black & gold never looked so good

abby awoke to find that she still had two unread text messages from Henrik, she opened them and they read:
(Henrik) hey, abs. i hope you made it to Pittsburgh safe. i just got done a late night practice at the arena. Anyway, they better be treating you good over there.
it’s horrible! i hate it here. is what she really wanted to reply.
(Henrik) i miss you.

abby felt a tear slide down her cheek. god i gotta get over this! but, i miss him so much! she thought. she started to respond with it in her text back to Henrik, but erased it and replied:

(abby) Pittsburgh is okay. and yes, they are treating me just fine over here. but, it’s definitely not Vancouver. i don’t know where anything is around here.

after she pressed sent, abby laid her phone down on her nightstand and went to take a shower. when she got out, she found that she had 1 new unread message.

(Henrik) i’m sure it’ll get easier finding where everything is after a few weeks. i was like that when i came over to Canada from Sweden. but, Vancouver definitely hasn’t been the same without you. the team and i are really missing you. stanna säkert där borta , min kärlek.

abby didn’t know what to write back, so she decided that she would reply to it later.

when she was finished getting dressed in her white skinny jeans, tan uggs and brown/tan sweater with a scarf, she went downstairs and found her mom cooking breakfast. “hey, sweetie. How was skating last night?” she asked her daughter. “fine.” was all that abby could get out as she remembered her encounter with Sid. “well, that’s good!” Linda, abby’s mom said as she sat a plate of scrambled eggs, bacon and toast in front of abby, along with a glass of orange juice.

flashback
the boys just finished practice and were on their way back to the locker room. It was the day after the night that Henrik asked abby to be his girlfriend. abby and her dad entered the room. “good practice, boys! You guys worked hard. Go home and get rest for tomorrow’s game. Be back here at six for warm-ups.” abby’s dad told his team, then disappeared into his office. abby looked at Henrik, “so, are we gonna tell him?” he questioned with a deep Swedish accent. “yeah.” abby replied and grabbed Henrik’s hand. Henrik was half dressed still in his practice gear. Before they both entered, Henrik knocked. “come in!” they heard from the other side of the door. abby and Henrik nervously walked in; her dad was writing stuff down on a piece of paper, which looked like plays. “hey, dad.” abby spoke, her dad looked up. “hi, sweetie.” He then focused his attention to Henrik who was standing by abby. “Henrik.” he nodded. “can I help you two?” abby’s dad asked. “umm, dad… Henrik and I wanted to let you know that we’re an item.” Mike, abby’s dad, sat in silence afraid to what to think of his daughter’s relationship choice. “sir, I really love your daughter. I will never do anything to hurt her.” Henrik explained, still scared of how his coach is going to react. Finally, mike spoke “that’s good. I’m happy for you two. but, I swear, you better not hurt my daughter and it better not mess your game on the ice up or you will be seeing yourself doing suicides till I say stop and you will be stripped from captain.” Mike proposed. “do I make myself clear?” he added. “yes, sir.” Henrik announced in a serious tone. “good. now, you two can leave. I have to finish these play layouts.” And with that, they both left.
end of flashback

“any plans for today?” abby’s mom, questioned. “no, i have an at UPMC at 2:30 this afternoon, then i’ll probably go to the rink and skate for a few hours.” abby replied as she got up from the table. “want to go shopping and have lunch?” Linda, asked. abby turned around, “yeah, mom. That’l; be great.” her mom smiled and went back to cleaning up.

the day went by pretty quick; abby had a nice time with her mom. but, it was almost two and she had to get home to get ready for her interview. When she got home, she changed into her dress clothes and slipped on her cowboy boots. She fixed her hair and make-up; then, said good-bye to her mom. abby arrived at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) 15 minutes early, so she grabbed her belongings and extra copies of her resume and walked in the hospitals entrance. She felt confident, but also nervous; she really wanted this position in the emergency room and be part of the registered nursing staff on the unit. It was a huge hospital; definitely not like the one she worked at in on home country of Canada. it took her a while to find where she wanted to go, but after asking a few employees roaming the hallways; she finally found the place she needed to be. “mrs. Johnston?” the lady at the desk, asked. abby looked up from the magazine she was reading. “yes?” she replied. “they’re ready for your interview.” abby nodded, took a deep breath, said thank you to the lady and walked back to the room her interview was going to be held. well, here goes nothing… she thought as she entered the room.

Notes

sorry that there's a lot of flashbacks. this will only be in the beginning 5 chapters.

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