𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗲

the week had blew by and devon now found herself in the parking lot of the rangers arena.

she was nervously waiting for brock to text her the go ahead, her nerves spiking up by the second.

quinn had been crushed when she had told him she wouldn't be able to see him. he was so sad it almost made devon tell him it was a prank but somehow she resisted the urge. so now here she was, hoping to the gods that he wouldn't be mad and would take her surprise litghly.

after exchanging numbers with quinn's teammate, he had assured her he had everything planned out. he would come get her when they arrived, before they changed into their gear, and petey and miller would be on standby for the recordings, both from different angles. it was at that moment that devon knew she had picked the perfect person for help.

she was dressed simple enough, refusing to wear a jersey of his as to not draw attention to herself or to appear corny, instead wearing one of his old crewnecks paired with a cute skirt and black tights. as she nervously fixed her lipstick in the mirror, brock finally texted her, telling her to wait on the parking lot of the players. how he had managed to get her into it, she didn't know, but she was grateful.

after a couple minutes she finally saw him step out from the building so she quickly grabbed her purse and stepped out of the car, meeting him halfway.

"hi! it's so nice to finally meet you" devon smiled as she greeted him, thankful that he warmly received her hug.

"likewise!" he laughed, pulling away as they started to walk back into the building "everyone's in the locker room waiting for coach to come back so you'll have a few minutes"

"that's all i need. thank you again brock, i actually wouldn't have been able to do it with your help" devon claimed, appreciating the effort he had made, considering it was the first time they met.

"i'm glad i helped. huggy needs hapiness in his life" brock smiled, holding a door open for her as they finally stopped in front of the locker room "okay, so i'll step in first and make sure he has his back towards you and then you come in, yeah?"

"yes, yeah" devon nervously replied.

brock smiled one more time before he casually strolled in, grabbing quinn by the shoulders and moving him so he was giving his back to the entrance. unbeknownst to devon, brock had told the whole team about the surprise and it was safe to say that everyone was excited to meet the girl their captain wouldn't shut up about.

petey and miller sneakily managed to start recording as brock looked back and locked eyes with devon, encouraging her to walk in.

devon took a deep breath, regretting every single life decision she had ever made as she walked in, leaving her purse outside in a bench, praying to god nobody would steal it as she rapidly walked to quinn. she softly placed her hands over his eyes as brock let him go, stepping aside with a smile "guess who?"

devon felt his eyes frown as he immediately turned around, a massive grin taking over his face when he took in the sight of his girl standing in front of him.

he didn't waste a second to wrap his arms around her waist, lifting her up as she wrapped her arms around his neck, a couple of his teammates who were watching whooping and clapping in the background. if it were any other situation, they both would've probably gotten embarrassed, but they were too happy at the moment to care that a whole hockey team was watching them, including their coach.

"what are you doing here?!" quinn laughed, leaning back to look at her without letting go.

"i wanted to surprise you" she grinned, her body filling with warmth when he kissed her, a peck really since they were both aware people were watching them. he hugged her once again before finally letting her feet touch the ground, the grin never wavering.

"i'm so happy you could make it" quinn said softly, not able to look away from her eyes.

"i wouldn't have missed it for the world. now go on, get ready. you have a game to win" she encouraged, placing her hands on his chest and flattening the neck of his suit.

"yeah" he muttered, squeezing her hand. devon smiled at him, turning around to wave goodbye to the few players she recognized after telling them she would see them when they finished the game. quinn placed his hand on the small of her back, leading her out of the room with the smile never leaving his face.

"i'll see you later okay?" devon reassured, the stupid smile never leaving her face.

"i'll win that game for you" quinn declared, kissing her once again.

"i know you will. i love you baby" devon said, cheekily taking off his beanie from his head and putting it on her's, already walking away.

"i love you more. i'll see you later, okay?"

"i'll be in the stands waiting for you"  she grinned, sighing in relief when she saw her purse in the same bench she left it, quickly grabbing it while waving goodbye at quinn who still stood at the entrance with a loopy grin on his face, shaking his head in endearment.

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it had been a been a long time since devon had seen quinn play in person and the excitement she felt was something she hadn't felt in a long time.

quinn was playing better than ever, literally defending the net with his life. the game was exciting, stressful but most of all, fun. they ended up going overtime, both teams with three points each.

after what seemed to be an eternity but in reality was two minutes, quinn finally scored the winning point. the whole stands stood up in excitement as the canon went off and the team huddled up together on the ice. devon jumped up and down, yelling uncontrollably with the people next to her.

she almost got the urge to yell 'that's my boyfriend' but instead she got distracted by literally almost breaking her ankle. jumping with heels was never good.

after the whole thing died down, devon somehow managed to walk down to the stands closer to their locker room, waiting patiently to see if quinn was coming out.

after half an hour devon started to get nervous, thinking that maybe he got busy and wasn't able to come get her. thankfully, she was mistaken when she saw him walking towards her, back in his suit with a huge grin on his face.

devon smiled and immediately stood up, meeting him halfway through as quinn wrapped his arms around her waist again, lifting her up and spinning her around, both of their laughs filling the empty hallway.

"you played so good! i'm so proud of you!" devon exclaimed happily in his shoulder.

"i love you so much, thank you for coming" he murmured as he let her down without letting go of her "come on, the guys invited us out for dinner. you have to drive us though"

devon laughed and grabbed his hand, pulling him with her to the parking lot.

petey, brock and kuzy were already waiting for them outside, talking about the game with each other.

"hey guys" quinn greeted as they walked closer, stopping in front of them.

"hey man" brock said, the three guys smiling at the couple while devon tightly squeezed quinn's hand, nervous under the stare of his teammates.

"this is devon, my girlfriend. devon, this is elias, brock and kuzy"

"it's nice to meet you!" devon smiled, awkwardly staying still next to quinn, not knowing how to proceed.

"i thought quinn was never gonna introduce us" petey laughed, stepping forward to hug her, being able to tell she seemed nervous.

"i was scared he would never let us meet" kuzy snorted, hugging her too in greeting once petey let go.

"whatever" quinn rolled his eyes jokingly, looking at his friends and his girlfriend with hapiness "where do you guys wanna go?"

"let devon pick" brock suggested as the group started to walk towards her car.

devon settled for a steak restaurant nearby, the drive there being filled with chatter from the guys on the back while quinn never let go of her hand, resting them on the center console as she drove. 

the dinner was one of the most enjoyable times quinn had had in a month, easily. he loved seeing how devon blended in with his teammates and he loved the fact that they seemed to like devon. this was all that mattered to him.

being by her side, happy, was all he needed.

𝗯𝘆 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗱𝟰𝟯𝗱
surprise surprise