Physical Therapy

I got out of there as soon as I could. So I went home and ate some lunch then when it got close to 4 I got in the car to go pick up Sarah. I got to the arena right when she was walking out so I didn’t have to go in.

After driving for about five minutes I finally got enough courage to ask the question that has been on my mine since this morning. “Sarah, do you believe you can fall for someone without knowing them really well?”

“What is this about? Did you meet someone today?”

“I think so, but it is not like anything can happen?” I said sadly

“Why? Is he married?” she asked joking

“No! It’s one of the players” I said mumbling

“What?! Which one?!” She said yelling.

"Malkin" I mumbled

“Really? I thought you would go for someone like Staal or Kennedy.” She said

“No Geno is so sweet and nice. I love his accent and the way he has to think of the words before he says them.” I said while going off in dream land

“Watch the road!” she told me “but I haven’t seen you this happy in a long time, not since Ryan.”
“I know, I think that was the last time I was really happy. Well until the end came” I said sadly

“Yeah well, screw him. He was an asshole and you deserve better than that.”

“Thanks” I told her as we pulled into a parking spot at our building.

That night we went to this great Italian place and had a great time. That night I went to bed thinking about Geno and wondering if he felt the same.
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(Geno’s POV)
Sitting in the locker room before practice all I could think about was yesterday and about Roxy. She is so beautiful and smart and nice and can hold her own with all of us guys.

“Did you see her ass?” I heard Max ask to no one in general.

“No I was distracted by her rack” said Jordan. I didn’t like them talking about her like that she was more than just her looks.

“Don’t talk ‘bout her like she meat” I said getting angry.

“Wow, what’s gotten into you?” Max asked “Did you not see her?” he asked

“Da, I saw but she more then look” I said still angry at them. “She nice and smart”

“Is someone falling for her?” Jordan asked

“No I just see more than you” I said getting up and going to the workout room before I hit someone. I started to mumble in Russian and think ‘Was I falling for her?’ I asked myself.

Then I heard her voice “Oh, sorry I didn’t know anyone was in here” she said about to walk back out of the room.

“No, you no need to go” I said to her “I just in here to think” I said honestly.

“I was just going to do some stretching and a little dancing, if you don’t mind a little music” she said

“I no mind” I said just wanting to be in same room as her.

“Okay, well I will be over here if you need me” she said going over to the corner of the room and setting up her iPod to play some music.

I just got on to one of the treadmills that faced her and watched her start stretching. To say I was impressed was an understatement; I was blown away at how flexible she was. From what I could see without staring, which was hard, she could do the splits and you could say i was turned on.

“You know you shouldn’t stay on the treadmill for so long it could do more harm than good to your knee” she said not even turning around.

‘Did she know I was staring?’ I asked myself. So with those words I got off the treadmill and went to one of the bikes so I could sit down for a while. Now she has moved onto stretching while standing, lifting her legs above her head. I had to get out of there fast or I might jump her right here in the middle of the workout room. It didn’t help that she was wearing skin tight pants and a little tank top. So with that I jumped up off the bike and almost ran for the door.

“Geno?” she called out as I got close to the door “Are you okay?” she ask curiously

“I fine, need go talk to coach” I said the first thing that came to mind. I needed to get away from her before I did something stupid.
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(Roxy’s POV)
‘Well that was weird’ I thought as I watched him almost run from the room. I wonder if he is okay. Now switching to something more upbeat to work out to, I put on some Mac Miller. I start working on abs when my favorite person walks into the room.

“This is my jam” Max says with his French accent bobbing his head to the beat.

“Great, my day just got a whole lot better” I said sarcastically.

“I wouldn’t peg you for a Mac Miller fan” he said ignoring my comment.

“What did you expect? Taylor Swift, because if that is what you want to hear I can put it on for you” I said getting up walking over to the iPod.

“God, please no” He begged “I was just surprised”

“Chill I am just changing the song, don’t have a cow” I said changing it to my favorite song of his Knock, Knock .

“Ah, a girl after my own heart” he said dreamily

“Yeah right, in your dreams” I told him while getting on the treadmill. Another good thing about my job, unlimited use of the equipment.

“You know it” he said in his cheeky accent giving me a wink.

“Hey, do you know what’s wrong with Geno?” I asked him while running.

“What do you mean?” he asked on edge, like he is hiding something.

“Nothing much, he just bolted out of here real fast after I started stretching” I told him off hand, trying not to make a big deal of it.

He started smiling “Maybe he couldn’t handle it” he said looking like the Cheshire cat.

“Handle what?” I asked seriously confused. What is he getting at?

“Oh I don’t know. A pretty girl getting all loose, showing her flexibility?” he said making it sound like a question.

“Whatever, I am sure he could handle himself, and I am sure he has seen many more beautiful girls than me” I said blushing. ‘He wouldn’t leave because of me, right?’

“It’s just a theory” he said while watching my chest as I was running

“You might want to wipe the drool off your chin, don’t want you to get embarrassed in front of your friends, again” I told him slowing down to a walk to cool down while more guys came in to the room. He just gave me a look while he walked away.

“Who is this?” Brent Johnson, the backup goalie asked.

“What?” I asked him “You don’t know Mac Miller?” he just shook his head and I said “Ok my friend you are about to get schooled” I told him turning the music up and started rapping along with the song. “Hang on I have the perfect song for you guys” I said turning it to My Team.

“I like this one” Brent said after listening to the chorus.

“I thought you would” I told him smiling. “Well it was nice hanging out with you guys but I need to go to work and you need to work out, getting a little soft if you ask me.” I said then laughed at their faces.

I got a lot of “Well its good no one asked you!!” after that comment.

Walking out of the room I noticed the guys treated me like one of the team and I was happy about that. I didn’t want to be the ‘girl’ in the room I just wanted to be treated the same as any other coach or staff member. With that thought I went to go find Dan to ask who I will be working with today.