Nikkd03- Well, I hope your research paper goes well! (Too bad your topic ism't Jimmy Craig! LOL) Yay, another Jimmy fan!

Lia06- If you faint, Doc can resuscitate you. LOL

Bookgoddess- Thank you so much. I always enjoy your reviews.

Darkdestiney2000- Jim and Georgia should come with a diabetes warning! LOL

Klinoa- Never fear, lots will still happen for Georgia and Jimmy in December 1979.

Killerkeanegirl- Foreshadowing? If Doc was the goalie the team would have to be terribly desperate. LOL

BellaLou- Georgy is glad to know that some strenuous activity is okay! LOL I won't tell you boyfriend anything! I am so happy you enjoy my story so much. Hope your boyfriend is still reading! LOL

Nascarchick- Well, thank you!

Miraclegirl- If he got mad at her for trying to do a good deed, I would've written Donald slapping him! LOL

Meadow567- Well, I'll forgive you this time! LOL Yeah Rob is always cute!

Emador- Thanks, I threw some Mac in there for his fans.

TheBalckSoul- Thanks so much! Always so happy to see a new reviewer!

December, 1979 Minneapolis
I sat at practice, watching Jimmy in the net. I thought about the past few months with him. I really loved him and he loved me. I adored his family, and my mother wanted to adopt him. We had grown so close, it was a bit scary. We knew what each other was thinking, and feeling. I was closer to him than I had ever been anyone in my life including Mac.

I looked at Mac out on the ice and thought about what he had been telling me. I decided that I would talk to Jim when practice was over.

"Georgia, you or your dad take a look at Broten's knee after practice." Craig Patrick interrupted my thoughts.

"Oh, sure thing coach." I said.

I walked over to dad. "Coach Craig said that we need to take a look at Broten's knee." I told him.

"I can do that. I may take him for x-rays." Dad said.

I looked onto the ice where Herb had called the boys over and was drawing on the glass to show them a play. At least now when he tried this, they understood what he was talking about.

I anxiously waited for Herb to dismiss the boys; I wanted to talk to Jim. Dad kept glancing at me, I must have looked antsy.

Finally Herb dismissed the boys and they took off for the locker room. Dad and I followed. He immediately took Broten aside to check on him. When I got into the locker room, Pavelich was complaining of a sore neck. I took him to the back room to check him out.

"When did it start hurting?" I asked him.

"During practice, I think when Silk checked me, my neck snapped harder than I thought." Pav said.

"Okay, let's check your vision just in case. Did you hit your head?" I asked while checking to see how his pupils dilated.

"No, I would have said something immediately if I had." Pav said.

I gave Pav a full exam to be sure that he didn't have a head injury. He was okay, so I told him to take it easy for a few days and keep ice on his neck for the evening. When Pav went on his way, I went to find Jim.

I stopped just short of the room the boys dressed in. "Alright, woman coming in so cover em up or I'll see what little you got." I called in.

"Who is she calling little?" Silk asked sarcastically.

I walked in and saw Jim sitting at his locker buttoning up his shirt. I walked over and sat down on his lap.

"Hello? Did you miss me or something?" Jim asked with a smile.

"A little, but I just wanted to talk to you." I said and wrapped my arms around him.

"Something wrong?" Jim asked.

"No. I wanted to talk to you about this Friday night." I said.

"What about it? Aren't you going to sit in front of my TV watching the 'Twilight Zone' like you do most Friday nights?" Jim asked.

"Actually, I was hoping that this Friday, you would take me somewhere special. That we could go out and have a nice evening." I said.

"What do you want to do?" Jim asked.

"It doesn't matter. You come up with something, doesn't have to be really fancy. I just want a special evening out with you." I said and kissed his cheek.

"Yeah, sounds great. I would love to go out on the town with the prettiest girl in Minnesota." Jim said and kissed me.

"That's great, now do 'Scarlet and Rhett'." OC said.

"OC, go look for some Beavers." I told him.

"Go examine Johnson's johnson." OC told me and we both laughed.

"So I'll see you Friday night?" I asked turning back to Jim.

"What time do you want me to pick you up?" Jim asked.

"7:00ish." I said.

"I'll be there." Jim said. I kissed him one last time before getting up to go meet with Herb.

(Friday)
"Georgia, you look very nice this evening. What is the occasion?" Mom asked as I came down the stairs. Jim was due to pick me up at any minute.

"Jim and I are going out." I said.

"You look wonderful. You really do." Mom said and hugged me.

I looked down at myself. I was wearing my favorite black skirt that was short but not short enough to be a mini-skirt. With that I was wearing a light blue sweater, and black pumps. I had made sure every hair was in place, that my make-up was perfect and that I had on just the right amount of perfume. I laid my purse and coat over the back of the couch to wait for Jim.

"You coming home tonight?" dad asked.

"I doubt it. I'll probably crash at the U." I said.

"Well have a good time. If the roads get bad, you and Jimmy head in early." Dad said.

"We will." I said and kissed his cheek. Then the doorbell rang. "That must be Jimmy."

I opened the door, Jim was standing there. I opened the door for him. "Hey Doc, Velta." Jim said stepping in the house.

"Good evening, Jim." Mom said.

"Are you ready to go?" Jim asked.

I nodded. "Just let me get my coat." I said. Jim helped me put my coat on. I waved to my parents, and then Jim and I left.

"You look absolutely beautiful." Jim said as we walked towards his car. "I feel something like a Prince Charming escorting the beautiful princess." Jim said.

"Thank you." I said. "But I don't like prince charmings."

"You don't? Then what do you like?" Jim asked as he opened the car door for me.

"Hockey goalies from North Easton, Massachusetts." I said and kissed him before sitting down.

Jim walked around and climbed in as well. He started up the car and pulled us out onto the road.

"So where are we headed?" I asked.

"To dinner and then a movie. Sorry it's not very original, but I thought you would like it." Jim said.

"Don't apologize, it sounds wonderful." I said and took his hand. "You could take me to a dogfight and I would be thrilled as long as I was with you."

"I would never take you to a dog fight. You would jump in and try to break up the fight and then call the law on the organizers, which would probably be linked to some kind of organized crime. Next thing you know Marlon Brando, James Caan, Al Pacino, and Robert Duvall are after us!" Jim said while laughing.

"If the Godfather has nothing better to do than run illegal and inhumane dog fights, and by the way this is the silliest conversation you and I have ever had." I said laughing.

"Sorry, Coxie mentioned the Godfather earlier and ever since OC has been talking with that accent." Jim said.

"Glad I missed that one." I said. "Where are we going for dinner?"

"Deluca's." Jim said. "Rizzo went there a few weeks ago and fell in love with the place. Then Silk went there, tried to pick up a girl and struck out. So I decided I just had to see this place."

"Silk struck out? What a blow to that ego." I said with a smirk.

"I am sure he will get over it." Jim said.

We drove a few minutes more before pulling into the restaurant that Jim had been talking about.

"Exactly what kind of place is this?" I asked when Jim opened the car door and helped me out.

"Like a family dinner with a bar kind of place, according to Rizzo." Jim said.

"Sounds nice." I said and took Jim's hand as we walked inside.

A hostess seated us at a booth on opposite sides of each other and handed us menus.

"What looks good?" I asked Jim. "Never mind, you're a steak and potatoes man. And I don't like steak."

"They got a few chicken dishes that might interest you." Jim said.

The waitress came and took our orders.

"Jim, any word on when Herb is going to cut the last player?" I asked.

"No, he seems to be having a hard time deciding." Jim said. "He knows it'll break the heart of whoever it is. It must be the lowest feeling in the world to be the last player cut."

"I don't want anybody to leave. I am so attached to every one of those boys." I said. "I mean I love Bah and Verchota chasing blonde girls. I love all the Coneheads' poker games. I love Mac calling me his wife; he's done that for a few years now. I love the way Rizzo is everyone's friend and bends over backwards to help people. I even enjoy watching OC and Silk think they are God's gift to women."

Jim laughed. "Yeah, they're all good guys. I have become good friends with most of them."

Soon our meal arrived. While we ate I admired how handsome Jim looked in just jeans and a button down shirt. He was so good-looking; he made any outfit look good.

"So what movie are we going to see?" I asked.

"I saw this one called, 'Savage Weekend'. Looks like a horror flick, which is your kind of thing." Jim said.

"You're so wonderful." I said.

"Just because I looked in the paper and found a horror flick at the movies? What will actually taking you to the movie get me?" Jim asked and winked.

"Oh, I think that may be worth a kiss or two or twenty." I said.

"Just kissing, I'm hurt." Jim said with mock hurt in his voice.

I concentrated on my food, afraid that I was blushing. We finished our meal with some light conversation. Jim told me that his dad still didn't know that it was me who sent the Santa package.

"Are you ready to go see the movie?" Jim asked.

"Yes, take me to be scared." I said and stood up, taking his hand. "Will you hold me through the scary scenes?"

"Why do you think I picked a horror flick?" Jim asked with a smirk.

"And here all this time I thought you were catering to my interests." I said, pretending to whine.

"I was, but it also benefits me." Jim said and I laughed. We walked out to his car and got in.

The theater was just a few minutes away from the restaurant. When we arrived, we learned the movie we wanted to see wouldn't be showing again for about a half hour. So after getting our tickets we sat down to wait in the lobby.

"We get to see the late show." Jim said.

"Yeah, I was planning on heading back to the dorms with you anyway." I said.

"Okay, I don't mind." Jim said and I took his hand.

"I hope the movie is good." I said, trying to change the subject before I lost my nerve for later.

"Well, I guess we can go on in and get seated." Jim said and took my hand and led me into the theater.

When the movie started, Jim put his arm around me and I snuggled against him. The movie had several couples all going to the woods to camp for the weekend, while a friend worked on a boat he was building. But most of the first 45 minutes of the movie was various sex scenes. All the couples were having sex by the lake they were visiting.

"Jim, did you accidentally bring me to a porn show?" I whispered.

"Didn't think this was in the movie, but why complain?" Jim whispered back and I rolled my eyes.

"Remind me to recommend this movie to Silk and OC." I told him.

Then the killing started. There was a psycho-killer in a mask, killing the vacationers one by one. It was a bit gory. I was a nurse so I didn't mind the blood, but the way the people were dying made me gag. I clung to Jim. He smelled so good.

Finally the movie was over and the credits rolled. Jim held my hand as we stood up and headed out of the theater.

"Did you like that movie?" Jim asked.

"It was a typical slasher flick. Except it bordered on porn." I said.

"Yeah, made the whole movie better." Jim said with a wink.

I leaned over and kissed his cheek. "Sometimes you are just so cute."

Jim opened the car door for me and I got in. I scooted over to the middle seat. When Jim got in he looked a bit surprised.

"Scared someone is going to get you?" He asked with a smile.

"No, I just wanted to be closer to you." I said and leaned over and kissed him.

Jim smiled at me and started up the car. I stayed snuggled against him the entire trip back to the U.

"You're certainly in a snuggly mood tonight." Jim said as he drove.

"It's because you are so sexy and I love you so much and I just love being close to you." I told him.

"Did OC give you chocolate?" Jim asked.

"No, why?" I asked.

"A few years ago, OC swore that for Valentines Day he gave his girlfriend at the time a box of chocolates that were aphrodisiacs." Jim said while laughing. "None of us believed him, but I had to check anyways."

I giggled. "No, OC didn't give me any candy. I just like being close to you." I said.

"No complaints here." Jim said and kissed me.

I snuggled even closer to him if that was possible and nuzzled against his neck. I could smell his cologne and thought that my head would spin. He smelled so good and I loved being in his arms. Jim pulled his car up in front of his dorm.

We walked up the stairs to his room. It was late and the halls were empty. I didn't even see any other members of the team. Jim opened his door and I stepped inside his room and flipped on a light. Jim took my coat and hung it up with his. I kicked off my shoes. I turned on the lamp next to Jim's bed.

"You want something to drink?" Jim asked.

"Oh, no I am fine." I said and walked over and turned out the large overhead light.

Jim pulled a soda out of the mini-fridge in his room. He walked over and sat on the edge of his bed. I walked over and sat down next to him.

"Did you have fun tonight?" I asked him.

"Yeah, good dinner, mild porn and had a hott girl with me all night." Jim said.

"I'm glad. I had fun too." I said and took his hand.

"So you want to watch TV or something?" Jim asked.

I leaned forward and pressed my lips against his and put my hand behind his neck so he wouldn't pull away. Jim wrapped an arm around me and pulled me close to him. I wrapped my free arm around his shoulders and pulled myself into his lap, but Jim leaned back pulling me with him.

"I'll take making out." He said.

I leaned forward and kissed him again. I moved my legs so that they were intertwined with his. I reached up and undid the top few buttons of Jim's shirt. He pulled back and covered my hands with his.

He studied my face for a moment. "Are you sure?" Jim asked.

"I love you more than anything. Nothing can be more right than making love with you." I said.

Jim gently touched my face. "I love you Georgia Grace." Jim gently moved on top of me and lowered his mouth to mine. "Let me know if anything is too fast, or uncomfortable. I promise I'll be gentle and go slow."

He lowered his mouth to mine again and I smiled as he kissed me. His kiss was gentle and I felt myself get lost in it. I finished unbuttoning Jim's shirt as I felt him sliding his hand up my thigh and beneath my skirt.

I lay awake gently stroking Jim's hair. He had collapsed on top of me and I wouldn't let him move. I loved the feel of his bare skin against mine. Jim's head was resting on my shoulder. I could feel his hipbones cutting against mine. It was an odd sensation that I enjoyed. I wasn't sure if he was asleep or not. I just enjoyed the weight of him above me. My head was still in the clouds from making love with Jim. I had never experienced such a high in my entire life.

"Georgia, I have never experienced something like this." Jim said and rose up to look at me.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"I mean, nothing so powerful. It's intense." Jim said. "I have never felt love this strong before. Sometimes it feels like I can't breathe, but it's the most amazing feeling in the world."

"I know what you mean. It is a powerful feeling but I wouldn't trade it for anything. Being with you is amazing." I said and brushed the hair off his forehead..

"It's a little scary sometimes. I didn't know I could fall in love this fast. And I didn't know I could fall in love this much. But you're in my heart and I feel like you're the other half of my soul. Like if I didn't have you, I wouldn't be complete." Jim said.

"I love you so much." I said. "And I have imagined sex in a lot of different ways…..but this was…….I can't describe it, there aren't words. It was breathtaking, and amazing and it was like time stopped. "

"I know. It was as if our spirits united or something. I know I sound ridiculous but…"

"No, you don't. I know because I felt the same way. It was unbelievable." I said.

"I never knew it could be like this." Jim said and lowered his mouth to mine.

"I love you, so much." I told him.

"I love you too. Thank you." He said.

"For what?" I said.

"For tonight. For giving yourself to me, that meant so to me." Jim said.

"You're welcome. I am yours, all yours." I said. "Always yours."

He kissed me again.