Overtime: A Moo U Hockey Romance by Kat Mizera & Heart Eyes Press

Author:Kat Mizera & Heart Eyes Press [Mizera, Kat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Heart Eyes Press LLC
Published: 2021-04-25T16:00:00+00:00

20

Ellie

Valentine’s Day was tomorrow and I had no idea what to do for Patrick. He was with me almost every night now, but my room was small and my twin-size bed was cramped for a guy his size. He never complained but I wondered if he missed the bigger bed at his apartment and if it was bad for an athlete like him to sleep with a girl draped all over him. It probably wasn’t a big deal, but I worried about him because he worked his body so hard with hockey. I was often amazed at how much it took for him to stay in shape. He practiced and played games with the team but there were also workouts in his free time that blew me away. I’d gone on a run with him once and thought I might die trying to keep up.

I wanted to do something nice for him, like a professional massage or something, but it really wasn’t in my budget. With my future more uncertain than ever, I was trying to be frugal, but I hated not doing something special for him on our first Valentine’s Day together.

“Kissing games,” Harley said when we ran into each other in the coffee shop.

“Kissing games?”

“Yeah, like watching an episode of Friends and every time Joey does something stupid, you have to kiss. I mean, you can get creative, but that could be a fun way to spend Valentine’s Day.”

“That does sound kind of fun.”

“You could cater it to hockey, too. Put on a game and every time the team he’s not rooting for ices the puck, you kiss. Every time his team gets a power play, you kiss.”

“I could probably make a list,” I said thoughtfully.

“And then you’ll end up getting naked anyway.”

We laughed.

“So where have you been hiding?” I asked her.

She shrugged. “Here and there. That guy I was hooking up with ghosted me, so I’m kind of doing my own thing these days. Guys are too much of a headache.”

“They’re not all like that,” I said gently.

“Yeah, you got lucky.” She paid the cashier and took a sip of her drink.

“Patrick is pretty special,” I admitted. “I don’t know how I found him, but I’m so glad I did.”

“You deserve a nice guy,” Harley said, smiling over at me. “Just keep your options open, you know? He’s going to be going off to the pros, whether it’s next year or the year after, and your Ph.D. is going to take longer than that.”

“Shit!” I suddenly remembered I’d never checked back with Dr. Lancet. “I have to go see my advisor. I’ll call you later!” I grabbed my coat and coffee and ran out the door. I hurried across campus and into the building where his office was.

I’d forgotten all about checking in with him and I wanted to have my ducks in a row before I saw my parents again. I didn’t know exactly what I was going to say to my mom, but I wasn’t as mad now that I had my car back and I just wanted them to understand me.

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