Chapter 4

I woke up the next morning around 8:00 and noticed that Ange was still sleeping on the couch where she must have fallen asleep last night. I figured I'd make her her favorite, pancakes, bacon and eggs, for breakfast. About half way through making breakfast she walked in.

"What smells like heaven?" she said in the middle of a long yawn.

"The usual. Nice hair," I commented on her curly hair that turned into a matted mess.

"Shut up and give me my damn food"

I laughed and we sat down to eat breakfast.

"So you and Jordan, getting pretty close there last night"

"Did I really? Oh God, I think I may have one one to many shots. Seriously Max knows how to make every single shot known to man."

"I wouldn't doubt that. He tried giving me one but I stuck to my drink."

"I figured. I am really sorry I totally ruined the moment with you and Geno there last night."

"Ange don't worry. Shit happens."

"Yeah, but remind me I owe you lunch for that."

"Well if you really want to," I said laughing.

"So are you two going to dinner tonight?"

"Yeah I think so. I have no clue where."

"Sounds fun! In fact if I can remember correctly I'm supposed to have lunch with Jordan today."

"Oh yum. Well you better go get some more sleep. I love you but you look like shit right now."

"Thanks babe," she said with a sarcastic tone.

By the time we were done having breakfast it was around 9:30. I figured I should probably get a head start on my research paper due in 3 weeks. I loved going to Pitt. I was right in the middle of all the sports and that is exactly where I always wanted to be. Especially since I am going for sports medicine. Its so fun to look out my window and see all the black and gold. I love it. So after working on my paper for a good hour I went out for a run. Running always released so much stress for me. I grabbed my iPod and started down the stairs. Max was just coming in from his morning skate, and he had Jordan with him.

"Hey are you and Geno... a-a-a... thing now?" Max asked me struggling to find the right words.

"No. Well kinda. I don't really know. I don't know him that much...yet. Why?"

"Well he was in the locker room and he kept talking to Jordan and me about you."

"I think he really likes you."

"I like him, but I barely know him."

"Who cares. So I heard your going to dinner with him tonight..?" Max said with a smirk.

"Maybe," I said with a smile "Now let me go I need to go run"

"Alright. Call me tomorrow so I can see how your date with goes."

"You got it dude!" I yelled as I was half way out the main door.


When I got back to my apartment it was nearly 12:00, and I was already exhausted again. So like usual I took a nap and woke up at around 1:15. When I woke up I had a missed call and a new text message. 1 missed call: Geno. 1 new text message: Geno.

"hey Hayden. I tried calling but you didn't answer. Call me when you get this."


"Hey Hayden!" I was happily greeted by him.

"Hey Geno. Sorry i missed your call. I was sleeping."

"No problem. I just wanted to let you know that is it alright if I pick you up at around 7:00 for dinner?"

"That sounds good. Where are we going?"

"It's a surprise."

"Not fair!"

He laughed. "Sorry, so I will see you around 7:00?"

"Of course. See you then."

"Goodbye Hayden." He hung up.

(5:00):

I got out of the shower and dried my hair and curled it. I put on a sexy little black dress and simple silver jewelry on. I put on silver and diamond studded heels on. I put a little bit of make-up on. I grabbed my small silver clutch, and by 6:45, I was calling Max freaking out.

"Max i don't ever like first dates and I'm so scared."

"Don't worry. He's one of the nicest and coolest people you can meet."

"Are you sure?"

"Positive."

I talked to Max until I heard a know at the door. I looked at the clock on the cable box. Perfect timing. 6:58.

"Oh God Max he's here!"

"Go and have some fun!"

"Alright. Thank you so much."

"You're welcome."

I walked as casually over to the door as possible even though my legs felt like jello the whole time I was walking over.


I opened the door to see him looking extremely handsome in a nice light purple shirt and black pants. His hair was perfectly gelled, and I couldn't help but notice that his belt had a D&G on it. If this guy didn't have style I didn't know who did.

"Wow. You look gorgeous!" He greeted me when I opened the door.

"You look extremely handsome as well."

"Ya think?" He did a spin around so I could make an inspection.

(Thought: Not only does he look good but damn that boy has a fine ass! :End thought)

"Absolutely."

"Well we better get going, we don't want to be late."

He opened up the door for me. Instead of bringing his little white Porsche he brought his black Range Rover. New car smell, I loved that smell. We made some small talk on the way there.

We pulled up to this beautiful restaurant.

We went inside and immediately the hostess jumped up and said Mr. Malkin we have your table ready for you. Please follow me.

Have you ever had that feeling you're being watched? Well have you ever had that feeling that 20 people are watching you. When we were walking to our table that night I saw people whipping out there phones to take a picture of my date. I didn't realize why at first until what Kris said sank in.

Flashback:

"Yeah he's leading the NHL in points right now."

End Flashback.

I almost got a little scared, but then I came back to reality that he is just a person.

The waiter brought our menus over, and the choices sounded beyond amazing. He really knew how to treat a lady for just a first date. I looked over at the prices and my mouth almost hit the floor. I tried not to make it obvious. I wanted to order the cheapest thing on the menu, but even the cheapest thing was expensive. I settled on a piece of salmon with garlic mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables while he orders a steak with a baked potato and corn. He definitely had a normal male appetite.

We made small talk. Talked about hockey, about his family, about when he was growing up in Russia. We talked about my school, my family, my life revolving around hockey growing up. We had much more in common than I would have ever thought possible.

When our food came it was extremely elegant looking and delicious. We ate are meals and obviously having a 20 something year old male hockey player diet, he asked if we could go out for ice cream. And I was looking for any excuse to spend a little more time with him. He got chocolate ice cream, and I got mint chocolate chip. We ate some of ours, and some of each others. We sat outside and talked for another hour.

"I have a home game tomorrow."

"Yeah I know. I have tickets, I'll be there."

"Oh I was just about to ask you if you wanted tickets, but beings you already have them I guess you don't need me to get you some.

"Where do you sit?"

"6 rows from the ice right by the opposing teams penalty box."

"Well I will definitely be looking for you tomorrow."

I smiled, and was quickly brought out of my trance when he asked if I was ready for him to take me home.I reluctantly said yes. We hopped back into his car, and he took me back to my apartment. He walked me up to my door, and we stood there for a moment.

I tried breaking the silence. "I had a really nice...."

And before I could finish he had placed his lips on mine and had his hand around my waist. He broke away after a few moments.

"I had a really nice time too Hayden. I will see you tomorrow. Goodnight."

And with that I opened up my apartment door, shut it, and slid down the door to the floor. Ange came over, and at first looked worried then got a huge smile on her face.

"He kissed me." I said with the biggest smile on my face.

"YES! I didn't even ruin it this time!"

I finally composed myself and walked into my room, put my pajamas on, and fell alseep with an even bigger smile on my face.

Chapter 3

I pulled into my parking lot and walked into the building. While in the elevator i realized I was still smiling. In fact I hadn't stopped smiling since I got back into my car. For some reason every time we made eye contact I got those nervous butterflies, and yet I still felt completely comfortable talking to him.

I opened up the door and I saw Ange sitting on the couch watching one of her favorite reality shows.

"Soooo... How was your little date?" She said grinning ear to ear.

"It was good. He took me to a little cafe, and I got to know him a little bit."

"Did he kiss you?"

"Just on the cheek. I only met him the night before."

"Yeah, yeah."

"He asked me to go to dinner with him tomorrow."

"Second date, maybe he'll make his move then."

"Ange, that's not the only thing I want. I don't know what it is but there is something about him that I really like."

"Awh, well isn't that cute" She said in a mocking tone that made me laugh.


I went upstairs and got a text message from Max telling us to come down to his place that he was having a party with some of the guys. I replied and told him I'd be there. I assumed that Tyler (Kennedy) and his girlfriend Alexis were going to be there. I think Tyler is great but there is just something about his Alexis that really gets under my skin.

I went downstairs and asked Ange to help me pick out something to wear for the party. She decided on my new pair of jean shorts and a blue and white tank top. The party wasn't til 9, and i was exhausted from the night before so I decided to take a nap. I woke up about an hour and half later to my phone vibrated signaling that I had a new text message. I looked and it was from Geno.

"Want to come to Max's party with me?"

"I was already invited by Max. I will see you there(:"

"Alright I'll see you there. =)"


After getting in the shower I dried my hair and straightened it. I decided to put more eye make up on than I usually do. Just to try something different. I sat with Molly, our 2 year old MaltiPoo and watched an episode of Lost, I previously recorded and waited for Ange to come down. At around 9:15 we decided to go down stairs. There weren't too many people but there were enough people that they filled up Max's apartment. Luckily in our apartment building there aren't too many people and they are all around our age, so we don't usually have anyone complaining unless someone is cramming for a test or something. Max had all of his living room furniture in another room so that the entire room was dance floor. He had the music blaring and had his strobe lights on.

As soon as I walked in I saw Geno talking to Kris on the other side of the kitchen. I didn't want to go up to him quite yet. So instead Ange wanted to talk to Jordan so I went with her and talked a little bit to Sid. He was so quiet, yet so funny. About 5 minutes after we got there I felt a cold glass on my shoulder. I jumped and turned around to see Geno standing there with what looked to be a glass of vodka and cranberry.

"Ooo my favorite!" I told him.

"I know, Kris reminded me. I couldn't remember if it was cranberry or orange."

"Well thank you."

"I've already had two drinks. Wanna dance?"

I laughed recalling him trying to dance with no alcohol in his system.

"Yeah! Let's go."

He grabbed my hand and lead me out to the dance floor. I looked over and noticed that Jordan and Ange were already on the dance floor, and Jordan seemed to be enjoying the low cut top and mini skirt Ange was wearing. Geno wrapped his arms around my waist and we started grinding to Roll by Flo Rida. I could feel his breath of the back of my neck, and his chin on my shoulder. It sent shivers up my back, but in a good way. We danced the whole entire night and I didn't look at one other person in his whole house. After what I guess had been hours Ange came up to me and told me she was going upstairs and told me to come up when I was ready. Geno looked at the huge watch on his wrist and told me had to go get some rest since they had morning skate the next day.

"Where do you live? Do you need a ride home?" he asked me.

"No, I live in the apartment above this with my friend Ange."

"Oh! I didn't know that. Well I guess you don't need a ride there."

"Well, you can walk me up to my door," I said being very flirty.

"Well, if you insist," he said with that million dollar smile of his.

As we were walking up, being the clumsy self I am, tripped and nearly landed on my face. Luckily, right as I tripped he grabbed me and held me up to him. He held me there for a few seconds and right as he was about to lean in and kiss me Ange came running down the stairs with the dog to take her outside. He stopped and let go of me.

"OH! CRAP! SORRY!" Ange said as she stopped..

"No, it's alright" Geno said trying to laugh.

"I'll just go around you. SORRY!"

I just stood there and when Ange passed us down the stairs, we both starting cracking up. But my laugh wasn't just about Ange ruining the moment, it was more a nervous laugh. I barely knew him and I got chills every time we touched. We finished walking up the stairs (luckily without me falling) and we stopped in front of my door. Instead of trying to kiss me he just kissed my cheek and told me he'd call me so we could go out to dinner. I opened the door and couldn't stop smiling. Even though we didn't have our first kiss I was excited for dinner.

I took my make up off and put my shorts and tank top on, and hopped into bed. I looked at my phone which just lit up and showed one text message: Geno.

"I just got home, and I wanted to tell you goodnight again."

I smiled to myself before I replied.

"Goodnight to you too. Have fun at morning skate tomorrow.

"Ha! yeah right. lol. alright goodnight=)"

"Haha alright, night(:"

That night I went to bed with a big smile and my face.

Chapter 2

I woke up in the morning with a nagging headache. Well I am done having three drinks in one night. I got in the shower before figuring I wanted to go shopping. After my splurge on my new shoes I was in the mood to get some stuff to go with them. I got out of the shower and put a tiny amount of make up on and scrunched my hair. I put on a pair of skinny jeans and a low purple v-neck sweater on with a plain white cami underneath. I threw on my new heels and left a note on Ange's door telling her I'd be back around 2.

I went to a few stores but found some good deals and bought some really cute stuff. As I was walking out of Forever 21, my phone starting ringing, but the number was unfamiliar. I answered it anyways.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Hey, it's Geno. I thought I'd give you a call today."

"Oh hi! Sorry i didn't know who you were at first."

"Oh it's ok. Hey would you like to have lunch with me today?"

"Sure, I'd love to, in fact I'm out shopping right now."

"Well would you like to meet me at the arena in 30 minutes and I'll take you to my favorite cafe?"

"That sounds great. So I'll see you in a half hour."

"Sounds good, see you soon."

"Bye." I hung up and walked in to Borders to get a new CD.


I called Ange and told her about how he asked me to go to lunch, and how I was on my way to the arena now. She squeeled and told me how happy she was I was going to lunch with him.

"He is so cute!" Ange squeeled.

"I know right? But I've got to go, I think thats him pulling into the arena now."

"GOOD LUCK!"

"Thanks. I'll talk call you after."


I got out of my car as did he. He came over and wrapped me in a hug.

"Are you ready?" He asked me.

"Absolutely, I am starving. Where are we going?"

"My favorite cafe called Bite of Heaven."

"Sounds good."

"Hop in my car, I'll drive."

I sunk down into the little white Porsche, and wondered how he fit in it himself. He got in with ease and we started to pull out when a little boy walking with him dad tapped on the window. As Geno was rolling down the window he said this will only take one second. He signed the little boy's shirt and shook his hand then he pulled out of the arena parking lot.

We didn't talk much since the ride was only about 3 minutes long.

"This is it?" I thought to myself. It was such a tiny place. But I remembered that it seemed like the small little place always had the best food.

"Well here we are," he said proudly.

He got out and came over and opened my door for me. When we got to the front door he opened the door for me. "This guy is a gentleman," I thought to myself.

When we sat down, what i assumed was the owner came over and began talking to Geno. He then asked Geno if he wanted his usual cheeseburger with provolone. I asked for the exact same.

"So where are you originally from?" he asked me.

"Pittsburgh. Lived here all my life. You?"

"I'm from Russia. A little place called Magnitogorsk.

"Wow! Thats quite a long distance from Pittsburgh! Do you have any family?"

"Yes. I have my mom, dad, and my brother Dennis."

"Do they still live in Russia?"

"Yes, and you?"

"I have my mom, dad, step-dad, and a sister Rain."

We carried on conversations about random things until our food came. I took one bite of my food, and it was amazing.

"This burger is really good!"

"I knew you'd like them. That's why I brought you here."

"Well thank you, I'm going to be coming here more often."

"Will you invite me along?" he asked.

"Of course I will."

We talked some more as we ate. He paid for our bill and we headed out to his car. He opened the door for me and we headed back to the arena. We made some more talk before we got back. He asked me what I was doing the next evening, and I told him I was free. He asked me if he could take me out to dinner. I smiled and told him that would be nice.

"Okay well I will call you tomorrow."

"Okay. Thank you for lunch."

"It was my pleasure."

He pulled me into a hug and placed a kiss on my cheek. I blushed before getting back into my Range Rover and pulling out of the arena.

This guy was really cute and I felt butterflies everytime I saw him. I had only known him for two days but he was already sucking me in like a vacuum. What was I going to do?

Chapter 1

:::This is the first story I've ever written and sorry if its not what you expected but you'll have to bear with me. I know that Evgeni Malkin has a very thick Russian accent and he sometimes doesn't speak correctly and he does not have the most extensive vocabulary yet, but for this story we're going to pretend he does. (:






"Hayden are you ready yet?!" I hear Ange yell from down the stairs.

"One minute, I just have to throw my heels on!" I yell while struggling to strap the black stilettos i just bought earlier that day.

"Damn girl! I guess those heels really were worth the money!"

I smile and run out the door because i really want to make it to warm ups before the game. I jump in the drivers seat while Ange gets in the passengers before we head down.

When we get in there we get our beer, and chicken then head down to our seats and wait for the players to take the ice.

"So have you picked who you'd want to date on the team yet there Hayden?"

"No, you know I don't like to seem like a puck bunny."

"Yeah, yeah whatever. I got my eyes on that hottie with a body, Staal."

I can't help but laugh at the corny rhyme she uses almost every time she sees a hot guy.

"Here they come!" I practically squeel as soon as I hear the boos from the crowd as the Flyers come out.

As soon as I hear that music play I get chills down my back as the Pittsburgh Penguins take the ice. I've always loved coming to games. Listening to my favorite music, watching the players stretch and goof off, and especially when they interact with the fans. I see Letang attempting to slam Godard in the boards, but he fails, and Godard returns the favor with a big shove. I look over at Talbot who I notice is once again checking out some of the girls in the crowd. He skates over to us and nods his head and smiles. Ange and I wave to him as we always do since he lives in the apartment below us. As the warm ups finish and they all head back to the locker room I run to the bathroom so I won't have to get up during the game.

When the players come out again is when it becomes real. We need a win tonight. Penguins score first and the whole arena erupts with cheering by all of the fans. The Pens scored once more in the first period and the Flyers returned one goal.

Going into the second period the score went from 2-1 to 4-1. The Pens were doing great and I couldn't help but notice how great Evgeni Malkin was doing.


After the game ended the Pens had managed to keep the Flyers off the score board for the rest of the game. The Pens won 5-1, and I was ecstatic.


After leaving the arena we go back to our house to change so we can go to Diesel. We walk across the street and enter the club. I order my usual vodka and cranberry, and Ange gets her usual vodka and orange. As soon as our drinks are poured and we walk away we see the Pens walk in. We don't freak out since most of them are always at our apartment looking for food since Max doesn't seem to keep anything but alcohol in his place. Max and Kris walk over and give us hugs as soon as they spot us.

"Hey whose the one with the jeans and Ed Hardy shirt on?" I ask Kris.

"Oh that's Geno, well Evgeni Malkin," Kris tells me.

"Oh yeah! Is he really good or something, i mean he had 4 points tonight I thought."

"Yeah he's leading in points in the NHL right now, but enough about him let's go dance!"

As Kris, myself, Ange, and Max make our way over to the dance floor, a completely wasted chick comes over to Max and hands him her number on a napkin, and tries to kiss him. He quickly pulled away, and says let's save that for another time. She blows him a kiss and walks away. He puts the napkin in his pocket and looks at me and tells me that he's not going to call her. Which i obviously knew was going to happen. As we all start dancing I tell Kris he has to introduce me to "Geno" and Kris laughs and leads me over to Geno who is casually standing there talking to Sid.

"Hey Geno! Got someone for you to meet!" Kris yells through the loud club. "Geno this is my friend, and I want you to meet her.

"Hi," I say to him "I'm Hayden." I say as casually and sweet as possible.

"Hello, my name is Geno," he says as he sticks his hand out for me to shake.

"Dance?" He asks me and we head out to the dance floor.

I loved watching guys who don't have a ton of alcohol in them yet try to dance. After about three songs he tells me that he needs a drink. As we head to the bar, I see drunk girls eyeing him up like hes a piece of candy. I can't help but laugh that even though I just met him myself, they probably don't like me just because he's buying me a drink. After he downs his drink he loosens up and asks if I am ready to go back out on the dance floor.

After dancing for a long time Ange comes up behind me and tells me she's starving and that Max and that everyone else is leaving. I pull Geno off of the dance floor and tell him that I have to go. He says grabs a napkin and asks me to write my number on it. I grab a pen from the bartender and quickly right my name and number down. As I am about to go he pulls me into a hug and tells me he'll be seeing me soon. I smile and head out the door with Max, Ange, and Kris.