I rubbed the ache in my pecs, loosening the muscles. “Yeah, they’re great.”
“Then what’s with the face? You look like a sad bastard.”
I shrugged.
Cooper sat down on the bench opposite, regarding me with his eyebrows raised. “You don’t want to leave her.”
It wasn’t a question.
At that moment, Jasper stormed into the gym, nearly taking the door off its hinges. He thrust a piece of paper at Cooper.
He took it, studied it, then glanced back up at Jasper. “Dude, I’m sorry.”
“Yeah. Fuck!” He ran his hands down his face, his shoulders dropping.
Felix looked between the pair of them. “Do you two want to explain what’s going on?”
Jasper turned, frustration and worry etched on his face. “We’re on an away stretch on Wolfie’s due date.”
Fuck. That was bad.
“Shit, Jas. I’m sorry.” I reached out and squeezed his shoulder. “I’m sure it’ll be fine though. Freddie keeps telling me babies never come on time.”
They all stared at me.
“What? She talks a lot.”
Cooper shook his head with a chuckle. “Yeah, our kid is definitely going to be late.”
Jasper gave a deep sigh. “Yeah, I hope ours is too. Or early. Whatever. I just don’t want to miss it.”
There wasn’t much we could say. It fucking sucked to travel so much, and getting Lucky back made me realize just how badly it did. I didn’t want to leave her and I hadn’t even told her I loved her yet. This was Jasper’s first kid.
The NHL was an asshole sometimes.
“Anyway, what are you all doing?” he asked as he looked around.
“We’re trying to cheer Drew up - or at least stop him from crying.”
Jasper snorted.
I rolled my eyes. “Fuck’s sake. I wasn’t fucking crying.”
“You were about to,” Felix teased with a raised eyebrow.
“No, I fucking wasn’t.”
Jasper nudged me. “Drew, spill it. What’s going on?”
God, they were like a fucking bunch of nosy old ladies.
“Nothing, it’s stupid.”
“He doesn’t want to leave Lucky,” Cooper answered for me.
Jasper’s expression filled with empathy. “Buddy, that’s normal.”
“Yeah, but it’s not like I’m leaving my heavily pregnant wife.” I ran my hands through my hair, looking at them all. My shoulders dropped in a big sigh. “I’ve just got her back and it’s great. No, it’s fuckingamazing. But last night, she was really upset because she’d overheard some girl saying I’d had sex with one of her friends or something.”
