"We meet again"

9

Tomorrow is the first road trip of this season and I am beyond nervous and excited. I'm nervous for the games and excited to travel to cities I've never been to before, to revisit some, and to see some old friends. The first place is Pittsburgh, PA.  We leave tonight, at 1am and fly there. After that game, we head to Columbus, OH and then the last stop is Philadephia, PA. I've been to Pittsburgh and Philly but not Columbus.

     I wake up pretty late around 11:45-ish and just relax in my warm, comfy bed watching some random movie I found on Netflix. The games before a road trip is a very chill day for me and probably for the whole team also.
     When the movie was over, I took a hot bubble bath for about a half an hour and then I was starving since I didn't eat breakfast. I get a text from Tyler like he just read my mind. He had asked if i wanted anything from five guys, where he was at.
He was going to bring it to me when he got back so I unlocked the door and went back to my room.
15 minutes later, I get a text saying "I'm on my way up." 

     A few moments later, I hear a voice call out. "El, where ya at?"  "In hereee" I sing out.
"Here I got you this too." Tyler's hands out a Starbucks drink and two cake pops along with my five guys cheeseburger and bbq chips.
"Aw. Thanks Ty" I say giving him a hug. "Damn, food really does make a girl happy" he jokes. 
"That is does" I laugh and shove the burger in my mouth.
He lays down on my bed and finds something else to watch that both of us has never seen before.

     After I was finished eating, and finished the episode of blue bloods, we decided to take a nap. In the middle of it, I felt us cuddling with each other which isn't a weird thing because ya know, we had sex. But it also is weird because Tyler and I aren't dating each other. He had his arm around me and my head was laying on his chest with not even realizing it.

I felt a push in my back which made me wake up from my nap.
It was Tyler. "Sorry to wake you. It's 4." He says. That means we should be packing our stuff for the road trip and get some dinner before the flight leaves later tonight.
While I was rummaging through my cluttered closet, Tyler comes over with a look which means there's something he wants to tell me.
"What?" I ask.
He grunts and finally says what he has to say.
"El, like I said before. I do like you and I like us being like this. I just don't want to sneak around and hide anymore anymore."
"Do you think I want to? No. I wish we can go out to dinner or go places together. But you know how hard it is to be in a relationship when your an athlete or anyone big. People know me as the new girl who works for the stars. They think I got this job to fuck all of you guys. They know you as the guy who goes around to any girl who dates and hooks up with them. It's like since I work there, were not allowed to be friends. They don't know who I am. They don't know if we knew each other. But Tyler, you know I could get fired if they find out something's going on between us like this." I tell Tyler being all frustrated as he is with this situation. I never pictured myself dating or doing anything with Tyler Seguin but it happened and I do not regret anything and I'm so happy that we met again.
"I wish so too. It's just hard because at games or practices I can't look at you, give you a high five or say your name even though I'm supposed to ask for you if I need something they always bring Paul to me because they know my old ways with girls. I wish I could have a normal life sometimes. When I'm out with my sister, they say we're dating. Trust me, I do not want you to get fired or go anywhere else. I just wanted to tell you how I felt and see if you felt the same. I promise I won't say anything and I'll try to keep my hands off of you in public" he winks.
"Oh my gosh. You better. And you know in public is with your teammates or anyone while we're at someone's house or anywhere. I do feel the same way Ty. It's hard. I know. I don't want to sneak around and watch our moves around each other. Like on the plane later, I'd want to sit by you but we can't soo.."
"I knowww" he whines and grabs my waste to bring me to his lap and starts kissing my neck. "Talking about going out in public... how about pizza?" I suggest. We agree and go after I finish packing. Tyler on the other hand finished before he came over because he just throws things in his bag.
"Sounds. Great." He says in between kisses.

"Should we ask Jamie to go?" I ask.
"Nah."
"Tyler"

I shoot him a text: "hiyaaa!! Wanna go get some pizza w Tyler and I?? 🍕
4 minutes later, I get one back. "Thanks for the offer bro but I'm good ,thank you. I'll text you when I'm ready to leave for the port"

"He doesn't want anything. Let's go I'm starving."
"Good. Just me and you." He says.
"Oh yeah 'good' to making it more obvious there's something going on between us." I laugh.

We get to the pizza place. I only got one because it's huge. I got pepperoni and Tyler got just cheese and a veggie one. We ate at the little restaurant which wasn't the best idea. We sat at a table way in the back corner but people still seen us. Fans kept coming up and asking for pictures or signatures. Tyler even had his back turned to the entrance so I was facing him. He loves the fans but when he's stuffing pizza in his face, he wants to be left alone and I could tell it was bothering him but he never wants to say anything.
"You want to head back?" I ask him.
He nods his head and we walk back to the apartment which is a few minutes away walk.