Hockey with Benefits (Special Edition)

<p>Hockey with benefits. That was what Mara proposed and I was <em>down</em>.</p><p><br></p><p>She said no feelings and she meant it.</p><p>Just benefits. No strings attached. Nothing else. Not even friendship.</p><p>College was her <em>escape</em> including us.</p><p><br></p><p>I didn't have time for a girlfriend.</p><p>I had classes the team my family and the game.</p><p><br></p><p>It was all working too...</p><p><br></p><p>Until somewhere down the line <em>things</em> got messy.</p><p>Until somehow we were dealing with threats secrets rivals and so much more.</p><p>Until I began to want her in ways that weren't part of the deal.</p><p><br></p><p>Our agreement didn't just get checked into the wall it got obliterated.</p>