My Gold Medal
Too Close of Friends
I walked to the locker rooms with Zinoviya and Evgeni joined at my hips. They hadn't said much to each other, and I assumed they hadn't planned on it either.
"We just stop here and wait," Evgeni explained in English. I nodded at him and leaned on the wall, hoping that Mike wouldn't take too long.
I seen a few guys come around the corner and glance at us. I knew what they were thinking because their looks gave it all away. Look at the Ruski's. I snorted to myself at the thought. I noticed another guy walk around the corner. He was tall, he had long hair and dark brown eyes.
He smiled at me. "So you must be Mikey's girl, am I right?"
"I his friend," I corrected
.
"Who told you that?" Evgeni asked the man.
"I just assumed, G. So, how's the Olympics been treating you?" He said turning to the Russian Hockey Star who was standing next to me.
Zinoviya kept eyeing him. The grin on her face made me laugh. "It's been really good. I mean we haven't played yet, but practices are looking good," He responded.
I noticed Mike walk around the corner. His face lit up when it met mine. I walked over to greet him, but he pulled me into a tight-warm hug. My face instantly heated up and I could feel the stairs in my back. I knew Zinoviya was freaking out with excitement, but maybe slight confusion. She had thought I would be the one for her friend, Evgeni Malkin. When Mike let go of the friendly embrace I spun around to see the expressions of the group behind me.
"Hey, Geno and-"
"Zinoviya," She had said, introducing herself.
"Nice to meet you."
"So Mikey, I finally got to talk to your girl friend and she's just lovely," The other man who's name I haven't gotten said.
My face turned red. I heard Zinoviya howl with laughter. "He only say nice things," I assured Mike.
"Marc, she's not my girl friend!" I looked at him weirdly. "Not that I don't want you--"
"The guys a nut case," Zinoviya said causing me and Evgeni to laugh.
I heard a cell phone ringer go off. It had it's own little tune and it sounded catchy. I seen Evgeni digging in his pockets. He soon pulled out his phone and answered it. We all look at him.
"Oksana, why are you calling me?" He paused for a while before saying, "Yeah babe, I will come pick you up. I'm not doing anything right now." I looked at Zinoviya who was mouthing the words girl friend. "Okay, I will be there soon."
"Who was that?" Marc asked.
"Oksana, she wanted me to come pick her up at the airport."
"Oh, yay," Marc faked excitement.
"I have to go. I will call you later, Ekaterina." He smiled at me. His arms snaked around my waist and he kissed me on the cheek, unexpectedly.
I watched Evgeni's broad figure disappear down the hall. "So, you guys close?" Mike asked.
"We just stop here and wait," Evgeni explained in English. I nodded at him and leaned on the wall, hoping that Mike wouldn't take too long.
I seen a few guys come around the corner and glance at us. I knew what they were thinking because their looks gave it all away. Look at the Ruski's. I snorted to myself at the thought. I noticed another guy walk around the corner. He was tall, he had long hair and dark brown eyes.
He smiled at me. "So you must be Mikey's girl, am I right?"
"I his friend," I corrected
.
"Who told you that?" Evgeni asked the man.
"I just assumed, G. So, how's the Olympics been treating you?" He said turning to the Russian Hockey Star who was standing next to me.
Zinoviya kept eyeing him. The grin on her face made me laugh. "It's been really good. I mean we haven't played yet, but practices are looking good," He responded.
I noticed Mike walk around the corner. His face lit up when it met mine. I walked over to greet him, but he pulled me into a tight-warm hug. My face instantly heated up and I could feel the stairs in my back. I knew Zinoviya was freaking out with excitement, but maybe slight confusion. She had thought I would be the one for her friend, Evgeni Malkin. When Mike let go of the friendly embrace I spun around to see the expressions of the group behind me.
"Hey, Geno and-"
"Zinoviya," She had said, introducing herself.
"Nice to meet you."
"So Mikey, I finally got to talk to your girl friend and she's just lovely," The other man who's name I haven't gotten said.
My face turned red. I heard Zinoviya howl with laughter. "He only say nice things," I assured Mike.
"Marc, she's not my girl friend!" I looked at him weirdly. "Not that I don't want you--"
"The guys a nut case," Zinoviya said causing me and Evgeni to laugh.
I heard a cell phone ringer go off. It had it's own little tune and it sounded catchy. I seen Evgeni digging in his pockets. He soon pulled out his phone and answered it. We all look at him.
"Oksana, why are you calling me?" He paused for a while before saying, "Yeah babe, I will come pick you up. I'm not doing anything right now." I looked at Zinoviya who was mouthing the words girl friend. "Okay, I will be there soon."
"Who was that?" Marc asked.
"Oksana, she wanted me to come pick her up at the airport."
"Oh, yay," Marc faked excitement.
"I have to go. I will call you later, Ekaterina." He smiled at me. His arms snaked around my waist and he kissed me on the cheek, unexpectedly.
I watched Evgeni's broad figure disappear down the hall. "So, you guys close?" Mike asked.
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8/6/13