Sidney's POV:

I have never been caught off guard by a girl before.
She didn't even recognize me. I saw in her eyes that there was no form of recognition in them. She was at a LA Kings signing and she didn't know who Sidney Crosby was! I turned to look at her, her friend was dragging her away. I wonder why she didn't like me. I saw the brown eyed girl look back at me, she made eye contact and I smirked at her. She blushed and looked away. She didn't look back the whole way out the door. It was mesmerizing watching her walk. She just had a way about her that lured me in. My thoughts were interrupted when I felt a hand smack down on my shoulder. I'm very easily scared so I jumped at this, I turned to find Geno looking into the direction the girl had just walked.
Geno: "what are we looking at"

Sid: "nothing, let's eat"

There's no way I'm telling him.

Geno: "ah it not nothing. I saw Sid with dazed look in eyes. Spill"

Nope. Not telling him.

Sid: "I'm good"

Geno: "tell me or I give you to flyers"

He's gonna make fun of me. I'm not telling him.

Sid: "you can't give me to a hockey team, that's up to our GM."

Geno: "I can do whatever I want. Tell me"

He's not gonna stop.

Sid: "I fell on a girl, and she was beautiful. I was flustered and didn't know what to do"

He gasped at this. I knew it. I will never live this down. I'm not supposed to be nervous around a girl.

Geno: "what? You!? THE Sidney Crosby! Was nervous?"

I started walking to the dining room and, of course, Geno followed. I mumbled back to him.

Sid: "yes I was nervous"

Geno: "That's what I thought you said!"

We made it to the table with a few other Penguins at it.

Geno: "hallo! Guess what Sid just told me!"

Beau Bennett looked up from his very large plate of everything and said an almost illegible what. Kris Letang, James Neal, Tanner Glass and Marc-Andre Fleury looked up from their meals too. I sat down in a slump and grabbed Beaus unopened can of coke. He started to protest but I just looked at him and he went back to his food.

Geno: "Sidney made fool of himself to pretty girl"

Tanner: "haha what happened?"

Geno: "he fell on her and crushed her half to death"

Neal: "man, you're a klutz"

Sid: "Shut up, her friend tripped me. I wasn't stable"

Beau:(clears his throat) "you weren't stable? You walk on ice wearing think knives for a living"

I went to protest but I didn't have a good comeback. I'll let the boys have their fun. I got up and went to the buffet. Geno and beau followed. There was a large variety of choices; I went with spaghetti and meatballs. I need to carb up for the late practice we have tonight. I know the boys aren't happy about it but we need to stay in shape for the two weeks we have off. Beau grabbed dessert and Geno had some type of rice soup thing. I don't even know. We made it back to the table and Tanger was showing Tanner pictures of Alexander for the 10827615 time today. Tanner looked at me with pleading eyes.

Sid: "yoo, Kris! Catherine texted me and told you to call her, you should go do that"

He jumped out of his seat and dialed her number.

Tanner: "Thank you! I love the kid but I'm tired of seeing him!!"

I nodded with agreement, Kris loves showing off Alex. We ate in silence for a little but then we started talking about skiing and how we all suck. We try our best but it's just not our sport.

Beau: "I wiped out like 6 times today. My ass is killing me and so is my self confidence. I fell right in front of this girl today, and she laughed at me. I was mortified"

Fleury: "Were you trying to show off?"

Beau: "duh, is there any other kind skiing?"

Kris made his way back to the table.

Letang: "Cat said she didn't text you"

Sid: "what? I could have sworn it was her, sorry man!"

Letang: "it's fine! I got to talk to ale-"

Sid: "Well!! Let's get to practice! No need to waste time!"

We gathered our things and went out to our cars and mad our way to the outdoor ice rink.

--Later at the rink—

We were mid practice, doing a shooting drill when Dupis and Maata decided it was a good time to sing.

Maata: “SO I’LL TELL YOU WHAT I WANT, WHAT I REALLY REALLY WANT”

Dupis: “SO TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT, WHAT YOU REALLY REALLY WANT”

Maata: “SO I’LL TELL YOU WHAT I WANT, WHAT I REALLY REALLY WANT”

Dupis: “SO TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT, WHAT YOU REALLY REALLY WANT”

Together: “I WANNA, I WANNA, I WANNA, I WANNA, I WANNA REALLY REALLY REALLY WANNA ZIGAZIG HA”

A girl made her way to the bleachers across the rink, she appeared to be lacing up skates. I looked back to the singing ensemble to see Fleury joining in.

Fleury: So here's a story from A to Z, you wanna get with me you gotta listen carefully, we got Em in the place who likes it in your face, we got G like MC who likes it on an, easy V doesn't come for free, she's a real lady, and as for me you'll see

I skated up to join and belted out some lyrics until Malkin covered my mouth with his glove and told me I was the worst singer in the league and should stop singing. The song was over by the time I was released from his grip.

Sid: “Come on guys! I’m not that bad!”

The whole team looked down at their skates so they didn’t have to answer.

Beau: “Yeah you are. #sorrynotsorry”

Sid: “ahh you all suck, get outta here, go change!”

I stayed back to clean up the pucks. I heard skates hit the ice and the sound of pucks hitting net. I turned to see the girl from the bleachers shooting on the empty net, she made every shot. I stayed still and watched her practice. She skated over to the bench and started playing music from the speakers around the rink. She skated to ‘Holy Grail’ by Jay-Z. She didn’t look over at me once. I decided to continue picking up pucks. When I finished ‘Wake Me Up’ by Avicii started playing. I started humming along to the catchy tune, skating back to the bench where my bag was. I almost made it there until I bumped into the skater, I grabbed her arm to steady myself and her.

Skater: “wow, we have a habit of doing that.”

It was the girl from the signing. Seriously, what are the chances? Shit. I’m covered in sweat and smell horrible! I can’t impress a girl like this!

Sid: “Uh yeah I guess we do haha, I don’t think I got your name last time?”

Skater: “Morgan Johnson, and you are the famous Sidney Crosby.”

Sid: (scratching back of neck, smiling) “Yeah that’s me, but don’t let it scare you away, I’m not
stuck up like most celebrities”

Morgan: “Oh, well that’s always good!”

Sid: “ Yeah, I’m a pretty good guy!”

I smiled at her and she rolled her eyes and laughed at me.

Morgan: ‘Well, I’m gonna practice some more, see ya around!”

Sid: “Actually, do you care if I stay and practice some more, with you?”

Morgan:” Uh, sure! Only if you promise to give me some tips!”

Sid: “I’ll try! But you’re pretty good, might not be a lot to fix”

She smiled and skated to the closest puck and shot it into the net, it was a laser to the top right corner. We shot pucks back and forth for an hour or so when Morgan’s phone started ringing.

Morgan: “Hey Jess!... I’m out at the rink shooting some pucks.. you’re having a movie night without me? Y’all suck.. haha nah its cool, I have company at the rink.. I’ll tell you later.. okay..okay..okay-Bye jess!”

Morgan: “Sorry, she’s super nosy! But it’s almost ten, how about we call it a night?”

Sid: “Yeah, I agree, but how about I treat you to coffee, as an apology for making you miss movie night”

Morgan: “Uh sure, I know a place down the road that stays open till 1. We could go there after getting changed”

Sid: “I’m in! Meet me in the parking lot in 20 minutes?”

She nodded her head and we went our separate ways to the locker rooms. I showered and changed in 10 minutes. I quickly packed my bag and headed out to the parking lot. There was only two cars in the parking lot, my Mustang and (I’m presuming) her red Ford Explorer. I threw my stuff into the trunk and leaned on the hood waiting for her to come out of the locker room. She came out about 5 minutes later, wearing a LA Kings sweatshirt. #ew. I hopped up and went to her side grabbing her hockey bag and helping her put it in her trunk.

Sid: “alright, where are we headed?”

Morgan: “Follow me!”

She climbed into her truck and pulled out, I quickly did the same. We went to the center of town. The town was cute; it has a lot of Christmas decorations up and lots of small shops. Great for a midnight stroll with hot chocolate. She made a left into a small parking lot and pulled into a spot. I mimicked her and I jogged over to her car to open her door and be a gentleman. I offered her a hand because the truck was a little high up; she took my hand and hopped down.

Sid: "I wouldn't have taken you as a truck girl"

Morgan: "oh I'm not haha it's my friends"

I opened the door to coffee place for her and she smiled at me as we walked in. We got in the rather large line for coffee.

Sid: "well, what kind of car do you have?"

Morgan: "A 2006 jeep liberty, he's not perfect but I love him"

Sid: "he?"

Morgan: "yes, his name is Kevin"

Sid: "Kevin?"

Morgan: "yes, kevin. I named him after the bird in up."

Sid: "oh really"

Morgan: "yes stop making fun of me!"

Sid(puts hands up in surrender): "sorry madam"

She playfully hit my arm and said you better as the cashier called next. I ordered an apple cider and she ordered a pumpkin spice latte. She tried to pay but I pushed her arm away and handed the cashier a 10 and pulled her away to a couch in the corner by the fire place.

Morgan: "thanks, you didn't have to pay though"

Sid: "ah but I did"

Morgan: "so Sidney, tell me a little about yourself"

I started on my ever boring life story, childhood, NHL, Stanley Cup. All the things she's probably heard 100 times. Everyone knows my story. I've told it a million times. I didn't want to talk about myself anymore. I wanted to hear about her. Our orders were called and I grabbed them and brought them back to Morgan, who was curled up on the couch. Her cheeks and her nose were red from the cold she was just in. It was cute. She looked up and took our drinks and set them on the table. She leaned up as I sat down, I put my arm on the back of the couch and she leaned into it.. It just felt right.

Sid: "so tell me about yourself"

Morgan: "me? I have a very normal, boring life"

Sid: "well I love normal and boring, so tell me everything"

She laughed and blushed at this.

Morgan: "well, I'm 19. I live in New York. I come here every year with my family and my parents best friends family. I have a older sister named Aquamarine, and a older brother named Chris. The girl that tripped you earlier is one of my closest friends, her name is Jess. I'm a sophomore in college, majoring in Sports Medications at Temple University. Um anything you think I missed? Oh! I'm a LA Kings fan!"

Sid: "yes I see you're an Kings fan.. What do you want to do with the Sports Med degree?"

Morgan: "athletic training"

Sid: "that's cool, I could get you and internship with the Penguins if you want?"

Morgan: "Wow that would be great! I may take you up on that sometime!"

We talked and laughed for a few hours. The workers started to clean up when we realized it was 12:30 and we should probably leave. We walked out to our cars and I told her I would follow her home to make sure she was safe. I helped her into her truck and went back to my mustang and followed her home. We pulled into her cabin and I got out of my car to walk her to the house.

Morgan: "well goodnight Sid, thanks for tonight"

Sid: "no problem, I hope we can do it again!"

Morgan: "here's my number, text me sometime"

Sid: "I will!"

I watched her walk to the front door and put the key in the lock.

Sid: "wait! You forgot to mention something something!"

Morgan: "what did I forget"

I jogged up to her stopping an inch from her face. You could see our hot breath in the dark of the night. I locked eyes with her.

Sid: "do you have a boyfriend?"

Morgan: “Um, at the moment? No.”

Sid: “Good, So can I consider this our first date?”

Morgan: “I-I Guess you could!”

Sid: “Well, then there’s something you should know”

Morgan: “And that is?”

Sid: ”I always kiss on the first date”

I gently placed my hands on her waist and pulled her closer to me.i cupped my hand on her
cheek and tilted her chin to face me.

Sid(whispering) : “let me know if you want me to stop.”

I looked into her warm brown eyes and watched her slowly close her eyes and lean in. I closed mine too and leaned in. closing the distance between us. I finally felt her soft lips touch mine, she seemed hesitant at first but she quickly adjusted and became in synch with the movements. It was electrifying. I’ve never had a kiss like this before. I didn’t want it to end. I pulled away and Morgan moved her hands frommy neck to my chest.

Morgan: “wow.”

Sid: “I know”

She looked up at me and smiled.

Morgan: “I really should get inside, I had an amazing night, thank you”

Sid: “goodnight, beautiful”

I watched her walk in and waited till the hall lights were out to go back to the car. I walked to my car and started to unlock it when I heard my name. I looked up to see Morgan waving to me from a second story window. I waved back with a smile and climbed into my car. I drove to the hotel and tried to sleep, but the kiss was keeping me awake.
How did she do this to me?

Notes

So! FIrst I am so sorry it has taken soo long to update! I hope you like the chapter! Let me know if you have any chriticizms or want to be in the story! Thanks :)