Off the Ice |D. Brassard|

Chapter 9

Gianna's POV

Derick drops me off at Step's apartment building at aroud 10:30pm. As he walks me to the elevator, he leans down and kisses me.

"I'm sorry." He says quickly.

"Why?" I ask him, confused.

"I wanted to do that all night, but I'm not supposed to be doing that." He explains.

"Well Ryan doesn't have to know, I mean, he trusted you today to not try to pull something." I tell him.

"That's true, but if he finds out, we're both screwed." He reminds me.

I take a deep breath before leaning up and kissing him again.

"I take it as though you don't care about what your brother would do to the two of us." He says, laughing.

"I don't care at all, because Ry is like that. He tries to scare potential boyfriends off but if I'm happy, he doesn't do anything." I tell Derick, remembering the many times he tried that.

"But this time it's different, I'm his teammate and I'm also close to 10 years older than you." He reminds me.

I take a moment to think about the possible consequences.

"I mean, we could hide it." I blurt out, not meaning to.

"What do you mean?" He asks me.

"I mean if we were to have any relationship, I think we would be able to hide it for at least the next 6 months until I'm off-limits." I explain.

He says nothing, just nods before kissing me again.

We check the time, 10:47pm.

"Want me to walk you up?" Derick asks, grabbing my hand. I nod.

I press the elevator button, the doors open seconds later.

"Can I ask you something?" He asks, to which I nod.

"Would you be interested in hiding a relationship?" He asks me, flashing a 1000 wat smile.

"I would like that, Mr. Brassard." I tell him, kissing him quickly.

"Woah." We both say at the same time, him answering my question as to if he felt that or not.

The doors open and we let go of each other's hand, walking down to Step's apartment.

I take my keys out of my bag. I see that Derick is taking something out of his own bag. A sweater. He hands the red and grey zip-up to me.

"What's this for?" I ask him.

"I was supposed to give this to you earlier, but you didn't get cold." He explains.

I giggle and shrug it over my shoulders, sleeves way too long for my arms.

"Thank you." I whisper, opening the door.

Derick pulls me into a tight hug, kissing my forehead before letting go and allowing me to step into the apartment.

He turns around as I close the door.

"How was your day?" Step asks from behind me, making me jump.

"It was amazing, thank you!" I say, hugging him.

"Someone is in a good mood!" He cooes. I nod and laugh at him.

I jog into my room and change into pajamas, putting his sweater back on.

"Wanna watch Newsies? I know how you love that movie." Step says, sitting down in front of the DVD player.

"Is that a question anymore?" I ask him, sarcastically.

He laughs and puts in the disc. He gets up and goes into the kitchen to make some popcorn and grab some cans of soda.

My phone vibrates.

(A/N BOLD IS DERICK ITALICS IS GIANNA)

Hey sweetheart, whatcha up to?

Not much, about to watch Newsies with Step, hbu cutie

About to watch some reruns of Friends with Zuccy haha

Awhh I'd love to talk more but the movie is starting, I'll text you after though <3

Okay :( <33333

I smile and put my phone away as Step sits down next to me on the couch, pulling a blanket over us.

I swear I've seen this movie enough times to actually know all the musical numbers AND the blocking.

The prologue starts, which I speak with.

Step groans. He's gonna be in for a long night.

A/N Hey guys! Sorry about the delay in chapters, I had prom Saturday night and I'm getting ready for graduation. But I hope you enjoyed the chapter and leave your feedback! I'm gonna ask you guys to check out my Corey Crawford story, You're Worth It. Thanks! Byeeeeee