Capturing the Wild: Hockey Romance

Chapter 15: Strike

Brayden

I couldn't help but feel a mixture of excitement and nerves as I walked into the bowling alley with my new teammates. Today is team bonding day, aka the day in which the entire Minnesota Wild roster cram into a bowling alley to play a few rounds and get to know each other. Although it's promoted as this big get to know each other activity, I think it is really just a mini media day for our social pages, to promote the team and get people excited for the upcoming season.

As we make our way into the bowling center, the familiar sounds of crashing pins and laughter fill the air. Eyes quickly scan over us as the entire team makes their way to our designated lanes. Even though we all have a certain caliber to our names, and a certain celebrity status, the bowling alley was not booked out as a private event, therefore there were many Minnesota locals gawking at us from their own lanes as we walked through the center.

"Look alive boys! It's showtime" Monroe announces as the first bowlers step up to the lanes.

"Yeah showtime! Hey pretty lady, make sure you get my good side: Rudy gestures toward Addison as she starts setting up her camera equipment and immediately taking photos for the team's instagram story. Addison's cheeks are flushed as she quickly glances down at her feet, embarrassed by Rudy's compliment... or even acknowledgement. I'm taking it that not many of the boys acknowledge the photographers very often. Take it they are usually ghosts and remain behind the scenes, but me, I am definitely taking interest in the photographers. Or at least one in particular. One who happens to be in a completely different country right now, and I can't help but wish that it was her flushed cheeks and brown eyes staring at us from behind the camera.

"Keep in your pants McKay" Mason snickers.

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The bowling competition begins and the banter among the guys gets louder with each passing second. Bowling with these guys is surprisingly fun. I mean if your version of 'fun' consists of sucking at bowling and the guys hasaling. I guess I do though cause there has been a smile on my face for the entire night.

For the remainder of the night the guys and I continued bowling and we couldn't help but notice the amount of girls pondering over us. Considering the bowling alley was full when we got here, it was only expected that more locals would have made their way to the center at the knowledge of potentially seeing an NHL player. Take it, I think I can speak on all of our behalf, at least the young single guys' behalf that we did not mind the attention. Rudy especially was eyeing up some pretty puck bunnies, and I think he managed to collect a few numbers in the time that we were here. According to him this was babe heaven. If you asked me I barely noticed anyone though. I don't know if it was because I was concentrating on the bowling or the fact that I had a particular rookie in my head, but I was completely oblivious to the constant glares and flirty eyes from the girls around me. Actually scratch that, I was definitely not concentrating on bowling. 

In any other circumstance I would be all over these girls. I would most likely be flirting with one for the entire event, or maybe a few, and take one back to the house with me by the end of it, but it's not any other circumstance. I don't feel a damn thing for any of these girls, how could I when yesterday I spent the entire day with Brooks and had a hard-on at nearly everything she did. When she got all flushed when she noticed the boys, when she sat on the counter and her short legs dangled, when she fell into my side while watching the boys play video games - without argument I might add. HOT. I don't think there is a bigger turn on than when your chick gets along with the boys, and although we aren't dating, seeing Brooks get along with the guys could make me hard on the spot. 

I I was slightly pissed that she didn't end up back in my bed by the end of the night, but either way, I was still hung up on the girl. I know that I don't do girlfriends, and now that I am in the NHL I can basically get any pussy that I want... but I might need to rethink this whole thing. For fuck sake I haven't even kissed her yet, let alone sleep with her and I was already considering giving up all other tits and ass to have a chance with her. I didn't expect this to happen at all or anything, but the more I talk to Brooks, the more I learn about her and the more I want to learn everything about her.