The One Night That Changed My Life Forever

Rachel's POV

Thump, Thump, Thump... " Just a minute!!!" "It's like seven in the morning!"

I opened the door to see the group of boys from the club staring at me as if I was another specimen. Awe crap THE CLUB. This wasn't my house, these people didn't know me, and I look like crap, no wonder they are staring.

"Who are you?" The one with the serious face asked from the middle of the pack.

"Hi, I um I'm Rachel." "I'm guessing that that right there", pointing to the mess of blankets on the couch "is your friend, no wait he said something about teammates. Ya that's it you guys are his teammates."

"Well, Can we come in?" the serious one asked again, his expressions never changing.

"Ohh yah sure." not even realizing I was blocking the door way with my body.

"Kaner's going to have a hangover from this one that's for sure." one snickered, as an older guy slapped him on the head " Let him sleep, if you kids ever had girlfriends you'd understand." "Yah like you understand Sharpie, you one woman man." "Shut up Shawzy, you don't even know what a relationship is."

This went on for several minutes until the guys finally noticed I was standing in the middle of the room looking confused as hell.

" Sorry I guess we should introduce ourselves seeing as Kaner hasn't quite filled you in on his job description im guessing?" he said with the same serious look on his face.

" Well it's easy I already know who you are, and what I'm going to call you." I replied with a smirk

"And what exactly is that, might I ask?"

"Mr. Serious." "I mean really, is your face stuck in that position or can you just let loose and smile from time to time?" "I mean no offence or anything, but it wouldn't kill ya to smile from time to time." I replied as a smile grew on my face and a laugh escaped before I could stop it.

"Wow Captain Serious, I think she's got you down! And after only meeting you, she's a keeper" the one I understood was known as Sharpie.

"Hahaha very funny Rachel." He grinned

"He grinned, call the news he grinned...every one come here I think Mr. sorry Captain serious is about to full on smile." I laughed as his face went red and all his team mates circled around trying to catch a glimpse of the smile that was fading fast. "Sorry I just had too, and it was nice to meet you."

"Ok, now that that's settled, let me introduce myself. I am Jonathan."

"Nice to meet you, and the rest of you guys likewise you all seem very caring to come check up on Pat."

"And that leads me to my next question" Jon stated

"hmmmm" I was hesitant to reply seeing as I could figure where this was going.

"What could you have possibly done to Kaner to turn him into that?" pointing at the snoring bundled up mess that was Patrick on the couch.

" I don't know how much I did, but he did take seeing his girlfriend cheating on him pretty hard." " We were both pretty out of it when we finally got back here." "He forgot to mention how far of a walk it was to get here from Skybar, but we made it, took a couple Advils, and crashed on the couch.

"Wait you walked all the way here, intoxicated with him" pointing at the couch "how long did that take?"

"Great to know that you guys take that from the story, but it was worth the hour walk, plus we didn't really feel it due to the alcohol running through our veins." I laughed

"Well thanks for taking care of him last night, it's nice to know he didn't go do something stupid" Sharpie said. "And make sure ask him what his profession is" he whispered in my ear as he walked towards the door.

After getting to know everyone, everyone being Sharpie, Jon, Shawzy, Keith, Seabs, and Crawford, the boys decided they should leave and let me rest and take care of their little Patrick. They didn't forget to take pictures however before finally shutting the apartment door and making their way out into the city.

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Patrick's POV

I woke up, and I didn't have to worry about the usual sun streaming into my eyes, as I normally did when waking with a hangover. No something was different, I couldn't quite remember what. Then I smelled the delicious aromas wafting out of the kitchen, and I was suddenly jolted back into reality. Rachel I met Rachel last night, and we came back here, and fell asleep. Wow pretty calm night for me, but that didn't explain why I was this tired. I made my way to the kitchen, and was pleasantly surprised to see a plate of food sitting there ready for me.

"Hey"

"Hey, how are you feeling? There is food there, coffee in the pot and Advil beside the food."

"Wow, I need you here every time I get a hangover, I could get used to this" I said excited, and as I said before surprised.

"Glad you like it, ohh and before I forget some of your teammates stopped by this morning. Lets just say they were all pretty surprised when I answered the door, and you remained sleeping through the whole visit."

"Sharpie did tell me to ask you about your profession though, and I have to admit it's got me intrigued."

"So you met Sharpie, and let me guess Captain Serious, Seabs and Keith aren't too far behind those two... did I miss any one?

" Ya Crawford was here, and Shawzy..." she replied.

"So I say we enjoy this food and we can start from the beginning and get to know each other soberly that is."

"Sounds like a plan." She replied.

"Ok first question, what is your full name?" I asked

"Rachel Marie Carson, You?"

"Patrick Timothy Kane, ok favorite colour?"

"Blue"

"Black and red" I smiled

"Hey no fair you can't have two favorite colours!!" she exclaimed "They would all be my favourites if they could be but then there wouldn't really be a favorite colour."

"Fine but they are both my favorite." I admitted this was more fun than I thought it would be. "Favourite NHL hockey team?"

"Ummmm well living in Chicago it should be the Hawks, but I don't know I always liked pittsburgh and I'm an Ottawa girl now, at least for the past 4 years I have been." She answered

I just smiled, laughing to myself about how long it was taking for her to put two and two together. But I was secretly happy inside that she isn't completely clueless when it comes to hockey. Her finally figuring it out brought me out of my trance.

"YOU are THE Patrick Kane aren't you?" "Man, I've watched you guys for years and it took me a whole 12 hours to put it together." "blame it on the a-a-a-alcohol" she started singing. "I feel so dumb right now."

"Honestly I'm just relieved to know that you follow hockey, and yah we can blame it on last nights events." I grinned

"Ok, well I was going to ask for a small favour, but now it's kinda awkward. I don't want you to see me as one of those girls interested just for your money."

"It hadn't crossed my mind, now shoot what can I do fo you, after all I do kinda owe ya for taking such good care of me all day."

"Pat you don't owe me anything, but I was wondering if I could crash here for a few nights, just until the dust settles, then i will be back to my apartment. I just need a little time away from everyone and everything that reminds me of him. I'm afraid that if I go back, my heart which is on the mend thanks to you, will just shatter again. I just need a bit of time before having to face reality... is that alright with you?"

"To be honest I was hoping you would stay, I loved having you here, and I had such a great time just doing nothing last night. Take all the time you need, my place is your place." "Now we have to get going if we are going to make practice."

"Practice?" She seemed unsure of the words coming out of her mouth, and just as quickly her face turned into a smile as she said "I'd love to come, and of course it would be great to see the guys again, though I'm sure they aren't expecting you at practice."

"Why's that again?" I asked confused

"Because they were at your house for over half an hour and not once did they mention practice to me, or the fact that you needed to be there."

"Haha, lets surprise them then." I smirked, took her hand in mine and smiled to myself when she didn't pull it away.
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