The Captains

The next day the team had to catch an early flight back to Chicago. We got there at about 8:30 a.m. and I was exhausted. Four hours of sleep and a 5:30 flight, not my thing. I slept on the plane some, but the jet-lag caught up to me too. When we got to the United Center for morning skate, I went to the players couch and layed down. I was able to rest for a while, just until Seabrook needed his wrist taped up. I took care of it then practice ended. Jon cleaned up and him and I went back to our apartments.
"I'm gonna go get cleaned up and rest for a bit. We'll meet up on the way to the game?" I said
"Yeah, Ill see you later Chels." Jon said, kissing my forehead. I went inside my apartment and went straight to my bedroom. I threw my bag and shoes off and took my uniform off. I took my bra off and put on one of Jon's big t-shirts. I closed my curtains to my window, turned on some music and collapsed into my bed. I fell asleep almost immediately. When I woke up, it was about 4:30 in the afternoon. I ran through the shower, dried my hair and did my makeup. I then picked out an outfit for the game. I wore white jeans with black riding boots and a red sweater. I wore black and red jewelry and brought a black tote purse. I texted Abby Sharp and told her I was going to be in the WAG's box tonight and to tell the other girls. This was going to be her first game back since having Madeline and it was Madelyn's first game. I left my apartment and went over to Jon's. We had exchanged keys so I let myself in and found him in his kitchen mixing a protein drink and talking on the phone in French. I guessed it was his mother because I recognized the word for mom a few times. He said goodbye a few minutes later and hung up the phone. I had sat down across from him at one of the bar stools.
"My parents are coming for Chirstmas, they'll be here in two days." Jon said. I got nervous all of a sudden. My eyes got wide at Jon and my face flushed.
"You'll be fine, they'll love you, I promise." Jon told me.
"Are you sure?" I asked, tilting my head to the side.
"I'm positive. There isn't anything about you anyone could hate." He said, walking around to me and kissing my forehead. I just nodded.
"Im gonna go change into my suit, then we'll go, 'kay?" Jon said walking towards his bedroom.
"Okay. And one more thing Jon." I said
"Yeah?" he said turning around to face me. I closed my eyes and winced
"My family will be here tomorrow." I let out. I opened my eyes to see Jon's reaction. He had a straight face and just nodded.
"Okay. Sounds good." he said before walking into his room. I knew he was nervous about it by the way he looked and sounded. This week outta be fun. Jon came out in his suit and I walked over to him and straightened his tie and tightened it.
"Very nice." I said reaching up and kissing his cheek. He smiled and we left the apartment. While driving to the UC, Jon asked quite a few nervous questions about my family.
"So, by family, who all do you mean?" he asked
"My mom, dad, brother and his wife and son." I said
"Are the hard to impress?" he asked a little more nervously.
"Jon, you're the captain of their favorite team and you're the best boyfriend anyone could have. They are going to love you and you don't need to worry." I said, rubbing his arm. He nodded and continued to ask questions. He got the same type of answer for most of them. We finally got to the UC and went inside. Jon wasn't playing tonight since he was still a little roughed up and hurt from the fight with Sidney. We went down to the locker room and said hi to everyone and went up to the sky box. I found Abby and Madelyn and went over to them. It was the first time I had seen here since the hospital.
"Abby!" I exclaimed as I got to her. She turned to see who I was and her face lit up.
"Hey Chelsea! You look great!" she said, putting Madeline in her carrier. I flipped my hair
"Well, I try." I said jokingly in a stuck up voice. We laughed and exchanged a hug.
"But you, you look awesome. Its been not even two weeks and you already look how you did before." I told her.
"Please. My feet barely fit into any of my shoes still and I'm exhausted." she said sitting back down. I sat down next to her and we caught up. When the game was about to start, no one else was with us in the box.
"Where is everyone?" I asked, looking around.
"A lot of them went back to their hometowns and stuff to see family. Everyone from here, I don't know, just didn't come." Abby answered.
"Ah." I said as the game started.
"Do you wanna hold Mad?" she asked, taking her out of the carrier.
"Of course!" I said. Abby handed her to me and I held her in my arms. She was still really small and seemed really fragile.
"She's gorgeous." I said, looking up at Abby. She was looking down at Madelyn and smiling.
"Thanks." Abby said, getting back to the game. I kept Madelyn in my arms for the rest of the game. I bounced and played with her. Abby let me since she hadn't had a break from for a while. Whenever we scored, we'd have to cover her ears but that barely helped, she wailed every time. When the game was over with, the Hawks winning 1-5 over the Canadians, Abby let me carry her down to the locker room. We walked over to Sharp who were already ready to leave.
"Looks like someone made a new friend," Sharpie said. I smiled and handed her to him. She looked even tinier next to him.The four of us said bye to everyone and left. Jon and I picked up Chinese takeout on the way home. We went up to his and ate then watched TV. We had put up decorations in our apartments, including Kaner's, a few weeks ago. We all helped decorate each other's trees and put gifts under them. I got Jon a gift card to his favorite store to buy suits and a Fossil watch. I got Cassie a new pair of UGG moccasins and a Victoria's secret gift-card, and I got Patrick a gift card for the same suit store Jon liked and one of Bauer's new hockey sticks. I got my dad a new Colombia coat, my mom a new Pens jersey, and my brother's family Blackhawks jerseys that have their last name on it. After watching TV for a while, we talked about Plans for the week with our families. We would do separate Christmases with our families Christmas day, then both of our families would meet up and have Christmas dinner at my place. We would do Christmas with Kane, Cassie, Jon and I after the Christmas Eve family skate at the UC. About an hour later, Jon and I went to bed. We got up the next morning, ate breakfast, got ready, and went to the airport to pick up my family. My mom and dad got divorced about a year after we moved to Pittsburgh and had barely talked since. This was the first Christmas they'd be together since then. They worked out flight arrangements though. Hopefully things would go smoothly. We got to the airport and found a seating area near their baggage claim thing. The monitor lit up and said their flight had landed. About 15 minutes later, I saw my brother and his wife with their son coming down the escalator. Followed by them were my mom and dad. They were talking, not smiling at each other or anything, but talking, which was a first. Jon and I stood up and my brother's wife, Benni, saw me and lead everyone over to me.
"Benni! How are you!" I said, bringing her into a hug. She hugged me back
"Good, I'm good!" she said back. Just then, I felt something tugging at my jeans. I looked down to see my nephew, Jared, grasping at my leg. I picked him up and brought him up above my head then down again and rested him on my hip.
"Jar-Jar! Goodness gracious you're big!" I said nuzzling my nose to his. Jared is about one and half and absolutely adorable. He snickered and put his face in my shoulder. My parents and brother then came over and I gave them the best hugs I could with Jared still on my hip.
"Everyone, this is Jon." I said gesturing to him "Jon, this is everyone." I said gesturing to them. He smiled and shook everyone's hand and greeted them.
"Jared, can you say hi to Jon?" I said, bouncing him and pointing to Jon. Jared just shook his head and hid his face in my hair again, which made everyone laugh. We then waited for everyone to get their bags. Once everyone was ready, we left to the parking lot. We took Jon's car since it was an SUV and big enough for everyone. We loaded all the bags in the trunk and loaded into car. The hotel everyone was staying at was only a few blocks away from our apartment building luckily. Jon and I dropped everyone off and told them to call when they were all ready to go. We left back to my apartment and hung out there for about an hour. We were up on the rooftop when my mom called telling us they were ready. We left and picked them up and went out to lunch at a pizza place. Jon got to know everyone and everyone seemed to like him. Jared also started warming up to him. When we were done with lunch, my family wanted to go back to their hotel and rest for a while since the flight had worn them out quite a bit. Jon and I dropped them off again then went back up to the rooftop at our building. We didn't come down until my brother, David, called asking if we would watch Jared while they went out tonight. I asked Jon and he agreed so I told them to bring everything over and if they wanted us to keep him for the night we would too. About an hour and a half later, David and Benni were dropping Jared off with all of his stuff for the night and getting back into their cab. I carried Jared and Jon carried his bag up. When we got to my apartment, I set Jared down and let him explore the apartment that he could access. We closed all the doors to the other room and luckily all of the cabinets were in the kitchen were above the counters. I looked in his bag to see what all we had to work with for tonight. They had packed pajamas and his blanket, so I figured they wanted him to spend the night. I spread a blanket on my living room floor and set some toys they packed out. Jared was now looking out of the glass doors that went out to my balcony. Jon was sitting next to him, pointing at things outside to show Jared. I watched them interact for a few minutes, and it was adorable. Jon was great with him. Jon turned around to look at me and smiled then pointed over to me. I smiled back and raised my eyebrows at Jared then walked over to them. Jared met me half way and reached up for me. I picked him up and he put his forehead on mine. I smiled and brought him over to the kitchen and set him on the counter.
"Does Jar-Jar want something to eat?" I asked him, patting my stomach. Jar-Jar was the nick-name I had given him when he was born, I had gotten it from the Star Wars movie character. Jared nodded and Jon looked in his bag and pulled out two jars of baby food.
"Peas and Carrots or Peas and Carrots?" Jon said opening up one the jars. He smelled and scrunched his face up, which made me laugh.
"Peas and Carrots it is, great decision." Jon answered himself. He handed it to me and I got a spoon out from the drawer and opened the jar.
"You wanna do it?" I asked Jon and lifted up the jar.
"All you." Jon answered back, holding his hands up I laughed and shook my head then fed Jared. When he was done, the three of us went outside to the balcony. We showed Jared all of the airplanes and boats flying across the night sky and lake michigan. A little while later, Jared started yawning. Jon was holding him in his lap now and jared layed his head on Jons shoulder.
"Tired little man?" he said, bouncing Jared a few times on his knee. Jared nodded so we brought him inside. Benni had told us to give him a bath and that all of his bath stuff was on the outside pocket. Jon went and filled my bathtub with his soap and water. I brought him in the bathroom, undressed him and set him in the water. He laughed, splashed and played with the bubbles and toys. I washed his hair and body then let him play a little longer. He kept splashing water up at Jon, which I thought was hilarious. Once Jared seemed to be getting bored, we got him out, dried him off and put his clean pajamas on. At this point, Jon's shirt was soaked on the front. Jon carried Jared out to the living room and they sat on the couch together. Jon turned something on, but I didn't see because I felt my phone buzzing in my pocket. I took it out and it was my mom calling.
"Ill be back in a minute." I said to Jon. I went back into my room and layed out on my bed.
"Hey mom." I said
"Hey Chels. Are you and Sidney doing okay?" she asked, surprising me.
"What? Why?" I asked her, shaking my head and rubbing my temples with my free hand
"He called a minute ago, said you and him weren't exactly on the best terms and you wouldn't speak to him. Is everything okay?" my mother asked. I sighed deeply and sat up.
"He got all mad because of Jon and I, and he did some things in Pittsburgh that he shouldn't have. He also got into a fight with Jon during the game, so no, we aren't exactly on the best terms. and he called you?" I said to her.
"What did he do? and yes, he did." she responded matter-of-factly
"Doesn't matter. When he grows up and shows me, Ill speak to him. I tried and he was still being jealous and immature." I told my mom
"Well, you might want to try reaching out to him. He really wishes you would speak to him." she said.
"Ill think about it." I said
"Alright, well Ill see you later sweetie." she said
"alright mom. bye"
"Bye" I clicked the red end call button and stared at my ceiling for a few minutes. I then got up and went back out to the living room, where I didn't hear anything except for the TV. I found Jon laying on the couch asleep with Jared asleep on his chest. My jaw dropped and a huge smile spread across my face. I snapped a picture on my phone and then went and set up a make-shift crib for Jared to sleep. It ended up being a larger laundry basket with a pillow in it. I picked Jared up and carried him to his "crib." I then went back to the couch and shook Jon. He woke with a start and sat straight up, his head hitting my nose. I stood up straight again and held my hands over my nose.
"Shit Jon! I'm not a murderer! Shit that hurts." I said, walking over to the freezer to get an ice pack. Jon followed and looked at it, making sure it wasn't bleeding or broken. It luckily wasn't. I took the ice pack off and put it back in the freezer. I looked back up at Jon, who was smirking at me. I gave him a smaller smirk and shook my head and brushed past him and tried walking to my room. As soon as I passed him, he grabbed me by my waist with one arm pulling me back into him. He rested his head on my shoulder from behind me and kissed my jawbone/ cheek.
"Im sorry Chels." he said, his lips against my jaw. I put my hand on the other side of his face and kissed him. We then went to my room, changed and went to bed. We didn't fall asleep right away though. We stayed up talking about little things that came to our minds, things like our childhood and worst dates. We ran out of things after a while and finally were able to sleep. I was in the best place I could have been, against Jon's torso with his arms around me.
When I woke up, I heard Jared calling me from the next room. The best he could do for my name was "Chelly." I wiggled out from Jon's arm, trying not to wake him up. I got up and out of my bed and picked up Jared.
"Good morning Jar-Jar." I said bringing him to the kitchen. I started a pot of coffee and sat with Jared on my couch. I layed back and rested my head on the arm while Jared layed on top of me. When the coffee was finished, I set Jared on the floor and made myself a cup. I brought it back over and watched Jared play. About 15 minutes later, my Benni called and said they were on their way over to pick Jared up. I quickly got all of his stuff together in his bag and got him ready to face to cold Chicago air. I brought him and his stuff down to the lobby and met Benni there. She thanked me and hung his bag on the handle of the stroller and put Jared in it.
"Bye bye Jar-Jar!" I said, waving to him. He waved back and then they were off. I went back upstairs and to my apartment where I found Jon walking out of my bedroom. We met each other half way and I hugged him, my arms wrapped tightly around him and my head in his chest. He put his arms around my shoulders and kissed the top of my forehead.
"We've gotta get my parents in about two hours." Jon said. squeezing my shoulders then letting go. I did the same and tensed up a little. I had forgotten about his parents coming. Jon saw me still standing in the spot and and returned to me.
"You. Are. Going. To. Be. Fine." Jon told me encouragingly.
"Okay, okay. I'm gonna go take a shower and get ready." I said. I kissed his cheek then left to the bathroom. I showered and got out, wrapping my hair up in a towel and wrapping another around my body. I went out to my bedroom and to my drawer where I keep my underwear. It was empty and I remembered that I had washed it all yesterday. I walked out and to my laundry area and got the stack of underwear off the dryer. I walked back to my bedroom, but when I was about half a ways there, I felt strong arms wrap around me. I laughed and turned around to face him. Jon tugged at the end of my towel that was about halfway down my thigh. I smiled and shook my head at him.
"Down boy. Not now." I said, removing his hand.
"Not now?" he responded, raising his eyebrows. I smiled and winked then returned to my bedroom to get ready. I put on a pair of jeans and a red v-neck with my black sweater uggs. I dried my hair and did my makeup. By then, it was time to go pick up Jon's parents from the airport. We drove to the airport, went inside and waited in the same area as we had earlier this week. Their plane landed and Jon found them coming down the escalator. We were holding hands and Jon could tell I was getting nervous. He gave my hand a reassuring squeeze. We stood up and met his parents half way.
"Hey mom!" Jon said, embracing his mother. He did the same with his dad and then, all eyes were on me.
"Mom, dad, this is Chelsea Adams, my girlfriend." Jon said, putting his arm around me. His mom, Andree, pulled me into a tight hug. She let go and smiled saying,
"It's so nice to meet you! Jon has told me so many great things about you!" she said.
"Mom, n-no," Jon said, blushing a little. I smiled and raised my eyebrows at him. He just shook his head. Jon's dad laughed and then him and I shook hands.
"Nice to meet you Chelsea." he said. Jon and his father got him and his mother's bag while Andree and I talked. They met us with the bags and the four of us piled into Jon's car. His parents coincidentally were staying at the same hotel my family was. We parked and Jon stayed with them to check in and I went up to my mom's room. My dad let me in and I sat down at the desk that was in the room.
"Where's mom? and why are you in mom's room?" I asked him, noticing her absence. He gestured outside to the balcony, where my mom was talking on the phone. She noticed me and smiled and waved, still talking.
"We ran into each other in the hall and she invited me in." my dad said.
I waved back and talked to my dad about the upcoming plans for the next few days. When my mom came in, she joined our conversation.
"Who was that on the phone?" I asked her once they had agreed to the plans.
"Sidney." she said with a sigh. I shook my head and gave her a look that said 'really?'
"Again?" I said, crossing my arms.
"Yes Chelsea! He really feels bad. I really would like you to talk to him." she responded. I shook my head and then I got a text from Jon saying him and his parents were ready.
"Jon and his parents are ready. Ill see you later." I said, getting up. I hugged my dad then turned to my mom.
"Please Chelsea. Its Christmas, at least let that be an excuse." she said.
"Ill think about it mom. He knows what he did." I said. I hugged her and then met Jon and his parents in the lobby. We left and went out to lunch at a pizza place down the street. While there, I got to know Mr. & Mrs. Toews. better and vice versa. We finished our lunch then dropped Jon's parents off at the hotel. Jon and I then left and did a few last minutes Christmas gifts for a few people on the team. Once we were done with that, we went to our local grocery store and bought everything I would need. Jon and I went back to my apartment and put everything up. We got finished and then Jon announced he was going on a run. I kissed him goodbye and then went to take a nap. I was woken up by my phone ringing. I searched in my sheets for it then finally found it. A picture of Sidney and I was on my screen. I sighed and then slid the green arrow to answer.
"Hey Sydney." I said
"Chelsea! Hey, Im glad you finally picked up!" he said enthusiastically.
"So.. uh, what's up?" I asked
"Nothing really. But I'm calling to apologize. For everything. I miss you Chelsea." Sid said
"I know what I did was immature and dumb and it took me way too long to realize it. I miss you. A lot. And I hate not knowing if you miss me or not." he said. I didn't say anything for a little while.
"Chelsea?" he asked
"Yeah. Sorry. Im really glad you're apologizing. And I've missed you too." I said
"Yo-You do?" he asked, which made me laugh.
"Yes Sidney! I miss you." I said, laughing a little more.
"Good. Great. That makes me really happy." he said, I could tell he was smiling.
"So are we okay now?" he asked
"Yes, Sid. We are. But promise me something?" I said
"Anything." He said back
"Lets not have to do this again." I said
"Promise." he said
"Awesome. Merry Christmas Sidney." I said
"Merry Christmas Chelsea. Ill see you soon." he said. The line went dead and I locked my phone. A few minutes later, I got up from my bed and left my bedroom. Just as I was getting to my living room area, Jon walked in. We walked to each other and he put his arms around me, rubbing my back and hugged him back tight, taking him in. I could tell he had showered because I could still smell his body wash on his skin. We stayed together like that for a few minutes and then broke apart when my phone started ringing again. I sighed and pulled it of my pocket. It was my brother David.
"Hey David." I said
"Hey Chell. Are you doing anything tonight?" he asked
"Um, no not yet. Why?" I said
"Me and Benni were wondering if you and Jon would want to come to dinner with us." he said
I asked Jon and he agreed, so I told my brother we would.
"Alright, we'll meet you in the lobby of your building. 7 sound good?" David said
"Yeah, see you then." I said and then hung up my phone. I checked my phone and it was about 6:15.
"Jeez, I didn't know I'd slept that long." I said, looking up at Jon.
"Yeah, I came over after my run and you were knocked out. I came again after I got cleaned up too." Jon answered
"Wow. Well I'm gonna go get ready." I said, turning and going to my bedroom. I changed into dark skinny jeans, a black v-neck, a black and white cardigan, and my black sweater Uggs. I touched up my hair and makeup then was ready. Jon and I opened a bottle of wine and had some while we were waiting. When it was about 7, we left my apartment and went down to the lobby of my building. We sat down on a bench then a few minutes later, Benni and David showed up. The four of us went outside to the frigid Chicago air and quickly hailed down a cab. We piled and in and Jon suggested a sports bar a few blocks away. We agreed and told the driver and were on our way. The cab pulled up to the restaurant and we paid and got out. Jon and the team went there pretty often after games and such so we were able to get a private table. It also helped that Jon was, well you know, Jonathon Toews. The four of us got our drinks and food orders in then started catching up. Jon and David got into a heated conversation about football and stuff, so Benni and I started our own. We talked about how Jared was the other night and I showed her the picture of him and Jon sleeping on the couch. She then asked me about having kids. I spun my beer around on the table and thought for a minute. I'd always hated this question.
"I don't know. Its never appealed to me all that much, and if it is with Jon, him traveling all the time, I wouldn't want that. I also need to be married for a while before that thought even comes up." I told her. She just nodded and took a sip of her wine. She thankfully changed the subject, seeing that I was a little uncomfortable. Our food came a little while later and we ate, the table becoming much quieter. Once we were finished, Jon paid for ours and David for theirs and we were off. Jon and I went up to our separate apartments and I changed into yoga pants and one of Jon's t-shirts I borrowed. I grabbed my phone and went over to Jon's apartment. He had changed into gym shorts and white t-shirt and was laying on his couch. I layed down next to him and he put his arms around me. We watched one of SyFy channels dumb movies and laughed at all the bad graphics and gore. Once it was over, I was pretty tired and yawning.
"Tired huh?" Jon said, poking my sides then tickling them. I tried my best to get out of his grip and then ended up rolling right of the couch and onto the floor, which Jon thought was hilarious. I landed on my back and eventually started laughing too. Jon got up and then helped me up off of the floor.
"I've never seen you laugh that much Captain Serious." I said as he pulled me to my feet. Jon just smiled and made a sarcastic "haha" to me
"Nice one, Dagger." he said. I smiled and put my arms around his neck and reached up to kiss him. He put his hands on the small of my back and pulled me into him. We kissed like this for a while. Jon then picked me up with my legs around his waist. He carried me to his room, us still kissing. He set me down on the bed and I fell a little awkwardly and ungracefully which made us both laugh. Jon lied down on top of me and we kissed more. We only broke apart when he took our shirts off. He then moved his lips from mine to my jaw and down to my neck
"Its later" he whispered to me, his lips on my jaw. I smiled as he then was working at the zipper of my jeans. He got it and then I did the same for him, the both of us now in only our underwear. That all quickly came off and that was the last thing I vividly remember. The rest of the night, all I remembered was wanting Jon to hold me tighter, kiss me harder, and never let go.
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I woke up the next morning wrapped in Jon's arms. He was already awake and playing with a few strands of my hair. I turned to him and smiled.
"Morning Dagger," Jon said smiling back
"Morning babe" I said, turning completely over and putting my head into the crook of his neck.
"Its Christmas Eve." Jon said rubbing my back.
"Mhmm" I said into his shoulder, not wanting to ever get out of bed.
"Wanna go to Hole in the Wall?" Jon asked,"We haven't given Mamma J her Christmas gift yet."
I closed my eyes, smiled and nodded.
"Alright." Jon said, rolling out of the bed and getting up. I did the same and we put on our clothes. I went back to my apartment and took a shower. I wore jeans and my Uggs with a white polo and my grey north face. I put on a little makeup and then found Jon waiting for me in my kitchen with Momma J's gift. I grabbed my phone and wallet and we left. We drove to the restaurant and brought in her gift. We were also the only ones in there. When the bells to the door rang, Momma J came out of the kitchen immediately. Her eyes lit up immediately and she came to us as quickly as she good. She immediately embraced the both of us, also kissing both of our cheeks.
"How are y'all? Jon taking good care of you, 'cause if ain't, God only knows what I'd do," she said, smiling and winking at Jon.
"Yes ma'am, he is. No need for any of that." I responded.
"Well good, you know to come to me if he gets outta line, Ill whip him back into shape." She said, pointing her greasy spatula in Jon's direction. Jon put his hands up in defense,
"hey hey now, I know how to treat a girl." Jon said. When he'd put his hands up, he also revealed her present, wrapped by moi very festively last week.
"Now what is that in your hand?" she asked
"Quit being mean to me and maybe you'll find out." Jon said with a smile.
"Oh hell Jon, you didn't have to get me anything!" She said.
"Well of course I did! How could I not!" Jon said, handing the gift to her. She opened it and it took out a white envelope. She opened that and after a few seconds of reading, she put her hand over her mouth.
"Jon I ca-" she was cut off
"Yes, you can, and you will. You told me yourself that things weren't so great around here, so yes, you can take it and use it." Jon said to her. Momma J shook her head in disbelief then hugged Jon again. She was about a foot shorter than him, so her head was directly in his chest. I could tell she was crying some by the way she was breathing. Jon wrapped her arms around her. Momma J pulled back after a minute and wiped her eyes.
"Did you know about this?" she asked me, showing me the paper. I just smiled and nodded her head. The piece of paper was a check for $10,000. Momma J's son had had cancer a few years back and the medical bills were still coming. She had also lost her son, William, to the cancer. The restaurant helped her some, but not completely since of having to pay for supplies and paying employees. This was what made her happy, so there was no way of letting it go. Momma J just shook her head and sniffed.
"Well, am I gonna feed y'all or what?" she asked, putting the check in the pocket of her apron.
"Of course, its impossible not to eat here." Jon said.
"Oh hush Jon. So what'll it be?" Momma J asked leading us to a booth.
"Usual for me." I said
"Same here. and an Orange Juice." Jon said
"oh yeah, Orange Juice for me too." I said
"Sounds good. Be out in a minute" Momma J said and returned to the kitchen.
Our food came and we ate and talked to Momma J for a little while too. We finally left and went back to my apartment. Jon and I decided to start working on the food for tomorrow's dinner. We made the dressing, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie and a pecan pie. Once we were done with that, it was time to start getting ready for the Blackhawks Christmas Party. I changed into a red ruffled top and put my pea-coat over it. I grabbed my solid white skates from my closet and we left. We got to the UC and found Cassie and Pat in the locker room changing into their skates. Jon and I did the same and then the four of us went out onto the ice where a few of the other families were. I talked with all of them, catching up with the other WAG's I was pretty close with. Jon came up to me a little later with two sticks and a puck in his hand.
"Little competition?" he asked me, gesturing to the sticks.
"You're on Captain." I said, taking one of the sticks from his hand. We skated to an area where no one was and Jon dropped the Puck. I hit with my sticks and skated away from him with the puck in my possession. He easily followed but wasn't able to get the puck from me. We were close to one of the nets, so I shot it in. I threw my hands up and turned to Jon was was laughing. He came to me and kissed me. We then put the sticks up and continued the party, talking to all of the team. A few hours later, it came to an end and everyone went back to the locker room to change out of their skates. Cassie came over with Patrick to Jon and I.
"Meet us at your apartment?" Jon asked Pat
"Yeah, see you there." Pat said. The four of us said our final goodbyes to the team and left. Jon and I went to our apartments to grab the gifts and we met back up and went to Patrick's apartment down the hall. Cassie let us in and we went to the living area and sat on the couches around the Christmas tree. I gave everyone their gifts, which they all liked. Jon and Pat were really excited about their matching gift cards.
"Aw sweet man!" Patrick exclaimed, holding up his
"Aw me too!" Jon said, showing Pat his. Jon also really liked the watch I'd gotten him. Cassie squealed when she saw the moccasins, which made me laugh. From Cassie, I got a Victoria's secret gift card and a new pair of red stilettos, which made me squeal. From Patrick, I got a Kane jersey and an itunes gift card. The jersey made Jon give him a funny 'really?' look, which made everyone but him laugh. Jon got me a Pandora bracelet with 6 charms and a necklace with my birthstone, sapphire. Two red, one blue, a seamed one with hockey sticks, a black one with the Blackhawks logo and one with the tomahawk. He helped me put both on and then the four of us hung out for a while, watching the 24 hours of a Christmas story on ABC family. At about 10, Jon and I went back to his apartment and fell asleep. Well, he did. I didn't. For some reason, I could never sleep well on Christmas Eve. At some point though, I thankfully did, wrapped warmly in Jon's arms.

Notes

Aw jesus. Im done. I didn't want to split up this one, but I haven't updated in like a friggin week so Im just going to Christmas in its own chapter, so itll be a little shorter but since this one is so long it should make up for it. Sorry for it being so long, but maybe you all enjoy that... So sorry if you don't like long chapters, Congratulations if you do! The next chapter will hopefully be up before the weekend is over. So yeah. Night Lovelies!