down to business. In one day I have to call the Flyers management team to reserve a practice time for the guys for their first game in Philly, reserve hotel rooms in said city, and reserve buses for the trip to said city.

As I got 2/3 things done on my checklist, I realized that it was already 1:00 and I was starving. I made my way down to the players kitchen and area to about 3 or 4 guys just hanging out. I quickly spotted Eric, who had helped me yesterday, spring off the leather couch and come over to me. I was heating up a can of soup in the microwave, my stomach growling.

"Hey charlotte, how are you!" Eric exclaimed while pouring himself a glass of water from the brita filter sitting on the counter.

"Good, still working on the teams trip to Philly. So far you guys have a practice time and a bus but no where to sleep."

"Believe me," he laughed, "We have slept on the bus before."

"No way!" I laughed while hearing the Ding! of the microwave indicating that my soup was done. I found a bowl in one of the black and red cabinets and carefully walked over to the sitting area to eat.

"Boys! Weight room time!" A loud booming voice called into the players kitchen, "Hey Charlotte how are ya?" Pete Deboer, the head coach now in the kitchen asked me.

"Great pete, thanks for asking. Almost got the Philly trip all booked!"

"Great job Charlotte, your the best!" He smiled and threw me the remote, "Your the only one in here put whatever you like on"

Pete and the 3 other guys including Eric walked out of the room. I sat on the couch in front of the TV with my soup and flipped through the channels. I decided on How I Met Your Mother, even though i've seen every episode, I can watch them endlessly.

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At 6:45 I was just finishing up reserving rooms at the Hyatt Philadelphia when Adam came into the room.

"Hey, all ready?" Adam asked leaning in the doorway. He was wearing a button down and some dress pants and shoes. I was wearing riding boots, jeans, and a plaid button down with some pearls.

"Yeah, am I dressed well enough? I mean i'm wearing jeans and all-"

"Don't worry Charlotte you look better than all of us combined." Adam laughed as I grabbed my laptop, sweater, and phone.

"Thanks Adam, by the way who is going tonight?" I asked while we walked out of the Prudential center and towards his car.

"Uh, i think Eric, Jon, Cory, Me and you."

"Okay cool, and uh where are we going again?" He opened the car for me like a true gentleman.

"Morton's steakhouse." He smiled as he got into the drivers seat.

It was about a 20 minute drive there. Along the way, we talked about where we were from and how our lives were going so far. Adam also told me he felt like he was in a slump which was weird because he scored 3 goals in practice that day, or at least thats what I heard in the hallway on the way to the ladies room. He turned up the radio when Taylor Swifts "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" Came on.

"Are you singing Adam?" I laughed as he nodded his head to the music and mouthed the words under his breath.

"Please, I don't even know the words!" Adam laughed

"Such lies!" I giggled as he pulled into the steakhouse parking lot and opened my door for me.

We walked up to the building and into the dark steakhouse, lit by dim candles. I immediately saw Cory and Eric. I waved to them and walked over while Adam took my sweater.

"Hey guys!" I laughed as they stood up. I directed my attention to a blonde blue-eyed 22 year old who I knew was Jon Merrill. "Hi, I don't think we've met, I'm charlotte. " I shook his hand and sat down.

"Nice to meet you Charlotte, i'm Jon." The blue eyes smiled and Adam sat down next to me.

"Lets eat! I'm starving!" Cory exclaimed while pouring everyone a glass of red wine.

I decided on a small filet mignon which tasted like heaven and so did the potatoes and asparagus that came with it. Once the night was nearing the end and the bill came, it was an all out war.

"I got this guys!" I laughed

"Over my dead body!" Adam yelled

"You wish!" Yelled cory

"Uh uh! You paid last time!" Jon yelled while grabbing the check book from Adam's hands, "I got this one seriously!"

"Thank you Jon!" I giggled while Eric came back from the bathroom

"Whoops, I just paid the bill" Eric grinned ear to ear while he sat down. I thought Jon was gonna punch him. Seriously.

"You guys should really just make a schedule!" I said

"We did, and then someone ruined it by joining the group," Cory muttered, "Cough cough Jon."

"Hey, sorry I made it to the big leagues!" Jon laughed.

"You see Charlotte, us 4 go out to dinner before every away game, we room together, sit together, and we are basically best friends." Adam whispered

"Gay" One of the guys muttered under their breath. I was pretty sure it was Cory.

"What Adam is really trying to say while sounding like a crazy stalker psycho is that we want you to be part of our group." Jon said while downing the rest of the wine in his glass.

"I mean you're there at every game, so you might as well!" Eric laughed, "Please! It will be fun to have a 5th member, a girl at that!"

I could see that the guys were a little tipsy, so I ordered some waters to sober them up.

"What do ya say!" Cory exclaimed drinking his water.

"Fine!" I laughed and the whole table bursted in cheers.

I had friends, the best kind and things were looking pretty good to me.

Notes

Charlottes oufit here: x