Training Miller

"Drew, you're not going into work. You're sick and we need you. Just stay here and rest. I'll make sure everyone does their exercises." Dan walked in my room and the light from the bar followed him. I'm sure it was pretty early, he did have practice to get to.
"Okay." I said, but you couldn't hear me. My throat was sore and so was my head. I thought my nose would stop running a while ago, but not it has no signs of stopping. I'm not sure what I had, I just knew I had to get over it quick.
"I'll have the team doctor come over after practice so that you can get on some medicine before going back." He walked upstairs to grab his keys and was off to work.
I, on the other hand, would be sitting downstairs for the next how ever many hours watching Grey's Anatomy. Not that it doesn't sound great, I just hate being sick.
Then again. Who likes it?
I was just falling back to sleep when Patrick called me. "Hey Drew." His voice gave it away that he had just woken up.
"I can't talk." I squeaked, quite literally. All he could do was laugh.
"What happened to your voice?"
"I don't know."
"You sound horrible." He kept laughing about my lack of voice. It was getting frustrating and I just wanted to go back to sleep.
"Thanks."
"I'm guessing you're sick?"
"No I drank too much vodka last night... What do you think?"
"I have something that will cheer you up." I thought of all the possibilities that could come from Kane's mind and cringed. When I asked him what it was he replied, "My shirtless body."
"Paatt." I whined.
"I'm kidding. Well, kinda. Get on skype."
I walked to the desk so I could grab my computer and crawled back into my nest on the couch.
"Wow. You look about as horrible as you sound." He laughed at my red nose.
"Thanks."
"I'm kidding. You're still the prettiest girl I know." This just made me blush. "I knew I could make you smile."
He went on about whatever came to his mind, whether it was hockey related or how the kiwi bird got its name. This kid knew exactly how to make me smile. He said something and apparently it was really funny because I started laughing and I couldn't stop.
"How much cold medicine have you taken?"
"A lot. DayQuil makes me act weird."
"Yeah I know. I had to take care of you last year remember."
Poor Kaner. I took over his apartment and his super comfortable bed. I was living alone in my house at that point and I'm needy when it comes to being sick and he offered to take care of me. I think he ended up regretting his decision after the first night.
I ended up falling asleep before Pat had to go to practice, but he sent me a text saying he hoped I felt better and he would call me later.
"Since you probably just have a cold I got you more decongestant." He set the bag of cold medicine on the bar and looked at what I was watching. "Oh and these two wanted to come visit you."
Beau and Jayson came downstairs. "I heard my best friend was sick."
"And can't talk." Dan added before leaving the three if us alone. The two players looked at me and laughed.
"It's not funny." I whined and covered my face up with a blanket.
"Well I brought you a milkshake cause I'm such a nice friend." He handed me the chocolate milkshake from the place by the rink. They weren't the best ones I've had, but they were pretty damn good. "Even if it looks like you threw up on your blanket."
"My sister made it for me one year. I never expected to be working with a hockey team, let alone the Pens." The more I talked, the easier it was to understand me. Going back to work tomorrow would be interesting to say the least. "Where's Beau going?"
"Um. He was expecting a call from his girl so I'm guessing that was it.." I nodded. I'm sure he had to take calls whenever he could with their busy schedules. I knew all about that when I would try to go to lunch with Pat.
"I'm watching Grey's Anatomy if you want to stay. I'm not going to be much fun otherwise." He agreed for the both of them to stay for a while. Jayson said they didn't have any plans until around dinnertime.
"Well, it's over." Beau sounded angry as he sat down on the couch next to me. I looked at Jay, not knowing what to do or say. I thought he said it was coming to an end last week. Why is he so upset now?
"I thought you knew that was coming?" Jayson asked.
"I didn't expect it to be over the phone, that's all. It's still breaking up. Even if you know before anything starts it's going to end. What the hell are we watching?"
"Grey's Anatomy." Me struggling to speak made him smile, "I'm glad my voice makes your day a little better."
"What's going on right now?" Jay inquired, taking a sip from my milkshake.
"Hey now, that's supposed to be mine."
He looked at me acting all innocent, "I finished the one I got."
"Okay so there was a shooting in the hospital," I tried as hard as I could to sound better than I have been. "Meredith and Derek are married. Sloan and Christina are together. Meredith isn't cleared for surgery but Christina is. Christina ends up on the floor of an operating room having a breakdown. Um.. Teddy loves the counselor and oh Derek got shot but Christina saved him. Meredith and Christina are soulmates." The two were looking at me like I had two heads. "I really like this show."
I fell asleep halfway through Captain America. I like superhero movies and all, but I'm more of an X-Men kind of girl. I'm not sure how I ended up on Beau's lap, but if he didn't mind me using his leg as a pillow, I wasn't going to move.

Beau's POV

"Jay.. Jay!" I whispered, trying not to wake Drew. She seemed to be out cold though. "What am I supposed to do?"
"Let her sleep. It's not that big of a deal." He was irritated that I would interrupt the movie for something like that.
"Not helping."
"Seriously. Let her sleep. She's sick and she obviously could have used the couch arm as a pillow but chose your lap instead. Shouldn't you be happy about that?" Jay had a point. I had been developing feelings for her but she wasn't someone I should be chasing after. Especially in the middle of preseason.
Jayson started another movie after we finished Captain America. I have no idea what this one was about, but it seemed interesting enough.. Then I feel asleep.
When I woke up, Drew was grabbing a something from her room and Jayson was still intently watching the movie. I watched Drew cross the room and fill her glass in the bathroom to take more medicine.
"Do you two want anything?" Her voice was still raspy, even after giving it a few hours to rest. I opened my mouth to talk but nothing came out.
"Water would be good." Jayson told her, they were both looking to me for an answer.
"Umm I'm good, thanks." She grabbed her sweatshirt from the back of the couch and made her way upstairs. She can make Blackhawks gear look better than anyone on that team.
"You might want to stop drooling." Without thinking, I wiped my mouth only to find out Megna was making fun of me. "She's going to find out soon. Or she should find out soon even though it's a horrible idea to go for the coach's niece."
"You don't think I haven't realized that?" I could hear her come back down the stairs so I ended our conversation for now. Hopefully she didn't hear any of it.
"Wow, I'm freezing." Drew whispered as she wrapped herself in her blanket. When she decided that wasn't enough, she moved closer to me, resting her head on my shoulder. Not thinking, I wrapped my arm around her body and pulled her closer. I guess it was just out of habit. I could see Jayson out of the corner of my eye, smiling and probably taking a picture. I'd deal with him later.
"We're going out to dinner, want to come?" Jay invited Drew out with us tonight. I didn't mind it, but I'm almost positive she would say no. Those two were great friends already, but it seemed like she wasn't sure about me yet.
"No thanks. My aunt is making lasagna and I don't really want to be seen in public right now. But thanks for inviting me." Drew walked us to the door and we said our goodbyes. I wouldn't see her until she returned to work and while that's only a day or two, it seemed too long.
"You do realize Patrick Kane is your competition, right?"
"Thanks for reminding me."
"I'm just saying. He's going to make it pretty difficult and so is Bylsma. He's going to know a lot about your personal life while she's still living there. Besides, I don't think it's smart to date the trainer."
"You think Bylsma will care?" I wondered, even though the answer was obvious. I saw Jayson smiling at his phone. Probably some girl. "Are you even paying attention to me?"
"Do you really think coach won't care?" I looked at my phone just in time to see a notification on instagram. He had uploaded two pictures of me and Drew. One of us sleeping and the other with my arm around her.
"It's a good thing she doesn't have instagram."
"Yeah but it's on twitter and she follows me.. It was too cute to not post, okay? Don't be upset when she sees them and all the comments about how adorable you too are."
"I'm sure the whole team is going to think it's real adorable too." I can't imagine the jokes they are going to make at morning skate tomorrow and then Byslma is going to know. Not to mention girls on twitter freaking out.

Notes

Whenever I tried to space everything out, it started to delete parts of the story. I doubt it'll bother anyone else as much as it bothers me.