Limelight Love Story

7. Team Spirit

Tim's entire back was freezing cold where he was laying on the floor of the ice rink, but the whole front of his body was scorching hot where Lucy was on top of him. She kissed him. REALLY kissed him.

Then, she said, "Crap, I shouldn't have done that," and withdrew slightly.

But, he did not waste a second before he reached for her cheek and rasped, "Yeah, you should've. Come here," before diving back into her lips again. There was a moment where Lucy seemed to hesitate and did not really react to his mouth's movements, and just when Tim decided to stop, she hooked a finger under his chin and sucked on his bottom lip.

When all the oxygen escaped her lungs, Lucy realized that she let herself get lost in him again despite the fact that she had panicked and pulled away a few minutes before. "Tim," she groaned.

"Yeah," he whispered and kissed the corner of her mouth.

"Tim, I..." she waited for him to look at her. "I need to talk to you."

"Okay." Tim tucked some hair behind her ear and settled his hands on the small of her back as he waited for her to speak.

Lucy checked her surroundings and saw Wes and Aaron standing in the stands of the arena looking down at them. "Somewhere more private."

"Alright, but you'll have to get off of me first."

"You have to let go of me first," she smirked.

He angled his head, said, "One sec," kissed her quickly, and then dropped his arms away.

Not yet able to fully balance herself on the ice, she wobbled as she tried to stand. Just when she thought she would fall, Lucy felt his hand steadying her. Together, they skated to the exit holding each other close. She watched him gather his gear that he had tossed into the seats to keep them out of the ice rink as she sat down to untie the laces of her ice skates.

"I need to shower and change. You can wait for me in the locker room," Tim said.

"I'll wait outside."

"You sure?"

"Mhm," Lucy hummed.

She was rigid and acting oddly, but he assumed it had something to do with what they needed to talk about that was so important it got in the way of them making out on the ice forever. "I won't be long."

Wes and Aaron clamored over to her as Lucy tried to exit the L.A. Kings' practice facility.

"I gotta admit, I'm a total hopeless romantic, and can I just say, you're so cute together," Aaron mused.

"Very cute and very in love," Wes said pointedly.

"Don't tell Angela about...that," Lucy knew there was someone present who was unaware of the true nature of her relationship with Tim, so she could not say much else.

"Already did," Wes smiled.

"So did all my followers," Aaron added.

"Your followers?" Lucy froze.

"Uhh my followers and anyone else who joined the Instagram live. I can't believe I'm the first person to get something of you two kissing," Aaron grinned.

Lucy wanted to say it was their first kiss, so of course there was no other footage of her making out with Tim anywhere, but she refrained to keep the secret of her arrangement and instead played with her wedding band that felt heavier somehow. "We're very private," was the explanation she offered.

"So, I shouldn't have gone live on Instagram?" Aaron winced.

"I guess it's fine. We are in the public eye, so those things are bound to happen," Lucy shrugged. Media attention had become unavoidable. She felt her phone buzz and saw messages from Angela and Tamara that she had no interest in reading; she assumed they were both teasing her...and Lucy was right. "It's cold in here. I'm going outside to wait for Tim."