Vegas

-7-

Before Kelley manages to fall asleep, she hears her phone buzz and looks at the screen. 

New Message:

Dakota: I'll meet you at 8 am in your hotel lobby. Please don't be late, I don't have time to play around with tomorrow.

Kelley: Ok. Setting my alarm now. 

Dakota: Also, can you please come alone; I don't think that we need to get our friends/teammates involved in this any more than they already are.

Kelley: Agreed, I'll see you in the morning. Have a good sleep, night Dakota.

Dakota: Night, Kelley.

Kelley is awake and up before her alarm goes off, something that never generally happens as the defender is well known for sleeping in. She gets herself showered and dressed before tidying up the hotel room and gathering her belongings from all over. She comes upon Dakota's missing bra and tucks it in her bag with the intent of returning it to her this morning. Knowing that no one else will be awake yet, she sits back down on the bed and scrolls through social media to kill some time. She ends up on Dakota's Instagram and starts looking through the pictures from the beginning of her timeline, careful not to hit the like button on any. As she looks them over, she sees a smiling, and a happy woman surrounded by people become more solitary and solemn pictures of the goalie. Kelley finds herself wondering what prompted such a huge change in her life

Her phone buzzes and she reads the screen, before getting up and putting her shoes on and grabbing her bag and room key.

New Message:

Dakota: I'm here, where are you?

Kelley: I'll be right down.

Kelley walks out of the elevator and sees the tall blonde goalkeeper pacing around as she waits for her. She walks over to her. 

Kelley: Morning

Dakota: Yeah, morning. Can we get coffee now, please? It's way too early for me and I didn't sleep very well last night. 

Kelley: Yes, coffee is good and I didn't sleep the greatest either. 

They get their beverages and take a seat at a nearby table.

Dakota: Kelley, I did lots of thinking last night and I want to apologize to you; I was being completely self-centred yesterday and only thinking about the possible impact and or ramifications our marriage would have on me and my family and I failed to take into consideration your needs and feelings and the impact that us being and or staying married may have on you or your life. If you still want, we can go after my game and I'll sign the papers to have our marriage annulled.

Kelley: Can I ask you something?

Dakota: I guess. But if you are planning on proposing; you're too late, I'm already married. 

Kelley laughs at Dakota's joke, before asking her question.

Kelley: What happened to you? I was looking at pictures of you on Instagram and you were happy and surrounded by people and then no more people, only you and hockey.

Dakota: Do you really want to know or are you just asking to make conversation.

Kelley: I really want to know and I think we've been pretty good at making conversation without the need for making jabs at each other don't you think?

Dakota: Sorry, like I said not really a morning person and I've trusted the wrong people in the past. 

Kelley: I promise that whatever you say will stay between us.