Off Ice.

Epilogue.

Avery

A month and a half, one pup, and a new apartment later.

The Sharks unfortunately fell short against the Oilers like the Kings did. The series went to game seven so to say the loss was brutal would be an understatement.

Finn was really distraught about it, he's honestly still not over it. He felt like he took ten steps back, since he was in the Conference Finals last season and they didn't even make it there this season. After a week or so I had to tell him that even though it didn't end the way he worked for this season, that doesn't mean he'll never get back to the finals. He has a long career ahead of him and he's about to make something really special with the Kraken.

We moved into our apartment shortly after the season ended and we spent the next couple of weeks unpacking and putting the place together. Grace and Casey were doing the same with their house so we didn't see each other for a bit, but once we did it was pure bliss.

I was so emotional for a few weeks, so much so that I took a pregnancy test just to be safe. I knew I wasn't, but I was crying over pretty much everything that I thought it wouldn't hurt to try.

First pregnancy test I'd ever taken, by the way. And it was negative, in case you cared.

Duh. I'm not poppin' out no babies anytime soon.

Unpacking and putting together our apartment gave me some memories that will last forever. We didn't have a ton of furniture at first so we ate dinner on cardboard boxes for a while. Those were the best fucking nights though. Sitting on the floor with Finn, eating mainly takeout with Olive jumping around and playing with the toys that Finn has been spoiling her with had me smiling for hours without end.

Living with him is phenomenal, as expected. Not only is it just amazing to be able to spend every day with him and wake up in his arms, but he's just such a good person to share a space with.

He does the dishes. On his own.

I fucking hate doing dishes and so did Cam, so we slacked hard when it came to them. To say that walking into the kitchen in the morning to an empty sink is pure euphoria is definitely not me being dramatic.

Olive has been such a good girl, too. She's so sweet and loving and cuddly and I'm so attached to her already. The muscles in her ears haven't developed yet so when they're straight up, the tip flop over and its so fucking adorable. She climbs into our laps as soon as we sit down and when we're not, she's like our tail.

We were very careful when introducing her to Dot because it was crucial that the two of them got along. Delilah was actually afraid of Olive at first, she kept flinching away from her and hiding behind Casey and Grace. But after a few visits the two of them got comfortable together and now they're on the road to becoming besties.

Casey and Grace's house is real nice, I ain't gonna lie. They're still renting but the place they chose is on the outskirts of the city, only about fifteen or so minutes away from us. It's taking Delilah some time to get used to it but other than that, everything is kind of falling into place perfectly.

It was weird adjusting to life back in Seattle. It felt odd not having to worry about the next time Finn and I would have to say goodbye. When you're living the way we have been for so many years, it kind of feels like you're doing something wrong when you're not anymore. It felt like I was missing school or work, when I obviously wasn't. I think graduating and then moving within the span of 24 hours caught up to me.

But once I kind of got past that, I started to find a new routine. It's everything I could have wanted and more, that's for damn sure.

Poor Grace, though. She's lost it a little.