He Shoots, She Scores

Druken Nights and Hockey Fights

Derek woke up to the strong smell of flowers, realizing it was perfume he opens his eyes to find the bed next to him empty. He sighs in relief looking around the room to find no women’s clothing on the floor. He gets out of bed quickly and tosses on boxers before stopping to listen at the bathroom door to find no water running he lets another sigh escape. He heads downstairs quietly his head feeling like it was about to explode he wasn’t exactly sure how much he drank last night but he knew it obviously ended well.
For the life of him Derek could not figure out why Carrie and Nate were inviting him to their wedding but that invitation in the mail a month was what facilitated the past weekends of drinking binges he was now regretting. He had to have been out for most of the night judging by the fact that he was just waking up at 12:30pm he knew he flirted with at least half the women in the bar last night and from the smell on the pillow he brought one home but he couldn’t remember a thing about her.
Stooping short of the kitchen he heard 2 coffee cups cling and mentally groaned, he turned to the mirror making himself look at least remotely presentable before walking into the kitchen to find a tall red head pouring coffee. She was beautiful no doubt but Derek could feel his annoyance rising at her presences
“Finally you woke up! I made some coffee figured you would like some and that you would probably have a hangover. I have to say last night was-“
Derek held his hand up to cut her off her fast talking and chipper-ness was too much for his foggy brain to handle “Go home” he says sharply and quietly
“I’m sorry what?”
“Go home. I don’t do sleep over’s, my thing is one night stands emphasis on the night…. And one”
She looks at him with her mouth agape in surprise “Oh um well I just um”
“Listen okay? I don’t even remember your name, and before you start to tell me, I do not care go home”
“Wow you really are an ass”
She turns sharply crashing the coffee cups into the sink before storming out of the house slamming the door hard sending painful shock waves through Derek’s head. He moves towards the sink picking the chunks of ceramic out carefully and tossing them into the trash out of the 3 girls that had been over in the last 2 weeks this was the second to break coffee cups, and with his current track record he was either going to have to buy all new coffee mugs or start getting Styrofoam ones.
As Derek poured another cup of coffee for himself while reaching for his aspirin for his headache his phone went off signaling a text message he looked down to see it was from his younger brother Scott wanting to know if he was up for a party in Canada he text back a simple yes, downed his coffee and aspirin and headed upstairs to wash the previous night off of him.
By the time Derek was done pampering himself it was 3:30pm even though he could almost see Canada from his back yard with it being the 4th of July weekend he decided to leave just in case there was a backup at the border crossing. After sitting in traffic for almost 2 hours Derek makes it to his brothers by 6 and they wait until everyone else gets to his house to head out to the club.

With Lacey
“Lace, what did you plan for my bachelorette party? Cause you know I’m really not looking forward to this right?”
“Come on Carrie I am not going to let you down on this one it’s gonna be fun!”
“And our sisters had to go somewhere to decorate why?”
“Because I need to be your escort, don’t forget your license you’re gonna need it”
Carrie eyed her friend skeptically but made sure to toss her small id case into her bag to take with her. Lacey so far had convinced Carrie that she needed to buy a new outfit which she wasn’t regretting at the moment a clutch purse which Carrie was convinced was going to get lost and new shoes which were adorable but kind of hard to walk in. Lacey was currently tossing various colors of eye shadow at Carrie to find the best look and was plugging in Carrie’s straightener and curling iron, the straightener for Carrie the curling iron for herself. Carrie was done within a half hour and took over curling Lacey’s long thick hair when her arms got tired. When they were done a few other of their friends showed up all dressed nice is summery colors
“I sense a theme” Carrie said eyeing all the different bright colors
“Yes Carrie we are all wearing neon colors because your crazy butt loves them. Stop questioning me and let’s go”
Carrie rolled her eyes at her friends but followed them out the door. As they were driving Carrie looked out the window her eyes widening in realization
“Lacey Elizabeth we are headed towards Canada!”
“Carolyn Michele I know where we are headed”
“Why are we going to Canada?”
“Because you my friend are about as stressed out and uptight as they come. In Canada you are legal to drink, and you will drink and you will be happy and don’t worry miss logic I got us a hotel room so no one is driving home tipsy or drunk”
“I don’t know if I want to thank you or slap you”
“Go with thank her” the girls in the back chorus as they drive
They get stuck in some traffic but arrive in front of some club Carrie not noting the name of. Lacey parks and they head up to the door getting in with no problem because Lacey had reserved the vip room for the night. They enter the back to find Carrie and Lacey’s sisters waiting for them each with a drink in their hands they pass one off to Carrie and Lacey as the music fills the room
“It’s so loud!” Carrie yells over the music to Lacey
“Oh just shut up and enjoy it next week you won’t be free to do this” Lacey yells back
It only takes a few drinks before Carrie can feel the fog of alcohol wash over her
“I am such a lightweight”
“Oh you are not done” someone yells back at her handing her another drink
“Embrace your inner party animal Carrie” she hears behind her and with a sigh she drinks her next drink

With Derek

They get to the club around 8ish and by 9:30 they have made their way in the loud environment swallowing the guys as they disappear towards the bar. With drinks in hand they make their way around the club flirting with girls and buying drinks.
“Hey D” Scott shouts over to his brother
“Yeah dude?”
“Bachelorette party at 8 o’clock” Derek turns to his left to see a bunch of girls in the VIP room
“Your point?”
“I bet you 80 bucks you can’t get in the bride to be’s pants” Derek raises his eyebrows at his brother
“Dude, that’s ignorant who taught you that?”
“You”
“How about maid of honor then?”
“How about only 60 bucks?”
“Deal”
Derek makes his way over to the VIP room and winks at the first girl that looks his way. She flashes him a small smile that he returns, too shy he thinks definitely not the maid of honor. He motions for the girl to come over anyway figuring she could be his way in to find who he was looking for. Sure enough with a little sweet talk the girl invites him in.
“Hey Lace” he hears someone shout and looks towards a girl that looks like someone he knows, he figures out who that is when Lacey steps into his view obviously that is her sister
“Derek Roy what in the hell are you doing here?”
“I’ve got a bet with my little brother; I guess I could still try to make it work. How much have you had to drink?”
“Not enough to even begin to slur my speech or slow my bitch slapping hand”
“Whoa slow down angry girl, why don’t you let me buy you a drink?”
“Are you hitting on me right now?”
“Maybe”
“How much have you had to drink?”
“Enough to try this” he says running his hands through her hair sending an uncomfortable shiver down Lacey’s spine.
“Listen to me and listen to me good Derek, turn around, leave this lounge take the loss to your little brother, or I will introduce my foot to your balls so hard you’ll have to sit to piss for the rest of your pathetic life”
He turns with a huff ripping some of the decorations off the wall
“Really Derek? How old are you 6? You know both Carrie and I used to admire you as a hockey player I put emphasis on the used to. But man oh man let me tell you with the way you are acting, trying to break up her relationship and ending mine, ya know you’re not even worth me talking to anymore”
Lacey turned away from him and rolled her eyes.
“Maybe you both shouldn’t be such teases! You walk around the arena wearing a different number every night being the best female fans we’ve ever seen but try to sport this loyal girlfriend act”
“Ya know what Derek we wear other numbers because we have respect for the player but that 63 and that 42 they are/were our guys weather we were wearing their number or not they knew we were behind them”
“So that’s why you’re not with Tyler right?”
“I hope you get traded, to a west coast team that everyone in Buffalo hates. How would that be for your ego to lose your whole fan base with a simple signature?”
Derek set his smug smile into a hard line taking a step closer to Lacey prepared for an argument, before he could get a word out Carrie appeared
“Lacey, have you seen my shoes?” Carrie asked her words slightly slurred
“Carrie your shoes are on your feet”
“I know but Lacey, look at how they’re glowing”
“How much have you had?”
“I can’t… I mean… um 4 I think?” Carrie said holding up her hand indicating 5 instead of the 4 “Wait that’s not right is it?” she said looking at her hand
“Can we cut her off please?” Lacey yelled to the other girls who were laughing
“But Lacey she’s just now getting fun”
“You let her get this drunk Lacey what were you thinking?” Derek said looking concerned between all of the girls
“Derek, leave it’s her bachelorette party we’re having fun, and no dad no one is driving.”
Derek turned to leave still pissed about what Lacey said but seeing no point in arguing any further
“By the way Derek, you just treated her like a little sister and yet you wanted to steal her away from her fiancé?”
Derek sighed annoyed before walking out of the VIP and towards his brother
“Bets off man that’s Carrie’s party and Lacey is the maid of honor. Let’s get out of here”
“Dude I’m not even slightly buzzed yet no way!”
“Scott, I said let’s go! Find the guys and come on” At the sharpness in his tone his brother nodded heading to grab the other guys that came with them then for the door

With Lacey

Lacey turned around facing everyone in the lounge
“Someone give me a drink!” she said irritation evident in her face. Quickly she was passed a drink that she downed and then another; taking slower drinks out of that one feeling the calm from the alcohol running through her veins. They had all had a couple more and were talking and laughing before Lacey took note of Carrie on the phone in the corner, she happily plopped down next to her friend who hung up the phone after she sat down
“Who were you talking to” she asked laughing at one of their friends as she tripped over her own foot, almost crashing to the floor
“Um, I don’t really remember” Carrie says giggling for no reason
The time was flying for the girls as they drank and laughed and sang along and danced along to the songs they knew and even some they didn’t. Their sisters were about ready to usher them out the door at midnight when an angry Nate came up to the VIP room with Tyler and a couple other Sabres players not far behind
“NATE! Hi what are you doing here?” Carrie asked laughing even at his angry stern face
“Let’s go” he said his anger not wavering
“Okay!” Carrie says happily leaning towards him dizzy from the alcohol

With Nate
Nate was sitting at home after spending the day fixing the wall he had punched a hole in when Carrie left, he was just starting to get into what was on TV when there was a knock at the door, he opened it to reveal Tyler Ennis, Tyler Myers, Patrick Kaleta, Cody Hodgeson, and a couple other players.
“What are you guys doing here?”
“We’re supposed to be having a bachelor party for you, remember?”
Nate slowly nodded and ushered the guys into the front door “So what are we doing?” the guys all shrugged looking towards Enzo
“I was only told I had to do this two days ago, I didn’t really plan anything I figured a mini sticks tournament some beer and some video games”
“Sounds good to me” Myers says plopping down on the couch.

The guys were into a serious mini sticks game when Nate’s phone rang without looking at the screen he answers it walking into the kitchen
“Hello?”
“Nate! Whatcha doing?”
“Carrie?”
“Yeah… who’s this?”
“Carrie its Nate you called me”
“Did I really? How’d I do that? Nate my shoes are glowing”
“Carrie where are you? I can hardly hear you”
“Canada its Lacey’s idea… Ooo give me another one of whatever that was”
“Are you drinking?”
“Not right now, I’m talking to you silly”
“How much have you had Carolyn?”
“I don’t remember.. Oh Lacey’s coming yay! Bye whoever this is!”
“Carrie wait don’t” he sighed heavily as the line went dead.
“Everything ok? Cody asked walking into the kitchen to grab the chips off the counter
“No Carrie and her friends are in Canada drinking she just drunk dialed me and she is wasted”
“What do you want to do about it?” Tyler Myers asks from the next room the look on Nate’s face said it all as Pat reached for his keys
“Let’s go 2 cars, I don’t know how many of them there are” Nate says reaching for his keys as well.
When they arrived it was almost midnight and even over the loud music they could hear the loud laughter from the VIP area. Carrie spotted him as he got close to the doorway
“NATE! Hi what are you doing here?” she asked in a happy clouded confusion, Nate could feel his anger rising
“Let’s go”
“Ok” Carrie says as she starts to lean towards him, Nate extends his hand to pull her along but quickly catches her as she passes out. He picks her up and heads for the door turning he see’s Enzo carrying Lacey who is trying to wiggle out of his grasp and Pat and Tyler Myers closely following with their other friends in tow, Carrie and Lacey’s sisters take Lacey’s and Ana’s cars with the girl’s friends and Nate and Enzo put Carrie and Lacey in the back of Nate’s car.
“You good with them Gerbs?” Pat calls from the other car and Nate nods getting in the driver’s seat. Starting the engine he see’s Lacey and Carrie both fast asleep in the back seat
“What were they thinking?” he asks and Tyler just shrugs

With Carrie

Carrie tried to roll over away from the sunlight blaring in her eyes only to find that any slight movement made her headache and new found stomachache worse. She sighed opening her eyes and looking around scared unaware of her surroundings.
“Oh my head” she groaned as she turned her head trying to find her phone
“Serves you right getting drunk like that”
“Shh it hurts don’t speak”
“Carrie what were you thinking?”
“Don’t chastise me Nate I’m an adult… wait Nate? What am I doing here?” Carrie fully opens her eyes recognizing the room she’s at Nate’s house in his bed
“You drunk dialed me last night”
“So you took that as the cue to come and get me? I’m not 5 everything was under control” she says trying to sit up but the surge of headache knocks her back to the bed
“Yeah everything looked under control, you passed out and spent 3 ½ hours throwing up”
“Must you be so loud”
“Here” he says handing her aspirin and ginger ale
“Why are you being so nice? Its making me feel sicker”
“Because I highly doubt you need your parents or me yelling at you I’m sure the hangover is bad enough and like I said you puked for over 3 hours it wouldn’t be a fair fight”
“Like it ever is” she mumbles looking down she notices she’s wearing one of Nate’s shirts and her eyes widen “Please tell me I have dignity left, how did I get in your shirt?”
“And shorts” he says and her mouth drops open “You changed yourself Carrie after you puked all over your pants and shirt”
“Sounds like a lovely night”
“I’m surprised you didn’t call Derek”
“So much for not feeling it was a fair fight huh?” she says rolling off the bed and standing slowly “Where’s Lacey I want to go home”
“Down the hall with Tyler” he says and she stalks out of the door.
Nate sits on the bed quietly his mind reeling was nothing ever going to go right around her? He let his thoughts fade to the previous night yes she was drunk out of her mind and puking but it was still a nice memory for Nate and whether she would admit it or not she needed him.

He was sat quietly on the bed while she changed then her small hoarse voice came through the door “I’m done” she said and he rose opening the door she was sitting on the floor holding her head in her hands
“You ok?” he asked and she looked up shaking her head before leaning towards the garbage can in her lap once more.
Nate carefully scooped her up and moved her closer to the toilet as she continued to empty her stomach he held her hair back until she rested her head on her arms over the bowl
“I’m gonna die” she groaned quietly
“You are not going to die, come here” he says sitting on the floor next to her she looks up at him and climbs quietly into his lap resting her head on his shoulder
“I have a headache”
“I bet, probably a stomachache too” she only nods “What were you thinking Carrie?”
“I thought it would be fun and it was but now I’m tired and I feel like poop”
Nate had to stifle his laugh “You feel like what?” Carrie rolls her eyes at him
“Does it sound better if I say I feel like shit?”
“At least you don’t sound like a toddler”
“Nate I’m tired”
“Brush your teeth and then we’ll go to bed” he says handing her a spare tooth brush she complies and before she knows it Nate is laying her carefully on his bed pulling the covers over her
“Nate” she says quietly looking up at him and he nods for her to finish speaking “Thank you I love you” Nate freezes holding his breath and tries to think of something “Hey” she says quietly and he looks into her eyes again “I know you’re probably mad I went out and got drunk with Lacey, but come on” she reaches up pulling him closer kissing him ever so softly but it’s enough to send a shock wave through him.
“I love you too baby” he says quietly kissing her forehead and crawling into the bed next to her.

Carrie walking into the room in a huff brings Nate back to the present “Which of the many rooms in this house is my best friend in I want to go home!”
“You can’t”
“Why not!”
“Lacey’s sister took her car home last night and your sister took hers”
“Then find me Lacey and take me home! Where are my clothes from last night”
“Lacey third door on the right, clothes are in the dryer. Carrie?”
“Yeah” she says turning back around from her stance to leave the room
“For our wedding” he starts looking at the floor shyly
“What about it, I really don’t want to think about that anymore. I just want to get it over with” Nate can just about feel the virtual kick to the ribs her words cause and just like that whatever happened the night before is gone whatever he thought they might still be able to salvage burning to ashes before him. Hardening his resolve anyway he speaks
“Well our parents are making this whole big thing about it, and I hate to disappoint them by showing my outright discontent and strictly flaunting the fact that the world will want me to kiss you in front of your little boyfriend Roysy”
“Oh my God!”
“Don’t interrupt me. Since our parents want this so bad I’m going to pretend I like you, hey I’ll even pretend I love you just so I’m not the one hurting our parents”
“Gerbe you lay it on thick don’t you. Fine challenge accepted”
“Anderson, you think you can win this with sweet little Derek watching helplessly in the corner as his precious Carrie tells our closest family and friends she loves me?” Nate makes a pouting face
“You know nothing” Carrie says seething and heads out the door to find Lacey. Stopping first to get both of their clothes out of Nate’s dryer.
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So Back_Around and I were both in summer school hence part of our delay (go figure we both make it to college to have to take summer school). But anyway she is in charge of the wedding chapter which is further in delay by her elbow surgery so I wrote a filler chapter which has a second part that I have to well write still. However I figured you all have been very patient and very neglected. After the wedding chapter is written though I will be taking over the story full time because I graduated and have more time on my hands. The other half of this chapter is waiting for some argumentative inspiration for Lacey and Tyler so if you have an idea leave us a comment :). As always we appreciate comments and readers and we are super excited for hockey season. Oh and PS yes we know Derek Roy was traded, however we write in bits and pieces overtime so he's still going to be a Sabre for a couple of chapters and everyone cross your fingers that Enzo resigns his contract with Buffalo soon otherwise half of the plot line of this story is seriously screwed!