Alpha

Savannah rolled over in bed, only to have her arm hit something hard. She peeked her eyes open to see Tyler's naked chest. He was sitting up in bed, and she sleepily smiled up at him. "What are you doing up?" she asked him. She usually woke up with him. Her normal routine included an early morning run before heading into work.

"I got us breakfast," he replied with a grin.

She sat up in bed, realizing the sun was up, which meant she slept in much later than she normally did. Usually, she would hate being off of work, but she had to admit, she didn't exactly hate spending the time with Tyler. Sure, she wished she could run and catch the bad guys, but her body wasn't ready for it. And if she was being honest, neither was her head, which was still recovering from the concussion. "Breakfast?" she asked him. "How long have you been awake for?"

He chuckled. "Long enough to go pick up some donuts," he said. He reached over to the side table next to the bed and grabbed the box. As if they could smell the food, all three dogs came running into the bedroom. Savannah laughed as Tyler shooed them away from the donuts before opening the box up for her to take a look.

"Maple icing? My favorite," she told him as she grabbed the long john out of the box. "You're the best," she added with a mouthful of donut.

"Don’t you forget it," he said with a wink, taking a chocolate donut for himself before closing the box and setting it down on the bed.

Savannah reached for her phone, seeing several missed texts from the night before. She quickly skimmed the conversation.

Shea: We have a date. I repeat, we have a date!

Alex: Ahhhh when is it? I'll mark my calendar now!

Shea: May 5th.

Alex: Only 13 months away, we better start planning. Van, get your notebook ready.

Shea: No, May 5th. One month away.

Alex: WHAT!?

Shea: The venue had a cancellation. We had to take it.

Shea: Besides, we want to be married, why wait? We don't need anything fancy.

Alex: Van, are you reading this!? We need to meet ASAP.

Alex: Shea, it'll be the perfect wedding, even on short notice, I promise!

Shea: I have no doubt you'll make it perfect. You're available that day, right? I don't want to have to find another photographer.

Alex: I'll cancel anything else. You know that!

Shea: Thanks!

Shea: I'm guessing Van is with Segs?

Shea: Van, helloooooo

Shea: Guess we know who's more important ;)

Savannah grinned and then slyly turned towards Tyler. "I've got a proposition for you," she told him.

One of Tyler's eyebrows went up. "The last proposition you had was for us to have sex with no strings attached, and look where that landed us." He seemed to think it over. "I'm open to discussion again," he added.

"I need a date on May 5th," she replied, not giving anymore details than that.

"Well, if we're in the playoffs, you might just need to find yourself a different date," he half-joked. Savannah knew there was a good chance the Stars could make it that far into playoffs.

"Well, guess I'll just need to find a different date to Audrey and Shea's wedding," she said, unable to keep the smile off her face. She was so happy for her sister, even if they didn't have a ton of time to plan the wedding.

Tyler sat up a little straighter in bed. "They're getting married May 5th!?" he exclaimed, as surprised as Alex and Savannah had been when they heard the news.

"They are!" Savannah beamed. "So, what do you say, wanna be my date?"

"Now hold on here," Tyler said, and Savannah looked at him curiously. "How do you know I'm not getting a plus one invitation here? Maybe you're gonna be my date. I mean, Shea and I have been through a lot these past couple years I've known her," he said, surprisingly able to keep a straight face during it.

Savannah nodded her head. "Oh yeah, the whole year you tried to get her to date you and she turned you down because she was with Audrey," she recalled. It was crazy to believe that he had half-jokingly gone after her sister for such a long time, and now Savannah was the one in bed with him.

"Hey, if it wasn't for Audrey being her one and yadda yadda yadda, I may very well be with her right now!"

Savannah looked at him. "Except for the fact she's into women," she chuckled. "And not even Tyler Seguin could change that."

He turned and put his hand under her shirt on her rib cage. "Tyler Seguin already has a woman, he doesn't need to change anyone's mind."

Savannah rolled her eyes. "Smooth move, buddy," she replied.

He leaned in and kissed her. "But yes, I'll be your date if I'm free. If we have a game, I'll come to the reception. No chance I'm missing that."

"I've got my appointments today," she reminded him. She was meeting with two of the team physicians for the Stars who was going to look at all of her injuries. How Tyler and Jamie were able to get her in with not one, but two doctors on such short notice was beyond her, but she was grateful. She wanted to get back to work as soon as possible, but she knew that wasn't going to be for a while. Since getting out of the hospital, she had been having a lot of concussion symptoms, as well as anxiously waiting to see if she would need surgery on her wrist. She had a feeling she had a lot of healing that needed to happen before Dominic let her return to work.

"You sure you don't want me to go with you?" Tyler asked her. The appointment was during his practice, so she had shot that idea down really quickly.

"Shea's going with me," she told him. "And then we're going to go look at bridesmaids dresses. I'll update you after the appointment though."

He looked over at her. "You're still having symptoms, aren't you?" Somehow, Tyler could tell just by looking at her when her headache and difficulty focusing from the concussion were worse. She wished she could hide it better.

"I'll be fine. I'll have a doctor write you a note saying I'm fine if that will make you feel better," she added with a childlike grin.

"I just want you healthy again. I know concussions suck. And wrist and knee injuries. And I've never had all three together so I can only imagine," he said, putting a hand on her thigh.

"Well, thank you for being a caring boyfriend, but really, I'm fine, and I'll prove that to you after the appointment. Now, I need to take a shower before my appointments," she told him.

He tried to get out of bed and follow her to the shower, but she pushed him back down on the bed. "Nice try, hot shot, but I have a time limit today."

Tyler rolled his eyes, but stayed in bed like she wished. He put his hands behind his head, watching her walk away to the bathroom. Never in his life did he imagine he'd have a girlfriend who practically lived with him or someone he cared about so much.

He smiled to himself. Maybe it wasn't so bad letting her be the alpha.

Notes

So this story may be over, but Savannah and Tyler aren't. Check out Beta if you want to see what's next up for these two :)