No Sense of Direction

Chapter Thirty Six

-Sidney-

“So I’ll try and find a melody as beautiful as you. Find the words to say your eyes are bluer than blue. Fill my voice with the emotion I’m feeling for you. And now, when the beat is so strong, I’ll give me heart in a song…”

“She’s at it again,” Marc laughed and I looked towards the back of the plane and saw Kat looking out the plane window and singing.

“It’s a sad song this time,” Pascal muttered and I nodded my head, “What’s she depressed about?”

“She’s worried about the game,” I said and then sighed.

We were on our way down to North Carolina because we were playing against the Hurricanes, Kat’s brother’s team, tomorrow. I knew that she was excited to see her brother, but she was worried because she didn’t know what team to cheer for.

“That’s funny,” Kris said and I smirked and nodded my head, “At least she cares about what we think.”

“Yeah, but she’s not even talking to us because she’s worried that we’ll get mad at her if she cheers for her brother.”

“We gotta cheer her up,” Beau Bennett, a kid that we pulled up from the Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton Penguins because of Matt and Geno’s injuries. We needed some help, and Mario wanted this kid, and he was actually pretty good.

“How?” I asked.

“She likes to sing, right?” Bennett asked and we nodded our heads, “Just have her sing to us.”

“Embarrass the girl, ok, that’s what you should do,” Marc teased and I smirked.

“Watch,” Bennett said as he smirked and then stood up and walked towards the back of the plane with all of us watching him.

“You know Sid, he’s a charmer, he might just charm Kat to him,” Pascal said and I glared at him, “Just saying, you better make your move.”

“I tried the other night, but Geno’s damn dog jumped on us and ruined it,” I growled and they laughed.

“How did Jeffrey ruin the moment?” Kris asked.

“We stayed at Geno’s the other night so that Kat could make sure that he was all right, and the moment came and then left.”

“Well I’ll be damned,” I heard and looked to see that Bennett was smiling and laughing, pulling Kat towards the front of the plane and walking over towards the bar.

“Told you he was a charmer.”

“Whatever,” I muttered and then watched as Bennett offered Kat a drink but she turned it down and then pulled herself up onto the bar and smiled towards Bennett has he looked up and talked to her with a big smile on his face.

-Katrina-

“Oh come on, I know you can sing,” Beau said as she leaned against the bar next to me.

“I can’t, I don’t even realize I’m doing it,” I laughed and he shook his head.

“You can, you definitely can,” he said and I shook my head, “Oh come on, you totally can, and I have a whole plane full of guys to tell you so.”

“I can’t sing, Beau.”

“You wanna bet.”

“I have a habit when my mind is busy to sing out loud, I don’t even realize I’m doing it,” I confessed and he smirked.

“Come on, give us a song,” he begged and I laughed and shook my head, “Please.”

“What are you doing?” James asked as he walked over.

“Kat here won’t sing for us,” Beau said and James smirked.

“She’s too nervous to sing,” he teased and my eyes widened.

“Oh my god, leave me alone,” I laughed and started to hop off of the bar and walk back to the back of the plane.

“Come on, Kat! Sing for us!” I heard Beau yell half way back to my seat and I looked to see that the rest of the team was staring at me.

“Please!” they begged and I sighed and slouched my head feeling defeated.

“One,” I muttered and then turned around and walked back over towards the bar, “I’ll take that drink now,” Beau smirked and then handed me a water and I scoff, “Not what I meant,” I said and he shrugged his shoulders.

I hopped back onto the bar and looked over towards Sidney to see that he was facing me in his seat and smiling towards me. I couldn’t help but blush and then look at my ipod for a song. I was in an old music mood and found a band that I was listening to before O-Town, I was listening to it, and probably singing it before, but why not sing it now. I played The Painter by O-Town on my ipod and turned it down low and started to sing.

“… I’ll do, I’ll do what I do. You know why, why? Your eyes are bluer than blue. Uh huh, yeah, I said I’ll do what I do,” I finished and smirked towards the guys because they were smiling towards me, “Ok, you got your song.”

“NO!!!” they yelled and I stared at them wide eyes.

“Wow, don’t eat me,” I laughed.

“Come on, sing one more for us,” Beau said and I laughed and shook my head, “Please.”

I sighed and then took a deep breath. I looked over towards Sidney and he smirked and nodded his head, “You shout it loud, but I can’t hear a word you say. I’m talking loud, not saying much. I’m criticized, but all your bullets ricochet. You shoot my down, but I get up,” I sang and the guys smiled brightly and I felt Beau sit on the bar next to me, “I’m bulletproof, nothing to lose, fire away, fire away. Ricochet, you take your aim. Fire away, fire away. You shoot my down, but I won’t fall. I am titanium. You shoot me down, but I won’t fall. I am titanium…”

-Sidney-

I smiled towards Kat, she was having fun singing, and we were happy to listen to her beautiful voice. We were a little sad when we heard the Captain announce that we were about to land and everyone needed to return to their seats. I smiled towards Kat as she walked passed me, but then my eyes widened as I felt her grab my hand and pulled me towards the back of the plane with her.

I laughed as she pulled me down to the seat next to her and I looked over towards her and then up to see the guys staring at us.

“You have fun?” I muttered so the guys wouldn’t eavesdrop and she nodded her head with a smile on her face, “Good. So why drag me back here?”

“I don’t know,” she breathed and I leaned towards her and saw her face turn red but she still had a smirk on her face, “I just wanted to. I like having you around, Sid.”

“I like to be around you too,” I said and then placed my hand on hers.

“Go get her!” I heard and then groaned and dropped my head because some idiot on my team just ruined the moment.

‘…Am I ever going to kiss her?...’

Kat laughed and then I felt her pat my knee and then place her seatbelt on, because we were landing.

-Katrina-

“Zach!” I yelled happily as I walked right into my brother’s house to see that he had some of the Hurricanes over, one of them being my good friend Jordan Staal, “Jordy!”

“Munchkin!” he yelled and stood up and walked over towards me, “I missed you!” Jordan said happily and then wrapped his arms around me and lifted me up off of the ground in a bear hug.

“Jordan! Come on, I yell at you every time and you still do it!” Zach yelled and I laughed as he put me back onto the ground.

“I do it just to piss you off, Zach.”

“I know you do,” Zach muttered and then smiled towards me, “Where are the boys?”

I pointed to behind me and then turned around to see that just about all of the Penguins’ team was walking into my brother’s giant house.

“Hey guys! Grab a drink!” Zach yelled.

I felt Jordan wrap his arm around me and pull me into his side. I smiled towards him and then looked to see that his brother Eric was walking over and I hugged him too, being placed into a Stall sandwich with the brother’s being the bread.

“Dammit! You freakin’ brothers! Get your hands off my sister!”

I laughed at how protective my brother was being and then walked away and headed into the kitchen to see what he had to eat because I was hungry.

Out of all the teams the Penguins go up against, they are less violent against the Hurricanes, they had more friends on this team, so of course, they’re going to party together before and after the game, acting like nothing happened and leaving everything on the ice.