Nikki Worrell - The Enforcer (NHL Scorpions)

Keith skated by and said, “Oh for God’s sake, just kiss her already. You two are disgusting the way you make eyes at each other.” Punching Jody on the arm, he said, “I’ll show you how it’s done, Chief.” Keith skated over to Kelly, took her in his arms and bent her backwards, while he kissed her senseless amid cheers from the others.

Even though it was a hot kiss, Lacey knew if Jody tried that she’d be lying on the ice … again. “Don’t even think about it. I’m already cold from lying on the ice too much today.” Jody put his arm around her and led her off the ice. “Poor Lace. Let’s go get you warmed up.”

Jody took her upstairs to the team’s break room, snagging Izzy along the way. There wasn’t a whole lot to it – just some tables with benches attached to them, like picnic tables and a couple of vending machines. A small kitchenette was off to the side with a refrigerator and a small stove/oven combination. Izzy went out the door and across the hallway to investigate the workout room. Jody watched her go and informed Lacey that Izzy liked to look at herself in the mirrors that lined the back wall.

Lacey was sitting at one of the tables straddling the bench when Jody joined her with a cup of hot chocolate from the vending machine. He set it down in front of her and then sat down facing her. Reaching over, he pulled her legs over his and put his hands around her waist to pull her in tight. Lacey locked her legs around his hips. They fit together like matching puzzle pieces.

“You know what I’m going to do now, right?” Oh, she hoped she did. She licked her lips and met him halfway. They were making out like they couldn’t get enough of each other when Vlad walked in.

“Hey, knock that off. No one wants to see that shit.” Vlad walked over and took Lacey’s hot chocolate. “I love this stuff.” He sat down on the other side of the table and sighed.

“What’s up Vlad? You here to get a workout in?” Jody was not all that pleased that Vlad came in when he did. He was hoping to at least get to cop a feel. And with how cold Lacey was, her nipples were nice and hard. He’d love nothing more that to lock his lips around them and warm them up for her. God, he had to get her in bed again. And this time he’d keep her there for hours.

“Nah. Just bored or lonely. Lonely, bored, take your pick.” The weeks right before training camp started were an adjustment for some of the guys. Vlad went home to the Ukraine after the season ended to visit his family. He liked to be back a month or so early so that he could concentrate on getting back into hockey shape; at the same time though, he got lonely. All of his family lived in the Ukraine, and there were only so many hours a day that a guy could work out. Then what was he supposed to do? Vlad did have the guys over a lot, but he was just missing something. He figured that something was the very something that he couldn’t have.

“Well I was just going to see if Lacey wanted to head over to the pub with me. A bunch of us were talking about going there to get something to eat. Wanna go?” His question was aimed at both Lacey and Vlad.

Lacey wanted to go home first and get changed into something more summery since it was still so warm. Vlad was just about to decline when Lacey said, “I’d like to see if Zoe wants to go, too, if you don’t mind.” Vlad immediately perked up. “Count me in. What time are you all going over?”

“I’ll take Lacey home and then go drop Izzy off. We’ll be there in about an hour or so I guess.” Jody would have preferred to just take Lacey somewhere so he could try getting her naked, but he felt bad for Vlad so he decided on the pub route. Besides that, it would be nice to take Lacey out. And by the end of the night, he was going to have their first real date nailed down. He’d been thinking about it all week. After she agreed to go out with him, he’d start putting his plans in motion.

Jody pulled up to Zoe’s house and got out of the truck to walk Lacey to the door. “I’ll be back in about half an hour. Is that okay?” He wanted to touch her again, but kept some space between them. He was struggling with the whole ‘don’t rush things with Lacey’ idea, so he put his hands behind his back. “That sounds good. I’ll go get changed and see if Zoe wants to go.” Lacey peeked around Jody and yelled “Bye pretty girl,” to Izzy who gave her an appreciative bark. Then she gave Jody a quick peck on the cheek and went into the house. You would have thought she just told him she’d marry him, he was so happy. Her kissing him was a good sign in his book.

The pub was packed as was expected for a Saturday night. Speaking of things that were expected, Jody was having a hard time keeping his hands to himself. Really, if he thought about it, it was Lacey’s fault. She was just too sexy. She had ditched her jeans and sweater in favor of a pair of those yoga pants and a V-neck t-shirt.

Yoga pants had to have been invented by a man – a brilliant, gifted man. They hugged a girl’s curves like a second skin and because they did, Jody suspected that a lot of the girls wore a thong, or better yet, went without panties. As Jody stood there staring at Lacey’s ass looking for panty lines, Zoe commandeered a small table by the bar. Jody gestured for Lacey to walk in front of him so he could enjoy the view as long as possible.

Lacey and Jody sat on the bench together while Zoe sat on one of the chairs across from them. While they waited for a waitress, Jody idly started rubbing Lacey’s thigh under the table. At his first touch, she gave a start. She was going to remove his hand but decided first to see what else he would do. She wasn’t against a little petting under the table.

She’s going to be the death of me, Jody thought. Since he didn’t think he should suffer alone, he continued his quest up and down Lacey’s leg. On each up stroke, he got closer and closer to one of his favorite parts of her that he was dying to further explore. He wanted to bury himself inside her so badly that he couldn’t think straight. Being so close to her was torturous. When he finally did get Lacey naked beneath him – and he would – it was going to be earth shattering for him. If he did everything right, it would be for her, too.

Zoe’s phone rang. She looked at the number with a look of concern. “I have to take this. Just order me a beer, Lace.” She got up and went outside to speak to the caller.

Lacey had to put a stop to Jody’s wandering hand. He was driving her mad, and she was either going to make him stop or tell him to throw her up on the table and have at it. She reached under the table and grabbed Jody’s hand. “You have to stop that; you’re driving me crazy.”

“Yeah well, that’s kinda the idea.” He gave her his trademark cocky grin and put her hand on his thigh – his extreme upper thigh. Lacey let out a little squeak and excused herself. “I’m going to run to the ladies room, and when I get back, you’re going to behave yourself.”

Lacey got up and unbeknownst to her, Jody did too. He gave up on the idea of not rushing her. She would tell him to back off if he pushed her too fast. He wasn’t strong enough to keep his hands off of her so he followed her down the hallway, and grabbed her right before she went into the bathroom. “If I have to behave myself when you get back, you have to give me a reward beforehand.” He backed her up against the wall until there wasn’t an inch between them. Not even giving her a second to respond, his lips covered hers.

Lacey had no interest in pretending she didn’t want to be kissing Jody again. She was all in. Parting her lips in invitation, she wrapped her arms around his neck and pushed herself in even closer. He responded immediately by pushing his erection against her at the junction of her thighs. He tore his lips from hers and ran them down her neck. “Jesus Lace, nothing tastes as good as you. Come home with me tonight, I want, no, I need to be inside you. Please.”