“Sam!” Sidney said walking into his parents house and seeing his dog for the first time in months. She ran into his arms and it could have been the cutest thing ever. I bent down to pet her as well.
“So, Jo. This is home.” He said smiling.
“It looks like my old house.” I simply said.
“You had an old house?” He asked.
“Yeah.. when Jocelyn was born, we moved to our real house because it wasn’t big enough.” I explained.
“Oh, didn’t know that.”
“Now you do.” I said.
“Come on, I want to give you the tour.” He said walking down a hall.
“This is my room.” He said walking into a room. I had to admit it was weird being in it. This was his room. His room before everything happened. It was his room before life happened, before being Sidney Crosby was a job. It was him, before I knew him. It was kind of overwhelming. I just walked around taking everything in.
“What?” He asked confused looking at me.
“Its just crazy.” I said continuing to look at stuff.
“Come on, I’ll show you Tay’s room.” He said and led me to the next bedroom. There were a lot of pictures of her and him. And of him playing hockey and her playing hockey. There was also a picture of her and the Lemieux kids.
“This is the room everything is in.” He said walking to the basement and showing me all the awards. All his awards and jerseys and old sticks and everything were done here.
“Wow, this is how I pictured your room to look like.” I said kind of laughing.
“Its like your own personal shrine to yourself.” I said laughing again.
“That’s not how it is. Its just my stuff.” He said.
“I know, and its important to have.” I said. I didn’t mean it to sound the way it must have.
“This is my dryer.” He said.
“The infamous dryer.” I said laughing.
“Yeah.. crazy that people know about it.”He said looking a little uncomfortable.
“I love this bed.” I said waking up in the morning watching Sidney get dressed.
“Good, since you will be sleeping in it for a few weeks.” He said smiling and grabbing a shirt.
“Yeah.. so when will you be back?” I asked.
“A few hours. You can do whatever you want. Walk around the property, go to the dock, play with Sam. Check out my movie collection.” He said listing all these possibilities.
“I think I can handle it, babe.” I said rolling up to sit up.
“Hey what are we doing tonight?” I asked.
“Nothing as of now.” He said.
“I was thinking we could have a games night.” I said.
“Are you sure?”
“Well I figured if Taylor or your parents played with us, it would be better because maybe then we wouldn’t fight, and you would fight with one of them.” I said smiling.
“I’ll tell them to come over tonight. We can eat dinner tonight and then play.” He said.
“You do know that I don’t cook very well.” I said a little confused about the dinner situation.
“My mom will cook. She cooks here all the time, obviously.” He said.
“okay, sounds good.”
“I’ll be back in a little. Love you.” He said walking over to the bed and kissing me.
“Love you too.” I replied.
“Hey babe, how was your workout?” I asked walking into the kitchen.
“Good, what did you do?” He asked.
“I took Sam for a walk, and then I was reading on the dock.” I said.
“Well, I’m going to shower.” He said walking out of the kitchen and heading for the stairs.
“I think its so weird how you shower twice. Once like at the locker room and then once when you get home.”I said laughing.
“Its just one of my awesome quirks.” He said.
“Hey, do you want to go to lunch in a little?” He asked.
“Yeah.. and I’m serious about games night!” I yelled to him as he was walking up the stairs.
“I know. We can stop and see Mom on the way home from lunch.” He said.
“Okay..” I said and went to lay on the couch.
“So did you ever play hockey?” Taylor asked me during dinner. Mrs. Crosby cooked grilled chicken, red potatoes, and green beans. It was really good. It was funny because she cooked in Sidney’s kitchen, like it was nothing. I guess she does that quite often.
“Yeah, I played soccer and hockey until 8th grade.” I said.
“Why did you quit?” Troy asked me.
“20 questions.” Sidney said and I laughed.
“Hockey was always Jake, my twin brother’s, thing. I didn’t want to always be connected to him, I wanted to be my own person, so I quit. Plus, my school didn’t have a hockey team.” I said.
“Where did you go?” Trina asked.
“I went to Sewickley Academy, but my brother went to Quaker Valley.” I answered.
“You went to two different schools?” Taylor asked.
“Yeah, its kind of weird, but I wanted to go to the academy. We both went to St. James school until we finished 8th grade and then we had to pick where we wanted to go. I picked Sewickley Academy to play soccer, and Jake picked Quaker Valley.”
“What position did you play?” Taylor asked.
“I played defense. Jake played offense.” I explained.
“So you play defense in soccer too?” Trina asked.
“No, its weird. I am a striker on the soccer team.” I explained.
“So where do your siblings go to school?” Trina asked. I seriously felt like I have never had dinner with them in my whole life, it was weird.
“Jason and Jordan, who are almost 6 go to St. James. Jocelyn and Jaydyn go to Quaker Valley. And of course, Jake plays hockey at RMU.” I explained.
“Wow, you do have a big family.” Taylor said.
“yeah, so Taylor do you think you will go to university in the states?” I asked.
“Maybe, what do you go for?” She asked me.
“I’m going to be a Secondary Ed, science teacher.” I explained.
“Did you always want to be that?” Sidney finally spoke.
“No, I thought I told you that after everything that happened in 10th grade I thought about being a doctor. But, I didn’t think I wanted that lifestyle. I thought I wanted kids more than I wanted to be a doctor.” I explained.
“What happened in 10th grade?” Taylor asked.
“Taylor, don’t be nosy.” Trina said.
“No, its okay. When I was in 10th grade, my best friend, Cara, died. She left right after 8th grade and moved to Minnesota because her dad got a job. She died in a car accident.” I explained and then Sidney continued because he saw that I was getting upset.
“Cara and Jo were still really close when it happened. Joey didn’t really ever mesh that well with anyone at Sewickley besides, Connor, I think you met him before mom. But Cara left after 8th grade which changed everything..”He started to explain than I continued.
“But, we still talked all the time. She came for visits a lot, she was my best friend. She still would be, but she died in a car accident. I remember getting the phone call. She died on November 4, I went to the funeral and then it felt like as soon as I came back my grandma died.”
“Did she live in Sewickley?” Trina asked.
“She lived in Fox Chapel, in Pittsburgh. She was sick for awhile, but I didn’t expect her to die. She died November 20. It was the worst year of my life. After that, I wanted to be a doctor.” I explained.
“Wow, I’m sorry.” Troy said.
“It was a long time ago.. I don’t really think about it that much.” I said looking at Sidney.
“When did you decide that you didn’t want to be a doctor?” Taylor asked.
“I want a big family, but I want to be a close family. I know what its like to have a big family and kind of get lost in the shuffle. I figured if I was a doctor, it would be harder to make my family my first priority. I figured that out when I was a senior.” I said.
“Sid wants a big family too.” Taylor said.
“Jo wants 6 kids.” Sidney said.
“6 kids? That’s a lot.” Troy simply said.
“Yeah, well that’s how many people are in my family. I think I would space them out better or something. I’m not really sure. I just know I will learn from my family’s mistakes. Plus, I would love to adopt kids.”
“From where?” Taylor asked.
“Africa..maybe a European country like Russia or Ukraine.” I explained.
“What do you think about that?” Tay asked Sid.
“Whatever Joey wants.” He said like a good boyfriend.
“Not for a really long time.” I said reassuring Trina and Troy.
“Try not to cry this time.” Sidney said after we all sat down in the living room and got out the game Monopoly.
“Shut up!” I said looking at him.
“The first time, Jo and I played Monopoly she cried.” Sidney explained.
“Yeah, it happened when I was 16 and he will not let up on it!” I said.
“Why did you cry?” Trina asked.
“Because it was Sidney, Jake, Jake’s girlfriend, and me.. and I didn’t want to play at all. I wanted to watch a movie but they made me play and then they were like being mean to me because I was losing.” I said.
“We weren’t being mean.” He said.
“You were. We have only played Monopoly like twice since. We actually never play anything against eachother.” I explained.
“Yeah, Sidney told us about the golfing thing.” Troy said.
“He just gets so competitive, and I mean so do I. We can’t play video games because the one time we were and I started winning he got up and left my house!” I explained.
“She was hoping if there was more of us, I would get competitive with someone other than her.” Sidney said.
“I don’t like playing games with him either.” Trina said.
“Its just frustrating. I mean I love him to death, but he takes everything so seriously. I love to play games and go mini golfing and stuff, but its not worth it when I know it will lead to a fight.” I explained.
“We always just use to hope that he would win, or it would be the longest day ever.” Trina said.
“Good job, Mr. Crosby.” I said after the game. Mr. Crosby won. It was awesome.
“Oh yeah, great job dad.” Sidney said.
“Don’t be a sore loser.” Taylor said.
“Sidney.. just a game, lets remember that.” I said.
“I’m just glad I didn’t beat him, because it could have been a long night.” I said to Trina.
“I know. Its best when its between Sidney and Troy, because they get over it so easily.” Trina explained to me while we went into the kitchen.
“It is frustrating. I want to play games with him, but he just takes everything so seriously.” I said.
“I know, you just have to not care. If you don’t care, then he doesn’t get anything out of beating you.” She told me.
“ I just wish we weren’t both so competitive.” I said.
“You two are so perfect for each other, though.” Trina said.
“Thanks.. I hope it works out this time.” I whispered.
“I think it will, honey.”
“Really?” I said a little unsure.
“It seems different this time. I think he is ready for you.” She said.
“He wasn’t before?” I asked.
“In some ways, I think he was. I just think you scared him, but I think he is ready to be the person you need him to be.”
“I don’t want him to change or anything like that. I love him, but honestly I think if it doesn’t work this time.. I don’t think I am going to try anymore.” I explained.
“You just always have to believe that things will work out. If its meant to be it will be, and I think its safe to say you two are meant to be.” She said.
“I hope so.” I said looking out into the living room and watching Sidney interacting with Taylor and Troy.
“I really do love him, more than I ever thought was possible.” I whispered, not even sure if Trina could hear me.
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