Hurricanes in Pittsburgh?

Chapter Six

“I’m so happy you’re here!” I squealed as I ran over towards my brother and tried to wrap my arms around all over them, “Where’s mom and dad?”

“Up in the box already,” Eric said and I smirked when Jordan wrapped his arm around my shoulder, “So tell me, why did we have to sneak Candy in here?”

“Who’s Candy?” Sidney asked as he walked over and leaned his elbow on my shoulder.

“Did you bring a stripper, Jen?” Tyler teased as he came over, “What’s up Gronk!”

“Hey man,” Jordan said and he and Tyler did a hand shake.

“Candy’s my dog,” I laughed and lightly elbowed Sidney, “Which reminds me, I need a favor.”

“Sure,” he said and I laughed.

“You don’t even know what I’m asking,” I said and Sidney shrugged his shoulders, “Is anyone allergic to dogs?”

“Not that I know of,” he said and then turned back to the team and quieted them down.

I asked everyone if they were allergic to dogs and then plead my case; I was lucky enough to find out that no one was allergic to dogs and were willing to give Candy a shot. Jordan said that he would tell mom and dad to bring Candy down after the game for the guys to meet her.

Jordan, Eric and Marc all left and we all get dressed in our gear. We were playing Tampa Bay tonight and I was pretty nervous. Penguins usually did really well against them, and with my perfect saves, I was always nervous that someone was going to get a puck past me. I knew someone, someday was going to get one past me, but I had to believe in myself that it wasn’t going to be anytime soon.

Coach came in and gave us some tips about the team and then sent us on our way. It was time for warming up; I walked in front of Sidney, third to last, with Brad Thiessen in front of me. He was brought up to be my back up since Marc was going to be out at least two games. Sidney told me to steer clear of Thiessen because he was pretty pissed at me for taking his spot on the team, so I listened and planned on not saying a word to him.

I scratched the ice out in front of the net and started my stretches. When the guys decided that they were going to start shooting the pucks, I blocked a few, but then decided that I was going to skate around.

“Just keep calm, it’ll be all right, you’ll kick ass,” Pascal said as he skated next to me and I nodded my head.

“Thanks,” I smiled brightly, he nodded his head and then grabbed a puck and shot it towards the empty net, and I watched as Thiessen then took over the net and blocked some shots.

I felt a hand on my shoulder and saw Geno, I smirked towards him, “It be ok, even if score, you still awesome.”

I giggled and nudged my shoulder into his arm because he was taller than me, “Thanks, you’re pretty awesome too.”

“I know,” he smirked and I laughed.

“I’m still more awesome though,” I giggled and he chuckled.

Some more guys skated around us, and before we knew it, it was time to go back into the locker room. Coach gave us some more tips and we spent the rest of the time getting our gear prepared. I heard some of the guys laughing, but I didn’t look up.

“Yo Staalsy, you look real manly right there!” someone yelled and I looked up to see that Jordan walked in caring Candy.

I smirked and stood up walking over towards them and scratched Candy’s head. The guys all walked over and one by one started to pet her and say that she was cute. Jordan put her on the ground and Candy walked around the locker room and one by one walked over towards the guys.

“Just no one step on her please!” I begged and the guys all laughed and decided to sit down, not taking the risk of having an accident, especially when they had their skates on.

Coach came in and was about to tell us to head out to the ice but froze and blinked when he saw Candy, “When did we get a dog?”

“She’s your new mascot!” Jordan laughed, “She’s even more intimating than a penguin!”

“Yeah, because a tiny dog named Candy is so intimidating,” Cooke teased and I laughed.

“Like collar,” Geno said and I looked over to see that he had picked her up and was petting her.

I laughed and nodded my head, showing off her Pittsburgh Penguins collar, “Had to get it.”

“All right guys, game time!” Coach said and Geno handed Candy back to Jordan and he patted my on the shoulder.

“Kick ass, squirt,” Jordan said and I smirked and nodded my head.

We headed out towards the ice, the first line skated towards the middle and I scratched out the arena in front of my net. The lights dimmed, the National Anthem was sung, the crowd was cheering, Sidney skated to the faceoff circle, the ref dropped the puck and the game begins.

-Beau-

Jen was doing really well, we were doing really well too, I scored a goal in the first period, the second one in the period. Kunitz scored the first one, and then five minutes later, I scored in a power play. Surprisingly the game wasn’t that interesting, I thought that Tampa Bay would have made it interesting, but it was like they weren’t even there. The final score was five to zero, Chris, Sidney, Geno, James and I scoring the goals, and Jen saved twenty four shots.

The three stars of the game were named, Geno got the third, Sidney the second and Jen the first, I smirked knowing that I she was going to be in the goal, and then she was going to be named the number one star in the game a lot.

We all showered and changed and then met our friends, families and injured teammates in the family suite. Jen and I walked up together; she was talking about how she still heard the guys talking about her even though the guys brought a radio into the locker room.

“Batgirl,” I laughed and Jen rolled her eyes.

“I swear, if the guys start to call me that, I’m going to kill you,” Jen said and I laughed and kissed her cheek.

We walked into the suite and she laced her fingers with mine and then dragged me over towards her family. I always felt nervous around her brothers, they were so much bigger than me, and there were three of them around me.

The kids in the suite were having fun playing with Candy and I watched as Jen’s brother’s praised her for her nice saves. Someone said that they should go out to celebrate and just about everyone agreed. Most of the married men went home, while everyone else decided that they were going to a club.

“You are not bringing a puck bunny back to my place, Jordan!” Jen growled and Eric smirked.

“I’m a married man, Jen,” Jordan said and Jen scoffed while some of the guys laughed.

Jen’s parents took Candy and went home while some of us left the arena to head towards a nearby club.

We got to the club, and snuck through the back door towards the VIP section. We weren’t even there for ten minutes before Jen ran up to me and pressed her body against mine, brought her lips to my ear, “Come dance with me.”

I smirked and nodded my head, Jen smiled brightly and then kissed me quick and then we headed towards the dance floor. Most of the guys were already on the floor, but Jen laughed when she saw Sidney leaned against the balcony drinking a beer with Jen’s brothers, looking down at everyone dancing.

-Jennifer-

Four songs in and I was getting tired, I mean, I was already tired because of the game, but I wanted to get off the dance floor and get a drink. Beau and I walked up the stairs to the second floor, towards our VIP room.

“I’ll be back,” Beau said and I nodded my head and watched as he walked towards the bathroom.

I walked over towards my brothers and Sidney and then snuck in between Eric and Sidney, “What’s up, Captain?”

“Nothing much, nice game,” he said and then took a swig of his beer.

“Thanks,” I giggled and then took his beer and then stole a swig, “Why aren’t you down there? I’m sure that there are tons of girls ready to throw their panties at you.”

Sidney face was red and I laughed, “I’m not a dancer.”

“Sid doesn’t know how to dance!” Jordan yelled and I laughed and then looked at Sidney.

“Are you serious?” I laughed and Sidney nodded his head, “I don’t think they’re going to care about that,” I said pointing towards the girls who were looking up towards us and giggling, “They only care about if you’re good in bed.”

“I like to think I am,” he said and I snorted.

“I’m sure you are,” I rolled my eyes, “I’m also pretty sure that you haven’t gotten laid in a long time.”

“Is that an invitation?” Sidney laughed and I looked at him wide eyed.

“NO!!!” I shoved his shoulder and then laughed a little, “A little fresh Captain!”

“I kid, I kid,” he laughed and then wrapped his arm around my shoulder.

‘…What the hell?...’