Killian sat down next to me on
the bench and started wrapping his stick.
“So. You and Liam’s sister, huh?”
“Yep.”
“I’ve got to admit, you’re the last guy I’d have thought would hook up with a teammate’s sister.”
I sighed heavily. “I didn’t know she was his sister when I slept with her.”
“No shit?”
“No shit.”
He looked up from his stick and grinned. “He failed to mention that part.”
“That’s a real nice dick punch. I’ll have to thank him for that.”
“You know how he is. Ready, fire, aim. He’ll come around.”
I looked around the locker room. No one would make eye contact with me.
“Everyone knows, then?”
“Probably.”
I stood up. “Hey, assholes, I didn’t know she was his sister.”
Everyone looked at me.
“I didn’t fucking know,” I said again. “I wasn’t trying to be a prick or anything. And I really like her. Not one of you can say you’ve seen me so much as look at another woman in the past few months.”
“Relax, man,” Killian said, standing up next to me.
“That fucker’s got everyone pissed at me.”
“No, you did that yourself,” Liam said from behind me.
“Personally, I think it’s great,” Shuck said. “Congratulations, Bennett. You’ll be a great dad.”
I just stared for a second, taken aback by our awkward goalie standing up for me. “Thanks, man.”
Liam tried to stare Shuck down, but he just stared back.
“Yeah,” Killian said to me. “Congrats, brother. I’m happy for you.”
“This is bullshit,” Liam muttered.
“You guys naming the kid Bennett Junior?” Killian asked.
Liam’s nostrils flared. “Enough. I will fuck up the next person who says a word about this.”
Killian didn’t take well to being pushed around since he was our team captain. He stood chest to chest with Liam.
“I’ll say whatever I want,” he said. “Is this going to be a problem out there? Because I will fuck you up if this affects our game.”
“It won’t.”