Strangexbutxtrue- Here is a tissue. Do you need a hug?
Meadow567- I actually forgot the word 'sooner'. Maybe I'll repost later. You're happy they're fighting?
Emador- Cry and Scream! LOL What is a 'russafrasser'? Glad you liked the part with OC.
TheBlackSoul-You okay?
Darkdestiney2000- We'll see who she goes to. OC can be so sweet sometimes.
Lia06- I got the impression that you liked the emotion! LOL
Moi- Yes, all couples fight, but poor Georgy! Glad you liked the sides to the argument.
Killerkeanegirl- My Georgy muse is very strong willed.
BellaLou- Your reviews are so much fun! Thank you for all your compliments. Well, when you finally do see Casey, kiss him bunches from me and Georgia! Nah, don't be jealous of Georgy. She is so crazy about Jimmy (When they are not fighting.) But she likes her male fans! (Picture Georgy blowing kisses at the crowd here! LOL) And do tell me his reaction to the fight! Have a great spring break!
Klinoa- Evil? I am so crushed! LOL At least the crowd didn't try to lynch me!
February 9, 1980, NYC
"WILL YOU QUIT WORRYING ABOUT YOU?" I yelled. "This team right now has got bigger problems than whether or not you're on the bench! We were just massacred by the Soviets! More than that, OC is at the hospital right now with a knee injury. He might not even make it to Lake Placid. Why don't you show a little concern for OC?"
"I am concerned for OC! You don't know me at all!" Jim said.
Jim brushed past me, picked up his bags and walked out without another word. I stood feeling anger and misery take over me. Jim had walked out on me kept running through my head. My head was spinning. Jim had said I didn't know him and then walked out on me. Before I realized it, I was crying. Crying harder than I could ever remember.
Feeling like the walls were closing in on me, I ran out of the room. I desperately tried to remember which room was Mac's. Somewhere in my head I remembered that for this hotel, Mac had been assigned to room with Ramsey. I had seen Ramsey walking into Room 1987. I took off running down the hall towards that room.
I found room 1987 and began pounding furiously on the door with the palm of my hand. I must've looked like I just broke out of a psych ward. Crying and pounding on a door.
Ramsey opened the door and I leaped into his arms before he could say a word.
"Georgia, what is wrong?" he asked but wrapped an arm around me and pulled me inside the room. "Are you hurt? Something wrong with Jim? Is Doc okay?"
I shook my head and tried to talk. I was crying so hard it was difficult. "Where….Mac…..need….Mac"
"Mac went downstairs to grab something to eat before the bar closed." Ramsey said and helped me over to one of the beds. He sat us down realizing that I wasn't letting go. "What is going on?"
Again I tried to talk. "Jim…fight..."
"You and Jim had a fight?" Ramsey asked and I nodded against his chest. "Well Jimmy is crazy about you. I am sure that whatever happened, it can be worked out."
I shook my head. "I…didn't mean…"
"Calm down. It'll be okay. I don't see any fight being enough push Jim away from you." Ramsey said. "Can I get up to get you something to drink?"
I nodded and let go of Ramsey. I sat on the bed and heard Ramsey moving about the room. A few minutes later he sat next to me again.
"Here," he said and handed me a damp washcloth. "It'll take some of the red and puffiness out of your face. Now take a deep breath and try to slow your breathing."
I did as he said and held the cloth against my face. It felt cool against my skin that was burning. Ramsey put his arm around me again and I leaned against him trying to control my breathing.
"You're making me feel like the nurse." Ramsey said in an attempt to lighten the mood. Ramsey put a glass of water in my hands.
"Thanks." I said.
About that time we heard a key in the door and the door opened. Mac walked in.
"Georgy, what happened?" He asked and rushed over to me.
"Georgy and Jimmy had a fight." Ramsey said. "She was at the door crying and looking for you."
"What was the fight about?" Mac asked.
"Jimmy was upset that Herb wants to bench him, and I said that Janny would do fine in the net. Things got out of hand, I said some mean things to him, and he walked out." I said, still leaning against Rammer.
Mac took one of my hands. "Jimmy is stressed out right now, I am sure he didn't mean it. He loves you. I know I've seen it." Mac said with a wink and smile.
I couldn't help a small giggle.
"You've what?" Ramsey asked.
"Never mind." Mac said. "Point is, Jimmy adores you. I am sure he just lost his temper. He would never hurt you intentionally."
"You really think that?" I asked, not sure of what to think.
"If I didn't, I'd already have blacked his eyes for making you cry." Mac said.
"I love him, Robbie." I said.
"I know. And I've never seen you happier than when you are with him." Mac said. "I am sure that it'll all be okay."
"You want to stay here with us tonight?" Ramsey asked.
"She is staying here, no arguments." Mac said. "She can have my bed, I'll sleep on the couch."
"Thanks Mac." I said and hugged him.
"It's no problem. What are husbands for!" Mac said.
(2:30AM)
I couldn't really sleep. I tossed and turned. I couldn't stop thinking about Jimmy. Where was he? What was he thinking? What would happen to us? I finally flopped back and slammed my fists off the mattress.
There was a knock at the door. I looked at the clock it was 2:30 AM. I started to get up to get it.
"Georgy, stay in bed. I'll get it." Mac said and got off the couch.
I heard Mac open the door.
"Mac, are you still speaking to me?" I heard Jimmy ask.
"Depends, what do you want to say to Georgy?" Mac said.
"She told you about the fight?" Jimmy asked. I couldn't see anything from where I was laying.
"Yeah, Rammer calmed her down and she told us. I have known Georgy a long time, but I've never seen her cry like that." Mac said.
"She was crying? God, I really messed up." Jim said. "Mac, you know I wouldn't hurt Georgia for the world. I love her. I just said some stupid things. I didn't mean them, and I would never hurt her."
"I know that, which is the only thing that kept me from confronting you myself. I love that girl." Mac said. "But I like you enough to trust you with her, even when you two are fighting."
"I want to talk to her. Either she isn't in her room or she won't answer the door. She wasn't with her dad. I thought maybe you would know where she was." Jim said.
"She is here. I didn't want her to be alone as upset as she was." Mac said.
At this point, I got out of bed and walked over to the door. Jim was in his sweats and t-shirt. Luckily, Jimmy trusted Mac, otherwise, I would've looked very suspicious in his t-shirt.
"Hey Georgy, can we talk?" Jim asked.
I nodded. "Thanks for everything, Mac. Thank Ramsey for me when he wakes up." I said and hugged Mac.
I walked out into the hall and Jim followed me down the hall to my room. I opened the door and let him inside. He sat down on the bed.
"Georgia, I am so sorry. I never meant to hurt you. I never want you to cry." Jim said.
"I am sorry too, I said some mean things. I didn't mean them." I said and went to sit next to Jim.
"Truth is, you know I like Janny and I respect him as a goalie. And I know that he would do fine in the net. It's just, I have worked so hard to get here. The thought of not playing, it kills me." Jim said. "Makes me feel like I let mom down."
"Oh Jimmy, you're mother would be proud of you for making it this far. She wouldn't be let down. As a matter of fact, I bet she is in heaven calling all her friends and bragging on you." I said and took his hand.
Jim chuckled. "I hope so." Jim said and then looked up at me. "When I walked out of here earlier, I felt like I couldn't breathe. It hurt me so much that we were fighting. I couldn't sleep, so finally I decided that I had to talk to you."
"I couldn't sleep either. I was so afraid that I had pushed you too far. And when you said that I didn't know you…"
"I didn't mean that. You know me better than anyone. I would be so lost without you." Jim said and touched my cheek.
"I love you so much, and the thought of losing you……it scared me worse than anything I have ever felt." I told him
"You'll never lose me. You promised me 'always' and I'm holding you to it." Jim said. "Do you forgive me?"
"Of course, I have to. You're the other half of my soul, and I hate being mad at myself." I said with a smile. "You forgive me?"
"Before I even found you in Mac's room." Jim said and leaned in to kiss me.
His kiss was gentle, but I could feel the emotion he was conveying.
"You want to stay the rest of the night with me?" I asked. "I think we'll be able to sleep now."
"Sure, I'll stay but we can't sleep." Jim said standing up and flipping off the lights. I could hear the smile in his voice.
"Why not?" I asked.
"We gotta have 'make up sex'. It's a rule." Jim said and pulled me against him.
"Can't break the rules now can we?" I said. I was glad he suggested it because I had an incredible urge to be as close to him as possible.
"I love you Jim." I told him.
"I know. And I love you." Jim said and kissed me again.
Jim gently pushed me back onto the bed.
"This Mac's t-shirt?" Jim asked. I could feel him running his fingers under it, along the tops of my thighs.
"Yeah, he let me borrow it to sleep in." I told him.
"There is something almost kinky about taking Mac's shirt off you." Jim said, his hand drifting higher to my stomach.
(4:15 AM)
"Are we made up?" Jim asked me.
I looked up from his chest. "If I'd known it'd be like this, we'd fight more often!" I said with a laugh.
We'd never had sex like that before. It was gentle but aggressive and very passionate. We each knew that the other was trying to convey so many emotions.
"Georgia, I'm sorry….." Jim started but I laid a finger over his lips.
"No more of that. We were both stressed, had a fight and now it's over!" I said and kissed him gently. "It's over. No more talking about it."
"You're so beautiful." Jim told me and rolled me beneath him. "I don't tell you that often enough."
"You're the beautiful one." I told him and touched his cheek. "Soft, silky hair. Pretty blue eyes. Pretty smile."
"Sounds like we could have some beautiful children." Jim said.
"I don't know. What if my biological family were circus sideshow freaks?" I asked with a laugh.
"They couldn't have been, you're too pretty for that. If anything your biological mother was on the beauty pageant circuit and wasn't ready to be a mom." Jim said.
"You can stop the sweet talk, I'm already naked and on my back." I said with a small laugh.
"And I love you this way." Jim said and started kissing along my collarbone. "But you are pretty. Sometimes I can't believe you're actually mine."
"I'm yours' for always." I told him.
I felt Jim run his hand along the inside of my thigh as he moved over to kiss my mouth, stealing the breath from my lungs. I couldn't suppress the moan that rose in my throat.
"Ready for round two?" Jim asked.
"Already? You're hornier than usual tonight." I said with a wink. But in truth I was still feeling the need to be as close to him as I could. Must have been a side-affect of the fight.
"I can't help it. I just feel like I can't seem to get close enough to you tonight." Jim said as if he had read my mind.
Too overcome to speak, I pulled his mouth to mine. I felt him smile against me, when I wrapped my legs around his waist.
