Hot Mess

It was April 19, the Flames' season had been over for 6 days, instead of preparing for the World Championships Sean was sitting in front of the McDaniels' family house. He came to try and make things better with Jillian one last time before he went back to Ottawa for the off season.

Ding dong

Ding dong

Sean could hear footsteps coming towards the door, they sounded way to loud to belong to Jillian

' Uh oh' was all Sean thought when he saw a man come to the door.

' This guy looks pissed, he looks like he wants to murder me and bury me in the back yard' thought Sean.

" What are you doing here Monahan?" asked the stranger.

" I'm here to see Jillian."

" She's not here. Go back to Calgary." said the man impatiently.

" Where is she? And who are you?"

" I'm Michael, Jillians oldest brother."

" Oh, nice to meet you," said Sean awkwardly, " but once again, where is Jillian?"

Michael looked at his feet before saying quietly, " ICU at the local hospital."

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" What do you mean she's in ICU?!" Sean practically screamed.

" She was hit by a drunk driver last week. She was coming home from the bar. And before you ask, no she wasn't drunk, for once." muttered Michael.

" What do you mean, ' For once'?"

" After you stopped talking to her she started drinking, she'd wake up, go to classes, come home, grab the JD's and not let it go all night. You ruined her Monahan. And the worst part is, you don't even care."

" You don't know that." challenged Sean.

" Actually I do, because if you did care about her, you would still be talking to her, instead of ignoring her." retorted Michael.

" How bad is she hurt?" asked Sean quietly, almost guiltily.

" Shattered foot, three broken ribs, dislocated shoulder and a mild concussion. Don't think that just because she's injured you an waltz back in to her life and she'll fall at your feet, she only has a mild concussion." warned Michael before closing the door.

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Sean was shaking when he returned to his charcoal gray Range Rover.

' He's right. If I really did care about her I wouldn't of given up.'

Then Sean did something totally out of character, he sat there and cried.

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Once Sean had stopped crying he started his SUV and drove to Jillians small rural Alberta town. It wasn't the biggest town, but in Alberta, it also wasn't the smallest. Literally pretty much all it had was a hospital, hockey arena, college and rodeo grounds. It maybe had 700 people.

Sean followed the signs and soon found himself in front of the hospital.

Sean walked through the front door and up to the front desk, sitting behind it was an older looking women.

" Afternoon Miss, would you be able to tell me which room Jillian McDaniels is in?"

" Yes of course one moment," she hit some keys on her keyboard, " she's in room 145."

" Thank you, miss." Sean said with a smile before walking away.

He followed the signs and soon he found himself standing in front of room 145. Sean lightly knocked and soon he heard footsteps on the opposite side of the door. When it opened Sean came face-to-face, for the second time that day, a very pissed looking McDaniels boy, who Sean could only guess was her second brother.

Before Jillians brother could close the door in Sean's face a voice gingerly came from inside the room, " Blake, who's at the door?"

" No one important Jill."

" Jillian..." Sean called in to the room.

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Jillian froze at the sound of Seans deep voice, she hadn't heard it in person in months and it sent shivers down her spine.

Next thing Jillian knew, Sean was brushing passed Blake and in to the room, he froze when he say Jillian sitting in the hospital bed, her arm in a sling and her face cut up and bruised. The Penguins/ Blue Jackets game was on the TV but it was muted, Sean saw that the Pens were leading 3-1 in the second.

" Jillian. Oh my God Jillian. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. I screwed up, I really screwed up. And I fully understand if you never want to talk or see me ever again, I just wanted to apologize."

Jillian watched Sean turn for the door, even though she was mad at him she still had feelings for him and she couldn't just watch him walk out of her life again. Right as Sean reached for the door knob he heard Jillian say.

" Please stay."

Notes

What do you guys think? Should Jillian give Sean a second chance...?