Part 19

"So how long are you gone again?" she asked him as he lifted her from the kitchen chair, and rested her onto the counter so they were face to face.

"Well" he said before kissing the bridge of her nose. "We go to Detroit, then LA, to Colorado, then Tampa."
"And you're gone till..."
"Tuesday."
"Wonderful. What am I supposed to do. I'll starve!"
"No you won't" Nicklas cooed laughing.
"You ate all my damn Cheerios!" she laughed back, then tried to be serious.
"Sasha isn't going. Hang with him."
"He's not hurt. He's faking. Plus he'll kill me. He doesn't understand his hugs hurt my ribs."
"Well when I see him jumping rope I'll believe you."
"If he kills me, you stay away from my funeral. I'll haunt your ass for letting him babysit me."
"Oh Brooklyn." he laughed and pulled her into a hug. "He won't."
"You already told him to come over didn't you?" she said laughing and pushing him away.
"Maybe. I just-I don't know. I don't feel right with you being alone."
"Nicklas-"
"No. Just hang with him until I come home. It'll help me."
"Fine Nicklas." she said rolling her eyes. "You better score some goals for me. Hold the Russian fights please."
"Tee Hee."

He kissed her, then pulled away laughing.

"What?" she said tilting her head in confusion.
"I-I gotta pack." he said through his laughs.
"Oh good lord!" she sighed jumping off the counter, taking his hand, her car keys and walked out the door.

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"Wheres your other bag?" Brooklyn called to him from the back of his closet.
"Umm in your trunk." he said parting the clothes to see her face.
"What am I looking for again?"
"Black practice jersey."
"Whats wrong with your red one? Orange one? Grey one?" she said holding up a finger for each color.
"Luck dear, luck"
"Can't you be like Crosby and just not let anyone touch your stick after its taped?" she said after he let the clothes go, covering her again.
"What is it with you and that boy?"
"Boy? He's older than you. and Nova Scotia duh. It infects you." she said parting a row of clothes throwing a black and grey long sleeved jersey out to him. "Anything else while I'm in here?"
"Nope. Done. and it only took 2 hours and -" he checked his phone. " 47 minutes."
"Yeah. Only."
"Oh you love me." He said grabbing her waist throwing her down on the pile of clothes covering his bed, then layed on top of her.
"Love? Is that what they call this feeling now a days?" she said her lips curling in to a smirk.
"Now I have a few-um rules for Mr. Semin-" he started.
"Nicklas-" she said stopping him "Don't and I have a hanger poking my spine."
"Oh! My bad" he laughed and pulled her up with him to her feet. "It's getting late."
"Do you need me to fold and pack these too?"
"No." he said dryly. "I think I can handle it."
"Don't cheat on me." she said stopping only for a quick kiss. "I know how those Tampa girls are."
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Brooklyn woke the next morning to her phone vibrating non stop.

"Can I help you Alexander?" she said a slight annoyed tone in her voice.