Take A Chance On Me || William Nylander

Part LIII

"I'll try not to"

"That's all I want to hear" I said.

"What if getting injured is the only way to get your attention"

"You always have my attention" I told him.

"I don't like the distance"

I ducked under the water and washed the shampoo from my hair. Once my hair had no shampoo I looked at him and lightly touched his cheek. He looked at me and offered me a small smile.

"School keeps me in LA" I began telling him.

He nodded slowly.

"When I finish school we can talk about this. I would not mind moving to Toronto with you" I told him.

He smiled.

"You wouldn't?"

"I mean I doubt the Leafs would be stupid enough to trade you" I said.

"What about your career? I don't want you putting it on hold for me"

I laughed.

"Who says I would? Hopefully I can get a visa to work in Canada" I explained.

I reached for the body wash.

"How long is your Masters program?"

"I've got about a year and a half left" I replied.

He nodded.

"Ok, I can wait that long"

I smiled.

"We'll make it work" I assured him.

I began to wash my body and watched as he reached for the body wash.

"I love you"

"I love you too" I told him.

He smiled and frowned when we both heard the doorbell ringing. My phone started ringing a few seconds later, and he groaned as I reached for a towel once I had no soap on me. 

"Ignore it"

"It's my mom" I said.

I wrapped the towel around my body and got out of the shower. I wiped my hands and reached for my phone.

"Hello" I greeted.

"Mariana, I'm at your condo"

"I figured, I'm getting dressed right now so I'll be down in a second" I told her.

"Ok, hurry"

I ended the call and sighed.

"Can you call George and tell him to come over?" I asked Will.

He nodded.

"Yeah, just let me finish showering"

He reached for my hand.

"What's wrong?"

"I love you and I know you love what you do but please do not tell my mom you play in the NHL" I replied.

"Why?"

"Let her figure it out" I told him.

"Alright, go change"

He leaned forward and I met him halfway. I gave him a quick kiss before rushing out of the bathroom. I nearly tripped over Babe who was curled up in front of the door. I quickly closed the door to my room and changed into an outfit that my mom was probably going to hate. I dried my hair and ran a comb through it before going downstairs. I opened the door and smiled at my mom.

"You could have warned me that you were coming" I stated.

"You know me darling, I like showing up unannouced"

I nodded.

"Come on in" I told her.

I stepped back and let her in. I shushed Babe who growled from the stairs and decided to go up to the rooms. 

"Where's your boyfriend?"

"He's showering" I replied.

She hummed lightly and looked at me.

"Were you showering with him?"

"No, he literally just got into the shower when you called" I lied smoothly.

She nodded slowly and took a seat.

"Well your father certainly had good things to say about him"

"Yeah?" I asked.

"Yeah, he told me your boyfriend is Swedish"

"What else did he tell you?" I asked.

"He told me you met him in Toronto"

I nodded.

"So is he a businessman or something?"

I smiled.

"I'll let Will tell you himself" I said.

"Will, that's his name?"

"His name is William" I clarified. 

She nodded.

"Well I am excited to meet William. I called your brother, but he didn't answer"

George usually dropped what he was doing to talk with mom.

"He sent me a text a minute later saying he was with Jo. Who's Jo?"

"Jordyn" I replied.

She frowned and hummed. Mom liked having both her children with her when we saw her, she said it was because liked to know what both of us were doing.

A/N: Looks like Will is meeting Mariana's mom.