Trying to Score
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They sure were a sight to see.
“Dad, make her get in the goal, please.”
Lucas chuckled, moving his hand into Fallon’s before looking over at her with a lusty look. “Please, I’ll make it worth your while.”
Fallon shook her head. “No way.”
“Ugh!” Aiden yelled before running off towards a house. Lucas squeezed Fallon’s hand and she looked over at him with a small smile on her face.
“Come on, please.”
“No,” Fallon said with a shake of her head. “I am sick of hockey.”
Lucas laughed. “Baby, you are marring a Stanley Cup-winning forward, you can’t be sick of hockey.”
Fallon rolled her eyes. The playoffs had been long and drawn out. It seemed that every team Lucas played against would go to game five or six. When they finally made it to the Cup finals against the Bruins, it went to game seven. The game was intense but the best moment was when Lucas scored the game-winning goal with 22 seconds on the clock. Fallon had never seen him cry so much in his life, and when Lucas skated around the rink with the Cup high above his head, Fallon was the one crying like a baby. It was a proud moment and Fallon couldn’t believe she was a part of it.
“Yeah, yeah,” she complained. Lucas laughed and kissed her cheek as Aiden came running towards them with his bag.
“I just got lots of candy, Dad!”
They high-fived as Lucas said, “Awesome, go to that house. It looks loaded.”
Aiden nodded his head before running off. Lucas moved his arms around Fallon, kissing her neck as they watched Aiden run to the house. When his hands slid into hers and he ran his thumb along her new engagement ring, she smiled. Of course Lucas, being the ‘Go big or go home’ kind of guy he was, bought the biggest ring in the store. It was a seven carat, round-cut diamond in a platinum setting with two little diamonds on the side that Lucas said was him and Aiden. Fallon had thought the ring was too big, but when she put it on, she fell in love with it and didn’t want anything else.
Fallon leaned her head against Lucas’ chest as she watched Aiden run from house to house with Audrey and Levi. She hated seeing Levi with Audrey, but she was standing by her word and leaving Audrey alone about it. It wasn’t her business, but that didn’t stop her from praying every night that Levi would get hit by a bus or something.
As Lucas held her, she found herself wondering where Shea and Elli were. They were supposed to meet them — and so were a lot of other people — but it was only the four of them and Aiden. Not really the big Halloween party she was expecting.
“I wonder where Elli and Shea are. I thought they were meeting us,” she asked.
Lucas shrugged his shoulders. “I don’t know. Odder and Anderson were supposed to come too.”
“Oh yeah, did Anderson ever say if Audrey called him?”
Lucas shook his head. “No, that’s why I invited him. I’m hoping his girlish good looks will woo her away from Levi.”
Fallon giggled. “Me and you both.”
Lucas kissed her neck again before pointing off to the side. “There are the Adlers.”
Fallon followed the direction he was pointing at to see Shea and Elli walking towards them with their double stroller. As they got closer and Fallon saw what they were dressed up as, she couldn’t have stopped her laughter if she wanted to. Shea was dressed as a Stanley Cup and Elli was dressed as her favorite number 6 hockey player. Fallon had to admit they were too cute for words but it didn’t keep her from giggling.
“Oh you ain’t seen nothing yet, look at the girls,” Elli giggled, pointing down to her sweet baby girls. When Fallon saw that baby Shelli was a hockey stick and Posey was a puck, she almost fell over laughing. Even Lucas couldn’t stop laughing as Shelli gave them a happy grin.
“Oh my goodness, they are priceless,” she gushed before looking up at Elli. “They are perfect.”
Elli nodded but then stopped suddenly, bracing her hands on the stroller. Shea placed his hand on her back, moving it soothingly along her back but it must have not helped because Elli took off towards the nearest trash can and promptly puked her brains out.
“Good God, what is wrong with her?” Fallon asked in a panic.
Shea smiled big before shrugging his shoulders. “I don’t know.”
Fallon could tell Shea was lying but before she could ask him about it, Elli yelled, “He knocked me up again!”
Fallon’s eyes went wide as Lucas started laughing. Lucas then held up his hand for a high five and Shea didn’t leave him hanging as he laughed. Elli looked miserable while Shea stood there like the biggest c**k in the hen house. Fallon could have sworn Elli had said she wasn’t having any more babies, but obviously Shea had his mind set on it.
“Man, that’s messed up,” Fallon said, shaking her head. “She just had Posey two months ago!”
Shea nodded. “I know, we are keeping the kids close.”
Fallon couldn’t believe what she was hearing as Elli made her way back to them. She got out a baby wipe and wiped her mouth then hands. She took out a bottle of water and swished around her mouth before spitting it out in the grass. Elli did it like the pro she was, and with two kids, she should be a pro. “This one is a boy, I’m telling you. I was never this sick with the girls.”
“Oh Elli, I’m so sorry,” Fallon said.
Elli shrugged her shoulders in a ‘What can you do?’ kind of way before Shea wrapped her up in his arms, kissing her loudly on the neck. He whispered something in her ear and a bright happy smile replaced her queasy-looking face. Elli looked up at him and whispered something. Shea smiled before kissing her hard against the lips. It was still hard to believe that they had been married nearly two years and already had two babies with a third one on the way. Elli had found her happily ever after and while Fallon may have been jealous before, as Lucas held her in his arm, she felt that everyone should be jealous of her.
“Dad, make her get in the goal, please.”
Lucas chuckled, moving his hand into Fallon’s before looking over at her with a lusty look. “Please, I’ll make it worth your while.”
Fallon shook her head. “No way.”
“Ugh!” Aiden yelled before running off towards a house. Lucas squeezed Fallon’s hand and she looked over at him with a small smile on her face.
“Come on, please.”
“No,” Fallon said with a shake of her head. “I am sick of hockey.”
Lucas laughed. “Baby, you are marring a Stanley Cup-winning forward, you can’t be sick of hockey.”
Fallon rolled her eyes. The playoffs had been long and drawn out. It seemed that every team Lucas played against would go to game five or six. When they finally made it to the Cup finals against the Bruins, it went to game seven. The game was intense but the best moment was when Lucas scored the game-winning goal with 22 seconds on the clock. Fallon had never seen him cry so much in his life, and when Lucas skated around the rink with the Cup high above his head, Fallon was the one crying like a baby. It was a proud moment and Fallon couldn’t believe she was a part of it.
“Yeah, yeah,” she complained. Lucas laughed and kissed her cheek as Aiden came running towards them with his bag.
“I just got lots of candy, Dad!”
They high-fived as Lucas said, “Awesome, go to that house. It looks loaded.”
Aiden nodded his head before running off. Lucas moved his arms around Fallon, kissing her neck as they watched Aiden run to the house. When his hands slid into hers and he ran his thumb along her new engagement ring, she smiled. Of course Lucas, being the ‘Go big or go home’ kind of guy he was, bought the biggest ring in the store. It was a seven carat, round-cut diamond in a platinum setting with two little diamonds on the side that Lucas said was him and Aiden. Fallon had thought the ring was too big, but when she put it on, she fell in love with it and didn’t want anything else.
Fallon leaned her head against Lucas’ chest as she watched Aiden run from house to house with Audrey and Levi. She hated seeing Levi with Audrey, but she was standing by her word and leaving Audrey alone about it. It wasn’t her business, but that didn’t stop her from praying every night that Levi would get hit by a bus or something.
As Lucas held her, she found herself wondering where Shea and Elli were. They were supposed to meet them — and so were a lot of other people — but it was only the four of them and Aiden. Not really the big Halloween party she was expecting.
“I wonder where Elli and Shea are. I thought they were meeting us,” she asked.
Lucas shrugged his shoulders. “I don’t know. Odder and Anderson were supposed to come too.”
“Oh yeah, did Anderson ever say if Audrey called him?”
Lucas shook his head. “No, that’s why I invited him. I’m hoping his girlish good looks will woo her away from Levi.”
Fallon giggled. “Me and you both.”
Lucas kissed her neck again before pointing off to the side. “There are the Adlers.”
Fallon followed the direction he was pointing at to see Shea and Elli walking towards them with their double stroller. As they got closer and Fallon saw what they were dressed up as, she couldn’t have stopped her laughter if she wanted to. Shea was dressed as a Stanley Cup and Elli was dressed as her favorite number 6 hockey player. Fallon had to admit they were too cute for words but it didn’t keep her from giggling.
“Oh you ain’t seen nothing yet, look at the girls,” Elli giggled, pointing down to her sweet baby girls. When Fallon saw that baby Shelli was a hockey stick and Posey was a puck, she almost fell over laughing. Even Lucas couldn’t stop laughing as Shelli gave them a happy grin.
“Oh my goodness, they are priceless,” she gushed before looking up at Elli. “They are perfect.”
Elli nodded but then stopped suddenly, bracing her hands on the stroller. Shea placed his hand on her back, moving it soothingly along her back but it must have not helped because Elli took off towards the nearest trash can and promptly puked her brains out.
“Good God, what is wrong with her?” Fallon asked in a panic.
Shea smiled big before shrugging his shoulders. “I don’t know.”
Fallon could tell Shea was lying but before she could ask him about it, Elli yelled, “He knocked me up again!”
Fallon’s eyes went wide as Lucas started laughing. Lucas then held up his hand for a high five and Shea didn’t leave him hanging as he laughed. Elli looked miserable while Shea stood there like the biggest c**k in the hen house. Fallon could have sworn Elli had said she wasn’t having any more babies, but obviously Shea had his mind set on it.
“Man, that’s messed up,” Fallon said, shaking her head. “She just had Posey two months ago!”
Shea nodded. “I know, we are keeping the kids close.”
Fallon couldn’t believe what she was hearing as Elli made her way back to them. She got out a baby wipe and wiped her mouth then hands. She took out a bottle of water and swished around her mouth before spitting it out in the grass. Elli did it like the pro she was, and with two kids, she should be a pro. “This one is a boy, I’m telling you. I was never this sick with the girls.”
“Oh Elli, I’m so sorry,” Fallon said.
Elli shrugged her shoulders in a ‘What can you do?’ kind of way before Shea wrapped her up in his arms, kissing her loudly on the neck. He whispered something in her ear and a bright happy smile replaced her queasy-looking face. Elli looked up at him and whispered something. Shea smiled before kissing her hard against the lips. It was still hard to believe that they had been married nearly two years and already had two babies with a third one on the way. Elli had found her happily ever after and while Fallon may have been jealous before, as Lucas held her in his arm, she felt that everyone should be jealous of her.
