Hatred Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

“Absolutely, I’m ready for anything” “Okay, first this is Steve Downie he’s a right wing, we’re going to do play scenarios and then post game stuff so for him I want you to assess his ankle for a possible high ankle sprain. He’ll tell you where his pain is and you take it from there”
“Okay Mr. Downie…”
“Call me Steve”
“Okay, Steve tell me where your pain is?” Steve explained where is pain was and I was able to decide is wasn’t sprained and he could go back into the game. Beau Bennett was next who needed his hip flexors stretched which I knew was another test of my self-control seeing as many of the muscle that needed to be stretched were in a sensitive area. I remained professional and gave him the best stretch I had ever given a person. Next was Crosby.
“This is Sid captain of the team and had a nasty knot in his back that needs some serious rubbing out don’t worry about hurting him it needs to get worked out” Chris told me which I had no problem doing. Not that I wanted to hurt Crosby but I kind of did I felt like with every push into his shoulder I was doing it for the city of Philadelphia. I stood on a step stool at this back with a knee of the table for better leverage and within minutes and the entire knot broken up in his back.
“Chris hire this girl, her hands are magical….seriously god bless you best rub out I’ve ever had” Sid say shaking my hand. I took his hand and shook it giving him a forced smile.
“Well, Presley, if you’re interested there’s definitely a spot here for you in the Penguins Organization if you would like to join us?” Chris asked hopeful. “I know it’ll take some getting used to but Pittsburgh is a nice place to be it’s no Philadelphia but you’ll learn to like it”
“You know what, I think I need a change of scenery, gold and black won’t measure up to the orange and black in Philadelphia but I might learn to like it here”
“Believe me, you’ll love gold and black in no time” Sid said with a wink hoping off the table and walking out of the trainers.
“So this this is our training facility which is where you’re going to be spending a large majority of your time” Chris explained taking me on a tour on Consol Energy Center “Here’s our wrap tables here and over there are the tables for stretching and what not and in here is tape and stuff like that so the guys just practiced so everyone left and it optional practice tomorrow so I’ll show you your new office and I’ll see you tomorrow!”
“My own office? Wow! Okay awesome thank you so much!” My own office that is incredible I couldn’t believe it maybe the Penguins were are bad and I thought they were. The office was small but nice there was a nice desk, chair, and Mac desktop computer. Chris explained all the files were online and to get acquainted with a few for tomorrow as I would start treating them bright and early the next day. On the desk were 2 Penguins polo shirts, a team t-shirt, and team jacket I couldn’t believe I was actually working for an NHL team especially the Penguins.
That night I couldn’t sleep well, I decided to call my best friend and tell her about what happened today and how I didn’t think I would be back to Philadelphia for a while.“So how did it go with the penguins? Tell me you’re coming back to Philly tonight!” “Actually Meg, they offered me a job and I took it…” “You can’t move to Pittsburgh Pres especially not to work for the Penguins! You’re a traitor to your home city!” Meghan was my best friend for as long as I could remember. We went to high school and college together and lived together in Philadelphia. She worked for the Flyers as an event planner in their public relations department so you could imagine her and the rest of her coworkers that I was getting a job for the dreaded Penguins. “Well please tell me you didn’t meet Cindy?” “Actually I did I had to massage his shoulder for part of the interview”
“Ew I’m so sorry you had to touch the little cretin” “Meg stop I have to be nice to him, for God sake his captain of the team I work for now and one wrong move he could have be fired and blacklisted from every NHL team for the rest of my life!” “You don’t mean you’re a Penguins fan now? I don’t think I could handle that!” Meghan and basically everyone I know from home was your typical Flyers fan hating the Penguins and particularly Sidney Crosby. The hatred for the Penguins and Sidney Crosby was most definetly still in me but for the sake of my job I had to conceal them to not have any problems because like I said he was the golden boy one bad word from him and I’m done. I had to swallow my pride and my hatred to walk through Consol Energy.
I walked in the next morning to a rather quiet training center. I was greeted by Chris who was cleaning off tables when I walked in
“Good morning Presley, you look good in gold and black” He commented on the new polo and jacket I was wearing “Yea you think? You should see me in orange and black!” I smirked walking into my office “You’re funny you’re going to need the sassiness to deal with these guys when they find out you’re a flyers fan” “I think I can handle myself” “I know you can if I had any doubt I wouldn’t have hired you but have you had a chance to go over Sid and Steve’s files?” “Yes I did last night Sidney had a chronic shoulder spasm that in controlled with deep heat, electric stim, and manual muscle manipulation, and Steve has a high ankle sprain that he does PT for but needs wrapped before and after practice with tape” I confidently told Chris remembering the details of each file. “Excellent Presley, I’m impressed! Well your first patient is here” Chris motioned to Sidney who had just walked through the door. I took a deep breath and headed out to him I don’t know why he was making me so nervous but I felt like he had my future and my career sitting in the palm of his hands. The leading goal scorer and captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins was under my control and it was up to me to get him ready to play at 100%. “Morning Mr.Crosby” I said sitting in the stool in front of the table with his file in my lap "Please call me Sid it’s fine I’m not some tool who thinks that highly of himself” He was surprisingly sweet but I still didn’t like him. “So we met yesterday but I wanted to properly introduce myself I’m Presley Adams and I’ll be helping you out with anything you need for the rest of the season so if you need anything I’m here to help!” I said with a smile “So I was going over your medical records and right now you just have chronic shoulder spasms?” “yea they started a few weeks into the season” Sid explained pointing to where his pain was in his shoulder “So I just wanted to feel your shoulder just so I could get aquainted with your shoulder and where the spasms are if that’s alright?” “Whatever you say Doc” Sid said and smiled. I reached and placed my hands on his shoulder rubbing it and feeling for the tight spots finding them immediately. As I was rubbing his shoulder I felt the necklace around my neck shake and little which made me look down “What’s this?” Sidney asked with my necklace in his hands. Since I was young I always wore a guitar pick around my neck that I got at my favorite bands concert and as the years went on more and more items were added to it. The most recent addition was a gold flyers logo. I hated myself for not slipping it off my neck before work but I had gotten to the point of never taking it off.
“Oh…my parents got it for me for my birthday this year” I tried to shrug it off “Yea but…you like the flyers?” Sid sounded hilariously disgusted “Since I’ve been born, it’s kind of illegal to like any other team if you live in Philly” I laughed “I don’t think this is going to work out having a flyers fan as my doctor! How do I know you won’t ‘accidently’ cut my arm off!” I couldn’t tell if he was trying to be funny or being serious “Chris you know she liked the flyers?” Sidney called while I couldn’t with his shoulder “Yea Sid thought it would bring some life back to the locker room and some color” Chris laughed “Some color is nice but not orange!” I could finally tell Sid was pretending to be offended just to try to push my buttons. I just stood shaking my head “Honestly Sid, outside of work I’m a flyers fan but during work I’m not a fan of anything” I tried to explain but just then some other players came walking in. “Boys you know the new AT is a Philly fan?” Sid shouted at them earning boos and groans from all of them “Sorry boys a man named Claude Giroux has my heart” I smirked knowing that would push them over the edge. Almost immediately there was a unanimous groan and boo to his name “Presley tell me he’s not your favorite player?” Sidney asked as I laid him on the table “I hate to say so but yea he is, him and Brayden Schenn are my loves” I smiled placing the stim pads on his shoulder “You’re a pigeon lover!” Sid almost shrieked “Don’t say that!” I laughed washing my hands “It’s true you love gingers and pigeons I guess that’s why you don’t like the Penguins since we don’t have either” Sid cockily told me “Actually I like men who don’t dive which is why I like the Flyers and not the Diving Penguins” I smirked walking away leaving Sid completely taken back and speechless, just how I like him.

Notes

The spacing is all messed up because my computer is being dumb so I hope it doesn't bother you to bad lol but here's chapter 2! I'm super sick right now so I've been in bed all day and probably will be in bed all day tomorrow so who wants daily updates! Good because you're going to get them! But thank you for the positive comments and everything don't forget to rate, subscribe, and comment! Much LoveXX