Trapped by Love

The game against the Blue Jackets is about to start. My heart is racing. What if I don't perform good? I want to impress this girl with my skill, but I can't do that if I don't play my best. The ref drops the puck and the Blue Jackets get it off the draw. They immediately head my way. I see Alex sitting in the stands behind the bench wearing a Bruins jersey. I snap out of my daze to stop the on coming shot. Good thing he shot it right at me. The ref blows the whistle and I give him the puck. I look back to Alex and she waves. I wave back.
"Who you waving to?" teases Brad Marchand as he takes his position at the wing.
"Uh, no one," I say quickly looking away from Alex. I take my position at the top of the goal crease. The ref drops the puck and the Blue Jackets get it again. I need to focus on my game and not pay attention to Alex. Gosh I love her so much. They shoot the puck faster than I expected and I had to snap out of my daze yet again, only this time the rebound ricochets off my pads and to the stick of the other team and they try to put the rebound in, but Marchand got his stick on it and the puck is loose. I pounce on it to get the whistle. Alex is sitting there clapping and cheering. I let a smile escape and Marchand saw that.
"What's her name," he jokes looking me in the eye.
"Uh, oh," I say not being able to come up with a lie. "Alex."
"Is she pretty?" laughs Marchand. He always likes to tease me on this subject. I just wack him with my trapper and we both laugh. Chara looks at us in confusion.
"What's going on here?" asks Chara as he skates over to us.
""Oh, nothing," jokes Marchand as he takes his position for the faceoff. Chara takes his at defense and I take mine at the top of the crease waiting for the ref to drop the puck.

Alex's POV

My two friends finally get here. The game is still tied. Megan and Jocelyn (but everyone calls her Lynn) take a seat one each side of me. There is ten minutes left in the first period and the Bruins have played most of the game in their zone, but Tuukka hasn't let one past, yet.
"Great game so far. Only if you guys were here at puck drop," I say as the Bruins head to the Blue Jackets zone. They have a two on one, which they are able to get the one-timer off, but Bobrovsky makes the diving glove save and the whistle blows and the Bruins fans are not happy with that save.
"That was some save he just made," says Megan. "Going to be tough to score, but they can do it."
"They can and I believe in them," I say as the ref drops the puck and the Bruins get it. Chara takes a big slap shot and it hits the post and ricochets over to Marchand who shots the rebound into the net. The Bruins go up by one. The crows goes wild.
"They scored!" we all shout standing up and cheering. The red drops the puck and the Blue Jackets get it and head towards Tuukka. The defenders knock the puck off the players stick and it goes to open ice in which the Blue Jackets shoot it and Tuukka makes the blocker save.
"So how is you new job?" asks Lynn.
"It's going good so far. I haven't done much yet seem how today is only my second day," I say as Tuukka makes another save. The Bruins get the puck out of their zone. I zone out as I just stare at Tuukka, who looks back at me.
"Hmmm, Alex?" says Lynn as she nudges me.
"Wha-what?" I ask snapping out of my daze.
"What ya looking at?" asks Megan as her and Lynn giggle. I think they know what, or in this case who, I was looking at.
"N-nothing," I stutter.
"Did you get to meet any of the team?" asks Lynn, sorta changing the subject.
"Yeah, well just one of the guys," I say looking back at Tuukka.
"You met the goalie, didn't you," teases Megan.
"Maybe. He's just so, well...perfect," I say not taking my gaze from him even though the Bruins score a goal to go up by two.
"You weren't paying attention to that goal," says Lynn as her and Megan stand and start cheering.
"Wait, they scored?" I say snapping out of my gaze.
"That's why everyone is standing and cheering," says Megan sarcastically. The ref drops the puck and the Blue Jackets get it. They launch a one-timer against Tuukka and he has to stretch to make the glove save. I breathe a huge sign of relief. I need to try to hide my feelings for him. He's just so cute.

***

The game end and the Bruins shutout the Blue Jackets 3-0. Tuukka gets the shutout.
"I will be right back," I say as I quickly take off towards the Bruins locker room.
"She likes him," I heard my friends talk about as I disappear into the crowd of fans. I find the way to the locker room and I head down the tunnel. I see Brad Marchand and Zdeno Chara talking in the hall.
"Hey, is that her?" asks Chara quietly, but I still heard him.
"Yeah, that's her?" says Marchand as both the guys look at me.
"What's your name?" asks Chara as he starts to walk towards me.
"Alex, I'm new here," I say.
"Nice to meet you," says Chara as he sticks out his hand.
"Nice to meet you to," I say as I shake his hand.
"Are you looking for Tuukka?" asks Marchand as he walks over to us.
"Yeah, you know, he wasn't doing so good in past games, I want to congratulate him on his shutout."
"I will go get him," says Chara as he heads to the locker room.
"Well, I got to go finish taking off my equipment, but can I tell you something first?" asks Marchand.
"Sure, what is it?"
"Well...uh...Rask, he kind of has a crush on you," says Marchand shyly, almost like he doesn't know if he should have told me that.
"Really? That's so sweet. I feel the same way about him."
"Really? Do you want me to tell him or do you want him to figure it out?"
"He can figure it out," I chuckle as Marchand heads to the locker room. Tuukka leaves the locker room with his equipment and a smile on his face.
"Nice shutout," I say when he notices that I am standing against the wall.
"Thanks," he says as he sets down his equipment and stands next to me.
"I need to head back to my friends though, I just wanted to congratulate you," I say as I turn to leave.
"W-wait," says Tuukka. "That guys have been chirping me in the locker room and they talked me into doing this, but do you want to go out with me?"
"Of course," I say with a smile.
"Awesome!" says Tuukka as he picks up his gear.
"Here's my number, call me," I say as I turn to meet up with my friends. I find them standing near the entrance.
"Took ya long enough," jokes Lynn.
"Yeah what happened back there?" asks Megan.
"Oh, nothing, now I just need to get ready for a date."

Notes

This chapter doesn't really get interesting till the end. I need ideas for this date. Please comment with ideas! I will try to have the next chapter up next week, but I have just been so busy.