A New Leaf

I woke up the next morning, still in my Toronto Maple Leafs jersey, on a leather couch, but I had no idea where I was. I looked around the strange room and jumped when I noticed that I was asleep on someone's chest. I retreated into the corner of the couch, as far away from the guy as I possibly could. My mind was racing, horrible flashbacks of the times that this happened before played over and over.

Waking up with a guy, remembering nothing, and shamefully walking out before he woke up. I began to get up off the couch, making my way to the door before I stopped dead in my tracks, regaining my sense.

"Calm down, it's just Tyler" I tried to remind myself. He's a good guy. He wouldn't make you do anything you didn't want to.

Feeling slightly more at ease, I returned back to the couch and cuddled into his side. My clumsiness, however, caused me to jab Tyler in the ribs with my elbow as I was laying down.

"OW WHAT THE FU-" he looked over at me and flashed a tired half smile, "well good morning to you too."

I laughed nervously, "You're a pro hockey player. I think you can take me." He smiled, obviously remembering last night; his first game as a Maple Leaf.

"Thanks for coming out last night. It meant a lot to have someone cheering me on." He said, pulling me close with the arm that was around me, and planting a kiss on my forehead.

I felt something with Tyler that I hadn't ever felt with guys I'd been with before. Even Jonathan didn't make me feel this way. Tyler had something about him that made me feel safe, like someone actually cared for me. After my parents died and Jonathan left me, the only person in my life was Erin, and it felt good to have someone else. Speaking of Erin...

"Oh shit," I said worried, "what happened to Erin and Joffrey last night?"

"I wouldn't worry to much about her." Tyler said as he pulled out his phone to show me a text from Joffrey.

J: Hey buddy I'm leaving the bar with Erin, don't wait up. Shoutout to you for this hookup.

"Probably doing the walk of shame right about now." I said, as Tyler laughed.

Tyler and I watched the news for awhile, and he was bouncing like a kid who just scored his first goal when the announcer commented on his assist. He was just too adorable.

Around 9:30 Tyler got up to make breakfast, and I followed him to the kitchen. After he burned four pancakes I decided to take over. He seemed to be not only a hopeless romantic, but a helpless one too.

"I'm not much of a cook." He said. "Thought this might have been cute making you breakfast and all."

"Not killing me with your horrible cooking is cuter though." I winked, before taking off my leafs jersey and walking to the stove in the black tank top I had on underneath.

"Hey every girl I've hooked up with hasn't even made it to breakfast so there's that." I cringed a bit at his statement. How many girls had he hooked up with? Would I just be another one of those? I finally felt like I could trust a guy, but what if I was just a prolonged hookup?

I concentrated on the pancakes, trying to put everything else out of my mind. Once I had made two for each of us, Tyler pulled some plates out of the cupboard and we ate at the granite breakfast bar. We made small talk, and then I decided after I ate that it was time for me to go back to the dorms.

"Hey, I had no intentions of spending the night," I said, placing my plate in the dishwasher, "but thanks for not trying anything on me last night."

"Oh it was my pleasure. I wouldn't want to lose a girl like you from shit like that." He said, walking me to the door. "Thanks. I know the hockey player type, trust me, and I'm glad to know you're not like them." I said jokingly.

"Pfftt I have plenty of hookup stories, I could tell you about. Most of them have ended miserably but don't think I'm a softie or anything." Tyler said laughing, before he hugged me and I left the apartment.

----- "SO DID YOU SLEEP WITH HIM?" Erin yelled as I walked into my dorm.

"No we just watched a movie and cuddled and stuff. It was nice." I said, hanging up my Bozak jersey in the closet beside my bed.

"Laaaaaaame." Erin teased from her bed.

"Why did you sleep with Joffrey?" I asked sarcastically.

Erin's face went red, and she got really quiet. No fucking way.

"PUCK BUNNY! PUCK BUNNY!" I screamed. "Did you actually?"

"I don't... kiss... and tell... But your neck does". She said smugly, yet still slightly embarrassed.

To confirm Tyler and I's suspicions from earlier, I took out my phone and snapped a picture of Erin to send to Tyler.

M: Puckslut wants to thank you for the tickets
T: No way. They didn't
M: thanks to your introduction, she's the new puck bunny in town.

The rest of the week went by pretty quickly. I finished up my internship at the clinic, and was offered a job there once I graduated medical school. I was ecstatic and couldn't wait to tell Tyler, who was away on the road. Admittedly him being on the road made me a little nervous. Not that we were together or anything, but the fact that he could be sleeping around with other girls just made me nervous. I didn't want to fall for any guys, but I was falling hard for Tyler Bozak.

Notes

Another filler-ish chapter. It'll pick up soon!