Rescue Me (Sidney Crosby)

Chapter Sixty Two

"DADDY!!" Josh yelled as he ran towards me.

I smiled and then knelt down and opened my arms, Josh charged at me and wrapped his arms around my neck, "I'm here little man."

"Am I leaving this place?" he asked as he pulled away and stared at me.

"Yes, your gram and pop are here," I said then pointed towards them, "They're signing papers to get you out of here."

-Julie-

"You're finally awake," I heard and looked up to see Marc and Vero around me.

"What happened?"

"You hit your head on the counter," Vero said and I nodded my head, "The doctors needed to put a staple in your head, but you were freaking out, so they had to sedate you. You ended up being out longer than anyone thought."

"Oh," I rubbed my face, "Where's Josh? And Sidney?"

"Uh," Marc was hesitant, I looked at him confused and then looked over towards Vero to see that she had the same face.

"Guys? Where's my son?"

"Sidney went to go get him," Marc said and I shook my head.

"Where was he?"

"Julie, don't freak out," Vero said as she sat on my bed and held my hand.

"Vero, don't tell someone that, of course, they're going to freak out," I stated and she sighed.

"When the nurses where looking over you, they wanted to see if any other part of your body was hurt. They found the bullet wound," Vero said and I sighed and rubbed my face, "They took an X-ray of your body and found broken bones that healed improperly, they think that Sidney was abusing you."

"What?! NO!" I said and Vero nodded her head and held out her hand, "I know, I know, but everything's handled."

"Why is Josh not here though?" I asked and she sighed.

"The police were called because the nurses suspected Sidney of abuse and then they called Social Service."

"My son was taken away from me?" I growled and Vero nodded my head.

"Listen, listen, listen!" Marc said as he placed his hand on top of mine, "They were only taking him away because your were out longer than anyone thought and there were no immediate legal family members."

I brought my knees up and covered my face with my hands, "So how is Sid getting Josh?"

"Your parents were called, they were the only ones that could get Josh," Vero said and I nodded my head.

"They don't have the money-"

"Sid," Marc said and I sighed and nodded my head.

"MOMMY!" I heard and then turned my head and looked to see that Sidney was walking into the room while carrying Josh in his arms.

"My boys," I smiled and Sidney put Josh down and he ran over towards me.

"Mommy!" Josh jumped onto the bed and wrapped his arms around me.

"Baby," I smiled as I wrapped my arms around him and kissed his head, "I'm sorry, baby."

"Julie," Sidney started and I looked up towards him and smiled and then shook my head. Sidney sat on the bed next to me and wrapped his arm around my shoulder and I leaned against him, "I'm sorry."

"Not your fault," I said as I placed my hand on his cheek and brought my lips up to his.

-Sidney-

"How do you feel?" I asked as Julie sat down in the bed.

"I'm fine, head hurts, but fine," she said and I bent over her and placed my hand on the side of her face, and pushed her head up with my thumb.

"I'm so sorry about Josh."

"It's not your fault, there's nothing you could have done, we have him back, that's all that matters," Julie said and I sighed and looked down, "Sid."

I looked back up towards her and she pressed her lips onto mine. Julie's hands were on the sides of my head and I placed my other hand on her side, my legs on each side of her small body. She leaned back against the bed and I laid on top of her and then rolled over so that she was on top of me because she wasn't suppose to put pressure on the back of her head because of the staples.

There was a knock at the door, Julie and I sat up and Julie jumped to her side of the bed. Her parents were staying in my guest bedroom, so we weren't sure if it was them knocking on the door or Josh. The door opened and I smirked when I saw Sasha trot into the room and jump on the bed.

"Sasha, did you learn how to open the door?" Julie smiled and I looked back towards the door to see that Josh's head was peaking into the room.

I waved my hand for him to come in, and he jumped up, closed the door, and ran towards the bed.

-Julie-

I woke up in the morning laying on my stomach and feeling a head on my back. I pushed myself up and looked to see that Josh's head was there and I smiled when I found that his feet were on Sidney's stomach. Sidney's arm was sprawled next to my head and our fingers were laced together, and Sasha was laying in-between us, her head on his arm.

I kissed Sidney's hand and then slowly made my way out of the bed. I threw my slippers on and then walked downstairs to see that my mom was in the kitchen cooking and my dad was sitting at the counter reading the paper. I smiled and then sat next to my dad and kissed his cheek.

"You're making yourself at home."

"This is a very lovely home," my mom said and I nodded my head.

"How are you feeling?" my dad asked as he looked at me.

"Better, no headaches," I smiled and mom set a cup of coffee in front of me, "I'm glad you're here."

"I'm glad we're here too, but it's really cold here," mom said and I laughed and nodded my head, "How's Josh doing?"

"He slept with us last night."

"You know, he stayed at that shelter home for almost twenty four hours, and the woman said that he didn't talk to a soul," dad said and I sighed.

"He's gunna be just fine, this is gunna blow over," I said and my dad nodded his head. The home phone went off and I answered it and found that it was Dan, Sidney's Coach on the line.

"Julie, how are you feeling? I heard you hit your head."

"Yeah, our dog got a little excited to see me," I laughed and then rubbed my arm, "Sidney's still sleeping, do you want me to wake him?"

"No, just tell him that we won the game last night, I'm not sure if he watched," Dan said and I was confused.

"Game?"

"Oh, yeah, we had an away game against Winnipeg last night."

"But, Marc and Sid were here," I said confused.

"They wanted to stay behind, it was Vokoun's turn to be in the net anyways," Dan said and I leaned against the wall.

"Oh, um, I'll be sure to let Sid know," I said and looked at the wall to see that it was just after nine in the morning, "He should be up soon, do you want him to call you back?"

"No, we're getting ready to go onto the plane, just tell him that we won."

"All right, thank you Dan."

"No problem," he said and I hung up the phone.

"What was that about?" dad asked and I placed the phone on the counter and looked at him.

"Sid and Marc skipped a game to stay with me in the hospital."

"Oh, that's so nice," mom said and dad looked at me and sighed, "Why do you look angry? That was nice of them."

"Yeah, it was nice of them, but I told Sid not to risk is career for me," I said and then sighed, rubbing my face and feeling my dad's hand on my shoulder.

"He loves you, I would have done the same thing," dad said and I laid my forehead on the counter and sighed, "Julie Marie McHale, I know that look, you're feeling guilty."

"I am."

"Don't, there's no reason for you to feel guilty. Sidney's a big boy and he made a grown up decision to skip one game to stay with the woman that he cares about."

"What about Marc?"

"That's why they have two goaltenders."

"What if Vokoun got hurt?"

"He didn't."

"But what if-"

"Julie! It's over with, everything's fine!" my dad said and I sighed, I still couldn't help but feel guilty.