What was supposed to be a dinner of three turned into a huge gala. Alex and his girlfriend, Evgeni, Mike, Sidney brought along with him: Marc Andre Fleury and his wife and Jonathan Toews. Zinoviya had brought a few of her team mates It was pretty crazy because we didn't have reservations, but we managed to find a decent restaurant that seated us. We were sure to give them a good tip at the end of the dinner.

"So Ekaterina, I was told you won your competition today?" Jonathan asked.

I smiled happily, reminiscing the victory. "Da, but only practice one. It is not really important." I always tried to be humble. I could never really be all that conceded.
"That's still an awesome way to start your time here though," he pointed out.

"True." I started to dig into my dinner and eat. I could feel Evgeni's arm brush along mine every now and then. It felt good to feel the warmth of his body on my icy skin. I lived in the mountains and snow, it was only respectable that I was always cold, but Evgeni's warmth was questionable seeing that he was a hockey player.

"Can we talk later?" I heard him whisper into my ear.

"Da, but you're taking me home," I teased.

"Fine we can walk because it's not that far away."

I could see Mike eyeing us as we chuckled with each other. I noticed Alex and Zinoviya staring at us as well, but Evgeni was very oblivious to it all. "So after dinner how are we going to pay?" Sid said, interrupting my thoughts.

"We can split it," I offered. I glanced around the table to see that all the girls seemed fine with it, but all of the guys were stuffing their faces. I laughed at them.

"No, it'll be on us, guys. Our treat to you girls," Alex explained.

"I guess that's okay too," I said.

"So it's settled, Alex is paying," Marc joked. We all howled in laughter, but we all knew that he was kidding.

After dinner I was getting ready to go before Mike stopped me. "Do you want me to take you back to your room?" he asked.

I smiled at his hospitality. "It's okay, Mike. Evgeni say he can."

"Oh." His smiled disappeared off of his face, so I kissed him right there. I felt him snake his arms around waist as I moved my hands around his neck. I broke the kiss to see a smiling Mike Richards standing in front of me. I backed away from him and bit my lip. I turned to see Evgeni standing there to my right, staring at the two of us. I could see the hurt in his eyes. I was speechless. "Evgeni—"

"I broke up with Oksana because I had feelings about you and it wouldn't be fair to her to be her boyfriend while she wasn't the one that was on my mind all day long. I see that you don't feel the same way about me and I can't change that. I'm sorry for the confusion and I can only wish you the best with him," he spoke nervously before he turned around left.

The tears started to fall one by one. I felt Mike rest his hand on my shoulder. He knew what just happened even though he couldn't understand Evgeni's Russian. "Not now. I have to find him."
I ran out of the restaurant and passed all of the tables. I opened the door that lead the a busy street. I was so distraught, but I started running in a random direction.