Page 18 of Tempting the Goalie
“Oh, there’s dancing over there,” Priya notes.
“Is this your first time here?” Hutch asks her.
She nods.
“Well, we need to have some fun,” Tyler says, and he waves over the waitress and orders two rounds of shots for the table.
“None for me,” Luc says.
“Right, Chabot is on probation,” Brody explains. “He’s had a little too much fun lately.”
I hear Luc hiss beside me, “Shut it, bro.”
Brody gives him a nod.
“So do you guys live with Luc?” I ask.
“No,” Seth says accentuating the o. “Those guys all have girlfriends now. That’s why Luc’s been hanging with us.”
I give Luc a curious look.
“We’re all single, if you ladies were wondering,” Hutch informs us.
“What position do you play?” Yuna asks him.
“Any position you want, baby.” His answer is so slimy.
“Behave,” Luc warns.
“Sorry,” Hutch apologizes like he was just chastised by his mom. “I’m a goalie.”
“You enjoy taking a beating,” Yuna says.
We all burst into laughter.
“What? He’s the guy who stops the puck, but he must also take a beating from it,” she explains.
“You aren’t wrong,” Luc says.
I watch him curiously. This is what happens when you put a bunch of psych majors at a table with hockey players.
“It’s a power thing too. We have the power to make or break the game,” Hutch goes on.
“Interesting,” Yuna says.
“I’ve taken some psych classes. You’re a psych major, right?” Hutch asks her.
“How could you tell?” Yuna asks with her mouth dropped in an O.
“You’re psychoanalyzing me. I’ve psychoanalyzed myself plenty. I think it boils down to me not having the confidence for another role when I was younger, and so I started as goalie and it stuck.”
“That’s very insightful,” Yuna remarks.
“Thanks,” he says, and they smile and stare at each other. The stare lingers.
Tyler clears his throat just as the waitress brings the shots. “Perfect timing. It was getting too deep over here,” he says to the waitress.
We all take the shots except for Luc.
