Anna

I wake up and the first thing I notice is that my legs are sticking together when I move. Ick. The pillow beneath my head is a little crusty too. It all comes flooding back to me and I smile. How everything got sticky and crusty was certainly a lot of fun. I think Sid broke his diet with all of the whip cream he ate off of me. I'll have to run an extra mile myself. Who knew Sid could taste even better with whip cream on top.

I try to fall back to sleep but the stickiness is uncomfortable, really uncomfortable, and I can't sleep. Glancing at Sid tells me that he's not bothered by being sticky as he's sound asleep. I slip out of bed and into the bathroom. A quick shower will solve the problem.

Yuck, I even have whip cream in my hair so I'll have to wash it too. I give it a rinse but, before I can do more, I hear a knock on the door.

"Everything ok?" Sid asks through the door.

"Yeah" I tell him. "You can come in if you need to."

I hear the door open and close. Sid pushes back the shower curtain enough to stick his head in.

"Did I wake you?" I ask. "I'm sorry."

"I noticed that you were gone. Sticky?"

"Horribly" I tell him and he chuckles.

"Me too. Mind if I join you?"

I smile and step back to give him room. My shower isn't small but it certainly feels that way when Sid joins me. I'm not sure if it's his size or his presence but it feels good to have him in my space. I shift so that Sid can dunk himself under the water and I pick up the shampoo.

"Turn around" he tells me as takes the shampoo from me.

Oh my. He's going to wash my hair. I've always wondered what that would feel like, to have a man wash my hair in the shower, but I've never been in the position or had the nerve to ask.

I close my eyes as Sid begins to massage the soap into my hair. I know that I gasp and every part of my body wakes up under his sensual touch. Oh wow, this man has magic fingers regardless of where or how he touches me.

He stops and then I feel water on my head. Sid must have lifted up the shower massager to rinse the soap from my hair. He finishes and the water is gone. I try to turn around but Sid stops me.

"Stay there" he tells me. "I helped make you dirty" he nips at my ear "so I should help clean you up."

Oh my.

I feel Sid's soapy hands on my shoulders and he rubs circles down my arms, up again and under my arms. He slides his arm around me and rubs soap on my collar bone and breasts which are extremely sensitive after the fun so far tonight. I must flinch because Sid stops immediately.

"Sore?" he asks.

I don't want to say yes because I don't want him to stop; but, I shift so that I can turn and look at Sid, and I feel a twinge between my legs too. Maybe I am a little sore.

"A little" I tell him.

He leans down and kisses my lips, once, twice and then my nose.

"Ok. Let's clean up and go back to bed" he tells me.

I'm about to agree but then I notice that he's rock hard. His penis is standing straight up between us.

"Just ignore that. Come on, let's rinse you off" he tells me and reverses our positions.

I rub the soap off of my body under the water and try to build up courage. Sid and I still haven't talked about what happened in the office this morning when I pulled my hand away him. Although I'm happy not to talk about it, I know that it's something he wants and I really want to do something for him after he's treated me so beautifully.

Sid is rubbing soap over his body and I'm mesmerized for a moment watching his strong hands slide over his body. I take a couple of deep breaths and then step toward him. Sid looks at me confused when I reach for the soap. Ok, now or never. I soap up my hands, maybe a little longer than I need to, and then replace the soap on the ledge.

I start on his chest, there is already soap there but I have to start somewhere less daunting. Sid's eyes darken and he licks his lips.

"Anna, you're sore, we don't need to" I stop his words by kissing him.

"I know" I tell him and let my hands travel lower over his stomach.

"Anna, you don't" I stop him with a kiss again.

I don't know why but his need to protect me makes me more confident. I can do this for him. At least I hope that I can.

I step back slightly so that there is more room between us, take a deep breath and then grasp his penis in my hand. Sid sucks in air and closes he's eyes. I start to stroke, slowly and awkwardly, up and down the full length of him. It's surprising how smooth and hard it is at the same time.

Sid's breathing is faster and his hand is braced on the wall as I continue to stroke, over and over, up and down. Suddenly I'm unsure what to do next. Do I go faster? Stay at this speed? I panic when I even think about using more than my hand. There's no way that I'm ready to give a blow job. I'm not even sure what I'm doing this way.

I'm surprised when Sid's hand covers mine but he follows along with me as I stroke. Oh, he's showing me what he likes. I'm now stroking longer, fully from the base to the tip, and with increasing speed. When I have the movement, his hand leaves mine and I continue increasing speed. Sid is breathing so hard now it's like he's just come off a shift on the ice. It doesn't take too much longer before he grunts and then groans. I watch as his orgasm washes over him and it's a fascinating thing to see. It's like his entire body is hard and tight one moment and then everything relaxes including his now flaccid penis in my hand. I let go quickly like it's on fire. What do I do now?

I'm saved from further awkwardness when Sid pulls me into his arms and kisses me deeply.

He hugs me close and whispers "is that the first time you've done that?"

"Yeah" I whisper back, embarrassed. "You could tell huh?"

"Yes, but not in a bad way so stop whatever you're thinking in here" he pulls back and taps my head.

"Oh" is all I can say.

"It was incredible" he tells me and pulls me back into his arms. "And I'm honoured to be your first." The chuckle comes easy to my lips and Sid pulls back, kisses me and continues "let's rinse off and get back to bed."

We finish in the shower and dry off quickly. Sid stays naked but I pull on a tee shirt and panties. He may have touched and seen every inch of my skin but that doesn't mean that I can just walk around naked like he does.

Sid's about to get into bed but he notices that I'm hesitant.

"Something wrong?" he asks.

"Do mind if I change he sheets?" I ask him. "There's dried whip cream everywhere and it's crusty."

"More than whip cream is making it crusty" he replies and winks.

"Yeah, well, anyway, it will only take me a minute, I promise" I tell him and duck back into the bathroom embarrassed. I just had his penis in my hand but he embarrasses me with a wink, good grief.

I find clean sheets in the linen cabinet and go back to the bedroom to find Sid stripping the bed.

"I can do that" I tell him.

"It's like the shower" he tells me and I know I look confused. "I helped dirty them so I can help with the clean ones."

With Sid's help, we are in bed on clean sheets quickly. Sid pulls me into his arms and positions us so that we're spooning. He kisses my neck a few times and settles his head on my pillow. His arm is wrapped around me just under my breasts with his hand splayed over my bare skin under my tee shirt. It doesn't seem to matter what it wear, Sid always finds bare skin.

I slip into sleep with a smile on my face.

Sidney

I think back over the past few weeks as I cool down on the bike. If I'm not practicing or playing, I'm with Anna and it's been incredible. We can't go out in public together so we spend time mostly at her apartment. It's closer to Consol than my house in Sewickley which is better or Anna because of the long hours she works. I had no idea the kind of hours interns put in but it's crazy. Anna clearly thrives on the mountains of work and energy of the environment.

I wish we could actually date. I'd love to take her out to dinner and a movie, see her in a sexy dress low cut over her breasts and high cut to show off her legs. Maybe she'll wear one tonight for the casino fundraiser. We used to do a dinner where the players served but we've changed that up this year and now we're manning the tables while the donors gamble. We all hate these things but it raises a lot of money for charity and there's only a few of these events that we have to do. Having tomorrow off also makes it tolerable.

After cooling down, I shower and change into dress pants and a white dress shirt they asked us to wear for this event. They'll provide us bow ties and vests. With hockey bodies, there is no way that they can provide us more than that to wear. No amount of simple alterations could make rentals fit us.

I find a bunch of guys in the lounge, some are having a beer and there's laughing and joking. I hope I never take this for granted. These simple moments where we are just a group of guys enjoying each other as friends are invaluable.

"Ok gentleman, time to get into your pretty vests and bow ties."

We all look over to the doorway and see Jen enter the room followed by Anna pulling a rack of clothes.

"Baise-moi" Tanger says softly beside me.

I know that Tanger has noticed Anna. Technically, her dress does cover most of her body and only her legs are showing any skin. That's technically. In actuality, her dress skims over her body like a second skin and shows off every curve to perfection.

"Fuck me" Bennett whispers.

"I already say that" Tanger tells him.

"What you, animals?" Geno says and steps in front of everyone. "Have respect."

He walks over to Jen and Anna. I can't hear what he says but he makes them both laugh. That's Geno. Most of the guys follow him and I take advantage of the moment to get my shit together. I've seen what's under that dress and know all of those curves intimately. I adjust myself when no one is looking and get a bottle of water.

"Sid?"

I turn and see Anna standing in front of me with a vest and bow tie.

"Hi" I say.

"Hi, I have your things."

She steps up and helps me into the vest adjusting the side straps so that it fits tighter around my waist. They always need to get larger vests so that it fits across our backs but that means it's loose around the waist. At least this issue is easily fixable.

I turn and she puts on the bow tie. Anna has to stand very close to me to clip it on and I can smell her perfume. I've only ever had brief whiffs of it over her skin but now I'm experiencing it up close and in full effect. Between the tight dress, lots of curves and perfume, my body reacts uncontrollably. When Anna shifts, she feels how hard I am against her hip. Very briefly, her eyes widen but it is so quick that there is no way anyone else sees it.

"You are so fucking hot" I tell her under my breath and feel her hands slightly falter. When she steps back, I play with the bow tie and ask "straight?"

She gives me a warm but impersonal smile and replies "it's great. Jen has the boutonnieres."

She may have been trying for impersonal, and I'm sure that's what everyone else saw, but I noticed her cheeks pink slightly.

Anna turns and walks over to Kuni to help him with his bow tie. I don't care if anyone notices but I watch her walk away. The way the dress molds over her ass is perfection.

"Who knew she was that hot" Bennett says beside me.

I want to rip out his tongue and feed it to him, which stuns the shit out of me, but I simply look at him and smile. He can interpret that any way he wants. He better stay the fuck away from her though. He's known for playing with the interns. I know Anna wouldn't reciprocate but he better stay the fuck away from her.

I drink down a whole bottle of water hoping that it will cool me down and then join in a conversation about Tanger's son to distract myself. I must be distracted because I let Tanger take a selfie of us that he posts on Instagram. He still can't believe that I'm not on any social media. There's no way that anyone not in my position can understand. I have to maintain a hard line between personal and professional to stay sane. It's also part of the elaborate media strategy Pat and his team created. Besides, my life isn't exactly fascinating that anyone would be interested in it.

"Can you guys gather round please?" Jen's voice shouts above the din.

It takes a few minutes but eventually we all circle her and a couple of the interns, including Anna. I desperately try not to look her way. Surely it would give something away. I'm not nearly as good as Anna is at hiding my feelings.

"I'm going to call out your name and you'll go with the PR team member to meet one of the casino staff. They will teach you how to operate your table. That staff member will also be with you all evening to help out."

Jen then reads out the first group of names. They are on the roulette tables and go with Meagan. I hear Tanger breathe a sigh of relief beside me. This past week she's been targeting Tanger to hit on and he's really close to talking to Jen about it. He doesn't want to get an intern in trouble but he has a wife and kid and definitely doesn't need anyone thinking that something is going on between him and Meagan.

Tanger, Geno, Scuds and I are called to man the blackjack tables. We are told to follow Anna. I'm starting to feel like fate is against me or I have really bad luck because I'm following Anna to ice level. Her gorgeous ass is swaying from side to side as she walks in the killer high heels she favours. An image of her with nothing but those heels flashes through my mind and I have to put my hands in my pockets to adjust myself. What the fuck is it about this girl? Sure I'm in my prime physically and I've had a healthy sex life; but, with this girl it seems to be all I can think about.

Anna deposits us each at a table that has one of the casino staff waiting. Mine's name is Jeff and he's a huge Pens fan. Thankfully, he focuses on the job at hand and teaches me how to deal blackjack. There are hard rules about when a dealer hits and stands so that part is easy. It takes me a few rounds to get the dealing part right because you need to put the card in a specific spot and in a specific way but I do get it finally.

I see something out of the corner of my eye just in time to dodge a small projectile.

"Sorry" Duper yells.

He's at a roulette table and the ball got away from him.

"Hey Dupe, don't put Sid on the IR" Sutsy yells to him and everyone laughs. "Is that an upper or lower body injury?"

The guys chirp more and I stand and shake Jeff's hand.

"Thanks for the lesson" I tell him. "Since we have a few minutes, did you want a picture or something signed?"

He looks anxious and then leans forward slightly.

"We were specifically told not to ask for pictures of autographs Sid" he answers.

I can see that he clearly would love it but doesn't want to break the rules. I see Anna walking by.

"Anna" I call after her.

She turns and looks surprised for a moment.

"Hi" she says as she walks over.

"Jeff has been such a huge help to me, I was wondering if you would take a picture of us. Maybe we could use your phone Jeff?" I ask him.

Anna catches on right away even though Jeff is clearly stunned and unsure what to do.

"That sounds great. Do you have your phone with you Jeff?" she asks him. Anna leans in to take it from him and whispers "I'll make sure your boss knows it was Sid's idea."

I smile at her and stand next to Jeff for the picture. Anna takes a few and then gives Jeff back his camera.

"See you guys later" Anna says and walks away.

We both watch her walk away and then exchange a look that guys have when they've both seen and appreciated a hot girl. No words are necessary.

Jeff goes back to the table and cleans up the cards and chips. I see Anna approach the casino manager and talk with him for a few minutes. Before she turns to leave, I see her wink at me and I know it's taken care of; Jeff won't get in trouble with his boss.

"Ok everybody" Jen raises her voice to be heard by the crowd of us. "Let's go to the locker room for pictures and then we'll wait for the evening to begin."

The guys chirp each other, especially Duper, on their incompetence at the roulette tables as we walk to the locker room. There are chairs and a riser ready for us to get into position. It takes Jen a couple of tries to organize the chaos but we slowly get into position. I'm sitting in the middle, as usual. It's something that I've had to get used to because I hate being the centre of attention. I never get completely used to it.

I see Anna at the door take a few pictures with her phone. It's easy to watch her because she's standing directly ahead of me.

"Anna!" Geno calls to her. "You join. Make picture pretty."

"Tanger makes the picture pretty" Benny yells and everyone laughs.

There's more chirping and the focus turns away from Anna. She laughs along with the guys but I can see the slight pink of her embarrassment showing in her cheeks.

The photographer and Jen finally have everyone where they want them and we smile while they take pictures. It may have taken fifteen minutes to get everyone together but it only takes a few minutes to get the pictures. Jen gives us the last minute directions to what will happen after we're introduced. It takes a little while since she keeps getting heckled by the guys. Finally she finishes and now we wait until they're ready to introduce us.

I watch as Geno walks up to Anna and she pulls out her tablet. They are very close together as she points to things on her tablet and Geno talks about whatever it is she's pointing at. Anna looks competent, professional and completely at ease with herself and what she's doing. No one would know the deep insecurities that lay inside of this girl. I think it's the dichotomy that I find so fascinating.

"You need be more careful" I hear Duper say softly beside me.

I look at him confused.

"What are you talking about?" I ask.

"Anna" he says. "You may think that you're being careful but it's obvious when you look at her kid."

"What's obvious?"

"That if you're not already doing something, then you definitely want to be doing something with that girl."

I look around but no one seems to be paying any attention to us.

"Thanks" I tell him.

"Are you actually admitting something?"

I smile at him and say nothing. I don't want to lie to my friend but I also don't want tell him what's going on either. It's not that I think he wouldn't keep the secret; but, I just don't want to put him in that situation. Geno keeping the secret is enough.

To save myself from having to answer any more questions of his, I leave the room and go into the lounge. Anna follows soon after me.

"You can't do that" she whispers when she's beside me.

"Do what?" I ask.

"Stare at me like that Sid."

"Like what?"

She looks around and then leans closer.

"Like I'm a meal you want to eat" she says and turns pink as she says it.

"I happen to know that you taste delicious" I say directly into her ear.

She shivers, as I knew she would, and then gasps when I bite her ear lobe. I love shocking her.

"How much time do we have?" I ask. "I'm really hungry."

She giggles, actually giggles, and replies "you need to behave. Anyone can come in here and find us."

"No one is going to come in here. I'm surprised that Jen even let us leave. Come on, just a small snack."

I slip my lips down to her neck and nibble there. I take a few bites and then use my tongue to taste further. This close, her scent completely invades all of my senses. It's intoxicating. I slide my hand up the front of her thigh, under her dress and then between her legs.

With my mouth at her ear again, I say "just a little taste to hold me over baby."

She giggles again and I chuckle I response. Then I hear someone clearing their throat. Anna and I part immediately and stare at the doorway. Fuck.