The Twilight Twenty-Five
Prompt: Obsession
Pen name: ladyinblue6
Pairing: Canon and non-canon
Rating: M
Short again.
Being in love with Edward was all kinds of amazing. I was obsessed, in a good way, of course. My favourite part of the day was seeing Edward leaning against his truck while he waited for me to bolt out of the door to go to school.
Hockey was getting intense. We were in the quarter final against the Spokane Spartans. There were three practices a week instead of two. This was the real deal. Edward worked out every day he wasn't playing hockey and he ate more than Charlie and I put together. He was extremely jittery and easily upset. He claimed the only thing that would calm him down was having sex, but even when I did give into his pleas, he was always on edge.
It was all nerves. Sure, Edward was guaranteed a spot in Calgary, but it would look very good on his hockey resume if he helped lead the Kings to a first place finish in the AAA league.
Edward and I were hanging out after school before his first game versus Spokane at my house. Charlie was already at the rink, deciding on line-ups and what-not.
I noticed a large envelope from the University of Calgary on the table. I picked it up, excited and nervous to see what was in store for my future.
Edward walked into the room with his dirty plate. "What's that?"
I ripped the package open and read the word "Congratulations" before yelping and hopping into Edward's arms, kissing him excitedly.
"What is that?" he asked between kisses.
"My acceptance letter to the University of Calgary!" I exclaimed, smiling.
Edward grinned, his green eyes shining. He twirled me around and laughed.
When he set me down, he asked, "Why didn't you tell me that you were applying in Calgary?"
I shrugged. "I didn't want to jinx it."
He rolled his eyes. "You're really smart, why wouldn't they accept you?"
Smiling, I replied, "Because it would be almost too good to be true."
Edward kissed me once more before sighing. "I gotta go. I have to get all of my shit before I can go to the rink. We're going to Ben's right?"
"Hell yeah we are," I answered enthusiastically. "We're going to be celebrating your big win from tonight."
Edward smiled, nervousness clear on his face.
I cupped his cheeks in my hands. "Just play like you always do, babe."
He sighed and closed his eyes, leaning into me. "Thank you."
"I'll be the one with the giant sign that says 'Go #7!' on it," I told him with a rueful grin. I slapped his ass as he turned to leave. "Now go kick some Spokane ass."
Edward chuckled as he closed the door behind him. I walked back upstairs, smiling to myself. Seeing Edward nervous was cute, but I liked seeing him confident even more. Hopefully Charlie would have some words of wisdom.
I stood with Esme, as usual, holding my sign in front of my legs while the teams warmed up. Music blared as the fans piled into the rink.
The first period was tough. Spokane had a strong defence, but that was all they had going for them. Everyone else was trying to get Edward to fight, but he ignored them, thank God. We needed him more now than ever. We kept the puck in Spokane's end for the most part, trying to find holes in the defence. It was clear that Charlie was doing this on purpose so that they could go into the second period with both barrels blazing.
We were still tied zero to zero after twenty minutes of pretty clean play. Most people were extremely bored, as they probably would be until someone started beating us.
Charlie put Garrett in net. He trusted him enough to handle the weak offensive game that Spokane had. Jasper needed a break, too. Charlie had him playing all the time.
The second period had James, Edward, and Ben on one line, the strong line, and Mike, Eric, and Tyler on the penalty killing line. Mike's line worked well together at passing the puck around the ice, but Edward's line got us points.
After ten minutes, Edward finally picked a corner of the net, putting the first point on the board. After that, everyone's nerves dissipated. Before the period was finished, the score was three to zero.
Charlie changed the line-up from a strong offence to a balanced game again. Spokane was pushing the puck farther and farther into our zone. Garrett made great saves, and Emmett made a lot of the Spokane guy leave the ice to take a breather.
We ran the clock in the third, ending on a high note. Garrett was so happy with his performance that he took his helmet off and kissed Edward on the cheek. Edward pushed him playfully, grinning the whole time.
Edward and I drank on the way to Ben's while Jasper drove. The boys celebrated their win and got excited for their second game in Spokane on Sunday. It was two-game, total point, so as long as they beat Spokane again or even if they let Spokane win with only two points, they'd move onto the semis. Hopefully they'd just win again, though.
Kate Cheney and Eric Yorkie made out for most of the night in front of everyone. They had been dating since December, much to Ben's dismay. Ben and Garrett both glared at the couple. From what I had heard from Edward, Garrett and Kate used to be best friends, even though Kate is a year younger than him. I had a feeling it had more to deal with than just a friendship.
The boys won game two of the series two to one. We were going to the semis against the Olympian Mustangs. We were one step closer to the championship and a sweet victory.
Four chapter left. Phew. I'll need to post all of 'em within a week.
I won tickets to a Hedley concert today! How freakin' sweet is that!? All I had to do was reply to a tweet. It pays to be a 'net geek! 8D
My 'rents were in the Domincan for the past week. They brought me home a giant beer, hah. It's very cool, and apparently it tastes really good, too. I'm pretty excited to party with that monster.
I've started posting another story, Schadenfreude. It's very different, but I think you guys will like it. It's on my profile.
Anyway, hopefully I'll get another chapter up by tomorrow or Friday. Let's wrap this thing up!
Mary
P.S. Who would be interested in a Garrett fic? Like, it would be the Garrett from The Kings of Forks. I've been thinking a lot about it, and I really like where things are going, so I think I'll do it. I've made an outline. It'll be 40+ chapters, if you can believe it. I'm so excited.
