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My Skies Are Turning Black

When All is Said And Done

I watched as Sidney left the room and left me here with this awkward mess. Since none of us were willing to talk, I decided to bring the question up. "So. You and Sidney know each other?" He nodded.

"Yeah. We both play hockey in the NHL. He's the captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins, i'm captain of the Chicago Blackhawks. We're both two of the best in the league."

"Right...okay, so what now?"

"What do you mean what now?

"Jonathan, I mean about this whole thing. You and me. And our baby." He sighed and rubbed his forehead.

"Honestly Harley. I don't think it will work between us. We won't be able to be in a relationship with each other let alone raise a child together. Y-"

"Why? Why can't we work it out?" I cut him off. "Just cause you want to mess around, bring a dozen different girls home from night clubs every week, and have a relationship for a month, based on sex and then move on to the next girl?"

"Harley it's not that. I don't just sleep around. It's just, i'm still young. What happened with you, happened. One time thing. I wanna have fun, do stuff I can't do when i'm married and have kids."

"What you think I don't wanna have fun? I'm 19. You think I wanted to get pregnant with a guy who doesn't even care about me? If you wanna have fun, how are you gonna raise this child if there's still so much you want to do?"

"I have my parents. They'll help me out. But it's just that I don't want anything to do with you after the baby is born."

I felt the tears coming. "Oh, so you want the baby but not me? You think I don't want to see my child grow up, and with both parents?" I couldn't handle it anymore. I began to cry. Everything happening was too much right now. As if the baby wasn't enough without a plane crash to deal with. And on top of that my parents were on there way here and had no idea I was pregnant.

"Hey Harley look don't cry. It's going to make you feel worse. Look, we'll sort this out later okay. Right now just relax." He wiped some of my tears and leaned in to me. "Harley, we don't have to do anything right now. We still have so much time to work this through. Please."

I jerked my hand away from him. "How can you tell me to be fucking calm when the father of my baby is a self absorbed jerk?" I managed to say through the tears. He opened his mouth to protest, but didn't say another word. We sat like this in silence for a while. Until my mother and father slowly walked in, 2 hours later. God, I just wanted Sidney to be sitting here with me telling me funny childhood stories again. I bit my lip as they approached me.

"Harley. Oh my god. How are you doing now hun?" My mother asked as she pulled me into a hug. I could tell they had both been crying. A lot. I managed a quiet i'm doing fine as they both took a seat and looked over at Jonathan. My father was the first to speak after a long silence.

"Okay. So the hospital told us everything. We know your pregnant. And..." He looked over at Jonathan.

I wiped my tears. "That's Jonathan. Toews. The father." I couldn't make eye contact with either of my parents. I somehow managed to explain the entire story to them, from how I lost my virginity and got pregnant with him, to the crash and what we had just discussed. My mother began to cry again after I confessed everything. How I wanted everything to just be over already. "Mom...Dad. Could we just talk about everything later. I mean right now everything is too much at once." My parents agreed that we would sort everything out later, after I got better and I breathed in a sigh of relief. I looked up to the tv screen on the wall in front of me to see a news report about my plane's crash. I was shocked. I couldn't believe I survived that. I couldn't believe anyone survived that. The plane, well there was no plane anymore from what the footage was showing. There were four pieces scattered about the runway of what was the cabin. The wing of the plane was a few feet away, in the grass. The runway was littered with scraps of metal and remains of passengers bags. The news clip cut to a woman interviewing a man from the air safety investigation board. He had a white beard with white hair to match. He ran a hand through his hair. "Honestly, we do not know just what happened to the plane. There may have been a failure in the engines, or the landing system, but we do not know anything right now. We having been trying to figure out overnight whatever we can about the reason from the few remains we have left from the aircraft but haven't came to a conclusion yet." The channel switched over to a murder story and all of our gazes turned back to each other.

-S-


Three weeks had passed. My visitors had come and gone, ranging from NHL players and coaches from rival teams to relatives I hadn't seen in 10 years. My teammates were distraught, even though they saw I was perfectly fine now and would be able to play in the regular season. Geno on the other hand was a emotional wreck. He couldn't stop crying. Hell even Patrick Kane, Corey Crawford, and Marian Hossa showed up to visit me, Toews' team mates. It was finally time for me to be discharged from this stupid hospital. I buttoned up my suit jacket and stepped out of the washroom to my parents and sister waiting in the room. "Shall we?" I asked, and they all followed me out of the room and into the hall. I told them to wait by the entrance and that i'd be back. I had to see Harley before I left. I hadn't gotten to see her since the day Jonathan jerk Toews showed the fuck up. I pushed the door open and instead of Harley I was greeted to a good looking older couple. I assumed they were Harley's parents. "I-I'm sorry. I came to see Harley."

"Oh it's all right." Her father stood up once he took a second look at me. "Your Sidney...right? The guy who saved my daughter?" He asked as he walked up to me.

"Yes sir." I replied. He shook my hand, tears forming in his eyes as he looked into mine.

"Thank you. So much. She's our only child, and we are, eternally grateful for what you did. Not everyone has the heart to do that. Harley told us everything about you." He pulled me into a hug and I tried hard not to cry.

"So where is Harley?" I asked looking around the room. Mrs.Kenway pointed to the washroom as Harley stepped out.
She smiled immediately as she saw me.

"Hey, Sidney." She came over and hugged me. The first time I ever saw her in anything but blood stained clothes and hospital gowns. Her black shirt fit her frame perfectly and covered any signs of a baby, and her hair was straight, pulled back out of her face with a blue headband. She looked drained. Probably because of all the stress.

"Hey, Harley. Your discharged too?" She nodded. "So your gonna be okay? The baby and everything.."

"Yeah. But for now...there may be more problems soon, but I should be good for the meantime." Her face showed a sign of brief worry but the smile quickly reappeared. "Here." She took my IPhone out of my hands and added her number. "Call me as soon as you get back to Halifax. Okay? Or i'll call you when I get to Winnipeg." I nodded, and hugged her one last time before I left. My family waiting by the door asked me where I was but I told them it was nothing. They still didn't know about the Harley thing. We got into a cab and left for the airport. I couldn't wait to be back in the comfort of my home.

The flight was short and calm. I thought i'd have developed some fear of planes after that hell ride, but surprisingly I was fine the whole way. I lay down on my bed and scrolled down my contacts to Harley and dialled. The phone rang for three rings, when she picked up. "Hello?" Her voice was soft and comforting.

"Hey it's me. Sidney."

"Oh hey. I got back home just now and i'm missing you already." I could tell by the tone of her voice that she was smiling.

"I am too. I hope we get to see each other again soon."

She sighed. "So. I'm in Winnipeg. Toews' hometown. Also my hometown even though I grew up in Germany. His parents and my parents are meeting tomorrow to talk about everything. I'm so fucking nervous."

"Don't be. I mean, with his parents there i'm sure he won't act unreasonable. And your parents will be there too."

"No, his parents are the same as him. His mother is the worst. I mean, I don't want anything to do with them but...for the baby, I want to."

“Harley…I get that you want the best for your child when he or she is born, but they just want custody of the child so they can cut you off for good.”

“I know, I know. But still, I want to try and maybe reason with them. They have to understand one way or another. Right?” I was still reluctant, but agreed. She told me she had to go and we said goodbye.

-H-
I looked at myself in the mirror. I chose my favorite maroon shirt and my grey tights to wear. It was time to go to Jonathan’s house with my parents. I couldn’t stop shaking since I got up this morning. Who knew what was going to go down. On the drive there my mother told me that whatever happens I will be fine because they would be there for me the whole time. But that reassurance did nothing to calm my racing nerves.
As we pulled into the huge driveway of Jonathan’s house, I felt like I was going to die. I thought about telling my parents to turn the car around because I was certain I could not walk right now. But no, I had to. I had to face my problems. I had to be strong. I had to go in there, and make Jonathan stay for the sake of the child. Taking a deep breath, I got myself together, and followed my parents out of the BMW.

Notes

Wow I was going to keep going with this one but it got pretty long already. Just a warning shit will go down in the chapters to come. I keep writing the next chapters in class so expect more updates soon! :)

-xoxo, Adelie

Comments

GUYS I had the BEST chapter ever after this part written in my notes but my stupid iphone (never buy apple!) got stuck on the update screen and I had to reset it back to when i first got it, so it wiped out every single thing on my phone. So sorry for no updating, I will very soon, gonna try to make the next chapter even better than the one I lost!
-xoxo

HockeyIsLove HockeyIsLove
12/19/15

please update!!

alyssa alyssa
9/2/15

Great job

@hockey718729
Glad to see your enjoying the story. And yeah I will soon! :)

HockeyIsLove HockeyIsLove
5/31/15

@hockey718729
Glad to see your enjoying the story. And yeah I will soon! :)

HockeyIsLove HockeyIsLove
5/31/15