Public Relations

I was sitting at the dinning room table looking through some contracts for the upcoming press day with the team. Reid was on the floor in the living room playing with his cars and watching cartoons. I kept looking up at him every couple minutes. His attention kept going back and forth between the television and the cars on the ground in front of him. I glanced nervously at the clock. Sid would be here anytime and I just kept freaking out. He was supposed to meet at my office this afternoon, but he had to go to a meeting with the coach right after practice. It ended up working out well for me since I got to spend that time with James. I thought about James for a couple minutes. After a couple minutes of daydreaming I took a quick look at Reid who seemed mesmerized by the cartoons on the screen. I smiled to myself and got back to the paperwork in front of me. After about fifteen minutes the doorbell rang. Reid jumped up right away and looked like he was about to run to the door.
“Reid, wait for mommy.” I say pushing the chair away from the table. I made my way across the living room and took Reid into my arms.
“Who here?” Reid asks putting his arms around my neck.
“Special surprise for my baby.” I say giving him a kiss on the cheek right as we got to the front door. Reid giggles into my neck making me squirm a bit. I fling open the door. Sid is standing there with flowers in one hand and a stick in the other. Something was draped over his left arm.
“Hey.” I say gesturing for him to come in. I took a step back making room for him to come in.
“Hey, these are for you.” Sid says passing me the flowers.
“Thank you.” I say pushing Reid up a bit more on my hip.
“Hey little man.” Sid says directing his attention to Reid. Reid buried his head in my shoulder. Sid and I both chuckled.
“He’s a bit shy with people he’s never met before.” I say. “Reid, this is Sidney Crosby. I work with him.”
Reid’s head shot up off my shoulder. I knew that would get his attention.
“Cwosby.” Reid says blinking at Sid.
“Yeah.” Sid chuckles.
“Come in.” I say leading Sid into the living room. “Play with Sid and I’ll put these flowers in a vase.”
“Okay.” Reid says sitting down on the ground. Sid put his stuff on the couch and sat down in front of Reid. As soon as he was sitting Reid started telling Sid about his cars. I smiled at the two of them before turning on my heel and going into the kitchen. I pulled a vase out of the cabinet and filled it up with water. I cut off the stems and put the flowers into the vase. I carried the vase back into the living room and put it on the table. I looked over at Sid and Reid. They were sitting on the ground driving the cars around each other and laughing. I sat down on the couch across from them and watched the two of them play. They played like that for about ten minutes. Reid couldn’t stop laughing. Sid kept glancing at me and winked at me a couple times.
“Reid I have a couple gifts for you.” Sid says.
“Gifts?” Reid asks.
“Yeah, want to see them?” Sid asks.
“Yeah.” Reid says clapping his hands together and giggling. Sid stood up and walked over to the other side of the couch. He picks up the stick that was leaning against the couch and the jersey that was draped over the edge. Reid jumps up of the ground and runs over to where I’m sitting. He climbs up on my lap and looks at Sid with his big bright blue eyes. I smile down at him and kiss the top of his head.
“I got this for you.” Sid says laying the stick across our laps. “It was from a game last year, I signed it for you.”
“Tanks.” Reid says examining the stick over and over. I smile up at Sid and he smiles back at me.
“I have something else.” Sid says finally.
“What is it?” Reid asks beaming up at Sid.
“This.” Sid says holding up a small jersey about Reid’s size. Sid shows him the front first then the back.
“Cwosby!” Reid screams jumping off my lap and running over to where Sid is standing holding the jersey. He hugs Sid’s leg. “Tanks, tanks, tanks.”
“You’re welcome buddy.” Sid says rustling his hair a bit before helping Reid slip the jersey over his head. “Looks good.”
“Cwosby!” Reid yells again.
“I thought maybe you could wear it to the home opener next week.” Sid says. Reid jumps up and down. I can’t help, but smile at him. I’m happy I let Sid meet him. Reid sat down on the ground and started playing with his cars again. Sid came and sat beside me on the couch.
“Thanks for letting me meet him.” Sid says as we both watch Reid for a couple minutes.
“I’m glad I did.” I say. “He seems to like you.”
“I hope so.” Sid says.
“Thanks by the way.” I say looking at Sid.
“For what?” Sid says.
“Giving him the jersey and getting him tickets for the home opener.” I say. “You didn’t have to do that.”
“I wanted to.” He says putting his arm around me and pulling me closer to him. I repositioned myself so I was leaning against him. He kept his arm around me.
“I talked to James today.” I say after a couple minutes of silence.
“Really?” He asks.
“Well, not so much talked to him as we might have had sex in my office.” I whispered to Sid.
“Holy crap really?” He asks looking down at me.
“Yeah.” I say looking away from Sid and blushing.
“Wow.” Sid says.
“Are you guys like a thing now?” Sid asks looking kind of uncomfortable.
“No, just things are better I guess.” I say. “He believes me that we aren’t dating though.”
“Good.” Sid says.
“I like him, but I still need time.” I say.
“That’s understandable.” He says. He pulls me in a big closer and we don’t say anything else for a little while. We just sit there and watch Reid play with his cars. I feel safe with Sid and I like having him around. We stay like that for a long time. I think I fall in and out of sleep a bit. I knew Sid would be there for me no matter what happens with James in the future.

Notes

Sid and Reid are cute!!!!!
Seems like Sid and Alex are getting close!!!

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