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Chapter 37
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Avery POV
The beginning of September meant that classes were starting up again. I still had biology classes with Vasya on Tuesday while the rest of my classes were mainly for nursing theory, skills and clinicals. For nursing we mostly focused on skills and within the first month back at university we had learned to do simple and complex sterile dressing, suture removal, and medication administration. Kate and I made it a point to be paired up together as much as possible and ended up being on the same clinical rotations. She had become my biggest source of support when it came to nursing because she understood exactly what I was going through and I was able to provide her with that same support in return.
She had been working in a nursing home during the summer holiday and felt that she had gained a considerable amount of knowledge from just being there. I envied her the experience, but I was happy with the way my summer had gone. I told h
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Misha POVI knew it was a terrible idea to travel to America with Dmitry. I had been working hard to flush Avery out of my system and here I was running right back to her. Living under her roof, sleeping in a room close to her for two weeks. I knew her and Sasha were perfect for each other but I couldn’t help the feeling of disappointment that they had moved in together. I wanted a taste of her, and to prove to her that I was a good match.‘Mishka!’ Dmitry called as he entered my mom’s house. I picked up the bag I had just finished packing, kissed my mama goodbye and got into Dmitry’s rental car. I was glad Dmitry wasn’t a talker because I wasn’t sure I’d be able to carry a conversation.I had been anxiously waiting to go to America ever since Sasha had invited me during his quick visit in May. I had counted down the days, and imagined all sorts of scenarios in my head about
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I spent the next week similarly to the first, hanging out with Avery in the mornings and evenings while training with Dmitry and Sasha in the afternoons.At the end of the week, Sasha had gotten us all tickets to see his game a few states over. Vasily drove us there early in the morning and we checked into our rooms. I was to share a room with Sasha and Avery, while Dmitry and Vasily shared the adjoining room to ours. Dmitry went to the arena to meet the team and help out with some of the warm ups.‘Can we go check out the little shops downtown’ Avery asked, hopeful. Vasya grunted in dismissal as he worked on a presentation on his laptop.‘If you want’ I shrugged in mock indifference. Anything for you doll, I thought to myself. Vasya looked at me with an arched brow and a warning glance. ‘I know, I know’ I mumbled.‘You always seem to get stuck with me, don’t
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Sasha's POVDmitry arrived right on schedule and settled right in. I was no longer able to skip my morning runs and Dmitry was not shy about dragging me out of bed when I tried to sleep in. I only slightly regretted having him living in my house for that reason. Avery was also not quiet about the rude awakening in the morning. She cursed out Dmitry on more than one occasion and got into the habit of locking the door at night. Dmitry simply pounded on the door in the mornings until I got up.I’d been lying awake long before my alarm went off. Avery’s head was on my shoulder, her arm across my chest, and one of her legs over my hips. I couldn’t imagine she was overly comfortable but every time I moved she would pull me closer and nuzzled her face into my chest. She was like a little heater, I didn’t need any blankets over me with her in my bed. Usually I ended up flipping the covers off myself halfway through the nigh
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AVERY’S POV.Once Sasha had fallen asleep I got up and showered, then made my way to the kitchen to make breakfast for us all in an attempt to subdue a sullen Dmitry. He did not do well with tardiness and alterations in his plans; he was incredibly rigid sometimes. The fact that I had kept Sasha for a few extra minutes in the morning was enough to make him grumpy all day. Sasha had taken the brunt of Dmitry’s frustration that morning considering the state he was in when he returned to bed. Regardless of the fact that he had probably already eaten, Dmitry was like a hobbit when it came to food and would welcome a second breakfast gratefully. He was constantly eating to keep up his caloric needs, thankfully he also paid for half of the groceries each week.Dmitry was sitting in the living room reading a book and threw me a scathing look as I approached him. I handed him a plate stacked with peanut butter & banana pancakes top
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As I was cooking the chicken for dinner, Sasha got home.‘Malyshka?’ he called out.‘Kitchen!’He gave me a toothy grin and a peck on the forehead before wrapping his big arms around me.‘Smells, amazing, what are you making?’‘Chicken, pasta, roasted asparagus and french beans with pesto’ I answered.‘Do I have time for a quick shower first?’‘Yup, shouldn’t be too long until it’s ready though’. He sauntered down to our room while I finalized the meal. My phone beeped and I reached for it absentmindedly while taking out the plates and cutlery.16:33 4015559301: Hey16:33 Avery: Hey, who’s this16:35 4015559301: It’s Chris, can we talk?Horror struck, I deleted the message immediately without re
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Avery POV The following semester went by in a blur, we had nursing classes every day with our last class of biology on Tuesday mornings. It was a lot more interesting as some of the nursing concepts were directly related to what we were learning in biology. Thanks to Vasya’s help I was doing well on all of my pathology classes and feeling more and more confident when working on skills in the lab or when treating patients in clinicals. We had a lot more essays to write and nursing concepts to learn but with the extra help at my restaurant, I was able to pass them all in with a few days to spare. At the end of March, just before our exam began, Kate messaged me saying she was in the middle of a crisis. I told her I was going to be at her place shortly, then made a quick phone call to Sasha to let him know I wasn’t going to be at his playoff game that night. He was understanding but clearly disappointed. ‘I’ll be back, you
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Avery’s POV Somehow Sasha did manage to convince Dmitry to go along with the plan, but Dmitry was not pleased about it. He spent all week sulking and avoiding me. Friday came and Kate tried to bail on me at least a dozen times, but I refused to let her off the hook. I got ready with her at her apartment. She chose to wear a cute navy blue dress and she put her hair up in a messy ponytail. I wore a loose fitting black dress and left my hair down in waves. I drove us over to the restaurant where we were meeting the guys. Kate looked incredibly anxious on the drive there, she was biting her bottom lip, wringing her hands and jiggling her leg the whole way to the restaurant. ‘Why are you so nervous?’ I asked, as I parked the car next to Dmitry’s brand new SUV. ‘I have no idea, I just have this weird feeling’ she said climbing out of the car. ‘Good or bad?’ ‘I don’t know’ sh
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Sasha's POVAvery moved close to me and discarded my vest, I had long ago discarded my jacket and tie and undid the top few buttons of my shirt. She slowly undid the rest of the buttons on my shirt and ran an open palm across my chest. I was having an out of body moment, I couldn’t believe this wasmywife. This was the woman I had married and she was going to be with me forever. She undid my belt and the clasp that held my pants up. As soon as she let go of them, the pants fell to the ground, pooling at my feet. She smiled as she looked at my new underwear. She wasn’t the only one who could splurge on fancy underthings.‘Damn Kuzco’ she exclaimed, using the nickname my teammates had graced me with, ‘Versace?’ she questioned arching an eyebrow up, a grin stretching across her gorgeous face. She put her index finger under the distinctive band and ran it back and forth against my pelvis.
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At 4h30 a stretched SUV picked us up from Sam's to bring us to my wedding. My heart sped up in excitement at seeing my groom and of having all the attention drawn to us. Kate did a few little touch ups as we entered the hall and the music promptly began playing at 5pm. I smiled as an instrumental version of Heart’s Alone began to play. Grace and Carter walked to the front of the room followed by Shae and Sam, Dmitry, Kate and Katya. It was finally my turn to walk down the aisle. As soon as I walked into the warm cozy room everyone stood up. I felt myself blush at all the attention I was getting but once I met Sasha’s eyes everything around me faded away. His piercing gaze took me in and he quickly wiped his eyes. I tried to keep my own tears at bay taking jagged sobbing breaths as I joined him up at the makeshift altar, his tears now freely running down his cheeks faster than he could wipe them away. Dmitry handed him a handkerchief as people laughed slightly a
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On the 26th Celina invited Sasha and I to the venue to approve of the decoration at the hall we had booked. Sasha and I gasped in shock as we walked into our wedding reception.The floor to ceiling windows looked out into a valley of snow covered evergreens, the walls and ceiling were all finished in rustic wood. A large glass chandelier hung in the center of the cathedral ceiling, emitting a soft golden glow in the room. On the far wall a large stone fireplace sat majestically where I imagined we would have a roaring fire the next day. The table of honour was set up proudly on a platform at the right of the fireplace while all the other tables were to the left of it. Directly in front of the fireplace was an empty area which would become a dance floor later on in the evening. More tables were set up further away from the fireplace meant for food and drinks.The chairs were covered with a forest green material, while the tables were covere
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I spent the week jotting down notes and reviewing more of Anna’s recommendations. Sasha and I had narrowed down a few venues and a wedding planner but he insisted on being completely responsible for the DJ. We sent our choices to Anna who booked everything we had agreed on and footed the bill.The next weekend Sasha and I worked on our guest list to get a better idea of which venue to choose. We both decided to have a small intimate wedding since we had both enjoyed the intimacy of Dmitry and Kate’s wedding and the fact that they were able to enjoy their day too.‘Do you want to invite everyone in your family?’ I asked ‘Aunts, uncles, cousins’ I enumerated.‘My parents and brothers and my uncle Igor and his family in Michigan’ he said.‘That’s it?’ I asked stunned,‘I only have one uncle,’ Sasha said, shrugging.
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Baby, husband, house and businesses aside, fourth year was a tough one for Kate and I as we delved into critical care nursing. We had a jam packed schedule with hardly a moment to take a breath. I skipped running with Sasha more often than I should and we hardly saw each other as his hockey practices became more serious and frequent. Sasha planned on making his last year in the AHL a good one, one where he could finally bring home the Calder cup. However, something in his tone hinted at the KHL and maybe another season at the AHL. I made it clear that I supported him no matter what decision he made, even if it meant going to Russia for a few years.I did not take many shifts at the restaurant as I tried to keep my head above water with homework, clinicals and housekeeping. I didn’t want to make Sasha feel like he was unimportant either, so I tried to go to as many of his games as I could without hindering my university performance. I still relied on
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Third year nursing meant that we were doing clinicals in acute settings in the hospital. I was particularly fond of the surgical and maternity units. Kate however did not enjoy her maternity rotation, seeing all the things her body was about to go through freaked her out a little. It didn't help that her first maternity patient had a 3rd degree perineum tear and her second one had to have an emergency C-section with hysterectomy as her uterus had ruptured beyond repair. Despite being terrified of giving birth, her pregnancy was textbook perfect. She was only gaining baby weight, her blood pressure and sugars were normal and she didn’t experience any morning sickness. A lot of it probably had to do with her and Dmitry’s regimen of working out and healthy eating.The year wrapped up nicely as did Sasha’s season. Though they didn’t make it to the finals again that year, he had been bearable throughout the playoffs.In
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Dmitry POVEven though the team didn’t make it to the finals, I was offered the head trainer position on a 2 year contract. I accepted without second thoughts. My dream was not to be a hockey trainer, but a boxing and MMA trainer. I wanted to open up a gym here and the head trainer position would help me get there. Two years was plenty of time for me to get a decent sum of money and get my dream on track.I was able to get a decent sign on bonus to put a down deposit on a house a few streets away from Sasha and Avery’s before the end of the summer. It didn't take me long to ask Kate to move in with me. She was a perfect little girlfriend, my little princess, and I wanted to see her everyday despite our hectic schedule. Her and Avery were about to start on their third year of nursing and I figured it would be just as advantageous for them to live close together as it was for Sasha and I to be within walking distance of each othe
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Sam never asked why I was staying at his place, but he let me stay there nonetheless. He and Janice had just returned from a trip to Costa Rica. They had been seeing each other since she took the job at the diner. They were an odd couple to say the least. Janice was always so happy and easy going whereas Sam had always been the eternal bachelor in my mind. They lived separately, but Sam was often staying the night at Janice’s. He came back to do some work and enjoy his alone time. I worked closely with Janice at the diner to oversee all the changes she had made and I was impressed with her level of dedication to the place.‘Are you going to Sasha’s game Friday?’ Sam asked when I got to his place a few days later.‘Yes, I always go to his home games’ I answered.‘It’s just he dropped off tickets earlier for Peter, Jamie and I, but not for you’ he said with a raised brow.‘Oh… that’s w
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