One in 2330 ~ Connor Bedard Love Story

17. Would You Ever Date Someone on the Sens?

"Hey Rids," I smiled, closing the door behind me. Rids got out of his car with a smile on his face and made his way over to me.

"Hey, Soph," Rids greeted me, pulling me into a hug. "You excited to watch Oppenheimer?"

"Yeah, but I will warn you that Brady is most likely staring at you right now through the curtains of the front window to make sure that you're not doing anything." I warned as the two of us made our way towards his car.

"What do you mean by that?" Rids questioned, opening the car door for me. 

"Well, he thinks that we're going on a date right now, and you know how serious he is about me not dating any of his teammates." I shrugged, the two of us hopping into the car.

"Would you ever date a Senator?" Rids asked me curiously.

"Honestly, Rids, I don't now." I sighed, not really sure where this conversation was going. "Personally, it would take a lot to get me to date anyone for that matter, but there are maybe like a few people that might actually give a chance."

"Like who?"

"I- wait. Why do you want to know?" 

"Just curious," he shrugged. 

"Well, I don't really know. I haven't really thought about this a lot." I said. "But if I had to date someone, I'd probably go with you, Timmy, Pints, Moosey, Rowdy, Jake, Connor, Kev or Alex." The only reason I would ever date any of them was because they were all pretty close to me and I knew that they were all really great people, so, why not? But as I reviewed the list over in my head, I realised who I had named first, causing a slight blush to go to my face. I just hoped that he didn't catch it. 

"Soph, I'm sorry, but who exactly is Moosey and Rowdy?" Rids wondered, looking very confused.

"Oh, that's just Jack and Luke," I told him, chuckling slightly. "Those are just nicknames that I gave them a few years back. Luke's Moosey, Jack's Rowdy and Quinn's Huggy."

"Why did you give them those names?"

"Well, Luke has always wanted to come to Canada and visit all of the moose here, Jack's just striaght up crazy, and Quinn always gives the best hugs."

"I thought you didn't like hugs." Rids reminded me. 

"Yeah, but certain people are okay, like you, my brothers, the Hughes brothers, a few of my teammates back home and a few people on the Panthers." I shrugged.

Eventually, Rids had pulled up to the cinema and we had gotten a large bucket of popcorn, found our seats and watched the movie.

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"That was incredible!" I exclaimed as soon as we exited the theater. 

"Yeah, I'm surprised that it was so good." Rids replied as the two of us made our way back to his car.

"Rids, come on." I said with an incredulous look. "The director is freaking Christopher Nolan! The movie was bound to be nothing but perfect!" 

"Whatever you say, Soph," Rids chuckled before taking off towards the restaurant we were going to. 

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I think that was one of the best dinners I've ever had. Not because it was really super fancy or anything like that, but because I got to spend it with one of my closest friends, only behind Luke and Timmy. 

Eventually it was time for me to head back as it was getting quite late, but a part of me didn't want to leave. I had such a great time tonight, and even though the tiniest part of me was wishing that it was a date, I was nonetheless grateful that I got to spend this time with Rids.

"This was very nice, Rids. Thank you," I smiled, getting out of his car and making my way back to the entrance of Brady's house. 

"I'm glad you enjoyed it, Soph. Have a good night," Rids replied, giving me one last hug before turning around to head back to his car.

"You too," 

I opened the door to the house and was just about to go in when I heard Rids calling out my name again.

"Wait! Soph!" Rids shouted, grabbing my wrist, stopping me from going any further.

I turned around, confused, only to be mere inches away from Rids' face. 

I didn't know what to do as I didn't want to move, so opted for simply staring into his eyes. His eyes were such a deep shade of brown that they almost looked black at first glance. But when you looked deeper, you noticed the gold flecks near his irises and the amber hues that highlighted his eyes. 

The two of us simply stared at each other for so long, that I didn't know if anything was going to happen until Brady came out looking for me to make sure I didn't get kidnapped. My stomach did a few flips and my heart fluttered slightly for some reason, but I didn't really know why. I finally thought that something was going to happen when I saw Rids lean in slightly, but almost as quickly as that happened, he stopped and pulled away.

"I-I'm so sorry, I-I don't know what that was." Rids apologised, face flushed. 

"It's fine, Rids," I replied, chuckling and smiling slightly. "Was there something you wanted to say, or did you just want to stare into my eyes?"

"No, um... actually, I was just wondering if you were going to be flying to Sweden with us tomorrow." Rids said awkwardly.

"Yes, Rids, I'll be coming to Sweden with you guys." I chuckled. 

"Oh-okay, good, good," Rids mumbled. To him or me, I'm not sure, but it was funny.

Taking a deep breath and mustering up all of the courage that I had and went up onto my tiptoes and placed a light kiss to his cheek. "Good night, Ridly," I whispered before giving him one last smile and walking into the house.

"Good night, Sophie," I heard him reply before I softly closed the door behind me.

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A/n

So...................... what'd you guys think?

I know this chapter probably isn't something you were expecting, or what you'd prefer, but it is all part of the plot, and I hope you guys will stay with me as I develop this story, but if you want to leave and just read something else, I understand. 

This entire chapter was just a whole bunch of fluff and was solely because I needed to develop the relationship between Sophie and Ridly.

If any of you guys actually liked this chapter and want something like this later in the book, send me a message with some ideas and I'll try to work them into the book, but only if it falls into place with the story line. 

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I hope you guys liked this chapter, and I'll probably have the next chapter up by the end of the day on Sunday, as I usually write fast on the weekend.

-Skylor