Sorry it's been awhile! Also, everyone should check out Penslove25's new story "Use Somebody." It's really cute so far and a good read if you need something new! Link: http://usesomebodymax.blogspot.com/ She's a really good writer and deserves to have more followers!
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Chapter 25- Sort Of
So I had a little inspiration and I channeled it into figuring out where I want the rest of the plot for this story to go. Look forward to more posts coming up soon!
Also, if anyone has any good blogger story recommendations, please pass them along! I've been looking for a new story or two to follow :)
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Chapter 24- Touch and Go
I've been trying to get this right for over a week. Hopefully it lives up to my expectations for it!
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Chapter 23- Mama Knows Best
Thanks for all of the hockey watching suggestions, ladies! A few of you asked where I am studying for the semester and I'm in Barcelona. I also wanted to thank all of you for your lovely comments. It means so much to me that you guys still keep up with what I write!
P.S. This one's short because I didn't want to lump one chapter together and not have it flow well together.
P.S. This one's short because I didn't want to lump one chapter together and not have it flow well together.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Chapter 22- Sneaking In
So....long time no update? Hey guys, I did want to let you all know that I'm alive and hopefully this chapter will serve as a bandaid for how bad I've been about updating all summer. Shit happens, right? Anyway, I'm currently in Europe for the next couple of months doing my study abroad (which is AMAZING) and I've found that there's generally more free time in Europe than in the U.S. They actually take the time to breathe here which is amazing for someone like me with a definitive type-A personality. Hopefully this means I will be writing a lot more frequently because I miss my characters a lot.
Also, if anyone has any methods of watching hockey on the internet that you think will work from Europe, please let me know! Otherwise, I'll be forced to just read about it on my fave blogs which just isn't the same :( Can it be October yet?
Enjoy everyone!
It was after 3 by the time I felt Geno snuggle into bed with me. After we had all finished up at the arena for the night, he had taken me and his parents out to eat at a quiet restaurant near his house so that we could all spend more time together. It had gone well and I was actually feeling like his parents really liked me which is why I had refused to head back to the house with them and stay there for the night.
They were just warming up to me and I didn't need to blow it by getting on his Mom's bad side when things were still so new for all of us. Plus, it just gave me the creeps to sleep in his bed while his parents were only just down the hall.
Still, he must have snuck out of his own house which I guessed I should have been surprised about but somehow wasn't. As much as he wanted to be here in bed with me, I equally wanted him beside me.
"Go back to sleep" he whispered pulling his shirt over his head and tossing it onto the floor somewhere. He flipped me over to face him and allowed me to slide my legs between his and rest my head in the crook of his shoulder. He was better than a body pillow and twice as comforting.
"You shouldn't have driven this late" I reminded him even though driving was what had eventually gotten him here in my bed.
"I had to push my parents to sleep so that I could leave." He chuckled against my hair as he spoke sending chills down my spine. "They just want to talk and talk and talk. Is easier if you live with me. Then I don't have to drive."
It was too late to talk about this so I kept the mood light and giggled at the fact that we were both sneaking around like teenagers.
"I don't know" I smiled scratching the spot behind his ear that made goosebumps pop up on his skin, "I kind of like the sneaking around thing. It's kinda sexy."
Luckily, he took my bait and even though I was exhausted, both of our hands started to roam to places that made it too hard to stop and go back to sleep.
I woke up the next morning feeling sloppy and groggy from the previous night's lovemaking session. I wanted to go back to sleep but it was already after 9 and it was weird that I was alone in bed. I threw on Geno's discarded shirt from the night before and buttoned it up to my neck. In the kitchen, Geno stood watching the small TV in the corner and shovelling cereal quickly into his mouth. Some of the cereal milk on his spoon sloshed onto his bare chest when he spotted me and he grinned quickly to say hello while he swallowed.
He looked so sexy in my kitchen that I couldn't help myself from walking over to him and licking up the small bit of milk on his chest.
I looked up mischieviously to see him grunt and quickly set down the bowl he was eating from on the counter next to him. He jolted me up against him so that we fit curve to sculpted curve as he kissed me slowly and deeply. Our lips made a small suction noise when we finally separated .
"Bad" he said smiling down at me. "Come over, spend day with me and my parents?"
"I don't know" I told him, "is there breakfast involved?"
He snorted in amusement and tucked a piece of my bed head behind my ear. "My Mama will make you big breakfast. Russian breakfast."
"Well okay then" I smiled, standing on my tip toes to press a kiss to his lips. "Give me half an hour?"
He nodded and left me to get ready while he put on his clothes from the night before. We weren't exactly going to be subtle when walked into his house, me in clean clothes and him in the same ones he went to dinner in. I just hoped that his Mom wouldn't notice and that he would be able to sneak upstairs and change before she noticed.
"I'm not lying to my Mama" he repeated for the second time since we had gotten into our cars to head over to his place. While I got ready, I developed an excuse for him to tell his Mom about where he had been all morning. It was perfect except for the fact that he wasn't going along with it. This was kind of the wrong time for him to suddenly decide that he had morals.
"It's not lying exactly, it's fibbing." Even though we were on our cellphones talking, I could all but sense him rolling his eyes at me.
"I'm not lying. They probably didn't notice."
I didn't believe him for a second but I let it go because he was using his "I'm not changing my mind" voice.
10 minutes later we pulled into his driveway where he hustled me from the car and into the house out of the cold wind. The house was so warm that goosebumps broke out on my skin anyway in protest of the rapidly different temperatures.
"Go say hi, I go change now." He gave me a gentle shove on the butt towards the kitchen while he jogged upstairs, yelling out a hello to his parents. Over the top of the couch, Mr. Malkin's head popped up and smiled at me before turning his attention back to the TV. One of Max Talbot's commercials came on the screen and we both watched his horrible acting in wonder for a moment before I turned away.
"Good morning, Ava" Mrs. Malkin greeted me brightly as she wiped her hands off on the apron slung loosely around her waist. "Geno bring you for meal, yes?"
I smiled and nodded before taking a seat at one of the barstools in front of the center island. What she was making looked like the same porridge that Geno had made me before. It didn't look that appetizing but it was delicious and warm- perfect for a cold, winter morning which I knew they had a lot of back in Russia.
"Can I help with anything?" I asked before Geno swept back into the kitchen and gave me a hard kiss on the lips while saying something to his Mom in russian.
I couldn't fight the blush that stained my cheeks as I watched them watch me: one with a grin on his big face and the other with a knowing smile.
"I need to learn russian" I announced to both of them making them laugh loudly. I was honestly so surprised that his parents still seemed to like me that I didn't mind being the butt of the joke at all.
"You couldn't do it" Geno said smiling at me. "Too hard, you're too busy."
I knew that he was challenging me but there hadn't been too many times in my life when I had resisted the challenge of someone telling me that I couldn't do something.
"I could speak russian better than you can speak english." I pushed him away from me and started to hop down from my chair but he held me in place.
"How would you learn?" He called something else over his shoulder to his Mom who laughed while I steadily grew more irritated. I could learn this godforsaken language if I really wanted to. I was smart. I went to NYU for godsakes.
"I'll buy one of those computer programs." It would be wickedly expensive but worth it to see the look on his face when I spoke Russian to him.
"I have better idea. I'll teach you my language." He leaned down and kissed my nose then backed away to let me hop down. He was being condescending and I didn't like it. Still, he was pretty cute so I let it slide. That dopey smile of his was like salt to my ice-y road of a heart- it made my brain slow down every time.
Still I made up my mind to get one of those Rosetta Stone computer programs as soon as possible and practice it while he was on the road. Wouldn't he be surprised when I understood him speaking Russian and was able to reply back?
After awhile, Geno let up his taunting and we sat down to eat breakfast and enjoy the rest of the day together. Using my same method from the night before, I talked to his parents as much as I could even if they didn't completely understand what I was saying.
By the end of the night, the four of us were comfortably seated in the living room and laughing at an episode of "America's Funniest Home Videos." It was the perfect ice-breaker and tv show for all of us to watch because it didn't require vast knowledge of the English language to understand it. It was just stupid people and cute animals doing funny things on film.
During a commercial break, I excused myself and carried in everyone's dessert plates into the kitchen. It felt good to stretch my legs after sitting for so long and I needed a few minutes away from the noise and laughter to rub my temples and pop some aspirin for the headache I had.
Weirdly, it wasn't the type of headache I was used to. It was a happy headache, the kind that came from laughing too hard and probably drinking too much of the vodka that Mr. Malkin had pushed on me. I needed to drink some water and sober up a little bit more before I drove home for the night. Unfortunately I had meetings to take care of in the morning which made calling in sick tomorrow or taking a personal day out of the question.
"Hey, everything fine?" I felt his hand touch the small of my back before I turned to face him.
"Yeah," I smiled to reassure him then turned around to get back to my task. "I just want to finish this up real quick."
I continued to scrub the dirty dish I was holding but his hand reached around mine and pulled it from my grasp. He pushed my ponytail to the other side of my neck as his lips slid up the sensitive skin beneath my ear. He knew that was my weak spot, my 'I'll do anything you ask me to' spot and it instantly put me on the alert.
"What do you want?" I asked, my voice sounding more breathy than it had moments before. He didn't answer, he just continued to suckle and nip a pathway up and down from my collarbone to my earlobe.
I was so on to him and what he was trying to do. Totally into him and what he was doing but also wise to his sexy antics. "I'm not staying overnight" I told him.
He sighed and finally quit trying to turn me into silly putty. "Well you're not going home."
I laughed at the defiant expression on his face. We had lots of time to stay at each other's houses. As much as I wanted to be there all night, it made more sense logistically to go home and get ready in the morning where all of my stuff was.
"Geno," he tried to shut me up by kissing me but I dodged his lips in time. "I can't stay. I have a million things to do in the morning. I need to get up when my alarm rings. I need to be able to drink my coffee, eat my breakfast and not feel rushed. I need my stuff." I dodged his lips again and he sighed, his lips turning into an annoyed frown.
"Come here" he said pulling me from the kitchen. He pulled me in the direction of the garage and opened the door ushering me inside. I thought that we were going to have it out in the garage so his parents wouldn't hear us but instead he flipped on the lights and just stood there.
"Look, lots of room. Room for your car. Room for mine."
He grabbed my hand and pulled me back into the house. Walking past his parents again, he didn't say anything, just continued to pull me through the house pointing out how much room there was for my things. I knew what he was trying to do but it felt like my stomach had suddenly risen and swallowed my vocal cord.
He stopped in his bedroom last and shut the door behind us for privacy once again. This time it looked like we were going to have it out.
"Your stuff would be here. It would be easy. It make sense."
He sat back on the edge of his bed while I stood in the center of the room, grateful for the distance between us now.
"I know you think it makes sense" I told him trying to buy time for what I wanted to say. "It isn't that I want to say no" I finally answered, giving up and sitting next to him. "I just can't say yes yet either."
"Why? Why say no?"
"Don't you think it's a little soon for us to be moving in together?" I asked him curiously. If he moved this quickly with Oksana and other girls that I didn't know about, was that a sign of some sort of pattern in his relationships? I didn't believe in moving fast in relationships like he apparently did. I had already given him a lot at a much faster pace than I would have liked. Although, if it had been up to me, we probably wouldn't have even been dating yet. I was at least grateful for his persistence in that respect.
"No" he answered me, turning to look me straight in the eyes. "I want you here. Move in with me."
We weren't getting anywhere so I decided to give us both the time we needed to cool down. "I want to move in with you" I admitted, holding up a hand when he turned to grin and say something. "But I need to get used to the idea first. Can you not push me on this and give me the time that I need to make the right decision?"
He was silent for a moment but nodded and stood up from the bed. I took his hand and squeezed it in silent thanks even though he was only begrudgingly on board with my decision.
"I'm gonna go say goodbye to your parents then head home, okay?"
He didn't answer, just gave me a caveman grunt but disappeared out the front door with my keys. After saying good night to his parents and gathering my things, I met him outside where he had started my car for me and warmed it up for me.
I stopped and smiled for a second at the sight of him looking grumpy with his hands shoved in his pockets. "Car is warm" he said handing me my keys. I gave him a long, hard kiss in appreciation and it quickly turned urgent. I backed off and gave him one last lingering kiss.
"See you tomorrow at some point?"
"Yeah, will you come to game?" I nodded even though technically I had to be there anyway for the home game. He was still angry at me and I knew that I wouldn't be able to snap him out of it unless I gave him the answer he wanted me to give him. Since I wasn't going to do that until I had more time to think, I got in and drove away knowing that I had done the right thing for both of us.
Also, if anyone has any methods of watching hockey on the internet that you think will work from Europe, please let me know! Otherwise, I'll be forced to just read about it on my fave blogs which just isn't the same :( Can it be October yet?
Enjoy everyone!
It was after 3 by the time I felt Geno snuggle into bed with me. After we had all finished up at the arena for the night, he had taken me and his parents out to eat at a quiet restaurant near his house so that we could all spend more time together. It had gone well and I was actually feeling like his parents really liked me which is why I had refused to head back to the house with them and stay there for the night.
They were just warming up to me and I didn't need to blow it by getting on his Mom's bad side when things were still so new for all of us. Plus, it just gave me the creeps to sleep in his bed while his parents were only just down the hall.
Still, he must have snuck out of his own house which I guessed I should have been surprised about but somehow wasn't. As much as he wanted to be here in bed with me, I equally wanted him beside me.
"Go back to sleep" he whispered pulling his shirt over his head and tossing it onto the floor somewhere. He flipped me over to face him and allowed me to slide my legs between his and rest my head in the crook of his shoulder. He was better than a body pillow and twice as comforting.
"You shouldn't have driven this late" I reminded him even though driving was what had eventually gotten him here in my bed.
"I had to push my parents to sleep so that I could leave." He chuckled against my hair as he spoke sending chills down my spine. "They just want to talk and talk and talk. Is easier if you live with me. Then I don't have to drive."
It was too late to talk about this so I kept the mood light and giggled at the fact that we were both sneaking around like teenagers.
"I don't know" I smiled scratching the spot behind his ear that made goosebumps pop up on his skin, "I kind of like the sneaking around thing. It's kinda sexy."
Luckily, he took my bait and even though I was exhausted, both of our hands started to roam to places that made it too hard to stop and go back to sleep.
I woke up the next morning feeling sloppy and groggy from the previous night's lovemaking session. I wanted to go back to sleep but it was already after 9 and it was weird that I was alone in bed. I threw on Geno's discarded shirt from the night before and buttoned it up to my neck. In the kitchen, Geno stood watching the small TV in the corner and shovelling cereal quickly into his mouth. Some of the cereal milk on his spoon sloshed onto his bare chest when he spotted me and he grinned quickly to say hello while he swallowed.
He looked so sexy in my kitchen that I couldn't help myself from walking over to him and licking up the small bit of milk on his chest.
I looked up mischieviously to see him grunt and quickly set down the bowl he was eating from on the counter next to him. He jolted me up against him so that we fit curve to sculpted curve as he kissed me slowly and deeply. Our lips made a small suction noise when we finally separated .
"Bad" he said smiling down at me. "Come over, spend day with me and my parents?"
"I don't know" I told him, "is there breakfast involved?"
He snorted in amusement and tucked a piece of my bed head behind my ear. "My Mama will make you big breakfast. Russian breakfast."
"Well okay then" I smiled, standing on my tip toes to press a kiss to his lips. "Give me half an hour?"
He nodded and left me to get ready while he put on his clothes from the night before. We weren't exactly going to be subtle when walked into his house, me in clean clothes and him in the same ones he went to dinner in. I just hoped that his Mom wouldn't notice and that he would be able to sneak upstairs and change before she noticed.
"I'm not lying to my Mama" he repeated for the second time since we had gotten into our cars to head over to his place. While I got ready, I developed an excuse for him to tell his Mom about where he had been all morning. It was perfect except for the fact that he wasn't going along with it. This was kind of the wrong time for him to suddenly decide that he had morals.
"It's not lying exactly, it's fibbing." Even though we were on our cellphones talking, I could all but sense him rolling his eyes at me.
"I'm not lying. They probably didn't notice."
I didn't believe him for a second but I let it go because he was using his "I'm not changing my mind" voice.
10 minutes later we pulled into his driveway where he hustled me from the car and into the house out of the cold wind. The house was so warm that goosebumps broke out on my skin anyway in protest of the rapidly different temperatures.
"Go say hi, I go change now." He gave me a gentle shove on the butt towards the kitchen while he jogged upstairs, yelling out a hello to his parents. Over the top of the couch, Mr. Malkin's head popped up and smiled at me before turning his attention back to the TV. One of Max Talbot's commercials came on the screen and we both watched his horrible acting in wonder for a moment before I turned away.
"Good morning, Ava" Mrs. Malkin greeted me brightly as she wiped her hands off on the apron slung loosely around her waist. "Geno bring you for meal, yes?"
I smiled and nodded before taking a seat at one of the barstools in front of the center island. What she was making looked like the same porridge that Geno had made me before. It didn't look that appetizing but it was delicious and warm- perfect for a cold, winter morning which I knew they had a lot of back in Russia.
"Can I help with anything?" I asked before Geno swept back into the kitchen and gave me a hard kiss on the lips while saying something to his Mom in russian.
I couldn't fight the blush that stained my cheeks as I watched them watch me: one with a grin on his big face and the other with a knowing smile.
"I need to learn russian" I announced to both of them making them laugh loudly. I was honestly so surprised that his parents still seemed to like me that I didn't mind being the butt of the joke at all.
"You couldn't do it" Geno said smiling at me. "Too hard, you're too busy."
I knew that he was challenging me but there hadn't been too many times in my life when I had resisted the challenge of someone telling me that I couldn't do something.
"I could speak russian better than you can speak english." I pushed him away from me and started to hop down from my chair but he held me in place.
"How would you learn?" He called something else over his shoulder to his Mom who laughed while I steadily grew more irritated. I could learn this godforsaken language if I really wanted to. I was smart. I went to NYU for godsakes.
"I'll buy one of those computer programs." It would be wickedly expensive but worth it to see the look on his face when I spoke Russian to him.
"I have better idea. I'll teach you my language." He leaned down and kissed my nose then backed away to let me hop down. He was being condescending and I didn't like it. Still, he was pretty cute so I let it slide. That dopey smile of his was like salt to my ice-y road of a heart- it made my brain slow down every time.
Still I made up my mind to get one of those Rosetta Stone computer programs as soon as possible and practice it while he was on the road. Wouldn't he be surprised when I understood him speaking Russian and was able to reply back?
After awhile, Geno let up his taunting and we sat down to eat breakfast and enjoy the rest of the day together. Using my same method from the night before, I talked to his parents as much as I could even if they didn't completely understand what I was saying.
By the end of the night, the four of us were comfortably seated in the living room and laughing at an episode of "America's Funniest Home Videos." It was the perfect ice-breaker and tv show for all of us to watch because it didn't require vast knowledge of the English language to understand it. It was just stupid people and cute animals doing funny things on film.
During a commercial break, I excused myself and carried in everyone's dessert plates into the kitchen. It felt good to stretch my legs after sitting for so long and I needed a few minutes away from the noise and laughter to rub my temples and pop some aspirin for the headache I had.
Weirdly, it wasn't the type of headache I was used to. It was a happy headache, the kind that came from laughing too hard and probably drinking too much of the vodka that Mr. Malkin had pushed on me. I needed to drink some water and sober up a little bit more before I drove home for the night. Unfortunately I had meetings to take care of in the morning which made calling in sick tomorrow or taking a personal day out of the question.
"Hey, everything fine?" I felt his hand touch the small of my back before I turned to face him.
"Yeah," I smiled to reassure him then turned around to get back to my task. "I just want to finish this up real quick."
I continued to scrub the dirty dish I was holding but his hand reached around mine and pulled it from my grasp. He pushed my ponytail to the other side of my neck as his lips slid up the sensitive skin beneath my ear. He knew that was my weak spot, my 'I'll do anything you ask me to' spot and it instantly put me on the alert.
"What do you want?" I asked, my voice sounding more breathy than it had moments before. He didn't answer, he just continued to suckle and nip a pathway up and down from my collarbone to my earlobe.
I was so on to him and what he was trying to do. Totally into him and what he was doing but also wise to his sexy antics. "I'm not staying overnight" I told him.
He sighed and finally quit trying to turn me into silly putty. "Well you're not going home."
I laughed at the defiant expression on his face. We had lots of time to stay at each other's houses. As much as I wanted to be there all night, it made more sense logistically to go home and get ready in the morning where all of my stuff was.
"Geno," he tried to shut me up by kissing me but I dodged his lips in time. "I can't stay. I have a million things to do in the morning. I need to get up when my alarm rings. I need to be able to drink my coffee, eat my breakfast and not feel rushed. I need my stuff." I dodged his lips again and he sighed, his lips turning into an annoyed frown.
"Come here" he said pulling me from the kitchen. He pulled me in the direction of the garage and opened the door ushering me inside. I thought that we were going to have it out in the garage so his parents wouldn't hear us but instead he flipped on the lights and just stood there.
"Look, lots of room. Room for your car. Room for mine."
He grabbed my hand and pulled me back into the house. Walking past his parents again, he didn't say anything, just continued to pull me through the house pointing out how much room there was for my things. I knew what he was trying to do but it felt like my stomach had suddenly risen and swallowed my vocal cord.
He stopped in his bedroom last and shut the door behind us for privacy once again. This time it looked like we were going to have it out.
"Your stuff would be here. It would be easy. It make sense."
He sat back on the edge of his bed while I stood in the center of the room, grateful for the distance between us now.
"I know you think it makes sense" I told him trying to buy time for what I wanted to say. "It isn't that I want to say no" I finally answered, giving up and sitting next to him. "I just can't say yes yet either."
"Why? Why say no?"
"Don't you think it's a little soon for us to be moving in together?" I asked him curiously. If he moved this quickly with Oksana and other girls that I didn't know about, was that a sign of some sort of pattern in his relationships? I didn't believe in moving fast in relationships like he apparently did. I had already given him a lot at a much faster pace than I would have liked. Although, if it had been up to me, we probably wouldn't have even been dating yet. I was at least grateful for his persistence in that respect.
"No" he answered me, turning to look me straight in the eyes. "I want you here. Move in with me."
We weren't getting anywhere so I decided to give us both the time we needed to cool down. "I want to move in with you" I admitted, holding up a hand when he turned to grin and say something. "But I need to get used to the idea first. Can you not push me on this and give me the time that I need to make the right decision?"
He was silent for a moment but nodded and stood up from the bed. I took his hand and squeezed it in silent thanks even though he was only begrudgingly on board with my decision.
"I'm gonna go say goodbye to your parents then head home, okay?"
He didn't answer, just gave me a caveman grunt but disappeared out the front door with my keys. After saying good night to his parents and gathering my things, I met him outside where he had started my car for me and warmed it up for me.
I stopped and smiled for a second at the sight of him looking grumpy with his hands shoved in his pockets. "Car is warm" he said handing me my keys. I gave him a long, hard kiss in appreciation and it quickly turned urgent. I backed off and gave him one last lingering kiss.
"See you tomorrow at some point?"
"Yeah, will you come to game?" I nodded even though technically I had to be there anyway for the home game. He was still angry at me and I knew that I wouldn't be able to snap him out of it unless I gave him the answer he wanted me to give him. Since I wasn't going to do that until I had more time to think, I got in and drove away knowing that I had done the right thing for both of us.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Chapter 21- Learning to Communicate
Thanks for the comments ladies, I love reading what you have to say! With that said, I hope you guys like this chapter, I definitely took your input to heart. I know that it's short-ish but I keep writing, re-writing then deleting chapters that I finally got fed up with myself and posted this thing.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Chapter 20- The Malkins
Thanks for the feedback on the last chapter guys, I feel like a lot was going on in the last chapter so I was pleased that you guys liked it and didn't think that it was too much! I didn't proof it because my battery's about to die so just ignore typos :) Thanks, ladies!!!!
Monday, June 28, 2010
Chapter 19- New Developments
Eeek! Haven't updated this sucker in awhile so I figured that it was time! :) I've been working on this chapter all week so hopefully it turned out well!
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Chapter 18- Changing Directions
Thank you for the comments and support ladies! This is pure fluff btw.
Song: Banana Pancakes- Jack Johnson
Song: Banana Pancakes- Jack Johnson
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Chapter 17- Physical Comparisons
Thanks for the comments ladies, they seriously brighten up my day.
Also, sorry it takes me so damn long anymore to get a post out. I'm just so freaking tired all of the time since I got home. Every night I sit down and try to finish this post because I know exactly what I want to write. 20 minutes later I'm passed out in my bed and I wake up the next morning with nothing done. It's frustrating but tonight I'm prying my eyes open and I finally finished this thing. More to come! I'll be starting my story soon too. I was going to hold off but I'm too excited to wait any longer.
Also, sorry it takes me so damn long anymore to get a post out. I'm just so freaking tired all of the time since I got home. Every night I sit down and try to finish this post because I know exactly what I want to write. 20 minutes later I'm passed out in my bed and I wake up the next morning with nothing done. It's frustrating but tonight I'm prying my eyes open and I finally finished this thing. More to come! I'll be starting my story soon too. I was going to hold off but I'm too excited to wait any longer.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Chapter 16- "Run baby, run"
Why hello! So it's been a long time...but I got up early this morning and decided that today was the day. I was going to get my shit together already and update as an escape from my finals. Hope you guys like this one, I literally thought of it before I was going to bed last night and had to write the idea down on a post-it.
Enjoy!
P.S. I'm taking my last final tomorrow so hopefully I can update again tomorrow night since I actually have ideas flowing through my brain again.
Enjoy!
P.S. I'm taking my last final tomorrow so hopefully I can update again tomorrow night since I actually have ideas flowing through my brain again.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Chapter 15- Tough Love
I'm not sure how I feel about this chapter but I also felt like it had to be written because of my plans for future chapters. So hope you guys like it.
Chapter song: "Frontin'" by Jamie Cullum
Chapter song: "Frontin'" by Jamie Cullum
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Chapter 14- Explanations
Now that I've gotten over last night, accepted that we still have playoff ass to kick in the Mellon, I'm moving on.
Hope you guys like this chapter! It's kind of saucy :)
Hope you guys like this chapter! It's kind of saucy :)
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Someone cue the Sarah McLachlan music...
Ugh, so I'm not going to lie to you all, my lovely, wonderful and anonymous readers. I cried hard core tonight while listening to the last Pens game in the Old Mellon. My life is crazy with committments and becoming a "grown up." With all of these changes, Mellon Arena was my constant. Pittsburgh is my constant in general but Mellon Arena has always been super special to me. Huge chunks of my childhood were spent in the Mellon Arena at hockey games and the occasional Disney on Ice! show and now I feel like a small piece of me is dying. I know that's ridiculous and I could be acting overly dramatic because my hormones have been everywhere anyway, but I can't seem to stop sniffling every time someone announces that this is the last game.
It's the place where I would sit for hours with my Dad, season after season watching and learning the intricacies of the game and feeling the cold chill from the ice. I watched Kovalev moonwalk. I watched Mario score his comeback goal in 2000. It's where I had my first beer and learned that it was socially acceptable to squish peanut shells beneath my shoes because everyone else did it too. It's where I got hit in the forehead with a hockey puck during warmups one time and didn't even care because it was just so cool that I got that close to the game and looked like a 12 year old badass (I can't skate worth shit eliminating any hockey ideas I had). I adore that place and I adore all of the memories I have of it. I really hope that the Consol Energy Center has the same crappy cheese on their nachos that the Mellon always had. It's literally killing me that I'm stuck in Philadelphia because of school right now and my Dad's at the last game without me. Okay, I'm off to continue sniffling and being nostalgic with the covers pulled up to my chin (not easy while typing).
Is anyone as affected by this as I am? I really hope so because I feel crazy right now. My friends literally just don't get it and today one of my friends even dared to say, "I don't understand it. Isn't that place really old anyway?" Old, but awesome bitches.
On the bright side: new chapters will be up this weekend! I started to write tonight but that was shot due to my current state of general Mellon-induced depression and I don't want to post a crappy, jumbled chapter for this story or my other story. So bear with me and go Pens! I think it's obvious that they've got this game in the bag anyway.
It's the place where I would sit for hours with my Dad, season after season watching and learning the intricacies of the game and feeling the cold chill from the ice. I watched Kovalev moonwalk. I watched Mario score his comeback goal in 2000. It's where I had my first beer and learned that it was socially acceptable to squish peanut shells beneath my shoes because everyone else did it too. It's where I got hit in the forehead with a hockey puck during warmups one time and didn't even care because it was just so cool that I got that close to the game and looked like a 12 year old badass (I can't skate worth shit eliminating any hockey ideas I had). I adore that place and I adore all of the memories I have of it. I really hope that the Consol Energy Center has the same crappy cheese on their nachos that the Mellon always had. It's literally killing me that I'm stuck in Philadelphia because of school right now and my Dad's at the last game without me. Okay, I'm off to continue sniffling and being nostalgic with the covers pulled up to my chin (not easy while typing).
Is anyone as affected by this as I am? I really hope so because I feel crazy right now. My friends literally just don't get it and today one of my friends even dared to say, "I don't understand it. Isn't that place really old anyway?" Old, but awesome bitches.
On the bright side: new chapters will be up this weekend! I started to write tonight but that was shot due to my current state of general Mellon-induced depression and I don't want to post a crappy, jumbled chapter for this story or my other story. So bear with me and go Pens! I think it's obvious that they've got this game in the bag anyway.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Chapter 13- Back on Earth
Chapter Song: "Counting Stars on the Ceiling" by Stars--- I LOVE this song. So give it a try. It has a very smoky, electro-pop, hipster hanging out in a bar song. And yet I still love it. Maybe it's the sentiment behind the song.
Also: Lately I've been itching to finally write that Epilogue I never got around to for "Legal Assistance Turned Love." So that may pop up in a few days, I just need an idea to work with. I just really miss those characters all of the sudden. So maybe.
Also: Lately I've been itching to finally write that Epilogue I never got around to for "Legal Assistance Turned Love." So that may pop up in a few days, I just need an idea to work with. I just really miss those characters all of the sudden. So maybe.
Chapter 12- A Soft Landing
Thanks for sticking with me guys, I'm trying to update more frequently but I have writer's block for my Sid story so badly right now. I know what I want to say but every time I go to sit down, I can't make anything happen. So I'm going to update this story instead and hopefully feel inspired again.
This chapter's a little short but I needed to transition a little bit for what's coming up next. Short's better than nothing though, right? :)
This chapter's a little short but I needed to transition a little bit for what's coming up next. Short's better than nothing though, right? :)
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Chapter 11- Better Slap Some Paint on it
As promised, a double feature tonight! Don't get used to it :) :) And thanks for your support as always. Especially Jay. I have to do a shoutout to you tonight because you faithfully review and your praise makes me happy! Thank you!!!!
Chapter 10- Dropping the Question
Huh. It's kind of been awhile....sorry :) To show that I'm sorry, I produced a monster chapter.
Also, I'm sorry to anyone out there that does know Russian. I had to use google translate in this chapter. heh.
Also, I'm sorry to anyone out there that does know Russian. I had to use google translate in this chapter. heh.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Chapter 9- Date
I was going to update my other story but got all sorts of ideas after watching Geno play in Russia's amazing game today.
Mood music: "Brandy Alexander" by Feist
If you actually listen to this song, I bet you'll be able to name the person who's your "Brandy Alexander." I know I can and even though I can't stand this person anymore, I still love this song and it applies well to this chapter.
Mood music: "Brandy Alexander" by Feist
If you actually listen to this song, I bet you'll be able to name the person who's your "Brandy Alexander." I know I can and even though I can't stand this person anymore, I still love this song and it applies well to this chapter.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Chapter 8- Limits
THANK YOU! Seriously, your comments mean so much to me ladies! I'm constantly surprised when I'm on blogger and see more than one comment and it makes my day! So thank you again for your support and I hope you like this chapter :) It's a little bit of filler but it's flirtatious fliller!
Monday, February 1, 2010
Chapter 7- Surprises
So today I made a decision- come hell or high water, I was going to update! I hate making you guys wait for "The Dumbing Down of Love" chapter but this story has been on my mind lately. I promise that after this, I'll start writing the next chapter on Dumbing Down.
Also, thanks ladies for your comments! You're all equally amazing and I love the support. Hope everyone had a good week/weekend! The game yesterday was terrible because I was so nervous the whole time and screaming at the TV in my dorm. Needless to say, several people popped by to make sure I was okay :) So many girls around here just don't understand what hockey does to a person and it's sad.
Also, thanks ladies for your comments! You're all equally amazing and I love the support. Hope everyone had a good week/weekend! The game yesterday was terrible because I was so nervous the whole time and screaming at the TV in my dorm. Needless to say, several people popped by to make sure I was okay :) So many girls around here just don't understand what hockey does to a person and it's sad.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Chapter 6- Take a Deep Breath
Eeek! Back to school which means I will be disgustingly busy again (and that's why it's taken me so long to crank out a chapter). The posting will probably slow down but I hope to at least post once or twice a week.
Side note: You guys are simply fantastic! Every day I keep seeing the number of readers increase and all of your comments have been so supportive. Hope you guys enjoy this chapter! I agonized over this so well, let me know if it's good or bad. (seriously because it might be bad).
Side note: You guys are simply fantastic! Every day I keep seeing the number of readers increase and all of your comments have been so supportive. Hope you guys enjoy this chapter! I agonized over this so well, let me know if it's good or bad. (seriously because it might be bad).
Monday, January 11, 2010
Chapter 5- Routines
If you haven't seen the movie "Up in the Air," then don't worry about it- you'll be able to understand this chapter without knowing the details of the movie.
Also, this would have been up a lot sooner tonight if I had had a plan for this chapter in the first place and if I wasn't so distracted by the game tonight! Sorry!
Also, this would have been up a lot sooner tonight if I had had a plan for this chapter in the first place and if I wasn't so distracted by the game tonight! Sorry!
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Updates!
Hey everyone!
I am back from a week long trip in a country without internet access but I plan on dedicating my free time for the next two weeks to these stories when I can!
Thanks for hanging in there and I promise to have updates for this story and my other one up soon!
Also, I've been getting caught up on reading all morning and kudos to everyone who's writing, the updates are amazing!
I am back from a week long trip in a country without internet access but I plan on dedicating my free time for the next two weeks to these stories when I can!
Thanks for hanging in there and I promise to have updates for this story and my other one up soon!
Also, I've been getting caught up on reading all morning and kudos to everyone who's writing, the updates are amazing!
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