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this is such a great question - thank you for sending it! firstly, it made my heart swell when mack said he was going to a BU game. i know the online sphere loves to talk about will and his BC history but BU meant a lot to mack too! and not just because i'm an alum and aiden is still there. when i realized BU had a home playoff game the day before the sharks game i was like oh hes so going to be there. and he was!!

secondly, i think they would've sat together! but idk if alessia would want to sit in a box you know? that's her community and she loves being out there with the fans. also, it was spring break (hence why there weren't many students at the game) so it's possible she wouldn't have been around campus / boston but because the sharks are in town to play the bruins tonight, i think she would've stuck around since they already dont get to see each other much in the season (i do have it in my head that alessia did fly to milan for the gold medal game and basically did a turn and burn that weekend, which is a story for another time!)

so tldr; i think they would've gone together and i think alessia would've either sat in the box (by mack's pleading and begging. and i do think toff still would've been there LOL) OR mack and toff would've sat in the crowd with alessia somewhere. honestly, i like the idea of the latter more, because i dont think alessia really wants to get any sort of special treatment. she's in that student section every weekend!! why would she!! and mack is down bad for her so he'd do whatever she wants to. so i picture them sitting in a section not for the students but also not in a box either.

i know from sources and things online that he was meeting fans and taking pics and signing stuff, and i think that stuff would still all happen! but also, at this point they've been dating for just over a year officially, so things have still been pretty quiet and between them and their loved ones (to both their choice) so maybe this is the first time fans have confirmation that he's dating someone. people speculated before (like people always speculate with willmack and other young players, which, ugh, but another convo for another day) but this was confirmation. and mack, being his anxious and overthinking self, did think about this and talk about it with alessia ("i want to go with you and sit with you, but people are going to talk") and alessia just straight up doesnt care. she knows people will talk. she's adjusted to the fact that her boyfriend is one of the biggest rising stars in the nhl and that he's dating her, someone he met in college. but alessia has a good head on her shoulders and ultimately, while agganis arena was mack's for a flash, it's also hers and BU hockey means so much to her. she's not going to pass up the opportunity to watch them with her boyfriend right next to her.

thirdly, i'm hoping to get at least a part two of them out soon! but if you've been here for awhile and been following my work, i'm always down to talk about any couple i write for because even if it's a one-off piece, i do care for them and always have a world i've crafted for them in my brain.

writing jack to me is a really, really big challenge in a fun way. how he's perceived among fans, media, etc is really interesting bc imo...there's not much there. yeah he can be a little bitchy, yeah he's blunt and sometimes a little rude, but as someone who is very close in age to him, he's like most guys i went to college with. as someone who works in media, i think it's partially our fault that jack's perceived as a bitch, but thats a thesis for another time

i also believe that who you choose to surround yourself with is a huge indicator of who you are. he loves quinn and luke and they love him. his little ntdp posse is generally good vibes. so even if we dont know much about jack, we can base some of it off who he loves. he loves his brothers so much - its so obvious when his face lights up talkign about them. he loves his team so much, and they love him. that says enough to me.

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Like most things, Grace Facciola will eventually learn, it all starts with Luke Hughes. 

Grace is sitting at an empty corner of the bar, nursing a glass of pinot grigio that she definitely deserves. She’s only really here as a favor to an old friend, filling in for an open mic night after the initial act had to cancel at the last minute. 

She just moved to New York City last week, so it’s not like she has many plans anyways.