The Captains

Jon came back about an hour later. He came up to my room wearing just a swimsuit and a towel draped over his shoulder. ​"You wanna go down to the pool? Just me and you?" he asked, sitting next to me on the edge of the bed. I rubbed my eyes and sat up. ​"Yeah, yeah. I'm gonna go change." I said getting up and going over to my bag. My swimsuit was a black bombshell from Victoria's secret. I changed into it and put a t-shirt on over it. I grabbed a towel and met Jon back out in the room. We rode the elevator down and went found the pool. It was pretty nice too. There was a big sauna, four hot tubs with different temperatures and a big pool in the center. No one else was in there either luckily. We set our shoes and towels on a table and Jon jumped in, making a huge splash. I walked over to the stairs and started getting in. ​"Aren't you forgetting something?" Jon asked, making his way to the shallow end. I knew he was talking about the t-shirt I was still wearing. ​"Your shirt?" he said walking to the bottom of the stairs. The reason I wasn't taking it off was because I wasn't comfortable doing so. I've had body issues since I was in the third grade. I was a chubby as a kid and it didn't go away until the summer before my junior year of high school. Even after that, I wasn't considered skinny, but not fat either. I was able to wear a bikini, but barely, and definitely not a string bikini. To put it easier, my jean size was an 8/9. I just shrugged my shoulders and took another step into the water. I didn't want Jon to see bare stomach. The only other time he'd seen me without one was when he'd followed me into my room to make me change out of Sid's Pens shirt. He'd seen me with a shirt and just underwear, but that was different, it was just my legs. Jon took another step up on the stairs, making it to where there wasn't any inbetween us anymore. He put his hands on my hips, his hands underneath the shirt. ​​​​ ​​​​ "Chels, what's wrong?" he asked I just shook my head. "Yes, I know when something's up," he said, "tell me." I closed my eyes and sighed, knowing there probably wasn't going to be a way around this. I opened my eyes and looked down. "I don't want you to see me without a shirt." i said. "why? there's nothing you should have to hide from me." Jon said. He moved his hands further up my sides. "Im uncomfortable with the way i look." i said quietly. "Chels, you've gotta be kidding me." he said, pulling me down into the water. I shook my head. "Chelsea, look at me." I brought my head up and looked at him in the eyes. He put his hands on my shoulders. "You are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen. I mean that. Everything about you is perfect." he told me. "Jon-" i started, but he cut me off. "No, no objections. I wish you could see what I see', I really do." "Fine Jon." I said, looking away. "Say it. Tell me you're beautiful." he said. "Im beautiful." i mumbled, still not looking at Jon. He put his hand under my chin and turned my face to his. "Im sorry, what was that?" He said, cocking his head to the side. "Im beautiful." i said again, smiling a little. Jon smiled to and brought me into a hug. His arms were so comforting, they wrapped all the way around me and held me close to him. I layed my head on his chest and hugged him back. We stayed like that for about two minutes. When we pulled apart, he put his hands on the hem of my shirt. "So...can I?" he asked with pleading eyes. I bit my lip, smiled and nodded. He lifted the shirt off of me and tossed it near our table. Afrer that, we decided to go to the hot tub. We walked over and Jon set the timer for the jets. They started and we sunk down into the hot water. I rested my head on Jons shoulder and we held hands under the water. After a few minutes, Jon looked down at me with the most loving eyes i have ever seen. I looked back up at him and smiled. He gave me his killer smirk and then leaned in to kiss me. I kissed him back and we continued for quite a while. His hands were on either side of my face and mine were on his sides. I had moved from beside him to his lap. We pulled apart when the timer for the jets turned off, which had been set for 20 minutes. It barely felt like any time had passed at all, and I didn't want it to end. We looked at the clock on the wall and it was almost 10:30. "we've got morning skate." Jon said, our foreheads pressed together. I nodded and moved off of him. We got out and dried off, put or shoes on and got on the elevator. When we got to my room, i leaned up against the outside of the door. "Come back when you're changed? Please?" i said to Jon. "Promise." he said back. I smiled and he kissed my nose then turned and walked down the hall to his room. I went inside mine and quickly changed into yoga shorts and a big tshirt. I beushed my hair out and out it into a messy bun. i layed down in my bed and was checking my instagram, twitter, and tumblr. Jon came in a few minutes later. He had showered and changes into just boxers. He turned off the bedside lamp and then layed down next to me. I locked my phone and put it on the charger then turned to face Jon. he pulles me in to his chest as held me tight. We stayed like that, not saying anything for a while. "Chels?" Jon whispered into my hair. "Hmm?" i answered, asjusting my position. "i-i love you." Jon whispered. This was the first time he'd said that. i smiled and let out a breath. "I love you too Jon." i said back, tracing circles on his back with my fingertips. He kissed the top of my head and i fell asleep shortly after. ***************** We woke up to my alarm at about 7:00. I sighed and rolled over to turn it off. Jon went back to his room and to get dressed. I quickly ran through the shower. I dried my hair and put on a little makeup. I wasn't required to go to the skate today, but I did anyway. I put on a pair of jeans, a bair of leather riding boots that came to my knees, and a red v-neck. I added my black peacoat too. Jon came back to get me a little while later and we went down to the breakfast area. I just had a bowl of cereal and an apple. Jon had an omelette, bacon, sausage, and toast. Seabrook and Keith came down right when we did and we sat with them. We waited for the rest of the team to come down, eat, and be ready to leave. Once everyone was, we loaded onto the bus and headed to the Consol Energy Center. I sat up quite a bit in the seats so i could see everything going on. I was watching the team and answering texts from Cassie when someone put their hand on my shoulder. I jumped and covered my mouth hand. I turned around to see Sidney. "Can we talk?" he asked, putting his hands in his pockets and gesturing with his head to the concession area. I took in a big breath, nodded, and followed him out. We found a little food vender bootb that had some tall tables and chairs set up to the side. We sat down and I leaned back and crossed my arms arohnd my chest, looking at him. He put his elbows on the table and ran his fingers through his hair. "Chelsea, I didn't mean what I said at all. I don't know what compelled me to say it or even think it. But Jon was the one edging me on." "First of all, don't blame any of it on anyone. You started it and you messed up. Its no ones fault but you're own. Second of all, when you scoffed, what the hell was that. My heart litterally dropped to my ass when you did that. You didn't have a right to do any of that either because you and I never dated. You didn't want to date. You're making me wait for you, which is completely unfair. Your lucky I love you enough to wait." i said. Sindey was now looking down. " you're right. About everything. Im sorry Chelsea." he said. I nodded then stood up, practice was ending. "Ill see you later Sidney." i said getting up and walking to the locker room. I met Jon as he was walking out to get on the bus. He put his arm around me and we made our way out. We went through the concession area and passed the place where Sid and I just were. He was still sitting there, twisting the lid of his water bottle. I shook my head as we passed and we walked out of the building. We went back to the hotel and then Jon, Patrick, Seabrook, Sharp and I went down the street to a pizza place for lunch. When we came back, Jon and I went back to my room and took a pre-game nap. We got up around 4, got ready, and loaded onto the bus fornthe game. I changed into my uniform warm ups and pulled my hair into a ponytail and put a blackhawks cap on. I helped Jon and Patrick work out and stretch. As I was telling Patrick the correct way to lunge and his foot placement, Jon came over from the water station and kissed my cheek "You're so hot when you're working." he said. I laughed and playfully hit him on the chest. He laughed too and went over to the weight lifting station. I finished with Patrick and l sat down ln one of the couches. The team left to the locker room to get ready. Justin and I grabbed some water bottles and went to the area in the locker room where the game was on. We sat down and waited for it to start. During the first, we scored twice in the very beginning. The Pens did at the very end, making it 2-1. About 8 minutes into the game, there was a faceoff. Jon and Sid weren't doing it, but were next to eachother around it. You could tell they were chirping at eachother. "I can't even imagine what they're saying" i said. Then, they both dropped their gloves and went at it. Both had some really nice shots. They lost their footing and fell to the ice, Sid on top of Jon. The refs tried pulling them away, but they both kept going at it. Finally, they were seperated, but Jon wasn't getting up. Sid a cut on his lip and Jon had a bigger one on his forehead. "Shit." i said, getting up abd running out to the ice. I kneeled down next to him, holding his head up abd dabbing his cut with a towel. He was concious, but wincing in pain. Justin and I got him up and put his arms arohnd both of our shoulders, supporting him as we took him back to the locker room. We took him back to the medical room and got things out for stitching. Justin numbed the area as I sterilized the needle and got the thread ready. Justin injected the last of the pain killer into Jon's forehead when I came over from the counter. "This is going to sting a little Jon, just bear with it." i said, cleaning the gash with a peroxide and alchohol mixture. Jon winced a little. "Sorry babe." i said getting the last drops of blood. "Im about to stitch it up, its going to hurt but the pain meds should help some." i told him. I leaned over him and ran the black thread through his skin, closing the gash. He was pretty calm during it, thankfully. When he was sitting up, he was really dizzy. Steven came in to assess everything. Jon said his left side was hurting pretty bad, so we made him take his jersey and gear off. Steven checked his sides and said he had a few bruised ribs and wouldn't be able to return to the game. Once Steven was done and released Jon, I went and told coach Q Jon's status. "Alright. Stat back their with him, make sure he doesn't do anything to hurt himself more." Q said. "Yes sir." i said, returning to the locker room. Jon was taking the rest of his gear off when I returned. He showered, put on gym shorts and his blackhawks hockey tshirt, and joined Justin and I to watch the rest of the game. The Pens ended up scoring two more times and won 2-3. After the game, I went and found Sidney. "Why? I thought this was over." i said. "He started it." Sidney answered in defense. "You could've ended it! Not done anything back!" i said "So i was supposed to just let him do it?" Sid said, crossing his arms. "You could have been the bigger person." I told him. "Whatever. its over now. What did I do to him?" he asked "Cut his face and bruised a few of his ribs." "ouch." he said, clutching his sides. "Yeah. Ouch." i said. "he proabably won't play tomorrow either, might have a concussion." i said. "well, sorry." Sid said, somewhat uncaringly. I shook my head. I turned and walked away from him, not wanting to talk to him anymore. I made my way to Jon and checked his stitches to make sure they were tight. The team ate, loaded onto the bus, and went back to the hotel. I had trouble falling asleep, i kept thinking about the day and what I was going to do about Sid. I finally did though about 2 hours later.

Notes

Done! sorry it took a few days, I've been a little busy with school and only able to write using my phone so yeah. Hope you enjoy!! **Hawks playing the Bruins in about a half hour, cant wait!!**