Score My Heart // Chapter Fifteen

Before I get into this chapter, I'd like to say something. It goes something like this: WOOOOHOOOOO! PENS BABY! YOU'VE GOT YOUR CUP BOYS. SOOO PROUD OF YOU. <3>

Breathe in, breathe out, I told myself as I stepped out of my car in my black cocktail dress and red pumps. One foot in front of the other, don't trip, you'll look like a dumbass. I smiled weakly at Colby who was dancing his way over to me his arm extended in my direction. 

"Bonsoir, mademoiselle," he said, doing a little curtsy in front of me.

"Je vraiment pense que je vais vomir. Tienez mois, pour l'amour de dieu, je vais tomber dans ces souliers foux. Merde." I muttered to him in my native-tongue, making him gape at me wide-eyed.

"You know, I never got past bonjour, right?" he said, shaking his head.

"Sorry," I mumbled, breathing heavily as I walked into the Lemieux's household.

"Sidney's upstairs, I think. Either that or he's in the kitchen with Nathalie helping her with dinner. He's such an efeminine. You have no idea." Colby said as he crashed down on the couch next to Max who gave me his infamous grin.

"I can tell you're nervous," Max said grinning, "Don't worry about it, I'd be more scared of the girlfriends than Mario."

"Thanks Max," I said, scowling at him.

Just then, I heard a fit of maniacal laughter coming from upstairs. I spun around to see Sidney being chased by Austin with a fork in his hands and a crazy look in his eye. Sidney stopped at the bottom of the staircase and picked Austin up with one hand and swung him over his shoulder. I giggled as he saw me and set Austin down, walking over to me and placing a kiss on the tip of my nose.

"Hello," he said, pushing a lock of hair behind my ear, "You look beautiful tonight."

"Thanks," I said feeling my cheeks turn red. 

"You ready to meet Mario? I'm sure he'll love you." Sidney asked eagerly, taking my hand and directing me to the backroom where I saw two people having a low-key conversation. I gulped and squeezed Sidney's hand harder as Mario turned around to face us, bringing a nauseous feeling to my stomach.

"Relax," Sidney whispered to me, "It's impossible to hate you."

"Mario, I'd like to introduce you to somebody." Sidney said, ushering me in his direction, "This is my girlfriend, Roxanne. Roxy, this is my landlord, Mario and his wife Nathalie."

"I-It's very nice to meet you Monsieur et Madame Lemieux," I said, offering my hand and stuttering.

"Likewise," Mario said, showing a hint of a smile and shaking my hand firmly.

"It's lovely to finally meet you, Roxanne," Nathalie said warmly, pulling me into a hug, "We've heard quite a lot about you."

I turned and raised an eyebrow at Sidney, who was a fluorescent shade of red.

"Well," Mario began, "I'll let you two get back to your party. I hope to be seeing more of you, Roxanne."

"Thank you, sir." I said, spinning around on my heel and rushing with Sidney to plop down on the couch next to Jordan.

"See!" Sidney exclaimed, "You did great."

"If you count acting like a blabbering and stuttering idiot a great thing, then sure." I replied, burying my face into Jordan's shoulder, much to his content.

"Hey, hey, hey." Sidney said, raising my chin off of Jordan's shoulder, "You were great. Believe me. He'll come around, he's just protective of who hangs out with the team. Once he gets to know you more, I'm sure you'll get along fine. Plus, Nathalie seemed to really like you."

I forced a weak smile at Sidney's supposedly encouraging words as I dragged myself off of the couch to go and grab something to drink. I walked into the kitchen and pulled a cup off of the counter and went to get some water, before bumping into a friendly-looking brunette.

"Oh, shit! I'm sorry!" I said as I pulled myself out of her way.

"Oh, that's alright," she said smiling and extending her hand, "I'm Vero." 

"Roxanne." I said, taking her hand in mine and smiling slightly.

"You're the one who ran into Marc at the airport, right?" Vero said, "I've heard  a lot about you from the boys. I think you'll fit in really nicely with everyone here. Sure, some of the other girlfriends will take sometime warming up to you, but you seem quite nice so it shouldn't take too long."

"Aw, thank you! I feel kind of out of place here. I'm still new to this city." I said, "How do you know these guys?"

"Oh, that's my boyfriend," Vero said, pointing in Marc-Andre's direction, causing him to look up and wink at her as she blew a kiss towards him, "We've been together since freshman year."

"Wow," I said, gazing at them. They seemed so in love and right together. Even from 30 feet away.

"Excuse me, I have to get back to my date, but if you'd like, they're playing a game tomorrow, and you could come watch with us. We all stick together, us girlfriends. You'll get to know everyone else, because it seems like none of the other ladies showed up tonight." Vero offered.

"That sounds great! I can't wait," I said excitedly.

"Here's my cell number, call me before the game and I'll tell you where to get your ticket." Vero said, handing me a slip of paper. 

"Thanks so much!" I said, slipping the number into my purse before finding my way over to my lovely boyfriend and pressing my lips down on his hearing a couple cheers and a 'Go Sid'

"Mm, you smell nice," he said, with his face in my hair, "Let's get out of here."

"You just read my mind, Crosby." I said, pecking him on the cheek and grabbing his hand before leading him out of the doors and to my car.