Life for us settled down a lot once James was imprisoned for smuggling narcotics into the country. Though there were days that I still told Bella off for the risk she took. If she'd been caught with those drugs in Russia it would not have ended happily for either of us. I was excited for today. Today marked one year since the day we'd met. I wasn't planning on playing in the charity game this year, wanting to make up for last years missed vacation. But Bella convinced me that I should play this year. I knew she had to be up to something, I just couldn't figure out what.

I started suiting up, Black sat down beside me, "Hey, man, how's it going?"

I looked at him "Good, good. You playing today too?"

"Yeah, I really enjoyed last year."

Before I could say anything else Emmett burst into the dressing room, "You're never going to believe who the goalie is for the other team."

"Who?"

"Bella's playing for them again."

"Just what is that girl up to?" I asked.

Emmett smiled at me in a way that made me think he knew exactly was going on.

"Let's finish suiting up and get out there and find out."

...

We'd drawn a bigger crowd this year than last, having three gold medal olympians playing sold a lot of tickets which was good for the charity. I already had my auction stuff ready to go. I was auctioning one of the sticks I used during the gold medal game, we were confident that it would bring in a lot of money.

I took the ice for the warm up skate, I could see Bella, standing in all her gear beside the home teams bench. She was laughing at something one of the guys was saying and shaking her head. Fuck even with all the gear on she looked hot as hell. I couldn't help but think about what happened here last year and then cursed my brain, my cock and the cup I was wearing.

Skating with purpose I glided by Bella, knocking her arm with mine. She looked up at me and smiled.

"You ready for me to kick your ass again?" I asked her.

She narrowed her eyes at me, "you know the only reason you got all those goals last year."

I laughed, "yes, but that was last year. We've played together so much now that I know all your weaknesses."

She shook her head but didn't deny it.

"Would you care to make it interesting?"

"Are you suggesting another bet, Masen?"

I leaned into her face and gave her my most charming grin, "I most certainly am."

"You're on."

"What are the terms?"

She smirked at me mischievously and leaned over to whisper in my ear "If I stop all your shots, then you and I will hop a plane to Vegas tonight and get married."

I pulled back, smiling at her as I tucked a piece of her hair behind her ear. Leaning forward I whispered in hers "You're on, and if I win, we fly to Hawaii and get married on the beach."

Her eyes lit up with mirth. Either way my mother was going to be pissed. I just wanted to be able to tell the world she was mine... officially.

...

I won't bore you and tell you who won the bet, we were both winners in the end as we got married. Ten months after the wedding we were excited to find out we were going to be parents. I had left the team I was playing for, I couldn't put up with Aro anymore, and had just started playing for a new team.

My nerves were at an all time high putting on the new gear for the first time. I knew I was a great player, but I hated change.

One of my new teammates came and sat down beside me, "You look like you're going to be sick."

I laughed, "just nervous I guess."

"You're Edward Masen, you've got nothing to be worried about." He said putting his hand on my shoulder "You'll go out, you'll put on a show and we'll win the game."

"Thanks man. I needed the pep talk!"

"No worries, you're going to be great."

"I'm as nervous as a whore in church."

"Can I quote you on that, Masen?"

Oh fuck, here we go again...

Thanks for coming on this really short journey with me! I hope you all enjoyed it!