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The next day I went into work and tried to figure out who to get to go with me to the game. I finally settled on a nurse's aide named Leila. She was younger than me but worked hard and helped me a lot since she had started two months ago. I knew she was from the area so I figured she would be at least a little interested in the game. "Hey Leila, you like hockey?"

She grinned. "I don't know too much about it, but the guys are good looking."

"I have an extra ticket to the game tonight and I'm sure I could probably get some of the guys to introduce themselves to you. Do you want to go with me?"

She nodded. "Of course, hello hot athletes, I am all about it." We agreed to meet up for dinner at five o'clock.

I left at my shift change and went home and got showered. Max texted me and let me know he left two tickets for me at will call. I got dressed in record time and sat around bored for a little while before heading towards the stadium to meet up with Leila.

I saw her walk in and she looked so cute. I was happy she didn't show up in a skirt. She was wearing jeans and a flyers jersey. I made her turn so I could see the number. I cracked up. I knew Reemer would be happy. She was a really pretty girl. She was like five foot four inches and had long dark brown hair and bright green eyes. She had a slight tan from the summer still and she was tiny, almost doll-like.

We walked up to will call. "Here are your tickets miss. He also asked that this be given to you. I laughed at the folded up jersey. Typical like a man to mark his territory. She grinned at me. "So who is the mystery man?" she asked. I unfolded the jersey and showed her the back.

She squealed in excitement. "Ok, hottie. So I guess I am going to look so stupid wearing this jersey if he is around after the game. Maybe I should buy a t-shirt instead with no name and number. I reassured her she looked fine and we went inside and grabbed a beer before looking for our seats. We found our seats, a row up from the penalty box. I had to laugh. He would put us right near the trouble makers. We still had a few minutes before the game started so we sat and laughed at the people around us.

When the guys hit the ice the crowd got loud. Max looked up towards the seats and nodded. A few minutes later he pointed up to us while talking to Brayden. "Wow, word travels quickly" I said to Leila as more of the guys glanced in our direction. It was a pretty tame pre-season game. Max had a goal and when he got back to the bench he looked up and grinned at me.

I smiled back and Leila laughed. "You two are something." she said smiling. I noticed Brayden kept looking back at us and I waved to him. He winked and I checked to see if Leila was paying attention but she wasn't.

"So who would you like to meet after the game?" I asked her casually.

"Anyone is fine. The Modell's guy helped me pick out this jersey. I don't really know any of them by name."

I just chuckled. "By tonight girl, I'm sure you will know a few."

After the game had ended I asked the usher how to get to the locker room and I showed him my pass. He gave us directions, which I promptly misread and got us lost. Twenty minutes later we found our way and I seen Max standing in the distance in nothing but Under Armour. I whistled. I couldn't help it.

He grinned. "Imma shower and I will be right back. We are hitting the bar after this. He kissed me quickly. "So glad you don't have work tomorrow." he said as he slipped back inside.

Danny came strolling out a few minutes later. I introduced him to Leila and asked how Raina was. "She is good. She was here, left right away because the boys have practice early tomorrow." I said goodnight and he left.

Wayne was out next. "Hey sexy" he said, giving me a kiss on the cheek. "Can I get an introduction?" he asked. I introduced them and they talked for a few minutes before Max joined us and we drove to the bar.

Leila and I hit the dance floor after our first drink. Pretty soon we were joined by Wayne and Brayden. Once we danced a few songs, we sat back at the bar and did a few shots, listening to the guys gripe on each other. It seemed like both Wayne and Brayden were flirting with Leila and she wasn't giving a clue as to who she would choose. The guys kept asking me when she would get up and I couldn't answer them. "Ask her out or something, I don't know." I said to the two of them.

They argued for awhile over who called dibs first. Max ended the argument by pointing at the dance floor were Leila and Claude were lip-locked. They groaned. "Fucking ginger. I don't know how he does it." Brayden said sauntering his way towards a blonde that just walked by.

Max pulled me closer to him. "God, I so do not miss them days." he said softly into my ear.

Notes

Sorry for the wait :)