Taking Shots (Assassins) Read online

  “I know, I can’t believe it, either,” Elli laughed as Shea skated around. They were talking about his no goals in the past three games, which was nothing really, he was having a cold streak, he would pick it up in no time.

  “Oh, I can, it’s about time,” Reese said. Elli looked over at her.

  “What do you mean?”

  “I mean that it’s about damn time that you realized that you deserve a hunky man, because darlin’, you’re beautiful.” Elli blushed, as Shea went off the screen.

  “Whatever Reese, hush,” Elli giggled as she looked back at the laptop, bringing up her pictures. Harper started giggling beside her, which made Reese and Piper come look, too.

  “Oh, my goodness! You look so hot, El.” Elli shook her head. She thought she was pretty, but not smoking like Harper had been. Reese had made her eyes smoky, making the green of her eyes stand out a lot more than usual, and had also put bright red lip stick on her lips. Her hair was up in a very intricate up do, with a white blossom on the side of her head. In the picture, she was wearing a purple get up, lace covered her belly as the bra made her natural Cs turned to double Ds. The panties were cute little lace boy shorts, and, to top the outfit off, a beautiful pair of purple Manolo Blahnik pumps that had a diamond studded heel. In the picture she was laying on her back, with her legs crossed showing off the heel of the pumps, and her arms crossed under her head, looking at the camera with a come hither kind of look.

  Elli had to admit, she was cute.

  “You do, El, gosh look at them legs! They go on for days!” Piper gushed, as Harper just grinned looking through the various poses she had put Elli in. Standing, sitting, open legged, which was all messed up since Elli started laughing because she felt so stupid.

  “Perfection Elli, I’m so proud, let’s pick some out!” Harper exclaimed. Elli went along with it, knowing damn well Shea would never see these pictures. He would laugh his ass off; skinny girls did this, not chunky ones that had cellulite on their legs. “I know your staring at your legs Elli, they look amazing, so shut up.” Elli cut her best friend a look and kept on looking through the pictures, only picking seven poses out of the thirty-two they had taken. Jakob was gonna get an email full of pictures since Harper had picked out almost thirty pictures, and all of them were amazing and he would love them.

  “The game is starting,” Piper said, Elli looked up just as the puck dropped.

  “Are you going to send the pictures to Shea now, Elli?” Elli shook her head, keeping her eyes on the screen.

  “I will later,” she lied as she shut the computer.

  “Well, give me the computer; I want Jakob to have his when he gets back to the hotel tonight.”

  “Sure,” Elli said handing the computer over to her, and getting comfortable in Shea’s couch. She called Adler over, and he cuddled up under her feet before promptly falling asleep while the girls watched the game. Shea was doing so good tonight, knocking people into the boards and shooting the hell out of the puck. There were thirty-two shots on goal and he had to be twenty of them! He was doing so good! She was so proud!

  “All done,” Harper said, laying Elli’s computer down during the third period. Elli paid her no mind, watching as finally Shea’s puck made it passed the goalie, getting him his first goal in three games!

  “Yes!” Elli gushed, throwing her arms in the air, causing Adler to fly off the couch and run to his bed in the kitchen. She should of felt bad, but she didn’t, she was too happy for Shea. She loved seeing his big ole’ hockey-grin as he hugged his teammates, before making his way back to the bench.

  “God, he is pretty,” Piper basically moaned.

  “Pretty freaking hot,” Reese added as the camera crew did a close up as Shea’s beautiful face. He was sweating something crazy, and he had that in the zone look, something Elli loved.

  “I have to admit, he is,” Harper agreed, Elli’s grin took up her whole face, before she looked over at the three girls who were watching the screen.

  “And he is all mine.”

  “I’m so proud of you! You did so great tonight!” Elli gushed while Shea stood in the terminal waiting for the team bus to pull up. He grinned as she went on about how amazing he played that night, which he had. He was in the game now, thanks to Grace.

  “Thanks baby, I’m so glad that shot went in though, I was sucking for a minute there.”

  “You sucking? Never,” she reassured, “You’re the best of the best!”

  “Gosh, whenever I’m down, I’ll know who to call huh?”

  Elli giggles rang over the line and he wished he was with her, holding her close to him. “I miss you, babe.”

  “Aw Shea, I miss you more. What are you doing?”

  “Waiting to board this damn bus to go up to Anaheim for the game tomorrow. I’m already sick of the hotels.”

  “Aw, poor baby. What can I do to make it better?” she cooed in the phone, making it a little tighter in his jeans. God, just her voice drove him nuts.

  “Oh, baby, don’t ask to do things to make it better in less you’re going to follow through.”

  She giggled, and he smiled, “Who said I wouldn’t follow through?”

  “Fine, get on the first plane out and meet me in Anaheim.”

  “Now we both know I can’t do that.”

  “Well, that’s what would make it better, you being in my arms. In my bed, for that matter.”

  “Shea Adler! You naughty man, you.” He laughed, and closed his eyes, imaging her standing right in front of him, her big green eyes looking up at him with her arms wrapped around his waist, pressing her body to his. “Plus, what would we do with Jakob?”

  “Kick his ass out,” he scoffed as she giggled.

  “We only have seven more days.”

  “It seems like a life time away.”

  “Yeah, it does,” she agreed just as the bus pulled up.

  “Shit babe, I gotta go. The bus is here, do you want me to call you when I get to the hotel?”

  “No, call me in the morning before you go to practice. I have an early morning so I’ll be up, I’m going to bed.”

  “Alright, baby, I miss you, oh did you get my email? The playlist?”

  “I did, thank you, I do miss you more Shea.”

  “I don’t think so, but hey listen to number eight, that’s how I’m feeling right now.”

  “Home, by Blake Shelton? I’ve already listen to the list four times Shea, I know it all.” He smiled, feeling good that she enjoyed his list and emails, “I want you home just as much as you want to be here. Get some rest hot stuff, goodnight.”

  “Goodnight baby,” Shea said as he hit end, and walked towards the bus. Everyone was loading up, grins everywhere since they had won. He felt good, a win, a goal, and a goodnight call from his girl.

  Life was good.

  When the bus pulled up to the Hilton, Shea should have known that Jakob would start bitching. “I wanted to stay at Disneyland!” he complained as they walked off the bus, taking their room cards from the receptionist that stood at the door waiting for them.

  “Jakob, we’re here for a night, why does it matter where we sleep?”

  “Cause I like Disney. I wanted to see Mickey!”

  “You’re hopeless, dude,” Shea said with a laugh as they walked towards the elevators. “I’m so damn tired.”

  “Me, too, good game though.”

  “It was,” he agreed as they loaded the elevator with a couple of the other guys, heading up to the floor that held their rooms. After getting off the elevator and entering their room, Shea promptly made his way into the bathroom since he had won the coin toss to take a shower first back in the locker room. After getting all cleaned up and shaved since Coach had bitched about the up keep of his face, he came out to see Jakob gawking at his computer.

  “You alright, Jake?”

  “No, dude. I can’t show you, because that would be rude. But let’s just say Harper took some pictures for me,” he whistled through his tee