Trying to Score by Toni Aleo

Everything will come into light sooner than later.”
    Elli didn’t say anything right away, but then Elli said what Fallon knew in her heart she would say. “Okay, just let me know if you need anything.”

Chapter 4
    How Lucas had done it would always been a mystery to Fallon.
    She stood in the middle of her dorm room in complete awe. Every surface of the room was covered in little pink post-it notes with what he said was all the reasons he loved her. There had to be over a hundred of them!
    Fallon walked around the room, reading each one.
    I love you because you are there for me.
    I love you because of your laugh.
    I love you because you believe in me.
    I love you because of your integrity.
    I love you because you love my mom.
    I love you because just like how you warm my hand when we are sleeping, you warm my heart just with one look.
    I love you because you are great in bed…haha.
    I love you because you are mine.
    I love you because you play goalie for me, even though you are scared shitless of the puck.
    Fallon’s smile grew wider with every one she read. Lucas was incredibly sweet. It was their two-year anniversary and he was in New York for a game and still had done all this for her. How did she get so lucky to be with a man that loved her so much?
    In the middle of her bed was a big bouquet of white lilies with some kind of red flower she had never seen in her life in the middle. All around the bouquet were little wrapped boxes, so she tore into each one, finding a different shade of her favorite lip gloss in each box. In the last box, there wasn’t a tube of lip gloss but a ring. It wasn’t an engagement ring, but it still took Fallon’s breath away. It was platinum with small pink diamonds lining the whole band. When she looked inside the ring, there was an inscription.
    For the woman that takes my breath away – love you, Lucas.
    Fallon’s heart warmed as tears rushed down her cheeks. She slid the ring on her finger quickly before she tore open the card, and then the tears came faster as she read.
    My Fallon,
    I could go on for days telling you the reasons I love you. I love you because I do, because you are my everything. The flower is a Kadupul flower and it’s the rarest flower that I could find. I got it because you are the rarest person I have ever met. You blow my mind with your awesomeness and I just love you Fallon, more than you’ll ever believe.
    Happy Anniversary baby, here’s to a hundred more.
    Love, Lucas.
    Fallon dug her phone out of her pocket and saw that Lucas was probably on the ice, but she had to tell him thank you — she would leave him a voicemail. It only rang twice before someone surprisingly answered. The roar of a crowd filled the phone as the guy yelled into the phone.
    “ Ms. Parker, just a second, he is finishing up his line. He’ll be off…now.”
    “ Oh my God,” Fallon said breathlessly as she heard the phone being transferred. He had someone waiting for her call? He was perfect!
    “ Happy Anniversary, baby girl,” Lucas said and then Fallon heard the guys razzing him.
    “ Oh my God, Lucas, you’re amazing. I only got you that stick you wanted with my name on it!”
    His laughter rang over the phone. “And I loved it. I’m sorry I didn’t call earlier.”
    “ It's okay, I love you.”
    “ I love you more, baby girl,” he said with all the love in the world in his voice, “so much more.”
    “ Go score for me?”
    “ I’m always scoring for you.”
    “ I do love you Lucas.”
    “ And I love you.”
    It was sad really, that a post-it note that said ‘You have two messages’ was what triggered that memory. Rob, Fallon’s assistant, always used post-it notes to tell her things and would leave them on her computer screen. It was the first time Rob had done it since Lucas had come to Nashville and when she saw the little pink post-it note, her breath caught as that moment came back to her.
    It had been a month since Lucas had come home.
    A long,