After they had driven around on the Zamboni for what felt like hours, Vaughn bought a pair of boots for them both so that they could skate. Sydney sat on the bench, a huge smile on her face. She laced up her boots and then stood infront of Vaughn, who was still sat on the bench.
"I never really used to come here often, until I met you." She smiled at him as she leaned down to kiss him. He rested his hands on her hips, his thumbs gently rubbing against her skin. "And now I love skating, I love playing hockey, and do you know what else I love?"
Vaughn smiled shyly, thinking that he already knew her answer. "What?"
"Kicking your ass!"
He laughed at her, and shuck his head. "Oh really?" He asked sarcastically.
Sydney nodded confidently, a smile on her face. "Yes."
"You do remember what happened the last time you said that right?"
Flashback
"I'm am so gonna kick your ass." Sydney told Vaughn as she stood on the ice, the hockey puck resting next to her stick. Vaughn looked at her sceptically and rolled his eyes.
"I'd be warned my man." Weiss joked as he skated past, patting Vaughn on the back. "She's gonna kick your ass." He mimicked Sydney, and Vaughn found if hard to hold his laughter in.
She pointed her hockey stick at Weiss. "Just for that comment Weiss, your ass is getting kicked too!"
Weiss and Vaughn looked at each other in amazement and laughed. The three of them had decided to spend their Sunday at the ice rink, and ever since there had got there, Sydney had been acting strangely. Vaughn had told her to stop being so cocky, but she had informed him that she was being confident, not cocky.
"Bring it on Bristow!"
"Hey, it's Vaughn now." She kindly reminded him, smiling happily at her husband.
"Whatever." Weiss rolled his eyes and pointed to the hockey net. "Just get the puck in the back of the net."
Weiss and Vaughn stood blocking the net, a smug smile on both of their faces. They knew that there was no chance that she could get the puck in, especially not with them both standing right infront of the net.
"Now come on, play fair!" She warned them, skating into the middle of the rink. Weiss whispered something in Vaughn's ear and they both moved away from the net, leaving the goal completely open. Sydney watched with confusion as they both skated over to the side of the rink and waved at her to take the shot.
Rolling her eyes, and muttering something about guys being jerks, Sydney began skating towards the net, the puck moving steadily infront of her. They were making this too easy for her; surely they didn't want her to beat them?
"Go girlfriend!" Vaughn and Weiss shouted over to her, causing her to look away from what she was doing, although she was still skating forward. She laughed, watching them dance at the side of the rink.
"You have got to be kidding me!" She yelled at them, and then faced forward to see the net getting closer to her. Before she could stop herself, she skated into the back of it and fell backwards onto the ice.
Weiss and Vaughn were barely able to stand up straight as they skated over to her. They were both doubled over with laughter, while Sydney propped herself up on the ice and looked at them, and embarrassed smile on her face. She couldn't believe that she had just made a show of herself infront of them, especially after she had repeatedly told them that she was gonna kick their asses.
Weiss finally managed to control his laughter and looked into the net at Sydney. "So by kicking our asses, you really meant just fall flat on yours, right?" Vaughn laughed harder at Weiss joke, although Sydney didn't look to amused. She tired to kick Weiss's leg, but the blade of her boot got caught in the net.
She laughed and lay back down on the ice, her hands covering her face. "Kill me now…" She groaned.
End Flashback
Sydney blushed at the memory and cleared her throat. "Ok, so maybe you didn't quite get your ass kicked that day…" Vaughn stood up and took her hand in his. She's so cute when she's embarrassed.
"Face it Syd," He led her down the steps towards the rink. "You're never gonna be able to kick my ass. It's just not possible!" He shrugged, and tried to hide his smile from her but she caught him. She punched him in the arm and stepped onto the ice.
"Honey," she smiled sweetly, but Vaughn knew that whatever was coming next would be anything other than sweet. "I am so gonna make sure that today I beat you at this game." She told him firmly. Vaughn rolled his eyes and left to get 2 hockey sticks and a puck from the guy at the front desk.
He came back and handed one of the sticks to her and tossed the puck on the ice. "Ok Syd, I think it's time for you to kick my ass." He mimicked her, skating further onto the rink. Sydney rolled her eyes and followed him, lightly pushing the puck infront of her with her stick. She was now more determined that ever that she would beat him.
Vaughn stood in between her and the net, knowing that if she were to make any attempt at getting the puck in, she would have to get past him first; giving him the perfect opportunity to take it away from her. Sydney knew what he was doing and smiled; there was no way that she was going to fall for his tricks.
As Sydney started to skate towards the goal, Vaughn moved forward and tried to get the puck away from her. But before he had the chance, she dodged him and knocked the puck to the back of the net. She turned to face him, a triumphant smile on her face.
"Now what was that you were saying about me never being able to kick your ass?"
His cheeks coloured slightly as he looked down at the ice. "Cocky aren't we?"
"Nope. I was just confident." She stuck her tongue out at him. "But I have to admit, kicking your ass was pretty easy!" She knew that she was winding him up even further, but the look on his face was priceless.
Vaughn dropped his hockey stick and started skating towards, his arms outstretched infront of him. Sydney screamed and realised that he was about to chase her. She too dropped her stick and tried to skate away from him. She started laughing which made her harder for her to skate, and the fact that he was a much better skater than her didn't exactly help.
She turned her head to see that he was only a couple of feet away from her. She was thinking about what she should do, when she felt his arms wrap around her waist and they both fell to the floor.
Sydney laughed and turned to face him. "Are you happy now?" She joked, wondering how stupid they both must look just lying on the ice.
Vaughn nodded. "Actually I am. I now know what it must have been like all those months ago when you fell on your ass…" Sydney hit him on the chest and shook her head.
"You're unbelievable! You know that?" She was pretending to be mad at him, but his smile was making that impossible to do.
"Well, I've been told on a few occasions." He tightened his grip around her waist, his eyes gazing into hers. Sydney smiled, lowering her face to his.
"No, all jokes aside. You really are unbelievable." She placed a light kiss on his lips. "And I'm unbelievably lucky to be your wife." She kissed him again, only this time the kiss lasted a lot longer.
"No, I'm the lucky one." Vaughn told her, his hand coming up to caress her cheek.
"Actually, I was right. I am the lucky one." Vaughn looked at her strangely. "I beat your ass at hockey." She gave him one last kiss before moving out of his embrace and standing up. "Wait until I tell Weiss about this…" She smiled at him and skated towards the benches, knowing that any minute he would follow her.