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Cross-Checked ~ Chapter Ten

Andy Barber x OFC Leighton "Leia" Andrews

Summary:

Andy Barber is having the best year of his life. His game is on point. It’s gets to play with his best friend and his fiancé just... dumped him?!.

Reeling from a sudden change in status, Andy decides it’s time to just focus on hockey. Until his best friend's sister comes out with news that rock the entire organizations world.,

Andy has always carried a torch for the untouchable Leighton but in her hour of need, is now the time to shoot and score or risk getting cross - checked again?

Warnings: Cheating (but not by the MCs); slow burn; friends to lovers eventually; SMUT!; pregnancy; jealousy; handsome goalies, evil exes...

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Previous: Chapter Nine ~ It's Complicated ~ Jeremy/Leia

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Chapter Ten ~ He Had It Coming ~ Andy

Andy

Sitting at home alone was now just pathetic.

I missed Leia so much. My words hurt her, hurt her so badly that I could see it the moment it happened. I had never spoken to her like that ever. The look on her face will haunt me forever. Why? Why would I talk to her like that? I know that Swayman is making her happy and I should want that for her. But he’s also not a good guy and I just didn’t want to see her get hurt.

But now she’s not speaking to me, and I only see her in glances at practice or during a game. She’s been avoiding me as much as possible, though I don’t blame her. Luke has been pestering me about why she’s been in a mood but fuck that. I’m not telling him. He would literally kill me for making his sister cry.

So now I find myself alone in the big, Leia-less house, wishing I had done things differently. I miss my best friend. I had just shut off all the lights and was heading for my room when there was a knock at the door. God, I hope it wasn’t Luke. If he was having trouble with Miranda, I don’t know what my reaction would be. I groan and head back down the stairs. I don’t check out the window and just open the door.

But I’m surprised to what I found.

“Hi.”

The most beautiful sight is in front of me. Leia. “Princess? You lose your key?”

She’s playing with her fingers. Oh shit. That is her tell. “No,” she says quietly. “But I didn’t want to just walk in when I have been such a brat with you. I’m sorry.”

I watch the tears fill her eyes and her bottom lip quiver. “Leia, I’m the one who should be sorry.” I pull her into my arms, and she begins to cry. “Princess, I’m so sorry. I shouldn’t have spoken to you like that. I should have been your best friend and supported you and I’m just... sorry.”

I walked us into the house, and I sat her down on the couch. She hiccups a little and I go grab her a water. “Thanks,” she whispers. I can see that she’s been upset for a while.

“Leia, are you ok?”

She shakes her head. “No. Just a lot of things, I guess.” She drops a hand to her belly and that’s when I noticed. She’s showing.

“I’m sorry sweetheart.”

A flash of heartbreak crossed her beautiful eyes. “Don’t call me that. Just call me Princess, ok?”

“Ok. So, my Princess has her belly now, huh?” I smile as I reach out my hand, wanting to distract her. “May I?”

She gives a small smile. “Yeah. I don’t feel them yet, but it feels weird.”

I touch her belly with reverence. She's growing a life in there and soon, we’ll know what it is. “Hello, little one.” I sit there, hoping to feel something but all I feel is a tremble. I look up to see tears streaming down my Leia’s face. “Leia?”

“He told me he would be there. That he cared.” She took a shuddering breath. “Umm... Jeremy and I are no longer seeing each other. Apparently, I was wrong that he wanted a relationship with me.” The last words came out in a sob as she leaned forward into my chest. “He slept with someone else and told me that he couldn’t be a father and that I was ruining his reputation. I wasn’t worth it,” she cries, and I held her tight to me.

I am raging. I am seeing red. I knew this fucker would hurt her and yet, he did so much worst.

He broke her.

I rock her as she cries, running my hands over her back and just letting her cry. I’m dreaming of the different ways I will be detaching Swayman’s head from his body. He knew the risks of seeing Leia and he was still his cocky asshole self in the end. As I feel her calm, I press my lips to her head. “I’ve got you Princess, I’ve always got you.”

“Why won’t they love me, Andy? What did I do for them to hate me?” She thinks it's her. That the choices of these douchebags not choosing her at the end is her fault.

“They don’t see the best parts of you, Leia. If they don’t see it, they don’t deserve you. You are a strong, independent, kick-ass social media manger, businesswoman, sister, daughter and friend. And one day, someone will see all of it and not be stupid and make you theirs.” I cup her cheek, so she looks at me. “You deserve to be treated like a queen. Don’t settle for less.”

A small smile graces her beautiful lips. “Thank you, Andy.” She wiped her cheeks. “I’m going to concentrate on my baby and my business. I don’t need a man to do those things. I just need you and Luke and Stella and Miranda and I don’t need anyone else.”

I gave her a smile, even though it hurt a little. She still needed me but not as a lover. But it’s ok, because as long as I have her in my life, I don’t need anything else. “C’mon, Warrior Princess, let’s get a snack and then its bedtime.” I got up and gave her my hand.

“Can you stay with me until I fall asleep?” She turned those big green eyes on me, and I’m doomed.

“Anytime you want Princess.”

She’s back and she’s talking to me again. It's a win. I’ll take it and tomorrow I’ll deal with the raging heat that’s simmering below.

Leia woke up and made breakfast and it's like she never left. She’s quiet but not as despondent as she was last night. “You ok, Princess?”

“No, but I will be,” she said as she speared a piece of fruit.

I sighed. “You have an appointment coming up. Is it an ultrasound? Do you still want me to go?”

This perks her up a bit. “Yeah, they might be able to tell what the baby is.”

“Have a preference?” I took a sip of coffee with a smile. I loved her excitement when it came to the baby.

“No, healthy is good. I just want to plan the room and names and stuff.” She looked down at her phone and let out a soft curse. “I’m sorry Andy, I totally forgot I have a meeting with a potential new client. It's a finance company, so new challenge.”

“Go, I’ll clean up here. I have practice and a meeting with my agent but after, wanna grab a late lunch?”

“Sure!” She ran out of the room and up the stairs.

I grimaced but was happy she wouldn’t be at practice. I had a goalie to confront.

As team captain, I have to set an example to the rest of the team. I fight for them on the ice with the refs and I am their shoulder to lean on off the ice. I take this very seriously. I will protect all of my team, from the players, to the trainers and our support staff. I want to be that person my team relies on.

Today, however, I think I might become the one they fear.

I had told Coach that I was running late because of an appointment with Leia. I needed to take a moment to remind myself that murder is bad. But blowing up Swayman’s world would be a nice consolation prize.

Everyone was already on the ice, shooting the breeze while Coach got prepared. I stretched and dressed. Luke was waiting for me at the end of the hallway. “Everything good, bro?”

“Everything is fine,” I growl out. I grabbed my twig and start skating around. Luke pulls up next to me.

“Andy, what is it?” I keep skating, not wanting to lose it on my best friend. He’s going to be pissed. I keep my head down just as I pass the net when I hear, “yeah, she was banging.”

Swayman.

I come to a complete stop and look at him. “Who was banging?”

Jeremy has a flash of uncertainty cross in his eyes before he smiles again. “This chick I hooked up with. She was wild in the sack last night.”

“Oh,” I kept my face neutral. “This is after you dumped Leia and after you cheated on her, right? Nice.”

I swear every single skate stopped to stare at the standoff between me and Swayman. I actually think I managed to shut Luke up the longest.

“Leia and I weren't a couple. We dated but we weren’t exclusive,” Jeremy defended himself.

“Oh, so telling her that you would be there for her, be with her for the baby, acting like her boyfriend but really what was your motive? Screw her and then dump her? She is one of us!” A collective intake of breath happens.

“Jeremy, tell me that isn’t true?” Linus Ullmark says.

“It's not only true but I had Leia sobbing all night because of this asshat,” pointing at Swayman.

“Why the fuck do you care, Barber? I had bigger balls than you to ask her out and date her. She was asking to be fucked, acting like a slut. She was ready to give me everything and then she dropped the truth bomb that she’s pregnant! She is a whore, wanting to sleep with someone else when she has a baby daddy. At least I didn’t fuck her, you should be thankful for that. You won’t have to deal with my sloppy seconds. Or thirds, I guess,” he said with a smirk.

I tried to lunge at him, but a couple of the guys stopped me.

No one saw Luke.

He put everything into that punch. Jeremy dropped to the ice as more guys work to stop Luke from pummeling his ass into the ground. “You fucking asshole! That’s my baby sister you are messing with!” Luke screams. He’s thrashing in the arms of our defensemen while Linus is helping Jeremy up. Swayman’s got a bloody nose and a split lip.

“Fuck you, Andrews. You told me I could go for it. Blame your-fucking-self!” He tries to go for Luke but Ullmark and my other assistant captain, Marchand, hold him back.

“That’s enough!” The coach walks over to us. “Swayman, go to the trainer's room and get cleaned up. Andrews,” he looks him up and down, “meet me in my office after practice. Barber, you too.”

Like I said, I’ll do anything to protect my team. But not when a teammate is a detriment to the rest of us.

Coach is furious when we walk into his office after practice. Jeremy never made it back to practice and I worry that Luke is about to be suspended for it. He’s holding an ice pack to his knuckles; they’re already turning black and blue. Coach looks at us and then at the chairs in front of his desk. We take that as the order to sit and do it. “I don’t even know what to say.” He glares at us. I think he is trying to dare us into speaking, but I am no fool. Doing that would be suicide.

The door opens and one of the trainers pokes his head in. “Sorry coach, you wanted to know...”

“Yeah?” Coach continues to glare at us.

“It’s not broken but bruised pretty good. At least one,” doc said.

“Thanks.” The trainer closed the door and Coach sighed. “You two are both very lucky. Because I was about to bench your asses for however long he would be out.”

Luke starts, “but Coach...” I grab his arm and shake my head.

“I want a reason why my captains are fighting with their goalie. Barber, this is your team and you’re starting fights?”

“Sir, I didn’t start the fight. I started an argument,” I replied in a steady tone. “Whether or not I was ready to throw down is up for debate.” I keep my eyes with his.

“I want to know the reason,” he seethes.

I look at Luke, who nods. I sigh. “Swayman made a couple of comments about Andrews’s sister. I took offense to them because she is one of my best friends. He then made a derogatory remark about her. That’s when my teammates stopped me but neglected to account for Luke.”

“Derogatory how?”

I forgot that Coach has daughters. “I’d rather not repeat it. You can ask him if you’d like to, but I refuse to say it.”

Coach sighs and sits down. This feels like sixth grade all over again when Luke and I got hauled to the principal’s office for fighting. I mean, Tommy Deroux had it coming after pushing Leia to the ground in the playground. The suspension was worth it when he had to apologize to her in front of the whole school. “I really don’t know how to handle this. I get it, she’s your sister, but they are also adults, and they made their choices.”

“Sir, you didn’t have your sister or best friend sobbing in your arms last night. It took everything to come in and not start something right away. I was going to let it go because you’re right. They made this decision to date together. But I protect everyone on this team, whether their job is on the ice or not. I will not let the disrespect that happened to another employee go unaddressed.”

Coach looks at me warily. Then at Luke. “One game, Andrews. You sit for one game for throwing the punch. What happens outside of my arena is not my problem. Now get out of my office.”

I stood up with Luke and went back to the locker room. We grab our stuff to change since we just dressed in sweats after we showered. “One fucking game,” Luke says.

“You’re lucky it's not more.” I pulled on my hoodie. “There was a reason I didn’t say anything before practice.” I grabbed my wallet and keys. “She was heartbroken last night.”

“But that’s my sister, man.”

“And I have to think about what’s best for the team. You got your hit in, let it go.” I turned around and felt my balls retreat into my body. Luke turned at my silence and froze.

Leia glared at us. “Wanna explain to me why Marchand is calling me and letting me know that my brother threw a punch at practice?”

Oh shit.

Can I just comment here that Leia has her mom look down?

“Princess...” she raised her hand up to stop me and never took her eyes off of Luke. I feared for my best friend, and I took a step back.

“Lucas Michael Andrews, what the fuck are you thinking?”

“Cubby, listen...” he looked at me but I looked down. He sighed. “Swayman crossed the line at practice, and you can’t expect me to not defend your honor.”

Leia had a horrified look on her face. “What was he saying?”

I jump in. “Nothing Princess. It's been handled and I want you to put it out of your mind, ok?” I pulled her into my arms for a hug. “I promise, it's been handled, and Coach gave the punishments and life here will go back to normal.”

Whatever that looks like.

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Cross-Checked ~ Chapter 14

Andy Barber x OFC Leighton "Leia" Andrews

Summary:

Andy Barber is having the best year of his life. His game is on point. It’s gets to play with his best friend and his fiancé just... dumped him?!.

Reeling from a sudden change in status, Andy decides it’s time to just focus on hockey. Until his best friend's sister comes out with news that rock the entire organizations world.,

Andy has always carried a torch for the untouchable Leighton but in her hour of need, is now the time to shoot and score or risk getting cross - checked again?

Warnings: Cheating (but not by the MCs); slow burn; friends to lovers eventually; SMUT!; pregnancy; jealousy; handsome goalies, evil exes...

A/N: The tag list is open!

Dividers by @firefly-graphics

Banners by me!

Previous: Chapter 13: Fit For A Princess

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Chapter 14: Mother Knows Best

Andy

Week 26

I’ve always appreciated Luke and Leia’s parents. Their father would be at every game until he passed. Their mother, Monica, would drive us to the early morning practices and take Leia to figure skating lessons. They took me in when my dad bailed, and my mom had to work nights to support us.

Monica was my support when Mom died and I was a scared 20-year-old, on my own for the first time. I had every respect for her.

Until I was 25 at least.

That’s when she checked out of all of our lives, Leia especially.

Monica had it in her mind that she needed to remarry rich to support her children. Her children that are amazing all on their own. She had a superstar son, who could have taken care of her and a daughter that started her own business. But to Monica, Leia’s smarts were not enough for a woman in a man’s world. She believed Leia needed to give up her dreams and marry someone who will take care of her.

This broke Leia for a long time.

Luke and I did our best to hold Leia up while she dealt with the ramifications of her mother’s words. It unfortunately led to Bret and well here we are. We had gotten her past it. I thought I had made her happy. We were going to be a real family now.

I did not have Monica Andrews on my bingo card.

“Mom? What are you doing here?” Leia was standing at the door, gripping it like her life depended on it. I moved quickly to be behind her.

“Hi Mrs. Andrews.”

“It's DeLaurentis, now, Andrew. Leighton, my goodness, you have really popped.”

I flinch at the backhanded compliment. “Umm, come on in, Mrs. DeLaurentis.” I pulled Leia with me to allow her mother in. I looked at Leia and she shrugged with a confused look that must have matched mine. I moved when she made it to the living room. “Mrs. DeLaurentis, these are my teammates, Linus Ullmark, Brad Marchant and David Pasternak and you remember Stella and Miranda. Guys, this is Luke and Leia’s mother, Monica DeLaurentis.”

Everyone greets her and she says her hellos. She turns back to Leia. “May I speak to you alone, Leighton?” I don’t like the way she says my girl’s name. Like its a swear word. It grinds my nerves.

As they walked into my office, I had a bad feeling in my stomach. I turned to Miranda. “Get Luke back on the phone.”

Leia

I was still in shock that my mother was back in town, and she was married. I don’t remember being invited to that. “I’m surprised to see you, Mother.”

“Well, I’ve been busy.”

I looked at her left hand and the giant diamond on her finger. “I can see that. Congratulations.” I stopped. “You married Summer’s father?”

My mother looks put out by my question. “Its not like he’s still married.”

“Mother, his wife died less than a year ago.” I was incredibly annoyed with her. Monica Andrews, sorry, DeLaurentis, had not been a shallow woman before my father died. She had been the typical stay at home mom that you see on old 50’s TV shows, apron and all. She had been my best friend, like any little girl would have. It was great. Until my dad died. She lasted five years. By the time I was 20, she was gone.

“Don’t talk to me like that Leighton,” my mother huffed. “How come your brother isn’t here?”

“He was named the Bruins all-star so he’s in Toronto right now.”

“Well, I would like to meet with both of you at the same time.” She looked at me up and down again. “We have some things to talk about.”

Andy walked in right them. “Mrs. DeLaurentis, it’s Luke.” He handed her the phone.

“Lukas, when do you come back?... Well, I don’t want to have this conversation twice... The day you get back would be best...” She handed the phone back to Andy. “I’ll meet you on Monday at the Cafe,” she said to me. “Apparently, we have a lot to discuss.”

I wasn’t sure if that was going to be a good thing or a bad. “Like what?”

“I’d rather not say since you have company or rather Andrew has company.” She gave a distasteful look to us. ��I’ll see myself out.” She turned without a goodbye.

My knees were shaking and I grabbed onto the island. Andy saw me and immediately put his arms around me. “Hey, baby, take a breath.”

“She didn’t even ask about the baby or anything,” I whispered. “I don’t want to go alone.”

Andy snorted. “Like there was a chance that I would let you. The three of us will go, just like always, ok?” He cupped my face. “I won’t let anything happen.”

If only I could believe him.

Monday comes and I don’t want to get out of bed. I was in and out of sleep but Andy cuddled up next to me, running his hand through my hair and I was asleep. Cheeky brat knows how to calm me. I groan when the alarm goes off.

“Sorry, my queen. I have a team meeting.” He kissed my head, but I grabbed onto his arm.

“No, you are warm and you’re comfy. Mine.” I snuggle deeper into his chest and Andy lets out a low laugh.

“I am yours, my queen, but I still have to get up. You wanted me to wake you so you could get ready for lunch with your mom.” He kissed my nose. “Something about wanting to have that pregnancy glow so she couldn’t be a bitch about it.”

I vaguely remember saying that to him, but he is right. After the awful look she gave me about my bump, I don’t want to go in there looking anything less than perfect.

The relationship between my mother and myself is complicated at best. When my dad died, my mom tried to be strong for us. But it was like half of her soul left with him. My dad was smart, there was savings and a life insurance policy. But my mother got it in her head that she needed to find a way to provide for us. But she didn’t want to get a job. She had been a housewife and that’s all she assumed she knew.

And that’s all she wanted for me.

As I pull on the pale pink sweater dress and leggings, my mind drift to the day after Bret and I split.

“Why are you breaking up? He will be a wonderful partner and provider for you Leighton.” My mom sips her tea at the hotel we met at. Yeah, you heard me, hotel. Because my mother left the house my father had built for her. Lucky that Luke bought it from her otherwise our childhood home would be long gone.

“That is not what I want from my life Mother. I want a partner to grow with me, help me, not treat me like I’m a servant. Daddy didn’t raise me like that.”

“You have no idea what your father wanted,” she retorted. “Bret is handsome, wealthy...”

“Controlling, egotistical, narcissistic,” I finished for her. “He’s in Tokyo and he belittled me and dreams.”

“I think you are making a mistake Leighton.”

Andy pulls up to the hotel where they are serving afternoon tea. I’m grateful as I am not allowed more than one cup of coffee a day, which is a tragedy onto itself. I see Luke sitting in the lobby. “Why didn’t you go inside?”

“And be alone with the Mother? Do you hate me, Cubby?” He gives me a soft hug. “Missed you.”

“You were gone for four days,” Andy says as they man-hug. “Let’s not make her wait or suffer her wrath.”

Andy guides me with his hand on the small of my back, Luke leading the way. My mom is sitting at a table with Kyle DeLaurentis. Fuck my life. The new stepfather. I try not to have a sour face because I don’t need to hear it from her. “Hi Mother.”

“Leighton, Lucas and Andrew, this is a surprise.” She gave us air kisses before she turned to Kyle. “This is Kyle, my husband.”

Andy moves first. “Mr. DeLaurentis, it's nice to see you again. Andrew Barber.”

“I’ve been watching Andrew. Bruins are looking good. Lukas,” he offers his hand to Luke to shake. “Congratulations on the All Star nomination.”

“Thanks,” Luke says tightly.

“This is my daughter, Leighton,” my mom says.

“Leighton, you look beautiful,” taking my offered hand and kissing my knuckles. I try not to shudder at the ick factor that I am getting from Kyle. I went to school with his daughter, Summer, and spent time with their family and I hadn’t felt this before but now I do. Andy, thankfully, pulls a chair for me between him and Luke and we sit as the waiter starts to take orders.

“Andrew, can I ask why you decided to join us today?” my mother asked.

He shrugs. “Leia asked me to come.”

The waiter drops the drinks and an uncomfortable silence. My mother clears her throat and took a sip of her tea before she said, “you are living with Andrew now.” Not a question.

I looked at her. “Yes, I am.”

She scoffed. “An unmarried, pregnant woman living with a man that is not the father.”

I can feel Andy tense next to me. “Yes, she is. Except Leia and I are now together.”

My mother gives us a sharp look. “And what about Bret?”

“What about him? He left me, I told him I am pregnant. I never got a response. I’ve moved on with someone who loves and cares for me and my daughter.” Andy takes my hand and gently squeezes to try and calm me.

“Love, please relax,” he whispers. I try to take a deep breath, but she doesn’t let up.

“You should be with the father, Leighton. A baby cannot be raised in a broken home.”

“It’s not broken! She has a father! Andy is the father!” I stand up and move to the bathroom, trying not to cry. How can she say that? Our family is not broken. Me and Andy and Luke and Miranda are our own family. We make it perfect. The tears flow as I hit the door. I make it and take a few minutes to myself, letting the tears fall. Once I can gather myself, I clean up my face and head out. And ran right into my mother.

“That display was embarrassing, Leighton,” she says sternly.

“Embarrassing for whom? You?” I swallow the yell that wants to come out. “I am not some helpless woman who needs a man to take care of her. I have my business, I have my work with the team, I have Luke and I have Andy. Andy, who knows everything and still loves me. He loves my daughter, even if she isn’t biologically his. You have changed so much since Daddy died that I don’t even recognize you. You’re like a super Stepford wife and you only care about money and status.”

“You have no idea what it's like for your partner to die and leave you with two children to raise!”

“Raise? I was 14 when dad died. You didn’t raise me. You left us! I refuse to do that to my daughter.”

“You ungrateful little brat!” I saw my mother raise her hand and I went to block her when another hand stopped her.

“What the fuck do you think you are doing Mother? “Luke was raging at his mother. “Leia has gestational hypertension, and you are doing this? You need to leave!”

“Lucas, how can you treat your mother this way?”

“Easy. When someone is being a complete bitch to their daughter, I can easily make the right choice. Until you can apologize to Leia, stay away from her, don’t call.”

“Lucas,” she cries.

“I get it. You lost it when dad dies but that is no excuse.”

Andy had been holding me and he turned me to walk out of the hotel as the tears fell. I knew my mother had changed but it was shocking to see it. My mother had never tried to strike me before.

But she would no longer be a part of my life.

Suddenly, a sharp pain flashed through my body and I stopped and cried out. “Leia?” Andy holds me to him. “Baby, what’s wrong?”

“I don’t know,” I cried. Andy lifted me up as Luke ran for the car. “Andy?”

“Its gonna be ok, baby. We’re gonna get you to the hospital.” He kisses my head as Luke pulls up. Andy puts me in the car, climbs in after me and Luke races away.

Please let my baby be ok.