safe with me. / c yelich. ✔️

23.

"Will you love me in the light, will you love me in the dark? Say you want my heart."
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Being in Milwaukee, trying to find a job was becoming difficult. I wanted to do something I could see myself doing for years; Like, modeling for example. I've always wanted to do modeling since I was a little girl. My mom let me do a couple photo shoots for like Target magazines or whatever, but I wanted to model swimsuits, lingerie, cute fashion, something more. When I saw there was a call in Chicago, I knew it was my moment to go. It was a tiring audition process, but I hadn't had that much fun in so long.

My phone pinged, showing I had an email from the modeling agency;
Hope this email finds you well, Nadia! We just wanted to congratulate you and welcome you to our family!!! Your photos were absolutely gorgeous and we look forward to working more with you in the near future! Give us an email and we can start working out a schedule!!!

I widened my eyes and got off of the couch, running into the bedroom where Christian was packing for his away game series. "Baby!! Baby!!" I exclaimed, jumping up and down.

Christian grabbed my shoulders, holding me down, "What, babe?" I handed him my phone and let him read the email. He smiled big and picked me up, kissing all over my face. "You really got it?" He asked, I nodded, smiling so big.

"I really got it! They loved my photos, baby!" I replied, wrapping my arms and legs around him. "I'm gonna be a model again." I smiled and pecked his lips.

"I'm dating a model? Damn." Christian said, and I giggled. "I really have to show you off now!"

I rolled my eyes, shaking my head. "Baby, no you don't! I have to email them back and set up a schedule, but I wanted to tell you before you left for your games.." I told him as he sat on the bed, still holding me. "Which by the way? I'm gonna miss you. I'm sorry I can't make them.." I said, pouting my bottom lip out.

Christian poked my lip, kissing my forehead. "It's only a couple of days, I think we'll be okay. This is the first away series in a while you haven't been able to make! But hey, I know you're cheering me on from home, and that's all that matters." He replied as I leaned in and gave him a kiss.

I nodded and helped him finish up his packing. "Do you want me to drive you to the stadium? Or did you want to drive there and just leave your car there?" I asked him, zipping up his bag.

He shrugged, "I'm fine with either, baby. If you wanna drive me and drop me off, I'm totally fine with that." He replied, grabbing his bag from me as we walked out of the bedroom.

"I'll drive you, then." I smiled all cute. "That way I can say goodbye before you leave me for a weekend." He laughed and shook his head.

"You're coming to the next away series, even if we ride a bus, you're coming with us." He said and I just shook my head.

"They're all going to be mean to me!" I said with a whine to my voice.

Christian laughed, "No, baby! They just like messing with you. They do that with all the wives and girlfriends that choose to ride the bus with us." I nodded, putting my shoes on and grabbed the keys to his car. "Let me drive, babe." He said, taking the keys from me.

"Fine, sassy." I said as I smiled at him and walked out of the apartment, shutting the door behind us.

When we got to the stadium, I got out of the car with Christian and grabbed his bag for him, "Jesus, what did you pack in here? You're only gone three nights!" I said as I struggled to carry it to the bus. Ryan grabbed it from me, putting it underneath.

"Figured you needed some help. He always overpacks." Ryan said as he laughed.

"He's worse than me and I thought I overpack." I replied, laughing, then looked over at Christian, "Love youuuu." I giggled, going over to him and hugged him.

Christian hugged me back, kissing my cheek before pulling back from the hug. "I'll see you late Sunday night if we keep on schedule.." He said as I nodded and kissed him. He pulled me back close against him as he kissed me back, causing me to giggle against his lips. The guys all whistled, making cooing noises. I pulled back and smiled at Christian.

"You guys are just jealous." I said, laughing and looked back at Christian. "Have fun, be safe, and just text me when you get there." Christian nodded before pecking my lips again.

"Love you." He said, and I kissed him again.

"Love you too, babe. Good luck this weekend."

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Sunday night rolled around and I couldn't wait to see Christian again, especially after him having a great weekend playing away. I laid in bed, watching Grey's and sipped on some wine until I heard the door shut and I got up and went into the living room and greeted Christian in a big hug. "Hi babyyy." I said, kissing his cheek.

"Hey you." He replied, hugging me back tightly. "I missed you!" Christian said as he backed up and looked at me. "Did you have a good weekend?" He asked as he grabbed his bag again and walked into the bedroom, I followed behind.

I nodded, sitting on the bed and looked at him. "I did, I hung out with Aspen and Gage, basically. I just got back here this morning so I did some cleaning and laundry and then watched my boy kill it at his game today." I smiled at him as he took his shoes off and smiled at me.

"Laundry? I was gonna do it eventually, but, thanks, Nads." He laughed and I just shook my head, knowing damn well he was going to put it off until the last minute.

"I assume you had a good weekend as well, baby? Seeing as you did so fucking good this weekend!" I exclaimed as I stood up and wrapped my arms around his neck.

"Oh yeah, it was a lot of fun. Really fun games, and fun celebrations after." He said, wrapping his arms around me. "It would've been better had my girlfriend come to this away series..." He smirked and I pouted at him.

"Hey! I wanted you to go have fun with the guys, and have a weekend to yourself. I went and spent time with my family! But, now you're home and I'm all yours again!" I said with a cute smile on my face. I moved my arms and sat down on the bed, looking up at him. "I assume you're super tired, especially after a long weekend and then probably an annoying bus ride home."

Christian laughed, moving to sit on his side of the bed. "I mean, the guys were actually pretty quiet, surprisingly. Usually they're all hype, myself included, but it was a fairly quiet bus ride home. I think we were just all ready to come home and go to bed." I moved next to him, laying my head on his shoulder.

"Well, you have an off day tomorrow, then you're away again? Maybe I'll come with you to that one.." I suggested, Christian smiling at that idea.

"I would appreciate if you did. We're going to Chicago, so they're just gonna throw us on a bus again. I'll make sure to reserve a spot next to me for you. Otherwise you would probably be stuck sitting with Trent or Ryan." He laughed. "But yeah, please come? It would be so much fun."

I tapped my chin and hummed, "Hmmm... I guess I can come support my boyfriend." I said with a smirk on my lips and laughed after being unable to keep the smirk. "Babe, of course I'll come with you. I love watching you play." I kissed his cheek then his jawline. But, right now? I'm tired, and I wanna go to bed. So get comfy, we're watching Grey's until we fall asleep."

He pulled me close to him as he laid down and pulled the blankets up, wrapping us in them to make us super warm. I laid my head on his chest and wrapped my arm around his torso and not even ten minutes into watching Grey's, Christian was out, sound asleep and back home.