I picked at my ceasar salad I had gotten as Emily and I sat in the food court at the mall while she blabbed on about some night at a club.

I looked up from moving my food around in its plate and observed people passing by. Nobody looked familiar....

Why can't someone I know show up and... get Emily to shut up?!

I was used to Emily talking about this type of stuff, but today I wasn't in a great mood to be sitting and listening to her about random crap. I sighed and hung my head, while Emily continued on, not sensing my impatience.

That's when I heard the familiar voice from somewhere arond me. Not far, but not close.

"Very funny...." "Well it wasn't me who fell down the escalator!"

I looked up to see Corey Crawford and Brent Seabrook. Why at the mall though?

Emily caught my gaze and followed it over to the two hockey players and she stopped talking momentarily when she saw them before she turned back to me and started her talking again.

I did something desperate. Last attempt to save me from sitting here till the mall closed tonight, listening to Emily talk.

"Crow!"

"Hey... Hey Lexi!" What's up?" Corey said as he walked over with Seabs following.

Emily kept talking as if they weren't there, and I glanced at her before looking at the two of them.

"Uh... stuck in the Mall. Of all places. You?"

"We were- falling down escalators!" Seabs finished with a smirk.

Corey rolled his eyes as Brent continued, saying, "Corey here fell down the escalator. He was probably thinking about a girl or he saw one-"
"Shut up!" Corey said unamused as his face grew red.

"Well it's true!" Seabrook said, and I said, "Okay then. Anything else? Like the real reason you two are here!"

"Seabrook needed a gift for his girlfriend for Christmas, so he dragged me along." Corey said quickly, and my face lightened up.

"I was dragged here by my friend! Who is- gone?"

Seabrook grinned and glanced over at Emily who was walking out of the Mall.

"Shit! Guys, I gotta go! Nice talking to you and- fall down more escalators or somnething!"

"Hey!" Corey said indignantly and I said quietly to him as I passed, "Get Seabs down that escalator for me." I smiled playfully and Corey nodded with a smirk. "Will do."

I raced after Emily who was nearing the doors. When I reached her she said, "Those your hockey friends?"

"Yeah," I replied, still trying to catch my breath.

"That guy in the red shirt... he has something for you." she said absentmindedly.

"Corey does not!" I said, clearly unamused.

Emily said nothing more but grinned over at me as we reached the car.
When we sat down, I thought,

What if Corey does have a thing for me?

Notes

Sorry that it's taken forever for me to post another chapter! I've been extremely busy and I've had a really bad case of writers' block. I haven't written in awhile and whenever I tried I didn't know what to write!

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