I swung into the dressing room, calling out as I did so.
"Good job boys." I smiled, pulling on my own skates and borrowing a stick. "You mind?"
"Go nuts." Matt nodded.
I smiled, pecked his cheek and almost ran for the rink, knocking down a puck so I could play around, the lights were still on and few people milled around. I plugged my headphones in an started a few drills.
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"You good?" Gabe asked as I walked back into the locker room.
"Yeah, I feel good. I miss it." I confessed, stretching my arms over my head.
"Sign up?" Jamie said.
"I've already got volleyball too." I replied.
"Do both." Matt laughed.
"Only if you work out with me, I'm slacking lately." I replied, twirling my skates around my finger.
"Deal, tomorrow at ten jogging." He stated.
"See ya then." I replied, glancing over at Gabe. "Night."
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I brushed my teeth, dancing slightly to Without Me by Eminem then spit and tied my hair back, checking to make sure I locked the door and started to climb the stairs as my phone rang.
I sat on the stairs and pulled it from my waist band, holding it up to my ear.
"Hey?" I asked.
"I'm outside, open the door?" Gabe said from the other end.
I laughed and put the phone on the step, opening the door and leaning on it.
"What are you doing?" I asked, rubbing my arms.
"Come on, I wanna show you something." He smiled.
"It's midnight." I laughed.
"Come on." I rolled my eyes and slipped my feet into my boots, shutting the door behind me. "What is it?"
He tugged on my hand, the headlights from his car shining on the road, the flurries of snow causing everything to be hazy. He reached inside and flicked them off and pulled me onto the hood with him.
"Look." He whispered, wrapping his arms around me as I leaned into his chest.
I tilted my head up, the stars barely visible through the trees and the clouds, the snow still falling. I pulled the sweater I had on tighter around myself.
Gabe pulled off his jacket and draped it over me like a blanket, "You're gonna be cold."
"I'm not cold." He replied, his lips brushing my ear.
"It's so pretty." I whispered. "Can we go back inside though?"
He laughed, then cradled me to his chest before slipping off the car and carrying me inside.
"Goof." I laughed.
"Beautiful." He replied.
I hung up he's jacket, scooped my phone from the stair and lead him up to my room, slipping under the covers and moving over. I opened one of his arms and curled into his side, running my thumb over his jaw.
"I have to shave." He mumbled.
"No, it's cute." I smiled.
He raised a brow and nuzzled my neck, his scruffy chin leaving beard burn along my collarbone.
"Stop it tickles!" I laughed.
"Night babe." He laughed, brushing his lips over mine.
"Night loser."
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I tied my running shoes and pulled my hair back as I put on a t-shirt and sports bra, grabbing my headphones and cellphone.
"Where are you going?" Gabe asked sleepily.
"Work out. See ya later." I smiled, pecking his forehead.
"Your ass looks good in those track pants." He called after me.
"Your face looks good when you don't shave." I yelled back.
I slipped out the door and pulled my ankle back, stretching out my legs and then my back as Matt pulled into the driveway.
"Ready?" He smiled.
"Let's go." I smirked.
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We ran for two hours, ending up at the arena even as the guys poured into the dressing room. My energy level was disappering, fast and I had already lost most of the clothes I had started with.
"Come on, twenty more." Matt cheered.
I could feel all eyes on me as Dark Horse played loud, the bass shaking the room as I pulled myself up, over and over again, my arms shaking the sweat slowly dripping it's way down my stomach.
Gabe POV
Matt had Raiyne doing pull ups, she was tired and drained, all the muscles in her back and arms straining as she kept up the steady movements. Sweat slipped it's way down her toned stomach, landing at the waist band of her spandex shorts.
"Burpees." Jamie smirked as she landed shakily on the ground.
She glared, jumped and fell into the push up, doing it over and over again, then laid on her back, chest rising and falling as she did bicycle sit ups.
"She's a beast." Ryan laughed along with the song.
"Damn." I laughed.
"Am I done yet?" She asked.
"1 minute plank, then put on your gear."
Raiyne held herself flat, and above the ground her knuckles going white as she struggled to keep the plank.
"Three, two, one." Matt counted down and she let herself flop to the ground.
He tossed her a water bottle and she drank it in a few long gulps, then stretched out again.
"I gotta take a shower, I have work in an hour." Raiyne half whispered. "Then volleyball tonight, hockey tryouts tomorrow and then more volleyball."
"You're gonna die." Jamie laughed, tossing her a towel.
"I'm staying healthy." She replied, disappearing.
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"Shit!" Raiyne exclaimed, clutching the towel around herself.
"You're going to work like that? Can I visit?"Jamie smiled, tugging the towel as she walked past, earning a solid punch. "Jerk."
"Perv." She shot back. "The great thing is, I can wear jerseys to work." She hopped into a pair of jeans and pulled on her boots before taking a look around, "Who do I get to rep today?"
