Hustle and Heart

Ch. 16

*skip to game 6 against Montreal*
*Brianna's POV*
We are nearing the finals of round 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals. The past two games have been in favor for Montreal but we are still leading. Tonight if we win, we move on. Montreal is definitely a tough team but I'm not letting anything ruin our Stanley Cup chance. But you're probably wondering, what about Carey? Well I still love him and I'll always will. For my teams sake however, I can't think about him. Tyler and I have gone on a few more dates and it's been pretty great. We've kissed... I felt nothing. I've been looking at a few different apartments and I've finally made the decision to move out after the playoffs are over. This apartment is nice, 2 rooms and 2 bathrooms. It's perfect for one person or maybe even two one day... Tonight is Game 6 and we plan on winning. It's 4pm and the game is at 8, so I decided on inviting Andrea out for an early dinner. The whole time we were there, we just talked about life and hockey. Once we were done with dinner, we headed home so I could start getting ready for the game. We got home at 5:30 and I went straight to my room to start getting ready. I took a quick shower and I blowed dried my hair afterwards. I started my makeup with my usual makeup look and went on to loosely curling my hair. Once I was done with all this, I went to go pick out my outfit. I decided on a very business like outfit consisting of black dress pants, a black tank top turtle neck and some blue heels. Once I was all ready, I packed my hockey bag and went downstairs to wait for Ben. Once we were both all ready to go, we jumped into the car to make our way to the Amalie Arena.
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It was the last minute of the game and we were winning by 3. We were going to the next round of the playoffs. I couldn't even express how happy I was with my playing and the teams playing. The last buzzer of the game went off, signaling that the game was over. I jumped from my seat on the bench and went straight to the ice to celebrate with my team. Once we were done with our little celebration, we started our line to congratulate the Montreal players. I was in my usual spot in between Tyler and Nik, going down and shaking all the players hands. Then I saw him... There was Carey, towards the end of the line. He had just gotten done with shaking Ben's hand and he was coming closer then I expected. It was rude not too shake his hand so I decided I would just do it quickly. He was right there...
"Good game." I said while trying to move on to the next player.
"Hey wait... Come on Bree. Talk to me please." He said while pulling me closer so that only I could hear. He hand a firm grip on my hand and I definitely didn't want to let go.
"Carey I..." I was interrupted by Tyler pulling me away from Carey. He pushed me forward onto the next player. I stumbled a little before just moving on. However, before I moved on I could distinctively hear Tyler say...
"Hey don't touch her. Got it?" I couldn't believe him... I continued shaking each players hand, still trying to process what just happened between Carey and I. I needed to see him... I couldn't do this anymore, I need him. Once I was done with all the staff, teammates, and coaches, I waved my stick in the the air along with my team. We went straight to the locker room after this, celebrating the win. Most of the guys were talking to there girlfriends or wives and the singles just talked amongst themselves. Once I was done with getting all ready, I made my way towards the visitors locker room. I didn't know what I would say or how we would react, all I know is that I need to see him. I waited and talked to a few people that I knew, when all of the sudden I saw Dustin Tokarski come out of the locker room along with PK.
"What are you doing here?" PK asked me.
"Um..." I was interrupted by Dustin.
"Yea, this is the visitor section. I think you're lost." He said.
"Um I'm sorry... I'll just..." I saw Carey. He was coming towards me and I had to react fast.
"Im really sorry. I was looking for Ben and I must of not realized where I was going." I said while picking up my hockey bag. I looked back and saw a hurt look on his face. I knew this was a bad idea...

*Authors note*
Sorry it's kinda short but I needed to post this chapter so I could start working on the next one.