A Second Chance at Love

The timing of the first game against the Pens couldn't have been worse. The home opener was tonight. Danny was already in a bad mood, making it well know to me that he wasn't happy Jordan was in town.

Maxime had called me when they landing this morning, begging me to get a sitter and go out with them. I didn't want to risk a fight and kept declining. All day long Danny was antsy. He couldn't even sleep in between the morning skate and game. He was driving me nuts and no amount of assurance from me was helping.

"I love you. I don't understand why you let him bother you. You can't get off your game because one guys likes me Dan." I said to him while getting the boys dinner started.

"He is in love with you Raina, that's a big difference from liking someone." I just groaned. Tonight was not going to be fun for me by any means.

The boys and I got to the game and headed right down to the family waiting room. Claude just shrugged his shoulders at me. Mike wrapped me in a hug. "You need to get him to calm down Raina. I'm about to pull rank and bench him."

I walked toward Danny and gave him a long hard kiss. "Danny you will seriously piss me off if you don't calm down. I have rarely gotten angry at you but I promise you I will not let this go."

He said a small 'ok', gave the kids a hug and walked back to the locker room.

I took the kids upstairs into the family box. I was actually happy at this point not to have my seats on the ice. I didn't want to be anywhere near the ice when they collided. Ten minutes into the first period they ended up on the ice together. I held my breath and prayed they would leave it alone. The shift ended uneventful. I still couldn't relax. The Flyers went up 2-0 when Reemer hit a hard slap shot from the circle. I actually prayed the Pens would score and keep it close, making the penalties harder to take for the guys.

The second period ended and I breathed a sigh of relief. Danny had scored making it a 3-0 game, but Malkin and Jordan had put two late goals in bringing them to within one goal. Five minutes into the third period all hell broke loose. Jordan took a slash at Danny. He didn't even hesitate before his gloves were off and he was connecting a punch to Jordan's jaw.

They went at it for over two minutes before the referee separated them. They were both bleeding. The crowd was going nuts. They both spent five minutes in the box.

The first shift back out on the ice for Jordan was insanity. Claude didn't hesitate before he went after him. He ended up with a double minor for cross-checking and roughing. Thank god our penalty kill was on. We won the game 3-2 in regulation. I couldn't handle overtime.

I waited a little bit and took the boys down to see Danny. They seemed a little worried, but I calmed them down. I was mad, upset and worried, all in one. He showered quickly and we left, not saying one word to each other.

Once we got to his house he sent the boys upstairs and we went out on the back deck. I finally let him have it. "Really Danny, it had to go down like that? You couldn't have been the bigger man about it?"

I started to get even more mad. "Raina, you don't understand the things he said to me." he grumbled.

"So enlighten me Danny cause I don't get it. I'm here with you. I spend all of my time with you." He sat down and put his head in his hands.

"I'm not discussing it with you, it's inappropriate and I don't want to repeat it." I lost it.

"You know Danny, fuck it. I try my hardest and you don't trust me. You let some asshole come between us. I never in a million years would think you would let someone get to you this bad. You did exactly what he wanted. I am so disappointed you couldn't be the bigger person in this. I'm going out for awhile. I need to think. I need some space. I don't even know what is going through my head right now." He never looked up.

I got into the call and dialed Max's number hoping he'd pick up. I needed my best friend now more than ever.

Notes

Uh oh, that damn sexy Staal.......