End Game (New York Stars Book 1)
End Game: 2ND PERIOD – Chapter 15

Gray: Dumb question

Gracie: There are no dumb questions, only dumb people

Gray: Umm, okay. Lol.

Gracie: Hit me with it. I’m tired and I’m in class.

Gray: Is Liam not sleeping?

Gracie: No.

Gray: Short and sweet as always, G.

Gracie: Sorry. I’m not sleeping either, because he’s not sleeping.

Gray: Whoa

Gracie: Not what you think.

Gracie: Unfortunately.

Gracie: Oh, shit. I didn’t mean to say that!

Gray: Wait.

Gray: Nothing’s going on between you and him but you WISH there was?!

Gray: Furball, what the fuck?

Gracie: YOU CANNOT SAY ANYTHING.

Gray: It’s between me and you, but seriously, this is huge.

Gracie: Not really. It’s just a crush.

Gracie: I have to go. Professor Donaldson might not give a shit because he’s got tenure and everything but I don’t want to push my luck.

Gray: WAIT.

Gray: It’s okay.

Gray: If you have feelings for Liam, you can tell me.

Gracie: How can I tell you that?

Gray: You already did, furball.

Gracie: Yeah, but you can erase that or we can excuse it with you getting hit on the head with that puck last night.

Gracie: BTW, don’t think I’m not taking count. That’s two concussions in the past two seasons. You need to protect that pretty head of yours, dude.

Gray: It’s nice to know you care, G.

Gracie: *snorts*

Gray: So, Liam, huh?

Gracie: He’s not sleeping.

Gray: (I see what you did there.) Nightmares again?

Gracie: He mentioned them?

Gray: Couple times.

Gracie: They’re terrible, Gray. I mean, we know what happened to him in a sense, but I didn’t KNOW until I heard him. And I feel like shit because there’s nothing I can do to fix this.

Gray: Not on you to do that.

Gracie: No, but I can’t help but wonder if I should sneak down the hall and, I dunno, wake him up?

Gray: Blowjob’s always a nice way to wake any dude up.

Gracie: GRAY!

Gray: Too soon? Gotcha.

Gracie: FML. If you tell him or any of the brothers about this, I will make sure Mom thinks you’re allergic to gluten.

Gray: You wouldn’t.

Gracie: I would. No. More. pierogi. For. YOU.

Gray: :O

Gracie: Exactly. We understand one another?

Gray: Totally.

Gray: So, you’re staying at his place?

Gracie: He made an office/bedroom up for me.

Gray: That’s unusual. I never did that for any of my PAs but you’re you so, I guess that makes sense.

Gracie: We work late sometimes.

Gray: How late? Lol.

Gracie: Too late to cross Midtown at 2am, late.

Gracie: Plus, when he gets in after being on the road, we have shit to catch up on.

Gray: If you say so.

Gracie: It’s not affecting him on the ice. He’s playing better than ever. What made you ask if he wasn’t sleeping?

Gray: Saw a close-up shot of him. He just looked exhausted.

Gracie: Guess having to relive being tortured every night is tiring.

Gray: When you put it like that…

Gracie: Hey, would you do me a favor?

Gray: Aside from not being allowed to tell anyone you’ve got a crush on Liam?

Gracie: Yes, aside from that.

Gray: What?

Gracie: Liam’s been collecting these mugs from Starbucks for me.

Gray: Why?

Gracie: Guess he knows I like collecting stuff.

Gracie: Anyway, the schedule is really tight for when you face off in Tucson. Would you get them for him to save him some time?

Gray: Sure. But you can never threaten me with a gluten allergy again.

Gracie: Deal.