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Author's Note: This story is based 4 years before the movie, however this story will go through the movie as well. Unknown Strangers is basically about Evelyn's niece coming to visit her during her Christmas break and during that week plenty of odd instances happen during her time of visit. I hope you all will enjoy this story and please Read and Review. Just so I know if I should continue on with this story or not.

~ Sorry for the delay guys work has been kinda crazy lately but I promise that I'll be updating much more sooner! :) Thank you all for the adds and reviews I really do appreciate them and it really does help motivate me to continue on with the story! Things are going to start changing within the story and Bobby is finally going to get to know some of Alex's friends and learn a little bit more about her past. So now with that all said let's get on with the story!

Chapter 4

"Go Bobby!" Alex yelled as she watched all the boys play ice hockey. Sophi looked over at Alex who was giddily jumping up and down and rolled her eyes. Bobby then immediately made a goal which caused her the cheer for him. Bobby was all smiles as he skated past her. "Now that's how you play real hockey baby girl!" He yelled, skating back towards his team. Alex laughed while Sophi smirked over at her. "He likes you." She stated simply, Alex immediately looked over at Sophi, giving her a confused look.

"Sorry?"

Sophi laughed and gently shook her head. "Bobby, he likes you." Alexandra rolled her eyes; she honestly didn't know why everyone thought that this was a big thing. But she decided to take the bait and find out how Sophi had came to that conclusion. "Why would you say that?" Sophi shrugged. "He's trying to show off out there, plus he keeps giving quick glances back over to us to see if you're watching." Alexandra scoffed and slowly shook her head. 'This is getting ridiculous.' She thought to herself.

"Oh come on it's because I told him I'm a big hockey buff and that I wanted to see the Michigan Mauler play."

Sophi started to laugh as she turned her attention back onto the ice.

"Trust me if he didn't like you, he could care or less about what you want or what you wanted to see. Bobby is shamefully honest and usually looks at women as a onetime thing and then throws them off to the wayside. But he looks at you differently, whether he values you as a friend or it's something more but I am telling you that he definitely likes you. If you knew Bobby the way I know him then it would be completely clear to you that he does."

Alex rolled her eyes and sighed; she turned her attention back to the game and saw that Jack had made a goal. Alex cheered for Jack and then noticed that Bobby was watching her, giving her a sweet smile. Once she caught notice of this she then looked over at Sophi who was smirking at her.

'Huh… Maybe she was right.'

Alex thought to herself.

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Later that night, Alex was on the phone, getting ready for the Wings game she and her friend have been planning. "He said what!?" Marli asked completely shocked by what Alex had just told her. "Yeah he just grabbed the phone from me and told him off! So now David thinks I'm dating some other guy and is going to freak!" She said worriedly, as she pulled her Yzerman jersey on. There was a small silence until Marli said so innocently.

"Maybe that's a good thing. Alex you haven't really been in any sort of relationship since David and he still controls everything you do. You need to get out there baby girl. Let him think that you're with someone."

Alex sighed, even though it was extremely nice of Bobby to go out of the way to get David to leave her alone she was just very fearful as to what would David do if he saw her again, and knowing David he'd definitely find a way.

"It's just I know David… Now that he thinks that I'm with someone he's going to make it a point to come and find me."

Marli sighed on the other line, she knew that David was very controlling, and very possessive of Alexandra and she had claimed her fear of his actions to Alex before and it was just now that she finally listened to Marli and Mark's words of warning against David.

"Look Alex, this Bobby flat out told him that if he gives you any issues that he'll kick his ass. Is Bobby a big guy?"

Alex couldn't help but smirk as she was reapplying her makeup. "Yeah I'd say he's pretty big. And he did say that he didn't want me anywhere near David without him with me." Marli then started to laugh on the other line. "Sounds like you got yourself a protector. Nice job Alex." Alexandra laughed.

"Thanks… So who is this guy you and Mark are trying to hook me up with tonight?"

Marli sighed, she knew Alex hated blind dates but figured that she needed a new change of scenery away from David and hopefully a good guy would do that for her. "His name is Jake and he's very sweet. He's not your usual type but I think you two would get along very nicely." Alex frowned, she really hated it when her friends tried to hook her up with someone but she knew that they all meant well.

"Alright… well then I guess I'll see you guys in a bit."

Marli then responded. "Yup we'll be at your place soon. See ya girl!" Alex then smiled against the phone and nodded. "Yup see ya." She then hung up her cell phone and then looked at herself in the mirror. Sure she looked fine, but ever since that incident she was terrified. Her relationship with David had started out wonderfully, she was completely and irrevocably in love with him and he knew this.

Anything David had asked she would give in to, that was how deep her love for him was and little did she know was that his love for her had taken a much deeper turn. He had became very possessive and very jealous of anyone who would so much as look at her a certain way.

After awhile David's controlling behavior then became on abusive one. He made sure he knew every little move she made, and if she acted out of line or so much as look at another guy a certain way he'd make sure that she would never do it again. She had also came to the realization that he has been cheating on her and told her that he had to go to those limits because she had tortured him so badly.

Alex didn't know why she stayed with him as long as she did but a part of her had always hoped that he would change, that he would realize what he was doing to her but it never happened. Finally Alex had the guts to tell David that it was over and even though she needed Marli and Mark to be there with her when this happened, she knew that this wasn't going to be the end of David and she knew that he was going to make it a point to have her back in his life again.

However, she just hoped that her breaking up with him will make him realize that he couldn't control everything. Alex then walked down the stairs to see all the boys sitting around the television. Alex couldn't help but smirk at them as they all tiredly held onto their beer watching some ridiculous show. She then nonchalantly walked into the living room trying to catch what show they are all watching.

Jackie was the first to notice her and looked over at her curiously. "Hey Alex what's with the Wings Jersey?" Alex looked over at Jack and shrugged. "My friend and her fiancé had invited me to a wings game tonight so I'm just waiting for them to come pick me up." Bobby arched his brow at her, slouching against the couch, with one leg lying across it.

"Kinda being the third wheel huh?"

Alex shrugged, as she nudged his leg off the seat and sat next to him. "Nah, apparently Mark has this friend that he wants me to meet so I guess it's going to be some kind of blind date." Bobby scoffed; he really didn't like the idea of her going on a blind date with some guy her friend's fiancé thinks that would be good for her.

"It seems like they're pretty quick to hook you up with someone huh?"

Alex laughed, gently crossing her arms around herself. "They just want me to be happy. They feel that I devote my life so much to work and school that I deserve to have a little happiness." Bobby then looked over at her seriously, while Angel, Jerry and Jack watched him curiously. "Why not let you find your own happiness?" Alex chuckled and gently bowed her head.

"Last time I followed my own horn I ended up in a chaotic relationship for 4 years that has caused me nothing but constant problems. So in a way I can't blame them for trying to give me a helping hand in that department."

Bobby snickered, and was about to say something until the door bell rang. Alex quickly rushed up to her seat and started to adjust her jersey. "Shoot that's gotta be them. Do I look ok?" She asked all the boys all of them nodded, while Bobby stared at her. "You look great." Alex looked over at Bobby and gave him a sweet smile, while the door bell rang once again.

"Alright guys I'm out you all have a nice night!"

Everyone said goodbye to her as Alex rushed out of the house to see Marli standing there waiting patiently for her.

"Alex! I have some bad news. Jake isn't going to be able to come with us to the game so we have one extra ticket left do you know anyone who would want to come with us last minute?"

Alex sighed, in a way she was happy that she didn't have to go on a blind date with anyone but at the same time she really didn't want to be the third wheel just like Bobby had said.

However, that is when she had a brilliant idea. Alex then immediately smiled over at Marli who looked at her completely confused. "Yeah I think I do. I can ask Bobby if he'd like to go he's a real big Hockey fan." Marli arched her brow at her friend, while Mark was honking the horn for them. Marli gestured towards Mark to let him know to give her a minute; she then looked back at Alex.

"Bobby? The Bobby who told David off and led him to believe that you two were together?"

Alex slowly nodded, seeing the skeptical look upon her face. "Yeah… I mean you wanted to know if I knew someone who would like to go so yeah I know Bobby would be interested." Marli then immediately smirked at Alex.

"Alright! I would love to meet the man who claims that he is your boyfriend."

Alex rolled her eyes at Marli's playful banter and sighed.

"Alright well come inside then."

Marli chuckled and followed Alex into the house. The boys all looked back towards the door to see Alex and a young tall black haired girl following her into the living room. Alex smiled at all of them and then looked over at Marli. "Marli these are the Mercer Brothers I was telling you about." Marli gave them all a sweet smile and waved.

"Hi!"

The boys said a quiet 'Hey' while Alex started to point towards Jack. "That is Jackie. He's the youngest of all of them." She then pointed over at Angel. "That is Angel the guys around here call him the pretty boy of the group and that is Jerry he's the second oldest." Jerry nodded his head at Marli while she waved at him. Alex then looked over at Bobby.

"And this is Bobby. He's the oldest and the guy who told David off."

Marli then immediately grinned over at Bobby and held out her hand. "You sir I most definitely need to shake hands with! Thank you so much for telling that loser off! Honestly if it wasn't for you Alex would probably ended up giving into him once again." Alex glared over at Marli who looked back at her, smiling sweetly at her. "What!? It's true! You know you have a real hard time saying no to him!" Alex rolled her eyes while Bobby chuckled.

"Well she won't have to worry about that Jackass anymore. As far as I am concerned that fucker is going to be treading a fine line before he even so much as looks at her a certain way again."

Marli smirked over at him, while Alex rolled her eyes. "Anyways the main reason why we're back inside this house is because my blind date apparently found something better to do so we have one extra ticket left and I figured that since you're such a huge hockey fan that you'd like to come with that is if you don't have anything going on or have a date or something." Bobby immediately grinned at her and shook his head.

"Nah I don't have anything but yeah I'd really like to go. Can you guys give me two minutes to get my shit and then we'll head out?"

Alex and Marli nodded, while the boys just watched all of them intently. It was so odd for them to see Bobby be so sweet with Alex and be so protective of her.

Never in their lives have they ever seen him this way with any of other girl but the fact that he was going out to strange limits to make sure that she was ok made them question his feelings for her even more.

Jack most of all was very curious as to what was going on with Bobby and decided to question him once he had gotten back from the game. Bobby then came rushing down the stairs in his Probert jersey, holding a red wings cap in his hand. He then immediately walked up towards Alex and placed the cap on top of her head backwards and smiled.

"There… Now you're ready for a hockey game."

Alex laughed, while Marli watched them interact. She had to admit that Bobby was a very attractive man but the way he carried himself around seemed to be very closed off, he seemed to be more of not the kind of man who asks twice and handles things too lightly.

But for some reason the way he acts around Alex made Marli wonder differently. Sure, this was the first time she's ever met him but from what Alex had explained of him he was more of the hard ass type, the type to jump ahead of the situation so in all honesty she was very surprised to see him be this sweet with her.

"Well we better get going if we want to make it to the game on time."

Alex said softly, Bobby smirked at her and nodded. "Yeah so do you want me to drive or…" Marli then cuts him off, shaking her head at the same time.

"No actually my fiancé is in the car right now, we just wanted to find out if you would like to come with."

Bobby then nodded, placing his hands into his pockets. "Well then let's get going." Alex and Marli nodded as well and started to head out the door with Bobby. Once everyone had gotten into the car, Mark who had dirty blonde, slicked back hair and blue eyes then looked in his rearview mirror and smiled.

"Hey Alex! How are you?"

Alex smiled and gave him a small wave. "I'm good! Mark I'd like to introduce you to my friend Bobby. Bobby this is Mark Jamison and Mark this is Bobby Mercer." Bobby gave him a closed mouth smile. "Hey." Mark smiled as he pulled out of the driveway.

"Hey Bobby it's a real pleasure. I'm glad that you were able to make it to the game with us."

Bobby slowly nodded, and then looked over at Alex. "Yeah um sorry that you're friend couldn't make it." Mark then shrugged. "Don't worry about it the dumbass rather go get drunk off his ass then meet a really nice girl. In all honesty I'm glad he didn't make it." Bobby then smirked at him. "To be honest I'm glad too. I really wanted to see this damn game but couldn't get tickets for it." Mark chuckled.

"So big hockey buff huh?"

Bobby nodded. "Yeah actually made it into the minors but got kicked out for too many penalties." Mark then started to laugh. "Ah man that must've been fucking awesome! They should've kept you on the team! I would've came to watch you kick some ass!" Bobby then immediately grinned, he was really starting to like Mark maybe this could be a development of a good friendship.

"So Alex I heard that fucker called you again. When are you going to tell that asshole to go to hell?"

Alex sighed, while Marli elbowed Mark. "What?! It's an honest question and I just want to make sure she's not going to go back to that asshole ever again!" Alex couldn't help but chuckle while Bobby spoke up. "She won't have to worry about that jackass I took care of it." Mark arched his brow, looking back in the rearview mirror.

"Oh yeah? So you met David huh?"

Bobby then shook his head. "He called her and I overheard the conversation and I got fed up with her trying to break it off with him so I took the phone from her, told him to fuck off and that if he bothers her I'll kick his fucking ass." Alex then glared over at him. "And don't forget the part where you told him that you are my boyfriend." Bobby then grinned over at her.

"Oh yeah that too."

Mark looked back at the both of them confused and then looked back onto the road. "You two are dating?" Alex laughed and gently shook her head. "No we're just friends. But Bobby decided that he would tell David that to tick him off." She said looking over at Bobby pointedly while he was grinning from ear to ear. Marli then immediately turned around in her seat and grinned. "Honestly Alex like I said earlier maybe it's a good thing for David to think you're with someone else." Alex sighed, while Bobby laughed.

"Well sweetheart I like the way your friends think."

Alex glared over at Bobby while he continued to snicker. "So Marli, Mark… Tell me something about Alex that I don't know." Mark chuckled as he was just getting ready to pull into the parking garage near the Joe Louis Arena. "Well Alex has a tendency to mumble when she's pissed off, and in all honesty if it wasn't for her Marli and I wouldn't have ever gotten a chance to meet so I own a lot to her." Alex looked over at Mark and smiled, she never knew that he really felt that way.

"Awww thank you Mark!"

Mark smiled, while Marli turned around to look over at them. "Alex is also known to be the advice giver. It seems like whenever we have a problem with something she is always the one everyone goes to help solve their problems. Plus for some weird reason she has this strange pet peeve when it comes to people who interrupt her and take over the entire conversation. " Alex scoffed.

"Well it's rude! And it seems like half the guys that Cordy tries to hook me up with does that to me!"

Marli laughed, while they all piled out of the car and started to walk towards the Arena. "I know Cordy really needs to stop playing matchmaker." Alex nodded. "Yeah really." She muttered, just then a cool breeze flew by causing Alex to shiver. Bobby caught notice of this and pulled off his brown leather jacket and placed it on her shoulders. "Here… you're freezing." Alex immediately shook her head, giving him a worried look.

"No I'm fine Bobby you wear it, you've been outside all day I don't want you to get sick."

Bobby glared at her and shook his head. "No… I'm fine Alex I'm wearing a hoddie under my jersey. So wear it alright? Damn you have Goosebumps all over your arms I'm not going to let you fucking freeze out here." Alex gave Bobby a shy smile and sighed. "Fine. But if I notice that you're starting to get cold your taking this jacket back." Bobby chuckled as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders and started to walk past Mark and Marli.

"Whatever you say sweetheart."

Mark arched his brow and then looked over at Marli who gave him a smirk. "I think Cupid is on his own on this one." She whispered, Mark chuckled and held his arm out for his fiancé to hold.

"Honestly baby I think you're right."

Thanks for reading! I hope you all enjoyed the fourth chapter and I promise more will be on it's way! :) Oh! Also don't forget to review! :)