"Hey Chelsea, me and the boys better get going." Said Rizzo.
Chelsea and he were dancing in one of the hotel rooms that were crowded with people.
"Why honey? The party's just getting started!" she replied in her sweetest tone.
"I know it's just starting and I wish I could stay! But Brooks will have all our butts if were late!"
Chelsea then tried batting her eyelashes at him but still he said, "I'm sorry, but I can't risk it!" Chelsea wasn't used to hearing the word "no" and wasn't taking it easily.
"But… you don't want to stay with me? But I'm, like, hot and well…"
Eruzione put his finger to her lips and said, "Tomorrow we play a big game and I can't let my team down. If we win that and keep winning, we eventually play the Soviet Union and they are the best team in the world. Would you really want me to lose to Nadia and Sally's boyfriends?"
Chelsea grew red in the face when he said this and said, "You need your rest sweetie!"
"Thanks."
"Just don't forget to give me a goodnight kiss!"
"Of course!" Eruzione leaned over and gave her a sweet kiss on the lips.
Chelsea gave him a playful shove and said, "I'll see you tomorrow."
Their Room…
"Boris kissed me!" screamed Sally.
"Ahhhh! That's so cool! I didn't think he was that kind of guy!" said Nadia," Well, I was sitting with my wonderful Vlad and staring deep into his eyes and then, we remembered that it's not a good time to do… anything…"
"Same with Boris and me. He was kissing me and for a moment, I didn't care that it wasn't the right time! I just wanted him and nothing more."
Nadia and Sally both sighed with love in their voices.
"I can't wait for the Olympics to be over." Said Sally sadly, "Then I can get to know him better."
"At least until he goes back to Russia…" said Nadia who had started to cry, "I can't even imagine a life without Vlad anymore. He's my everything and I need him so badly. I've already been separated from him once and I don't want it to happen again."
Nadia and Sally hugged each other and cried.
THE NEXT DAY!…
Nadia and Sally had gotten dressed and went down to the hotel restaurant to eat breakfast. Sally had eaten quickly and left to go work on the report that they had just recently remembered to do. Nadia, however, stayed to think. After a few minutes of thinking of how to stay with Vladislav, Viktor Tikhonov came into the restaurant. He spotted Nadia and went to sit with her. Nadia felt a little awkward with the Russian coach sitting silently across from her at the small table. Then, he spoke.
"Nadia, I've heard Vladislav Tretiak talk a lot about you with his teammates. Some of them have become interested with you as well."
Nadia blushed.
'I should move to the Soviet Union! At least boy's are interested in me there!' She thought.
"One of them being Vladimir Krutov, my left wing."
"Vlad's friends with him." she said shyly.
"Yes, very good friends, in fact. But he trusts him very much not to try anything with you."
Nadia got beet-red with embarrassment as the Russian coach talked about this with her.
"Well, I am happy to hear this, I think." She said.
"Well, I just came by to tell you that Tretiak told me about last night." He said sternly.
"Look, Mr. Tikhonov…"
"Call me Viktor."
"Okay, Viktor… I am sorry about what I was doing. I forgot about his hockey game and how I could mess it up."
"No, no, it's quite okay." He said, "Tretiak was very upset that he let you walk out like that. He really likes you… a lot. He told me to come talk to you."
"I really would like to talk to him, though."
"He and the team are practicing. I told him it was okay for him to see you because I trust Vladislav. I know he won't do anything stupid."
"Thank you very much Viktor." Said Nadia.
"Let me ask you a question Nadia." He said quietly.
"Yes… anything!" she said, still overcome with joy.
"How badly do you want him?"
Nadia blushed again because of him asking such a personal question.
"More than anything…" she stopped because Viktor put his hand on her cheek.
She looked embarrassed and asked, "Excuse me…but, what are you doing?"
She had remembered a time, back in April, when Viktor had done this before. She was never comfortable when he touched her.
"You know, you are very pretty." He said, "You should come back to Russia with us to be with him, except that would mean you could not see you family again."
Nadia felt awkward again. "What…?"
"Vladislav deserves to have someone like you, and you deserve to have him." He said.
He gave her a light kiss on the lips.
"What!" she said embarrassed, "What was that!"
"Nadia, I like you. You must know that." He said, "But Vladislav loves you. You and he were meant to be together."
"Yeah…" she said, "I'm sorry, I know you didn't mean anything by it."
"I'm sorry if I disturbed you." He said and walked away.
Nadia just sat there, staring into space thinking, 'I can't believe he had the nerve to kiss me! How old is he, 60? But it was sweet of him to say those things.'
"I have to ask Vlad about this." She said quietly.