Chapter 23

The next morning I woke up to the sound of my cell phone going off. I was so stunned that I didn't check the caller i.d or the time.

"Hello?" I answered still half asleep.
"Oh I'm so sorry, did I wake you?" Max asked through the phone sounding kind of pleased.
"Yes you did. What time is it?" I asked.
"It's seven, I figured I would call before we went to morning skate." He answered while I heard a chorus of laughter in the background.
"Why the hell would you do that?"
"Well you have school tomorrow so I figured I would help you get back into the routine since you've had a little while off."
"Is this supposed to be funny? Who else is with you right now?"
"Just Staalzy, Tangers, TK, Flower, Sid, and myself."
"Oh I hate you all."

I didn't even wait for him to respond before I hung up. 'Stupid, immature hockey players.' I mumbled to myself while I put my phone back on the table next to my bed.

About four hours later I dragged myself out of bed and jumped in the shower to wake myself up. When I got out and got dressed I heard dishes downstairs so I went down to join Logan for breakfast.

"I hate the team." I stated as soon as I walked into the kitchen.
"Why?" Logan asked looking confused.
"The morons figured that since they had to get up at seven then I should have to get up too."
"What did they do?" Logan asked with a huge smile on his face.
"Stupid Max called me," I started causing Logan to blow out laughing, "It was seven in the morning. I'm glad you find it funny because I will get them back for that."
"Was your boyfriend involved?"
"Of course he was."
"That makes it even funnier."
"Well I"m glad everyone thought that was so funny."

Then we sat down and ate some breakfast. Right after breakfast my phone went off and when I looked it showed one new text message.

Having pre-game nap. I'll call you after the game.
-Sid

Then Logan and I cleaned up the dishes and watched some tv until the game came on.

By the time the guys got home they were up in the series 3-1. They had lost one and won one while in Philadelphia. Logan and I were both doing quite well in school and he was spending more and more time with Laura.

Wednesday when the guys got home Sid called to make some plans for us. When Logan found out he wanted the four of us to hang out so I could get to know Laura better. We all went out for something to eat and then back to our place to watch a movie. After the movie Laura said that she should head home.

"Brooke can you give her a ride home?" Logan asked me while she went upstairs to use her cell.
"Of course. I'll run upstairs and put pants on since it's too cold for shorts outside. You going to stay here for a bit or go home Sid?"
"I'm going to hang for a bit."
"Ok well tell Laura I won't be long when she comes back down." I said as I headed upstairs to my room.

When I walked past Logan's room I heard Laura talking about him and figured I would stop and listen for a minute to see what she would say about him. I mean there's no harm in making sure she wasn't using him somehow.

"Oh my God Kristy he's so sweet." I heard her say. "And he has an amazing friend I can set you up with."

I was satisfied with what I heard so I started walking away until I heard what came out of her mouth next.

"His name is Sidney Crosby." "Yes the professional hockey player." "Well yeah he has a girlfriend now but I think I can change that." "Well it's Logan's cousin so I'll get closer to Sidney like that and turn him off of her and on to you." "I know I'm excited too." "Alright I'll see you tomorrow, bye."

I heard her phone click shut and I took off to my room so she wouldn't know I had heard anything. As I was changing my pants I was fuming. I couldn't believe that little bitch thought that she could set my man up with someone else. I decided to keep my mouth shut until I figured out what to do.

"Ready to go Laura?" I asked when I got downstairs.
"Yes I am." She answered. She then gave Logan a quick kiss and turned to Sid. "It was nice to meet you Sid, I'm sure I'll see you again soon."
"Yeah I'll see you later." He responded as I slied my eyes and headed out to wait for her in the car.

A couple minutes later she hopped in and we were on our way. We rode in complete silence except for when she was directing me to her house.

"Thanks so much for the ride." She said as we pulled into her driveway.
"It's no problem." I muttered.
"I'll see you later." She said as she got out of the car and shut the door.

I put the car in reverse, instead of what I wanted to do which was to run her over, and backed out of her driveway. On the drive home all I could think about was what I had overheard and what I should do about it. By the time I pulled into the driveway I had my mind made up that I wasn't going to mention what I had heard to either Logan or Sid.

"There she is." Logan stated as I walked through the door.
"Yeah here she is." I replied as I plopped down next to Sid on the love seat.
"So I wanted to wait until you got back to start this. What did you guys think of her." Logan asked with a hopeful look on his face.

'Great' I thought to myself, just what I had wanted to avoid. I was hoping that they had already discussed her and I wouldn't have to.

"Man she seems great", Sid started, "And funny too. I can definitely see why you like her."
"Thanks Sid. So what about you Brooke?"
"She seems to really like you." I stated simply, not wanting to say too much and give away the fact that I was contemplating a hitman for her.
"I hope so because I am really starting to like her." Logan said. "I should head upstairs, she wanted me to call her before we went to bed tonight. I'll see you guys tomorrow and we should plan something else for the four of us."
"We will for sure. See you tomorrow Logan." Sid replied.

Logan bounded up the stairs leaving Sid and I alone downstairs.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Sid asked with a worried look on his face.
"Nothing." I replied simply.
"Brooke I know that you're lying, just tell me the truth. You know you can talk to me."
"I know that. It's nothing important I just don't really like Laura."
"What are you talking about? She was great."
"I just have a feeling about her."
"I think you're being paranoid. She was nothing but nice all night."
"You know what Sid, I can't help that I don't like her. But I'm not going to sit here and listen to how great you think some other girl is."

With that I walked upstairs and into my bedroom slamming my bedroom door shut behind me. I don't even know why it made me so mad what he said but it felt like it struck a nerve. A few minutes later I heard Sid and Logan talking at the top of the stairs.

"What the hell happened?" I heard Logan ask.
"I wish I could tell you." Sid answered.
"Could be that time of month, she gets pretty moody then." Logan stated causing them both to laugh.
"I guess I'll go see what's wrong. That was weird I think something's going on."
"Man if it's anything serious tell her to talk to me and if not you better tell me."
"I will Logan, don't worry. See you later."
"See ya man, good luck."

Then I heard Logan's door close and a light knock on my door. Sid slowly opened the door and looked in.

"Can I come in?" He asked with a serious look on his face.
"Yeah." I answered with a small smile.
"Brooke what's going on?" He asked as he closed the door and came to sit next to me on the bed, and grabbed my hand.
"It's nothing Sid I don't even know why I got mad at you. I just really have a bad feeling about her." I said while I leaned my head against his shoulder.
"It's fine baby and I'm sorry. I shouldn't have pushed it knowing how you felt."
"Let's just forget about it."
"Sounds good. I'm going to head home so you can head to bed. Want to hang out tomorrow night, just the two of us?"
"Of course I do. I'll call you after school."
"Perfect." He said with a smile and then kissed me on the forehead.

We headed downstairs so I could see him off. Before he left he leaned in and started kissing me. It got sort of intense as he pushed me up against the wall and pressed his body against mine. I could feel my cheeks go hot and I wrapped my arms around my neck and running my hands through his curly, black hair. After a few minutes he pulled away and looked into my eyes.

"I should go." He said hoarsely.
"OK." I said simply not knowing if my legs could support me.
"I'll talk to you tomorrow baby."
"See you tomorrow Sid."

He gave me another quick kiss and then left. I locked the door behind him and headed up the stairs. I got ready for bed and crawled in with my phone. I called the only person I knew I could count on in Pittsburgh.

"Hello?" His french accent rang through the phone.
"Hey Max, I kind of need a favour."
"What might that be my love?"
"I have a break from twelve to one thirty tomorrow and I was hoping maybe we could do lunch? I really have to talk to you about something."
"I would love to have lunch. Is everything OK though Brooke?"
"Oh yeah, it's nothing serious."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes Max everything is fine."
"OK well I'll pick you up at the main entrance of your school at twelve."
"Thanks Max."
"Anything for you."

We hung up the phone and I turned in and tried to get to sleep hoping that Max might come up with a solution to my problem.

Chapter 22

The next day Logan and I slept in until dinner time. It was Saturday and the guys were gone to Philly so we had no one waking us up or really no reason to get up early. After we had sat down to eat I realized that we haven't really talked about how school was going for Logan so I figured this would be a good opportunity to bring it up.

"So Logan you haven't mentioned school, how's it going?" I asked.
"Actually it's going great," he started, "I'm doing really well this year. I'm glad there's only two months left because well it's school but it's way better than last year."
"That is such a good thing. It's a relief how everything is working out for us. I can only imagine what our parents' reaction would be if we weren't doing so well."
"They would probably make us quit and go home knowing them."
"I wouldn't doubt that."
"Have you told your mother and father yet that you and Sid are together?"
"No. I don't really want to right yet. They'd probably freak out if they knew I was seeing some guy they didn't know."
"I think your father and brother would be pumped. They love hockey and they're both fans of Sidney Crosby so I don't think they would have a problem with it at all."
"I think you'd be surprised. They're fans of Sidney Crosby the hockey player. I highly doubt they'd be fans of Sidney Crosby they guy who's dating their daughter/baby sister."
"When you put it that way I kind of want to be there when you tell them."
"Yeah thanks for that." I responded shaking my head and smiling.

After a couple minutes of silence Logan piped up.

"I think I'm going out for a little while tonight."
"Really, with who?" I asked as I started doing the dishes.
"A girl from school. So I was hoping you would drop me off at the movies later and then maybe come pick me up."
"That's no problem. You should think about your license now, I mean you already have your beginners then you can take the car sometimes when you want to go somewhere."
"I'm going to check into that for sure."
"But anyway tell me about this girl."
"There's not much to tell. Her name is Laura. We've been geting pretty close but of course only at school so I wanted this date to get to know her. And she's gorgeous."
"Well I'm glad. Maybe if it goes good we can double date if Sid ever gets a chance."
"That would be awesome."

For the rest of the day Logan and I kept ourselves busy. We had scrubbed everything down, including the walls, and had decided to finally do our pictures. After printing off about a dozen pictures we framed them and hung them all over the walls. They were all of our family and friends from home.

"We should get pictures of us with the guys to hang up around the house." I suggeted.
"That's a good idea. All of these pictures are kind of depressing in a way." Logan responded.
"I know what you mean. It's like we can't let go of home when really I'm pretty content here."
"Me too, we definitely lucked out. I should go shower so I'll be ready for tonight."
"I'll get a start on supper now."

About ten minutes later Logan was out of the shower and he came into the kitchen to help me cook. When supper was cooked we took our food into the living room so we could watch a movie while we ate. After supper Logan washed the dishes while I dried them and packed them away. When that was done Logan went to call Laura.

"Can you give me a ride to the movies now?" He asked when he came back from his room.
"Sure thing chicken wing." I said with a smile as we put on our coats and boots and headed to the car.

During the car ride we had the Avenged Sevenfold CD playing, up on bust and we were both singing along to it at the top of our lungs. When we pulled into the parking lot I saw a blonde girl stood there.

"Wow Logan is that her?" I asked.
"Yes, what do you think?" He responded.
"I think even I would do her." I said jokingly.
"Oh that's just great", he said with a smile, "I'll call you to come pick me up."
"OK have a good time, see you."

I then drove away once again singing all the way. After I got home I locked the door and jumped in the shower. I got out and put on a nice, warm pair of pajamas and popped Twilight in. About half way through the movie my phone rang so I paused it.

"Hello?" I answered.
"Hey babe." Sid's voice rang through the phone.
"What's up?" I asked as butterflies filled my stomach and a smile spread across my face.
"Just got settled into my hotel room for the night and figured I'd give my beautiful girlfriend a call. What're you up to?"
"Watching a movie."
"What movie you watching?"
"Twilight."
"I haven't seen that yet, is it any good?"
"Are you kidding me?" I asked incredulously.
"I guess that means you like it." He stated as he chuckled a little.
"That's an understatement. It's for sure the best movie that I've ever seen."
"Well how about when I get home we get together and watch it ?"
"I'd like that. Maybe we can watch it with Logan and Laura."
"Who's Laura?"
"The girl Logan is out on a date with."

There was a slight pause.

"Wait you're home alone right now?" He asked.
"Yeah, why?"
"Oh nothing, now I just really wish I was there with you. You know to keep you company."
"I bet that's what's on you mind right now."

We both lauged at that and continued talking for another half an hour.

"Well babe I'm sorry but I have to go. I'm fighting to keep my eyes open now."
"That's OK I'd say I'm soon going to have to go pick Logan up anyway."
"Alright be careful. I'll call you after the game tomorrow."
"Tell Max I miss him and tell everyone good luck on the game."
"I will beautiful. Talk to you tomorrow."
"Bye."
"Bye."

No longer than ten minutes later Logan called and I had to go pick him up. It was now 12 am.

"So how'd it go?" I asked as soon as he got in the car.
"It went awesome. There's a second date in the near future."
"Awwe I'm happy. Now there definitely has to be a double date."
"Speaking of that did your boyfriend call?"
"Yeah we were talking for a nice while."
"Was he nice?"
"Yes Logan he was nice."

Then we pulled into the driveway and headed inside.

"I'm bushed, I'm going to bed." I stated as we walked through the door.
"Me too." Logan replied. "Good night."
"Good night."

We went to our bedrooms and I got ready and crawled into bed. My mind automatically went to thoughts of Sid as I drifted quickly into a peaceful sleep.

A Little Help

I've told you guys that my computer went down for a while and it was reformatted so I have lost everything on it. I had all my favorites wiped cleaned and therefore have lost all of the stories that I was reading. I have found the majority of them again but there are a few that I am having a hard time finding again. The stories I am looking for are:

One was called "Another Random Story" I don't think it had a name at the time so maybe nobody will know what I was talking about. The rest are:

-Into Another World
-Love At First Sight
-Love In An Art Form
-More Than Anything
-No Ordinary Life
-With All My Heart
-You Are My Life
-You Saved Me
-You've Made Me Cinderella

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Chapter 21

A couple minutes later I heard footsteps and then the door opened.

"Hey beautiful." Sid said as he stepped aside allowing me to go in and closed the door behind me.
"Hey you." I replied.
"Let's head over to my wing and watch some movies."
"Sounds good to me."

I followed Sid through the long hallway and into his own living room. It was a simple little room but very cozy looking. There was a large flatscreen tv up against the wall on an entertainment center with a leather couch facing it. Just in front of the couch was an old looking coffee table. There was a window on the right wall but the blinds were already closed. There was a bookcase on the far wall filled with tons of books.

"I like." I said as I looked around the room some more.
"Well thanks." Sid said as he chuckled. "So I rented a couple of movies. They're over on the entertainment center. You can look at them and pick which one you want to watch while I go get some popcorn ready, OK?"
"Yeah that's fine with me."

I looked at the two movies that he had rented. He had gotten the new Fast and Furious movie and Pineapple Express. I was debating which movie I wanted to watch when I was startled by two muscular arms being wrapped around me from behind.

"So which one do you want to watch first?" He asked as he rested his chin on my shoulder causing shivers to run down my spine.
"I really wanted to see them both so it doesn't matter to me, you pick." I replied.
"Well we can watch them both if you want so it doesn't really matter which one is first."
"You sure that won't be too late for you though?"
"No I'll be fine don't even worry." He responded as he took Fast and Furious out of my hands and popped it into the DVD player.

As he put the movie in I went and sat down at the end of the couch. Once the movie was in he came and sat in the middle of the couch next to me. As we got so far through the movie I could see him fiddling his fingers like he was nervous but I didn't see why so I didn't pay much attention to it. Then a few minutes later he let out a little breath as quietly as he could and then he wrapped his arm around my shoulder and pulled me towards him so that my head was resting on his shoulder. I instinctively curled my knees up and rested them in his lap. We watched the rest of the movie in silence and I could not ignore the feeling of safety I had when I was with him. Then when it seemed like we had just gotten comfortable the movie was over so I had to move for him to get up.

"So how'd you like the movie?" He asked as he walked to the DVD player to take the movie out.
"It was better than I thought it would be." I answered with a smile.
"I know I think that was even better than the first one."
"Oh I totally think it was too."
"Well you ready for the next one?"
"Ready if you are."
"Ok here goes." He said as he popped the movie in and he came over and sat next to me again pulling me into the same position as before.

When the movie ended he made no gesture to get off the couch and I was planning on leaving him alone until he had to get up. About fifteen minutes later he kissed me on the forehead and got off the couch.

"You like that one too?" He asked as he took it out.
"Loved it. It was hilarious." I answered.
"Yeah it was pretty funny."
"For sure. I should get going now though."
"I'll walk you to your car."

I got up off the couch and while we were walking out he grabbed my hand causing a huge grin to spread across my face. When we got out by my car I turned around to face him and leaned up against the driver's side door. He stood directly in front of me.

"So I had a good time again tonight." I said.
"I did too but I'm sorry we couldn't go out and have much fun tonight I just really want to make sure I'm getting enough rest during the playoffs." He responded.
"Sid it doesn't matter to me, I really did enjoy tonight. It was really relaxing and mellow and I really do enjoy that sometimes."
"Well I'm glad of that because I didn't want to bore you or anything. I was actually hoping that we could go out again when I get back from Philly."
"I would love to go out with you again."
"Good I was hoping you would. I was actually hoping that maybe this could be a little more." He said while he rubbed the back of his neck and rocked from one foot to the other. I knew he was nervous because he wouldn't even look at me.
"What do you mean?"
"It's just, umm, from like the first time we met I could see that you were amazing and lately I just want to spend all my spare time with you. And I'm sorry if this is too fast for you but I'm really hoping that we could be exclusive, a real couple."
"I was hoping you felt that way too."
"Is that a yes?" He asked as he looked at me with a smile on his face.
"Oh absolutely." I replied smiling back at him.

With that he stepped closer to me. When he was only inches away from me he brought his hands up and cupped my face in them. Then he leaned in and when our lips met I could have sworn that I could feel electricity racing through my body. The kiss started off really slow but began to heat up a little, all the while still staying soft and sweet. After like a minute we pulled apart and he kissed me on the forehead.

"I, umm, should, aah, head home, it's aah getting late." I stammered feeling a little breathless.
"OK," he started with a smile, "I'll call you from Philly if that's fine with you."
"Yeah you can if you get some free time but don't feel like you have to if you're busy or anything."
"I know I don't have to but I want to. I'll call you from the hotel or something."
"Ok then. Well I guess I'll talk to you tomorrow." I said as I opened the car door.

He leaned in and gave me a quick kiss which once again made me feel electricity.

"Talk to you tomorrow." He said after we had pulled away.
"Ok see you in a few days."
"See you soon beautiful."

I then hopped into the car and headed home feeling like I was floating on a cloud. I couldn't even remember the last time I had felt this happy. When I pulled into the driveway and walked in through the door I couldn't wipe the smile off of my face.

"Oh my God Brooke you're such a whore." Logan said with a smile as I walked into the living room.
"What the hell Logan?" I asked taken by surprise.
"That smile on your face. That smile states that you've just gotten laid. And seeing that you were with Sidney Crosby it makes that much more sense."
"Dude have some faith in me I did not sleep with him. He asked me to be an official couple and I said yes, hence the smile. And what was up with that little dig at him?"
"It wasn't really a dig it's just he's obviously got to be good with the ladies by now."
"I don't think he's really like that he seems really genuine."
"Well he better be when it comes to you. But I'm heading off to bed I was just waiting up for you. I'll see you in the morning."
"Good night Logan."

He then went into his bedroom and I went into mine. I got ready and crawled into bed with a smile still plastered on my face at how well life was treating me at the moment and hoping that nothing would go wrong.

An Apology

I don't think there are many people reading this story but I do know that at least a couple are reading. I just wanted to write this and apologize to my readers for the lack of updates. Lately my computer has gotten a couple of viruses and I had to take her to a computer store to get her fixed. Well I haven't heard back from this store for 2-3 weeks now so I am checking into it soon and hopefully I will get my computer back some time this week. Right now I am on a friend's computer so that I can let you guys know that I have not given up on this story and I already have a few chapters written so once my computer gets back you can expect a couple of chapters to go up. I am hoping that this is going to be this week some time. So enough ranting, I just wanted to let you all know what is going on and to expect an update some time this week or next week. Thank you all for your patience and for reading my story, I do appreciate the support.

Chapter 20

"Well?" Jordan, Max, and Logan asked as soon as the door was closed.
"Max you were right the lasagna was really good." I said as I hurried upstairs with a grin on my face knowing the three of them were just itching to know the details of the date.

I figured I would stay upstairs for a while just to torture them for a bit. I changed into a pair of pajamas and packed away some clothes and organized my notes. About twenty minutes later I went downstairs and their three heads shot up when they heard me enter the living room.

"Don't give yourselves whiplash." I said with a grin.
"Alright missy take a seat." Logan said as he turned the tv off.
"Can I help you boys with something?" I asked still smiling and trying to prolong their curiosity.
"No, we've just been sitting here for hours for no good reason." Jordan stated sarcastically.
"You guys are worse than a bunch of girls." I said.
"We don't want all the details just whether or not there's going to be a second date. And if you think this is bad wait until the next time Vero sees you." Max replied.
"Figures." I said. "The date was great, we really got to know each other and yes we're getting together tomorrow night for a movie or something."
"Did he behave?" Logan asked.
"Yes dad." I answered causing everyone to laugh.

"Ok Max now we can go since we have an early skate before the game tomorrow." Jordan said.
"Yeah let's head out. Brooke you stay in bed tomorrow morning. I'll pick Logan up on my way to the rink." Max suggested.
"Are you sure you don't mind?" I asked just to make sure.
"Not at all it's on the way anyway."
"Ok well thanks."
"Yeah thanks man." Logan said.
"No problem."
"See you guys tomorrow." Max and Jordan said on their way out.
"See you and good luck." I responded.
"What she said." Logan called out as Max and Jordan left and closed the door behind them.

"I should go to bed since I have school tomorrow." Logan stated. "We're not all lucky enough to have a week break."
"Hey I have to go full speed on Monday along with work and everything else."
"Well I can't wait until you have to go through this too."
"Thanks a lot Logan."
"Any time. Oh well I'll see you tomorrow. Good night."
"Night. I'll be there to pick you up."
"OK"

Then we both went into our bedrooms and I decided I would get to bed as well. After I had brushed my teeth and gotten ready I crawled into bed and fell asleep within minutes.

The next morning I woke up at ten and hurried out of bed to make sure Logan had went to school. He was gone and I was surprised that I hadn't heard him rooing around and getting ready. I had a shower and then cooked myself some breakfast. After I had cleaned up the kitchen I sat on the couch to watch some tv before the hockey game. I checked my phone and saw I had one missed alert; a text message.

Hey beautiful. I'm stopping by after practise to make plans for tonight.
-Sid

I noticed the text came half an hour ago and right then there was a knock on the door. 'Great' I said to myself. 'That gave me a lot of time to prepare.' I went and opened the door to reveal Sid standing there with a smile on his face.

"Hey there, come on in." I offered.
"Hi." He said on his way in.
"So I just got your text so ignore the mess." I said as we went in the living room and sat down on the couch.
"I'm a guy who plays hockey, I don't notice mess."
"Well good to know. So what's up?"
"Figured I'd stop by to make plans for tonight."
"Have anything in mind?"
"I was hoping to do something relaxing since we're leaving for Philly tomorrow."
"We can reschedule for when you get back here if it would be better for you."
"No, no I'm just saying I don't want to be out doing anything crazy."
"That's fine we can do whatever, it doesn't matter to me."
"Well would you be alright with renting movies and heading to Mario's?"
"Yeah if that's what you want that's fine with me."
"Ok well I have to get going to get ready for the game and have a nap so do you want me to come pick you up after the game?"
"No that's fine I can drive over."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah it's no big deal."
"Ok then well I'll see you tonight. I'll give you a call when I'm home." He said as we walked to the porch.
"Sounds good. Good luck today."
"Thanks." He said and then kissed me on the cheek. "See you."
"See ya."

He then left and I went into the living room to settle in and watch some more tv before the game. I realized I was going to miss the second period when I went to pick Logan up but the first and third periods would be good enough. Soon enough the time had flown by and the puck was about to drop.

After the first period I had to leave to pick Logan up. When I pulled in front of the school he was sitting on a park bench waiting for me.

"I'm so sorry I'm late. How long have you been there waiting?" I asked as he got in the car.
"I've only been there a couple minutes don't worry about it."
"OK I would've been here earlier but I ended up finishing the first period of the game."
"What's the score?"
"One to nothing for Philly."
"Damn, who scored?"
"Scott Hartnell."
"Man that sucks. But I'm pretty sure they'll come back."
"I hope you're right."
"Me too."

The rest of the ride was spent talking about what we did all day. When we got back home we watched more of the game. We began freaking out at the end of the third period after goals were scored by Bill Guerin, Darroll Powe, and Geno tying the game at 2-2 and sending the game into overtime. We were on the edge of our seats as the puck dropped but the suspense was broken about two minutes after the start when Bill Guerin put one in winning the game and sending the guys up 2-0 in the series.

"Holy fuck I love Guerin!" I screamed.
"I think I do too man!" Logan also screamed as we hugged each other and laughed while jumping up and down and celebrating for the guys.

We were talking about the game and I sent Max, Marc, and Jordan a congrats message. About an hour and a half later it was around 8:20 and my phone rang.

"Hello?" I answered.
"Hey beautiful what's up?" Sid replied.
"Oh nothing just packing all my notes up for Monday."
"Back to school then eh."
"Yeah. Congrats on another win."
"Thanks. So are you ready to come over?"
"Yeah just waiting for you to be ready."
"Ok well come on over. Are you sure you don't want me to swing by and pick you up?"
"No that's ok. I'll be there in a bit."
"Alright, see you soon. Bye."
"Bye."

Then I went downstairs and headed out after saying bye to Logan. All the way to Mario's I had the song Afterlife by Avenged Sevenfold on repeat and was singing on top of my lungs. I finally arrived after what seemed like forever. After I had knocked on the door it was like a swarm of butterflies had taken over my stomach. I smiled to myself while I waited over the way he made me feel and hoping that he felt the same way about me.

Chapter 19

I left my bedroom and was going to go answer the door until I heard Logan and Max beat me to it. I decided to stay at the top of the stairs for a few minutes to see what they were going to say to him. Of course if they got to be too intense I would go down and save him.

"Sid come in, have a seat." I heard Logan say.
"Thanks." He replied. "Is Brooke ready?"
"We'll get to that in a little while." Logan answered. "Right now we're going to talk about you."
"Ok." Sid responded slowly.
"So my first question is why are you interested in my cousin?" Logan answered clearly taking his turn first.
"Are you serious?"
"I'm being very serious right now. This is my family here and I've seen her hurt enough. I really like you but picture yourself in my shoes. You can have as many girls as you would like and I want to make sure she doesn't feel used. Especially since I'm the only family she has close to her."
"Fair enough, I can see where you're coming from. I guess first of all she's probably the most beautiful girl I have ever seen but she has the personality to match. She's not one of the girls who likes me because I'm rich and famous but because we get along great. She's funny and mature and I really enjoy talking to her. And we've been through a lot of stuff and we haven't even been technically dating yet but we've still managed to find a way to try to work it out."
"And you're not lying about liking her?"
"I'm not, I promise you don't have to worry about that."
"Ok I'm done, Max it's your turn."

There were a few minutes of silence before Max started up.

"You know how close I've gotten to Brooke." He stated.
"Yes I do know that." Sid replied.
"And you know that I like you, you're one of my best friends."
"I know."
"And if it doesn't work out it's fine unless you or her do something out of line like cheat if you go beyond tonight and then I'll be pissed at whoever does it not just you."
"Yes I know and you should know me enough by now to know that I would never take advantage of anyone. And I would never do anything to intentionally hurt her."
"I know you wouldn't. I think this means our interrogation is over and I do believe that you have passed."
"What a relief." Sid said and they all laughed.
"Sorry man we had to do it, and it was funnier than we thought it would be." Max said.
"Yeah I'll sing out to Brooke now that we've had our fun with you." Logan stated.

He then sang out to me and I waited a few minutes before going downstairs so they wouldn't know I was listening the entire time. When I walked downstairs the three of them stood up from sitting on the couches to greet me. They all signalled for me to go ahead of them when we headed out to the porch. I opened the door and Sid and I headed outside.

"You two behave yourselves!" Max yelled.
"I want her home by eleven!" Logan also yelled.
"Shut up." I hissed at them as I closed the door behind me.

Sid walked around to the passenger side of his SUV and opened the door for me.

"Thanks." I said, then he shut the door and headed to the drivers side and got in. He started up the car and we were on our way.

"You look beautiful tonight." He said causing me to blush.
"Thanks again. You look nice too."
"I would've said it at your house but I figured Max and Logan would've attacked me or something."
"Yeah they are two of a kind."
"Yeah then add Jordy to the mix with Flower every now and then. Those guys together are better than a concert."
"I know what you mean, I love being around all of them together."
"Me too it's a good way to relax after having a stressful day."
"And I bet the famous Sidney Crosby goes through a lot of those days."
"Oh stop." He said with a smile as he pulled into the parking lot of an Italian restaurant. "Here we are."

We both opened our doors and before I had a chance to get out he had his door closed and was around to my side. He grabbed my hand and helped me out and closed my door behind me. He then locked the doors and held my hand as we headed inside. We entered and were seated at a booth in the back and a waitress brought us back our menus.

"I'll be back in a few minutes to take your order Mr. Crosby." She said with a huge smile. Then she turned to me and rolled her eyes before walking away to let us look through our menus.

"I bet she's going to sneeze in my food." I said with a little smile.
"What makes you say that?" He asks with a confused look on his face.
"Did you seriously not just see that?"
"See what?" He asked looking even more confused.
"The waitress totally has a crush on you. She just gave me the hardest look I think I've ever seen before in my life."
"Oh come on."
"Sid it's true, she obviously has eyes for you and I'm now number one on her hit list."
"I guess I just don't pay attention to reactions in public anymore. I'm sorry though if you're uncomfortable we can go somewhere else."
"No no it's fine I just can't believe you don't notice these things."
"There's no way she thinks we're dating, I bet she thinks we're friends or family or something."
"What makes you say that?"
"Come on I'm a goofy looking guy and you're the most beautiful girl I've ever seen. You're way out of my league."
"That's incredibly sweet of you but I'm not out of your league and you definitely are not goofy looking."

He just smiled at me as the waitress came back over. We ordered our food and she headed back to the kitchen but not before giving me another nasty look which I chose to ignore since Sid didn't seem to notice it again. We made small talk while waiting for our food.

"So you grew up in Newfoundland, did you like it there?" He asked.
"I loved it there. The only thing I didn't enjoy was the weather. It was always cold and rainy in the part where I'm from."
"So you're a sun girl then?"
"Yeah my dream is to go to California and stretch out on a beach all day."
"It's really nice there. And you're going to school to be a vet but why Pittsburgh? It's pretty far away from home."
"Well there aren't many places in Canada for being a vet so I didn't have many options."
"And if you don't mind me asking why is Logan with you? I mean he's still in high school I can't imagine his parents are thrilled about that."
"Well he grew up in Nova Scotia but last year in school he got tangled up with the wrong crowd and they got really big into drugs. Then they started skipping school and he ended up doing so bad they wouldn't let him go back. And since we were so close they thought maybe he would smarten up with me and he got appoved to go to school here and finish up."
"Wow I didn't picture him going through that kind of stuff, I can't believe that."
"I couldn't either when I heard it but he's come a long way since we moved here. I think you guys have been a big influence on him though and that's making it easier for him."
"I think he's doing it so he doesn't let you down too, that boy thinks the world of you."
"Yeah we've been like brother and sister for as long as I can remember."

Just then the waitress brought our food over and we began to eat. While we ate I asked Sid many questions about his childhood and found a lot of things out about him. About ten minutes after we were done Sid payed and we left. Once again he opened my door for me and then we were heading home again. We made more small talk on the way.

"So I haven't seen much of Colby and Mel lately." I stated causing Sid to laugh.
"You really don't know much about hockey do you?" He replied while still laughing.
"No but I don't get how that's about hockey or how it's so funny." I stated, it being my turn to be confused.
"Army, Bugsy, and Whit don't play with us they were just here for the party and to visit."
"Oh I was wondering why they didn't play much during games."
"And that would be why." He said still laughing at me.

I didn't respond because at this point we were pulling into my driveway again. We both got out and Sid walked me to the door. We stopped on the patio.

"I had a really good time tonight." I stated while we stood there facing each other.
"Me too. Would you like to do it again one night?" He asked while scratching the back of his neck and looking kind of nervous.
"I would love to."
"Great. Well I have a game tomorrow afternoon and we're going to Philadelphia the next day so we can watch a movie or something tomorrow night if you want."
"That sounds perfect."
"Ok I'll call you tomorrow to finalize."
"Sounds like a plan. See you tomorrow."

He then leaned down and kissed me on the cheek causing a huge smile to spread across my face.

"See you tomorrow." He said smiling back at me.
"Good luck tomorrow too."
"Thanks beautiful."

He then walked to his SUV and we wove to each other as he got in. I watched him drive away then went inside. As soon as I went inside I had three lots of eyes on me with expectant looks on their faces.