The Hockey Life - A Patrick Kane Fanfic

Part Sixteen - Happy New Year

PART SIXTEEN: HAPPY NEW YEAR

When I got home I immediately changed into work out clothes. Tess and I hadn’t gone to the gym in a while, but we wanted to spend the last day of the year feeling strong and healthy. We took her car and got a good cardio and weights workout session in. By the time we got home, it was time to start getting ready. Tess called dibs on the shower before I could, so I ate a snack of apple slices and peanut butter while I waited for her to get done. When she got out of the bathroom we switched places and she finished off my snack.

“You ate the rest of my apples?” I questioned her, walking into the kitchen in a towel.

“You weren’t eating them,” Tess replied.

“I was in the shower! I wasn’t going to eat in there!”

“Your loss, then.”

“Well, you finished them, so you get to wash the plate,” I decided. It wasn’t a very good punishment, but it would have to work.

Tess and I crammed into the bathroom together, attempting to get ready at the same time. Our tiny bathroom didn’t make the situation very easy, but we had gotten used to the small size of it. While she did her hair, I did my makeup and vice versa. When we were done with that, we put our dresses on. We had to zip each other’s dresses up and once we had all our jewelry and our shoes on, we looked at ourselves in our mirrors.

“Damn, we look good,” Tess decided. “Look at you! You look so tiny in that dress!” she said. She was right. Both of our dresses hugged our bodies and made us look amazing.

“So do you!” I told her.

“There’s going to be trouble tonight!” she answered.

“What do you mean?”

“You’ve got two guys after you already. With the way you look tonight, they’re going to be fighting for you for sure,” she explained. As appealing as that could be, I didn’t even want to think about it.

“I’d rather they didn’t. I’d like to end the year on a good note.”

“Whatever. Are you ready to go, then?” she asked. I nodded, so we grabbed our purses and headed out.

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Jonathan Toews lived in a spacious apartment on the other side of the city. When we got there, we were amazed at it. I think we had forgotten how much money athletes earned a year until we saw where he lived.

“Hey, welcome to the House of Toews,” Patrick Kane said, greeting us at the door.

“Stop answering the door for me Kaner,” Jonathan scolded him, pushing him out of the doorway. “Hey guys, sorry about him. He’s just naturally that annoying. Come on in,” he said to us. Tess and I walked into the apartment and he closed the door behind us. We had arrived on time, but it seemed like the party had been going on for a few hours. There were a lot of people there already, including most of the team and possibly some of Jonathan’s friends. No other interns had arrived yet.

“Do you guys want a tour?” he asked.

“Sure!” Tess answered for the both of us.

“Alright, let’s go then. Corey’s on door duty,” he said.

He gave us a quick tour, showing us the kitchen, bathroom, bedrooms, etc. I decided that I wouldn’t mind moving in with him, but I knew that was Tess’ job, so I didn’t say anything.

By the time we went back to the main living room area, a lot more people had showed up, including the rest of the interns. I said hello to all of them, even Puck Bunny, who gave me attitude like always.