The Captains

Jon and I had a great time on our vacation, but were glad to be back. About a week after we got back though, my mom wanted us to come visit her and my family in Pittsburgh. She said she had a really big surprise for my brother and I. Jon and I were now on the plane, about an hour into the flight. Jon was asleep on my shoulder, and I was listening to music and looking out of the window. About 20 minutes later, the pilot came on the intercom saying we would be landing in 10 minutes. It didn't wake Jon up, so I tried shaking him. He still wouldn't wake up.
"JON!" I said in a loud whisper, I also nudged him pretty hard. He finally woke up with a slight jump.
"Wha-?" he asked, looking around all confused.
"We're landing soon." I said
"Oh." Jon said, looking dazed, which made me laugh. I put my stuff in my carry-on and got ready to get off. Once we did land, Jon and I waited for most of the people to get off, since we weren't in a rush. We went to the baggage claim, got our suitcases and took a shuttle to the rental care service. Jon went to the desk and I waited with our stuff at a bench and called my mom to tell her we'd gotten here. Jon came back with the keys and we went out to the lot to find the car. We asked for a nicer SUV, and it was. It was a black, limited Escalade. Jon put our bags in the trunk and I got into the driver's side. I synced my phone to the bluetooth so I didn't have to worry about holding my phone. Jon got into the other side and we left the lot and went towards my old house. About halfway there, someone called me. I pressed the phone button on the steering wheel, and the blue tooth picked it up.
"Hello?" I said
"Chelsea! Have you made it yet?" he asked
"Hey sid! Yeah, Jon and I are headed over to my parent's house right now." I said. He was quiet for a few seconds.
"He's here too?" he asked, sounding a little disappointed.
"Hey Crosby!" Jon said with a triumphant smile. I swatted him on the arm and mouthed not to be mean.
"Hey Toews" he said back. There was a weird silence for a few seconds.
"So, what'd you call about?" I asked
"Oh nothing inparticular. Your mom told me you'd be getting here today, just wanted to make sure you made it okay."
"Oh, well yeah, we did. Thanks for calling." I said
"No problem. I'll see you later Chelsea." he said
"Bye Sid." I said back. The line went dead. Jon and I finished the drive to my mom's house and got out. We would be staying at a nice hotel, but my mom wanted us to come by as soon as we got here. When we did arrive, I noticed my dad's car in the driveway next to my brother's. I parked on the street and Jon and I went inside. As soon as I came in, Jared ran to me.
"Jared!" I said, bending down and opening my arms. He closed the distance and I picked him up and gave him a big hug. He also recognized Jon, and reached out for him.
"Hey bud!" Jon said. He opened his hands, asking Jared if he wanted to be held. Jared did. I handed him off and Jon held him on his side. We greeted and hugged everyone else and then my mom got all serious. Her and my dad were sitting next to each other on the couch.
"Okay, your dad and I have some news for you guys." she said. My dad reached for her hand.
"Your mother and I, we're getting remarried." my dad said. My brother and I just looked at each other, not happily.
"You're kidding me." I said bluntly. My mother looked at me questioningly.
"Hey, Benni, want to come with me to the swings with Jared?" Jon asked, gesturing to leave. Benni agreed and they went outside.
"Are you not okay with this?" my dad asked
"Well it didn't work the first time, what makes you think it will again?" I said sharply.
"Chelsea." David condescendingly said.
"I'm serious! Are you disagreeing with me?" I said
"Well, no. I guess not." David said
"So, you guys don't want us to get remarried?" my dad asked
"I'm not saying we don't want you to, there's nothing we can do about that, but going through the hurt again of you guys getting divorced again, if you do, would hurt pretty bad." I said. David agreed.
"I mean, I'd support you guys, but I just don't want you guys, or us, to be hurt again." I said. My parents were quiet for a few minutes.
"Well, how about your mother and I try it again, and if it doesn't work, you guys get the I told you so." my dad said. I thought about it for a minute and then realized there probably wasn't much I could do to stop them. I looked at my brother, who shrugged.
"Well, better start planning!" I said, slapping my legs and standing up. My parents smiled at each other and my brother followed me outside to get Jon, Jared, and Benni. We found Jon pushing Jared on my old swing-set and Benni taking pictures of Jared. David took Jon's place of pusher and Jon jogged over to me. We sat down in the grass and I told him what my parents decided on. We talked a little more until my mom called Jon in to help with dinner. I followed them inside so I could watch this event. I sat down at the island and watched my mom tell him what to get out and what to do with it. Whenever she would tell Jon to cut something one way or mix something this way, she'd watch over him and criticize it. Eventually she'd tell him to move out of her way and she'd finish it for him, which made me laugh. He was really good with my mom, being very respectful and joking around with her. My mom finally dismissed us from the kitchen so she could finish the last few things. I decided to show him around the house since he had never been there before. I took him through all of downstairs, then to the upstairs. I told him which room was whose until we got to mine, which was at the end of the hallway.
"and this is where I lost my virginity!" I said as we walked in.
"Ew. Really?" he asked
"Kidding." I said. I showed him all of my trophies from school and old embarrassing pictures of me.
"Aw look how cute you were. What happened?" he said.
"You're mean!" I said, nudging him with my shoulder.
"But you loooove me." he said, turning to me and putting his hands on my hips.
"Shouldn't be so sure Captain." I said. He was walking/pushing me back to my bed.
"Oh but I am Dagger." he said with a smirk. The back of my legs touched the bed.
"Mmm, I don't know." I said. He pushed us over onto the bed, his weight on top of me.
"How about now?" he asked. I wrapped my arms around his neck.
"You're going to have to be more convincing." I said. He rolled us over to where I was now on top of him and wrapped his arms as tightly as he could around me.
"Gosh you're cute." I said smiling. He smiled back and then reached his head up to kiss me. I kissed him back and we continued this for a few minutes. We finally broke apart when my mom called everyone for dinner. Jon and I went back downstairs and took our places at the table with everyone else. My dad prayed for us and then we started passing all the food around and eating. After a few minutes, my dad spoke up.
"Jon?" he asked
"Yes sir." Jon said
"Why've you got lip gloss on your bottom lip?" he asked. David and Benni both laughed, my mom hit my dad on the arm and Jon and I blushed.
"That is a good question. I wonder where it came from." Jon said, wiping his mouth with his napkin.
"Know this Jon, whatever you do to her, I'm going to do to you." my dad said.
"Dad." I said, giving him a stern look. He held his hands up in defense.
"Be nice to him. He is a good boy." my mom said to my dad.
"Alright, Alright." my dad said. Everyone was quiet and eating for a few minutes, then conversation started again. Once everyone was finished, everyone grabbed their plates and brought them to the sink.
"David, you're washing." she said. He went into the kitchen and started while everyone else went to the living room.
"Jon and I are going to go on a walk, I'm gonna show him around the hood." I announced. We put on our shoes and then set out. I showed him some of my favorite spots from my teenage years. We circled our way back to my house and then back inside. Benni and David were going to leave soon, since Jared was getting cranky. Jon and I decided to head out too.
"Keep the lip gloss of your face son, people'll start getting the wrong idea." my dad said as he shook Jon's hand.
"You got it, sir." Jon said with a smile. I hugged everyone and then we left. Jon drove us to the hotel and we checked in and brought our stuff upstairs. The room was on the top floor, 25, and had a really nice view of Pittsburgh. Jon and I got settled in and changed into more comfortable clothes. They had complimentary drinks on the counter, so we took advantage of that. I poured a glass of vanilla rum and Jon had a glass of whiskey. We sat on the floor up against the bed and drank and listened to music. When both of us were pretty tired, we climbed into the bed and went to sleep.
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The next day, we spent the day going around Pittsburgh and showing Jon all the popular sights. When we were doing everything we wanted to for the day, we resorted back to our hotel room. I was checking my emails on my bed when Sidney called.
"Hey Sid!" I said, setting my laptop aside.
"Hey Chelsea. What're you up to?" he said
"Just hanging out at the hotel." I said
"Oh, fun. Well I'm not up to anything right now and was wondering if you'd want to do something." Sid said
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" I said
"21st street diner at 2?" he said. I smiled to myself.
"Can you pick me up?" I said
"Yeah, no problem. I'll be there around 1:30." he said
"Alright. See you then, Sid." I said.
"Who was that?" Jon asked
"Sidney. Would you be okay if I went out with him, we want to go to one of our favorite places while I'm in town." I said
"Yeah, sure. If he does anything though, let me know though." Jon said. I laughed and checked the time. 11:45. When I lived in Pittsburgh, one of Sid and I's favorite thing to do together was to go to the 21st street diner. Its a 24-7 diner that serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, all day all night. We first discovered it when we went to a club and were hungry afterwards. It was 2 a.m. when we got there, so that was the only time we went. It was my favorite place to be with Sidney. I decided to run through the shower and change clothes before I went. When I finished getting ready, it was 12:30. For the next hour, I downed two Mountain Dews to help me stay awake while watching TV. Right at 1:30, Sidney sent me a text saying he was in the lobby. I grabbed my wallet and phone and rode the elevator down. The doors opened and I saw him waiting with a bouquet of flowers and a big smile on his face. I smiled back and ran to him. When I reached him, I wrapped my arms around his neck and his around me. He picked me up and spun me around.
"God I've missed you." he said into my hair as he sat me down.
"It's been to long, Crosby." I said. He handed me the flowers, which were white roses, and held his arm out for me. I looped mine with his and we walked out to his car. I got in the all to familiar passenger seat and we were off. The diner was about 15 minutes from the hotel, without traffic.
During the ride, we talked about current things happeing. I told him about Cassie and Patrick with Scarlette, my parents getting remarried and all that jazz. He also told me about new things happening with the boys on the Pens. We finally got to the diner and parked, then went inside. We went directly to our booth, the one in the far corner with no windows next to it. We sit there because no one could see Sidney through the windows or door. He also sat facing the wall so people in the restaurant wouldn't recognize him either. The only person who would see him was the waitress and me. This was the one place in public where Sid and I could just talk and be together without being bothered. A few minutes later, the waitress came over and took our order. We both got blueberry pancakes. She went back behind the counter and we got to talking more.
"I'm really glad we're back on good terms." I said
"Yeah, me too. I thought I'd lost you for a while." he said
"Let's just promise not to let it happen again." I said, holding up my pinkie. He licked his finger and then linked it with mine before I could move it away.
"Sid!" I said, leaning over the table to wipe my finger on his shirt. "Gross!" I said.
"Well now its a real promise." he said with a big smile. I smirked and shook my head at him. We were quiet for a few minutes and then our food came. The two of us ate, finished our coffee, paid, then left. We drove back to the hotel, but the parking at the front door had been taken by a big tour bus with old people, so we had to find a spot about a block away. We got out of the car and Sidney and I started making our way back.
"So, do you think you two will ever, you know, tie the knot?" he asked after we started walking.
"Not anytime soon, but the conversation has come up. Why?" I said. We were about 15 feet from the hotel entrance.
"Just wondering." He said. I turned to him.
"When are you gonna find yourself a lady?" I asked. He paused and looked down at his shoes.
"Hmm?" I pushed on. He looked back up at me, then to the side, then back down at me.
"I have found her." he said
"Sidney!" I said, lightly punching his arm. "Who is she?" I asked.
"Come here." he said, taking my hand and pulling my over to a bus-stop bench. We sat down.
"We've known each other for a pretty long time, she's one of my best friends. I met her one day at practice." he said, "the only thing though is, she's with someone else, and she lives about 500 miles away." he said. I looked up at him, but he continued to look forward.
"The first time I met her, I knew she'd be special. She taped up my ankle on the first day of her internship. I never told her though, how I really felt about her. I didn't want to hurt her if I ever lost those feelings. I knew she had those feelings for me, and I was stupid for not returning mine. But instead of her getting hurt, I did."
"Sidn-" I started, but he cut me off.
"But I made her a promise, and I'm going to keep that promise. And all I can do is hope that she'll keep it too." he said, finally looking down at me. There were tears pricking at my eyes.
"Sidney, you can't keep doing this to me." I said, standing up.
"Here's your flowers back." I said, giving the back to him.
I turned and started walking back to the hotel. I didn't realize he had followed me, but when I was stepping into the lobby, I felt his arms pull me back to him. He put his hands around my face and leaned down then kissed me. I tried pulling away, but he had moved his hands from my face to my waist and I couldn't escape his grip. I kept struggling against him when he finally let me go. I looked up at him, then shook my head with a sad face and went to the elevator. I pressed the button, and luckily it was already at the bottom floor. I stepped in, the door closed and I rode up. When I got to my floor, I went out and to my room, wiping the falling tears from my face and trying to stop crying, just in case Jon was still up. I got my room key out from my wallet and tried it in the door, but it wouldn't work. I kept trying. At the 10th fail, I gave up. I leaned up against the wall and slid down it until my butt reached the floor. I pulled my knees up to my chest and put my head in my lap and let the waterworks start. About a minute later though, our door opened. I didn't look up though. I heard a small sigh and then felt arms under the bends on my legs and under my arms. I was lifted into the air and held against Jon's bare chest. He took me inside and he sat down on a big armed-chair that faced out the window. He put his legs onto the foot-rest and pulled me into his lap, wrapping his arms tightly around me. He told me everything was okay now and softly shushed me. When I was finally able to contain myself, we talked about what happened. When I finished my story, Jon let out a sigh and threw his head back onto the chair.
"What doesn't he understand?" Jon said. My head was against his chest and I shook my head.
"Its 3:30 in the morning and I want to go to sleep is what I'm understanding." I said.
"Agreed." he said. He picked me up and I changed into one of Jon's big t-shirts and underwear then joined him in our bed. He wrapped his arms around me and then kissed my forehead. A few minutes later, I was asleep.

Notes

Finished with this part! The other one will be coming soon. I really wanted to get this one out, so here it is! Enjoy, and thanks for all the reads/subscribes. Are you guys liking it? Let me know!! Please!!

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