Ten Minutes in the Sin Bin

Scottie McCord is a busy NHL player. And, as a forward, he doesn't do a lot of looking back. But when Elise Scofield moves to the same West Coast city he plays for, he can't help but reminisce about his first kiss with her.

I'm psyched Elise will be close by. She's a lot of fun, and I need to get the 411 on her breakup with Hunter. I thought wedding bells would be ringing for those two soon. If Hunter broke her heart, I may have to pay him a visit. I warned him when they first started dating that I would be none too happy with him if he hurt Elise. Not that I have a thing for her. Sure, that kiss when we were kids was the hottest moment of my life, but that's just because it was a first. She's like a sister to me now.

Elise Scofield is making a fresh start. She still loves Hunter, but they want different things and he's found someone else. A move to sunny California may be just what she needs, especially with Scott there.

Scottie and I have always been close, "two straws in a soda" is my mom's weird way of putting it. We'd gotten over that awkwardness of having kissed a long time ago, and fallen into an easy brother-and-sister-type of relationship. He's the best. Always there for me, the one who picks me up when I'm feeling down. And who knows? He might even introduce me to an eligible hockey player or two.

But when Scott's teammate says he'd like to spend TEN MINUTES IN THE SIN BIN with Elise, for some asinine reason, Scott becomes hot enough to melt the ice that he plays on. Then Elise and Sergei start dating. When Scott finds out his opposite winger is only trying to win a bet by bedding Elise, he wants to check his teammate into oblivion. But why are his feelings always so amped up around Elise?

One thing's for certain; he's determined to keep Sergei from hurting Elise. And when he's determined-like in his rookie year, when he made his team's list of top five goal scorers of all time-he gets what he wants.

The only problem, though, is this time around he's not sure what it is he actually wants.