Physical Therapy

(Roxy’s POV)

The next couple of days went by without incident and on Thursday Dan called me into his office. I didn’t know what it was about and I was scared he somehow found out Geno and I kissed in the club. Walking to his office I tried to make myself calm down and breathe.

I knocked on his door and he said come in “You wanted to see me?” I asked as I walked in and sat down.

“Yes, I have your track suite here.” He said and I let out a breathe I didn’t know I was holding

“Oh ok thanks” I told him taking the track suite from him “Actually while I am here can I ask you a question?”

“Sure” he said leaning back into his chair giving me his full attention.

I was going to ask him if it was okay if I had a relationship with a player but I decided to word it differently “I have a sister and she works here in marketing, she was thinking about asking a player out. Would it be against the company rules to date inside the organization?” I asked and prayed to God that he said it was okay.

“We don’t usually like it if there are inter organization relationships but there is no rule against it, just frowned upon.” He told me

“Oh okay” I told him getting up and walking to the door “Thanks” I told him and left to go back to my office. When I got to my office I found a note on my desk it said,

Roxy,
Tell me when you want to paint your apartment. I want to help you.
Geno
P.S. I had Kris write this for me, he knows about my feelings for you.

It also had his phone number on it; I thought it was so sweet that he wanted to help me. But I was also worried Kris would tell someone about us. I programmed his number into my phone and went to the workout room to run for a while. Running always helped my think through things.

We had a game tomorrow and it was the end of the week that means Geno will tell me if he wants to be with me or not. I am really nervous; I don’t know what he is going to say. I really hope he wants to be with me and I am not some rebound girl. I want to be with him but I am still worried about what my bosses will think. I had been in my own mind that I didn’t know Kris had come in.

He startled me when he said “Hey Roxy, did you get Geno’s note?”

“Oh Kris you scared me. Yeah I got it thanks for writing that for him. You won’t tell anyone will you?” I asked

“It’s not my business Roxy, but I do know he really likes you” he said going over to the weights

“Really?” I asked smiling

“Yeah, and I won’t tell anyone I promise” he said

“Thanks Kris, I just don’t want anyone to make a big deal out of it. I am not sure what we are anyway” I told him

“I get it and it’s not my business to tell” he told me as he started lifting some weights.

“Thanks, well I am going to go cool down in my office” I said and I walked out of the room.

When I got to my office I decide to try on my track suit, it fit and I was happy. It was black and had gold stripes on the sides and the Penguins logo on both the jacket and pants. As I was pulling the pants off I heard my door open.

“Oh, I’m sorry” I heard from Pascal Dupuis as I looked up.

“Oh hey, it’s fine I have clothes under this. Just trying them on, what do you need?” I said unzipping my jacket and pulling it off.

“Um, my back has been bothering me for the past day and Max told me you were a chiropractor too. So I was wondering if you could look at it for me?” he asked nicely. I liked him he was nice, kind of quiet but I really didn’t know him too well.

“Sure, come over here.” I told him pointing to a table “Sit up there and relax”

“Thanks” he said

“So where is it bothering you?” I asked

“Right in the middle of my shoulder blades, I have tried to pop my back but that part never pops” he said

“Ok, can you lay down for me? On your stomach?” I said “Ok, this might be awkward but because of my height I have to do this” I told him while jumping up on the table with him and standing on either side of him. “Ok breathe in…and breathe out” I said and when he did I pushed all my body weight onto his back making me straddle him, but it did pop his back. In that moment my door opened again and guess who walked in…..Max.

“Please, don’t let me interrupt” he said smiling

“Ok I won’t” I said and went back to Pascal “Breathe in….Breathe out” and again pushed my body weight and more pops sounded. “One more time, in…and out” and after that I was done and hoped off the table. “Does it feel better?”

He got up and moved around “Yeah, much better. Thank you, you’re the best.” He said walking to the door.

“Did you need something or did you come here to bother me?” I asked turning to Max.

“Actually I did, my ankle has been bothering me and I wondered if you could look at it.” He said hoping up on the table Pascal was just on.

“Sure, is it an ache or a sharp pain?” I said touching his ankle

“Dull ache just always there” he said

“Ok, roll it twice to the right…ok now to the left.” I told him still holding his ankle “I think it is just weak tendons, you need to start doing this exercise” I told him while I showed him the exercise of bending the knees with flat feet then doing it on the toes too. “Twice a day for a week then come see me, ok?” I asked

“Yeah thanks” he said as he got off the table

“You know Max, you’re not such of a douche when you just talk out of your mouth and not your ass.” I told him smiling

“Thanks, I guess?” he said laughing

“Anytime” I told him also laughing as he walked out of my office. I sat in my office for a while and thought about everything that has happened since we got here; from actually getting here to my job and then to Geno. As I was thinking about that I thought it was time that Sarah actually met the whole team, so with that I made my way to the rink where practice was being held.

I sat a couple rows behind the bench watching and waiting for practice to be over. Sitting there watching I noticed how much fun these guys have and how close they really are. It was at the end of practice and the shootout was starting. Flower in the cage doing all these moves to distract the guys shooting. From jumping jacks to fake shooting a gun with his stick he had me laughing so hard. It was down to Jordan, Max, and Ben Lovejoy against Flower. In the end Ben lost and I heard he had to be mustache boy for the month of September.

On their way to the bench I made my way to them “Hey guys!” I said smiling “Great practice, I was wondering if I could ask you guys a question?” I said

“Sure” said Sid

“Ok, some of you may know I have a sister and she works here actually. And I was wondering if I could bring her down here some time to meet the rest of you guys. She is a really big fan and it would like make her life if she could meet you.” I said smiling sweetly

“Of course, you’re like family now Roxy, now she is too.” Sid said and I smiled at that they thought I was a part of their family.

“Thanks guys, I will try to keep her asking for autographs to a minimum, but no promises” I said smiling and walking away. With that I texted Sarah saying she owes me for life and I get to pick the color for the living room. She texted me back saying she will do anything for me for a month, I plan on taking advantage of that.

With that I went to Lowes to pick out some paint for my bedroom and for the living room.

While I was there I sent Geno a text saying ‘This is Roxy, What are you doing on Sunday?’

It was almost instant that I got a ‘Morning skate, den nothing. Why?’

‘I was thinking about painting on Sunday. Do you want to help?’

He answered back ‘Sure’ I could just imagine his smile.

‘Thanks Geno’ I texted him back and with that I picked out some colors and made my way home…thinking about a certain Russian and this upcoming Sunday.