mediocre

part 4 - "just dinner and drinks?"

He sighed as he signed her jersey and smiled for the picture. She was wearing his jersey, but he wasn't even looking at her. His attention was still on Brooklyn, even while entertaining a fan.

"you okay?" Brooklyn asked, noticing how annoyed he looked.

Once he finished signing his jersey for the girl and taking a picture, he turned his attention back to you and gave you a relieved smile.

"Yeah brooke, I'm fine. Sorry about that." Keegan sighed.

He hated interacting with fans sometimes, especially when he was having a good time talking to someone, or even more especially, talking to a beautiful girl.

"okay. it's getting cold out here," Brooklyn responded, rubbing her arms.

He noticed the cold weather and looked at her. He could see Brooklyn shivering a bit and he wished he could wrap his arms around her and keep her warm.

Keegan didn't want to take the chance of losing sight of Brooklyn. The next time her saw him could be weeks or months from now. His heart raced.

"Well, I'd keep you warm myself, but I don't think you'd be into that."

He teased with a small smirk on his lips.

"and how would you know what I'd be into?" Brooklyn teased back.

Keegan's smirk turned into a smile. He liked the way she responded to him. It was flirty but not submissive or obsessed like most of his fans.

"You're right, sweetheart, I don't know. So why don't you tell me what you're into?"

He leaned closer a little, giving her his signature cocky smirk, but with a hint of softness to it.

"hmm, lemme think. dinner, maybe some drinks, head back to mine.." Brooklyn trails on.

Keegan raised his brows in surprise, but he also felt a wave of giddiness wash over him. Brooklyn was definitely not like other fans, but he loved that. He was so sick of fans who were obsessed, clingy and shallow.

Brooklyn sweet, kind, a good girl, and very blunt... but she was very sexy, especially when she spoke to him like that.

"Oh, so that's it? Just dinner and drinks? How boring."

He teased.

"well what did you have in mind?" Brooklyn asked.

Keegan wanted to say a lot of inappropriate things but he held his tongue, deciding to stay classy and respectful.

He cleared his throat before he spoke. "Well, I'm quite the generous guy on nights like this. If you were going to spend the night with me, I'd have to take you somewhere fancy for dinner. No dinner place would be good enough for you. Hm, maybe some cocktails at a high-end club... then spend the night at the top of a skyscraper hotel in the Presidential Suite of that hotel... and whatever comes after that."

"oh really?" Brooklyn smiled.

"If you're gonna be spending a night with a star, might as well live the life of luxury, right?" Keegan chuckled.

He admired her smile. He wondered if she knew just how beautiful her smile was and how much power she had over him.

"we better get to it then, it's getting late," Brooklyn says, checking her apple watch.

Keegan was shocked that her answer was basically yes. He wasn't expecting her to agree so quickly and willingly. But he was glad that she did.

His heart raced and he smiled, offering his arm to her.

"Well... shall we, sweetheart?"

"We shall," brooklyn replied, wrapping her hand around his arm.

Keegan walked with Brooklyn. Feeling her cling to his arm excited him, but a part of him was nervous that someone was gonna walk up and bother the two of them.

If not a fan, maybe one of his teammates.

He walked you out of the arena and took you to his car, a dark navy blue Mustang GT.

"nice car Russ," Brooklyn said, genuinely in shock. she was inlove with his car more than him.

"It's not a Ferrari or a Rolls Royce, but it gets the job done." Keegan chuckled. He opened the passenger side door for you, making sure you weren't cold this time.

"No I love it," she replied.

He walked over to the driver side and hopped right in, the car starting up with a soft roar.

"Just to clarify for the record, are you sure you wanna go for a night out with a guy you just met? I'm gonna treat you like a queen and spend money on you like it's never ending... but... you know. Just wanted to make sure you're sure."

"I'm in your car aren't I?" she laughs.

Keegan raised a brow and smiled at Her. That was a good reply. He liked that she wasn't just nodding and saying yes to everything he was asking. She knew how to give an answer that showed she wasn't a push over.

"You're sassy. I like it." He chuckled, placing his hand on the back of her seat as he reversed out of his parking spot, and started driving out of the parking lot.

"there's not much else to me im afraid," Brooklyn joked.

"I don't buy that, sweetheart. I think you're probably full of surprises." Keegan looked over at you, giving you a playful smile.

"you'll just have to wait and see," Brooklyn replied, looking at her phone.

He started driving and took her to the most fancy and expensive restaurant in the city. The entire building could be seen from the highway, it was big and made completely of glass.

He parked in the valet parking next to a Porsche 911, a Lamborghini Huracan and a few more expensive cars.

He came around and helped brooklyn out of the car, taking her hand and helping her walk inside. She could feel everyone staring at them when they walked in, or maybe they were just staring at Keegan.

He walked her up to the hostess, whispering something to the hostess. The hostess smiled and led them both to a private booth with the best view of the city.

"oh my god," Brooklyn says. absolutely shocked, this was the best view she'd ever seen.

"Pretty nice, eh? It's a private booth so you don't gotta deal with annoying tourists who wanna sneak a picture with me." Keegan smirked.

Keegan pulled out a seat for Brooklyn, offering for her to sit down. The private booth was lit up with candles and had a beautiful view of the city.

"way more than 'pretty nice' this is amazing," Brooklyn trails off, looking at the view, absolute mesmerised.

"Glad you like it, princess." Keegan chuckled.

Once they sat down, the waitress walked up with two menus and set them down on the table. She smiled at both of them, her eyes darting over to Keegan. She clearly wanted his attention.

Keegan didn't acknowledge her and instead kept his focus on Brooklyn.

Brooklyn smiled. She'd never been this excited or happy. she was literally getting princess treatment from the Keegan Russ.