Prove Me Wrong.

A few weeks have passed and as Jamie suspected neither he nor Tyler would be attending the All Star Game this year, which meant a weekend in the sun for us. After hours of scanning the internet for a nice beach other than Cabo, that's actually warm in the middle of January we settled on Playa del Carmen. The pictures were beautiful and I couldn’t wait to get my feet in the sand and relax even if it was just going to be for 4 days. The guys needed a break from the ice and I was about to throw myself into my books to prepare for my boards so this was a bit of a last hoorah for the next 3 months.

The boys had a game the night before we left and in order to get things in order I skipped the game watching it on the TV as I ran around my apartment. With Tyler going on vacation with us, I had also taken Marshall to the pet hotel recommended by the clinic after work. I was sad leaving him there but I knew he would be well taken care of. With the game playing in the background I made sure I had all of my clothes packed in my new duffel bag and my iPad, headphones, and other entertainment items in my backpack.

It was about a 5 hour flight from Dallas to Mexico and I'm well known for in-flight ADHD, after an hour I'm bouncing off the walls so I packed plenty of distractions. After I was sure I had everything I needed, double checking that I had my passport I gathered my bag as well as Tyler's things from his apartment and made my way to Jamie's. With our early flight the next morning all of us travelers decided to crash at Jamie's to prevent rushing around in the wee hours of the morning.

4 am came way too soon for all 6 of us, there was a lot of groaning and yawning but Jordie, Jess, Jamie, Tyler, Cody, and I managed to drag ourselves to the Dallas/Ft. Worth airport fueled by coffee and the promise of a 5 hour in flight nap. After checking our bags we made our way to our gate, bodies flopping down in chairs and on the floor.

I plopped down into a seat next to Jamie and laid my head on his shoulder as he wrapped his arm around my shoulders. "You excited babe?" he asked, and I nodded my head as I yawned, "I'm ready to have my feet in the sand, soaking up the sun next to my boyfriend." I felt Jamie's body move as he laughed, placing a kiss on my forehead "I love you Kier." A smile curled on my lips as I closed my eyes, not long after I was awoken by "Now boarding Flight 102 to Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, Now boarding flight 102" booming through the speakers.

Flight Attendants are way too chipper at all times, who in the hell enjoys their job at 6 am?! The answer to that question is flight attendants, especially flight attendants who have professional athletes on their flight. The youngest one I swear had gone to the back of the plane and attempted to hike her boobs up to her chin to impress Tyler, who was about to pass out and wanted nothing to do with her. I couldn’t help but laugh at her as she tried so hard. As we took off for Mexico I pulled my Beats out of my backpack and placed them over my ears stretching out in the comfort of first class. Thank you Delta for having lay flat seats! With the soothing voice of Ed Sheeran playing in my ears I fell asleep quickly.

I was woken up 3 hours later by a smiling Jamie, shaking my shoulder vigorously "Babe..Baby…Kier wake up.. KIERAN!" I jolted up pulling the headphones off quickly, "What!? Are we crashing?!!" I asked in a groggy but concerned voice. Jamie shook his head, "Uh, no. I'm just bored." Insert death glare here, I rubbed my eyes "You're ridiculous Jamie Benn." He shrugged, "Entertain me, Red." I scowled at his nickname as I reached into my backpack pulling out my iPad. Turning it on I handed it to Jamie "Entertain yourself babe, I'm sleepy." He took it and looked at me confused, "I've got nothing to hide from you Jamie, if you want to look there's a thousand pictures on there, Netflix, and some games. Go for it."

'Jamie's POV'

I watched as she reached into her bag pulling out her white iPad with an A&M case, she turned it on and handed it to me. What was she doing? "I have nothing to hide from you Jamie.." She was being open with me and I loved it, taking the tablet I leaned over and kissed her cheek, "Thanks babe. Go back to sleep, I'll wake you up when we land." I watched as she pulled her blue Beats back over her ears settling into the pillow, my perfect girl.

Flipping through all of her apps, most of them E-Textbooks and medical information I settled on Candy Crush. As I played the stupid game my mind wandered to what she meant behind telling me that there was a ton of pictures on her iPad. Did she want me to look at them? She said she had nothing to hide, and well neither did I and if she wanted to go through my phone I would gladly let her. She was the only girl aside from my mom that I talked to.

After much internal dispute I opened the photo gallery, scrolling all the way to the top where her pictures from college began. She looked so happy anytime she was on the volleyball court, standing in a circle with her teammates their long arms wrapped around each other, standing at the net her arms up with a look on her face that said "I am going to slam this ball down your throat.", pictures of her almost a foot off the ground celebrating what I assumed was a win.

Only one picture from the volleyball section bothered me, it was two photos stitched together. One side was Kieran still in her uniform grinning like no other standing next to a guy who was faced away from the camera, he was tall, and athletically built and I automatically knew it was Ryan, Kieran was pointing to the back of the guys shirt that read "My girl kills" with a heart shaped volleyball. On the other side was the same guy holding Kieran on his shoulders they were both laughing, the front of his shirt read, "My heart belongs to #3." They looked genuinely happy, and as Kieran had explained they had been very happy. Until he became the biggest asshole, breaking that perfect girls heart in two. Of all the photos that was the only one with Ryan, it must have been the only memory Kieran kept of them.

There were literally hundreds of photos of Lauren and Kieran. Lauren holding Kieran on her shoulders both of them holding up one finger as if they were #1, there were pictures of the two girls in fancy dresses holding their hands up in their sorority symbol, pictures of the two in graduation cap and gown from their undergrad graduation, those two were inseparable. The further I went the more I learned about my girlfriend, she was such a happy person, her smile lit up every picture, and if she wasn’t smiling she was laughing.

There were pictures of her and Kilian at NASA in Houston dressed in space suits and on the beach in Corpus Cristi. There was even a picture of them at a Stars game from before Tyler was even traded here, Kieran was ironically wearing a Reilly Smith jersey I wondered if Tyler had seen this picture. Kieran's relationship with her family was amazing. Towards the bottom Tyler came into the pictures, they were at clubs downtown with some of his friends from Boston, goofy selfies of Kieran, Tyler and Marshall, Tyler and Kieran at a Mike Stud concert just after we had met, she and Tyler a lot alike in some ways but thank god he wasn't her type.

Eventually I came into the pictures, most of them I had never seen before. Sunday night football games, pictures she had found on the internet from the gala, snapchats she had screenshotted, the two of us after games with her in my jersey, nights we went out to clubs, nights we just laid on the couch watching TV, her birthday, Christmas, and some pictures I hadn't even seen yet of New Year's Eve. She looked so beautiful in all of the pictures whether she was dressed to the nines or wearing an old t-shirt and leggings, I was so lucky to have her.

One picture in particular caught my eye, we both weren't looking at the camera, I don’t even know who took the photo but it was perfect. Kieran was laughing, her blue eyes sparkling and her perfect teeth showing as she looked up at me as I kissed her forehead with a grin on my face, based on our outfits it was after a game. Those were perfect moments, when we were just being ourselves candid photos are always the best.

As the flight attendant came over the speakers I shook Kieran awake, she was much more pleasant this go round. Sitting up she stretched and ran her fingers through her mess of red curls, "How many pictures of me sleeping did you take Jamie?" I laughed at her, shaking my head "None. I was too busy playing Candy Crush, but I think Tyler might have snuck one." She smiled, leaning in between our seats, "I knew I liked you for a reason Jame." Her lips landed on mine in a quick kiss, "I think you more than like me," I teased and she held up her fingers, "Maybe just a little bit more."

Notes

Chapters are slowing down as college is currently kicking my butt! Thank you all for reading and subscribing! 80+ subscribers is insane! Love you all, the next few chapters they will be on vacation :) xoxo - Ally

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