CodyFinally, at around half eight I woke. I was supposed to have been out of the room an hour ago to be at the rink for training. Coach is going to spew at me. AGAIN. Seems right now I can’t get anything right for him. As you know, I’ve got a lot going on.Already I know I’ve missed the team bus to go from the rink to the hotel, but it’s not a big issue. I always have my driver, Davey on hand. He travels with me wherever I go these days, it’s just easier. My manager ensured this was in place since he pointed out that my mess with Luna shouldn’t be borne on the entire team and where I go at the moment it’s total and utter chaos.My driver is outside waiting, he speaks to me with the earpiece. Yeah, it’s something I have to use since I’ve grown more popular things have gotten slightly out of hand and I don’t just mean with the whole Luna business. My management team decided that if I wasn’t going to accept a bodyguard, that at the very least I need to have an earpiece that I can commun
Cody It was a smooth ride from the hotel to the ice rink and yes, I did catch all the people out front some with signs saying, Brannigan do the right thing and put a ring on Luna’s finger and baby daddy be there. Some had other shit written on them. I just don’t need this stress to be honest. Why don’t people get that Luna, and I are not nor never will be a couple? Why can’t they just leave me alone? What like I’m the only guy in the world who has got a girl pregnant and isn’t going to marry her. It’s not like it was my intention and she did tell me she was clean and on the pill.So, either she was lying to try to trap me, or we were just unlucky as hell. I mean, now I’ve seen the lengths Luna is going to, to derail me and make me out as the bad guy, I wouldn’t put it passed her to have lied to me. In any case, we’ll never know. What has happened has happened and I have to live with it. But trying to bad mouth me and then trying to get total strangers involved by her constant bullshi
ImogenI’m waiting for the match to start and am sitting on my pale lemon sofa with my scatter cushions all around me, they match my sofa only the detail is daisies. I’m a little crazy about daisies it has to be said. When I moved back to my folks, which I’ve said before won’t be for much longer since the unit above the restaurant is almost done, I will have huge canvas wall art mostly of you got it, daisies. There’s something therapeutic about them, I love their simplicity. They aren’t complicated, a bit like me.In any case, Mom and dad made one of the spare rooms upstairs in their house into a small lounge area for me. “You don’t want to be hanging with your folks all the time, now you are back.” Mom had said when I first came back to Minnesota and was staying with them until Atlas got me the gig as Cody’s nutironist and I moved into his for the few months we were together. They cleared out all the things they had been collecting over the years and took most of the old clothes, boo
CodyOur team photographer, a new girl called Erika is snapping away as we come through from the locker room. I had a nap here the guys went off after practice for lunch and back to the hotel for sleep. I couldn’t face going out and being tortured by the throngs of people whether they’re my fans who are sticking by me or the haters who are on Luna’s side. Sides. Fuck me, it’s almost pathetic how she has catapulted herself into the limelight. Some people will do anything for their five minutes of fame. Thank God I never had any intention of making our hook up anything more. This is the reason that those type of girls are not worth it.I feel adrenaline cursing through my veins as I hear the loud clapping and the music as we make our way into the tunnel. Erika asks us for a group photo by the entrance then starts typing away as she no doubt uploads it to a social media platform. “Great thanks guys, I’ll get one of you all on the ice once you’re all out there.” She smiles. I suppose she
ImogenGod, this game is so exciting our team are now only one point up, but anything can happen. They only have another ten minutes left, and my heart is in my mouth and every time I look at Cody my heart swirls. Yes, that’s right it swirls. My stomach knots and I wonder if I will be strong enough to hold off for another two months.I watch as he drives the puck down the middle, but he’s intercepted by a player called Willhanson, he’s one of Winnipeg’s defence players and he is good. Then Atlas tries to get the puck away from him but damn it the opposition sure know what they’re doing. This is going to be a tight game. Our team are strong, but I think they’ve now met their match.My phone beeps, I check it’s from Autumn.Are you seeing this? The Winni guys are playing like demons xxI know, right. Our guys are playing their hearts out. It’s killing me. Literally. Cody wants to bring this one home.I bet.And Calli, he has his hopes set on this. It’d be awesome if they can turn it aro
Cody“Guys you did amazing, I’m proud of you. We’ll be flying in a week’s time to Toronto for the semi-finals.” Coach is grinning from ear to ear. My manager comes to me.“Well done, Brannigan. Good to see you didn’t allow your personal life to affect your game tonight. You did good, Son.”“Thanks.” I say as he pats me on the back. Then the guys start to chant and holler as they take their jerseys off and swing them above their heads. It’s a victorious moment that is for sure. The feeling that surges through me eradicates all the negative shit I’ve had to put up with since the baby news has come to the fore. It feels good. Fucking good.Sweat is pouring off my body and I cannot wait to get into the shower and get hosed down. My legs and my arms ache from the exertion out on the ice. It is worth it, to be heading to the semi-finals is out of this world. We are so damn close to winning the Stanley Cup. I can’t stop grinning.I know outside shit awaits me but for now, I just want to reve
Cody The shower felt so good over my aching body, now I feel like just going back to the hotel and going to sleep and maybe sending Immi a message. I can’t stand this not really talking with her. It’s killing me. The euphoria of the win is starting to wear off and then there’s the whole debacle shit show for being harassed whilst I’m out. What’s going on with me? It wasn’t that long ago that I’d love nothing more than to do go out, get drunk and get off with some puck bunny then it all changed the first moment Immi stepped inside my home. That young kid with braces and the annoying little thing that she was, constantly following Atlas and I around grew up and took my breath away as she stood in my house with Atlas that morning. I could tell by the stormy look on her face she wasn’t happy to be there. Neither one of us was particularly happy, I didn’t need a nutironist and I didn’t need a wet nurse and she couldn’t stand to be close to me. Man, it was bad. Yet, the attraction was ob
Imogen I’m starting to get tired. Watching Cody on the ice was like watching a ballerina with his grace, the way he slides and cuts through, it makes my heart swell with pride. You know he has worked so hard all his life for these moments. It was kind of sad seeing him go through the tunnel, all I wanted was a last minute to see his beautiful face. His hair, when he took the helmet off was soaked and clinging to his scalp, I could see the curls at the bottom on the nape of his neck. I adore those curls. Sighing, I put my hot water bottle on the bedside, the pain in my stomach has now gone down to a low dull ache. It’s manageable. A few more days and this damn period will be over. Thankfully, I only have them for a couple of days. Unlike Autumn who really suffers, and they can last more than a week. My folks will be out with Cody’s folks for a while, they will no doubt have a few glasses of wine, the guys will have cold beers and chat around the fire pit they have outside. I’m so pl