NHL IMAGINES

MATTHEW TKACHUK

Dear Y/N L/N,
We'd like to congratulate you on being accepted...

That was all you had to read before freaking out. You had gotten accepted into your first choice of graduate schools. You were so excited you didn't know how to properly react. You didn't know whether to feel happy or a little guilty. You and Mathew had a conversation before you applied for schools. You told him you would apply to the school closest to Calgary and forget about your dream school. He wanted you close enough so that he was still able to visit you without having to fly.

"Whatcha got there babe" Matthew says as he walks into the room

"My acceptance letter for the grad school" You said not going into details

He looked at the letter from over your shoulder, reading it.

"Babe that's fucking amazing. Congratulations!" He said as he picked you up and spun you around

He placed you down and grabbed the piece of paper getting a better look at it. He was quick to notice which school you have received it from. His mood quickly flipped.

"Wait babe. I thought you decided not to apply to this school. I thought you were going to apply to the one closer to Calgary"

You turned to him and got a little worried "I wanted to try my dream school first. I thought you'd understand"

"Of course I understand and of course I want you to be happy with your dream school but what about us?"

"What about us?" You questioned him

"You're going to be in a whole different country let alone city. I thought you wanted to stay here with me or at least stay as close as possible"

"Matthew I'm sorry but I didn't expect to get accepted. I'm also not turning it down. IT'S MY DREAM SCHOOL" you started to raise your voice

"What do you mean, you're not turning it down. If you love me you'd turn it down. I don't want you going there"

You looked at him in complete shock, not believing what came out of his mouth. "If you love me you'd be happy for me and support me because it's my dream. That's what I did for you" You said pulling the 'if you love me' card as well "I put my life on pause for you and your hockey. I'm putting myself first for once"

"I never told you to do that. You know what accept it but just know you aren't coming home to me"

"Wait what do you mean by that?" You hesitated to ask

"I mean its me or that school"

You once again couldn't believe what he said but instead of answering you just walked into your bedroom, grabbed a bag, packed some essentials.

"Are you serious Y/N? You're picking a school over this relationship?" He stopped you at the door

"No, I'm picking me over whatever this is. Because after the conversation we just had I don't think was much of a relationship. Goodbye Mathew, good luck in the future" Was the last thing you said before walking out the door

***

"Y/N, you decided if you're coming to that party later?" One of your friends asked

You shrugged your shoulders before saying "I don't know?"

"Come on it'll be just like old times" they said giving you the puppy dog look

It was your first day back in Calgary in the past two of years. You had a little bit of a longer break than you were used to so you decided to come home for most of it. You were in hopes of just relaxing and doing nothing but that. Your friends had other plans in mind.