Dougie was laughing at Caroline who was sitting in his lap in the back of Smitty's SUV. She and McQuaid were currently attempting to sing Problems by Arianna Grande. Attempting being the operative word. Tuuk's was laughing hysterically in the front seat. She was having a great time with the boys. Caroline's phone chimed.

"Stars won" she said squinting at the phone "Tyler wants a pic!" She handed her phone to McQuaid. She leaned over and snuggled Dougie. McQuaid snapped a pic. Caroline then turned her face to Dougie's and kissed him. McQuaid snapped that one as well. McQuaid sent Segs the pic of Caroline kissing Dougie. Her phone chirped again. Segs replied that wasn't quite what he had in mind. McQuaid texted him back informing him that he was answering her texts because she was currently making out with Hamilton. Quaider's phone then chirped.

Segs: What the fuck is going on up there?
McQuaid: Hamilton likes her Segs.
Segs: She likes me.
McQuaid: Don't be an ass. She shouldn't be waiting in Boston hoping you'll fuck her when you roll in.
Segs: Harsh fucker
McQuaid: Dougie is your boy. You need to stand down.

For good measure McQuaid sent Segs another pic of Caroline almost asleep on Dougie's shoulder.

Segs: So friends?
McQuaid: Can you be just friends?
Segs: Fucker I am friends with Hadlee. She even facetimed me earlier.
McQuaid: Then be friends. No trying to fuck her behind Dougie's back.
Segs: Friends without benefits. I better get fucking cupcakes from Marchy's honey
McQuaid: Nite fucker. I'll let Kayleigh know you want cupcakes

Dougie was holding Caroline against his lanky frame. McQuaid laughed she was just about out. They had dropped Tuuk off and were heading to their apartment. She might not make it unless they started singing again. Dougie asked him who he texted. McQuaid told him he sent Segs a pic of him and Caroline. Dougie raised his eyebrow. Quaider laughed "he said they are going to be friends without benefits and that Kayleigh better make him cupcakes." It was Dougie's turn to laugh. Smitty called over the back seat "fucker was banging my girl 2 weeks after the trade." Quaider smirked "one cocky dark haired boy from Boston for another. Shit! Reilly she almost banged your brother and you were there. She couldn't tell you all apart. You were in different jerseys. Green vs Red. How confusing was that."

"She wasn't smart but she was Miss Texas." joked Smitty.

"I hate Miss Texas" said Caroline scrunching up her nose "Hadlee was in the Miss KY pageant. Too short to win though."

"Does Miller know he gets to add pageant queen that growing list of why Had is hot as fuck" asked Reilly.

"You into pageant queens Reilly boy?" smiled Caroline "We can round up about 5. You want Georgia, Kentucky, West Virginia, North Carolina, or Louisiana? We can call a few of our girls up!"

McQuaid and Smith both just said yes. Caroline laughed. "I will call them and see when they can venture up. They all cheered with us. You guys are gonna have to cough up tickets." Both promised to do whatever Caroline wanted to meet more of their friends. Caroline was laying on Hamilton scrolling through her contacts. This is Roni Beth she said showing McQuaid a hot red head. She is from West Virginia. She is a kindergarten teacher now. Reilly pouted because he was driving. Caroline promised to show him at the apartment. This is Sami she is a gymnastics and dance instructor in Stone Mt. Georgia. McQuaid whistled at the tiny blonde in the photograph. Allison is in law school at UK. He looked at the brunette in the photograph. She was hot in a naughty librarian way. Maggie is from Charlotte NC. She is a real estate broker. McQuaid bet she could sell ice to an Eskimo. She was a drop dead gorgeous girl. McQuaid kept looking at her photo she reminded him of Jasmine from Aladdin. Caroline teased him that this was most guys reactions to Mags. She informed him she was 1/2 Cherokee. The last photo was of Lainey. Caroline loved the picture because Lainey was standing on the dock of her family fish camp wearing a pair of guys real tree shorts cutoff like daisy dukes and a UK bikini top beside an alligator that she killed. McQuaid stared at the picture of a few minutes. He looked at the dark hair beauty next to the gator. He looked at Caroline and yelled dibs. She cracked up.

She had shown Doug all the pictures as well. "Want to trade me in?" She asked smiling up at him. "Nah, I've already figured out where you are most ticklish at." He dropped a kiss on her forehead. "No tickling you promised" she admonished. "I'll think about it." he replied.

When they arrived at the apartment Caroline realized all her clothes were at her apartment or in the bag at Kevan's. She kicked off her sandals by the door. Reilly started stripping walking through the apartment. Caroline was enjoying the show when Quaider smacked him in the back of the head. Reilly ventured to his room and returned in practice shorts. "Sorry usually just us guys" said Reilly. Damn these boys were are built.

Caroline looked at Hamilton "you lied you said no boy on boy action." Dougie laughed "I told you I was glad it was you that woke me up this morning." Caroline was drunkenly giggling "Smith's strip tease to the kitchen totally counts. Us girls will vote at brunch tomorrow." Hamilton shook his head.

"Come on let's go find something for you to sleep in." Hamilton pulled her along by her hand. McQuaid asked if he had anything that would remotely fit Caroline. Smith told her to feel free to raid his laundry basket on the dryer. Caroline thanked the guys and followed Dougie to his room. Caroline flopped on Dougie's huge bed. She looked like she was making snow angels on his comforter.

"Where do you find sheets for this thing?" asked Caroline. He laughed "mom takes care of that random stuff. It's a California King." Dougie was digging through his drawers. He finally found an Ice Dogs shirt that wouldn't be too huge for her. He tossed the red and black shirt to her. "Marking your territory with your number Hamilton" she smirked. He smiled at her and then left the room. Caroline was confused and stared at the shirt for a minute. Then remembered Kevan's fucking gentleman speech. Caroline peeled out of her skirt and tank top and replaced it with Dougie's tee. The shirt was longer than over half her dresses and skirts. Caroline sat cross legged in the center of Dougie's bed. Caroline was busy pulling pins from her hair when Dougie came back into the room.

Dougie stopped and leaned against the door facing. He watched her pull the pins from her hair and untwist the braids. Caroline pulled the elastics free from her hair. He watched fascinated as she unbraided her hair. It was falling in chocolate waves over her shoulder. As quickly as she took it down she swooped it back up into a messy bun. "I like it better down" stated Dougie.

"Good thing I didn't ask" replied Caroline. She crossed the room and glanced up at him. "Bathroom?" Dougie pointed out the door to the half bath across the hall.

"No one uses it. It should be fairly clean." he indicated with a nod. "Towels and things in the closet. Might even be a tooth brush." Caroline opened the closet and laughed. Apparently the many perks of staying in various hotels was baskets of hotel beauty products. She managed to snag at tooth brush, tooth paste, and face wash from the baskets. Caroline stripped off her make-up and brushed her teeth. She pulled her hair free and let it fall naturally.

Caroline ventured into bedroom and Dougie was nowhere to be found. She walked into the living room and found Reilly eating Lucky Charms. Not a bad way to find Smith. Hot half naked Bruin eating kiddie cereal at 3 am. Caroline flopped down beside him and took the box off the table. She was talking with Reilly and eating the marshmallows out of the dry cereal in her hand. Reilly wanted to see the pictures that she had showed McQuaid. She pulled the pictures up and flipped through them. She laughed at his expressions. Caroline was explaining how they all knew each other when Dougie came back in the room.

"McQuaid is officially passed out" stated Dougie. Reilly laughed Quaider couldn't hold his liquor as well as some of the other guys. But luckily it was usually just a matter of maneuvering him into his bed before he passed out in the living room. Dougie sat down beside Caroline and threw an arm around her.

"This happen often." asked Caroline tossing the cereal bits into Reilly's bowl. Smitty glared at her.

"Did you really steal the marshmallows and give me the cereal?" quizzed Reilly as Caroline settled back against Dougie's chest.

"Yep, so Quaider" replied Caroline.

"He just sleeps it off where he falls. Dude your girl totally stole my marshmallows!" stated Smitty. Caroline promised that she would have Hadlee's mom send an entire box of just Lucky Charms marshmallows up from Kentucky. She then told him Kayleigh might even have some hidden at the bakery for cupcakes and brownies. Reilly seemed appeased. Dougie was glad they got along. He was hoping Caroline would be there a lot.

Dougie and Smitty were discussing the upcoming weeks worth of away games. Reilly was looking forward to seeing his brother in Detroit. Dougie told him he would try not to smash Brendan's face. They both laughed. They were discussing the upcoming game with the Pens. Reilly nodded his head at Caroline. Dougie realized that she had almost fallen asleep in his arms. Reilly grabbed his dishes and box of Lucky Charms off the coffee table. Caroline was startled when Reilly stood up. "Nite Smitty" said Caroline.

"Take me to bed or lose me forever" said Caroline. Smith cracked up in the kitchen. "Your girl is quoting Top Gun."

Dougie stood up and scooped her up off the couch. She laid her head on his shoulder. Reilly was still laughing. "I was gonna walk" said Caroline. Dougie loved that she didn't argue with him.

"At least it's a hot girl Hamilton" crowed Smith "He's usually packing Tyler, Brad, or Quaider."

"Shut up Smitty" called Dougie over his shoulder as he walked into his room. He sat her in the center of the bed. He flipped on the lamp beside the bed and turned off the over head light. Reilly stuck his head in the room to tell Caroline good night. He shut the door behind him.

"I like Reilly. He will be fun to hang out with. McQuaid too. But he can't sing." she said. Dougie shook his head. Caroline watched him pull off his shirt and toss it in the hamper in the closet. "We have to be at brunch at 11:30." Caroline watched his muscles move and contract as he turned the bed down. Doug appeared to be tall and lanky. He was packing around a lot more muscle now than when he first came to the Bruins. He was all long lean muscle. Someone might mistake him for a swimmer, but only until you saw his legs. Only hockey gave boys thigh muscles like that He sat down beside Caroline and motioned for her get in the blankets. She settled in under the dark green comforter and sheets. He stretched out beside her. She was laying on her back beside him looking at the ceiling intently.

'What are you staring at?" asked Dougie looking up at the ceiling. Caroline rolled on to her side and snuggled up against him.

"You need a ceiling fan" replied Caroline. Dougie remember that she had one in her room.

"Why is that" he questioned.

"I like the noise" she shrugged. "Sometimes it's too quiet to sleep." He nodded. He knew some of the guys had to sleep in absolute silence, some slept with the TV on, and others could sleep anywhere. "I blame Hadlee and her brothers."

"Why Hadlee"

"Her brothers installed a fan in every bedroom of our college apartment. I got so used to it that West had to put them in the apartment here. He said I am fighting the urge to be Southern." He laughed. Caroline could feel the rumble in his chest. She ran her hand down his abs and let it rest at his hip bone. He grabbed her hand in his larger one. He held her hand while rubbing his other hand up and down her back. She sighed and snuggled closer to him. "This could replace my fan." He laughed again.

"Good to know that I could potentially be replaced by a ceiling fan." he grumbled.

"Nope" said Caroline as she dug her fingers into his hipbone "fans aren't ticklish." Doug bucked against her trying to keep her from tickling him. "You promised" he groaned. She laughed. Caroline slid her free hand up the side of his rib cage. He wiggled more. Caroline tickled him again.

Then in one swift movement she had all 6'5" of Doug on top her. Damn the boy was fast. He had both of her hands trapped above her head with one of his larger ones. Her legs were apart as he wedge himself between them trying to keep his weight off her.

"Not nice, sweetheart" he said looking down at her. He smiled wickedly at Caroline. He stroked a finger down the side of her face. Caroline wiggled her wrists trying to free herself. She bucked her hips trying to move him. It took a lot of effort to move a pro hockey player and she was failing miserably. Dougie then ran the same finger from the shell of her ear down to the neck of his shirt. Caroline shivered. Dougie ran his hand down the side of her body. His hand skimmed her curves. She moved her hips again. The red shirt had ridden up past her hips. She knew that he could see the red lace boy shorts she was wearing. Caroline saw his hand dart toward her hip bone.

"No, No." Caroline squealed as he ran a hand from her hip to her thigh. She was still struggling.

"You keep that up, Smitty is gonna think you need rescued" laughed Dougie. She gave him an evil grin. She opened her mouth the yell for Reilly. She didn't even get the first letter out before he fixed his mouth to hers. Caroline stopped struggling and kissed him back. She tasted like mint and lucky charm marshmallows. Their tongues stroked against one another and instinctive dance. Dougie let go of her hands. She tangled one hand in his hair and the other around his neck. He put his arms underneath her and moved her to the center of the bed. He was busy dropping small kisses on her lips. She pulled him close and nibbled on his bottom lip. She dipped her tongue back into his mouth. Caroline rocked her hips up against his. She hooked one of her legs around his leg and ground her core against him.

Dougie kissed the corner of her mouth. Then followed the path he had tickled earlier. He kissed the shell of her ear. He skated his tongue down the curve of her neck. Caroline writhed underneath him. He pulled at the neck of his shirt and placed a kiss beneath the collar. His large hand went under his shirt. Holy Hell thought Caroline his hands could span her entire rib cage. His hands were hot and rough. The rough patches caught on her smooth skin. Dougie's thumbs stroked the underside of her breasts. Caroline shivered again. He scooted down her body pushing his shirt up as he went. His tongue darted into her belly button. Dougie then noticed the 3 tiny blue paw prints along her first rib. He kissed and licked each one. Her shirt was now up over her breasts. He cupped the weight of her breasts in his hands. He then placed a kiss in the hollow between her breasts. Caroline whispered his name about the time he latched his mouth on to one of her nipples. He lavished both of her breast with equal attention. Dougie look down at Caroline her disheveled hair, her kiss stung lips, his shirt bunched up around her breasts and thought she couldn't possibly get more beautiful. Caroline pressed her lower body against his. He knew she could feel how hard he was. She kept moving creating friction. Caroline then made a frustrated sound.

"If we do this Caroline, it's just you and me. No other guys Caroline. No Segs, no Blacker, no random guy from the bar." Dougie kissed her mouth and rocked his harden length against her. "I'll walk away if you can't be with just me." Dougie kissed her gently on the mouth. Dougie looked down at her spread out on his bed. No matter the answer to the ultimatum he'd issued he knew being with her wouldn't be the path of least resistance.

Dougie was shocked at her response. She pulled his forehead down to hers. She locked her mouth on his. Against his lips she said " I don't want anyone else, I don't need anyone else, Doug."

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