Rescue Me (Sidney Crosby)

Chapter Ten

"So I have a phone!" I said excitedly as I held up my new Andriod and saw Sidney smiled.

"Really?"

"Yeah, when Alex found out that I didn't, I kind of got yelled at," I said and Sidney laughed and I gave him my number and he programmed it into his phone.

"Well that's good," he said and I nodded my head, "So have you decided if-"

"I'd love to," I said probably a little to eagerly.

"Great!" he said and smiled, "Well I have an away game tomorrow, we actually leave this afternoon, but I'll be back Thursday morning. So how about Thursday night?" he asked and I smiled and nodded my head.

'...So I won't see him tomorrow...' I thought sadly, "So who are you playing against?" I asked as we sat down at the little table.

"We play against the Florida Panthers."

"Florida? There's a place I'd like to go for this season," I said and he laughed. It has been crazy cold out, and from a girl originally from Texas, I didn't like the cold.

"It's not bad out," he said and I shook my head.

"I hate this weather, it was never this cold where I use to live," I said and then regretted it.

"And where was that?" he said smirking. I smiled and then bite my lip, "Come on, I told you where I'm from," he teased and I laughed.

"I'm from Texas," I said.

"Wow, you must really hate this weather then," he said and I laughed and nodded my head. I started to hear this ringing but I didn't know what it was, "Oh, I think your phones going off."

"Huh?" I said and then looked down on the table to see that it was, "Oh, sorry," I laughed and then picked up the phone, "Hello?"

"Julie! Sweetie, I'm sorry to interrupt but I just got hit hard with an order! This gentleman would like five hundred cupcakes for tonight!" Mildred said and then I heard her sigh.

"Tonight?!"

"Yeah, I'm so sorry, sweetie, but can you come back?" she asked and I could hear the panic in her voice.

"Yeah, I'm on my way, give me ten minutes," I said and then hung up the phone.

"Everything all right?"

"Yeah, we got hit with a five hundred cupcake order that this guy wants tonight."

"Wow! Talk about last minute."

"I know, right. I'm sorry, but I have to head back," I said and then stood up.

"Oh no, it's all right, you're having a baking emergency!" he said and I laughed and nodded my head. We walked outside and I finished buttoning up my coat, "I'll give you a ride there."

"That's all right, I like to walk."

"Then I'll walk you there," he said and I smiled at how sweet he was.

"Thank you," I said and I saw that he had his hands in his pockets and he was holding out his arm from me to link with. I smiled and then linked my arm through his and then held onto my arm, trying to hid my face from the wind, '...His biceps are huge...' I thought while being able to hold his arm and smirking. I was a little disappointed when we got to the shop.

"Well, here you are."

"Thank you for walking me," I said and he smiled and nodded his head, "I'll see you Thursday!"

"I'll see you then," he said and then took a step forward and kissed my cheek, "Bye Julie."

"Bye!" I said and then watched as he walked down the road. I looked around because I thought I heard something clicking, but didn't see anything. I shook my head, '...It must be nothing...' I thought and then walked into the shop, "Milly?"

"In the kitchen, darlin'!" she called and I walked in there to see that she was looking over the ordering book.

"What do we have?"

"Five hundred cupcakes for a dinner party tonight, one hundred chocolate, white, red velvet, strawberry and orange."

"An orange and strawberry cupcake?" I asked and Milly nodded her head, "All right, let's get started. What time is he coming?"

"The event is at six, but he said that dessert can go out a little later, so we have until six to get this packed up and ready," she said and I nodded my head.

"All right."

-Sidney-

"Hey man, how's that thing with Julie going?" Marc asked as I walked into the locker room to wait for some of the other guys to get here.

"Good, we have a date on Thursday when we get back."

"That's good," Marc said, "I think it takes her a while to open up."

"Yeah, I've noticed that," I said, "She's very secretive."

"Well remember that Tyler said that she had a bad past. Maybe it has to deal with a guy?"

"Maybe, she did tell me that the father wasn't in the picture."

"You asked about the father, Sid? Ah come on, bad move!" Geno said as he walked into the room.

"What? Why?"

"Because, that makes them feel like they did something wrong!" Geno said and I looked at him.

"I don't even know how to answer that!" I said and then saw Marc shaking his head, "Dude, she's loves that little kid, I don't think that she did anything wrong."

"He is a cute little dude, isn't he?" James said while walking.

"And he has good taste in jerseys," Geno said and we smirked and shook our heads because Julie's son was wearing his jersey the other night.

"So where are you going to take her?" Marc asked as more of the team showed up.

"Um, I think that Italian place by the square."

"That'll be nice, what else?" Marc asked.

"I don't know."

"Take her ice shaking," Tyler said we looked at him, "That's what I did with Allie. I asked Coach and he gave me the key and I brought her here. She didn't know how to skate so I showed her."

"That's actually not a bad idea," I said and Tyler smirked and nodded his head, "Thanks man."

"Any time."

When the team got here, we were waiting on Coach and the bus that was going to take us to the airport so that we could fly to Florida to have our game against the Panthers.

-Julie-

"So you have a date on Thursday?"

"Yeah."

"Do you know where he's taking you?"

"No," I said and Julie and Mildred smiled.

"Oh, this is so exciting!" Allie squealed and Mildred and I laughed.

"So what are you going to wear?" Mildred asked and I shrug my shoulders, "Oh sweetie, we'll have to get you something to wear!"

"No, no, no! I'll just look in my closet! You've done so much for me!"

"I'll see what I have in my closet," Allie said and then I looked at her.

"Allie, you don't-"

"Shut up! You're practically family, and we're like the same size! Come on, we'll look now," she said and then grabbed my arm and drug me up the stairs.

It was late at night, Josh and Conner had finished their homework and were already in bed, we somehow finished the five hundred cupcakes in time, and we finished them right as the guy was walking into the building. Actually, Allie had to flirt with him a little just to stall as we boxed them up.

Day Forty Two, and I've met a lot of great people in Pittsburgh.