Changes

Driving home I couldn’t stop thinking about her. There was something about her that gripped my attention and didn’t let go. Wayne was driving and I was messing with the radio, trying to find something to listen to.

As we merged onto the expressway, I noticed Sid was ringing my phone. “What’s up? How are things in the lovely city of brotherly love?”

I just laughed. “Things are good, just on my way home from a guy’s night in Atlantic City.”

“Did you get in trouble?" He asked sounding like my Dad rather than my friend.

I was happy to report to him that I behaved the whole night.

“I’m impressed, so I am guessing you are still with this girl then?” Sid knew me well. The only time I ever behaved was when I was with someone I was trying to keep.

“Umm yeah, so far so good.” He cracked up.

“So this is like serious then eh?” All I could do was laugh.

“Bro, I called her last night when I got in from the bar. How ridiculous is that?” I said and Wayne snickered beside me.

“I’d call her too if she was doing me like she does you. I heard enough proof that she may just be worth it.” Wayne comment loud enough for Sid to hear.

Through his giggling, Sid let me know that he wanted to plan a night out. They were coming into town for the third preseason game. It fell on a Saturday night and Sid had it setup so that they weren’t going back to Pitt until Sunday afternoon.

I let Sidney know I would tell everyone so they could get sitters and I would scout a location for us. I hung up with him and got to work on my phone. The game was only a week away and I wanted to make sure everyone could get a sitter in time.

Wayne finally dropped me off. I went up and showered again. I was sweating out the alcohol like crazy. I decided to walk across the street and drop in on Rainy. I knew Danny hadn't left yet. She answered the door looking beautiful as always. She had Daniel attached to her hip, two cups in her hand and a bowl with cut up pieces cantaloupe in it. “Mon ami, lovely as always”

She just smiled. “Only you can make me feel pretty when I am slumming it in my own house. We sat down in the kitchen while the twins sat and ate some fruit.

“So what is up Raina?” I never get to talk to you anymore and he looks miserable all of the time.”

She frowned at me. “He just needs an attitude adjustment Max. I told him last year, I will not put up with moping. Honestly, we are so busy with the kids, we don’t spend much time together.”

I shook my head at her. “Raina, now you never had a problem before finding time to squeeze it in. The guy is seriously upset. He feels like he is losing you. He told me on the side that you haven’t slept with him in three weeks. Really Raina, what is the deal?”

She was in tears. “Just dealing with everything Max. Every time he skates onto the ice I hold my breath and pray he doesn’t get hurt. It sounds stupid, but I know how much playing means to him. I just want him to be happy again. Even losing last year killed him. The summer was great, we barely mentioned hockey, now we are back at it and already we are having issue.”

I got up and gave her a hug. “Everything will be fine, I’m here with you now, all of the time. I promise I got you Rainy, through the thick and thin. You know, you should have agreed to go out with me the first time we met.”

She cracked up. I knew she would. “Umm Max, if I remember correctly, you were so drunk I had to carry you to your room after you proposed to me five minutes after us meeting.”

I had to laugh. “I can’t help it if my instincts are never wrong.” I said and gave her another hug.

Once back at my place I laid on the sofa. Callee was scheduled to work until five o’clock, so I had three hours to kill still. I sent her a text message asking if she wanted to go out to eat once she finished working. I set my phone alarm for four o’clock and fell asleep.

Claude woke me up about an hour later when he came in. “Ughh, I have the world’s worst headache and it keeps getting worse and worse.” He flung his phone at me and I had to smile. Someone had posted pictures from last night and crossing broad as always was quick to share. I scanned the five pictures they had gotten a hold of. The first was of Mesz by himself, cowboy hat and all, standing on the bar with a bottle of tequila and a stupid grin on his face. The next three were just of the guys downing shots.

The last was Claude and it wasn’t pretty. “Yo bro, I really don’t want to see you backside any more than I already have to.”

He just grumbled. “What the heck. Guess I better sleep off all this crap cause tomorrow is going to be a long practice.” I laughed and laid back onto the pillow and closed my eyes.

When the phone alarm went off, I glanced down at my phone and seen she had responded to my text. “Sure, will meet you at your house in a little. Will need to stop at home for clothes before we go out.”

I went upstairs and got dressed. I called Danny’s cell to see if he wanted to go to dinner with us. “Yo bro, call your sis and see if she will watch the kids for you and tell Raina to get dressed. We are meeting for dinner at the Chop House at 7:00 pm.” Danny agreed and said they would meet us.

Callee showed up around quarter after five looking positively adorable. She was in scrubs and had her hair up out of her face. “Merdi, how is it you look hot even in work clothes?” I pulled her towards me and kissed her. My hands automatically went for her and she complied.

I pulled her into the kitchen and sat her on the counter, taking my time sliding her pants off. My fingers ran along her inner thigh and she moaned lightly opening her legs wider for me. I tasted her slowly and she grabbed a handful of my hair pulling me up towards her. “Stop teasing Maxime. I want you inside of me now.” She said her hot breath in my ear giving me the chills.

I obliged and slid into her roughly. She moaned loudly and I took her off the counter and leaned her over the table giving her what she asked for. It didn’t take long before I could feel her tightening against me causing me to finish rather quickly. I pull her up from the table as Claude walked into the kitchen and laughed. “Clothes you two, not running a nudist colony, so do not want to see you naked Max. I am getting this kitchen disinfected.” He said while walking back out.

Callee blushed and I just pulled her in for a kiss. “I was covering you. He didn’t see you at least. Come on, we gotta rush now that you distracted me. Danny and Raina are meeting us for dinner.”

We drove to her place in separate cars and I let her shower and get dressed. I found some lingerie in her chest while she was in the shower. “Just pack this stuff for tonight ok, We will stay in my room all night.”

She laughed. “Ok, as long as we stay out of the kitchen.”

We made it to the restaurant just in time. Danny and Raina were pulling up beside us as we parked. Raina and Callee hugged. “So how are you girl?” Raina asked and she smiled.

“Good, a little worn out I worked twelve hours today and yesterday.” We went in and were seated. The girls talked while Danny and I discussed how much trouble we were in with Coach.

“Dude, you should have heard Andrej and Dani when they got to our house to watch the kids. She showed him the pictures and called him Yankee Doodle about fifty times.” I laughed picturing Mesz doing country line dancing.

“Wished we would have at least seen him and Prongs on the bar doing it. Would have been classic.” I said and Danny nodded.

“Glad we went to bed though bro. That should save us somewhat tomorrow.” Danny said and I agreed with him.

Dinner passed too quickly and we decided to go shoot some pool at a nearby bar. We had fun and Danny and Raina looked like they were as well. He had his arms around her and she was smiling at him. We went to the bar to grab another drink and Danny thanked me. “We really needed this. Thanks for calling.”

I looked back at the girls who were rearranging the balls on the table and knocking some of theirs in. “No problem bro, like seeing you guys smiling. You two just need a break every once in a while to spend some time alone. You two have six kids, you don’t get much time to focus on yourself.” He nodded. We left not long after going our separate ways.

Notes

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