Disclaimer: in this chapter, there will be mentions of eating disorders.

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Quinn and Abby sat down at a table in the corner of the restaurant, as they didn't wanna be recognized and/or harassed.

"So what do you wanna know about me, Miss Abby" said Quinn as he picked his bowl up and shook it before taking the lid off.

"I don't know, just tell me so many facts about yourself," said Abby moving her fork around her bowl.

"Well I was born in Orlando but my dad moved us a lot because of his job, but eventually we moved to Michigan and stayed there," said Quinn before shoving his fork in his mouth.

Abby laughed at his action before eating some of hers. "But I've been playing hockey for as long as I can remember"

"That must be so cool like your whole family playing hockey," said Abby with a smile. "Yeah, it is I can't wait for my kids to play hockey," said Quinn with a laugh.

"Enough about hockey though," said Quinn putting his fork in his bowl. "If you don't mind me asking why'd you quit cheer?" asked Quinn with real curiosity in his voice.

Abby set her fork down, "well it's quite simple." said the girl

"My coach always hated me for some reason, I never really understood why. I thought maybe it was tough love because that's how my dad was towards my brothers. But anyway, she constantly degraded me until I had almost no self-worth." the girl paused and took a deep breath

"You don't have to tell me if you're uncomfortable," said Quinn "That's the last thing I'd ever wanna do, is make you uncomfortable," he said with regret in his voice and eyes.

"No, no it's okay I want to tell you," said Abby as she finally got back to her story. "And she always commented on how my body looked. If I even looked a little bloated she was saying how I shouldn't be eating that much if I'm getting bloated before practice, so I devoted an eating disorder just to try and prove myself to her. But to sum it up she was just a terrible person and just ruined my love for the sport" said Abby as she grabbed her cup and took a sip.

"I'm so sorry Abby, no one should have to deal with that. Expressed Quinn with sadness in his voice.

"It's okay maybe she was going through a rough time, I forgive her," said Abby with a smile on her face

"You are a way better person than I am, I don't think I'd ever forgive someone for pulling a stunt like that," said Quinn

"Yeah well, I try to always look on the bright side of things, because you never know what someone's going through," said Abby with concern in her voice.

"Yeah that's understandable," said Quinn as he and Abby both got up. Quinn grabbed Abby's leftovers put them in a bag and waited for her to grab her purse.

"We should have Chipotle dates more often that was amazing," said Abby as he and Quinn walked out of the door, but not after he opened the door for her.

As they walked back to Quinn's truck they walked in comfortable silence, with Abby's arm laced around Quinn's bicep.

And as per usual Quinn opened the door and helped Abby into the lifted truck. As he made his way around to the driver's seat he realized how much he liked the girl sitting in his passenger seat.

Quinn had just dropped Abby off at her apartment, he walked her up to her door and made sure she locked the door, then went back to his car and drove home to prepare for tomorrow's game.

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As Abby walked back into her apartment after Quinn left she had a permanent smile on her face.

"There you are, I came home and you were gone," said Tori as she got up from the couch. She had been watching Chopped on the cooking channel.

"Oh shit sorry, I meant to text you before I left" cursed Abby as she realized how annoyed Tori must have been.

"It's all good, I just had to bring the groceries up by myself but other than that I was just messing with you." laughed the blonde as she fell back onto the couch.

"But," she said from the couch, "are you gonna tell me where you were, and did it happen to be with a hockey defenseman whose name is Quinn?" asked Tori with a smirk on her face.

"How'd you know?" Asked Abby

"I'm your best friend, I know everything" spoke the blonde. "I'm just kidding, Elias told me Quinn came by to drop off the jersey, and he hadn't seen or heard from him since," said Tori as she looked at her phone.

"Oh yeah we went and got Chipotle for dinner, sorry for not giving you a heads-up," said abby with a giggle.

"Hey it's all good I was a bit preoccupied with chopped," she said as she returned to facing the TV.

"Well I'm gonna go shower, I'll be out in a bit" yelled Abby who walked into her bedroom.

"Okay, but don't be mad I ordered pizza," said Tori as she sunk into the couch. "TORI WE HAVE HAD PIZZA LIKE EVERY DAY" screamed Abby from her room.

"SORRY, IT WAS AN ACCIDENT," said Tori laughing.

"WAS IT?"

"NO"

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I woke up around 10:30 and didn't feel like getting up yet so I stayed in bed till 11 scrolling through my phone. I was liking my friend's pictures, and replying to comments on my recent tiktok where I posted a video of me and Tori dancing to Tilted Tower dance.

After realizing I needed to get a video out before Saturday, and I didn't even finish filming yesterday I quickly changed from my sleep shirt to a tube top and some jeans so I looked somewhat put together for my video, then chugged a Red Bull.

After I finished filming my tattoo tour it was about 12:48 and I decided to go make some coffee and breakfast because I had only had an energy drink

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Abby knocked on Tori's door asking if she wanted any eggs or toast when she didn't get a response she walked in and saw Tori still dead asleep in her bed.

"Tori," said abby as she shaked the older blonde. "Go away Mom, just five more minutes" muttered Tori as she pulled the covers over her head.

"Tori I'm not your mom, I just came to ask if you wanted some food," asked Abby with a giggle.

"Oh I'm up," said Tori, as she emerged from her white bed. "What do you want it's my turn to cook," said Abby, and she and Tori walked out of Tori's bedroom.

"Hmm a bagel sounds pretty good right now," said Tori as she made her way to the couch.

"Okay what kind we have blueberry and regular," asked Abby even though she knew the answer.

"Blueberry duh"

"Right, I don't know what I bother to ask" laughed Abby as she pulled out two blueberry bagels and put them into the toaster.

She walked to the fridge and got out the cream cheese for them to share.

"Are you excited about tonight?" asked Abby as she sat down with both girl's bagels on separate plates.

"Yes, I've never been to a hockey game before," said Tori as she bit into her bagel.
"Yeah mean ether and I can't wait to see Quinn, I bet he'll look so sexy in his jersey," said Abby with a blush on her face.

"Woah save that for him, If you say anything like that about him again I might through up in my mouth- so please don't ruin this beagle for me ab," said Tori with a disgusted face.

"Sorry sorry I just can't help myself with him" laughed Abby as she bit into her beagle.

"Well you guys have all night to be lovely dovey," said Tori. "Elias invited me to spend the night at his apartment" smirked Tori. "Oh so I can't talk about how sexy Quinn is but you can tell me about yours and Elias's sex life?" said Abby with a smirk.

"Technically I haven't said anything about our sex life because it hasn't happened yet," sassed Tori.

"Whatever," said Abby as she put her plate in the sink and walked to her room. "Puck drop is at 7, so we have to be there by like 6:30. So let's plan to leave around 5:45 because I don't know how bad traffic will be," said Abby as she came out of her room with some dirty laundry.

"Okay, are we walking, or has your car been delivered?" asked Tori as she started on the dishes.

"It was delivered late last night, I saw the notification this morning," said Abby as she started the washer.

"Tonight is about to be one hell of a night," said, Abby, smiling at her best friend.

"Hopefully a good hell of a night" laughed Tori as she dried the two plates and coffee mug.
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Tonight is the big night for Abby and Quinn!

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