Being a Hockey Wife

"Babe?" I hear Jamie yell from downstairs. I am upstairs in the office working on a new case I got yesterday. I am a criminal lawyer articling student and I love my job.

Moving from Victoria to Dallas was a big change at start, but I knew if Jamie and I wanted to be together for the long haul I had to make the move. When Jamie left to play in Kelowna we were a 6 hour drive apart and the long distance was challenging. But that was 8 years ago, and now having been married for less than a year has been great. Getting married at 24 is young but we knew that we wanted to spend the rest of our lives together. I finished law school just before we got married and had started working at a law firm the following September.

"Office." I call back to him.

"There you are." He walks into the office and kisses my head.

"Hey you." I put my hand up to his face.

"How was your day?" He asks and turns my chair so that I'm looking at him. He pulls up a chair across from me and sits down.

" Good, it was really productive. How was yours?"

"Good, glad to be home with my wife." He smiles at me and kisses me lightly.

"Want me to start dinner?" I ask.

“This is the thing, I kind of invited the whole team for a dinner and video review. But don’t worry I have everything, we just have to cook.”

“Jame…”

“I promise I will make it up to you, please Mads. I’m sorry and I know I’m not supposed to spring this on you and supposed to ask you if its okay too. But it just kind of came out.”

“Are the WAGS invited?”

“Yes and Ty says Mel with be here.”

“Well its a good thing the house is clean. Go start everything, I will be down in a minute.”

Jamie grabs my face and kisses me happily. “I love you so much, I will make it up to you.” He gets up and walks out the door. “We’re having steak and salad. I will cook steaks, you’re on salad duty.”

“Got it. Caesar or house type thing.”

“Whatever you want Mads.” He calls back to me. I finish up looking over an old case and put it away and head downstairs to the kitchen.

“Jame it is formal or casual?” I ask while getting all the ingredients out for my salad.

“Well the boys might wear shorts and a button up or something. So nothing too fancy.” He says while preparing the steaks.

I was mad at Jamie at the start, but I know as a hockey wife that I just have to go with it. The Dallas Stars are my family since all my other family is back in Canada. I love having Jamie around because he is not usually, especially when it gets close to playoffs. Being the captain takes a lot out of him, so he tries to keep our house away from his hockey unless we are having the team over. It works out pretty well because Jamie and I can just focus on us in our own house.

“Hellooo.” We hear from the living room, its Tyler and Mel.

“Hey guys.” I walk over to hug them both. Tyler has really become a brother to me and Mel has become a best friend. Ty goes to find Jamie outside at the barbecue while Mel takes me upstairs to find something to wear.

“Did he just spring this on you?” Mel asks me.

“You can tell?” I ask surprised.

“Its written all over your outfit.” She laughs a little.

“I worked at home today and Jamie came home to tell me he bought like 30 steaks.”

“Were you mad at him?”

“A little, but captain duties I guess.”

“Perks of being married to one.” She laughs with me. Tyler and Mel have been dating for over a year now and I am so glad Ty has brought Mel into my life. Dallas was getting lonely when Jamie was on road trips.

“How was work today?” I ask Mel, she is a kindergarten teacher, this is her first year with a full contract.

“Good, we three letters of the alphabet and did finger painting.” She smiles.

“That sounds like so much fun.” I smile at her imagining what Jamie and I’s kids would be like.

“You’re doing it again.” Mel says.

“Doing what again?” I ask.

“You want to have kids, and you were just imagining it.”

“Of coarse I want kids, but not for a couple more years, at least. I love my job and want to focus on that before kids. I think Jamie agrees.”

“Does Jamie even know that plan?”

“Of coarse he does. He wants to focus on hockey too.”

“Well Tyler and I have fun practicing making kids.”

I throw a pillow at her. “You two are my best friends and that is a terrible visual.”

“Be a big girl for once.” She smirks. “Wear that skirt, this tank, and that cardigan. Now for your hair, ponytail. No fly aways.”

“Bossy bitch.” Mel laughs and we fall into a fit of giggles. I get dressed and fix my hair. Mel fixes her makeup and we are ready for the dinner to start.

Everyone arrives on time and Jamie entertains the boys outside of the deck, while the girls are inside in the living room drinking wine. I like all of the WAGS especially Ashley, Jordie’s wife who happens to be my sister in law and is pregnant with my niece or nephew. I am so excited for them to have a baby so Jamie and I can spoil it.

“Ash, have you thought of any names?” I ask.

“I think we might stick with the J concept for a boy Jake or Jaiden, and for a girl we would’t stick with the J concept and go Sophia. But Jordie likes Ellie. So we are pretty undecided.”

“I love them all, I’m so excited. Jamie and I will gladly take the baby off your hands if you want a day off or want to go out with Jordie.”

“When are you and Jamie going to have kids?” I hear a bunch of yeah whens from the other WAGS.

“Not for a couple of years, I want to make sure my job is stable and Jamie would be staying in Dallas for the rest of his career. We just want our children to try and have the most normal life possible.”

“That might be hard with the money Jamie makes and the money you bring in also.”

“We have way too much money between the two of us, thats why Jame started his charity.” The girls mingle around until Jamie comes in with all the steaks cooked. We are eating buffet style and you are on your own for where you are going to sit. I stay back in the kitchen making sure everything is in order before grabbing a plate, I’m last and most of the food is picked over but I don’t mind. Jamie is sitting with Ty, Jordie, Cody Eakin, and Jason Demers gossiping about players in the NHL. I find a seat beside Mel and Taylor, John Klingberg’s girlfriend. We are all the closet in age to each other, Taylor only being a three years younger. I eat quickly and start to take everyone’s plate away. As I pass Jamie he gives me a kiss on the cheek and everyone says thank you. I head to the kitchen to throw out everyone’s plates.

Jamie comes in and wraps his arms around me from behind. “This is going great babe.”

“All thanks to me.” I flip my ponytail sassily. Jamie laughs at me.

“Thank you for this Mads.” He kisses my head.

“Love you, now go in there and get the videos ready.”

“Love you boss of the house.” I scoff as he leaves. Now its our turn for the girls to go outside and into the gazebo so the boys can focus. It is maybe an hour until the boys start to file outside to find their wives or girlfriend’s and head home. Soon enough everyone has gone home and I am finishing the dishes up. Jamie is cleaning the living room as we work as a team to finish this as quickly as possible.

“Mads.” Jamie calls.

“Yeah Jame?”

“Are you ready for me to make it up to you?”

I smirk and run upstairs to our room. “Race ya!!”

Being a hockey wife has its up and downs and today was definitely an up day.

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