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Somebody Like You Chaper 1: Pain & Change

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She never has to take the extra time to put on make-up, her whole life she was always told that she didn’t need it; he had even gone as far as hiding what make-up she did have because.

“You don’t need it, you are so beautiful without it”

Now he was the reason that she needed that extra time in the morning to put make-up on, at least with the makeup she looked like a normal person, not someone who spent the entire night unpacking and arranging her new apartment, her new life.  There was only one box that wasn’t unpacked and that was where Finley sat now…in her new comfy chair staring at the lone box.

It held the more personal items from West Virginia, pictures, letters, things like that. Sure she would probably want some of them out like her favorite picture of her and Katie…but she was here to start a new life…wasn’t she.

“Ok, Finley time to start moving…” no one was there to even hear what she was saying but she had things she wanted to get done, things that needed to happen today so she could really start her new life.

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“Come on man…get your ass up”

“Nope Im good” and rolled over toward the wall and pulled the blankets over her head”

“We have practice still”

“….and its optional” he couldn’t even believe he was saying it himself. He went to every practice, he loved being out on the ice. He was always trying to better himself.

“What about the signing later at the store”

“Fuck..”

“Dude…What the hell happened last night.”

“I wish I could tell you…I’m not really sure….” He knew it involved a lot of shots and trying to get some from a girl who been undressing him with her eyes all night He thought it had worked to until in between getting a blow job, having Jordan walk in to the bathroom in the middle of it catching them in the act and then having the girl bite down so hard he wasn’t sure if he would ever be able to have kids. Yea it went a little hazy after that and if the second half of the night was anything like the 1^st half he didn’t want to remember.

“Get your ass up we are going to practice and the signing…” with that Brooks walked out of his room and he just rolled so he was laying on his back. Lifting up the blanket..yea it still hurt.. That’s what he got for going out with Jordan and Max and for letting them talk him into whatever the hell happened last night.

“Goose…lets go”

“Yea…Im coming…”  No more girls…at least girls that hang around Max..he tried to adjust himself and ending up wincing and looking down to still see bite marks.

“Fuck my life”

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Driver’s License… Done

License Plate….In the mail…

What next.. The one thing that she wouldn’t be doing would be going and hiding her apartment. She needed to embrace life…and it would be different.

she couldn’t help but think of Katie back at home three months after it happened.

“Fin, I know it’s hard, but you can’t stay in hiding forever.”

“It’s not the same…everyone knows now.”

“Yea they do but what happened to the Finley I know”

“She got beaten until there was nothing left, remember that Kaity…remember finding me lying right there on the floor not being able to move.”

Nodding “Yea I do and that was quite possibly the worst day in my life finding you lying right there on the floor…but a lot has changed…you changed”

She was sure people thought she was nuts standing there in front of those windows running her hands through her hair but she couldn’t help but think that maybe not that much had changed but it needed to starting with the physical. She walked in

“I need a cut and color please”

An 1 ½ later she walked out of the salon..The long hair with blonde highlights was gone and she had layered shoulder length hair and it was brown with some red in it... and enrolled in cosmetology classes.

She was determined to change for the better.

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“So how does it feel”  Jordan couldn’t not laugh..sure he felt like crap for ruing Alex’s hookup but the look on his face was priceless.

“How the hell do you think it feel…you asshole.”

Alex was not in the mood. He was in pain physically and he sure as hell was embarrassed he didn’t usually act like that out in public but it was the first time he had gone out with guys in a long time. He had always been with Ashley. Now he wasn’t, and hadn’t been in a while but it was stung none the less, she had cheated on him…with a player from the visiting team at the end of last season and he had gone home to lick his wounds..when he got back he stayed the same way…not really wanting to go out and party…he finally agreed it was time to go and have some fun and he finally tried and look what happened.

“I don’t know I have never had my dick almost bit off in a bathroom…sucked and licked yea but that is a no biting zone.”

That got everyone’s attention.

Alex didn’t even look really he just kind of pounced. “Biting wouldn’t have happened if someone drunk ass wouldn’t have barged into the stall”

“Whoa sorry man…apparently it’s a touchy subject”

By this time Sidney and Brooks had jumped…

“Jesus…That shits not funny” Brooks said and couldn’t help but grab down there it was painful to even think about..

“It’s done and over….lets go practice”

They all made their way out to the ice….

“Goose…”

“What Jordy...”

“I really am sorry man.”

“Yea I know me to…think I’ll be able to walk normally after practice…”

Jordan just walked off laughing…

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New Hair, New Career… but now she needed some money. It wasn’t that she didn’t have any.  She had a bunch in savings that she had always planned on using to get out of town but that was also to build a life with Peter…a life that wouldn’t be happening now. She wouldn’t be in school all the time…and she knew she would get bored with nothing to do…When she got bored he mind always drifted back to that night, the night she didn’t want to think about anymore.

She had already walked into to a few retail places but hadn’t had any luck what so ever. Someone had told her to try the Pens store…whatever the hell that was but they had given her directions and a name so hopefully it would pay off.

She got the address that had been given to her and just looked up…it was an arena…sports…definitely not her strong suit but who knew maybe it would work.  Walking in it wasn’t very busy a few people here and there but there was a line forming outside the door. She wasn’t here for that…well at least she didn’t think she was so she walked past everyone.

“Hey..you…”

She turned around almost scared to see someone she knew from home…since that was the way everyone had started greeting her.  Luckily it was just someone in line…someone she didn’t know.

“The back is down that way..”

“I’m not here for whatever you are… I’m here for a job.” She turned around and right into someone of course getting a few laughs from those behind the ropes.

‘Great you start right now”

Somebody Like You: Prolouge

Prologue…

Looking out the window at the city, the city I know called home. I knew the one thing that had to get done was the bed…the bed had to be set up.

It wasn’t because I was tired. I didn’t even really expect to sleep really. That was something I had given up on awhile ago, but I’d be lying if that skyline I couldn’t take my eyes off of didn’t give me hope that good night sleep existed.

It had been that way for months. Barely sleeping, always watching, and wondering when if it was going to happen again. I had gotten used to it. I didn’t let not sleeping bother me…much. Hell I was even accepting that this life was, especially for people like me.  I had even gotten good at hiding the dark circles, the always looking over my shoulder. I got so good at hiding things that the people I felt almost comfortable around stopped asking how I was doing, if I was ok.

I really tricked them into thinking that I was better, that my life hadn’t been shattered into pieces that night 7 months ago. I wonder what they thought, said when they saw that note on my old door.

I’m leaving. I have to. I can’t really be myself here, at least not anymore. I’m not sorry that I am leaving because it is for the best, for everyone who is involved. I am sorry that I am just leaving those of you who stood by me these past 7 months, the ones who still cared & and only wanted to help.

                For Now, Maybe Always,

                Finley

That letter was nothing but the truth. I had to leave West Virginia, and the way I left was the only way I could think of. I had been looking and planning when I was alone. Not one person had any idea what I had been thinking, I didn’t want to tell anyone, in case they heard, in case he would come and find me.

What I wanted most was to even see if it was even possible to be my…my old self again.

Just A Bit About The Story

Wanting to leave her life in West Virginia Finley finds herself In Pittsburgh trying to forget her past. On her journey she meets some very special Penguins...One even tries to steal her heart...

Even With the Past Can She Find The Strength to Move On And Love Alex....