Rescue Me (Sidney Crosby)

Chapter Fifty Three

"Did you have a nice trip?" Trina asked as Sidney, Josh and I walked into the house, carrying the luggage in.

"We did," I smiled brightly.

"I see you all got nice tans," Taylor said and I smiled and nodded my head.

"I didn't want to leave," Josh said and Trina bent down and smiled.

"I'm sure you didn't, sweetie. Did you have fun?"

"Loads! I have new friends!" he smiled, nodding his head.

"He got along with Pascal, Cooke and Craig's sons," Sidney added and Trina nodded her head.

"Sasha!" he yelled when he saw the little golden pup running towards him, "I missed you!"

"Sure, he missed the dog," Taylor laughed and I smiled and dropped my one bag and gave her a little hug.

"Thanks for watching Sasha for us," I said and she nodded her head.

"Any time," she said as I pulled away and picked the bag up.

Sidney and I carried all of the bags to the stairs and then threw them on the ground, saying that we'll get them later.

"Well, we're gunna head out, but there's food in the oven warming up," Trina said and we nodded our heads, "Mail's on the table and your newspapers never came."

"I cancelled them," Sidney said and she nodded her head.

"Happy your home," Trina said and then hugged her son and I and then she and Taylor walked out the door.

"It's so good to be back," Sidney said and I smirked and leaned against him.

"Thank you," I said and he looked at me, "I had a wonderful time."

"I'm glad," Sidney said as he placed his hands on my hips and pressed his lips against mine.

"Mommy, I'm hungry!" I heard Josh yell from the kitchen and I smiled and looked up towards Sidney.

"Is he ever not hungry?" Sidney asked and I shook my head.

"Nope, the boy's constantly going," I laughed as I got out of Sidney's arms and started to walk towards the kitchen.

"You know, there's no point bringing the bags upstairs," Sidney said as she followed me.

"Why not?"

"Because we might as well just wash them and pack them again, I mean we leave in three days to go down to Texas."

"Right," I said, "We'll be there for two weeks."

"Yeah, I bought the plane tickets the other day," Sidney said as he hopped up onto the counter as I bent down and opened the oven.

"We're flying out of Pittsburgh?" I asked and he nodded his head, "So when do we leave for Pittsburgh?"

"Ok, I messed this up," he said and then took a second to think about what he was about to explain, "Ok, in three days we drive back down to Pittsburgh."

"All right."

"And then two days after that, we leave for Texas," he explained and I laughed.

"Yeah, there's no point in unpacking," I said as I pulled out the plates to see that Trina had cooked us a chicken dinner, "So by the time we come back from Texas the season will start?"

"Well training camp will start," he said as I placed the plates on the table and called Josh in for dinner.

We ate in silence because for the most reason we were tired, I had texted Trina a 'thank you' for making dinner for us, and then I washed the dishes, and Sidney helped dry them.

"You know Josh was talking to me about joining a peewee hockey team," Sidney said as he propped me up on the counter and rested his hands on my sides.

"Really?" I asked and Sidney nodded his head.

"You think that that would be a good idea?"

"I love it," I smiled and then placed my hands on Sidney's shoulders, "I like the idea of him playing hockey."

"Me too," Sidney laughed and I smiled and then pressed my lips onto his, "I'll make some calls tomorrow and sign him up. I think try outs happen when we come back from Texas."

"All right, I'll be up for it," I said and he nodded his head and then pushed me closer to him and then pressed his lips against mine and I wrapped my arms around his neck.

"You smell like the ocean," Sidney breathed as he started to kiss my neck.

"Josh is in the other room," I laughed as Sidney's hands were going under my shirt.

"All right," he whined and I smirked and kissed his head.

"I'm going to go take a shower, I'm tired," I said and Sidney nodded his head and helped my off of the counter.

"Love you," he breathed into my ear as I walked passed him.

"Love you too," I smiled and started to out of the kitchen. I walked up the stairs and into the bedroom to see that Sasha was laying on her side on the bed, "Hi pretty girl," I cooed and her head popped up when she saw me, "So this is where you ran off to."

I rubbed her head and then walked away, heading towards the attached bathroom, and seeing that Sasha was following m. I smiled as I stripped and walked into the shower, I saw her through the glass down laying on the floor waiting for me. I remember thinking that Sidney getting her was a bad idea, but now, I'm happy that he did, she's a good dog, and she makes Josh very happy.

I felt bad for leaving her here while we were on the cruise, and then when Sidney told me that we were going to go to visit my family in Texas, I was so excited, but nervous to leave her again. I remember smiling brightly when he told me that he would fly Sasha down with us.

I finished in the bathroom and then changed into shorts and a tank top. Sasha was following me around the room and I laughed. I was about to crawl into bed, but then decided that I was going to go downstairs and say goodnight to my boys.

"Come on, Sasha," I called and patted my leg. She jumped down from the bed and ran to my side as I opened the door and the two of us walked out of the room and heading downstairs. I heard the TV on and knew that they were watching some movie, "How are they not tired?" I asked as I then entered the room and smirked, "Thought so."

It was so cute, and I couldn't resist grabbing my phone and taking a picture. Sidney was laying on his back on the couch, his right arm leaning against the couch with his hand tucked underneath his head, elbow sticking up, his legs crossed over each other, and Josh sprawled across his chest, with Sidney's other hand on his back. I laughed as I snapped the picture and sent it to Taylor and Trina.

'...I knew they had to be tired...' I thought as I walked over towards the TV and turned the volume down and then walked over towards the chair and grabbed the big blanket, "Sleep well boys," I whispered as I threw the blanket over Sidney and Josh and then kissed their heads, "Come on, Sasha," I called and the two of us walked back up the stairs.

Sasha ran passed me and jumped onto the bed. I smiled as I closed the door and walked over towards the bed. I snuck into the sheets and Sasha moved up next to me and laid her head on Sidney's pillow. I laughed and then glided my hand from her nose, up between the dent between her eyes and laid my hand on her head.

"You're a good girl," I breathed and she picked her face up and started to lick me, "No, come on, no licking," I laughed and then pulled her face away and kissed her head, "Go to sleep."

-Sidney-

I groaned has I heard someone move on my chest. I opened my eyes and looked down to see that Josh had dropped from being on my chest, to the little space between my body and the chest. I smirked and saw his arm sprawled across my stomach and the drool stain on my shirt. Josh's mouth was a little open, and he was snoring slightly, I held back a laugh because it was cute.

I looked at the time to see that it was after midnight, the TV was on, but I noticed that the volume was down. I knew that Julie was here because of the volume and the fact that we had a blanket thrown over us. I yawned and then decided that I was too tired to move, and stayed where I was.

But then as I tried to fall back asleep, I couldn't. I was tired, but my mind was moving like crazy. I smiled when I thought about Julie, and I really did love her, '...I think she might be the one...' I heard my phone buzz on the coffee table and I looked at it strangely, '...What the hell? Who's texting me this late?...' I thought as I grabbed it to see that I had four missed texts.

I saw that Vero had texted me three times and Marc had texted me once, [Are you home yet?] was the first one and I cursed because I forgot to call them when we got home. I opened the next message, [Hello? Are you alive, it's getting late!] I sighed and then opened the next one to see it was from Marc, [V's getting angry, you home?] I smirked thinking that Marc was the one dealing with the angry French woman. I opened the last message from Vero and laughed a little, [Sidney Crosby, you call me this moment! I'll call your mother!]

I shook my head and then hit reply, [Sorry, I fell asleep, we're home and all right]