Public Relations

Sid and I are lying on the beach. Sid is singing along horribly to the song on the radio and I’m trying to tan. I can’t stop laughing at Sid and how he was being so cute trying to sing along to the songs. I’m lying on my stomach with my head down when Sid starts screaming. I roll over right away and look at Sidney.
“What the hell?” I ask.
“A bug flew near my face.” He says blushing a bit. I start laughing again.
“Really?” I ask.
“You’re telling me if a bug flew past your face you wouldn’t be screaming as well?” He asks.
“I never said that.” I say rolling my eyes before lying down on my back. I put my sunglasses on. “How did you find this place?”
“One of my ex’s showed it to me.” Sid says. I took my sunglasses off halfway.
“Really?” I ask.
“Yeah, does it matter how I found it though? It’s not like we’re on a date.” Sid says.
“No we’re not. Although James thinks we are.” I say trying not to laugh and covering my face as best as I could.
“What?” Sid says.
“I told him we had plans and I would call him later, but he sounded mad and suspicious.” I say.
“Understandably so.” Sid says. I started laughing.
“I’m not sure how I feel about James yet, but I don’t have romantic feelings for you.” I say. “Not that you aren’t great in bed, because you are.”
“I know.” Sid says. We look at each other and erupt into a fit of laughter. Once we stopped laughing Sid suggests we go and grab something to eat from the food cart by the entrance of the beach. We pack up our stuff and walk back toward the food cart. We talk all the way there, laughing and making jokes about each other. Once we got to the food cart we both order a Polish sausage and we picked a place to sit a little bit away from everyone else.
“Can I ask you something?” Sid asks.
“Sure, anything.” I say.
“Are you afraid to let James in because of your relationship with Brad?” He asks.
“How did you…?” I start before trailing off and looking at the ground. We were silent for a couple minutes. He waited for me to speak again. I took a deep breath. “How did you know?”
“I saw a picture in your room.” He says.
“Oh, that picture.” I say thinking for a second. Then I realized what picture he was talking about. The one of Brad, Reid and I. I sigh.
“You guys have a son together?” He asks.
“Yeah.” I say.
“I knew he had a son and I thought you looked familiar.” Sid says.
“Wait more than just you would know?” I say.
“No I think I’m the only one.” He says. “I know Brad from summers off.”
“Right, when he goes away to Colorado.” I say.
“Yeah, we practice together most off seasons.” He says.
“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you.” I say.
“You don’t have to tell me anything you don’t want to, but where was he the other night?” Sid asks.
“He hasn’t moved here yet.” I say. “He’s with Brad in Vancouver.”
“When is he going to be here?” Sid asks.
“Tonight. I have to pick him up.” I say.
“He’s flying in alone?” Sid asks.
“No, his nanny is flying in with him.” I say.
“Is she hot?” He asks. I rolled my eyes. “Sorry.”
“Yes she’s ‘hot’”. I say making air quotations with my hand. “But she has a job to do and she doesn’t have time for you guys.”
“I was joking.” Sid says.
“I know, I’m sorry. I’m just a little stressed about this whole thing.” I say pinching the bridge of my nose.
“Don’t be. If you need anything at all I’m here for you.” He says.
“Thanks Sid.” I say.
“What time does their flight get in?” He asks. I look down at the time on my phone.
“Assuming the plane is on time, two hours.” I say.
“Guess we should get going.” Sid says.
“Guess so.” I say. We both stand up and I pick up my bag. We walk toward the car in silence. Once we get in the car I turn toward Sid.
“Please don’t tell anyone. Especially James.” I say.
“I wouldn’t ever think of it.” He says.
“Thanks.” I say.
“Do you like him?” He asks. I don’t say anything for a couple minutes.
“Yes.” I say finally.
“Why?” He asks.
“He’s sweet and funny. He can be such a gentleman.” I say. I may have only known him for a couple weeks, but we spent many afternoons in my office. He helped me carry boxes up and move furniture around when I wasn’t satisfied with its placing.
“So what are you worried about?” Sid asks.
“The files.” I say.
“What files?” He asks.
“The ones in my office about James. About the type of guy he is and all the work that past PR’s have had to do with him.” I say.
“Oh. I understand. I know the types of things that are said in his file, but it’s not always the truth.” Sid says.
“So he isn’t a player? He hasn’t had pregnancy scares and crazy ex girlfriends?” I ask raising my eyebrow.
“May have spoke to soon.” He says. We both laughed. “Give him a chance. He might surprise you.”
“He might also disappoint me.” I say. “It isn’t just me I have to think about, it’s my son too.”
“You’re right.” He says. When we got back to my house I invited Sid in. He accepted and followed me into the house. He sat down at the kitchen bar. I heard my phone ring at the end of the counter. We looked between the phone and each other before both lunging for it. I grabbed it before he could get it. I slid the bar across answering the phone.
“Hello.” I say.
“Hey.” James says.
“What’s up?” I ask walking away from Sid.
“Not much, are you free tonight?” James says.
“Oh I actually have a lot of work to catch up on.” I say.
“Really?” He asks.
“Yeah, but I will see you tomorrow at work.” I say.
“Right. See you then.” He says before quickly hanging up. I stood there staring at the phone screen when I heard Sid come up behind me.
“You okay?” He asks.
“Fine.” I say.
“You sure?” He asks.
“James.” I say. He nods his head knowingly.
“How old is your son?” Sid asks walking over to the wall where there are a couple pictures of Reid hanging.
“He’s almost four.” I say smiling at the picture of my son on his second birthday.
“When’s his birthday?” Sid asks.
“November 4th.” I say.
“It will be here in no time.” Sid says.
“Yeah, luckily I will be settled by then.” I say. I unlock my phone again and check the flights. The flight will be on time.
“Almost time to go?” Sid asks.
“Yeah, I need to get going, I don’t want to be late picking up my son. It’s been almost a month since I saw him last.” I say
“I’ll see you tomorrow.” Sid says. He closes the gap between us and kisses me on the cheek. “I can’t wait to meet the little guy, whenever you’re ready.”
“Sounds good.” I say. “Thanks Sid, I had a great time today.”
“Me too.” Sid says. He left and I gathered my purse and keys to go to the airport. I was more excited than anything to see my baby boy. I had face timed with him many times, but it wasn’t anything like actually seeing him and being with him. I was excited to spend the evening with him today and the morning with him tomorrow. I knew Sid would want to meet him and I felt good about introducing him to Sid. He may only be almost four years old, but he already idolizes Sid. He was extremely excited about moving to Pittsburgh. He knew that meant being close to Sid. I’m just happy that Sid’s open to meeting him already.

Notes

Omg look who finally updated this story!
Que excitement.
Honestly this chapter wasn't as hard to write as I thought it would be!!!!
This story is going to flow well I can tell!!
Sorry to everyone who has been waiting 3 months for me to update this story, but
I'm backkkkkk!!!
I finished the first story in the Clutch series! PR is taking over now!
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PS. PRESEASON STARTED TONIGHT! GO PENS!!!!!