The Gentle Giant

The next morning I went to Danny and Raina’s for an early breakfast. The tournament didn’t start for a few hours and I needed something to soak up all of the alcohol I had consumed the previous night. I walked in and had to laugh, the boys were all sitting quietly around the table, the babies content in their bouncy chairs. Raina was frying French toast.

“Gosh girl, I don’t think I have ever seen my nephews this quiet.”

She laughed in response. "I can’t help if my cooking is that good." She turned around and sat down handing me a plate.

“So what’s up? Did you have a good time last night?” she asked.

I smiled. “Of course, hanging out with all of you is fun. I’m just really stressed out with him being gone, plenty of guys around. It is a lot of temptation. Don’t get me wrong, I adore him, but the distance is horrible. I mean of all the hockey players, I pick the one who isn’t Canadian.”

She rolled her eyes at me. “You are going to see him in two weeks. Just chill and see how that goes.” I knew she was right, but my mind still struggled with everything.

“See my biggest concern with him is the fact that we are polar opposites. I’m nothing like my brother. I’m loud, outgoing, speak my mind, like to cause mayhem on occasion. Andrej is none of the above, he is quiet, introspective and gentle.“

Raina picked up Daniel and turned towards me. “Wait a minute, you say gentle like it is a bad thing. What do you mean?” she asked.

“Well the guy will agree to anything I say, or suggest. Every time we sleep together, it’s more of the slow and romantic type deal. I mean at times it is annoying.” She jumped up and handed my nephew to me.

She came back into the room with a magazine and handed it to me. “Read it, may help you out with that problem.”

Danny had come out of the bedroom. “What problem are you having sis and please tell me that isn’t a wedding magazine.” I just shook my head at him.

“None of your business. Nothing of real concern anyway.” I stated finishing off my French toast.

Raina laughed. “Someone is to tame for your sister in certain ways.”

Danny looked confused then disgusted. “Ok, I so do not want to hear this conversation.” He said getting up. “You should ask Raina for advice though. She is a nympho.” He said from the doorway.

Cam had just walked in the door. “What does that mean Dad?”

Raina quickly dismissed him. “It’s an adult discussion. Go get ready to leave.”

I played with the twins on the bed while she packed diaper bags for the two of them. They were going with us to the tournament for awhile, then Raina was dropping them off with Maman so we could go out tonight. “So he is trainable Danielle. If that is the only big issue, that is fixable."

I smiled knowing she was right. “I mean I got lucky, your brother is pretty good, but you learn from each other, the more time you spend together.”

I just gave her a disgusted look. “Eww, so not interested in hearing about you and my big bro.” I helped her dress Jolie and we got the babies into the car. The boys had already left with Danny. We got to the course and ran smack into Claude.

“Hello my beautiful princess. How is she doing?” he asked unbuckling her from the stroller. I had to smile. Claude was adorable with Jolie. His face lit up as he gave her a kiss. “My beautiful goddaughter I missed you.”

Raina just smiled at him. “We are lucky, she is so easy and undemanding, unlike her brothers.” We walked back to the clubhouse, where things were starting to get crowded.

Mike was wandering around looking lost. Raina seen him and yelled “still nursing that wrist, you big baby.” He cracked up, running over and grabbing Daniel from me.

Mike and I sat down and Raina went of in search of Danny. Mike leaned over towards me. “Sorry about last night Dani. I was wrong, you should try to go over them. I talked to him this morning and he is so excited about you going.“

I got up and stretched. “No problem Mike, I am going to go and see him."

We hung out for a few more minutes, showing off the babies and talking. Raina gathered up the boys and kids and drove them back to Maman’s. I walked around, talking to the people I knew. I stopped and watched my brother play for awhile. He was surprisingly good.

I went to Max’s group next. I teased him for missing a few shots and he laughed. My phone rang and I looked at it. “Hey baby, I miss you. “ he said and it made me smile.

“I miss you too, you don’t even know the things I can’t wait to do to you.” He just laughed. “I’m serious Andrej” I pouted. We ended up hanging up a few minutes later.

I finally found Raina. We grabbed drinks and walked toward the clubhouse awaiting the guys. Claude and Mike came running in first, laughing about Reemer’s terrible performance. Danny finally made his way into the clubhouse. After trophies and stuff, Raina, Danny, Mike, Claude, Reemer, Kris and I went to grab dinner.

Raina and I were three or four drinks in by this point and already carrying on. Mike was a bad influence and bought us these huge drinks made with Bacardi 151 rum which just got us even more tipsy. The guys went right to the bar and Raina and I went back to the house to shower and get ready for the club.

Raina ended up in a short black dress with four inch black sandals. I went for tight black pants and a halter top with three inch stilettos. We were killing it and knew it. We walked into the club and Danny’s mouth dropped. “Can’t we just go home now” he whined.

Mike kissed me on the check. “Nice look Dani, good thing you got us guys to protect you from the rest of these idiots.” Mike Green actually had whistled when we walked in and was met with a death glare from Mike and Danny. Matt handed us drinks and we hit the dance floor together. Not long after, we had Kris, Reemer and Claude dancing.

We did shots in between songs. I had a blast. I danced with Max for awhile, I must have been really drunk the night before because he didn’t have the same effect on me. I had fun with him, but it wasn’t a major turn on. Mike, Raina and Danny ended up leaving. I squeezed into a booth with Claude, Kris and Reemer. They took turns picking on me and I spent time trying to pick our puck bunnies for them. We were getting trashed, Kris was slurring and almost fell out of the booth. We called cabs, Kris and Reemer hopped in one heading to the hotel.

Claude and I were going back to Danny’s place. The minute the cab pulled away he kissed me, hand cupping my ass.

In my drunken haze, I couldn’t believe it had just happened, especially with him of all people. He was young and I wasn’t really attracted to him, but for some reason, he had turned me on. He continued to kiss me, pulling me into him. He picked me up and made me straddle him, the taxi driver watching through the rearview window. His hands slid inside my shirt and we were practically dry humping in the back seat.

All of a sudden, the cab stopped for a red light and I snapped back into reality. “Oh god no, seriously I can’t believe this is happening” I said. I climbed off him threw my hair back in a pony tail.

“Dani, come one. Seriously, like I would tell anyone. Danny would kill me. Megan and I broke up right after the parade. She was cheating on me when she went back to NY to visit. Dancing with you tonight was a total turn on. I need you, at least for tonight if you wont give me more than that.” He said as he slid his hands up my thigh.

My mind was telling me one thing, my body another. I fought with my conscience for two blocks before I finally spoke to Claude, his fingers rubbing against my pants begging for entrance.

Notes

Bad girl. Thoughts?