My mom always said you don’t get a second
shot at making a first impression. I’ve remembered that my entire career.
Especially since I’m one of the few black men who play professional hockey.
I’m calculated and respectful in the way I
speak to my coaches, the owners, and the media. I’ve never taken a risk… until
her.
I could blame it on the fact that for once
I pushed away the pressure of my career for the ocean waves, the sand, and good
times with my new teammates. But those are excuses because the minute I saw her
at the airport, something lit up inside me and the best week of my life was
spent with her in my bed.
After our week in paradise, we said
goodbye, exchanged phone numbers and both assumed that unless one of us was
flying through the other’s city on the opposite side of the country, our
vacation fling was over.
Then one night after practice I see her.
She’s here. In my city. Telling me she moved here for a job. If that’s not fate
tell me what is.
I’ve never wanted a second shot more than I
do this time, but she’s determined to leave what we were on the island we left
behind.
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