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"Sidney we have to stop this." She said shaking her head. "We go back and forth more than the Ping pong games you and Weber have been hustling." Heather said with a slight smile.

"Vanessa...she's not you." He said to her taking her face in his hands again.

"Then end it." Heather said shaking her head at me.

"It's not that simple." Sid said sitting down on a bench. "I want you so so much. But in order to have you I need to keep her around to distract from things." He said.

"So I'm the mistress." Heather said folding her arms across her chest. "You have to hide me."

"Do you know what I'd stand to lose?" Sidney said looking at her. "In another month or two if we are out together it'll be pretty visible to the world that you're pregnant. And not with my baby."

"Yeah, heaven forbid you lose those million dollar contracts Sid." Heather said crossing her arms. "I'm only the one about to lose her job in a country that's not her home." She said tears coming down her cheeks. Sid sighed.

"Heather it's just not that simple. Look, I promised you that I wouldn't leave you alone. You will be looked after." He said to her.

"Yeah." Heather said quietly. Her phone started to buzz. James was calling her. "Sid I need to take this. I'll see you at the game." She said shaking her head walking away.

"Hey Jame." She said lightly as she walked towards her room.

"You haven't called me that in a while." He said. She could hear the smile in his voice. "Did you get it yet?" He asked her.

"Did I get what yet?" She asked confused as she opened the door and saw a single Tiffany blue box sitting on her bedside table wrapped up with a white bow. "Wwwwhat is this?" She asked picking up the box. "And how exactly did it get here?" She asked again.

"It was supposed to be a Valentine's present." James said over the phone. "I sent it with Sid. I called him the other day to ask him to put it in your room for you." Heather held it in her hand again unsure what to make of it. "Open it...please." He said again to her.

"Alright." She said hesitantly as she took the white ribbon off of the box. It was a white gold chain with a small penguin pendant. She smiled at how cute it was. "It's...its..."

"Stupid." James said sounding defeated.

"No, it's adorable." She said immediately putting it on. "I love it." She said and he could tell she was smiling. "How are you feeling?" She asked him.

"How am I feeling? I should ask you that babydoll." He said laying back smirking. "I'm ok. I am still trying to figure it all out. Trying to be ready to be a dad." He said to her. "I want you to come and live with me." He said to her.

"Oh James, I thought that we agreed, we aren't ready for this relationship right now." She said shaking her head.

"I'll give you your own room, your own space. I just figure that our babies deserve parents who parent together. I'm doing this with you." He said. "I actually went out and bought a first time dad's book." He said shyly.

"Aww Jame, I'm proud of you." She said smiling.

"I'll think about it ok?" She said to him. "Just one question."

"Anything." He said

"How did this get into my room?" She asked.

"Sid. He orchestrated it for me." He said quietly.

"He did this for me?" She asked quietly.

"For us." James said. "You need to sleep. Big game tomorrow. Keep those babies safe for me."

"I will James." She said. "Good night James."

"I love you babydoll." He said hopefully.

"Goodnight." She said again patiently as she hung up.

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Semi finals, canada vs the USA. Surely this was not going to be good for her growing fetuses with all of the stress. She found Trina and Troy hugging them both buzzing with the excitement of the game. "Are you ready?" Trina asked her with a smile.

"I am, I'm not sure my stomach is." She said lightly.

"I don't know how you're not vomiting from the stress." Trina said. "I was so sick with Taylor I missed Sidney's playoffs that year." She said. "He was devastated."

"Heather." Vanessa said from behind her. She was decked out in a canada hat, scarf and Sid's jersey. "Oh he didn't tell you? He doesn't want you with the family in case the cameras get us." She said smugly.

"But...he was upset I wasn't here last game." Heather said upset and confused.

"He changed his mind last night. Just before he left my place." She smiled. Heather wanted to smugly ask her of she knew where Sid left to go.

"Honey in sure it'll be fine if you stay." Trina said placing a hand on heathers shoulder.

"No, no if it's Sid's wish I won't." She said. "I'll go find Pauly." She added. Walking away she wanted to stop the tears from coming. She was so upset not knowing what to say. Did Sid really want this? Was he really going to hide her like this? It was like Jason all over again. She never thought of Sid to be thinking that way. "Pauly." Heather smiled hugging him. "How's your hand honey?" She asked giving a kiss to his cheek.

"Crappy." He said staring at his cast. "I could be done for the season." He said looking at his feet.

"In so sorry." Heather said rubbing his back. "I'm kind of thirsty, can I get you anything?" She asked him as she grabbed her purse.

"I'm ok thanks." He smiled. "Hurry back, I need an adversary to enjoy the game with." He winked.

"I will." She said smiling as she got up. However as soon as she got up, she fell back down. Hard.

"Heather!" Paul said trying to revive her to life. "Somebody get a doctor!" He shouted trying to fan her unconscious body. "Medic! Anything!" He said again patting her face trying to revive her.

Heather woke up in a hospital room with monitors attached to her body. The beeping and lights causing a disturbance to her. She was alone, frightened in a hospital all alone. She saw a call button and thought of pressing it. What if nobody spoke English? What if she couldn't go home? What was she going to do? She decided to press the call button. "You're awake." A friendly faced nurse said with a heavy russian accent.

"Where am I?" She asked.

"I'll get the doctor to explain everything to you just as soon as he can." She smiled as she began taking her vitals. "You're at the English hospital."

"Are my babies...are they ok?" She asked.

"The doctor will tell you everything." She added writing down the stats. It felt like forever until a doctor came.

"I'm Dr. Filatov." He said to her. "Heather you suffered a ruptured cyst on your ovary. There was a lot of blood loss. We had to place you in a medically induced coma." He said to her.

"My babies? Are they..."

"They are in stable condition. Be very grateful. They are strong. There must be a very special reason that they have survived." The doctor said with emotion in his eyes.

"How long have I been out for?" She asked nervously.

"Just since yesterday. You should be able to be released tomorrow morning if you are stable. Are you up for visitors? There has been someone here to see you for a while now."

"Yes absolutely." She smiled expecting Sidney. The doctor nodded his head and allowed the man to enter the room. "Brooks." She said half disappointed.

"Hi honey." He said hugging her gingerly. "How are you feeling?" He asked caressing her face.

"A little confused." She said wrinkling her brow.

"No pain though?" He asked with a concerned look.

"No Brooksie. No pain." She said smiling. "My babies are alright." She said moving her bed to sit up.

"Thank God." He smiled. "When Paulie told me after the game what happened, I was worried we'd lost you." He said concerned.

"They said I can go tomorrow morning." She smiled. "Just in time for the gold medal game." Brooks face fell and he suddenly looked sad.

"We lost today Heather." He said. "It's Sid and Sweden in the finals. Finland beat us for the bronze."

"Oh I'm so sorry Brooks." She said grabbing his hand and squeezing it. "I wish I was there to comfort you afterwards. How'd Pauly and Coach take it?" She asked.

"Bad. But they're worried sick about you as well." He said looking into her eyes with his own light blue ones. "I'm so sorry about all of this," he said to her. "This didn't need to happen to you here." He said to her. "The doctor didn't tell me much, but he did say he thinks it's stress related."

"Maybe this job is too much for me." She said looking at her hands. "Maybe a baby is the world's way of saying I can't do this anymore."

"I'm really going to miss you." Brooks said stroking her head bringing her in for a kiss on her forehead. "I've never had this kind of a relationship before. We just connect you know?" He said in a serious tone.

"Brooks, if you were single I would to be wondering about Sid or James." She said with a tear forming in her eye. "I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't going to miss the sex." She said with a small smirk.

"Oh yeah." He said his eyes getting bigger and laughing. "That I'll miss for sure." He said smiling. "Would you come back? I mean after the babies."

"Something tells me James isn't going to want his babies' mother in the specialist role."

"Yeah. You're probably right." He said to her. They sat there holding eachother's hand saying nothing for a minute. Just letting their chemistry and energy flow into eachother. "Come and live with us." Brooks said suddenly.

"What?" Heather asked confused.

"While you and James are figuring things out. Come stay with me." He said to her. "I'm sure that you could help out with things like cooking and laundry in exchange for a place to stay." Brooks said to her softly.

"Wow...I wasn't expecting that," she said quite honestly. "And how would Erin feel? The girl you used to fuck being across the hall."

"I'll talk to her." He said. "Just think about it. The invitation is there." He took her hand and kissed it.

"Sid...does he know?" She asked with a deep lump in her throat.

"Yes." Brooks said as he reached into his pocket. "He...he sent this for you." He said pulling out a small white envelope. His shaking hand went to read it to her but she pushed it away.

"Please, read it to me." She said looking at him pleadingly. "Alright." Brooks said opening the envelope carefully. "My dearest Heather, I can't begin to tell you how scared I am for you and your babies. I almost said our babies, they still somehow feel like mine. I would be there now if I wasn't stuck in a team imposed seclusion. We are all together away from press and family right now before the gold medal game. It's one of the biggest games of my life, yet will mean nothing to me if you're not there. If I lost you forever my life and my heart would never be the same. I keep thinking back to that dream I had when we went away together. Remember? The one where we had a daughter? I guess that James is going to live out my dream just like I'm living his being at the Olympics. I'd trade it all in a second with him. I love you so much and just wish I was there to hold you. I sent this with Brooks because I know that he'll take care of you like I would. He loves you. Just get better ok? As soon as I can I will see you. Even if I can only hold your hand and listen to you breathe that's all I'd require. I'll love you forever. I'm going to win the gold medal and it's going to be for you. And I'm going to score a goal for you. With all of my heart I love you. Your Sid." Brooks looked over to see that Heather had fallen asleep with a smile on her face. He'd stay with her as long as the hospital would let him. He kissed her hand and watched her inhale and exhale as he said a silent prayer for her.

Notes

Sooo happy! Another gold for Sid!


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