No Work. All Play.
The Fight
“Brittany, what’s the matter?” Sidney asked in panic, seeing his girlfriend crying on the other end of the line on his Skype. He didn’t like seeing his girlfriend crying in a hotel room all the way up in Quebec. “I-I-I,” “What’s wrong babe?” “You’re going to be mad at me,” she sniffled. “What happened?” “Well I was in my room, like you said and Jordan came to my room and-and-“ “Did he touch you or hurt you in any way shape or form?” he asked sternly. “He came in to talk to me and when he did, he kissed me. Please know that I had nothing to do with this and I am so sorry Sidney. I slapped him and he left. Please believe me.” She sobbed.
Sidney’s chest began to rise as his breathing became more heavy. One of his best friends and teammates kissed his girlfriend yet again. How could he!?! Part of Sidney hoped that he was drunk, but the possibility of that happening was slim to none. “Please say something.” She begged. Brittany felt more worst than ever and didn’t know what to say or do. Yes, she knew he was livid, but she had prayed that he wasn’t mad at her. “You don’t have to respond to me, but please know that I didn’t do anything. I was sitting in my room missing you and upset about so many things and all I wanted was to be left alone. Then he came in and we talked and he kissed me. I would never in my life do that to someone and after knowing that something similar already happened to you in the past makes me feel so much worst. Please Sidney, say something,”
"Where is he?” “I don’t know, he left after I yelled at him,” “That pussy better run, I’m gonna kill him.” He seemed mad now. “Please Sidney, stay at home and relax, we can work this out later, not now. I don’t want your fans or anyone to know about-“ “I don’t care Brittany. He broke a code and he knows he fucking did. How the fuck am I supposed to sit at home while my team is in another city, I should be there, my girlfriend is with them and one of my best friends kisses you. I just can’t stomach that. I’m ready to fucking flip.” “So are you blaming this on me?” “No, I’m happy you told me, but right now I wanna kill Jordan.”
Can you at least do this for me, can you please wait to confront him until he gets home and talk face to face? I don’t care if you wanna yell at me for it, just don’t talk to him about it yet. Let him come to you,” “I’m fucking flying out there Brittany, I don’t give a fuck. You don’t know how fucking pissed I am right now.” “Sidney-“ “I don’t want to talk about it right now. I’ll text you later. Good night.” “Sidney!” he logged off leaving Brittany inconsolable, alone and frightened.
Sidney went and sat down on his couch in his family room. The lights were all off and nothing but the tv was lighting the room. There he sat, elbows on his knees and hands together leaning against his forehead. He was furious with everything but had no way to control it. He wanted to fly down and beat the shit out of his friend, but at the same time, he wanted to wait and talk to him face to face. And knowing that he hurt his girlfriend in the process and in the heat of the moment made it worst for him to stomach. That night he called and apologized to her, hoping to cover everything that was needed to be said.
**Back in Pittsburgh**
The boys got back in Pittsburgh yesterday evening and they all went their separate ways. Brittany went to spend the night with Sidney after a long break apart from each other, and made up for lost time. At practice the next morning Sidney was fully prepared to go talk to Jordan. After all the press left and it was just the team left at the arena, Sidney saw Jordan taping a stick in the hall. “Hey Jordan, can we talk for a second?” he asked with a hint of anger, and fists clenched. “Yeah, hey man, what’s up?” Jordan didn’t even get to finish his sentence when Sidney punched him clear in his face, thus causing a fight. Players rushed out of the dressing room to go separate the two.
Kris and Matt were holding back Jordan and Geno held Sidney back against the wall single handedly. “You fucking worthless piece of shit! Why would you try and get with my girlfriend when you fully know about what happened last time!” For some, this came as new news that Sidney even had a girlfriend. Everyone was shocked to see Sidney this angry, especially with his own teammate. And those new to the team had no idea what Sidney was talking about with the past experience and those who knew or were there looked at Jordan in shock, knowing how close they are, surprised that Jordan would do such a thing to his good friend.
Why didn’t you come tell me like a fucking man and instead avoid me all this time like a fucking pussy!? You know how bad this is and you still did it! You kissed her!” “Sidney, calm down!” Marc-Andre said soothingly. “No! He was the one I vented to when I lost Kirsten! He was the one who took me out to distract me and made sure I was okay. He was the one who fucking knew everything and he still fucking kissed her! He kissed Brittany!” The whole team’s mouths dropped in shock. And a crying Brittany stood behind the group of guys, mouth wide open and tears streaming down her face. “Shit. Brittany,” Sidney said running after her. “We’ll talk later.” She said sternly, walking away.
“Team meeting!” Geno yelled, leading everyone into the dressingroom and locking the door. “You sit,” he directed Jordan, “Sit,” he directed Sidney. “This bullshit. We’re team, we’re family. Family don’t fight. You two settle this. Rest of us, nothing happened, it is forgotten.” Geno said sternly, forcing everyone to be a little overwhelmed with his sudden leadership and responsibility. “First things first. Sid, explain to the team about your relationship.” Matt said calmly. “Me and Brittany are in fact dating.” “And what happened that made you so mad at Jordan you had the urge to fight him?” “While you were all away on the road trip-“ Sidney started but was cut off by Jordan.
“I’ll take it from here Sid. What happened was, I noticed Brittany wasn’t herself, like most of us could tell. So I went to go talk to her. After she explained, I don’t know what got into me and I kissed her. I kissed Sidney Crosby’s girlfriend. She stopped me and let me have it. So if you’re mad at her, don’t be. It was my fault. She was just being a good girlfriend Sid; she was doing like you had told her to. I fucked it up. And I knew that once I did it how much this would hurt. I know how much it hurt you the last time, and I understand that you’ll probably be extremely pissed at me for a while, I get that, but know that I wanted to talk to you face to face and in private.” “I’m gonna try and forgive you but remember how mad I am. I’m sorry for spazzing. I just had to get it out. Sorry guys.” “Good. Everyone forget it happened. No one tells Dan, let’s go home.” Geno said getting up and leaving. Once the room was empty, Jordan looked and Sidney and said, “I deserved it and it will never happen again.” “Thanks man, I’m sorry.” “No, I’m sorry.”
Sidney’s chest began to rise as his breathing became more heavy. One of his best friends and teammates kissed his girlfriend yet again. How could he!?! Part of Sidney hoped that he was drunk, but the possibility of that happening was slim to none. “Please say something.” She begged. Brittany felt more worst than ever and didn’t know what to say or do. Yes, she knew he was livid, but she had prayed that he wasn’t mad at her. “You don’t have to respond to me, but please know that I didn’t do anything. I was sitting in my room missing you and upset about so many things and all I wanted was to be left alone. Then he came in and we talked and he kissed me. I would never in my life do that to someone and after knowing that something similar already happened to you in the past makes me feel so much worst. Please Sidney, say something,”
"Where is he?” “I don’t know, he left after I yelled at him,” “That pussy better run, I’m gonna kill him.” He seemed mad now. “Please Sidney, stay at home and relax, we can work this out later, not now. I don’t want your fans or anyone to know about-“ “I don’t care Brittany. He broke a code and he knows he fucking did. How the fuck am I supposed to sit at home while my team is in another city, I should be there, my girlfriend is with them and one of my best friends kisses you. I just can’t stomach that. I’m ready to fucking flip.” “So are you blaming this on me?” “No, I’m happy you told me, but right now I wanna kill Jordan.”
Can you at least do this for me, can you please wait to confront him until he gets home and talk face to face? I don’t care if you wanna yell at me for it, just don’t talk to him about it yet. Let him come to you,” “I’m fucking flying out there Brittany, I don’t give a fuck. You don’t know how fucking pissed I am right now.” “Sidney-“ “I don’t want to talk about it right now. I’ll text you later. Good night.” “Sidney!” he logged off leaving Brittany inconsolable, alone and frightened.
Sidney went and sat down on his couch in his family room. The lights were all off and nothing but the tv was lighting the room. There he sat, elbows on his knees and hands together leaning against his forehead. He was furious with everything but had no way to control it. He wanted to fly down and beat the shit out of his friend, but at the same time, he wanted to wait and talk to him face to face. And knowing that he hurt his girlfriend in the process and in the heat of the moment made it worst for him to stomach. That night he called and apologized to her, hoping to cover everything that was needed to be said.
**Back in Pittsburgh**
The boys got back in Pittsburgh yesterday evening and they all went their separate ways. Brittany went to spend the night with Sidney after a long break apart from each other, and made up for lost time. At practice the next morning Sidney was fully prepared to go talk to Jordan. After all the press left and it was just the team left at the arena, Sidney saw Jordan taping a stick in the hall. “Hey Jordan, can we talk for a second?” he asked with a hint of anger, and fists clenched. “Yeah, hey man, what’s up?” Jordan didn’t even get to finish his sentence when Sidney punched him clear in his face, thus causing a fight. Players rushed out of the dressing room to go separate the two.
Kris and Matt were holding back Jordan and Geno held Sidney back against the wall single handedly. “You fucking worthless piece of shit! Why would you try and get with my girlfriend when you fully know about what happened last time!” For some, this came as new news that Sidney even had a girlfriend. Everyone was shocked to see Sidney this angry, especially with his own teammate. And those new to the team had no idea what Sidney was talking about with the past experience and those who knew or were there looked at Jordan in shock, knowing how close they are, surprised that Jordan would do such a thing to his good friend.
Why didn’t you come tell me like a fucking man and instead avoid me all this time like a fucking pussy!? You know how bad this is and you still did it! You kissed her!” “Sidney, calm down!” Marc-Andre said soothingly. “No! He was the one I vented to when I lost Kirsten! He was the one who took me out to distract me and made sure I was okay. He was the one who fucking knew everything and he still fucking kissed her! He kissed Brittany!” The whole team’s mouths dropped in shock. And a crying Brittany stood behind the group of guys, mouth wide open and tears streaming down her face. “Shit. Brittany,” Sidney said running after her. “We’ll talk later.” She said sternly, walking away.
“Team meeting!” Geno yelled, leading everyone into the dressingroom and locking the door. “You sit,” he directed Jordan, “Sit,” he directed Sidney. “This bullshit. We’re team, we’re family. Family don’t fight. You two settle this. Rest of us, nothing happened, it is forgotten.” Geno said sternly, forcing everyone to be a little overwhelmed with his sudden leadership and responsibility. “First things first. Sid, explain to the team about your relationship.” Matt said calmly. “Me and Brittany are in fact dating.” “And what happened that made you so mad at Jordan you had the urge to fight him?” “While you were all away on the road trip-“ Sidney started but was cut off by Jordan.
“I’ll take it from here Sid. What happened was, I noticed Brittany wasn’t herself, like most of us could tell. So I went to go talk to her. After she explained, I don’t know what got into me and I kissed her. I kissed Sidney Crosby’s girlfriend. She stopped me and let me have it. So if you’re mad at her, don’t be. It was my fault. She was just being a good girlfriend Sid; she was doing like you had told her to. I fucked it up. And I knew that once I did it how much this would hurt. I know how much it hurt you the last time, and I understand that you’ll probably be extremely pissed at me for a while, I get that, but know that I wanted to talk to you face to face and in private.” “I’m gonna try and forgive you but remember how mad I am. I’m sorry for spazzing. I just had to get it out. Sorry guys.” “Good. Everyone forget it happened. No one tells Dan, let’s go home.” Geno said getting up and leaving. Once the room was empty, Jordan looked and Sidney and said, “I deserved it and it will never happen again.” “Thanks man, I’m sorry.” “No, I’m sorry.”
7/29/13