Hustle and Heart

Ch.10

*Brianna's POV*
I woke up Tuesday morning completely stressed out... I had a game at 8 and a date with Carey at 4. I didn't know how I was going to fit everything in my schedule. It was 8 in the morning now and I have practice at 9. I just quickly packed all of my hockey stuff and threw on some athletic shorts and a hoodie with my Nikes. I had a lot of time to kill, so I decided on driving to Starbucks. I wasn't going to invite any of my teammates because in all honesty I needed a break. I needed to take my time to think about everything. I quickly shot a text to Ben, on my where abouts and that I would see him at practice. I ordered my usual large passion tea lemonade and a chocolate biscuit. Since I was in Montreal, I was hearing a mix of different languages. All of the sudden, I got a text from Carey. It read...

"Hey, change of plans. Since there is a game tonight, how about I meet you after the game and we go somewhere?"

This makes things so much easier! I quickly responded, a little to anxiously.

Hey! Yea that works perfectly for me! What should I wear?

Within maybe 3 minutes, I got an answer.

Something very casual and comfortable!

I read over the text and just responded with a quick okay can't wait! I can't believe that I will be going out with THE Carey Price. The only problem? How was I supposed to keep this little secret between him and myself... Also, how will I keep this from my own brother? I honestly didn't know...
***
I got out of practice at around 10:30 and I was extremely tired. I was packing up my things when Tyler came over to me...
"Hey, are you free tonight after the game?"
"Uh actually I'm not... Sorry.
How about tomorrow in Tampa?" I said a little unsure.
"Uh yea! That works perfectly!" Tyler said obviously a little excited, "I'll see you tonight!" I just smiled and nodded. I walked out of the locker room, when all of the sudden I was stopped by Coach.
"Hey, I know you haven't been very confident with yourself lately in practice but I want you to know that I expect a lot today. No slacking. At least 2 goals from you tonight, got it?" Coach said obviously a little annoyed.
"Got it Coach! I'll will try my hardest!" I said, just wanting to go back to the hotel.
"You won't 'try', you will." Coach said, determined. Once again, I just simply nodded my head and continued making my way out of the arena.
***
It's about 4 hours later and all I've done is lay in bed and text Carey. Throughout those 4 hours, we learned so much about each other. We talked about our families and were we grew up and overall it was just amazing! I was quickly interrupted when Ben came running into the room with Kucherov and Steven right behind him.
"What have you been doing all day?!" Ben said.
"Uh, I've been laying here, in this bed for about 4 hours." I said a little confused.
"Well, get up, get dressed. We are going out for dinner." Steven said. I, however rolled my eyes at this. I was definitely not getting up and going anywhere, until the game tonight.
"Oh get up!" Kucherov said.
"NO." I said clearly getting annoyed. I looked up to three buff hockey players giving me the puppy eyes. I groaned and got out of bed and made my way to the bathroom. However, before I closed the door I said,
"Oh how I hate you guys!"
***
After dinner, we went to the mall in Montreal. We really didn't do anything and we were starting to get death glares so we decided on leaving and going back to the hotel to get ready for tonight. Once, we got to the hotel, I ran to the elevator to get everything ready. I grabbed my gear and through on a black dress with neon yellow heels. (Outfit above). My hair was already curled from yesterday so I grabbed my Céline bag and made my way out of the door. I jumped into my car and made my way to the arena.
***
We ended up beating Montreal 6-2. We lead the series with 2 wins. I quickly showered and reapplied my makeup. I comb through my hair and hoped it would dry nicely. I got all of my stuff together, and made my way to my rental car. I was told by Carey to meet him in the back of the arena and that was were I was. I waited about another 10 minutes, getting clearly annoyed, I got into my car and turned on the engine. Just then I see the back door shut and a figure making his way towards my car. Once the man got closer I saw that it was Carey. He quickly greeted me with a hug and a kiss on the cheek. I was trying to hide my blush but obviously failed when Carey pointed it out.
"You're cute when you blush." He said with a wink. "Well where too first?" He asked.
"Well don't you have something planned?" I said.
"Oh yea, I definitely do. Through text though you said you wanted to change before our date." He said.
"Oh yea! Well I have to go to my hotel, so I'll park the car across the street and put my bag away and I'll change!" I said.
"Okay sounds good." He said with a smile. We then made our way to the hotel in comfortable silence.

*Authors note*
Thank you to everyone who has viewed and read my story! It means a lot!