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How is ? He had texted

Little nausea, no vo you Will call you after the gaht

He didn’t text back, but that didn’t bother s to focus on than , he put on his pajamas, brushed his teeth, and then crawled into ame

At the end of the second period, I throw the covers off and swing ?" Stevie asks as he sits up "I can get whatever you need"

"I need to pee Think you can handle that for h as I head toward the bathroom

He calls out, "Smart ass," and I snicker to myself, but, damn, I love him I’m so blessed to have the friends that I do

Once I finish in the bathroo a headache about an hour ago that I’d hoped would go away by now Looking in the mirror while I wash my hands, I note that my skin is a little paler than nor my last treatment, I was too sick to even look in the et back to my bed, I’m a little out of breath, and Stevie notices "Jesus…you’re huffing like you just ran aback into bed and let it out slowly "I’m just a little tired…that’s all"

"How about we turn off the gaot another treatment to one second of this Besides…Garrett’s going to callhis hands up, and then plops back down onto his pillows "We’ll finish watching the gauree, and nestle in so I can indeed watch my honey kick sos are burning Feels like fucking lava flowing through my quads My line has already been out here for close to fifty seconds, but there hasn’t been a sufficient break in the action to allow us to change up

This has been a hard-fought gaainst the Demons…the second LA team we’ve played this week Every time they’ve scored, we’ve answered, but we haven’t been able to pull ahead As the finalon their reserve fuel tanks, and I’d kill for someone to just ice the puck so the whistle will blow

Instead, a greater wish is granted to me

The Deer and it’s als I pick the puck cleanly, and the first thing that flashes throughI think about is Olivia…wondering if she’s screaht of her givesht side Alex calls out from behind--on your heels--so I know someone’s hot on my ass and Alex will be supportive down the , burly bastard who takes up too much of the net The Demon behind me reaches out in a half-assed attempt to hook me, but the blade of his stick scrapes har his stick and calling, "Dump it" He’s an option, but I don’t need hiether that I know he’s doing that to get the De said Demon to commit to him instead

It works because I can literally feel his presence drop back and then it’s justfor the upper pocket, and when the goalie stretches his frah the five-hole, clean into the net

The red light goes off, Alex practically tackles me from behind, and then I’m swamped by my other teammates And while this is usually one of ht is of Olivia and how I iht now

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I walk out of the locker room shower, one towel around my waist and another over my shoulders, and I use one end to rub over ht," Alex says as I walk up to my locker, which sits next to his He’s already half dressed, but I take my time I know the bus that will take us back to the hotel won’t be leaving for at least another half hour, as so ice baths for their joints

Dropping the towel around my waist, I pull on my underwear and then sit down on the bench "Thanks,for my phone, I turn it on and wait for it to boot up so I can check er to see what Olivia has left for ame the day before yesterday, I turned le exciting play that I had ood forecheck or it could have been an assist or goal, but her texts

You totally s from across the nation?

You are so hot on the ice I’ it :)

My screen pops up, a photo of ether at Busch Gardens Her arms are wrapped around my waist, mine around her shoulders, the fronts of our bodies pressed in tight Our faces are turned toward the camera and my chin rests on top of her head Both of our smiles are a mile wide, and it’s probably the best representation of what my relationship with Olivia has been like so far Fun, thrilling, co, of course, the parts that have been terrifying and stressful