Chapter 96 - What you want
AN: Writer’s block! This chapter was actually pretty hard for me to write. Sexy time between Nef and Sasha normally comes fairly easily to me. I blame the lock out but now that it’s over hopefully the hockey fanfiction muses will smile on me and actually let me finish this story!
Sasha's POV
Shit. Shit. Shit. Damn it Im! Why did you have to text me?!
Nef found out that I distracted her while Im and his girlfriend Tessa left. She'd wanted to sit down for breakfast together so that she could meet/talk to/interrogate Tessa. Im wanted to avoid that for as long as possible and I'd gotten the bright idea to become involved. Im had saved my ass more than once since I'd been dating his sister and I felt that I owed him a favor...or ten. Unfortunately for me Nef found out and was not happy with me.
"You're in trouble now," Nef said, still straddling me.
She had placed my phone back on her nightstand and leaned forward until her face hovered directly over mine. She couldn't have been more intimidating if she tried.
"Now Alexander." Shit. Full name. Not good. "You knew that I wanted to speak with Im and Tessa, didn't you?"
"Da..."
"So why did you distract me while those two left?" Her eyebrows raised and her lips turned downward in a pouty frown. It made me want to kiss her lips thoroughly.
"Ummm...Im say that Tessa not ready yet. He want give her more time to be ready so I help?" That sounds good, right?
"So to you, what Im wanted is more important than what I wanted?" She brought her left hand up to cup my face as she trailed kisses across my chin.
DAMN IT.
"No! You most important."
Her hand moved down my throat and came to rest at a nipple. I felt her fingertips tighten around the bud. I couldn't help but groan - my nipples were insanely sensitive. My cock pulsed in response; I was still hard within her.
"I'm so glad you think so." Her hips began to move slowly, starting were we left off.
I tried to wrap my arms around her but she made it clear that she wanted my hands to stay on the bed and out of her way. I fisted the blankets above my head to do as she bid. Her rhythm was slow, more teasing than anything else. We’d both cum once already so she was in no rush.
“Now Alexander, how should I punish you? You know I don’t like it when you go against me.”
“No, not go against you. I don’t think you should punish me at all,” I said.
Nef smirked at me before planting a warm, wet kiss on my lips. I really wanted to reach out and grab her, to make her move her hips faster but I didn’t.
“Faster, please.”
“No, I don’t think so. I don’t think you’re going to be cumming again any time soon.” Her hips stopped and she moved off the bed. “Don’t move.”
Nef walked to her closet and pulled out a pair of leather cuffs.
“You know, Berlin is a rather free city....Im and I walked around a lot when we first got here and let me tell you, the number of sex shops in this city is ridiculous! There were quite a few interesting things in them.”
She came back to the bed and secured my wrists to the headboard. Of course Nef would visit a sex shop or two before I got here. The temptation would have been too much for her to resist. Nef had a kinky part of her that she did not hide from me.
“NNNnnnneeeeeffffff, please,” I whined. “I want you. I want you now.”
I was rock hard. I wanted to plunge into her and be as close to her as I could get. She straddled my legs and trailed wet kisses along my thighs, ghosting her lips close to my erection but never actually touching it. I’d forgotten how much Nef liked to tease me. I’d forgotten that Nef had amazing control. It seemed that no matter how aroused she was or how much she wanted me she could always refuse me.
Every time she came close to my erection I thrusted my hips toward her.
“Stay still,” she ordered and when I didn’t she began to swat the sensitive skin of my inner thighs. She kept me on edge for what seemed like hours, bringing me close to climax only to back away before I could actually cum.
Nef’s POV
Two hours, that’s how long I teased Sasha. He’d helped Im and his girlfriend Tessa sneak out this morning even though he knew that I wanted time to talk to Tessa. I hadn’t officially met the girl and there was no way I would blindly approve of her just because my brother thought she was pretty.
Sasha was still in my room tied to my bed while I’d made something for breakfast. He had to be hungry and thirst by now. We’d been in the middle of sex that morning when I found out that Im left. When I returned to my room with breakfast I helped Sasha to sit upright on my bed without untying his hands. He was still hard as his erection hadn’t subsided in the 20 minutes I’d spent in the kitchen.
He told me he was thirsty so I helped him to drink a glass of water before I fed him. Neither of us had eaten breakfast and Sasha needed to eat every few hours. Sasha always enjoyed breakfast in bed with me; spending time just talking, getting ready to start our day. This time, however, I used it to tease him. I trailed pieces of fresh fruit across his skin, fed him from my lips and hands, and spent a great deal of time licking honey of his taut abs.
“Nef, let me go. Please?”
“Nope, part of your punishment. You’ve been very bad...and it doesn’t really look like you want to let me go,” I said as I stroked his still present erection.
“Can I cum?” he asked, trusting into my hand.
“No.”
Sasha whimpered and seemed to collapse back onto the bed. I had little intention of letting him cum before Im and Tessa made it back to our apartment or before we had to leave for out afternoon tour around Berlin. It was down to whichever came first. Im and I had scheduled the tour to introduce Sasha and Tessa to Berlin and to help them find something to entertain themselves during the time Im and I had to work. There was still about 4 or so hours before we had to leave for the tour.
I sat on the bed beside him and trailed my fingers down his sides.
“No! Please! Don’t tickle me,” he all but screamed.
I trailed one hand to his still present erection and he was torn between trying to get away from my tickling fingers and thrusting into my hand.
“I’ll do anything...please, let me go? I won’t cum until you tell me to. I promise! Just untie me.”
I thought about it for a moment. Sasha was normally very obedient when we played but I was very much annoyed with him. He knew that I wanted to get to know Tessa. I mean the girl is staying in our apartment and I haven’t said more than two sentences to her. I released his ankles and his wrists and he sat back against the headboard. I straddle his legs and tilted his lips to meet mine.
“Nef, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to put Im’s wishes ahead of yours. I was just trying to look out for him. I know that you want to get to know Tessa but I also know how intimidating you can be. Im just wanted some time to prepare her. They haven’t been together as long as you and I were when I first met Im.”
He looked up at me with soft expressive brown eyes and I couldn’t help but smile. I leaned forward to kiss him again. His arms wrapped around me and he pulled me close. I could feel his still hard length trapped between our bodies.
“Logic won’t work with me,” I said and I felt his lower lip push out against mine in a pout.
“You really not let me cum soon?” he asked.
I started to grind my hips against his and his breath hitched in his throated. After more than two hours of being on the edge of cumming I knew it wouldn’t take much to make Sasha cum.
“Please. I close,” he begged as he fought not to cum.
I could feel him start to shake and his skin became damp with sweat. His hands gripped my hips as he chanted “No, no, no” repeatedly. It was fun watching him struggle against something he wanted so desperately. His face was flushed and contorted in agonized pleasure. I admit to making it really hard for him to keep his word and not cum until I said so but I never said that I wouldn’t. Sasha’s phone chimed again with another text message and I pulled away to pick it up only to have Sasha continue to rub against me.
“Back in about 20 minutes,” the text from Im read. “tell Nef that the we’re having lunch before the tour.”
“You’re in luck. Im is on his way back and we’re going to have lunch. I can talk to Tessa then.”
“Can I cum?” he asked, thrusting his erection against my hip.
“Yes.” I felt him bite down on my shoulder and a hot rush of fluid on hip before I’d even finished speaking
Once the tremors from his orgasm subsided I tried to pull him from the bed for a shower but he groaned and pleaded for a nap.
“A quick one, Im will be here in 20 minutes.” I let him rest for a bit while I showered.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Monday, September 10, 2012
Chapter 95 - Thanks Bro. I owe you one.
Nef's POV
Sasha's flight would be landing soon. I've been pacing the promenade for the last 15 minutes willing the pilot to fly just a little bit faster. I wanted him in my arms now. It's been nearly two months since we parted in DC. June had been brutal after having him all to myself for most of May. I'd deemed our separation long enough.
When I saw the tousled messiness of red-brown hair coming down the walk was I all but sprinted to him.
"God, I missed you!" he said, catching me as I jumped into his arms.
His flight had landed in Germany in the early evening so we decided to go back to my apartment so he could shower before dinner. He was finicky like that. He said that he needed to was the dirty "plane" feeling off. He'd been lucky and found a direct flight with no layovers but it was still 8 hours on a plane.
While we were picking up Sasha's luggage he stopped into a flower shop on the promenade to get a bouquet of roses for me.
"For you," he said as he kissed my forehead and gently placed the roses into my hands.
It didn't matter where er were or how long we'd been apart Sasha always made sure that he was able to get flowers for me. Dinner was simple and quiet, We just focused on each others company, catching up on everything that we'd missed while being apart. When we arrived back at my apartment we were alone. Im hadn't gotten back from picking up his new girlfriend. Her flight landed just a few hours after Sasha's. I doubted that Sasha would be awake for much longer so we retreated to my room where he crawled into my arms.
"I've wanted to fall asleep in your arms for the past month," he whispered to me.
I sent Im a quick text message that Sasha and I were in bed for the night and that the four of us would have breakfast and introductions the following morning. I hadn't forgotten about Im and Sasha's little plan of distracting me from being able to interrogate this new girl.
Sasha's POV
The first morning of my stay in Germany I woke up before Nef. Sometime during the night she had moved out of my arms and was laying face down on her side of the bed. I had rolled over and was using her back as a pillow.
We'd fallen asleep with the door open and I quietly got up to use the bathroom. It was still fairly early but I knew Nef wouldn't sleep for much longer. She could never sleep beyond 7:30 am. I knocked on Im's bedroom door.
"Morning, Nef still sleeping but I not know for how much longer. I know she tell you that she want do breakfast but -"
"Thanks, bro. Keep her busy for about an hour. That should be enough time for Tessa and I to leave."
"Okay."
When I went back to Nef's room she was just starting to stir. I slid back into bed and placed kisses across her shoulders and down her arms.
"Good morning, Beautiful," I said as she opened her eyes and smiled at me.
We hadn't gotten the chance to really make love last night; just a quick one to sate the urges we had. Now I intended to have her fully.
"Good morning, Love." She pulled my lips down to hers and kissed me passionately.
We shifted so that she was on her back and I was nestled in between her legs. I slowly started to thrust my hips against her as my hands roamed over her body. It wasn't long before I started to pull at her tank top and shorts not liking the fact that something was blocking access to her skin.
"I want you," I told her. We didn't stop moving until I was fully seated inside of her.
"Sasha!" she yelled, wrapping her legs around my hips.
We started off slow but it had been too long and we'd missed each other so much. We moved roughly against one another, intently focused on release.
"Faster," Nef commanded.
I could feel her nails rake down my back and I could feel her internal muscles clenching tightly around my erection. I came with a shout, biting down on her shoulder. Her thighs trapped my as her body clenched impossibly tight around me. We were both panting.
"That was...wow," Nef said when she finally caught her breath. "Where did that come from?"
"You. Missed you lots."
Nef's POV
I pushed Sasha onto his back and trailed kisses from his legs up to his chest. He trembled every time my lips hit a sensitive spot.
"I want you again," I told him.
He growled low in the back of his throat and reached for me. He pulled me until I was straddling him. I could feel him begin to harden again. I grabbed his wrists and crossed them above his head.
"Kiss me, please," he asked before I could pull back.
I used one hand to hold his wrists to the bed and then other to cup his jaw, presenting his lips to me. The kiss was slow, lingering, and passionate.
"More," he said.
I traced my tongue across his full lips before I trailed my hand down his body to his now full erection. I guided him to my opening and he lifted his hips to slide inside of me.
"Keep your hands where they are." I released his hands to sit upright.
My pace was slow; I could feel every inch of him inside me. The first time had been rough and fast, neither of us wanting to take it slowly. The second time had been slower but still rough and also animalistic. This time we moved against each other trying to draw out as much pleasure as we could.
Sasha and I were so intensely focused on each other that I almost didn't hear the door to our apartment slam shut. The sound jarred me, it was far to early for anyone to be arriving. Sasha's hands came to my hips when my rhythm faltered, urging me to move again. Before I could move again Sasha's phone buzzed on the nightstand with an incoming text message. I would have ignored it if he hadn't looked at it with wide eyes before glancing up at me. It was a guilty look that I'd seen only when he'd done something that he was trying to hide.
I reached over to grab his phone and he tried to pull it out of my hands.
"Didn't I say to keep your hands above your head?"
"Don't stop," he murmured. "That can wait, please."
I was about to put his phone back when it buzzed again. This time when he tried to sit up I pushed him back down. When he tried to speak a look from me silenced him. There were two messages, both from Im.
Tessa and I are gone, read the first one.
Thanks Bro. I owe you one, read the second one.
Three things crossed my mind. First, Im called Sasha "Bro." They'd grown closer and I was happy with that. Second, the slamming door was Im and his girlfriend leaving and skipping the breakfast introduction I had planned. Third, Sasha had distracted me long enough for them to leave.
"So you distracted me while Im and Tessa left?" I asked. Sasha blushed and refused to meet my eyes.
I placed his phone back on the nightstand and leaned down until my face was right above his. I nipped at his lips and said "Bad Sasha. Now I have to punish you."
Sasha's flight would be landing soon. I've been pacing the promenade for the last 15 minutes willing the pilot to fly just a little bit faster. I wanted him in my arms now. It's been nearly two months since we parted in DC. June had been brutal after having him all to myself for most of May. I'd deemed our separation long enough.
When I saw the tousled messiness of red-brown hair coming down the walk was I all but sprinted to him.
"God, I missed you!" he said, catching me as I jumped into his arms.
His flight had landed in Germany in the early evening so we decided to go back to my apartment so he could shower before dinner. He was finicky like that. He said that he needed to was the dirty "plane" feeling off. He'd been lucky and found a direct flight with no layovers but it was still 8 hours on a plane.
While we were picking up Sasha's luggage he stopped into a flower shop on the promenade to get a bouquet of roses for me.
"For you," he said as he kissed my forehead and gently placed the roses into my hands.
It didn't matter where er were or how long we'd been apart Sasha always made sure that he was able to get flowers for me. Dinner was simple and quiet, We just focused on each others company, catching up on everything that we'd missed while being apart. When we arrived back at my apartment we were alone. Im hadn't gotten back from picking up his new girlfriend. Her flight landed just a few hours after Sasha's. I doubted that Sasha would be awake for much longer so we retreated to my room where he crawled into my arms.
"I've wanted to fall asleep in your arms for the past month," he whispered to me.
I sent Im a quick text message that Sasha and I were in bed for the night and that the four of us would have breakfast and introductions the following morning. I hadn't forgotten about Im and Sasha's little plan of distracting me from being able to interrogate this new girl.
Sasha's POV
The first morning of my stay in Germany I woke up before Nef. Sometime during the night she had moved out of my arms and was laying face down on her side of the bed. I had rolled over and was using her back as a pillow.
We'd fallen asleep with the door open and I quietly got up to use the bathroom. It was still fairly early but I knew Nef wouldn't sleep for much longer. She could never sleep beyond 7:30 am. I knocked on Im's bedroom door.
"Morning, Nef still sleeping but I not know for how much longer. I know she tell you that she want do breakfast but -"
"Thanks, bro. Keep her busy for about an hour. That should be enough time for Tessa and I to leave."
"Okay."
When I went back to Nef's room she was just starting to stir. I slid back into bed and placed kisses across her shoulders and down her arms.
"Good morning, Beautiful," I said as she opened her eyes and smiled at me.
We hadn't gotten the chance to really make love last night; just a quick one to sate the urges we had. Now I intended to have her fully.
"Good morning, Love." She pulled my lips down to hers and kissed me passionately.
We shifted so that she was on her back and I was nestled in between her legs. I slowly started to thrust my hips against her as my hands roamed over her body. It wasn't long before I started to pull at her tank top and shorts not liking the fact that something was blocking access to her skin.
"I want you," I told her. We didn't stop moving until I was fully seated inside of her.
"Sasha!" she yelled, wrapping her legs around my hips.
We started off slow but it had been too long and we'd missed each other so much. We moved roughly against one another, intently focused on release.
"Faster," Nef commanded.
I could feel her nails rake down my back and I could feel her internal muscles clenching tightly around my erection. I came with a shout, biting down on her shoulder. Her thighs trapped my as her body clenched impossibly tight around me. We were both panting.
"That was...wow," Nef said when she finally caught her breath. "Where did that come from?"
"You. Missed you lots."
Nef's POV
I pushed Sasha onto his back and trailed kisses from his legs up to his chest. He trembled every time my lips hit a sensitive spot.
"I want you again," I told him.
He growled low in the back of his throat and reached for me. He pulled me until I was straddling him. I could feel him begin to harden again. I grabbed his wrists and crossed them above his head.
"Kiss me, please," he asked before I could pull back.
I used one hand to hold his wrists to the bed and then other to cup his jaw, presenting his lips to me. The kiss was slow, lingering, and passionate.
"More," he said.
I traced my tongue across his full lips before I trailed my hand down his body to his now full erection. I guided him to my opening and he lifted his hips to slide inside of me.
"Keep your hands where they are." I released his hands to sit upright.
My pace was slow; I could feel every inch of him inside me. The first time had been rough and fast, neither of us wanting to take it slowly. The second time had been slower but still rough and also animalistic. This time we moved against each other trying to draw out as much pleasure as we could.
Sasha and I were so intensely focused on each other that I almost didn't hear the door to our apartment slam shut. The sound jarred me, it was far to early for anyone to be arriving. Sasha's hands came to my hips when my rhythm faltered, urging me to move again. Before I could move again Sasha's phone buzzed on the nightstand with an incoming text message. I would have ignored it if he hadn't looked at it with wide eyes before glancing up at me. It was a guilty look that I'd seen only when he'd done something that he was trying to hide.
I reached over to grab his phone and he tried to pull it out of my hands.
"Didn't I say to keep your hands above your head?"
"Don't stop," he murmured. "That can wait, please."
I was about to put his phone back when it buzzed again. This time when he tried to sit up I pushed him back down. When he tried to speak a look from me silenced him. There were two messages, both from Im.
Tessa and I are gone, read the first one.
Thanks Bro. I owe you one, read the second one.
Three things crossed my mind. First, Im called Sasha "Bro." They'd grown closer and I was happy with that. Second, the slamming door was Im and his girlfriend leaving and skipping the breakfast introduction I had planned. Third, Sasha had distracted me long enough for them to leave.
"So you distracted me while Im and Tessa left?" I asked. Sasha blushed and refused to meet my eyes.
I placed his phone back on the nightstand and leaned down until my face was right above his. I nipped at his lips and said "Bad Sasha. Now I have to punish you."
Monday, July 2, 2012
Chapter 94 - Forever and a day
Sasha's POV
I'd been away from Nef for about a month. I'd been to Turkey with Ovie and now I was about to head to Germany to visit her. The summer had been good so far and I was looking forward to reuniting with her. I'd been thinking about asking her to marry me. We'd spoken about marriage many times and she knew that I wanted her for forever and a day. I wasn't completely sure that she would say yes. I knew that she wanted to be with me but I also knew that marriage made her jumpy. She didn't want to be pushed into marriage and if she felt it wasn't the time she wouldn't do it. Her family's view on marriage had contributed to this view in her.
It took me months to talk her into moving in with me and that had been aided by her being pregnant, and then by her roommates going their separate ways after graduation. I had talked to my parents and her parents and both were all for it. Her family loved me and my parents had grown to love her. This past year had solidified our relationship between us and with our families. When I arrived in Germany I had every intention of sitting down with her grandparents and talking to them about marrying their granddaughter. I knew how close her family was and I know that it meant a lot to her parents that I had taken the time to sit down and talk to them about marrying Nef and I knew that it would mean a lot to her grandparents as well.
"Are you ready to settle down?" Ovie asked me when I told him about asking Nef to marry me.
"Yes. I want her - for forever. This year has shown me that she's what I want and what I need. She's the one. When she was pregnant I could see my family and future coming together and when we lost the baby I felt like I was dying. I'm absolutely sure that I want her. I'm absolutely sure that I need her."
"So, I should start working on my best man speech?" Ovie smiled and congratulated me.
We would be in Turkey for another 5 days and Ovie promised that we'd get started early on my bachelor party.
"I'm not even engaged yet! And lets not do anything that might make her say no."
Maybe I should have waited until the end of our trip to tell Ovie that I was going to ask Nef to marry me. He seems to think that the first thing we need to do is go find an army of Turkish belly dancers to celebrate with. I tried to decline but he was dragging me from our hotel to the resort nightclub on the lower level. Ovie never passed up a reason to celebrate and this time would be no different.
The following morning my phone rang. It was Nef calling me.
"Good morning sleepyhead!" she said cheerily into the phone.
I'm pretty sure I grunted into the phone. I'm not a morning person, especially when I've only gotten about 4 hours of sleep. Nef's used to it and she wasn't bothered that I barely spoke on the phone. She was calling to hammer out the details of my trip to Germany. It seems that it wouldn't be just her and I. Im was bringing a girl that he had been seeing for a visit at the same time. It would be Nef's introduction to this woman.
"I can't believe Im thought that I would be to distracted to focus on her! He's my twin brother; of course I would pay attention to her. She's going to have to get through me if she wants my brother."
"He not think that. He think that I distract you on purpose," I jokingly said into the phone. "I owe him a few."
"That's not funny."
"I not joking. Im help me a lot so I help him back."
I started to laugh when Nef growled into the phone. She knew I was teasing her but she couldn't help her reaction.
"You're going to get it!" She said. "Oh, I am going to get you. As soon as I get my hands on you!"
"What you get me? You know I only need you."
"Cheeky monkey." She called me that whenever I teased or talked back to her. The pitch of her voice lowered."It's been a while since we've played. I'm beginning to think you've forgotten your place."
I was hard instantly. It was the voice she used whenever we played and I was submissive to her.
"I think you need a reminder of how to behave."
"You gonna remind me?" I asked, my voice a little breathless. "How?"
"Questioning me? Oh, now I know you need a lesson. You are getting out of hand."
I groaned into the phone. Her subtle promises of pleasure made me want her badly.
"I not out of hand. I good, always good."
By the time I got off the phone with Nef I was in desperate need of a cold shower. Five more days in Turkey, a little more than a week at home, and then finally to Germany for some time with Nef. I was counting down the days until we're back together.
I'd been away from Nef for about a month. I'd been to Turkey with Ovie and now I was about to head to Germany to visit her. The summer had been good so far and I was looking forward to reuniting with her. I'd been thinking about asking her to marry me. We'd spoken about marriage many times and she knew that I wanted her for forever and a day. I wasn't completely sure that she would say yes. I knew that she wanted to be with me but I also knew that marriage made her jumpy. She didn't want to be pushed into marriage and if she felt it wasn't the time she wouldn't do it. Her family's view on marriage had contributed to this view in her.
It took me months to talk her into moving in with me and that had been aided by her being pregnant, and then by her roommates going their separate ways after graduation. I had talked to my parents and her parents and both were all for it. Her family loved me and my parents had grown to love her. This past year had solidified our relationship between us and with our families. When I arrived in Germany I had every intention of sitting down with her grandparents and talking to them about marrying their granddaughter. I knew how close her family was and I know that it meant a lot to her parents that I had taken the time to sit down and talk to them about marrying Nef and I knew that it would mean a lot to her grandparents as well.
"Are you ready to settle down?" Ovie asked me when I told him about asking Nef to marry me.
"Yes. I want her - for forever. This year has shown me that she's what I want and what I need. She's the one. When she was pregnant I could see my family and future coming together and when we lost the baby I felt like I was dying. I'm absolutely sure that I want her. I'm absolutely sure that I need her."
"So, I should start working on my best man speech?" Ovie smiled and congratulated me.
We would be in Turkey for another 5 days and Ovie promised that we'd get started early on my bachelor party.
"I'm not even engaged yet! And lets not do anything that might make her say no."
Maybe I should have waited until the end of our trip to tell Ovie that I was going to ask Nef to marry me. He seems to think that the first thing we need to do is go find an army of Turkish belly dancers to celebrate with. I tried to decline but he was dragging me from our hotel to the resort nightclub on the lower level. Ovie never passed up a reason to celebrate and this time would be no different.
The following morning my phone rang. It was Nef calling me.
"Good morning sleepyhead!" she said cheerily into the phone.
I'm pretty sure I grunted into the phone. I'm not a morning person, especially when I've only gotten about 4 hours of sleep. Nef's used to it and she wasn't bothered that I barely spoke on the phone. She was calling to hammer out the details of my trip to Germany. It seems that it wouldn't be just her and I. Im was bringing a girl that he had been seeing for a visit at the same time. It would be Nef's introduction to this woman.
"I can't believe Im thought that I would be to distracted to focus on her! He's my twin brother; of course I would pay attention to her. She's going to have to get through me if she wants my brother."
"He not think that. He think that I distract you on purpose," I jokingly said into the phone. "I owe him a few."
"That's not funny."
"I not joking. Im help me a lot so I help him back."
I started to laugh when Nef growled into the phone. She knew I was teasing her but she couldn't help her reaction.
"You're going to get it!" She said. "Oh, I am going to get you. As soon as I get my hands on you!"
"What you get me? You know I only need you."
"Cheeky monkey." She called me that whenever I teased or talked back to her. The pitch of her voice lowered."It's been a while since we've played. I'm beginning to think you've forgotten your place."
I was hard instantly. It was the voice she used whenever we played and I was submissive to her.
"I think you need a reminder of how to behave."
"You gonna remind me?" I asked, my voice a little breathless. "How?"
"Questioning me? Oh, now I know you need a lesson. You are getting out of hand."
I groaned into the phone. Her subtle promises of pleasure made me want her badly.
"I not out of hand. I good, always good."
By the time I got off the phone with Nef I was in desperate need of a cold shower. Five more days in Turkey, a little more than a week at home, and then finally to Germany for some time with Nef. I was counting down the days until we're back together.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Chapter 93 - If I had a single flower for every time I think about you, I could walk forever in my garden
If I had a single flower for every time I think about you, I could walk forever in my garden.
~Claudia Ghandi
Soundtrack - Incubus - I miss you
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Sasha's POV
I've been in back home for a little longer than a week. I'd left the States the same day Nef left for training in Germany. It allowed us to spend another week or so together after her graduation. We'd be apart until July. Last summer we'd experienced spending longer periods of time away from each other. It sucked but there was no way around it. We hadn't been able to talk as much as either of us wanted. When she and Im landed in Germany they had about a day to get settled in and then it was work, work, work, and more work. She called when she could and I tried not to bother her to much. We did text often.
We had set up a weekly Skpe date on Sunday evenings.
"I miss you so much," were the first words she said to me on a first Skpe date.
"I miss you too. I can't wait see you."
"When do you leave for Turkey?"
"Next weekend. Ovie back now...they fire Coach Bykov after the tournament."
"Not surprised about that. You said that it would happen if the team didn't do well."
We talked aimlessly for about an hour. Just catching up on what had happened since we left the States. She told me a lot about work and how the company perceived her and Im.
"There are quite a few people that believe that the only reason Im and I got our jobs was because of our grandparents."
"You know that's not true. I know that if your grandparents didn't believe that you and Im are capable they wouldn't have hired you. I mean they didn't hire some of their own children."
For the most part their children didn't have a whole lot of interest in the company. They'd all pursued their dreams of other careers. I'm pretty sure that Nef's uncle Ali was the only one that worked with the company. Her Uncle Azi no longer worked with the company. He had been brought on but after too many performance and management issues her grandparents realized that this just wasn't for him and they let him go.
"I know that...I just hate the perception of it. Im and I are smart, capable, and we work hard. I just hate that we have to prove it to people that pass judgement without even knowing us."
I didn't have to tell Nef to work hard; she would already do that. I did have to tell her not to worry so much. The opinions of others didn't matter too much. Her grandparents had faith in her and that was all that mattered.
"You keep me sane," she said.
That's my job.
"Do me a favor?" she asked. "Don't fall for any belly dancing girls while you're in Turkey."
"I've already fallen for one belly dancing girl and she happens to be Egyptian."
Nef's POV
Sasha's been back in Russia for a little longer than a week. It's hell being away from him but I have work as a distraction. He spent most of his time catching up with family and friends after being away for 9 months. He told me that his mother had run into Nadiya's mom a few days after he got back to Russia. Honestly, we had put much thought into her after that whole tabloid fiasco. Sasha's agent had lawyers send a cease and desist notice to Nadiya and her family. My grandparents also has the company's team of lawyers threaten legal action against her harassment and we threatened to file assault charges against her. A potentially lengthy and expensive legal fight on her hands caused her to back down.
Nadiya's mom had tried to apologize for her daughter but Tatiana told her to stay away from our family. I had a feeling that Nadiya wouldn't leave it alone but I had hoped that I would never see or hear from her or about her ever again.
The last two or so weeks had been jam packed with a million things but I made time to talk to Sasha on Skype on Sundays and a couple of times on the phone during the week. I was counting down the days until he would arrive in Germany. Im had been talking to girl before we left for Germany and he had continued to chat with her frequently.
"Who is she?" I asked him one evening after he had been skyping for about two hours.
"A girl I met when I was a home for Christmas break. We've been talking for a few months now but I think things are getting serious."
"When can I meet her?" I had to meet the girl before she could be approved to date my twin brother.
"She's coming for a visit the week that Alex is coming," Im said smiling.
I'm sure he scheduled that on purpose. He thought that I would be to wrapped up into Sasha to properly interrogate this girl. Not likely. Im grilled Sasha when they first met and it's to be expected. We're twins and we care deeply about each other and we have to make sure that the person is worthy.
~Claudia Ghandi
Soundtrack - Incubus - I miss you
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Sasha's POV
I've been in back home for a little longer than a week. I'd left the States the same day Nef left for training in Germany. It allowed us to spend another week or so together after her graduation. We'd be apart until July. Last summer we'd experienced spending longer periods of time away from each other. It sucked but there was no way around it. We hadn't been able to talk as much as either of us wanted. When she and Im landed in Germany they had about a day to get settled in and then it was work, work, work, and more work. She called when she could and I tried not to bother her to much. We did text often.
We had set up a weekly Skpe date on Sunday evenings.
"I miss you so much," were the first words she said to me on a first Skpe date.
"I miss you too. I can't wait see you."
"When do you leave for Turkey?"
"Next weekend. Ovie back now...they fire Coach Bykov after the tournament."
"Not surprised about that. You said that it would happen if the team didn't do well."
We talked aimlessly for about an hour. Just catching up on what had happened since we left the States. She told me a lot about work and how the company perceived her and Im.
"There are quite a few people that believe that the only reason Im and I got our jobs was because of our grandparents."
"You know that's not true. I know that if your grandparents didn't believe that you and Im are capable they wouldn't have hired you. I mean they didn't hire some of their own children."
For the most part their children didn't have a whole lot of interest in the company. They'd all pursued their dreams of other careers. I'm pretty sure that Nef's uncle Ali was the only one that worked with the company. Her Uncle Azi no longer worked with the company. He had been brought on but after too many performance and management issues her grandparents realized that this just wasn't for him and they let him go.
"I know that...I just hate the perception of it. Im and I are smart, capable, and we work hard. I just hate that we have to prove it to people that pass judgement without even knowing us."
I didn't have to tell Nef to work hard; she would already do that. I did have to tell her not to worry so much. The opinions of others didn't matter too much. Her grandparents had faith in her and that was all that mattered.
"You keep me sane," she said.
That's my job.
"Do me a favor?" she asked. "Don't fall for any belly dancing girls while you're in Turkey."
"I've already fallen for one belly dancing girl and she happens to be Egyptian."
Nef's POV
Sasha's been back in Russia for a little longer than a week. It's hell being away from him but I have work as a distraction. He spent most of his time catching up with family and friends after being away for 9 months. He told me that his mother had run into Nadiya's mom a few days after he got back to Russia. Honestly, we had put much thought into her after that whole tabloid fiasco. Sasha's agent had lawyers send a cease and desist notice to Nadiya and her family. My grandparents also has the company's team of lawyers threaten legal action against her harassment and we threatened to file assault charges against her. A potentially lengthy and expensive legal fight on her hands caused her to back down.
Nadiya's mom had tried to apologize for her daughter but Tatiana told her to stay away from our family. I had a feeling that Nadiya wouldn't leave it alone but I had hoped that I would never see or hear from her or about her ever again.
The last two or so weeks had been jam packed with a million things but I made time to talk to Sasha on Skype on Sundays and a couple of times on the phone during the week. I was counting down the days until he would arrive in Germany. Im had been talking to girl before we left for Germany and he had continued to chat with her frequently.
"Who is she?" I asked him one evening after he had been skyping for about two hours.
"A girl I met when I was a home for Christmas break. We've been talking for a few months now but I think things are getting serious."
"When can I meet her?" I had to meet the girl before she could be approved to date my twin brother.
"She's coming for a visit the week that Alex is coming," Im said smiling.
I'm sure he scheduled that on purpose. He thought that I would be to wrapped up into Sasha to properly interrogate this girl. Not likely. Im grilled Sasha when they first met and it's to be expected. We're twins and we care deeply about each other and we have to make sure that the person is worthy.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Chapter 92 - Ready, Set, Go. It's time to ROCK!
Sasha's POV
In the span of a week everything came to a head for Nef. She finished the last of her final exams and her graduation was on Friday and Saturday. She had a few days to celebrate with her family and friends and then her and Im were on a flight to Germany for a week. Their training and orientation wouldn't officially start until mid June but there were a few things that they need to get settle before they started, namely living arrangements, scheduling for workshops, investment client visits, etc.
When she left I was tasked with wrapping up everything at my house and her apartment so that when she left for Germany for training I could go back to Russia and she wouldn't have anything left to do other than boarding her flight. Of the two months that she would be in Germany I would visit her for about a week and once training wrapped up she would come to Russia for a week or so.
In the span of a week everything came to a head for Nef. She finished the last of her final exams and her graduation was on Friday and Saturday. She had a few days to celebrate with her family and friends and then her and Im were on a flight to Germany for a week. Their training and orientation wouldn't officially start until mid June but there were a few things that they need to get settle before they started, namely living arrangements, scheduling for workshops, investment client visits, etc.
When she left I was tasked with wrapping up everything at my house and her apartment so that when she left for Germany for training I could go back to Russia and she wouldn't have anything left to do other than boarding her flight. Of the two months that she would be in Germany I would visit her for about a week and once training wrapped up she would come to Russia for a week or so.
We'd moved most of her things into my house and we'd donated the furniture that she didn't need. We'd reached a compromise on the house issue. For the time being she would move in with me and we'd redecorate it together. My parents are only in the States for half of the season and they would be scaling back the time spent with me. They wanted to spend more time with my niece and nephew, Veronika and Ivan. We were entering into the next major phase of our relationship and we needed to take the time to focus on ourselves.
"Okay, so there are two ceremonies this weekend. Main Commencement with all of the graduate and undergraduate students and then my smaller department graduation. Main Commencement is Friday evening and my department graduation is on Saturday," Nef told me.
I would be able to sit through the Friday ceremony with her family and it was unlikely that there would be too much trouble from fans with me attending as there would be a large number of people. I could get lost in the crowd. Saturday would be a little trickier as the number of graduates was smaller.
Tonight we were at her parents house just hanging out. We were laying in various spaces in the living room watching a movie together. Im was home as his graduation was the weekend before.
"Are you excited about graduation?" her mother asked.
"Not really. I'm just ready to be done with school," Nef answered. "I am excited about not having to study or worry about exams or projects or group assignments...I am excited about starting work."
It had been a stressful couple of weeks and now Nef was enjoying a few moments of calmness.
Nef's POV
I don't remember much from graduation. There were lots of pictures, and hugs, and tears from my mom, and congratulations from my dad...but don't ask me what was said during the ceremony. I just remember hearing my name followed by lots of cheers from my family. I remember walking across the stage and shaking hands with the head of my department and with my faculty adviser. I remember seeing Sasha smiling at me and cheer as I walked across the stage. I remember his arms holding me closely when I found him after the ceremony. I remember my dad telling me how proud he was and I remember my mom crying, telling me how happy she was.
My grandparents have been in town for about two weeks. They'd come for Im and I's graduations but they'd also came to get a head start on our training. We'd had a few introductory meetings that discussed our positions, our responsibilities, and our training paths. The first year of our employment was completely mapped out for us.
Sasha was my champion through it all. He took over the task of not only making sure I made it to the places I needed to be on time but he also made sure that I didn't get overwhelmed before I left for Germany. I was not happy that Sasha wasn't coming with me but I had to be realistic. I wouldn't have much time to spend with him even if he did come with me. His flight home to Russia left the same day as my flight to Germany.
Saying good by to my roommates was difficult. I love living with Jackie and Jesse. We'd been friends for several years and these girls were truly the sisters that I'd never had. We each promised that we wouldn't lose contact with each other. Jesse and Jackie made me swear that the would receive invitations to the wedding whenever Sasha and I decided that it was time for us to settle down.
The night before my flight to Germany Sasha and I opted for a quiet night with just the two of us watching the at the IIHF world tournament. The Finland - Russia game was about to start.
"It's not fair that I'm leaving to start working and you are leaving to go on vacation." I whined as we snuggled on the couch.
"I work hard for months. Now time for me to relax."
He wore only a pair of boxer briefs as we were alone in his house and I could see that the bruises that he'd had from the season were healing nicely. All the aches and pains that accompanied playing hockey were leaving him. Ovie was currently playing for the Russian national team in Slovakia but after that they had a week long vacation planned in Turkey.
"Is okay. I call you everyday and tell you how much fun we have," Sasha said smiling.
I slapped his chest and glared at him. I opened my mouth to tell him that I didn't think he was funny and he shushed me. The puck was about to drop and once the game started he would be engrossed in the play. We were reclining on the couch so I laid my head on his chest, only to bite his nipple.
"Ahh, not do that!" he said trying to pull me off.
I bite down a little harder and he shouted "I sorry! I take you. I take you vacation when you finish work."
"Do you promise?" I mumbled, not releasing the flesh from between my teeth.
"Yes! Promise. I promise I take you!"
When I let go of his nipple he turned away from me and called me a bully. Once the game started Sasha said very little. He may have decided not to play but he was still very much interested in the outcome. Team Russia did not play well. They lost 3-0 and I could tell that Coach Bykov was losing it. Every time the camera panned to him he was screaming.
Sasha told me that he thought that Coach Bykov may not be the National team coach for much longer. There had been a lot of fall out from the losses during the Olympics and coach Bykov's uncompromising nature and his unwillingness to change with the changing dynamics of the team made the governing body less than happy. There was a lot riding on the outcome of this tournament for Coach Bykov.
After the game we turned off the television and spent the rest of the night together.
"Okay, so there are two ceremonies this weekend. Main Commencement with all of the graduate and undergraduate students and then my smaller department graduation. Main Commencement is Friday evening and my department graduation is on Saturday," Nef told me.
I would be able to sit through the Friday ceremony with her family and it was unlikely that there would be too much trouble from fans with me attending as there would be a large number of people. I could get lost in the crowd. Saturday would be a little trickier as the number of graduates was smaller.
Tonight we were at her parents house just hanging out. We were laying in various spaces in the living room watching a movie together. Im was home as his graduation was the weekend before.
"Are you excited about graduation?" her mother asked.
"Not really. I'm just ready to be done with school," Nef answered. "I am excited about not having to study or worry about exams or projects or group assignments...I am excited about starting work."
It had been a stressful couple of weeks and now Nef was enjoying a few moments of calmness.
Nef's POV
I don't remember much from graduation. There were lots of pictures, and hugs, and tears from my mom, and congratulations from my dad...but don't ask me what was said during the ceremony. I just remember hearing my name followed by lots of cheers from my family. I remember walking across the stage and shaking hands with the head of my department and with my faculty adviser. I remember seeing Sasha smiling at me and cheer as I walked across the stage. I remember his arms holding me closely when I found him after the ceremony. I remember my dad telling me how proud he was and I remember my mom crying, telling me how happy she was.
My grandparents have been in town for about two weeks. They'd come for Im and I's graduations but they'd also came to get a head start on our training. We'd had a few introductory meetings that discussed our positions, our responsibilities, and our training paths. The first year of our employment was completely mapped out for us.
Sasha was my champion through it all. He took over the task of not only making sure I made it to the places I needed to be on time but he also made sure that I didn't get overwhelmed before I left for Germany. I was not happy that Sasha wasn't coming with me but I had to be realistic. I wouldn't have much time to spend with him even if he did come with me. His flight home to Russia left the same day as my flight to Germany.
Saying good by to my roommates was difficult. I love living with Jackie and Jesse. We'd been friends for several years and these girls were truly the sisters that I'd never had. We each promised that we wouldn't lose contact with each other. Jesse and Jackie made me swear that the would receive invitations to the wedding whenever Sasha and I decided that it was time for us to settle down.
The night before my flight to Germany Sasha and I opted for a quiet night with just the two of us watching the at the IIHF world tournament. The Finland - Russia game was about to start.
"It's not fair that I'm leaving to start working and you are leaving to go on vacation." I whined as we snuggled on the couch.
"I work hard for months. Now time for me to relax."
He wore only a pair of boxer briefs as we were alone in his house and I could see that the bruises that he'd had from the season were healing nicely. All the aches and pains that accompanied playing hockey were leaving him. Ovie was currently playing for the Russian national team in Slovakia but after that they had a week long vacation planned in Turkey.
"Is okay. I call you everyday and tell you how much fun we have," Sasha said smiling.
I slapped his chest and glared at him. I opened my mouth to tell him that I didn't think he was funny and he shushed me. The puck was about to drop and once the game started he would be engrossed in the play. We were reclining on the couch so I laid my head on his chest, only to bite his nipple.
"Ahh, not do that!" he said trying to pull me off.
I bite down a little harder and he shouted "I sorry! I take you. I take you vacation when you finish work."
"Do you promise?" I mumbled, not releasing the flesh from between my teeth.
"Yes! Promise. I promise I take you!"
When I let go of his nipple he turned away from me and called me a bully. Once the game started Sasha said very little. He may have decided not to play but he was still very much interested in the outcome. Team Russia did not play well. They lost 3-0 and I could tell that Coach Bykov was losing it. Every time the camera panned to him he was screaming.
Sasha told me that he thought that Coach Bykov may not be the National team coach for much longer. There had been a lot of fall out from the losses during the Olympics and coach Bykov's uncompromising nature and his unwillingness to change with the changing dynamics of the team made the governing body less than happy. There was a lot riding on the outcome of this tournament for Coach Bykov.
After the game we turned off the television and spent the rest of the night together.
Monday, February 13, 2012
91 - It's my decision
AN: Short but I wanted to get back into the habit of not having giant gaps between posts!
Nef's POV
Shit. The boys were swept by Tampa Bay. It was unexpected after they had done so well against the Rangers. When the boys got back from Florida Sasha came directly to my apartment. He crawled into bed beside me and didn't mention anything about the series. The following morning Sasha's phone rang. It was the GM of the National team. I expected this - since the Caps were out of the playoffs the Russians would be leaving in a few days to compete in the world championship. I didn't stick around to listen to the conversation. If the timeline followed last year I would have him for a few more days before he would be leaving for training. I needed to get to campus for a study group anyway.
After a quick breakfast Sasha and I went our separate ways - me to campus and he to Kettler for the end of season wrap up. This year Sasha was better handling losing in the playoffs. Last year he had been sullen and moody but this year he was sad but he hadn't shut down the way he did last year. Later that evening he showed up at my apartment to help me pack. I'd be moving out in a few months but I'd be spending the majority of my summer over seas. Spending a month and a half in Germany at Hassim Investments Company headquarters for training and spending whatever left over time there was in Russia with Sasha wouldn't leave a lot of time to pack. I had RuTV on the television for background noise while Sasha and I packed nonessential items.
An interview with Coach Bykov came on.
"I am not inviting Alexander Semin to play. He was not very good in the games against Tampa."
Huh? Didn't Sasha get a call from the GM this morning?
"Sasha! Can you come here for a second?" I called to him. He was in my room packing the books on my bookshelf.
"Yes?" he said.
"Didn't you get a call from the GM of the National Team this morning?"
"Yeah."
I pointed to the television. "Then why is Coach Bykov saying that he didn't invite you to play?"
"I tell them no."
"What?! Why?" Hockey is his job. Why would he not go to play?
"The days not work. I be away when you graduate. Not have time to come back here for it."
"So?" I said. I had already thought of that when the tournament dates were released last month. I had also looked at what round of the playoffs my graduation would fall on in the vent that the Caps were still playing.
"You more important. I want be here for your graduation. I guess Coach Bykov not like my answer."
My first thought was how sweet it was for him to choose to be here with me rather than going back to Russia to play. My second thought was no, that's not what he's supposed to do. My third thought was that Coach Bykov was a douche. I told him to call the GM and tell him that he would be there but of course he refused.
"No, it my decision."
"But - "
"No. I love you so I be here for you. This important."
He went back to my room, letting me know that this was the end of conversation.
I never wanted to interfere with Sasha's career. I didn't ever want him to feel like he had to choose between hockey and me. I picked up the phone and called his parents.
"Hello? Tatiana? It's Nefertiti. I'm calling about Sasha...he just told me that he turned down the National team."
"He told us that. He wouldn't be able to attend your graduation if he went. He wants to be here for you," she told me.
"I understand that but I don't want to interfere with his career."
"Nefertiti, you're not," she insisted. "He made the decision that was best for him and the relationship he's building with you."
I could tell from the conversation that I wasn't going to be able to convince her to try and talk Sasha into going.
"I feel like he thinks he has to choose between hockey and me. I understand that he has to make sacrifices for his career and I'm okay with it I don't want him to do something that could hurt his career. I don't think he made the right decision but I don't know how to make him see that."
"I'm sorry you feel that way but there isn't anything I can do to change his mind. Besides, weren't you and Valeri telling me how I need to step back and let Sasha manage his own life? Let him make the decisions that make him happy?" she asked me.
Yes, I'd said that. We all had and here I was going against the very thing that we had fought for.
"Yeah, you're right...I just...no, you're absolutely right."
This was Sasha's decision. It was his career and his life and he had to make the decisions that he could be happy with. I said goodbye to Tatiana and went back to packing. I'm happy that he won't be leaving soon. Last summer had been brutal and I missed him a lot.
Sasha came back into the living room.
"Did you call my mother to get her to try and change my mind?"
"Yeah, we talked for a bit."
"It's my decision and I want to be here for you. I know that there will be times in the future when I won't be able to be here for you. I want to be here to support you whenever I can." His voice was gentle and imploring, like he wanted me to understand his reasoning.
"I understand. Your mother and I talked about it. You're right and I just need to accept your decision and trust that you know what's best for you and your career."
"What?!" he said smiling. "Say that again."
"I just need to accept your decision and trust that you know what's best for you and your career."
"No, the other part where you said I was right."
"I said that? I don't remember," I said pretending that I didn't recall admitting he was right.
He grabbed my arms and pulled me into his lap.
"Say it!" he said wrapping his arms around me, squeezing me slightly.
When I didn't answer he started to tickle me.
"Okay!" I screeched. "You're right!"
His lips found mine and he kissed me gently telling me that he loved me.
Nef's POV
Shit. The boys were swept by Tampa Bay. It was unexpected after they had done so well against the Rangers. When the boys got back from Florida Sasha came directly to my apartment. He crawled into bed beside me and didn't mention anything about the series. The following morning Sasha's phone rang. It was the GM of the National team. I expected this - since the Caps were out of the playoffs the Russians would be leaving in a few days to compete in the world championship. I didn't stick around to listen to the conversation. If the timeline followed last year I would have him for a few more days before he would be leaving for training. I needed to get to campus for a study group anyway.
After a quick breakfast Sasha and I went our separate ways - me to campus and he to Kettler for the end of season wrap up. This year Sasha was better handling losing in the playoffs. Last year he had been sullen and moody but this year he was sad but he hadn't shut down the way he did last year. Later that evening he showed up at my apartment to help me pack. I'd be moving out in a few months but I'd be spending the majority of my summer over seas. Spending a month and a half in Germany at Hassim Investments Company headquarters for training and spending whatever left over time there was in Russia with Sasha wouldn't leave a lot of time to pack. I had RuTV on the television for background noise while Sasha and I packed nonessential items.
An interview with Coach Bykov came on.
"I am not inviting Alexander Semin to play. He was not very good in the games against Tampa."
Huh? Didn't Sasha get a call from the GM this morning?
"Sasha! Can you come here for a second?" I called to him. He was in my room packing the books on my bookshelf.
"Yes?" he said.
"Didn't you get a call from the GM of the National Team this morning?"
"Yeah."
I pointed to the television. "Then why is Coach Bykov saying that he didn't invite you to play?"
"I tell them no."
"What?! Why?" Hockey is his job. Why would he not go to play?
"The days not work. I be away when you graduate. Not have time to come back here for it."
"So?" I said. I had already thought of that when the tournament dates were released last month. I had also looked at what round of the playoffs my graduation would fall on in the vent that the Caps were still playing.
"You more important. I want be here for your graduation. I guess Coach Bykov not like my answer."
My first thought was how sweet it was for him to choose to be here with me rather than going back to Russia to play. My second thought was no, that's not what he's supposed to do. My third thought was that Coach Bykov was a douche. I told him to call the GM and tell him that he would be there but of course he refused.
"No, it my decision."
"But - "
"No. I love you so I be here for you. This important."
He went back to my room, letting me know that this was the end of conversation.
I never wanted to interfere with Sasha's career. I didn't ever want him to feel like he had to choose between hockey and me. I picked up the phone and called his parents.
"Hello? Tatiana? It's Nefertiti. I'm calling about Sasha...he just told me that he turned down the National team."
"He told us that. He wouldn't be able to attend your graduation if he went. He wants to be here for you," she told me.
"I understand that but I don't want to interfere with his career."
"Nefertiti, you're not," she insisted. "He made the decision that was best for him and the relationship he's building with you."
I could tell from the conversation that I wasn't going to be able to convince her to try and talk Sasha into going.
"I feel like he thinks he has to choose between hockey and me. I understand that he has to make sacrifices for his career and I'm okay with it I don't want him to do something that could hurt his career. I don't think he made the right decision but I don't know how to make him see that."
"I'm sorry you feel that way but there isn't anything I can do to change his mind. Besides, weren't you and Valeri telling me how I need to step back and let Sasha manage his own life? Let him make the decisions that make him happy?" she asked me.
Yes, I'd said that. We all had and here I was going against the very thing that we had fought for.
"Yeah, you're right...I just...no, you're absolutely right."
This was Sasha's decision. It was his career and his life and he had to make the decisions that he could be happy with. I said goodbye to Tatiana and went back to packing. I'm happy that he won't be leaving soon. Last summer had been brutal and I missed him a lot.
Sasha came back into the living room.
"Did you call my mother to get her to try and change my mind?"
"Yeah, we talked for a bit."
"It's my decision and I want to be here for you. I know that there will be times in the future when I won't be able to be here for you. I want to be here to support you whenever I can." His voice was gentle and imploring, like he wanted me to understand his reasoning.
"I understand. Your mother and I talked about it. You're right and I just need to accept your decision and trust that you know what's best for you and your career."
"What?!" he said smiling. "Say that again."
"I just need to accept your decision and trust that you know what's best for you and your career."
"No, the other part where you said I was right."
"I said that? I don't remember," I said pretending that I didn't recall admitting he was right.
He grabbed my arms and pulled me into his lap.
"Say it!" he said wrapping his arms around me, squeezing me slightly.
When I didn't answer he started to tickle me.
"Okay!" I screeched. "You're right!"
His lips found mine and he kissed me gently telling me that he loved me.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Chapter 90 - Round One
AN: I know I suck! I've been incredibly busy for the last few months. I'm taking the last class for my MBA and its taken up nearly all of my time outside of work. I can't promise that I'll get the rest of this out fast but I promise to try!
Nef's Pov
The first round of the playoffs for the boys went smoothly. They just seemed to click, with every member of the team contributing and giving their all. The Caps beat the Ranger in 5 games. We all wanted it to be done in 4 but we were just happy with the win. It meant that the boys had improved from last year and the big question would be by how much. There was a few days of down time between the end of round one and the beginning of round two. We wouldn't know until the end of the entire first round who the boys would be facing.
"Go home, rest up, and come back the day after tomorrow ready to work," Bruce told the guys at the end of practice.
With an entire night and day off from hockey Sasha let me know that he wanted to spend time with me. I had lived in the library the past two weeks only popping out for food and hockey. It was like that for all grad students approaching graduation. We were in the home stretch, the sprint to the finish line. I'd turned in the last of my final projects and the only thing that remained was to prepare for exams. I could spend a day or two of time with Sasha.
Meet me at my place. Come upstairs to my room.
Sasha sent a text message when he left Kettler to come over to his place after I had finished up for the day. His parents would be gone for two days and I knew that we would be completely alone.Sasha made it clear what he wanted and I was more than happy to oblige.
When I arrived at Sasha's place I found him in his room, naked, kneeling at the foot of his bed with his head bowed. He didn't look up when I approached him, nor did he look up when I looked over everything he laid out. It had been a while since we had been able to play freely and we both missed it.We both enjoyed sex with each other but we loved to play, experiment, and try new things.
"Have you showered?" I asked.
"Yes," was his response.
"On the bed. Face down," I told him.
While he complied I undressed and took the time to look at his body. There were bruises on his arms, legs, and torso. Hockey is a rough and tumble sport and I was used to the marks that littered his body but the Rangers were a physical team and his body showed it. I made a mental note to rub down the parts of his body that looked like they could use a little TLC. But as for right now I had an appointment with his lovely back side. I sat beside him on the bed trailing my fingers across his back, over his bottom, and down his legs.
"I missed you," he said turning his face toward me.
"I missed you too."
SWAT. My hand came down sharply on the left side of his butt. He flinched. Whenever I'd spanked him before I always warmed him up with a few gentle swats. This time there was no warm up and I brought my hand down sharply on the other side. I repeated this until he began to squirm on the bed. SWAT. SWAT. SWAT. Again and again until his skin had taken on a lovely pink color.
"Nef...hmmmmm," he groaned.
"This is what you wanted?" I asked as my hand came down harder.
"Ye- I wanted you."
The palm of my hand started to turn pink as Sasha's bottom so I stopped to grab the paddle he had jokingly given to me. It was black leather with "Dept of ED" written in white block letters.
"Ahhh," he all but screamed the first time I brought the paddle down on his butt. "No! Not that!"
I hadn't used a paddle on him very often as the pain of it sometimes outweighed the pleasure that he derived from a spanking. His hips began to shift on the bed but he made no move to get up. His hands twisted in the bed sheet and he released a high pitched whine. After about a dozen or so swats I put the paddle down.to rub his redden skin.The whine turned into a low groan as he liked the caress of my hand more than the bite of the paddle.
I told him to turn onto his back and I noticed that even with the paddling his was rock hard with precum dripping from the tip. My hand inched up his thighs and toward his cock and it twitched in anticipation.
"Tell me what you want," I said as I started to kiss random patterns all over his chest and stomach.
When he didn't respond I began to swat his legs with the paddle focusing on the sensitive skin of his inner thighs. The bite of the paddle was strong and he tried to shift away. I warned him to be still or I would tie him down.
"No, please. I want you...I want you to ride me," he finally managed to get out.
Sasha's POV
With two days off I had my mind set on spending as much time with Nef as I could. We were in my room sprawled out on my bed with me on my back beneath her.
"Nef, stop teasing," I pleaded.
I asked her to ride me but she refused to take me completely inside her. She balanced on her knees so that only the tip of my cock was inside her. She slowly swiveled her hips moving in a languid circle. Every time I tried to thrust upward she brought her hand down in a sharp swat to my chest. I didn't want her to grab the paddle so I stilled.
"Nef, please!" I all but begged.
"I could feel her warm pulsing center right above my my cock and I wanted nothing more that to be enveloped in that heat. She leaned backward, planting her feet on either side of my hips while supporting herself with one hand. Her free hand found her clit and began to rub sensuous circles. The sight of her pleasuring herself was amazing but it did nothing to give me what I wanted. Since she couldn't reach for the paddle I tried to thrust upward into her but the angle of her hips kept me from being able to push into her.
Her breathing quickened and I could tell she was close. She began to shake and it was harder to keep her balance on the tip of my erection.
"Please, let me cum with you?" Nef had barely said two words to me but I begged relentlessly. She barely touched me but I was trembling and desperate to cum. It took everything I had to lie still on the bed.
Her legs gave out as she started to cum and she sank down to one knee. She smirked as she refused to lower herself completely and I watched as her body trembled. I bit my bottom lip to stop myself from crying out when she moved away from me. My cock was red, glistening with a mixture of her fluids and precum that oozed at a steady flow, and throbbing.
"Should I let you cum?" she whispered in my ear.
Yes, I wanted to say but that's not what she wanted to hear. That's not what would actually get her to make me cum. She liked seeing me flustered, on the edge of release, and begging. She liked it when I was desperate to cum. She liked to tease me.
"If it please you," I answered. "If you want me to cum then yes. If you not want me to cum yet then I try not to."
She grabbed my erection tightly in her hand and lowered her mouth to it. She swallowed me deep into her throat and I cried out at the sudden warmth and wetness.
"Oh God! ...please!"
She hadn't told me if she wanted me to cum or not. She sucked harder and started to hum. I was close and there was no way I would be able to hold back for much longer. The hard sucking of her mouth. The caress of her tongue on the underside of my cock while her throat massaged the shaft was nearly too much.
"Close. please I close."
"Uh-huh," she mumbled around my cock. She pulled back longer enough to say "Cum."
I did. Hard. Gushing cum into her throat and screaming myself hoarse. She continued to suck, milking every drop of cum from me before she allowed me to collapse bonelessly on the bed.
"Good?" she asked smirking.
"Da. Good," I panted.
Nef's Pov
The first round of the playoffs for the boys went smoothly. They just seemed to click, with every member of the team contributing and giving their all. The Caps beat the Ranger in 5 games. We all wanted it to be done in 4 but we were just happy with the win. It meant that the boys had improved from last year and the big question would be by how much. There was a few days of down time between the end of round one and the beginning of round two. We wouldn't know until the end of the entire first round who the boys would be facing.
"Go home, rest up, and come back the day after tomorrow ready to work," Bruce told the guys at the end of practice.
With an entire night and day off from hockey Sasha let me know that he wanted to spend time with me. I had lived in the library the past two weeks only popping out for food and hockey. It was like that for all grad students approaching graduation. We were in the home stretch, the sprint to the finish line. I'd turned in the last of my final projects and the only thing that remained was to prepare for exams. I could spend a day or two of time with Sasha.
Meet me at my place. Come upstairs to my room.
Sasha sent a text message when he left Kettler to come over to his place after I had finished up for the day. His parents would be gone for two days and I knew that we would be completely alone.Sasha made it clear what he wanted and I was more than happy to oblige.
When I arrived at Sasha's place I found him in his room, naked, kneeling at the foot of his bed with his head bowed. He didn't look up when I approached him, nor did he look up when I looked over everything he laid out. It had been a while since we had been able to play freely and we both missed it.We both enjoyed sex with each other but we loved to play, experiment, and try new things.
"Have you showered?" I asked.
"Yes," was his response.
"On the bed. Face down," I told him.
While he complied I undressed and took the time to look at his body. There were bruises on his arms, legs, and torso. Hockey is a rough and tumble sport and I was used to the marks that littered his body but the Rangers were a physical team and his body showed it. I made a mental note to rub down the parts of his body that looked like they could use a little TLC. But as for right now I had an appointment with his lovely back side. I sat beside him on the bed trailing my fingers across his back, over his bottom, and down his legs.
"I missed you," he said turning his face toward me.
"I missed you too."
SWAT. My hand came down sharply on the left side of his butt. He flinched. Whenever I'd spanked him before I always warmed him up with a few gentle swats. This time there was no warm up and I brought my hand down sharply on the other side. I repeated this until he began to squirm on the bed. SWAT. SWAT. SWAT. Again and again until his skin had taken on a lovely pink color.
"Nef...hmmmmm," he groaned.
"This is what you wanted?" I asked as my hand came down harder.
"Ye- I wanted you."
The palm of my hand started to turn pink as Sasha's bottom so I stopped to grab the paddle he had jokingly given to me. It was black leather with "Dept of ED" written in white block letters.
"Ahhh," he all but screamed the first time I brought the paddle down on his butt. "No! Not that!"
I hadn't used a paddle on him very often as the pain of it sometimes outweighed the pleasure that he derived from a spanking. His hips began to shift on the bed but he made no move to get up. His hands twisted in the bed sheet and he released a high pitched whine. After about a dozen or so swats I put the paddle down.to rub his redden skin.The whine turned into a low groan as he liked the caress of my hand more than the bite of the paddle.
I told him to turn onto his back and I noticed that even with the paddling his was rock hard with precum dripping from the tip. My hand inched up his thighs and toward his cock and it twitched in anticipation.
"Tell me what you want," I said as I started to kiss random patterns all over his chest and stomach.
When he didn't respond I began to swat his legs with the paddle focusing on the sensitive skin of his inner thighs. The bite of the paddle was strong and he tried to shift away. I warned him to be still or I would tie him down.
"No, please. I want you...I want you to ride me," he finally managed to get out.
Sasha's POV
With two days off I had my mind set on spending as much time with Nef as I could. We were in my room sprawled out on my bed with me on my back beneath her.
"Nef, stop teasing," I pleaded.
I asked her to ride me but she refused to take me completely inside her. She balanced on her knees so that only the tip of my cock was inside her. She slowly swiveled her hips moving in a languid circle. Every time I tried to thrust upward she brought her hand down in a sharp swat to my chest. I didn't want her to grab the paddle so I stilled.
"Nef, please!" I all but begged.
"I could feel her warm pulsing center right above my my cock and I wanted nothing more that to be enveloped in that heat. She leaned backward, planting her feet on either side of my hips while supporting herself with one hand. Her free hand found her clit and began to rub sensuous circles. The sight of her pleasuring herself was amazing but it did nothing to give me what I wanted. Since she couldn't reach for the paddle I tried to thrust upward into her but the angle of her hips kept me from being able to push into her.
Her breathing quickened and I could tell she was close. She began to shake and it was harder to keep her balance on the tip of my erection.
"Please, let me cum with you?" Nef had barely said two words to me but I begged relentlessly. She barely touched me but I was trembling and desperate to cum. It took everything I had to lie still on the bed.
Her legs gave out as she started to cum and she sank down to one knee. She smirked as she refused to lower herself completely and I watched as her body trembled. I bit my bottom lip to stop myself from crying out when she moved away from me. My cock was red, glistening with a mixture of her fluids and precum that oozed at a steady flow, and throbbing.
"Should I let you cum?" she whispered in my ear.
Yes, I wanted to say but that's not what she wanted to hear. That's not what would actually get her to make me cum. She liked seeing me flustered, on the edge of release, and begging. She liked it when I was desperate to cum. She liked to tease me.
"If it please you," I answered. "If you want me to cum then yes. If you not want me to cum yet then I try not to."
She grabbed my erection tightly in her hand and lowered her mouth to it. She swallowed me deep into her throat and I cried out at the sudden warmth and wetness.
"Oh God! ...please!"
She hadn't told me if she wanted me to cum or not. She sucked harder and started to hum. I was close and there was no way I would be able to hold back for much longer. The hard sucking of her mouth. The caress of her tongue on the underside of my cock while her throat massaged the shaft was nearly too much.
"Close. please I close."
"Uh-huh," she mumbled around my cock. She pulled back longer enough to say "Cum."
I did. Hard. Gushing cum into her throat and screaming myself hoarse. She continued to suck, milking every drop of cum from me before she allowed me to collapse bonelessly on the bed.
"Good?" she asked smirking.
"Da. Good," I panted.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Chapter 89 - They miss you, Nef.
AN: Holy Crap!!! 6 and 0? - I'll take it. Good game boys!
Sasha's POV
The playoffs were starting and Nef is preparing for finals. I see her less as we're both so busy but our time together is better. We've both made a concerted effort to make the most of our time and to communicate more.
Around the time of the trade deadline there was a charity skate event for local children and their families, It was to raise money for youth hockey for underprivileged children in The Washington Metropolitan Area. Just about every member of team, their significant others, and their children attended. I had been concerned about Nef and how she would react to being around children. She'd been avoiding being around other WAGs, the guys, and children since she came back to DC. She'd been avoiding them to the point where the only other person on the team she interacted with was Ovi.
It took a lot for me to convince Nef to go and even then it wasn't because she wanted too. It was because I told her that I needed her. She made it through the event and even realized how much she had missed the guys. There were a couple of times when I almost didn't make it through the event. I would glance over and she her with one of the smaller children and start to wonder whats it would have been like if our child hand lived. I'd start to wonder about Ned as a mom and myself as a dad. I'd gotten so wrapped up in my thoughts that I hadn't noticed Nef approach me.
"We'll try again when we're ready," she said softly in my ear.
Over the course of the event I saw her interacting with the WAGs more. There were a few that knew about the miscarriage because they'd been told by their men but for the most part they were respectful and didn't ask Nef any questions about it. There were a few question about why it had been so long since Nef came to an event but she chalked it up to being busy with school.
"So when are you two getting hitched?" Brooks asked me when Nef went to talk to Jamie, Mike Knuble's wife, and the group of little girls she was leading on the the ice. They couldn't have beenmore than eight years old.
"Huh?"
"Don't play dumb, Sash."
"I not know. We move in together after the season end but we make no play for that yet. She say only if she not kill after first few months."
Brooks laughed at that. Nef and knew that we wanted to spend the rest of our lives together but we had made no concrete plans for marriage. We'd been asked multiple times by her parents and by my mother since the end of January and the answer was always the same: "No, not yet."
"Well when you get hitched I want an invite."
Brooks skated over to Nef and said "Ewww girls! They have cooties!" I saw her turn and glare at him before chasing after him. Jamie was right behind her telling the littler girls to catch Brooks.Nef was pretty fast on skates and managed to catch up to Brooks and launch herself onto his back, forcing him into a head lock. Jamie came up behind them to pin Brooks' arms.The next thing I saw was the little girls wailing on Brooks' legs.
Nef's POV
WAG me. That's what I said to Sasha when he brought up the charity skate event that was scheduled for a couple of weeks after the trade deadline.As Sasha and I were in a serious, long term relationship their were certain obligations that I needed to fulfill and as of late I had been slacking. Now, Sasha needed me and I had no other choice but to go.
It wasn't all that bad. The event was nice and some of the WAGs told me that they were only obligated to go when it was a family sponsored event and as such it never focused on personal matters. There were other teams in the NHL that forced their start players to interact with the public in ways that caused increasing interest in the players personal life. At this point I was not ready for that. In any regards the Caps didn't do that. With the ever increasing amount of attention and media coverage the team received in recent years management had figured out a way of doing it without exposing too much of the players. Considering what Sasha and I had just experienced I was grateful.
It was a large event with both rinks at Kettler in use. It was open to the general public and most of the youth hockey clubs had representatives their to take donations and to sign up new kids. There was even an equipment donation center where parents could bring the equipment their children had out grown and could potentially pick up new stuff to help ease the cost or replacing equipment.
It was fun. Nearly all of the guys were there and it was amazing to see them act like kids. Most of them weren't too far removed maturity wise but seeing an adult interact with children was just to cute to miss.
Brooks Laich had cornered me earlier, asking why I had disappeared for so long. The guys had made it known that they had missed me. They made it know that they were there for support Brooks had been the guy that I was closest to on the team other than Ovi.
"When you and Sash decide to take the plunge make sure I get my invitation," he said skating away from me.
A little while later I saw him cornering Sasha and assumed he was having the same conversation with Sasha that he had with me.
I was currently on the ice with Jamie Knuble, Mike's wife. we were some of the few that could skate and keep up with the boys. Jamie was pretty cool - we'd never hung out all that much considering the 10 plus year age gap between us. She was however a wealth of knowledge and I ended up talking to her for the majority of the event. She knew about about my miscarriage because Mike had told her. It wasn't awkward and she didn't ask me any questions about it. She was even there to politely dissuade any WAG who got a little too curious.
"Ewww girls! They have cooties!" I heard as Brooks came back to me.
I glared at him before chasing after him. Jamie was right behind me telling the littler girls we'd been skating with to catch Brooks.I was pretty fast on skates and managed to catch up to Brooks and launch myself onto his back, forcing him into a head lock. Most of the coaching staff had a minor panic attack when I jumped on his back. The playoffs were here and no one wanted to be further injured.
Jamie came up behind us and pinned Brooks' arms, while the little girls were wailing on Brooks' legs. There are very few things funnier than a full grown man screaming for mercy while getting beat up by a group of 8 year old girls.
I spent the rest of the event clutching my sides from laughing so hard. These guys were my friends and I'd missed them. As the days and weeks past we moved closer and closer to the place we used to be. Things were a little more normal and the pain was a little less.I had been so afraid of being hurt by what I no longer had that I had missed what I did have. Friends that genuinely cared about my mental and physical well-being. I'd shut out this part of my life with Sasha and slowly we were starting to open up again.
Sasha's POV
The playoffs were starting and Nef is preparing for finals. I see her less as we're both so busy but our time together is better. We've both made a concerted effort to make the most of our time and to communicate more.
Around the time of the trade deadline there was a charity skate event for local children and their families, It was to raise money for youth hockey for underprivileged children in The Washington Metropolitan Area. Just about every member of team, their significant others, and their children attended. I had been concerned about Nef and how she would react to being around children. She'd been avoiding being around other WAGs, the guys, and children since she came back to DC. She'd been avoiding them to the point where the only other person on the team she interacted with was Ovi.
It took a lot for me to convince Nef to go and even then it wasn't because she wanted too. It was because I told her that I needed her. She made it through the event and even realized how much she had missed the guys. There were a couple of times when I almost didn't make it through the event. I would glance over and she her with one of the smaller children and start to wonder whats it would have been like if our child hand lived. I'd start to wonder about Ned as a mom and myself as a dad. I'd gotten so wrapped up in my thoughts that I hadn't noticed Nef approach me.
"We'll try again when we're ready," she said softly in my ear.
Over the course of the event I saw her interacting with the WAGs more. There were a few that knew about the miscarriage because they'd been told by their men but for the most part they were respectful and didn't ask Nef any questions about it. There were a few question about why it had been so long since Nef came to an event but she chalked it up to being busy with school.
"So when are you two getting hitched?" Brooks asked me when Nef went to talk to Jamie, Mike Knuble's wife, and the group of little girls she was leading on the the ice. They couldn't have beenmore than eight years old.
"Huh?"
"Don't play dumb, Sash."
"I not know. We move in together after the season end but we make no play for that yet. She say only if she not kill after first few months."
Brooks laughed at that. Nef and knew that we wanted to spend the rest of our lives together but we had made no concrete plans for marriage. We'd been asked multiple times by her parents and by my mother since the end of January and the answer was always the same: "No, not yet."
"Well when you get hitched I want an invite."
Brooks skated over to Nef and said "Ewww girls! They have cooties!" I saw her turn and glare at him before chasing after him. Jamie was right behind her telling the littler girls to catch Brooks.Nef was pretty fast on skates and managed to catch up to Brooks and launch herself onto his back, forcing him into a head lock. Jamie came up behind them to pin Brooks' arms.The next thing I saw was the little girls wailing on Brooks' legs.
Nef's POV
WAG me. That's what I said to Sasha when he brought up the charity skate event that was scheduled for a couple of weeks after the trade deadline.As Sasha and I were in a serious, long term relationship their were certain obligations that I needed to fulfill and as of late I had been slacking. Now, Sasha needed me and I had no other choice but to go.
It wasn't all that bad. The event was nice and some of the WAGs told me that they were only obligated to go when it was a family sponsored event and as such it never focused on personal matters. There were other teams in the NHL that forced their start players to interact with the public in ways that caused increasing interest in the players personal life. At this point I was not ready for that. In any regards the Caps didn't do that. With the ever increasing amount of attention and media coverage the team received in recent years management had figured out a way of doing it without exposing too much of the players. Considering what Sasha and I had just experienced I was grateful.
It was a large event with both rinks at Kettler in use. It was open to the general public and most of the youth hockey clubs had representatives their to take donations and to sign up new kids. There was even an equipment donation center where parents could bring the equipment their children had out grown and could potentially pick up new stuff to help ease the cost or replacing equipment.
It was fun. Nearly all of the guys were there and it was amazing to see them act like kids. Most of them weren't too far removed maturity wise but seeing an adult interact with children was just to cute to miss.
Brooks Laich had cornered me earlier, asking why I had disappeared for so long. The guys had made it known that they had missed me. They made it know that they were there for support Brooks had been the guy that I was closest to on the team other than Ovi.
"When you and Sash decide to take the plunge make sure I get my invitation," he said skating away from me.
A little while later I saw him cornering Sasha and assumed he was having the same conversation with Sasha that he had with me.
I was currently on the ice with Jamie Knuble, Mike's wife. we were some of the few that could skate and keep up with the boys. Jamie was pretty cool - we'd never hung out all that much considering the 10 plus year age gap between us. She was however a wealth of knowledge and I ended up talking to her for the majority of the event. She knew about about my miscarriage because Mike had told her. It wasn't awkward and she didn't ask me any questions about it. She was even there to politely dissuade any WAG who got a little too curious.
"Ewww girls! They have cooties!" I heard as Brooks came back to me.
I glared at him before chasing after him. Jamie was right behind me telling the littler girls we'd been skating with to catch Brooks.I was pretty fast on skates and managed to catch up to Brooks and launch myself onto his back, forcing him into a head lock. Most of the coaching staff had a minor panic attack when I jumped on his back. The playoffs were here and no one wanted to be further injured.
Jamie came up behind us and pinned Brooks' arms, while the little girls were wailing on Brooks' legs. There are very few things funnier than a full grown man screaming for mercy while getting beat up by a group of 8 year old girls.
I spent the rest of the event clutching my sides from laughing so hard. These guys were my friends and I'd missed them. As the days and weeks past we moved closer and closer to the place we used to be. Things were a little more normal and the pain was a little less.I had been so afraid of being hurt by what I no longer had that I had missed what I did have. Friends that genuinely cared about my mental and physical well-being. I'd shut out this part of my life with Sasha and slowly we were starting to open up again.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Chapter 88 - Believe it Arnott
AN - okay so I remembered most of this chapter and was able to get it out in 30ish minutes!! Now if only it goes this well for recreating the other chapters...fingers crossed!
Sasha’s POV
The trade deadline has passed and I signed a new contract. Nef had been the first person to find out besides my parents. I’d wanted to tell her myself but I hadn’t signed the contract until just before leaving for a road trip. I hadn’t had time to go see her so I called her and told her to go to my house and that my parents had something to give to her. She was excited and happy that she wouldn’t have to worry about it anymore. She’s a worry wart and the only thing that would be able to assuage her would be a new contract.
The trade deadline had also brought Jason Arnott from New Jersey. When he arrived Bruce decided that he, myself, and Marco Strum would make up the second line. After practice that day Nef had agreed to meet so that we could grab lunch. She was sitting in my stall as I was getting dressed when Jason walked over to her.
“Hi, I’m Jason. I take it you’re his girl.”
“Yes, I’m his girlfriend.”
“Well Bruce told us today that we’ll being skating together. I have to ask you a question – How well does he speak English?”
Nef giggled and looked at me.
”Did you tell him that you don’t speak English well?”
”No, I would never do that.” I said smiling. I never said I didn’t I just hadn’t spoken any English.
“He speaks English really-“ I flung my jockstrap at her to shut her up. I thought she would scream but she didn’t. She did however glare at me.
“He speaks English –“ she started again but I put my hand over her mouth preventing her from saying anything.
By now I was laughing. She tried to bite at my fingers but I wouldn’t move my hand away. By now most of the guys in the locker room were watching us at laughing. She looked at Jason and nodded.
“He speaks English?” he said.
She nodded.
“He speaks English well?”
She tried to nod again but I held her head still. She grunted for me to let go but I just laughed and pushed her toward the locker room door.
”I’ll meet you outside in a bit.” I said as I pushed her out and closed the door.
It didn’t take me long to get dressed. Before I left the locker room Ovi made plans for us to go out to dinner with the new guys that evening. As team captain he wanted everyone to feel welcome and wanted to make sure that we got to know each other. Anything would could do to develop team chemistry would be useful.
I found Nef sitting on the floor in the hallway outside of the locker room playing with Katie Erskin and her two small children. Ever since the children and family charity skate function Nef had been doing better when it came to being around small children again. She was doing better with interacting with people again.
”Ready to go?” I asked as I walked up to them. I reached for her hand to help her off the floor.
”Yep.” She turned to Katie and said goodbye to her and the kids. I told her that John would be out soon.
We had two days off and we’d been using that time to get to know the new guys so I told Nef about the team dinner plans for that night. I spent the next few hours with her before she left to go hang out with friends. She told me that she’d meet me a home later.
The team met at a restaurant in Georgetown. In speaking with Jason I learned one important thing in that practice - he talked a lot. Nonstop. About Everything that he or I or our other winger would or could or may do. He would not stop and he definitely didn't buy my limited English routine.
A few days later, after we had played several games together it had definitely paid off. We seamed to be able to play together better. When we were on the ice he understood me and I understood him. I could tell that coaches and the managment staff were happy with this and it was definitely encouraged.
Nef's POV
Boys are simple, simple minded creatures. No really. Sasha and Jason have been on a line together for two and half weeks. They've played 5 games together and they have been brilliant. Sasha has been trying to figure out why they've seemed to gel so quickly.
"I not know. He just gets it. He understand what I try and do on the ice. He even there to help and point out when I make mistake. He say 'this is the problem - try this to make it better. I don't know why but it just work."
Uh, that would be communication silly boy. It turned out that Jason was an excellent communicator and he made every effort to talk to Sasha. He made every effort to understand Sasha and Sasha in turn made the effort to talk to Jason. I mean really talk to Jason. There were times when Sasha would call me out of the blue because he was trying to explain something to Jason and he hadn't gotten the English quite right.
Everyone was hoping that the veteran presence that Jason brought would be the last piece of the playoff puzzle that this team needed to succeed.
Sasha’s POV
The trade deadline has passed and I signed a new contract. Nef had been the first person to find out besides my parents. I’d wanted to tell her myself but I hadn’t signed the contract until just before leaving for a road trip. I hadn’t had time to go see her so I called her and told her to go to my house and that my parents had something to give to her. She was excited and happy that she wouldn’t have to worry about it anymore. She’s a worry wart and the only thing that would be able to assuage her would be a new contract.
The trade deadline had also brought Jason Arnott from New Jersey. When he arrived Bruce decided that he, myself, and Marco Strum would make up the second line. After practice that day Nef had agreed to meet so that we could grab lunch. She was sitting in my stall as I was getting dressed when Jason walked over to her.
“Hi, I’m Jason. I take it you’re his girl.”
“Yes, I’m his girlfriend.”
“Well Bruce told us today that we’ll being skating together. I have to ask you a question – How well does he speak English?”
Nef giggled and looked at me.
”Did you tell him that you don’t speak English well?”
”No, I would never do that.” I said smiling. I never said I didn’t I just hadn’t spoken any English.
“He speaks English really-“ I flung my jockstrap at her to shut her up. I thought she would scream but she didn’t. She did however glare at me.
“He speaks English –“ she started again but I put my hand over her mouth preventing her from saying anything.
By now I was laughing. She tried to bite at my fingers but I wouldn’t move my hand away. By now most of the guys in the locker room were watching us at laughing. She looked at Jason and nodded.
“He speaks English?” he said.
She nodded.
“He speaks English well?”
She tried to nod again but I held her head still. She grunted for me to let go but I just laughed and pushed her toward the locker room door.
”I’ll meet you outside in a bit.” I said as I pushed her out and closed the door.
It didn’t take me long to get dressed. Before I left the locker room Ovi made plans for us to go out to dinner with the new guys that evening. As team captain he wanted everyone to feel welcome and wanted to make sure that we got to know each other. Anything would could do to develop team chemistry would be useful.
I found Nef sitting on the floor in the hallway outside of the locker room playing with Katie Erskin and her two small children. Ever since the children and family charity skate function Nef had been doing better when it came to being around small children again. She was doing better with interacting with people again.
”Ready to go?” I asked as I walked up to them. I reached for her hand to help her off the floor.
”Yep.” She turned to Katie and said goodbye to her and the kids. I told her that John would be out soon.
We had two days off and we’d been using that time to get to know the new guys so I told Nef about the team dinner plans for that night. I spent the next few hours with her before she left to go hang out with friends. She told me that she’d meet me a home later.
The team met at a restaurant in Georgetown. In speaking with Jason I learned one important thing in that practice - he talked a lot. Nonstop. About Everything that he or I or our other winger would or could or may do. He would not stop and he definitely didn't buy my limited English routine.
A few days later, after we had played several games together it had definitely paid off. We seamed to be able to play together better. When we were on the ice he understood me and I understood him. I could tell that coaches and the managment staff were happy with this and it was definitely encouraged.
Nef's POV
Boys are simple, simple minded creatures. No really. Sasha and Jason have been on a line together for two and half weeks. They've played 5 games together and they have been brilliant. Sasha has been trying to figure out why they've seemed to gel so quickly.
"I not know. He just gets it. He understand what I try and do on the ice. He even there to help and point out when I make mistake. He say 'this is the problem - try this to make it better. I don't know why but it just work."
Uh, that would be communication silly boy. It turned out that Jason was an excellent communicator and he made every effort to talk to Sasha. He made every effort to understand Sasha and Sasha in turn made the effort to talk to Jason. I mean really talk to Jason. There were times when Sasha would call me out of the blue because he was trying to explain something to Jason and he hadn't gotten the English quite right.
Everyone was hoping that the veteran presence that Jason brought would be the last piece of the playoff puzzle that this team needed to succeed.
sBad News Bears
SO the word file that had all of the chapter drafts won't open. I don't know how or why but I can't get it to work. Crud!!
I have to start over from the last chapter - I'll try to get back to where I was as soon as possible . I'm 2 classes a way from finishing my first master program and I REALLY don't have time to start over but I'll try.
Damn. :(
I have to start over from the last chapter - I'll try to get back to where I was as soon as possible . I'm 2 classes a way from finishing my first master program and I REALLY don't have time to start over but I'll try.
Damn. :(
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