Duncan
Never-ending Reflection
"Howamazingismyboyfriend!" I yell to my group of girlfriends.
"He's the best." Harper swoons. Laila and Caroline giggle at her while Jo just rolls her eyes.
"It's tough to tell if you're more obsessed with Rhys Reid or your soon-to-be husband." Caroline teases.
"Oh Rhys is just a crush. Aiden will always be at the top of the list." Harper says as she glances over to where the guys are talking.
I head over to join my teammates. "Thanks for coming tonight guys."
"It's been so fun! We definitely need to do more concerts together." Bryson says.
"But it's a little weird being here on the ice but there's no ice." Emmett says as he toes the rubber flooring.
"Yeah I agree." I say as I glance around. "Where's Cap?"
"Bathroom." Aiden says with a thumb over his shoulder.
"I hope he's back in time for the encore." I say. "Rhys said he was changing."
"Like clothes?" Emmett asks.
I shrug.
"I can't believe Rhys agreed to play at the wedding." Aiden says. "Please thank him again for us, Harper is beside herself."
"I only ask that he gets some time off so I can dance with him." I say realizing that while I'm bringing a date, my boyfriend, to the wedding, he's going to be busy working at it.
"Of course. He's only performing during the cocktail hour and then the rest of the night he's yours."
"Good. Because, I can't get enough of him."
Bryson throws his arm around my shoulders. "So you now understand how I can be so obsessed with Jo."
He slaps a hand to my chest like I've already agreed with him. "Sorry Boba Tea, your obsession with Jo is on another level."
"You'll get there." He says as he looks down his imaginary glasses at me.
I use my middle finger to push mine up on my nose a little higher and he laughs.
"Have you started to come up with nickname options for Gabe?" Aiden asks.
It isn’t official yet but all signs are pointing to The Renegades drafting the hockey equivalent of Dr. Doogie Houser, Gabriel Houston.
"Not yet, I've got a few ideas but we might need him in the locker room for a few weeks before one really materializes."
"That's bull shit." Aiden grumbles and we all turn to him with more than a little shock at this outburst. He's normally so even and controlled. "What?"
"Sorry, just didn't know you had those emotional depths inside Young Gun." I say with a nervous laugh around the circle.
"Well, you had a whole nickname ceremony for me the second I walked into the locker room for the first time, how come the rookie gets to ease into it?"
"One, he's an infant so I'm afraid he'll go crying to mommy." I tick the reasons off on my fingers. "Two, you could have been traded again anyminute so we didn't have time to waste. And three, Cap asked me to do it right away. And you and I both know you don't say no to that man."
"You're lucky I didn't go running for the hills." He grumbles.
