pretty boy - quinn hughes

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QUINN'S POV

Elias and Quinns apartment

"You sleeping lex?" I asked her. She had gone quiet a few minutes ago while I was telling her stories about my brothers and I when we were little.

She had texted me an hour or so earlier saying that she couldn't sleep, so I offered to call her and talk to her till she fell asleep. I knew this trick worked like a charm since I did it to Luke all the time. Ever since we were little he had trouble falling asleep and after I moved away for hockey he would text me late at night when he couldn't sleep.

I hung up the call with Lexie and double checked to make sure my alarm was set for tomorrow morning. Shutting my light off, I rolled over and got comfortable before falling asleep.

My alarm woke me up the next morning at 7:30am. I got up to turn it off before getting out of bed to get dressed and head to the rink. Elias and I always eat breakfast at the rink on game days, which also gave us at least an extra hour of sleep.

I knocked on Elias' door to make sure he was up before grabbing my keys and walking out of the apartment. We decided to take my car to the morning practice, so Elias was on aux.

The Rink

We arrived at the rink at 8am, walking in to grab our breakfast. On game days we were given lots of fresh fruits and eggs for protein. Boeser and Kuzmenko were already on the ice warming up and practicing, so Elias and I went to go get changed and meet them. Normally I would skate for a little bit before going to the weight room to lift a bit. I finished off my morning by sitting in the hot tub and then eating some lunch.

I talked to some teammates for a bit about the game later, before heading off to get some advice from our coach. I liked to get tips on game days so I could improve myself as much as possible before the game.

I did some media with the team before heading home to mentally prepare for the game. Elias and I grabbed some protein smoothies on the way home, something that has become a tradition of ours.

"So are you ever going to tell me who the girl is" Elias asked me.

I laughed at his comment before shaking my head, "maybe one day Petey" I told him.

Elias and Quinns apartment

We parked in the parking garage and went up to our place, talking about how to beat the panthers later. For the past two times we had played them they had beat us, so this win was important.

I sat down in the couch to give myself some time to chill and go on my phone, but most importantly text Jack and talk to him before the game, just like we always do.

private messages
rowdy

rowdy
hey dude, good luck later

quinn
thanks
hows everything in jersey

rowdy
good
hows the girl

quinn
what girl

rowdy
alexandra
the one tagged on the Canucks account

quinn
what about her

rowdy
you have liked all of her pictures basically

quinn
so what

rowdy
is this the girl you have been hooking up with

quinn
maybe

rowdy
dude she's hot
tell me more

quinn
we haven't had sex
she's super smart
and funny

rowdy
woah
no sex?

quinn
we haven't had time I guess

rowdy
dude since when
this ones different

quinn
I like being around her
she doesn't do commitment

rowdy
change that then

quinn
I'll try my best
talk to u later rowdy

I put on my suit and made my hair look nice before meeting up with Petey and going down to the car. Since I drove to practice he offered to drive to the game, which I gladly said yes to. We listened to our pre-game playlist and sang along to some of our favourite songs.

The Rink

We pulled up to the rink and took some photos for media, before going into the locker room to change. I saw Lexie talking to some photographers, who gave me a pretty smile when she saw me walk by. Kuzy and I hit the ice at the same time for warmups, throwing some pucks over for fans, and sticks from Kuzy. Tonight he traded his stick for a banana. 

I grabbed a puck on my way out and brought it into the locker room with me, earning a couple confused looks from my teammates. When it was time for pre-game interviews I brought it with me in my pocket, so I could give it to Lexie. 

She was standing interviewing my teammate Åman, when she saw me come up. Lexie finished off her interview and came over to say hi. 

"Thanks for last night" she said. 

"Anytime lex, I actually have something for you". 

"Oh god, do you have my underwear again" she said laughing. 

I reached my hand into my pocket and pulled out the puck I had taken for her. Lexies eyes lit up when she saw it, with her face slowly getting red.

"You got me a puck" she said smiling.

"Yeah, I don't really know why but it felt right" I told her.

She looked around making sure nobody was watching, before giving me a quick kiss. 

"Thank you Hughes, now go get ready for your game".