Unexpected
Chapter 4
Chapter 4
I was still chuckling as I drove down the road back to the house. I could hear the boys out on the back deck laughing at something Talbo was saying.
“There is Captain Canada, What you couldn’t spend the night?” Max smirked.
“Fuck you Talbo, I actually respect women.” I clipped back at him.
“Le respect est surestimé.” Max retorted (Respect is overrated)
“Mis être un Talbo de piqûre.” Tanger spoke up (Don’t be a prick Talbo)
I could undertand what they were saying but I really didn’t like French all that much.
“You have fun?” Geno asked
“Yeah, and Geno we have a date tomorrow.” I told him
“She like Malkin? I knew she good girl.”
I awoke to Geno's childish grin above my face.
"Hey kid lets go beach. I need more tan." His roguish smile was infectious..
"I need to run first Geno."
"Take break pretty girls more fun."
We walked to the beach, only for Geno to find out that pretty girls didn't wake up this early.
"Run? I win!"
He tore across the sand kicking it up in my face as he went those damn long Russian legs were not going to get the best if me. I cut diagonally across to the harder packed sand. I easily caught up with him.
"Geno, how do you make time for your girl?" He smiled over to me with his eyes blazing.
"She important so make time." He was insightful if nothing else.
"I just don't see how?"
"I love her more than hockey. So make time."
He made sense but I just couldn't imagine giving up anytime at the gym, on the treadmill or the ice for a girl. The thought had never crossed my mind, but thinking about Stephanie made me want to miss practice and hop planes to see her. I think I could understand how it happens. I am heading that way, quickly.
I took a shower letting my curls air dry. Geno walked out with a Stanley cup shirt with a bug eighty seven on it.
“Really you are wearing that shirt?” I asked him
“You Sidney Crosby, I like.” He smirked
“You’re incredulous, you know that.”
“Yup.” He smiled waving me down the stairs.
We walked into the bar around ten and she was waiting for us. She looked amazing and I had to clear my throat to remind myself not to drool. She had on board shorts and a simple bikini top. I wasn’t like the ones I had seen the bunnies wear, it looked functional.
“Ya’ll ready?” she smiled
“What’s a Ya’ll?” Geno asked
“You guys.” She chuckled.
“Oh yes then we ready.” He grinned proudly over at her, jabbing me in the side so I would move.
“I am driving, Geno sorry about the small back seat Maybe Sidney will hop in the back.”
We walked out onto the covered deck and I saw her click the button on her key fob. The lights blinked to a white Jeep with 3 surf boards. One sticking out the back the other two across the top clipped into a carrier.
She climbed into the front seat started the Jeep. The radio was blasting a hard rock song. She sang along loudly.
I've got a Southern belle too
And ruby red shoes
With a body of straw
Are you sick of it all?
There's a man made of tin
With an oil can grin
I'm gonna get you
And your little dog too
She knew the song well. She smiled over to me “I love Breaking Benjamin, they are my favorite.”
Yeah I know the song. Just didn’t expect her to be listening to it. Constant surprises, she’s keeping me on my toes.
“It is a great song, this is the one about the yellow brick road?”
“That’s the one.”
“Rammstein, they German, I like.” Geno spoke up from the back seat.
“"Du, Du hast, Du hast mich” she shouted over the radio.
“I love she.” He grinned over at me.
She parked the car at a house along the beach and walked into the garage. She pulled out two wet suits and threw them our way.
“Put these on, you will need them with the time I plan on keeping you guys out there. The waves are banging today so I plan on getting ya’ll going then practicing on a few swells.” She spoke softly but clearly.
“Me know how this done.” Geno grabbed the suit and stripped down to his Boxer briefs.
“Hey this isn’t a locker room.” I almost shrieked
“She big girl.” He thumbed over his shoulder pointing in her direction
I grabbed mine and pulled it over my trunks.
It was tight and felt like the spandex I wear under my hockey gear. I looked over at Geno who had pulled it on and walked over to talk to Steph. “You teach Geno to surf?”
“I am gonna try, I am sure you could not teach me to play hockey in one day.”
“Yes Penguins good teachers.”
“I could teach you if you like?” I wrapped my arms around her waist and she stiffened immediately. She didn’t try to slip away but as I rubbed the back of her hands she relaxed.
“Ummm, I am really not a big fan of skating in general, no ice skating or rollerblading either.”
“I hope we can rectify that eventually.”
“No Sidney girlfriend must skate.”
“Well I am not exactly Sidney’s girlfriend. We are just friends.”
“No you love.” Geno smiled at her then walked away looking for the big sand and small suits as he often referred to the beach.
I laughed over at her and she stood there looking at me.
“You know I don’t love you right?”
“Oh you don’t I am devastated.”
I dipped below the garage door and walked away.
Damn it Geno, why the hell would he say that.
“What’s up man?” I stood beside him. He was holding two surf boards.
“You love she, she love you. I see.” He spoke but never looked over at me.
“Geno, have you lost your mind I have known her all of 24 hours. I do not love her. I like her but love no.”
Geno looked over to me and smiled. “Sure you don’t.”
She walked up beside us and smiled up at Geno and over to me. “Ya’ll ready? Lets do this.”
She hit the water like a pro while we stood watching her.
“Come on.”
I have never been a huge fan of the ocean, so I took a few steps expecting the water to be much warmer than it was. It kind of took me off guard and I hopped on one foot.
“Oh come on Nova Soctia, the water isn’t that cold.” She yelled from waist deep water.
Geno plowed ahead and landed on the surf board. He followed her lead and was sitting on his board beyond the breakers, before I ever broke ankle deep water. I decided right then that I would suck it up. I should have put two and two together and figured she was putting us in wet suits for a reason. She still had on her board shorts and bikini top.
“Why aren’t you wearing a suit?”
“I am in this water every day for hours and you guys aren’t. It takes some getting used to. I am going to show you how to balance on the board. Start by lying flat on your belly. Nice Malkin” I flipped the board twice before I balanced on it. Geno was paddling around me in a big circle, listening to Steph intently. I saw him try to rise up on his knees then splash into the water. I tried to do the same and was able to keep it balanced for a few minutes until Geno paddled by and flipped me.
“Ok watch me and see how this works. I want you to ride a wave in on your belly a few times so you can feel what the water does under the board.”
I watched her paddle and then disappear, her head popped up on the other side of the wave. Her sandy blonde hair trailing behind her and the smile that was plastered on her face was priceless. I wished I could take a photo of her so that I could have that face to look at forever.
She wiped out and I freaked.
“Geno, shit where is she. Shit shit shit.”
I was panicking. I had left my board and started swimming toward the shore. She popped up holding her board almost directly in front of me. Her hair was slicked back against her head and she wiped her eyes looking over at me.
“You OK?” she asked a frown settling over her face.
“You disappeared and I couldn’t see you.”
“Yeah, I dove under the wave and headed back. Are you sure you are Ok you are all pale.”
“Yeah I am now.” I swam over to her and kissed her lightly on the lips.
Geno made a gaggin sound behind us yelling “Get room.”
She laughed saying “That won’t be necessary.” That got a loud whooping laugh from Geno.
“Talbo right, you no game.”
I scowled over at him “Zip it, Malkin.”
He looked down at the water knowing that I only used his last name when I was mad or during a game.
“Look Sidney, I have been surfing in this ocean for I don’t know 10 years, I come out here in the morning after I run, just ride a few waves and chill. Sometimes I just float out here for hours. The ocean is very soothing to me.”
“It is nice. Quiet even.” I smiled at her, giving her my smile that wasn’t guarded.
“I going.” Geno shouted as his big feet disappeared over the waves. We could hear him cursing in Russian then a loud hooting laugh.
I floated on my back in the water my hands floating out beside me. I stared at the soft blue of the sky and realized why they called this color Carolina blue. It was breathtaking and knowing the girl that I could love was beside me. The thought scared me, a little.
“Hey Crosby, You awake?” I heard Stephanie call over to me.
“Yeah, I am just enjoying the water.”
“It is easy to get lost out here. But don’t drift too far away. The current will pull you out quickly.”
I flipped over in the water and bobbed up and down just enjoying the view. She was lying on the board floating in the water laughing at Geno. He swan back up and took off again. He was enjoying himself. She curved in all the right places. The dimples above the top of her board shorts were my favorite part of her. It showed that she had a little meat on her bones but wasn’t pudgy. She was perfect in every sense of the word. My heart was hammering in my chest, when she turned to look at me.
She looked over at me and gave me a small smile then dipped under the water smoothing her hair back. The small droplets of water clung to her face as she adjusted herself and climbed over her board.
“You going Sidney?”
“yeah, I guess.” I did as she told me and glided over the water. It was fantastic. I felt as though I was gliding over ice. The water splashed up into my face causing me to blink rapidly. I rode the wave all the way to the shore and stood up in the calf deep water. I watched her and Geno talking and how animated he was. He liked her too and that was important to me. I watched her surf the next wave and confidently jump off the board into the water. We talked for a few. Enjoying the early afternoon heat.
“Oh Shit, I have to go.”
“Wait, what?”
“I have to get you guys back then head back take a shower and get ready for work.”
“No your dad gave you the day off. Jack told us when we walked in.”
“What? Dad gave me the day off. That doesn’t make sense. He never gives me the day…” I saw her stop and think. “Sidney Fucking Crosby” she stated.
I shrugged and smiled over at her, my best panty drenching smile.
“Did you ask him?” she questioned me.
I raised my hands, shaking my head. She looked over at Geno. “No me.” He said, laughing at me.
She dropped onto the sand “Well it looks like I have the rest of the day off so, what do ya’ll have in mind?
“Go home, play x-box, eat and sleep.” Geno chuckled.
“Yeah, you need to meet the rest of the boys.”
I was still chuckling as I drove down the road back to the house. I could hear the boys out on the back deck laughing at something Talbo was saying.
“There is Captain Canada, What you couldn’t spend the night?” Max smirked.
“Fuck you Talbo, I actually respect women.” I clipped back at him.
“Le respect est surestimé.” Max retorted (Respect is overrated)
“Mis être un Talbo de piqûre.” Tanger spoke up (Don’t be a prick Talbo)
I could undertand what they were saying but I really didn’t like French all that much.
“You have fun?” Geno asked
“Yeah, and Geno we have a date tomorrow.” I told him
“She like Malkin? I knew she good girl.”
I awoke to Geno's childish grin above my face.
"Hey kid lets go beach. I need more tan." His roguish smile was infectious..
"I need to run first Geno."
"Take break pretty girls more fun."
We walked to the beach, only for Geno to find out that pretty girls didn't wake up this early.
"Run? I win!"
He tore across the sand kicking it up in my face as he went those damn long Russian legs were not going to get the best if me. I cut diagonally across to the harder packed sand. I easily caught up with him.
"Geno, how do you make time for your girl?" He smiled over to me with his eyes blazing.
"She important so make time." He was insightful if nothing else.
"I just don't see how?"
"I love her more than hockey. So make time."
He made sense but I just couldn't imagine giving up anytime at the gym, on the treadmill or the ice for a girl. The thought had never crossed my mind, but thinking about Stephanie made me want to miss practice and hop planes to see her. I think I could understand how it happens. I am heading that way, quickly.
I took a shower letting my curls air dry. Geno walked out with a Stanley cup shirt with a bug eighty seven on it.
“Really you are wearing that shirt?” I asked him
“You Sidney Crosby, I like.” He smirked
“You’re incredulous, you know that.”
“Yup.” He smiled waving me down the stairs.
We walked into the bar around ten and she was waiting for us. She looked amazing and I had to clear my throat to remind myself not to drool. She had on board shorts and a simple bikini top. I wasn’t like the ones I had seen the bunnies wear, it looked functional.
“Ya’ll ready?” she smiled
“What’s a Ya’ll?” Geno asked
“You guys.” She chuckled.
“Oh yes then we ready.” He grinned proudly over at her, jabbing me in the side so I would move.
“I am driving, Geno sorry about the small back seat Maybe Sidney will hop in the back.”
We walked out onto the covered deck and I saw her click the button on her key fob. The lights blinked to a white Jeep with 3 surf boards. One sticking out the back the other two across the top clipped into a carrier.
She climbed into the front seat started the Jeep. The radio was blasting a hard rock song. She sang along loudly.
I've got a Southern belle too
And ruby red shoes
With a body of straw
Are you sick of it all?
There's a man made of tin
With an oil can grin
I'm gonna get you
And your little dog too
She knew the song well. She smiled over to me “I love Breaking Benjamin, they are my favorite.”
Yeah I know the song. Just didn’t expect her to be listening to it. Constant surprises, she’s keeping me on my toes.
“It is a great song, this is the one about the yellow brick road?”
“That’s the one.”
“Rammstein, they German, I like.” Geno spoke up from the back seat.
“"Du, Du hast, Du hast mich” she shouted over the radio.
“I love she.” He grinned over at me.
She parked the car at a house along the beach and walked into the garage. She pulled out two wet suits and threw them our way.
“Put these on, you will need them with the time I plan on keeping you guys out there. The waves are banging today so I plan on getting ya’ll going then practicing on a few swells.” She spoke softly but clearly.
“Me know how this done.” Geno grabbed the suit and stripped down to his Boxer briefs.
“Hey this isn’t a locker room.” I almost shrieked
“She big girl.” He thumbed over his shoulder pointing in her direction
I grabbed mine and pulled it over my trunks.
It was tight and felt like the spandex I wear under my hockey gear. I looked over at Geno who had pulled it on and walked over to talk to Steph. “You teach Geno to surf?”
“I am gonna try, I am sure you could not teach me to play hockey in one day.”
“Yes Penguins good teachers.”
“I could teach you if you like?” I wrapped my arms around her waist and she stiffened immediately. She didn’t try to slip away but as I rubbed the back of her hands she relaxed.
“Ummm, I am really not a big fan of skating in general, no ice skating or rollerblading either.”
“I hope we can rectify that eventually.”
“No Sidney girlfriend must skate.”
“Well I am not exactly Sidney’s girlfriend. We are just friends.”
“No you love.” Geno smiled at her then walked away looking for the big sand and small suits as he often referred to the beach.
I laughed over at her and she stood there looking at me.
“You know I don’t love you right?”
“Oh you don’t I am devastated.”
I dipped below the garage door and walked away.
Damn it Geno, why the hell would he say that.
“What’s up man?” I stood beside him. He was holding two surf boards.
“You love she, she love you. I see.” He spoke but never looked over at me.
“Geno, have you lost your mind I have known her all of 24 hours. I do not love her. I like her but love no.”
Geno looked over to me and smiled. “Sure you don’t.”
She walked up beside us and smiled up at Geno and over to me. “Ya’ll ready? Lets do this.”
She hit the water like a pro while we stood watching her.
“Come on.”
I have never been a huge fan of the ocean, so I took a few steps expecting the water to be much warmer than it was. It kind of took me off guard and I hopped on one foot.
“Oh come on Nova Soctia, the water isn’t that cold.” She yelled from waist deep water.
Geno plowed ahead and landed on the surf board. He followed her lead and was sitting on his board beyond the breakers, before I ever broke ankle deep water. I decided right then that I would suck it up. I should have put two and two together and figured she was putting us in wet suits for a reason. She still had on her board shorts and bikini top.
“Why aren’t you wearing a suit?”
“I am in this water every day for hours and you guys aren’t. It takes some getting used to. I am going to show you how to balance on the board. Start by lying flat on your belly. Nice Malkin” I flipped the board twice before I balanced on it. Geno was paddling around me in a big circle, listening to Steph intently. I saw him try to rise up on his knees then splash into the water. I tried to do the same and was able to keep it balanced for a few minutes until Geno paddled by and flipped me.
“Ok watch me and see how this works. I want you to ride a wave in on your belly a few times so you can feel what the water does under the board.”
I watched her paddle and then disappear, her head popped up on the other side of the wave. Her sandy blonde hair trailing behind her and the smile that was plastered on her face was priceless. I wished I could take a photo of her so that I could have that face to look at forever.
She wiped out and I freaked.
“Geno, shit where is she. Shit shit shit.”
I was panicking. I had left my board and started swimming toward the shore. She popped up holding her board almost directly in front of me. Her hair was slicked back against her head and she wiped her eyes looking over at me.
“You OK?” she asked a frown settling over her face.
“You disappeared and I couldn’t see you.”
“Yeah, I dove under the wave and headed back. Are you sure you are Ok you are all pale.”
“Yeah I am now.” I swam over to her and kissed her lightly on the lips.
Geno made a gaggin sound behind us yelling “Get room.”
She laughed saying “That won’t be necessary.” That got a loud whooping laugh from Geno.
“Talbo right, you no game.”
I scowled over at him “Zip it, Malkin.”
He looked down at the water knowing that I only used his last name when I was mad or during a game.
“Look Sidney, I have been surfing in this ocean for I don’t know 10 years, I come out here in the morning after I run, just ride a few waves and chill. Sometimes I just float out here for hours. The ocean is very soothing to me.”
“It is nice. Quiet even.” I smiled at her, giving her my smile that wasn’t guarded.
“I going.” Geno shouted as his big feet disappeared over the waves. We could hear him cursing in Russian then a loud hooting laugh.
I floated on my back in the water my hands floating out beside me. I stared at the soft blue of the sky and realized why they called this color Carolina blue. It was breathtaking and knowing the girl that I could love was beside me. The thought scared me, a little.
“Hey Crosby, You awake?” I heard Stephanie call over to me.
“Yeah, I am just enjoying the water.”
“It is easy to get lost out here. But don’t drift too far away. The current will pull you out quickly.”
I flipped over in the water and bobbed up and down just enjoying the view. She was lying on the board floating in the water laughing at Geno. He swan back up and took off again. He was enjoying himself. She curved in all the right places. The dimples above the top of her board shorts were my favorite part of her. It showed that she had a little meat on her bones but wasn’t pudgy. She was perfect in every sense of the word. My heart was hammering in my chest, when she turned to look at me.
She looked over at me and gave me a small smile then dipped under the water smoothing her hair back. The small droplets of water clung to her face as she adjusted herself and climbed over her board.
“You going Sidney?”
“yeah, I guess.” I did as she told me and glided over the water. It was fantastic. I felt as though I was gliding over ice. The water splashed up into my face causing me to blink rapidly. I rode the wave all the way to the shore and stood up in the calf deep water. I watched her and Geno talking and how animated he was. He liked her too and that was important to me. I watched her surf the next wave and confidently jump off the board into the water. We talked for a few. Enjoying the early afternoon heat.
“Oh Shit, I have to go.”
“Wait, what?”
“I have to get you guys back then head back take a shower and get ready for work.”
“No your dad gave you the day off. Jack told us when we walked in.”
“What? Dad gave me the day off. That doesn’t make sense. He never gives me the day…” I saw her stop and think. “Sidney Fucking Crosby” she stated.
I shrugged and smiled over at her, my best panty drenching smile.
“Did you ask him?” she questioned me.
I raised my hands, shaking my head. She looked over at Geno. “No me.” He said, laughing at me.
She dropped onto the sand “Well it looks like I have the rest of the day off so, what do ya’ll have in mind?
“Go home, play x-box, eat and sleep.” Geno chuckled.
“Yeah, you need to meet the rest of the boys.”
12/29/12