True Grit on The Ice

Chapter 8 Just trying to deal....

Walking from MSG Evy was still trying to figure out what just happened and for that matter why did it happen. She was never like the other girls that hockey players would meet she wasn't voluptuous like the other girls she's seen them with nor will she be the leggy redhead that Brandon was actually dating. It hurt her; it was a blow to her ego to know that she wasn't good enough for him. She never thought she could be hurt like this, the other woman no one not even her enemies would think she would be the other woman.

Evy looked down the street and saw the diner where they had just had breakfast and it hurt her to know that they had been so happy there. As Evy made her way up to her room she realized how stupid she sounded rather how melodramatic she being now when it was just a one night stand. Walking into her room she dropped her bag and flopped onto her bed, closing her eyes trying to forget what had already happened today; the day wasn't even over yet. All of a sudden she was assaulted by memories of the previous night, it didn't help that she was in the bed she shared with him. The memories made her break down, for the next hour she cried out her anger, betrayal and sadness at everything that had happened today.

Picking herself up off the bed she grabbed some clothes and moved towards the bathroom to take a shower that would undoubtedly relax her body but not quite her mind. Turning the shower on as hot as she could she turned to the counter and lit a scented lavender candle before stepping into the steaming shower. As the water cascaded down her body washing away the hurt and Brandon off her body she began to feel better. Even in the shower memories of the night before intruded into her thoughts as she showered. Any time she touched her body it was like an extension of Brandon's hand, she couldn't find relief anywhere. Evy leaned against the side of the shower wall and closed her eyes, to just try and forget. The door slamming broke into Evy's shower sleep, started she looked around trying to figure out what was happening. She turned around to turn off the shower and then stepped out and toweled off.

"Evy are you in there?"

"Yeah I'll be out in a little bit," she paused "what do you need?"

"Nothing I just wanted to tell you how much fun I had yesterday and today. Thank you!" Ella leaned against the door and sighed you could feel the happiness exude off her body; it hurt Evy and made her feel like a bad friend also.

"Your welcome."

"I had so much fun I just hung out with the hockey players, one of them Brian and I talked all night long." She sighed once again her exhilaration coming through the door. "Can you hurry up in there I really need to shower I'm going to hang out with Brian later."

"Yeah I'll get right on that and while I'm at it I'll clean the god damned bathroom too." Her anger coming through the door full force and hit Ella full force. Evy fully clothed ran out of the bathroom grabbed her purse and stormed out of the room not even bothering to tell Ella where she was going. Ella stood there stunned not knowing what had just happened, or where all this anger came from her friend. Something had happened last night and she just didn't what was going on, or why.

She pulled out her phone and started texting Brian;

To: Brian Hey so we might have to cancel tonight

To:Ella

WHY?

To: Brian

Evy's acting strange and I have to figure out why...

To:Ella

If you can make it tell me... I want to hang out with you again.

Ella paused thinking over her options maybe Evy could handle this on her own.

To: Brian

I just texted Evy and she said she didn't want me near her right now so it looks like we're on for now. 7 still good?

To: Ella

Yeah sounds good see you in an hour.

To:Brian

Sounds good.

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Evy ran through the hotel until she found the front desk, thinking she needed to go somewhere quite but she had no idea how to get to the nearest movie theater is. "

'Cuse me could you tell me where the movie theater is?"

"Yes its right up the rode miss to the right."

"Thank you." Evy said before walking off in the instructed direction. When she got to the movies she bought whatever was playing at the time and sat down in the back and curled up and cried with her arms wrapped around her legs

*****

Hours later Evy made her way back to the hotel to find the room blissfully empty. Evy walked in, closed the door behind her before walking across the room to her bed and falling gratefully into its welcoming arms. Just as Evy was going to fall asleep Ella stormed into the room laughing heartily with Brian Boyle clearly inebriated and they fell onto Ella's bed in a laughing heap.

"Fuck sakes!" She yelled exaggeratedly, got up and stormed out of the room but not before grabbing her bathing suit and room key, Evy was going to go for a swim so she wouldn't have to see this. Slamming the door as she left she made her way upstairs to the pool, thankfully no one was up there when she got there. She went into the locker room to change into her bathing suit walking out she made her way over to the pool and then dove in without test the water. When she came up for air the weight of the day came down on her shoulders as well as what was happening in her hotel room. Climbing out of the pool and laying on the chairs Evy fell asleep. She was woken up later when the pool worker came over and told her she needed to leave. Making her way slowly back down to her room she opened the door cautiously to see Brian standing there in his boxers.

"Hi, I'm sorry we kicked you out and I promise nothing else will happen tonight." He looked at her apologetically before saying "let me make it up to you, come to my game tomorrow night, I'll make sure they're great seats."

"Umm okay that sounds fine," she paused for a moment before saying "are you staying here tonight." "If it's okay with you then yeah I would like to and I would also like to take you both out to breakfast." "Yeah sounds like a plan... just don't snore okay." She said with a said smile before getting into bed. "Yeah I'll try, promise."

That was the last thing they said before going to sleep.