Oh Captain, My Captain (Sidney Crosby)

Chapter Forty Three

“Move it!” I growled as Toronto defenseman #53 Mike Kostka was in my way as I tried to make a goal.

“Sorry sweetheart,” he said and then tried to steal the puck, but I quickly passed it to Geno who then shot it and scored a goal.

I smirked towards Kostka and he growled towards me and we heard the buzzard go off.

It was the end of the second period and we were up by two, the score being two to four, Penguins. Now last time we played these guys, we lost; I was trying not to let that happen again. I walked into the locker room and grabbed a bottle of water and squirted some water into my mouth because I was thirsty and then grabbed a towel to wipe the ice and sweat from my protector. Coach gave a pep talk and then we were back out on the ice for the final period.

Throughout the third, Toronto made a comeback and was now ahead of us by one and we were getting frustrated. I looked at the clock and saw that we only had about five more minutes until the game was over. We were on a power play because one of Toronto’s boys was penalized for high sticking Geno.

It was less than two minutes in the game, the score was tied five to five, and I was in the box for taking a penalty because too many men on the ice. Sidney sat next to me in the box for tripping and we watched in silence as our boys fought for the ice because it was five against three.

My penalty was up with ten seconds left in the game and I skated right onto the ice just in time for Dustin to pass me the puck and I went down towards the net and headed towards the right corner, but their goaltender was waiting for me, so I smirked, and faked it, quickly spinning to my left and shooting the puck into the net just in time for the buzzard to go off. Final score, five to six, Penguins!

A sigh of relief came through my lips as I smiled and watched as my team skated towards him and praised me. We skated off of the ice and headed back towards the locker room, and the guys all laughed when I collapsed onto the bench.

“Man, I have a damn cramp in my leg,” I whined as I took my skates and gear off and then rubbed my calf.

“Charlie horse?” Sidney asked and I nodded my head.

“Ouch.”

The boys and I showered and changed and then went outside to get into the bus that was going to take us to our hotel.

I wasn’t even my room for five minutes before Sidney came in and was already taking my clothes off. I laughed when he was hugging me tightly because we weren’t able to do anything this week because my family was at my house.

-Sidney-

Alex laid on her stomach as she faced the TV with the bed sheets wrapped around her. She had her face in her hands as she leaned against her elbows. I smiled and then grabbed her leg and she turned her head and laughed towards me. I then got up and threw my boxers on and then laid on my back next to her. Alex then threw her arm over me and crawled on top of me and pressed her lips on mine. There was a knock at the door and Alex sighed and then walked over, still holding the sheets up and looked through the peep hole. She turned around with her eyes widened and then ran over towards me.

“It’s Coach!” she said and my eyes widened and then we quickly got our clothes on and Alex threw me into the bathroom and shut the door.

-Alex-

I opened the door after fixing myself and saw Coach standing there.

“Hello Alex.”

“Hi Coach, what’s up? Sorry I took so long I was in the bathroom.”

“It’s no problem; I just wanted to tell you that you did a good job out there,” he said and I smiled.

“Well thank you Coach, it means a lot,” I said and he nodded head.

I heard Sidney sneeze in the bathroom and I froze, ‘…Unbelievable…’

“Bless you,” Coach said and I looked at him and thank him.

‘…Close one…’ I thought and then thanked him for my ‘sneeze’.

“You know when I was you age, I was always trying to be the responsible one, but somehow it never worked. I wanted to tell you that I heard about what happened in New York last month, and I’m happy that you handled the situation the way you did,” my eyes widened and I looked at him confused, “The owner of the bar called the igloo and wanted to thank you for the check to help repair his bar. He told me what happened,” Coach said and then I sighed.

“Sorry.”

“All right, I understand that you were trying to fix the situation without getting anyone in trouble, but don’t do it again.”

“Yes sir,” I said and then heard Sidney’s cell phone going off in the bathroom, ‘…Oh come on! That damn phone!...’

“Is there someone in here?” Coach asked and I froze, “Alex, you know you’re not allowed to bring people up to your room.”

“I know Coach,” I said he walked into the room and saw the messy bed and then opened the bathroom door.

“Crosby?” he said shocked.

‘…Shit!...’ I thought as Coach called for Sidney to come out.

“What the hell is going on here?”

“Coach-“ Sidney said and I sighed and sat on the bed.

“Save it! You know Crosby, when I told you to watch over Alex, I didn’t mean like this!” Coach yelled. I rubbed my forehead and sighed, “How long has this been going on?”

“About two months,” Sidney answered.

“And what are you two?”

“We’re in a relationship,” he said and I looked at him.

“Well that explains a whole lot,” Coach said and then sighed, “How the hell were you able to hide this?”

“Being really careful,” I said and he looked at me, “I didn’t plan on going public with this until the end of the season.”

“Alex, I don’t know what the league is going to say about this- With you being the only girl in the league, I don’t know if they’re going to handle this situation well.”

“What situation, Coach? The fact that Alex and I care about each other?” Sidney said as he stood up.

My eyes widened and I grabbed his arm and pulled him back down onto the bed, “Calm down, Sidney.”

“I’d listen to her, Sidney. I do not doubt that you two don’t care about each other, I’m just saying that I don’t know how the league is going to handle this.”

“I don’t think they’re going to make a big deal out of it. I only didn’t want to tell them because of that double standard shit,” I said and Coach sighed.

“Just keep this to yourself. Do the guys know?”

“Some, but not all.”

“Who?”

“Geno, James and Marc,” Sidney answered and I kept my arms around his left arm.

“Of course they do,” Coach said and rubbed a hand through his hair, “I have to make a couple calls.”

“Coach-“

“Don’t worry, Alex. It’s just to a few friends, see what they think of this.”

I sighed and then watched as Coach left the room and I laid my head on Sidney’s shoulder. I stood up and then walked over towards the door and locked the door and then walked back over towards Sidney. He saw the worried look on my face and sighed.

“It’ll be all right, Alex,” Sidney said and then kissed my head and wrapped his arm around me.

“I’m worried though.”

“I know, but you’ll be fine- We’ll be fine,” he said and I laid my head on his chest, “Listen, you a good person and a hell of a player. The league is going to look past this because obviously your game hasn’t worsened, it’s gotten better!” I nodded my head knowing that what he was saying was true, “Let’s just get some sleep.”

I nodded my head and then we stood up and laid on the bed and Sidney wrapped his arm around me. I couldn’t fall asleep thought, I kept on thinking about what Coach had said about not knowing how the league might handle this. I heard Sidney snoring and I knew he was asleep, I sighed and then got up out of my bed and grabbed my phone. I sent a text to Marc asking if we could talk and he replied saying that he was in the gym. I changed into shorts and sneakers, grabbing a t-shirt and heading down to the gym to tell Marc what had just happened and to ask him what he thought of it.