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All I had left was my apartment and my tea. I decided that I had to move, but to where? Suddenly my phone started ringing….

I looked down at who was calling. Lizbid? I thought to myself, Why would she be calling me at 3 in the morning? I picked it up, “Hey Lizbid what's up?” I said in the happiest voice I could. No need to worry her, “Kaela what the heck just happened?! It seems like everyone in Boston suddenly hates you!” Lizbid screamed. “Calm down woman! I just caught Tyler cheating on me,” I said as the tears started again, “and he decided to let the world think that I was the one that cheated on him! and now everyone is sending me hate!” by now the tears were freely falling. “I have no idea what to do, but I don’t think I can keep living in Boston.” “Hey,” Lizbid said, “Why don’t you just move in with me? We always talked about living together after high school and now we can finally do it!”. “Can I really?!” I was excited to put it simply, we had always talked about living together and now it looked like it was going to happen! I reached down and touched my heart necklace, Lizbid had an identical one. We had gotten them at the end of senior year kinda as a promise to keep in touch. I guess it worked because 5 years later and out of college, we still talked on a weekly basis.
Lizbid’s voice broke me out of my thoughts, “Heck ya! its Friday, well technically Saturday now. If you want you can pack up and be here by Sunday!”. “Oh my gosh Lizbid! Thank you so much! I will start packing later today and try to be there by Sunday!”. I was so excited! Goodbye Boston, I thought. It was time to start over in Pittsburgh. Looking at the clock I realized that it was close to 4 in the morning. I walked to my bedroom and climbed into bed. As I fell asleep I was thinking about my new life in Pittsburgh. Alot of things were uncertain about it, but one thing I was certain of is that I was never going to date a hockey player again.
I woke up to the sun streaming into my eyes. I looked over to my phone. Its already 8:30?! Holy Sh*t! I had the meeting at 8! I opened my phone and found 9 missed calls, 3 from my boss, and 6 calls from Tuukka, Dougie, and Torey. I don’t even bother with the calls from my boss, I’ll just email him later today. However, the other 6 calls I had to deal with because they were the only guys on the team who I considered friends. I decided that I’ll deal with it after I get dressed. After getting dressed (http://www.polyvore.com/packing_for_pittsburgh/set?id=123761278 ) I start packing. The first to go are all of my books, I absolutely love reading. I considered it an escape from the real world. After carefully packing all of my beloved books I stopped to look at the time. “10:00?? God I didn’t know I had so many books!” I said to myself. Right as I was about to start packing my kitchen up there was a knock on the door. “Coming!” I yelled, who the heck would be here at 10 in the morning?! I thought to myself.
As I swung open the door the 6 calls I were avoiding came barging in. “Kaela!” Tuukka, Dougie, and Torey screamed, Torey was the first to continue talking, “What the hell Kaela! Tyler told us you cheated on him!”. Tears were starting to form in my eyes again, “I didn’t cheat on him! He cheated on me! I went to starbucks last night to get some tea and saw him with three girls, one of which was eating his face!” This time it was Dougie who started speaking, “You expect us to believe that Kaela!”. I felt the tears start to fall, here were the only people on the team I considered friends and the were yelling at me. “No, I don’t. But its the truth and if you’re here to yell at for telling it then I will politely ask you to get your asses out of here.” I said as I turned to go back to packing.
I felt one of them grab my hand, I turned around and Tuukka was looking at the bruise that Tyler left from grabbing my arm so tightly. “Kaela what happened to your arm?” He asked starting to get mad as he matching the bruises up to his hand. “What do you think Tuukka? You know Tyler doesn’t like being yelled at, which is exactly what I did last night.” I was getting angrier as I thought about last night again. By this point all three of them were around me looking at the arm that Tuukka was holding. “Did he do this to you?” Dougie asked starting to get mad. “Kaela, I’m so sorry that we didn’t believe you…” Torey started while Dougie started pacing. “I’m going to kill him.” Dougie stated, all while Tuukka stared quietly at me with a look of pity. “No its not worth it Dougie. Torey its cool, I know that he is your teammate first, but I’m not staying in Boston. I already have the city hating me because they all believe his story.” I said calming down. “Your leaving?” Tuukka asked. “Yeah I am.” I said while giving him a hug. “I’m sorry, but I have to leave. I can’t stay in Boston. I already have a place to stay with a friend in Pittsburgh, and I’m planning on leaving Sunday.” All the the guys looked at me sadly. “You can’t leave us Kaela!” Torey started, “We can’t have taco Wednesday without you!”. “Who will eat unhealthy food with us?!” Dougie butted in. While giving Torey and Dougie a hug I said “Sorry guys, but I have already made up my mind.”
“Will you at least let us help you pack? You look like you could use some help.” Tuukka said that the other boys stood there shaking their heads yes like five year olds. “Fine, its not like I could stop you from helping anyway.” I muttered as I turned to walk into the kitchen. “Tuukka can you help me in the kitchen, you’re the only one I trust with glass. Torey and Dougie can you pack up everything in my room?”. Tuukka just nodded while Dougie and Torey ran into my bedroom yelling “Aye Aye Captain!”. “Oh god,” I muttered, “I just hope they don’t set this place on fire.”. Tuukka started laughing, “I wouldn’t count fire out for those two.”. We got to the kitchen and started wrapping and packing my dishes.
After a couple minutes of silence Tuukka started talking, “So who are you living in Pittsburgh with?”. It took me a second to respond, “My friend since high school, she’s been living there for a while now.” “Is she a hockey fan?” he asked. “Oh my gosh yes, she has been obsessing over the NHL since we were 15. Her favorite team is the Montreal Canadiens.” said. Tuukka just looked at me “And how are you friends with her? And yet she lives in Pittsburgh? You think she would like the Penguins.” Tuukka stated. “I didn’t really care for NHL in high school so it didn’t matter when we became friends. And I mean she doesn’t HATE the penguins, unless they are playing the Canadiens. But Pittsburgh was the best place for her to be to start her photography career, plus she didn’t want to deal with getting a visa to work and live in Canada.” I explained. “Oh, that makes sense. Are you going to switch from a Bruins fan to a Pens fan after you move? Tuukka actually seemed concerned on how I would answer this.
I sat and thought about my answer for a couple of seconds, “Actually Tuukka, I think I’m just going to avoid hockey for a little bit. I don’t think I will ever be obsessed with a single team. Plus, you know that I was never a big fan of the Bruins, I just supported them because Tyler plays for them. But since I’m not his girlfriend anymore I don’t have support any team.”. Tuukka just sat there for a moment before just saying “Ok.”. We finished up the kitchen with some small talk on what places are good to eat in Pittsburgh and what there is to do there. Right as I placed the last cup in a box I heard shouting and laughter coming from my bedroom.
Oh god, what the heck have they gotten themselves into now, I thought to myself. Since we were done with the kitchen, we headed towards the sounds of laughter. I opened the door dreading what I would find. As the door opened I see Torey and Dougie bouncing on my bed… WITH MY UNDERWEAR ON THEIR HEADS?!?! “What the heck are you guys, like, 5?!” I screamed. The two five year olds of the house immediately stopped jumping. “What,” Torey asked, “We finished early, so we decided to have some fun.” “And you guys consider it fun to bounce on a bed with underwear on your heads?” I said. At this point Dougie and Torey were in sh*ts and giggles about it. “Alright guys, if you’re done can you leave so I can go to sleep. I have a lot of driving to do tomorrow.” Dougie and Torey started pouting, “you’re such a party pooper.” Torey complained. “I may be a party pooper, but at least I don’t have underwear on my head.” I was silent for a couple of seconds, “and can you please take those off and put them in the box, you look ridiculous.” They refused so Tuukka stepped in, “Guys take them off, she has dealt with enough and doesn’t need you two stressing her out even more.” I looked over to Tuukka, “I’m really gonna miss you guys.” I said while hugging him. “Aw group hug!” Dougie shouted as he and Torey bounced from the bed to us, smothering me and Tuukka.
After about 5 minutes being held hostage by the five year olds of the group, I finally managed to free myself. Tuukka turned to me, “Hey can I have your phone number so if you’re ever in Boston, or when we are in Pittsburgh we can meet up.” “Yeah, can we?” Torey piped up. “Pleeaassseeeee!” Dougie continued. Before I could stop myself I said, “Sure, you all can have my number. As long as Tyler doesn’t know. I don’t want to be the person responsible for breaking the team up.” Oh god, what did I just get myself into, if Tyler finds out that they are still friends with me it will hurt the whole team, I thought. But by the time that that fact registered in my mind, we had already swapped numbers.
Tuukka started talking, “Kaela we are really going to miss you, I’m so sorry that Tyler did this to you.” “Tuukka, I will be ok. Just please don’t let this affect your playing. And that goes for you too Torey and Dougie, don’t treat him any differently just get out there and play the game.” I said. I was really concerned that the Bruins would suffer from this. “Well I guess this is goodbye…” Torey said. He looks really sad, I walked up to him and gave him a hug. “Don’t worry, when you play the Pens, we can hang out after the game.” I gave Dougie and Tuukka one last hug. “Well I hate to say this guys, but you have to go. The drive from Boston to Pittsburgh is a long one, and I don’t want to have to stop for the night tomorrow.” With one final hug to each of them they started walking out the door when Dougie turned around and said, “Have fun in Pittsburgh! We will be there later next month so be prepared!” I just laughed, “Bye Dougie, see you then!”.
After the door closed my apartment became quiet. As I walked around my apartment, all that was left was the furniture, which was going into storage, I couldn’t believe how empty it looked. I can’t believe my entire apartment was packed up in one day, I thought as I headed for bed. Once my head hit the pillow I fell into a dreamless sleep. My alarm went off at 6:00 am the next morning. God I hate mornings, I thought. “Well today's the day,” I muttered. I can’t believe that I’m driving to Pittsburgh today. I picked up my phone and texted Lizbid:

Me: Just got up! Headed for you today bae!

Lizbid: Woman! its too early here for you to be waking me up! But let me know when your an hour out of town, we can go get dinner somewhere.

Me: Will do captain!

After getting dressed in yoga pants and a sweatshirt, I loaded what I could into my car and left the rest with the neighbor to ship to me. After making sure he had the right address, I hopped into my car and started the drive to Pittsburgh.

Notes

Second chapter baby!!!

So she's finally driving to pittsburgh, might have some stuff happen along the way, not sure about that though.

What do guys think?

Thanks!
- Kaela