Bottle Caps, Pop Tabs, & Other Unmentionables

“You do know we’re going to a Dallas Stars game right?” May questioned as she looked over Magnolia’s wardrobe selection.
“Just because he gave us tickets doesn’t mean I’m going to cheer for his team,” Magnolia replied and adjusted her Toronto Maple Leafs jersey “besides who am I if I don’t cheer for my own city?”
“You live in Dallas now,” May deadpanned.
“Correction, I go to school in Dallas,” she added “I don’t plan on living here my whole life. Just wanted a change of scenery.”

//\\

People were staring.

More specifically, people were staring at Magnolia, or more so her jersey. The people surrounding her wore victory green and white, with the select few in the same colours Magnolia wore. As the two girls made it into the American Airlines Center, Magnolia headed immediately for the concession stand, buying some overpriced popcorn and a Diet Coke.

“Do you think he knows we’re here?” May asked as they headed to take their seats.
“For all he knows, we sold the tickets,” she responded and stopped herself before realization hit “we could have sold the tickets. We could be drowning in hundreds of dollars right now. Why didn’t we sell these?”
“Because we wanted to go to a hockey game?” May shrugged and led the way through the crowd to finally take their seats.

It was no sooner that the teams had come out for warm ups and the fame had started.
Players were taking off chasing after the puck, body checking each other into the boards, and taking shot after shot on net. Either team had yet to score a goal and it was then well into the third period that the Stars had finally found the back of Toronto’s net. Magnolia sighed, hoping that in the last remaining minutes the Leaf’s would be able to make a comeback to tie up the game and redeem themselves, but when the buzzer sounded loud and clear, signaling that the game was over, Dallas had their victory.

“Should we go to the locker rooms?” May asked, breaking the silence for the first time in what felt like forever. She wasn’t a hockey fan herself, but May stayed quiet and focused throughout the game, cheering when Dallas scored, and cringing whenever a Toronto player had the puck.

“Do we have to?” Magnolia groaned as they followed the crowd out of the stands.
“I at least want another drink first,” she mumbled to May and headed over to the concession stand, waiting in line to purchase another Diet Coke.
“Happy to see I’m not the only one in this place that sticks out like a sore thumb,” Magnolia heard from behind her.

She looked behind her to take a look at the person that had spoken. Just like Magnolia, he was sporting a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey, and she also took note that he was rather cute.

“Obviously we’ve got good taste,” she smiled and immediately he stuck out his hand and offered an introduction.
“I’m Alex,” he said, while keeping their hands linked.
“Magnolia,” she offered ”are your from Toronto?”
“Born and raised, but I’m out here quite a bit for business. You?” Alex asked.

As they moved up in line, Magnolia explained how she was in Dallas for school, but that she was from Toronto as well. It was only a matter of time before she heard herself asking the cashier for another Diet Coke and handed him the five-dollar bill.

Once she had received her bottle of Diet Coke and the petty change, she turned and began to say goodbye to Alex.

“This is my last night in Dallas,” he started “but I’ll be back in a few weeks, did you maybe want to get dinner sometime?”
“S-sure, that sounds good,” Magnolia answered, slightly flustered, not really thinking the question through before she gave her response.

As he walked up to the counter and placed his order for a bottle of water, he handed Magnolia his phone and she promptly enter her name and number into his contacts, before saying a quick goodbye.

“He was cute,” May smirked as they made their way through the crowd only to get lost and ask for directions to the locker rooms.
There was quite a bit of commotion around the locker room as the two opened the door. They noticed different media outlets interviewing players on their win, whichever direction they looked something different was happening and with that they chose to wait outside just long enough to catch Tyler leaving to thank him for the tickets.
The two stood off to the side chatting about nonsense when they noticed that players were beginning to leave the locker room.

“Are you wearing that just to spite me?” Tyler questioned when he caught sight of Magnolia.
“Ninety percent because I actually like the team, ten percent just to spite you,” she laughed, but quickly ended when she earned an elbow in the gut from May.

And right on cue May began thanking Tyler for the tickets, as Magnolia looked in every which direction except Tyler’s.

“It was the least I could do, especially after leaving that mess for you two to clean,” Tyler said, blushing slightly as he remembered the last interaction the three had.
“Well it was very generous,” May gave her megawatt smile and nudged another elbow into Magnolia’s gut “right Mag’s?”
“Yeah, very generous,” she mumbled and continued to avoid making eye contact with Tyler.
“Yooooo, the maids are here!” Magnolia and May heard from down the hallway, as they walked in the small groups direction.
“Sorry you had to clean up after that,” one of them said as the others laughed, knowing the disaster the girls had to walk into that day.
“Well thanks for the heads up,” Magnolia mumbled bitterly, as memories of puke and condoms filtered through her head.

A soft chuckle came from her right and suddenly stopped when Magnolia met his eyes.

“Jamie Benn,” he presented himself, extending his hand for her own.
“Magnolia,” she replied.
“We’re going out for a few drinks to celebrate,” Jamie stated “you two should tag along. Drinks on us, it’s the least we could do for leaving Seg’s house the way we did.”
May immediately jumped at the offer, happily agreeing to the invitation, not really leaving Magnolia with much of a choice, as she could leave May with a bunch of hockey players she didn’t know.
//\\

Everyone had passed their first round of drinks hours ago, and needless to say, everything was buzzing. This place wasn’t exactly The Goat, it was more upper class and May and Magnolia were definitely not dressed appropriately, clad in jeans and t-shirt they had worn underneath their jerseys, but it really didn’t seem to matter. There had been plenty of chatting up the players, dancing, and taking shot after shot, and Magnolia had come to the point where she needed something other than alcohol.

“Diet Coke please,” she asked the bartender when he came round.
“This is déjà vu,” Tyler said from beside her.
“Not exactly, I didn’t get a shot of tequila this time,” she retorted.
“Two tequila,” Tyler said, waving to the bartender before he left to get her Diet Coke.

Along with the Diet Coke, the bartender placed two shot glasses and filled them to the rim.

“Oh no,” Magnolia shook her head when Tyler slid one of the over in her direction “I’ve had enough alcohol to last me the next two months.”
“What’s one more shot?” he asked, raising his brows “take the shot and then come and dance with me.”

She stood looking at Tyler for a good thirty seconds, wondering if he would back down, but instead he stood there keeping eye contact. With a sigh Magnolia topped the glass in his direction before slugging the liquid down. In a second she began chugging the glass of Diet Coke and placed the empty class back on the counter alongside the shot glass.
“Okay,” she said more to herself than to Tyler, but that was enough for him.

Taking Magnolia’s hand, he led her to the group of strangers on the dance floor. Just as Tyler had said at the bar, the evening had felt like déjà vu. They joined the crowd squeezing their way through to what felt like the middle, which left them little to no space between their bodies as they were pressed together.

Tyler’s hands were on her hips in an instant as he easily shadowed every move Magnolia’s body made. Her hands made their way up his strong arms and linked around his neck, beckoning them closer together. Magnolia swayed her hips and everything about the two of them in that moment felt so right and without a second thought in her mind, Magnolia stood on the tips of her toes and inched her lips closer to Tyler’s until they touched.

“Déjà vu,” she mumbled against Tyler’s lips before pulling away.
“Déjà vu,” he repeated, resting his forehead against Magnolia’s.

It was only seconds later that Tyler pressed his lips to Magnolia’s once again. Tonight his lips were perfect, they weren’t chapped, they were smooth against her own and they made Magnolia want more. A moan was fighting to escape as Tyler swiped his tongue against her lower lip and slowly slid into Magnolia’s mouth, tracing her own.

Magnolia’s hands moved from the back of his neck to the collar of his button down shirt, trying to pull Tyler in even closer, wanting to feel his touch all over her. As Tyler moved his hands that were once on her hips, but now lingered on her backside left a slight squeeze left Magnolia ignoring any coherent thought she had.

“So um,” she began, not wanting to be blunt with her neediness.
“Let’s go,” Tyler mumbled against Magnolia’s lips, happy that she wanted the same thing he did.

Tyler tugged her hands free from his shirt collar and pulled Magnolia along until they reached the exit and got themselves into a cab. After sitting in silence for what felt like hours with sexual tension building between the two, their car finally pulled up to the all too familiar mansion. Tyler graciously paid for the cab as Magnolia stood and waited until he took the lead to unlock his front door and typed in the passcode to the alarm system.

“Did you want a tour?” Tyler joked as Magnolia kicked off her shoes and headed for the kitchen.
“Nope, just some water,” she responded and pulled open the fridge door and stole a bottle of water.

After unscrewing the lid, she downed half the bottle before turning around and coming in contact with Tyler. He took the bottle and drank the rest, all the while maintaining eye contact. Magnolia gave a small smile as Tyler tossed the empty bottle behind him, not caring where it landed and waited for him to make the first move.

“The maids can clean that up,” he joked, inching closer to Magnolia.

Tyler moved slowly, hands taking hold of Magnolia’s waist and leaned in close enough to connect their lips. He to Magnolia’s bottom lip, biting down lightly and gave it a small tug. Without a seconds hesitation she parted her lips enough to allow her tongue to delve into Tyler’s mouth, earning a moan in return. His height overwhelmed Magnolia, but soon enough the two were on the same level as he slid his hands over her backside, stopping to cop a feel, and moved further to grip the backs of her thighs and telling her to ‘jump’. In a second Magnolia was settled on the islands countertop and her hands immediately unwrapped from the back of Tyler’s neck to the front of his chest as her lips took residence on the right side of his neck. Magnolia’s hands made light work of unbuttoning Tyler’s shirt and within a few moments the roles had been reversed. His lips were soft as they made their along Magnolia’s jaw and down her neck suckling until he found her sweet spot, earning a moan from her in response.

There was a coolness as Tyler’s hands edged her shirt up, feeling his thumbs caress Magnolia’s skin, and without warning his lips pulled from their spot on her neck. She eyed Tyler as he stood in front of her, their faces inches apart, Magnolia’s legs wrapped around his waist, and her heart beating faster than normal. They sat and stared at one another in silence until Magnolia reached for the hem of her shirt and pulled it over her head, leaving it lying on the counter.

“You know I don’t really do this,” Tyler said breaking the silence.
‘’What, taking a girl home? I can leave,” Magnolia offered, but was hoping that he wouldn’t take the bait.
“No, this is good,“ he smirked and lifted Magnolia off the counter.

As Tyler walked up the stairs with Magnolia in his arms, their lips continued to move against one another as their tongues entwined, and walked into the all-familiar bedroom.

“There aren’t any condoms on the floor right?” Magnolia asked in between kissing Tyler.
‘’Not at the moment,“ he laughed and laid Magnolia on the bed, hovering over her frame.

Tyler’s lips trailed from Magnolia’s lips, down her neck, and to her collarbone as his fingers worked to unlatch the button on her jeans. He slid them down her legs skillfully, and moved his hand to where Magnolia wanted to feel him the most. She didn’t want to seem too eager, but a desperate plea escaped Magnolia’s lips and her hips bucked at attention as his fingers tauntingly brushed against her.

“Are you just going to stare at me?” Magnolia questioned.

Without noticing where his hands were trailing, Tyler smirked as he felt Magnolia jolt against him as his index finger slid along the lace of her underwear. He kissed her lips while skimming his finger underneath the lace and moving to her trail along her slit, teasingly. Just as she was about to start in on Tyler teasing her, his finger finally dipped and curved up inside of her.

“Ty-” Magnolia panted but cut off when Tyler added another finger to her heat.

His fingers were thick and slick as he them along Magnolia’s walls, earning moan after moan from her. Everything about Tyler felt good; his lips on her skin, his fingers working her closer and closer to that high she was chasing, and when Magnolia finally hit her climax and her walls clenched around Tyler’s fingers, no words could express how good it felt.

After regaining her composure, Magnolia slid her hands up and down Tyler’s chest and looped her fingers in the belt loops of his slacks, pulling him in closer. She smiled into the kiss Tyler placed on her lips as she toyed with the button on his slacks and made a move to undo the button and slide the zipper down. Just as Tyler had done to Magnolia, she teased along his briefs before reaching in and taking his shaft in her hand. His eyes closed at Magnolia’s touch and pushed his hips forward with each stroke of her hand. Heavy pants fell from Tyler’s lips and into Magnolia ear as her hand drove him closer to the edge.

“If you keep going,” he started to say, “I need you now.”
“Condom,” Magnolia mumbled between kisses, continuing to stroke Tyler’s shaft.

Leaning over to his bedside table, Tyler plucked a condom from what looked to be a drawer full of them and asked Magnolia the question she had been prepared to answer back at the bar.

“Ready?”

//\\

The clock on the nightstand told Magnolia that it was 7:00am and although she would normally dread being up at this current time, today on this Sunday morning, she was more than willing to hop out of Tyle3r’s bed and head back to her own. His body was limp beside her and as carefully as she could, Magnolia pulled the covers back and slowly moved until she was sitting upright. With every move she made, Magnolia turned to see if it had disturbed Tyler in any way. It wasn’t when she lifted herself up off the bed, or as she was tip-toeing her way to the bathroom, nor was it the sound of the toilet flushing that had woken Tyler up. It was as Magnolia was sliding her left leg into her jeans, that he began to sir. She groaned internally, hoping to have avoided this situation, but she reasoned with herself that this would have happened sometime in the near future as she was at his place every week. It was now or maybe next Wednesday, or maybe the Wednesday after that.

“You leaving?” Tyler grumbled and rubbed the sleep from his eyes.
“Uh yeah, I’ve got to be at the library for 8:00,” she whispered, still feeling the need to be quiet.
“Okay, let me just get some clothes on and I’ll drive you,” he offered and began shuffling the bed sheets around, trying to get out of them.
“Don’t worry about it, I’ll just call a cab,” Magnolia waved off.

Although she would have loved the ride, simply because it wouldn’t have cost her anything, she wasn’t exactly ready to potentially sit in awkward silence.

“I’ll drive,” he stated firmly and rose from the bed.

Even though the two had bared themselves to one another the night before, Magnolia still felt a blush creep up her neck and felt the need the avert her eyes as Tyler walked around freely.

“I’m just, um, gonna wait downstairs,” Magnolia mumbled and headed out of his bedroom.

//\\

What felt like weeks, but were only days, had passed and school was kicking Magnolia’s ass like no other. It was midterm season and that meant studying along with the extra assignments her professors had no business handing out at this time in the semester. And most of the time Magnolia found her nose in more than one book at a time, just trying to keep up with the work.

It had only been a day after the game that Magnolia had received the first message from Alex. She was slightly surprised that he had actually followed up, and so days and multiple text messages later, told Magnolia that Alex was due back in Dallas in a few day’s time.

The night of the hockey game had been on replay in Magnolia’s mind for the past few days and unfortunately it wasn’t because Alex made such a great first impression. It was more so the dancing with Tyler at the bar and what that led to afterwards at his house. Surprisingly the car ride home hadn’t been as awkward as Magnolia thought it would be, as they mostly discussed the music that was coming from the radio. And so when Wednesday rolled around and Tyler’s house was due for its weekly cleaning, Magnolia was still a bit hesitant and hoped that this time he wouldn’t be around.

“You think he’s here?” May asked as we walked up to the front door.

Tyler’s car wasn’t parked in his driveway, but that didn’t mean it wasn’t hidden in the garage.

“Not sure, hopefully not,” Magnolia murmured, but when May reached to insert the key, the girls found the door to already be unlocked.

“He’s here!” May whisper shouted for some reason and wiggled her brows at Magnolia.
“Shut up,” she laughed and pushed May inside.

It had become routine now, ever since Tyler had his party, that the girls would stop inside the front door and survey the space before them, wanting to know what they were walking into. This time it wasn’t red solo cups and vomit, but articles of clothing.

After sharing a look the two took a few more steps into the foyer and peeked their heads around the corners, wondering if they would be walking into anything the shouldn’t be.

“Well I’m pretty sure he has company,” May spoke, pointing over to an article of clothing that Magnolia soon recognized to be a G-string.
“That’s not yours from the other night is it?” May joked.

Once those words had left May, Magnolia felt uncomfortable, almost like she was going to be sick. She felt gross being there when she knew for a fact that Tyler was gettin’ it on with some other girl and there Magnolia was, supposedly cleaning his house while he had sex.

“Should we come back later?” Magnolia asked, looking at May and hoping she’d have the answer Magnolia wanted to hear.
“Let’s just start up the vacuum and be really loud and hopefully they’ll end their little party,” she suggested.

With that Magnolia headed for the laundry room, took out the vacuum from the closet and tried to be as loud as she shut the door before heading out to the living room. She allowed May the honours of turning the vacuum on and tried not to laugh as she inched closer and closer to the stairs.

If it were like any other time, Magnolia would normally head up stairs to start cleaning, but today the kitchen became her first priority after she picked up and folded the clothes that were strewn across the foyers floor. And it was only when she was scrubbing down the countertops that the man of the house came sauntering down the stairs in only a pair of shorts.

“Her clothes are on the table in the foyer,” she told him as he walked into the kitchen.

Magnolia watched in her peripheral vision as he stood at the counter, watching her as she sprayed and scrubbed at the granite.

“Hey, uh,” he began, but was stopped when his guest called out his name.
“You better go,” Magnolia said and nodded to where she had so graciously placed the woman’s clothes.

It was only a matter of minutes before the couple made their way down the staircase and that was when Magnolia finally saw the type of women Tyler liked. This woman was older, maybe 34, she had long dark hair, boobs that would probably overflow in his hands, and a decent enough ass. Watching this woman walk down the stairs Magnolia had to stop to look down at herself and wonder how Tyler made it through the night with her when there was no comparison between the two women.

“Boo you two,” the woman smiled and laughed at May and I “I didn’t even get to finish.”
“That’s too bad, I never had that issue,” Magnolia said under her breath, but it would seem that everyone heard her comment, as Tyler tried to hide his snort behind a cough.
“Better luck next time,” May offered sarcastically.

Magnolia turned her back to laugh and no sooner heard the front door opening and closing behind the two as they left.

“That was…” May started but never finished.
“Do you think we’ll get some more tickets because we had to endure that?” Magnolia asked, sending a grin her way.

Notes

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