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Chapter 14

The rest of the week went on without any more confrontations between Mallory and Jim. Then that weekend the new girls moved onto the floor, much to the excitement of the guys, for the beginning of the fall semester. It was the end of August, classes had begun, and it was less than two weeks until the guys left for Europe.

Beep, Beep, Beep

OC groaned with his face in the pillow. He was just awoken from a great sleep. He rubbed his eyes open and turned off the alarm. The hockey player looked over to the other side of the small bed and saw nothing but blonde locks. Mallory's body faced the other side. OC silently counted to five and took a deep breath. He then got out of bed and began looking for his clothes, which were scattered all throughout the room thanks to Mallory.

Finding his underwear, pants, socks and shoes didn't take to much time. But his shirt was a different story. He looked on the bed again and all the movement woke Mallory up. She rolled over to face OC.

"Hey, come back to bed," she said in a groggy voice.

"I have practice," he muttered, not looking up at her.

"Ok," she shrugged, while looking at the clock in her room. It was pretty early.

"Mal, have you seen my….shirt?" he paused when he looked at Mallory lying in bed. She was wearing it.

"Sorry," she chuckled as she sat up in bed, "You know I just don't like sleeping…"

"Naked," OC finished her sentence. When she sat up he noticed she put on some underwear too, "It's fine."

"I liked watching you look for the shirt though. You've got one hell of a six-pack," Mallory giggled, as she began taking off his shirt.

"No," Jack put his hand up and shook his head, "You can keep it."

"Really?" Mallory was confused. Keeping one's clothing was a big step in a relationship. She didn't even know if they had one.

"Yeah," OC told her, "I kind of wanna know how these Gopher fans will handle seeing it."

"Okay," the blonde laughed nervously, kind of disappointed that was his reasoning.

"Tell me how it goes," OC grinned at Mallory, "I gotta get going. See you later."

"Later," she nodded him off.

OC left the room without a shirt on. A couple seconds later he went into his room that he shared with Rizzo. His roommate was also just getting out of bed.

"Hey, man. You lose your shirt?" Rizzo snorted at the site of his shirtless roommate.

"Nah, man," he shook his head and looked down at his feet, "I leant it to Mallory."

"Hope she gives it back. Jessica never did," Rizzo teased.

"Don't…"OC began, "Don't talk about Jess."

"Sorry man," Rizzo put his hands up in defense.

"Whatever, man. Let's just get ready for practice," OC shrugged.

…

Practice was pretty average today. Elizabeth was practicing before them, which made the guys think she was beginning school and needed to get in a practice before classes started. She also had an angry look on her face which the guys figured only strengthened the going back to school theory. After practice the guys showered off in the locker rooms and were getting ready to leave.

"Elizabeth looked pissed getting off the ice today," Rizzo said aloud to no one in particular.

"She looks pissed everyday," Pav joked, "What's the difference?"

"I still don't believe the story you told us from last week. About getting drunk with her," Bah told Phil and Silk.

"It's true!" Phil exclaimed, then added, "I still can't believe you got Elizabeth in your room and you didn't do anything, Jimmy."

"Dude, she's jailbait!" Jim rolled his eyes.

"Not for long," OC added in a sing-songy voice.

"September 18th," Silk recalled, "What if you see her after we get back to Europe?"

"I don't know," Jim rolled his eyes and looked down.

"Come on, would you invite her over?" OC teased.

"I can invite her over now. Just not at night. Mallory never said anything about daytime," Jim told them.

"Are you gonna push that?" Mark asked.

"Maybe," Jim thought about it and chuckled.

After Jim finished getting dressed, he grabbed his gear and headed out of the locker room. He usually gave people rides but he figured he'd wait for people in his car. He really didn't want to talk about Elizabeth anymore. After walking through the arena, he wished he had stayed in the locker room. Low and behold Elizabeth was there and she saw him. Feeling obligated, Jim walked up to her to say hello.

"Hey Elizabeth," Jim was surprised to see her, "Doesn't school start soon?"

"Next week," she replied, looking at the ice and not him, "Why are they here?"

"The pee-wee team?" Jim asked.

"They're the ones on the ice," Elizabeth rolled her eyes; "I wanted to practice. I overslept and didn't get to practice as long as I wanted."

"I don't think you can," Jim tried.

"I know! Fuckin' kids," Elizabeth shrugged.

Jim gave her a 'what the hell' look and Elizabeth shook her head and rolled her eyes. Jim always seemed to be there to keep her on point. Sometimes she really hated that.

"Sorry. I'm just...frustrated," the brunette girl sighed.

"Did you get in trouble from your coach or something for not coming home that night last week?" the goalie asked.

"No," Elizabeth shrugged, "She has a new boyfriend, so she doesn't notice. I hope they don't break up until after I turn eighteen. Then it wouldn't matter anymore."

"Oh, uh, that's good I guess," Jim didn't know what to say.

"So, what crazy things are you guys planning on doing tonight?" Elizabeth chuckled, trying to change subjects. She wished she didn't bring up her coach.

"We're gonna go out to a club with the new girls on the floor," Jim told her.

"Ohhh, that sounds like so much fun!" Elizabeth gave a high pitched voice that sounded fake, "I wish I could go…"

Jim paused for a moment. She was actually pretty fun to hang out with when she was loose. But could he risk getting in trouble with Mallory? Maybe he could push it with Mallory a bit, see how far he could go without getting in trouble.

"Well I guess you can come, if you want," he sighed.

"Thank you!" she grinned.

"But I'll drive you home. You can't stay over because of…"

"That bitch, Molly!" the blue eyed girl finished his sentence.

"It's Mallory and yeah she's the RA," Jim smirked.

"Whatever screw her," Elizabeth shook her head, "Is she going to come tonight?"

"Probably," Jim wasn't sure.

"Well than I'll ignore her. But if she says something I'm going to say something back," Elizabeth warned.

"She probably won't care unless you go home with Jim," OC, who just left the locker room and was walking by with Mark, joined the conversation, "You just can't stay the night."

"She's not that bad, Mallory I mean," Mark added.

"I don't care!" Elizabeth exclaimed, "You can pick me up tonight I guess from here."

"Why not at your house?" Jim asked.

"My coach and her boyfriend are there…" Elizabeth rolled her eyes, she thought they were done talking about that, "And unless I find something else to do I'm gonna stay here and watch pee-wees. Ohhhh, maybe I can hang out with you guys! It would save you a ride!"

"Yeeeah," Jim said slowly. Meanwhile OC made a weird chocking chuckle and Mark dropped his jaw a little bit.

"Okay, let's go," Elizabeth smiled as she began walking out.

The guys stood still and quiet for a moment. Once Elizabeth was outside and out of ear shot, OC spoke up.

"That just happened," OC pointed to the direction that Elizabeth left in.

"What the hell happened, Jim?" Mark was stunned.

"She invited herself!" Jim tried, "Did you just see that?"

"Did she invite herself tonight also?" OC asked, not mad at Jim but at Elizabeth.

"Basically. She asked what we were doing and like guilted me into asking her," Jim explained, "Maybe she won't be that bad. I mean last time she was fun."

"True," Mark nodded.

"Let's just keep her away from Mal," OC warned.

"You guys coming?" Elizabeth shouted at the guys. She was waiting outside and came in to get them.

"Yep," OC said slowly and sadly.

"She won't be that bad…hopefully," Jim tried.

"We'll help you out, man," Mark offered

"Yeah," OC nodded in agreement.

The guys all walked towards Elizabeth and once they got to her the foursome left together. Jim drove them back and once they got to the floor they all went to Mark and Mac's room. They didn't see Mallory anywhere and her door was closed, so she must've been in class. The guys kept their door open and they talked and watched a baseball game on TV.

"Hey guys," they were interrupted by two cute girls hanging out in their doorway.

"Hi," all the guys immediately stopped their conversation and greeted them.

"We were just wondering what club we're going to tonight," one of the smiled shyly.

"The CC Club, I think," OC replied, "But I'm not positive."

"Okay, well just let us know," the other girl told them.

"You bet I will!" OC smirked and winked.

"Who's that girl with you? Are you on our floor too?" the first girl asked.

"No," Elizabeth shook her head, "I'm Elizabeth."

"Hi Elizabeth! I'm Katie and this is Becky," she replied, "Hope to see you tonight!"

Katie and Becky walked off and the guys checked them out as they went. They were all smiling, even Elizabeth. All the girls in high school were all so catty. They seemed really nice. Maybe she should hangout with college people more often. Then they saw Mallory stopping outside the door. She was trying to get into her room, which was directly across Mark and Mac's. OC got up and walked over to greet her.

"Hey Mal, looking good in my BU shirt," OC smirked.

"Yeah. I kinda got weird looks on campus all day because of it," Mallory giggled.

"Then my work is done," the defenseman teased.

Mallory rolled her eyes and playfully hit him on the arm, "Jerk!"

Jack laughed then switched topics, "So you free tonight? Everyone on the floor is going out to…"

Before the hockey player could finish the pair outside heard someone groan "No" from inside the room. It sounded like a female voice and since the only girl in that room was Elizabeth, the couple deduced it was her. Mallory and Jack both gave her confused and annoyed looks. Mallory wished she could do something, but she didn't make any rules about under aged people during the day and she kept her word. Unless they were alone together she wouldn't do anything.

"I hate her," she whispered, loudly enough for everyone to hear, to Jim, "She's like obsessed with me. She wants me nowhere near this floor at night. Too bad it's the middle of the day bitch!"

"I can't I'm busy tonight," she gave Jack a half-hearted smile, then pecked him on the lips, "I gotta go, but I'll see you later."

She walked away from the scene and everyone was surprised by her actions. They were all shocked she didn't cuss out Elizabeth or anything. They thought that she could've heard because Elizabeth was not being quiet about what she said. Maybe she didn't hear, or maybe she didn't care.

"Elizabeth," Jim sighed, "You're lucky she didn't hear you."

"So what? I hope she did! You hate her too I don't see why you're defending her," Elizabeth accused.

"I'm not!" Jim got defensive, "She just has a lot of power. She can get us in a lot of trouble..."

"I don't care! Obviously not many people like her if her boyfriend over there was flirting with those other girls," Elizabeth pointed out.

"Hey," Mark interrupted, "I can't stop you guys from talking about Mal, but if you want to then don't do it here."

"Wait, what?" OC finally joined the conversation. He was too busy check out Mallory from across the way as she entered her dorm.

"Nothing," Elizabeth, Jim, and Mark said in unison.

Suddenly music began playing from inside Mallory's room, which had its door slightly ajar. It wasn't that surprising because she played music all the time, but once the lyrics began playing everyone in the room stopped talking to listen.

"What song is this?" Elizabeth asked.

"Shhhh," OC quieted her down.

You had one eye in the mirror
As you watched yourself gavotte
And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner
They'd be your partner, and
You're so vain

You probably think this song is about you

You're so vain!

It was Carly Simon's "You're So Vain". OC began cracking up because he knew who Mallory played this song for. Mallory wasn't stupid; Jack knew that she heard Elizabeth. Mark tried to be nice and control his laughter, but seeing OC laugh didn't help. After about thirty seconds he began cracking up too. Elizabeth and Jim didn't find this very humorous. Elizabeth just sat quiet on the ground with her jaw dropped a little. Mallory was trying to embarrass her, and that pissed her off.

"You shouldn't have said that in front of her," Jim coolly whispered in her ear.

During the first chorus a few of the new girls on the floor began walking by. When they heard the song being played the all laughed and smiled. They didn't know who it addressed, they just liked the song. They knocked on Mallory's slightly ajar door so they would be able to go into her room to hear the song. The RA happily let them in. This time she left the door more than halfway open just in case other people wanted to come in.

When the girls got inside the room, Mallory began singing and dancing along with the song. The other girls joined her. Soon more girls from the floor began to join in on the impromptu dance party.

"You're so vain!" the girls all sang together and pointed to represent the 'you'. Elizabeth saw this and was almost certain that Mallory was looking and pointing at her for one of them.

Elizabeth glared at Mallory but it didn't really mean anything to the RA. Mallory then closed the door and the girls all sang and danced until the song was over.

"Ughhh I hate her!" Elizabeth shrugged.

"Let's just go back to watching the game," Mark tried to switch topics.

"Good idea," OC chuckled, still laughing a bit about what just happened.

"Fine," Elizabeth groaned, as if she was forced to stay here. OC rolled his eyes at Elizabeth. She invited herself over.

"Good idea, Mark," Jim said quietly.

When the song ended there was no more music coming from the room but instead some chitter chatter and laughter could be heard from behind the door. Mallory said since the new girls moved in that she wanted to get to know them and now was her chance. The group just ignored them and continued watching the game on TV. OC even raised the volume so he didn't have to hear the girl talk from Mallory's room or Elizabeth complaining about it.

"Hey guys," Verchota greeted everyone as he walked into the room with Mac and Silky.

"What's up?" OC nodded at Silk and Verchota before turning his head back towards the screen.

"Not much," Silk replied, and then asked with a coy smile, "Where are all the girls? I wanna find out which ones are single."

"I don't know where all of them are, but a lot are in Mallory's room," Mark answered.

"They had a dance party," OC chuckled, "With the door opened. It was a pretty great view."

"And I missed it?" Verchota sounded genuinely disappointed.

"Sorry, man," OC grinned.

"The song she picked sucked!" Elizabeth added her two cents.

"Who cares about the song! We missed hot girls dancing," Mac groaned.

"Well we can see them tonight at the club," Silk tried to make himself and his teammates feel better.

Mallory's door opened and the girls started filing out, laughing and talking. The guys in the room all watched them go.

"Hey ladies, you excited for tonight?" Silk yelled at the door at them. It was Katie and Becky.

"We aren't going anymore," Katie answered.

"We're having a girl's night with Mallory. 'The Turning Point' is coming back into theaters for one night only," Becky explained.

"'The Turning Point', you mean that ballerina movie?" Verchota sounded annoyed.

"Yeah," Katie nodded with a smile, "We'll all hangout together. Just as a floor though…"

The pair walked away and Mallory was the last one to leave her room. Instead of following the other girls she leaned into Mark and Robbie's doorway.

"So, I'm sorry about that. I guess they want to hang out with someone a little more…mature," she sarcastically apologized looking right at Elizabeth, then turned to the guys, "You guys can chill with high school over there. But you need to make sure she gets home early. It is a school night."

She winked at Elizabeth before walking off to meet up with the other girls.

"And that's why you can't insult people when they're right there," Mark looked at the ice skater.

"Whatever," Elizabeth shrugged and got up, "She's just a bitch and a sour puss. And I don't like people who are either. I'm going home…"

Jim shrugged and stood up. He didn't really want to, but he already told her that he'd take her home. He wasn't the type of person who would bail on a promise.

"Let's go," he motioned Elizabeth towards the door.

Elizabeth left the room first and before Jim left he turned to his teammates and gave them an apologetic look. The guys nodded in acknowledgement and knew his real punishment for not shutting Elizabeth up near Mallory was the fact that he had to take her home and spend one-on-one time with her.

"I miss her from that night at the bar!" Silk sighed, "She was hilarious!"

"She was drunk!" Mark laughed.

"I wish I had been there. I think she's only okay with you guys because you took her to the bar. Everyone else she's still weird to," Mac explained, "But she's hot so I just put her on mute when she talks."

"Same," Verchota and OC said in unison.

They guys continued talking and watching the game in Mark and Mac's room. Gradually over time more guys on the team began showing up. It was well known that Mark and Mac had the best TV on the floor; most of them had cheap old black-and-whites.

"Mallory gave Elizabeth like a triple burn," OC was retelling the story to some of the guys not there, "It was epic."

"Sounds awesome," Bah chuckled.

"Yeah epic until your little girlfriend decided to have a girl's night. None of the girls are coming out with us anymore," Mac said coolly.

"Hey just because you couldn't hold on to her…" OC began to get into it. Rizzo was quick to break it up.

"Hey, so even though the girls aren't going we're still going out right?" Rizzo tried.

"Yes."

"Of course."

"Definitely."

"There are girls at the club."

Random voices came from all areas of the room so Rizzo didn't even know who answered. He just replied to no one in particular, "Good."

Just then Jim came back into the room. He had just returned from dropping Elizabeth off. He saw a lot more guys in the room and they all looked at him as he walked in. He assumed rightly that they heard what happened.

"I'm sorry about Elizabeth, guys. I had no idea she'd go off like that," Jim apologized to the whole group.

"It's not your fault, Jim. No one could've called that," OC assured his friend.

"I think that she shouldn't come back to the dorms for a while," Mark suggested, "Maybe she can come after we get back from Europe. But this needs to blow over."

"Besides at that point she turns eighteen so Mallory can't stop her from coming over anyways," Silk chuckled.

"Yeah, Magic, you're right," Jim nodded, "Sorry again guys."

The guys all nodded in acceptance. They could just hang out with the girls another night, this time without Elizabeth.

"Wanna go over to Mario's or something?" the goalie suggested.

"Sure."

"That's cool."

"Let's go."

The guys got up and as they were walking out OC joked, "Hope we don't run into Elizabeth again! It's like we always see her."

"We better not!" Silky agreed, "That girl is everywhere."

"Well she won't be here until after Europe," Verchota nudged Jim, "Right, Jimmy?"

"Whatever," Jim chuckled, brushing him off.