Rescue Me (Sidney Crosby)

Chapter Sixty Four

-Julie-

“Come on Sid, come on Sid, come on- YES!!!” I cheered and jumped out of my seat and smiled towards Josh.

It was the third period against the Montreal Canadiens, the score was zero to zero but Sidney had just made a goal, so the Penguins were up by one. Sidney had my parents, Josh and I in the family suite, we were with Vero, and some of the other wives and girlfriends that wanted to come to watch the game.

When the game was over, the Penguins had won with the score of one to zero, and everyone was cheering for Marc, because he had saved thirty one shots.

“Are we going to meet the rest of the team?” my dad asked and I smiled because he was excited.

“The boys will come up here after the game,” Vero said and he smiled brightly and I laughed.

“Oh, if your Uncle Jim could see me now,” dad cheered and I patted my father’s shoulder, “Damn Panther’s fan.”

After waiting for almost an hour, the boys came up dressed in nicely because we were all going out after the game to celebrate the win. My dad looked like he was a kid in the candy shack as he looked back and forth between all of the players.

After about another hour in the room, it was getting late, and Josh was falling asleep on the suite couch along side, Pascal’s son and daughters.

“I’m going to take him home,” I said and Sidney sighed but nodded his head, “My dad would like to go out with you boys.”

“All right,” he smiled and I laughed.

“Don’t let him get too crazy,” I smiled and Sidney nodded his head and pressed his lips onto mine, “Congrats on the win.”

“Thank you,” he said and then looked over towards Josh, “Let me at least help you bring him to the car.”

“All right,” I said and Sidney walked over towards the couch and picked Josh up, as Pascal picked his daughter, Meave up from leaning against Josh.

“Too cute,” Vero said and I laughed and nodded my head, “I’m coming over your place?”

“Yeah, and when Marc drops Sid off, he’ll pick you up,” I said and she smiled.

“A trade off,” she teased and I smirked.

Everyone started to leave the room and walked out to the parking garage and over towards their cars. Sidney had placed Josh in the backseat and Vero climbed into the backseat as well, as my mom got into the passenger’s seat. I turned back to see Marc and Sidney standing behind me and I placed my hands on Sidney’s shoulder.

“Have fun tonight, remember, him, not too wild,” I said as I pointed towards me dad who was having a conversation with Tanner and Pascal.

“Promise,” Sidney said as he leaned me against the car and pressed his lips onto mine. I heard Vero roll the window down and heard Marc and Vero talking. Sidney pulled away and then kissed my cheek, “Love you.”

“Love you too,” I smiled as Sidney opened the driver’s door for me and I got in.

“You have fun with Vero, don’t let her get to crazy,” Marc said and I laughed and nodded my head.

When I got back to Sidney’s house, I guess you can call it my home as well, since the apartment was cleaned out and all of Josh and my belongings were here. But when we got home, I brought Josh into the house and carried him up to his room and got him ready for bed.

“I’m so proud of you Julie,” I heard and turned around to see that my mom was standing in the doorway and smiling towards me.

“Thank you,” I said as I tucked Josh into bed and walked over towards the door.

“You’ve been through so much, and you’ve still turned out to be a wonderful woman,” my mom said and I hugged her and then closed Josh’s door.

“You don’t know how much it means to me to hear you say that, mom,” I said and then the two of us walked down the stairs and into the kitchen to see that Allie was in there helping Vero open some bottles of wine, “Mom, this is Allie, she’s Tyler Kennedy’s girlfriend, she’s the one who kind of set me up with Sidney.”

“Sorry sweetie, but you snatched that boy all on your own,” she laughed as she poured me a glass of some red wine and handed it to me.

“You met Sid at the coffee shop, right?” Vero asked and I smiled and nodded my head, “That’s so cute.”

“Allie, where’s Mildred?”

“She was tired, she went to bed,” Allie said and I nodded my head.

“I want you to meet Mildred, mom, she’s great,” I smiled and my mom nodded her head.

“I think I met her after the hearing.”

“Um, maybe, I don’t remember,” I smiled and saw my mom grab a glass of wine.

“So what are the boys up to today?” mom asked and I smiled.

“They probably went to the pub,” Vero said and I nodded my head, “They sometimes go there after a win.”

“Well just as long as my husband doesn’t come home drunk,” mom said and I laughed and nodded my head.

-Sidney-

“Uh, Mr. McHale, maybe you should slow down,” I said and laughed a little as Julie’s dad took another shot of vodka and then took a swig of his beer.

“I haven’t drunk like this since college!” he cheered and I sighed.

‘…Julie’s gunna kill me…’ I thought as I looked at the guys around me to see that they were cheering Mr. McHale on, ‘…Come on, you don’t mix beer and hard liquor…’

“Sid, maybe you should take him home,” Kris said and I nodded my head.

“Marc’s my ride,” I said and then looked to see that Marc was talking to Geno. I walked over towards Marc and asked if we could go and then heard people cheering. I turned around to see that Mr. McHale was taking more shots, ‘…Oh this isn’t going to end well…’

“Let’s get him out of here,” Marc said and I nodded my head.

We walked over towards him, handed the guys some money for our drinks and threw his arms around our shoulders and helped walk him to the car because he was having a hard time walking straight.

“Oh, Julie’s gunna kill me,” I said as we placed Mr. McHale in the backseat and hopped into the passenger seat.

“Oh no, she gunna dance in the rain and stick a sock out the window,” Mr. McHale started to sing and Marc and I looked at each other and then back towards him.

“Wow,” Marc said and I laughed and shook my head as Marc started the car.

When we hit the first red light, I turned my head to look to see that Mr. McHale was sprawled across the backseat and poking his fingers in the air.

“Mr. McHale, you doing all right?”

“Shhhhhhh, it’s a secret!”

“What’s a secret?” Marc chuckled as he looked at me.

“No, no, no, I have a wedding to go to,” he babbled and I smirked.

“Wedding?”

“Shhhh, you can’t tell Sidney but Julie’s gunna propose to her,” Mr. McHale slurred and I groaned.

“Wait what?” Marc asked and he slammed on the breaks.

“I’m going to propose to Julie, I was going to tell the guys at the team meeting tomorrow,” I said and Marc patted my arm.

“Good for you man, I’m ha-“

“Shhhh! We can’t tell them!” Mr. McHale said as his head popped in-between us.

“What?” Marc asked and I sighed, “I don’t know if she’ll agree to marry you after this.”

“Tell me about it,” I said as March pulled into the driveway and parked the car.

We walked out of the car and headed for the backseat. I grabbed one arm and pulled Mr. McHale out, and Marc had the other. Marc kicked the door closed and he threw Mr. McHale’s arm around his neck.

“Easy there,” I said as Mr. McHale was stumbling over his feet.

“I don’t- I don’t- Oh that’s a step!” he said and Marc snorted and opened the screen door.

I was about to open the main door when it opened and Allie was standing there with the other behind her.

“Oh boy,” she said and I saw Julie appear and looked at her dad.

‘…Shit…’

“So much for not going wild,” Allie said and moved out of the way so that we could walk in.

“Dad, are you all right?” Julie asked as she walked over towards her dad.

“Lori?”

“No dad, it’s me, Julie, mom went to bed,” Julie said and I sighed and looked at Julie with sorry eyes.

Marc and I walked into the living room and laid Julie’s dad on the couch, as soon as his head hit the cushion was asleep. Marc and Vero left after I thanked Marc for his help, and Julie had taken off her father’s shoes and then threw a blanket over him. I brought in the trash bag from the downstairs bathroom into the room and placed it next to the couch.

“He’ll need these in the morning,” Julie said and I saw that she had left two water bottles and a bottle of pain killers on the coffee stand.

“Julie-“

“Let’s just go to bed, Sid,” she said and I nodded my head and watched as she walked out of the living room and headed towards the stairs.

‘…I am so screwed…’