Chapter 14

As soon as we walked back into he house Max walked up to Sid, who was talking to Holly, without hesitation. Logan and I were trying to talk him out of telling Sid but he wasn't listening to us.

"Sid man your father attacked them." Max stated very bluntly.
"What did he do this time?" Sid asked not looking very surprised at all.
"Just told them he knows they're using us and they should stay away from us if they know what's good for them."
Sid smiled at this. "That doesn't sound too bad at all."
"What do you mean that doesn't sound bad at all?" I piped up after getting the opposite reaction I thought we would get from him. "He was very scary with the tone he used and the look he gave me. I have half a mind to like never talk to you guys again so I can avoid him."
"I think that's what you should do." Holly snapped while glaring at me.
"Holly come on we're finishing our conversation in private." Sid snapped. "You guys stay here and I'll be back in like five minutes." Then him and Holly walked over to a corner where nobody else was around.
"What the hell?" I said. "What is this, yell at Brooke day?"
"Aah sweetie it's fine, the rest of us here likes you." Max said with a laugh.
"Man Troy is staring at us, what do we do?" Logan asked looking like a deer in headlights.
Max started laughing. "You guys are insane you know that?"

Just then we heard someone yell "fine" and everyone looked to see Holly grab her coat and open the door. Right before she walked out she turned, looked at Sid, and screamed: "You'll regret this!" at him before walking out and slamming the door behind her. He turned around facing everyone and turned a very bright shade of red when he realized everyone had seen what just happened. "Sorry guys." He said rubbing the back of his neck and walking away from everyone towards what I could only assume was his bedroom. After a few minutes everyone began mingling again like nothing had happened. I saw Troy looking dirctly and Logan and me. "I'm going to go see if he's OK, build the friendship again." I said getting a laugh from Logan and Max.

As I walked down a pretty long hallway I came out into another wing ot the house. I saw only one light coming from upstairs and followed it, ending up in the doorway of Sid's bedroom. I saw Sid laying on his back on the bed staring up at the ceiling. I knocked lightly on the door letting him know I was there without just barging in on him.

"Did you seriously not hear me clicking through that hallway? It's like every step I took echoed." I said getting a laugh from him. He then sat up on the bed putting his two feet on the floor.
"I did but I figured it was mom or Nathalie coming to check on me. Didn't really expect it to be you."
"Yeah I'm full of surprises like that." I responded as I went in and sat down next to him on the bed.
"That's intriguing actually." He said while smiling. "So how did everyone elect you to come talk to me after that?"
"Actually everyone just went back to normal after a couple of minutes. I don't think they really care about you." I said joking around with him.
"That hurts." He said laughing along with me. "So are you trying to say you're the only one cares about me or what?"
"Who said anything about me caring about you? I was just trying to avoid your father."
"Geez you're full of low blows tonight. Why are you avoiding him?"
"He's scary and he sent me too many weird looks for my liking so I wanted to get away from there before his looks sent me up in flames. He's a very scary man."
"Awe come on he's not so scary."
"Obviously not to you, you're his son he has to be nice to you."
"Well I'm glad this wasn't an attempt at trying to make me feel better because if so you're not good at it."
"Oh poor baby want to talk about his feelings." I began joking around again but decided to get serious. "Really what was that blow up about? I don't think I ever heard her speak let alone scream at you in front of everyone."
"Well...." he started only to be interrupted by someone saying his name. Just then his mom walked into the room.

"Hey mom." He said smiling at her.
"Hi Sidney, Brooke."
"Hi Mrs. Crosby."
"Please dear call me Trina." She said smiling at me. "Am I interrupting something?"
"God mom." Sid said beginning to blush. "She came to see if I was OK."
"Well you never know." she said with a big smile on her face. "I mean you're a young, handsome man and she's a very beautiful, young woman. Actually you do look really nice together."
"Oh wow." Sid said pretty loud and now blood red in the face. "Did you want something, other than to humiliate me?"
"Don't be so silly I didn't humiliate you. I came to see how you were but I see you have already been comforted." she said with a smile and winked at us as she walked away leaving us alone again.

"Holy polar opposites." I said referring to his parents and laughing at the same time.
"Yeah real funny. Is it just me or is it hot in here?" he asked while opening the sliding glass doors and walking out on the balcony. When he got out there he was facing away from me and was kind of bent over resting his two arms on the rail. I followed him out there and took the same position next to him on the rail.

"Wow, the city is really beautiful." I gasped when I saw the view he had from his balcony.
"Especially now that it's dark. Has to be one of the nicest places I've ever been to."

We just stood there in silence until he broke it a couple minutes later. "I broke up with her." He stated without taking his eyes away from the city.
"Oh my God, are you OK?"
"I'm fine."
"What happened, if you don't mind me asking?"
"Well for one she flipped out at me today because my father was a little mean to her."
"Honestly Sid he is pretty intense, it is pretty scary."
"I know it's not just that though. I kind of figured she didn't really like the guys because she used to complain about me wanting to hang out with them and then once we went out she wouldn't talk to anybody. And if I left her side for like a minute she would get pissed off and wouldn't talk to me until I gave in and would go home with her."
"I can see that being frustrating. Obviously you're going to want to hang out with the guys and you can't exactly spend every minute together. Everyone needs their space."
"Exactly, but after the way she acted today there was no way it would've worked. Going out and not talking to my friends is one thing but to snap at them is completely different, especially tonight being a celebration and all."
"So she snapped at more than just me tonight?"
"Yeah you, Max, Jordan, Army, and Vero. Who the hell snaps at Vero?"
"I know right, Vero's like the nicest and friendliest person in the world. But you don't deserve to be with somebody like that. You're young you have to be with somebody you can have fun with and who can have fun with your friends."
"I want a girl who wants to spend time with me but is also independent so it can work when I'm on the road. Someone who knows how important hockey is to me and has her own passion. Someone I can laugh with and have fun with. Someone who gets along with my friends and actually enjoys going and hanging out with them." Then he turned to me, looked deep into my eyes, and said "someone like you."