part 8

She didn't wake up the next day until a little after noon. She felt horrible; her head was pounding, her eyes itched, and she didn't feel like moving. She figured a long hot bath would help. As she drew her water she couldn't help about that last kiss. God her lips still tingled. She popped two Advil and let her mind clear as she sunk into the tub. It was almost 2:30 when she finally snapped back into the real world. She put on her favorite robe, threw her hair into a towel, and plopped onto the couch. She flipped straight to the pregame just as Ovechkin and Nicklas were getting interviewed.

"So Nicklas" the interviewer began. "You've looked amazing lately. Scoring game winning goals, fighting Russians (Brooklyn laughed). what happened?"
"well.." he tried to begin.
"He gots himself a giiirrrlfriend" Ovechkin shoved in.
"Oh really?"the interviewer sounded interested."What's her name?"
"Brooklyn."he said quietly."Shes amazing"

She felt her face heat up.

"Oh yeah" Ovechkin said again. "she's purrdy."

Wait! Did he said girlfriend? and he didn't deny it?

"So are you officially off the market Mr. Backstrom"
"well...yeah."
"Ohhhh! Sorry ladies!"Ovechkin just had to add.

Well I guess she now had herself a boyfriend.

"And how does this Brooklyn feel about that black eye?" the interviewer continued.
"She was there" Nicklas said laughing. "She pretty much nursed me back to heath."
"How did she do that?" the man asked.
"Ohh well...you know"Ovechkin said giving Nicklas a playful shove.
"Oh really now?"the man asked again.
"no." Nicklas said blushing a little "She helped me relax, held ice on it. That sort of thing"
"BOOORRRINGGGG!." Ovechkin said with a fake yawn.
"well" the interviewer said holding back a laugh, trying to act professional. "You both better get going, you've got a game to win. Good luck to you both!"
"thank you" Nicklas said politely.
"I'm sure I'll be talking to you again after the game." Ovechkin said with a toothless grin.

After that the pregame went to an interview of Zetterberg, but she was to high on clouds to even notice. Once she came down she threw a pizza in the oven and finished getting dressed. She sat down with her plate just as the game was starting. It went by pretty quick. She figured they wouldn't win, I mean it was the Red Wings. They lost 2-3, but at least there weren't any fights this time. She turned off the TV as the post game was starting, it was 5:30.

I wonder if they'll let me use the rink? she thought to herself.

She grabbed her duffel bag and made her way to the rink. She met a security guard at the door.

"Think I could use the rink?" She asked with a smile.
"You Backstrom's girl?" He asked in a deep voice.
"Yeah..sure."
"Well of course then."he replied with a smile

She returned his smile, and made her way to the main rink. She remembered his ankle trick as she laced up. There were pucks lying around and a goal was set up on one end of the ice. She shot around for awhile. She was bouncing a puck off the end of her stick when she heard a voice from the stands.

"Hey" a pretty blond said.
"Hey"
"Are you Brooklyn"her voice heightened when she said her name.
"Yeah"she replied trying to sound friendly to the stranger.
"Hi! I'm Danielle, Mike Green's girlfriend, it's nice to meet you!"
"Oh! Hi, it's nice to meet you too!" she said not having to fake her voice this time.
"Soooo, what are you doing"Danielle said in a peppy cheerleader voice.
"Just taking a few shots, I was bored at home."
"Oh yeah. Mike said you were a player" she laughed"He's so jealous of Nicky"
"I've heard that a few times,"she blushed, and changed the subject."what are you doing here?"
"Oh mike left his jacket here the other night, psht Michael is always forgetting something, but then i saw you were here and I thought I should introduce myself. Plus I was lonely with everyone being gone."
"Yeah me too"she agreed."It's not easy killing 6 hours"
Danielle laughed"you can say that again!"
"So how does Nicklas usually take a loss?"
"Umm I'd say pretty well, better than most of the guys."She said nodding.
"Anything I shouldn't do?"
"Just act normal, you'll be fine."
"That I can do."Brooklyn said with a small smile.

They talked for another 10 minutes about anything and everything.

"Oh my!"Danielle said suddenly. "It's almost 10, their plane will be landing soon, I've got to get to the airport"

They exchanged numbers and Danielle walked towards the door.

"Call me if you ever want to hang out, or go shopping!" She said all bubbly.

A few minutes after she left Brooklyn gathered her things too and left. She just walked in the her door when Nicklas called.

"Well hello there lover boy!" she said happily.
"Hello beautiful!" he returned the happiness.
"Well! That's a new one"
"How was your day?"
"Well." she started. "I watched your game and the interview. Umm I went to the rink, met Green's girlfriend."
"Ah" he interrupted."Danielle, she's a sweetheart"
"Yeah"she continued."She seemed nice. How much money did you lose on this flight?"
"Oh my!"he laughed"You're a funny one my love, but none. I slept the whole way home"
"Good! You're going to nee that money when you buy me breakfast"
"Oh man! Sorry I can't. Tomorrow is someone's birthday. I have to throw a lame party, pretend I care you know all that junk!"
"Tee hee! Who's the funny one now? and no parties! I mean it!"
"Hmm" he paused."how about this, you meet me at the rink tomorrow. Say...3 o'clock"
"Okay"she agreed."oh my golly, just whatever shall I wear?"
"jeans and a white polo?"he suggested.
"only if you wear an argyle sweater"
"deal"he agreed.
"so"she said changing the subject."you're not coming over tonight?"
"no. I just got home. I'm gonna take a long shower and sleep till noon."
"sounds good to me, well the sleeping till noon part. I guess I'll see you tomorrow at 3."
"goodnight babe"
"goodnight lover boy"

She hung up the phone with an ear to ear smile on her face. She then decided that she should turn in for the night too.