It’s like he saw it coming, because he already got control of it and shoots it at the open net, sliding inside, making it an empty net goal, giving him his hat trick.
The hats are flying onto the ice. I look at Cooper where he throws his hat onto the ice. There are ten seconds left to the game. The kids’ gloves are flying off, as well as the sticks. They have buried Matthew at the bottom of the pile, and just like that, they win the championship. I’m so excited for him, so proud of him. Cooper leans over, kissing my smiling face. Looking onto the ice, I see both teams lining up to shake hands. When the other team leaves the ice, our boys gather in the middle of the ice to pose for pictures with the banner and cup. I’m so proud of him.
It takes five minutes to get out of my seat, many parents stopping to tell me how awesome Matthew played, with me agreeing. It was the best game of his life. When I make my way to Allison, she is with James and Tiffany.
“Good game,” I say, looking at both of them.
“Yeah, he played his heart out there,” James says with a proud smile on his face.
“He sure did,” I agree, wrapping my arms around Cooper’s waist, leaning into him. It’s like I’ve been made to do this, to be here, to be with him.
Chapter Sixteen
I watch my father make his way to us from the locker room. I’m a little nervous because I haven’t had the chance to tell him about Cooper.
Well, I have, but who wants to tell their dad they are having sex. Ummmm, no one.
Cooper must feel me start to tense up and pull away. My father and James had a great relationship, but that was before he fucked over his baby girl. Now he can barely stand him in the room. So it’s no surprise that he grunts when he sees him and Tiffany next to us. “Hey, princess, how’s my girl doing?”
“Grampy. I had pancakes today. Cooper came over and pwayed hide and seek. I found him because I’m a super spy.” Allison is totally oblivious to the stink eye my father is giving Cooper.
“Hey, I’m Steven, Parker’s dad. Nice to finally meet you.” He reaches out to shake Cooper’s hand. “I’ve heard good things about you, and your training is going full force.” He’s treading in the water before bringing out the big guns. I can feel it, and then he goes in for the kill. “I can see Parker has shown an interest in you. Hope you don’t fuck it up like some schmuck I know.”
Tiffany gasps, putting her hand to her mouth while James glares at him. I cross my hands over my chest, but Cooper just tilts his head back and gives a great big belly laugh.
“Yes, sir, best person I’ve ever met. Trust me, there will be no mistake with Parker.” When I think that is the end, of course Cooper adds in, “Once you have gold in your hand you don’t go down to brass like some people we know.” He looks straight at James, while Tiffany turns on her stilettos and storms out. Now you think to yourself, you are going to a hockey game, so what the fuck are you doing wearing fucking stilettos?
“Listen, you can hate me, but please respect Tiffany and her feelings,” James says.
I turn to him, ready to attack his fucking jugular when Allison’s voice breaks through the tension when she leans into my father.
“Gramps, is it because her panties are all twisted up?”
Oh my God. I glare at my father.
“Allison Marie, don’t you say that ever. Tiffany is Daddy’s friend, and we will treat her with respect, or you will be getting a time-out”—I look at my father—“with grandpa.”
We are all waiting to see what comes next, but that thought is interrupted by huge cheers, which means the team has made their way out. I look over at Matthew, hoping to catch his eye. He is being tossed and turned every which way, and I couldn’t be prouder.
When he finally makes his way to us, I run over, hugging my little boy. Little is a stretch since he is five foot eleven now. “I’m so proud of you.” I tiptoe up to place a kiss on his cheek. “You played your heart out, and it paid off.”
He squeezes me. “Thanks, Mom, it was a hell of a game. It was shaky at the beginning, but then it got better in the second.”
“So I won’t bring this up now, but your mouth on that ice is unacceptable, young man.”
He looks down with a sheepish look. “Mom, it’s part of the game. Tell her, Cooper.”
I let him leave so he can go get his congratulations from everyone waiting in the corner.
He makes his way to James first where they share an awkward hug. No one but Cooper and I notice, but we don’t say anything. He then approaches Cooper where they do the side hug men thing. “Good play out there. Good stick handling. Good head. You took some of my pointers, I see. You did good.” And with that, he beams up. It’s like the approval he needed. “I have to say no one but a true hockey player will know how good it is to get that sense of you did good.” With his head nodding up and down while he listens to Matthew talk about the different plays he wanted to make, we see Artie making his way to us, and my heart starts beating faster. My mouth gets dry, making my hands shake. This could be that moment in his life he never forgets.
“Hi there, Matthew, I want to introduce myself.” He takes off his cap and replaces it again. “I’m Artie. I’m a scout for the University of Minnesota. I really like what I saw out there today. You have skill, you have a great shot and that hockey sense. You can’t learn that.” He chuckles. “I’ve been known to know my stuff, just ask this clown here,” he says, pointing to Cooper and chuckling again. “I know it’s a lot to take in today, but in a couple of weeks I’d like you to come down for a practice with the team. That is, of course, if you want and if your parents are okay with it.” He looks at Matthew, Matthew looks at me, and I just nod at him, giving him the okay.
“I would really like that. I look forward to hearing from you,” Matthew mumbles, not sure what else to say.
“All right, folks, I gotta head out. Cooper, keep in touch. Parker, lovely to meet you.” He bids us goodbye, and before we can talk about what just happened Tom is running toward us.
“Okay, folks, team party at my house in an hour. Pool is ready. I’ll stop off to buy some beer and stuff. Meghan has already gone to get the food. See everyone in an hour.”
James just looks at him, waiting for his invite. I know Tom doesn’t want him there. I know Meghan would rather have her toenails removed, but for Matthew and Allison the invitation is there.
“Of course, James, you are more than welcome as well.”
I turn to James, wondering how he is going to play this one.
“Thank you for the invite. I have to check with Tiffany, but if we don’t have anything, we will pass by.”
And you’re still a douche.
Matthew shakes his head. I’m not sure if it’s because he disagrees or if he’s trying to shake the tears away. “I’m going to hang with the guys. I’ll catch a ride with someone. See you guys there.”
I want to say something. I want to shake him, but I’m not going to tell him the right thing to do. He’s a grown ass man. “Okay, let’s go, we will pick up ice cream and dessert,” I say to Tom. “We also have to stop by the house to pick up our suits.”
“I’m going to wear my bikini polka dots. Momma, will you match me? Oh, look, it’s Michael. I’m going to see if he wants to swim with me.” Before I can grab her hand she is yelling to Michael, making Sam turn toward us. Just him looking makes Cooper grab my neck, making my shoulder fall under his arm, pulling me close to him.
“Okay, Parker, I’ll text you if we are able to stop by. See you soon.” And just like that he’s gone.
“Wow, that was fun, eh?”
“What a fucking schmuck,” my father cuts in. “His dick is attached to her purse. If you look inside you can find his balls.”
“Dad, enough, I can’t deal.” I lean in, giving him a kiss, turning and grabbing Cooper’s hand. “Let’s go, big boy, I need to get my polka dot bikini.”
His eyebrows shoot up. “How small is this bikini?”
“Oh, not that small
. I mean, you do have to tie the bow ties at the side of the bottoms, but other than that it’s just blue and yellow.”
I rub my nose into his arm, silently laughing when I sense him getting tense.
“Fucking kill me now,” he curses under his breath. “I’m going to the car to deflate. Get Allison. I’ll meet you in front.” He leans in, and I’m expecting a nice peck on the lips. What I’m not expecting is a full on tongue fest in the middle of the hockey arena, with children and their parents present. Cooper was never one to follow anyone’s plan. “Have to make sure that chump knows I’m still around.” He chin ups his way to Sam.
“Well, after that, I think everyone here knows I’m yours. Now if you will excuse me, I have to go rinse my leg.”
Turning back, he laughs all the way to the car.
Chapter Seventeen
The party is in full swing by the time we get there. It seems the boys got there before everyone else. I spot them all in the pool doing cannonballs, goofing around. It’s a good day, I think to myself.
Allison walks in with her matching cover up.
Leaving the house was another matter. While Allison skipped happily to her room, I made my way to my room with Cooper right at my heels. “Don’t even think about touching me right now. Please. I don’t have enough willpower to say no to you. It will take Allison three seconds to change, and she will be running back in here, so please.”
He chuckles, coming toward me. “Can’t say no to me. I like that. I like it a lot, and as much as I want to pound my cock into your hot pussy I know we have to go. I’m just here to approve your choice of bikini.”
“Approve? You have to be kidding me.” Surely I’ve heard him wrong.
“No kidding, go change, and let me see what this looks like.”
I push his chest away from me, go to my drawer, and make my way into my bathroom, where I slam the door for good measure. Pfft, approve my ass. I am wearing this bikini. I don’t care what he says. He is so not the boss of me.
I tie the top of the bikini, which is just like a bra. I needed to get the top with the underwire to hold up the girls. Gravity, my friends, it’s not a good thing. But the bottoms, that is where the sexy comes from like a regular bikini bottom, except you tie two bows on the sides, making the strings fall down your sides. I look at myself in the mirror. “Not bad, not bad at all.” I wait to hear that Allison has come into the room before going out. I’m not stupid. He isn’t going to say anything with Allison there. This I know.
“Look at how pretty you look. Love the bikini. Let’s hope Mom’s is just as pretty.”
“It’s better, because she can tie bow ties at the side. Mine are already done. Momma said so none of the boys untie it for fun. Cooper, why would boys want to untie the bows? That wouldn’t be bery nice.”
“Um. Um. Um.”
I open the door to save him from that loaded question, and I know I did good on the bikini, because he closes his mouth, swallowing slowly.
“Don’t you guys have another bikini that matches?” he asks, making Allison laugh.
“Look, we are almost twins. Cooper, do we wook okay?”
He nods his head up and down.
“Hey, princess, why don’t you go get your cover up and pack clothes for later, okay?”
“Okay, Momma. Cooper, we even have matching dresses to go with this.”
“Great, I can’t wait to see this.” He is on me before she even gets out the door. “You are not going anywhere like that, go change.”
“Cooper, you are being silly. I look fine. I’m fully covered. Now shoo, I have to get my dress.” I walk to my dresser where he is pushing behind me, his erection fitting right into my back.
He puts his two hands on the dresser, leans down, and whispers, “Baby, I can’t be responsible for what I’m going to do to you if you don’t change your suit.” He snakes a hand to my belly, making me shiver with goose bumps.
“It’s going to be fine. I’m fully covered.”
“Baby.” He snakes his hand down my belly, making his way into the front of my bikini bottoms.
“Cooper,” I moan because he has found my clit, where he is making small little circles, my pussy starting to wake up. “She is going to be back any second.”
He just kisses the side of my neck, still making circles around my bud. I arch my ass up, giving him room to finger me. “Baby, you can’t go out like this.” He licks my ear right before he nips it with his teeth.
“I’m not changing, Cooper.”
I’m standing firm on this. Well, my knees are shaking, but I’m not changing. He runs his finger down, teasing my opening with just his tip before bringing it out, placing it in his mouth.
“Okay, game on,” he says.
I’m flushed, my cheeks pink. I turn, looking at him while crossing my feet, trying to get some friction to stop the aching in my clit.
“Allison, are you almost done?” I’m looking him in the eye while calling down the hall. I see the confusion on his face.
“Almost, Momma, looking for my other shoe.”
I know that this shoe she is looking for is at the front door, and it will take at least two minutes for her to try looking downstairs. I take my hand and push it into my bikini bottom, perching my ass on my dresser.
“Nice and wet. I wonder if you will be able to see the wet spot if I come right before we leave.” I circle my clit, watching his eyes pop. I take my finger out, rubbing it on the bottom of my own lip. I snake my tongue out, tracing the wetness I left there. I twirl my tongue around the tip of my finger. “Hmm, I still taste you from this morning.”
He is clenching his fists at his sides. Then I shimmy my way into the sundress that is like a tube top and flowy skirt coming right under my ass. I walk to him and palm his cock, massaging it up and down.
He throws his head back, growling. I take that opportunity to run my tongue up his throat. “Nice and hard. I wonder how long you will last before you come in my pussy tonight. I mean, if I bent over now, rubbing my wet pussy against your shorts, think you’d come?”
He grabs my hand right before Allison yells, “I found my other shoe, Momma, let’s go.”
He growls, looking me in the eye.
“Game on,” I say in a whisper while I go to my closet, taking my tan wedges out, bending over just for fun, knowing that he is going to see the wet spot that is now there.
“I’m putting my shoes on. Don’t forget your bag.” When I have both shoes on, I add, “Ready?” I look over at him, hearing him curse.
“Fuck me, she is going to kill me.” He shakes his head, following me to the door. I may have swung my hips a little bit more than usual. When Allison is almost to the car, he yanks me back. “See that hammock, babe? I’m fucking you on that tonight.” He kisses my cheek, jogging to help Allison in the car, making me squirm in my flip-flops.
The backyard is full of people. I think everyone who is associated with this team or the rink has shown up. I turn to Cooper, grabbing the bags from his hands. “I’ll go put these inside. Why don’t you go get a beer and relax?”
He grunts, walking to Tom, accepting a beer, then taking a long pull, still looking at me. Making my way inside, I hear Meghan laughing. Walking into the kitchen, I find her looking out the window facing the backyard.
“What are you snickering about?” I ask, going to see what is making her laugh.
“Your dude has a semi.”
I continue looking at him where I can clearly see his semi, but then he slips off his T-shirt and that is where we both stop laughing.
“Fuck me, big dick, nice chest. Please tell me he has something ugly about him.”
“Um, I hate to say it, but it’s all that good.” I glance over at him, noticing that he is watching Allison to make sure she is okay.
“Bitch, he has an eight pack and the side V. I’ve got some chocolate sauce in the fridge you can borrow.” She turns to me, giggling.
“Meghan, what the fuck are you talking abou
t, woman?” Tom roars from behind us. His suit is hanging low on his hips, his own six-pack on sight, as well as his V.
“Babe, I was just acknowledging Parker’s upgrade from her ex. Besides, I got all the man I can get in my bed.” She walks over to him, wrapping her arms around his neck, snuggling up to him.
He grabs her ass with both hands, lifting her up. “Damn fucking straight you do. I can go upstairs and show you just how much of a man I am.”
“Okay, this is more than my eyes should possibly see. I’ll meet you guys outside. You guys can go upstairs for two minutes,” I say, walking by giggling.
“I need more than two minutes.”
“Really?” I tilt my head. “That’s not what Meghan just told me.”
“You fucking bitch,” Meghan yells just as he stomps up the stairs two at a time, while she is still wrapped around him.
Once I make my way outside, I find Allison, who is in the pool swimming with Cooper off to the side watching her with both eyes while sitting down in a chair. I also notice some of the moms are standing around him, trying to pull him in the conversation. They are also very touchy, which makes me want to growl. He doesn’t even notice what is going on.
“Hey, babe,” he says to me while I walk up to the group.
“What’s everyone up to?” I ask innocently.
“Hey, Parker, we were just watching the kids. We had no idea that you and Cooper were dating.” Sarah looks over.
Sarah is newly divorced as well. No cheating involved, they just fell out of love.
“I guess we are dating.” I kiss his cheek. He tugs my arm till I’m sitting on his knee. The conversation flows as we talk about the kids, their routine, and everyone is happy that school is out for the summer.
I look around the yard, trying to find Matthew.
I spot him surrounded by the guys, but there is one girl sticking around. I’ve seen her around the rink while he’s been there practicing. I make a mental note to ask him about it later. Knowing Matthew he will probably just shrug it off.
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