Intrigue

Duncan and I left early the next morning for the airport. I threw on sunglasses the minute we went outside. My head was pounding and I knew the sun would only intensify it.

I was hung over, pissed off and tired. I hoped I could just sleep on the flight. Sharp got on and sat across the aisle from me, looking chipper as usual. I don't know how he did it. He managed to have a wife, baby on the way and still party like he was 23.

Meanwhile, I had a headache and felt like I was gonna throw up as we began our climb into the air. Kaner was sitting close to the front and I could hear Jon bitching at him. His blood pressure has to be crazy high he worries so much about Kaner's antics.

"So considering the bad mood, I guess you went to bed alone?" Sharpy asked the smirk on his face growing.

"I don't know why, plenty of ass in Chicago you know." Duncan replied from the row in front of us. I leaned back in my seat and closed my eyes. I didn't know why either. Something about her hazel eyes intrigued me. She had all the confidence in the world which was a total turn on, yet I could see some of it was a wall she had put up.

The more I thought about it, the more I realized maybe this wasn't just a sexual driven thing. I mean I could satisfy that with any girl. I wasn't going to lie to myself and say that I didn't want to have sex with her though. The excitement I felt last night just dancing with her drove me crazy for hours.

Once we landed we went out to lunch. I started to feel better and eating did help. We went back to the room and I laid across the bed. We didn't have to be at the rink until four o'clock and I had two hours to kill.

I picked up my phone, trying to think of something to say to her through text messaging. I finally typed "Hey Alex, hope you aren't too hung over, we need to get together once I get back. Last night ended too quickly."

Within minutes she had responded. "Feel like I am dying a slow death. Patron is the devil. Would love to see you when you get home. Can we leave children at home?" I just laughed and let her know I'd call her later on this week.

Our first two games of the trip were successful. I had two assists and a goal against the Kings. I headed back into the locker room and was pleasantly surprised to see Alex had messaged me during the third period. "You know, you look hot when you are mad."

It made me smile and I shot her back a smart ass reply. "I look hot doing other things as well, care to find out?"

She replied quickly. "Only if you look hot drafting this Motion for Allowance of an Appeal. I have to get this done, don't distract me sexy."

I just shook my head and typed a reply. "Good night Alexa, talk to you soon."

Kaner tried to steal my phone and I guarded it closely. I was still kind of pissed at him and didn't want to lose it.

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A few days later and we were finally landing back in Chicago. It was early morning and I knew she would be at work. I sent her a quick text to see if she wanted to grab lunch later. She let me know she could around one and where her office was.

I went home for awhile, before driving into town to wait for her outside her building. It was impressive. I knew she had a good job but when she texted me to come up I was blown away. She had a huge office, with a beautiful view of the city. She looked stunning in a black fitted suit and a low cut white blouse. The secretary left the room and I had all I could do to contain myself.

"Welcome back Brent. You had a nice trip. I watched the games."

I was speechless again. For some reason she took my words away. She didn't even know how much she captured my attention.

"You ready" I asked, trying to break the spell her hazel eyes cast on me. We went to a small little intimate restaurant for lunch and I started to find my speech back. She told me how work was going, and how Colin tortured her immensely, not understanding why she wouldn't date him.

"I mean I keep telling the guy, he isn't what I am looking for." she sighed and looked frustrated.

"So what are you looking for?" She just smiled. "I guess the person has to be sweet and patient with me. I have a lot of work and will be crazy busy. I also need someone to be attracted to the person inside of me. Not the lawyer Alexa or the Alexa that can dress younger and get away with it. Someone who knows that family is important and understands that mistakes don't just happen, you let them happen."

I smiled in response to her and raised the glass of wine I was drinking, "here's to finding someone with those qualities and being able to share yourself with them."

She leaned over and clinked my glass with hers. We let the conversation get lighter, laughing about Kaner's antics and Jon's blood pressure. I took her back to the office and kissed her cheek. "See you later Alex, let me know when you are free."

I got into the car and drove for a few blocks before getting out at a florist I had driven by on my way to see her. I picked out some pretty orchids, a nice vase and quick wrote out a card.
"Lunch was nice, you are beautiful, inside and out. Brent" I made sure they were being delivered today and drove home.

Notes

Brent is so adorably awkward and sweet.