Still There For Me

Pittsburgh, I’ve missed ya! Our trip home is over and we’re back to our regular routine back at home. Sidney has been prepping for his Toronto trip that’s in two days and busy trying to write a speech. Obviously he’s been stressed but that’s normal. Now his leadership really is being called to question. I can tell he’s nervous and needs to relax, so I took the advice that Trina gave me.

I spent a full afternoon trying to find a masseuse that meets Sid’s standards but none seemed to make the cut. Gritting my teeth and rolling my eyes, I knew who I could contact. I don’t want to admit it but maybe she can help Sidney relieve some of his stress. I snuck into his office and went through his phone book. That’s right, Sidney Crosby still uses an old fashioned phone book. I mean, so do I, but his screams granny.

He walked in scratching the back of his neck and asked, “what are you doing in here?”

“Oh nothing, just checking for a number.”

“Oh, I see.”

“How’s the speech coming along?”

“It’s uh, it’s coming,” he replied as I sat on his lap in his office chair.

“You’re stressed aren’t ya babe?”

“Yeah, I really am. All for a frigging piece of paper. Gosh, I haven’t been this stressed about writing something since high school.”

“Did you even do your own work in high school?” I joked.

“I’ll have you know that I managed to finish all my academics by myself with perfection. I only got one B+ in high school.”

“In what class?”

“English.”

“I’m not surprised. That wasn’t your strongest class.”

“That was your territory, not mine. I was a math and gym guy.”

“Don’t you go flexing your muscles like that. I was athletic too!”

“Yeah right!”

“I was! I was top athletic female at grad!”

“Okay there! What kind of athletics were you taking? Icecream scooping?”

“That was my summer job thank you very much! And that is a lot harder than you think, that’s how I got these guns,” I joked flexing my arms. “I maintain them by carrying babies.”

“You’re such a goof.”

“Get back to your speech,” I said, walking out of the room. I knew that his new masseuse would be arriving within the hour so I wanted him to get as much done as possible. That gave me time to play with the kids.

**The Arrival**
When I heard the knock I went over to the door and greeted our guest, telling Kylie to go get daddy. She pulled him down the hallway and he looked shocked to see who was standing at the door.

“Hey Sid.”

“Hey Alexia, what are you doing here?” he asked, sounding surprised.

“Your girlfriend, I’m sorry I forgot your name again, called me asking if I could come give you a massage.” Bitch get out of my house as soon as your done.

“Wow, thanks Ash!”

“No problem. I knew you were stressed about this visit to Toronto and I thought you needed this before you left.”

“You know me so well.”

“Go get massaged cuz you have to be up at 4 tomorrow, and it’s already 7.”

“Thanks Ash, your the best,” he said, not even kissing me or hugging me. “I’ll show you to the room.”

“You have a room now?” she asked, “you never had that before.”

“You should see what we have in there. We even have a Jacuzzi tub.”

“Damn!” she squealed. I can’t believe I’m doing this, all for the love of my boyfriend.

Alexia didn’t leave till around 10, leaving me to have some time to myself while he got catered to. When he came in I could tell he was relieved. “Hi baby.”

“Hello to you too. How was your massage?”

“Aw it was so good. I haven’t gotten a massage from her in a while. It was good to have familiar hands doing it.”

“Oh god. Stop.”

“I’m sorry baby. So you know how I’m going to Toronto?” I nodded. “I have our mothers flying in tomorrow so they can watch the kids and you can for sure come with me without them.”

“Seriously?” I propped myself up.

“Yeah. I figured it’d be nice for us to go away on a mini vacation, and get to do some appearances without having to stress about them. The kids will be in good hands and this will be a great opportunity for our moms to get to see their grandchildren.”

“You’re too sweet. Is that why you have to be up at 4?”

“Yeah, I gotta pick em up.”

“Siddy!” I cooed, hugging his head.

“Ladies can’t seem to keep their hands off of me,” he joked.

“Just for that I’m not touching you at all.”

“Fine, I’ll just have to touch myself then.”

“Get out of my bed!” I laughed, pointing him to the door.

“Whoops. Guess someone’s not getting cuddles.”

“Cool,” I rolled over, falling asleep.

The next morning was pretty chaotic. The kids were thrilled to see their grandmothers and Sidney was exhausted. I knew it was going to be a busy day, and I still need to pack. I was in my closet while Sidney was laying on the bed looking at his ipad. He was looking at Alexia’s fitness photos from her new website and commenting on how they looked. She’s good looking, and I need to prove that I can be just as sexy to him.

I know we’re going to be there for a couple days at least and that we’d be making a lot of appearances so why not bust out my best? So far he’s set for quite a few interviews and appearances so I have to go along with him. I even get to do an interview myself and we get to do a photo spread for a Canadian magazine. Not sure how that’s gonna go but I’ll pray for the best.

**The Next Day**
Our flight leaves at 3 and I’m not ready to leave both my kids for this long. I’ve left them before but not for this long! I love my babies to death and I can’t not see them for that long. Ty was asleep when we left but I still got to say goodbye to him. Kylie’s goodbye was a little more harder.

“Don’t go!” she cried, pouting her face at Sidney.

“I know princess, but I have to. I’ll be home in a few days I promise.” Seeing her cry in his arms like this breaks my heart. She’s never done this this bad, maybe it’s because I’m leaving too?

“Come here baby,” I cooed to her. I kissed her and let her cry on me. “We’ll be back soon honey!””

“Mommy don’t!” she begged.

“You guys just need to go and let us take care of it,” my mom said. “You’ll never get out otherwise.”

“Fine,” I pouted. “Give mommy kiss. And daddy.” I gave her to Trina and Sid took our bags.

“Bye Kylie,” I waved. The second we got to the car I cried and let it all out. “I feel so bad leaving!”

“I do too. It crushes me to see her cry like that. That’s the part about the season that I don’t like at all.”

“I don’t blame you at all. It sucks seeing you leave too.”

“At least you get to go on this adventure with me,” he smiled.

“To the mother lands!” I yelled, spreading my arms wide open. “When we get to the airport in Toronto, we are getting Tim Hortons no matter how long that line is.”

“Spoken like a true Canadian girl,” he smiled. “My Canadian girl.”

Notes

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