My NHL Exs best friend and his brothers

I walked into the elevator with my arms full of bags, my sweats hanging dangerously low on my hips, but I couldn't pull them up without dropping the bags in my hand. My short, blond hair was styled into a Viking look, featuring small braids on each side and a larger braid down the middle, which highlighted my undercut. I quickly pressed my floor number, hoping i could reach my room without stopping. 'Let me help you with those,' I jumped and yelled out a yelp, dropping all my bags to the floor. I could hear a low baritone laughing as my eyes connected with the reflection of a man in the silver walls. I turned and stared, stuck in my state of shock as deep gray eyes met mine. f**k was he hot. I studied him as he took in the hot mess I was in that moment, with an amused smile on his lips. He was wearing dark wash jeans and a black t-shirt that hugged his body so tightly I could see the outline of what I assumed was a six-pack. My eye wandered back up slowly. Omg those lips looked so soft. I licked my lips pulling myself out of a daze. 'I'm so sorry....I didn't see you...you don't have to pick those up I'm just taking them to my room....' I stopped dead as he pulled the black silky bra off the ground. 'I...I....I'm so sorry,' I squeaked. 'That's for my New Year's outfit....I mean that's....*sigh* can I take that one...?' 'It's not a problem I'm on the same floor.' I could feel the heat deepening on my cheeks and neck I'm sure I looked like a tomato by now. 'I'm heading to the hot tub with some of the guys would you like to join us?' I looked at him contemplating. I didn't really come here to get mixed up with anyone but I wanted to let loose tonight. I'm also 100% sure Kim would never let me live this one down if I said no. 'That sounds great, I'll see you in a bit...?' 'Conner he smirked. The elevator chose that moment to ding. Conner followed me out as I walked to my room. 'Thank you so much, sorry I caused you all this trouble.' He dropped the bags at my door, giving me an award-winning smile before running his fingers through his sandy blond hair. 'That's no problem, I don't mind, I'll see you later?' I gave him a gentle smile and nodded shipping my room key as he went down the hall. 'Finally, you took forever!' My friend wailed as I opened the door. Her hair was a light brown that hung down past her shoulders in tight curls with brown eyes. Still in her rubber ducky pjs, she had on when I left. 'Yeah, I met this guy, he and his friends are staying in the hotel, and invited us to the hot tub in a few.' kims eyes widened, 'Are they like sharing hot or regular hot?' I laughed at my friend's old engagement when we were just little kids. We both crushed on the same boy in our grade, and we agreed to split the week in half so we could both date him on different days and keep from fighting. Thankfully, we never did date him and have never had a crush on the same guy since. 'I can tell you right now there's no way I would share a body like that.' Giving her a small wink as I walked by to fish out my black swimsuit. The best part is that it perfectly matched the tattoos that cover both of your legs and arms. 'Oh my' Kim flopped onto the bed dramatically pulling out a horrible southern accent, 'whatever shall we do?' I shook my head at her and threw her swimsuit at her, which was lazily lying on the chair. 'Let's go down and find out' I was just pulling on my robe when I heard a knock on the door. I rushed to answer it, forgetting Kim was still mid-change beside me. As soon as I opened the door, 3 guys looked over me in shock, mouths hanging open. 'Ummm...' Conner trailed off. I looked over my shoulder realizing Kim was pulling on her purple bottoms with her back to us. 'Oh shit...fuck...' I mumbled stepping out and closing the door. 'Don't you guys dare say anything she will have my head.' That seemed to snap them out of it, now they were staring at my front with my robe open. '..sh...shall we?' One of them mentioned stammering out. He was tall, the tallest of the three, maybe 6 4. With light sandy brown hair and ocean blue eyes. Black shorts hanging dangerously low on his hips. 'Kim, we are heading out. See you down there!' I could hear her grunt from the other side of the door to acknowledge me. I continued to the elevator while the guys stepped in behind me. I reached over and pressed the button for the roof, briefly making eye contact with the giant as a deep blush tinted his cheeks. I leaned toward the elevator door as it slowly crept up the floors, seeming to take forever. 'So...' I mumbled trying to think of a conversation that might interest the three godlike hunks in front of me. 'OH s**t where are my manners?' Conner started sporting his award-winning grin. 'This here is Mike, we work together,' he pointed to the tall guy who couldn't seem to look my way without blushing. 'He can be a little quiet, and this here is Jax.' Jax looked at me like he was calculating my every move, his deep blue eyes looked like they could see into my soul, a striking feature against his dark brown, almost black hair. 'It's nice to meet you all, what brings you to the big city? New year or business?' I asked, generally curious, as I tried to give them the warmest smile I could muster. Jax gave me a scoff at my question 'Actually, business we are here for work' I gave Conner a genuine smile, happy to break the quietness of the elevator. 'We are here mainly for pleasure although we are going to a hockey game later on in the week.' Mike murmured, still not making direct eye contact. 'OH!' I beamed 'the one next Sunday? The boys and I are actually going to that after their hockey camp. They won't stop talking about it!' 'OH really,' Jax snorted, rolling his eyes, 'you follow hockey, and who are these boys, just out romancing playing the field while your boy toy sits at home clueless.' My face paled at the sudden turn of events. My heart sank as I thought about my ex-brother-in-law and all the hell he put them through. I could hear Conner starting to give Jax s**t about being impolite, but I couldn't quite make out the exact words. 'That's alright to assume,' I started putting on the cheery face I had perfected over the years. 'However, I have no adults waiting for me at home, I've been single for a few years now. Time just seems to get away from me, making sure I make my nephew's childhood memorable. Something I didn't have much of.' 'I'm sure you're doing great,' Conner piped up before anyone else could get in edge-wise. 'Any kid would be lucky to have an aunt thats willing to dedicate so much time to them.' The rest of the ride, no one dared bring up another subject, scared to jump on each other's toes again, although I didn't understand why they seemed to think I was out chasing men. Maybe with their good looks women use any excuse to get close to them? The sound of the elevators opening caused me to let go of a breath I didn't know I was holding. We walked out through another door onto the rooftop of our hotel. The city lights sparked under us, the soft hum of the traffic moving through the city streets. The hot tub had its own twinkling lights over the top of it under the pergola with fake palms linking both sides on top of a wooden deck with seats. I slipped off my bathrobe before letting myself sink into the warm water and breathe in the steam. I looked up after a few moments and noticed the boys were frozen, staring at me. 'Are you joining or just staring at me?' Conner looked at the boys on either side of him before smiling and effectively jumping into the hot tub. I turned my head away with a squeal, the two boys still at the door staring at me like I had grown two heads while I tried to drown Conner by splashing as much hot water as possible on his head that had popped back out of the water. 'I see you started the party without me again,' my best friend joked. I hadn't noticed the elevator come back up until she appeared behind the seemingly flustered men. 'Kimmy, get your ass over here.' That seemed to bring the boys out of their daze, and they didn't take any more time before jumping into the tub. We spent the next hour laughing at each other and taking turns playing chicken. Kim and I could both be competitive when playing against each other, and the boys didn't hold back! Conner effectively took me aside and helped me while Mike was attached to Kim. I kept giving her knowing winks and the two of them hit it off. Every time he caught me, his whole face would light up like a red Christmas light. I loved them together and didn't want this moment to end. 'And the winner is, Kimmy and Mike....ahhh the crowd goes wild, ahhh' I screamed imitating a crowd base for the now second round chicken champions. Kim couldn't stop laughing causing her to fall off Mike's shoulders. 'Come on Kendal! It's time to get ready to whip up this one-horse city!' I must have lost track of time in all our horseplay. 'Thank God I have you to take care of the time I would have stayed until it was too late.' Kim just laughed at me. We excused ourselves and headed back down the elevator to our room. 'Oh my God, wasn't Mike so f*****g hot... those eyes are to die for and Holly s**t did you see those abs...I don't know what those guys do but dam i could take a dose of vitamin D from him anytime!' I laughed at my crazy friend not knowing tonight would change our lives forever.