Washington Capitals Love Triangle

Chapter 11 - New Competitor

Mika's POV

He was about 6 feet, which of course towered over me. I'm pretty sure he is one of the players for the Capitals but I didn't know his name. Nothing came to mind.

"Hi, your Mika right?" he asked.

"Uhh yeah, that's me and you are?"

He looked stunned probably because I didn't recognize him at all. I saw from the corner of my eye that Tom was walking back over towards us. He approached us and did a handshake with the person in front of me. That makes sense that they would be friends.

"Hey Latta, what's up?" Tom said.

I looked up at Tom waiting for him to introduce us but he didn't. I thought he would want to introduce me to his friends but I guess not. I took the initiative and introduced myself.

"Hi Latta, nice to meet you. Do you live in the building?" I said.

They both laughed and looked at each other then back at me. 

"We're roommates" Tom said. I nodded in response since he didn't introduce me to him. 

"I probably should get back home." I started to turn away but Tom grabbed my wrist and turned me around to look into his eyes.

"Don't you want to come up to our place?" he asked.

"I'm fine", I probably said that a little too harsh but he saw that I wanted to leave.

"I'll walk you out."

I said goodbye to Latta and we both started walking towards the doors not saying anything to each other. He finally spoke up and broke the silence.

"I'm sorry I didn't introduce you to Latta, he is known to go for a lot of girls and I didn't want him to know you personally only professionally." 

I realized that he didn't want to "share" me in a sense. I could see why but he shouldn't be so hostile about it. We reached the doors and we stood there looking at each other.

"So thanks for the ride today" he said.

"Your welcome, and I can make it to my car from here, and I will pick you up tomorrow at 9." He looked up at me trying to see why I had to pick him up. After about a minute I finally told him.

"I have to pick you up since your car is at the Verizon center since I drove you back here with your crutches."

He did the 'oh yeah' kind of face. I was thinking to myself how handsome he really was, hopefully he didn't see me staring at him but I couldn't help it. His hair always seems to fall in a perfect place every time he put his hand through his hair. In that instant I wanted him to kiss me but I literally just met him a couple days ago but there was a connection that I hope he felt as well.

It's been a couple of minutes already and I didn't want it to become anymore awkward so I told him I was leaving.

"Goodnight Mika, be careful on the roads" he said. I turned away to start towards my car and he yelled out "see you tomorrow!" I raised my hand and waved to him without saying a word.

I looked back to see if he was still there and he was about to walk through the doors when our eyes met and we both broke the connection.

I almost reached my car when someone caught my hand and entangled their fingers with mine. I looked down at our hands and I looked up to meet the eyes of Latta. I could see flares of desire within them. Something inside me made me feel like I should run and get in the car and that I should be afraid. 

"Hey I forgot to say goodbye, and I was wondering if you wanted to go to my car to get something." he said inching closer to me until our bodies touched. I felt his heat through my shirt and of course his six-pack was tensing under my touch of my shirt. I had a feeling that an adventure to his car wasn't just going to get something but the windows might be foggy if you catch my drift.