Waiting for Superman

Patrick's POV:
Todays practice a killer, all skating, barely any stick drills. I looked up from my stall to see Brandon Saad walking into the dressing room,
"Eh Saader, how was your practice?"
"Good uh, Kaner, I gotta tell you something."
Just then the rest of the team piled into the locker room, making obnoxious comments, and laughing loudly.
I figured I'd just talk to Saad later and figure out what was going.
"Eh Kaner, what's up with Kylie?" Sharpie said.
"What?" I said confused.
"Saw her leave run out before practice this morning." She didn't look too good.
"I think Saader knows why." Andrew Shaw said straight faced.
"What?" Saad said.
"Oh come on Saad, we all know you were the only halfway sober one that night."
"Alright what the hell is going on here." I said.
Everyone stopped.
"Say it Saad I watched you tell Kylie this morning before practice." Shaw said.
"Kaner I didn't mean to, she asked me and...." Saad was clearly distressed.
"What'd you tell her?!" I said abrasively, not helping the situation at all.
"I told her how you hooked up with that girl! But thats it!" Saad yelled.
"What?! I don't even remember that!" I said.
"I know you were all shit faced, but I couldn't lie to her, Kane i'm sorry man." Saad said putting his head in his hands.
"Ugh," I said slamming my head back in my stall. "Its not your fault man, it's mine." I got my stuff together and left praying that Kylie would be at home.


Kylie's POV:
I went home and flopped down on the couch. I couldn't stop the tears from rolling down my cheeks. Charlie was nuzzled next to me, I pulled my knees to my chest and sat there knowing Patrick would be home soon. I put my hands over my face and tried to block out the world.

A few minutes later Patrick came in.

"Kylie?" he said softly putting his hand on the inside of my thigh.
"Don't" I said, pulling away.
"You know when you were on your road trip, I realized that I forgot to take my birth control one night," I started his eyes were big and puppy like gazing into mine, "So I decided to take a test just to be sure, " tears continued to stream down my face, and I changed my glare from him to straight ahead of me "and it was negative... but" I paused, "It got me thinking about you, and us, and our future, and I realized, I could see myself being with you forever, and having your children, but," "Kylie" his eyes were welling up with tears, "But" I said sharply, looking back at his eyes. "but now I really don't" I got up off the couch and grabbed my sandals and purse by the door, he stood up, following behind "NO, Kylie please don't leave, I-" I slammed the door behind me and headed down to Abby's apartment. I texted Abby Sharp and Chaunette and let her know what was going on, within minutes the three of us were sitting in Abby's living room.

"You know," Abby said, "When I first started dating Patrick, the same thing happened.They get used to living a certain lifestyle, and its hard to come out of. When they first go on a road trip with a serious girlfriend back home, they forget that those responsibilities follow them. But believe me Patrick loves you, I've never seen him this way over a girl before. You just have to give it some time, for both of you to get used to this."

"Thank you, Abby" I said leaning into her, "And I know you're right, I just... hearing it, scared me, I mean, I would never even think of doing anything to hurt him."

"Believe me he didn't want to hurt you," Chaunette said, "He obviously had alot to drink that night, they all did, I talked to Andrew and he barely remembers it and he doesn't typically go crazy on the alcohol."

A few hours passed and the three of us talked, I checked my phone to see several missed calls from Patrick, and a few text messages.

Kylie, I swear to God it was nothing, I was really drunk and i'm sorry-Patrick
Please come back, so we can talk about this, I didn't mean to hurt you i', so sorry Kyls-Patrick
I love you, Kylie-Patrick

"Well," I said, getting up "I guess I should go talk to him. Thank you both so much for your help" I said hugging them both, "And i'm sorry for bothering you both all the time."

"Oh, stop it!" Abby said.

"You know we love you!" Chaunette said. "Let us know how it goes."
...
I climbed the stairs instead of taking the elevator, it would give me more time to get our thoughts together.
When I got to our apartment, I took a deep breath and opened the door.
I walked in to see Patrick Sharp, Andrew Shaw, Brandon Saad and Patrick huddled around the island in the kitchen.
They saw me, and a silent, awkward feeling filled the room. The guys filed out leaving Patrick and I alone.

I dropped my bag, and walked around toward Patrick, he looked me in the eyes, and pulled me into a strong hug.

"Kylie, i'm so sorry, i'm a jerk and I know, but I swear to god i'll change for you. I want you to have my kids, and I want to marry you someday. I love you Kyle MaCauley." He wiped the tears from my eyes.

"and I love you Patrick," I said hugging him back. "Please don't ever give me a reason to leave again"

"I promise I won't."

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