coming home to you

“i can’t believe you’re moving back! i’m so excited! The whole team will be glad to see you!” nikki, abby’s best friend and teammate. “i can't wait to see all of you guys!” abby said, trying to hold back tears. “wegottago shopping and you gotta tell us everything about Pittsburgh!” Megan, explained. “i will! You guys are the best! thank you for everything!” abby said, into the phone. “did you hear anything from BC?” nikki, asked. "yeah, they want me back, but this time in the ER ! i start next week !” abby, replied. “i am so happy for you ! they’re lucky that their getting one of the best nurses ever known back.” Nikki, screamed. By this time, it was getting late; abby had to be back home and getting ready for bed because she had to be up for the early flight in the morning. “well, guys, i better get going. It’s getting late and my parents are gonna kill me.” abby said with a laugh. They all said their good-byes to each other.
Abby grabbed her equipment and walked out of the arena. she stopped and looked back for the last time and a smile came across her face. "thanks, pittsburgh." abby said, quietly. It was 11:15PM when she got home, so she just went up to her room and dozed off into a slumber.

beep, beep, beep, beep, beeeeeeep! ughh. abby thought to herself. it was 7am and she could smell the sweet aroma of eggs and bacon coming from downstairs. after a few minutes, abby managed to get herself out of bed and into the shower. when she got done, she changed into her ripped jeans, black uggs and her long sleeve blue under armor shirt with her canucks henrik sedin jersey. Abby still loved Henrik more than anything and wondered if he still felt the same about her.

“now boarding, flight 972 to Vancouver, BC, Canada.” came across the speakers. “well, that looks like it’s us.” Linda, abby’s mom announced. they all grabbed their carry ons and got up. “thank you for doing this for me, dad.” abby told her dad. her dad smiled and with that, they boarded the plane. the flight was long, as abby was asleep the whole time. “sweetie, sweetie… we’re here.” abby’s mom said, shaking her daughter. Abby awoke to find that they landed and were at VIA. Abby and her parents grabbed their luggage and headed for a cab to drop them off at their new home outside the suburbs of Vancouver. During the ride there, abby kept thinking about the dream she had on the plane. i hope he feels the same... abby thought to herself. it was 3PM when they finally arrived to their new house, it wasn't huge, but it wasn't small either. She grabbed her belongings, along with her hockey gear and ran inside. the outside didn’t do justice on what was on the inside. it was warm and cozy, definitely had a nice homey feel.
A formal meeting for the comets was going to be held. There was a knock on abby’s door, “abby?” abby’s dad, questioned and slowly opened the door. Abby was fixing up her hair and make-up. “yeah, dad” she answered. “there’s a formal meeting at the rink with the comet's staff, if you want to come.” He said. “yeah, I’ll be right down.” she replied. just then she saw 2 pictures in frames in one of the boxes she brought up from the moving truck. She walked over and picked them up; they were both pictures of her and Henrik. one was of them skating together and the other was a selfie she took of them coming back home from the lake. She smiled and placed them both on the nightstand beside her bed. “i will see you soon.” she whispered. abby was ecstatic. when her and her dad pulled up in the parking lot of rogers arena, she couldn't help but get out of the truck and run up to the building. "oh, vancity, how i missed you !", her dad laughed, "come on, abs." and with that, they made their way up to the building where they met with the owner and assistant coaches of the comets.

Henrik's POV
it was just after practice, i was all sweaty. i sat down, next to her, the women i thought was gonna be my wife. "sam, i can't do this. i'm sorry." samantha, Henrik's fience was shocked. she was quiet for a moment. "you love someone else, don't you? don't you !" she screamed in anger. "in matter of fact, i do. i always loved her." henrik, announced. Samantha got up and took the ring off her left hand. "here, you can have it back, asshole !" and threw it at henrik who caught it. Just then a group of the coaching staff of the comets walked in the arena. I quickly got up and made my way back to our locker room to shower.
END OF POV

abby was walking behind the group of coaches. when she looked up she saw that they were at rogers arena, home of the vancouver canucks. she couldn't help, but smile. as they walked in, abby could help but notice a pissed off, upset female walking out. hmm, wonder what her problem was. abby thought to herself. the canucks had a week in a half long road trip, so the comets would have the arena to themselves for practices and games during that time. she would even practice with them if she didn't have anything else planned. which she then remembered that she has to write UPMC a letter stating that she had unexpectedly moved due to family issues. she walked in her dad's office, which has boxes everywhere. thank goodness the computer is connected. she thought to herself as she sat down in the chair at the desk. abby opened her email account and began a new message.

to: humanresourcesdept@UPMC.net
cc: tgolisman@ICUdept.UPMC.net
from: abby.johnston@outlook.com
subject: resignation from nursing position

Good Evening, Tina
I want to start by saying that I am truly sorry, but I have to resign from my position in the ICU at UPMC as a registered nurse. At this time, I am not in Pittsburgh and had to relocate to another state due to family issues. Again, I am sorry for such a late and unexpected notice. I had a wonderful time at UPMC and enjoyed my time working with you and the other staff members. Thank you for all your time. I greatly appricate it.

Sincerely,
Abby L. Johnston RN, CCRN, BSN
*SEND*

"and, that is my daughter, abby." abby's dad, said as he entered the room. abby tuned around and saw her dad with a tall, blue eyed good-looking ice hockey player. well, she assumed he played ice hockey since he had a BC comets T-shirt on. "uhh, I was just getting ready to go." abby remembered that she was meeting her mom at jose's, a Mexican restaurant for lunch. "abby, this is Mark, our captain. mark this is abby,mydaughter." abby and mark shook hands, but abby had to leave. "It was nice meeting you, mark !" she waved bye to both of them and hurried out. all of a sudden, she bumped right into someone and the stack of papers she was carrying went everywhere. "hey, sor---", the guy, said but stopped after he saw who it was. abby couldn't believe her eyes. "abby?" he said. abby nodded. it was him and he did remember her. "henrik... it's you." abby finally managed to get out. henrik laughed, "yeah, it's me. hey, well let me pick these up for you." henrik announced as he picked up all the papers that had fell on the floor and handed them to abby. "so the guys and i are having a late night practice tomorrow night before we leave the next morning, if you want to join us." he invited her. "yeah, yeah I would love too." abby agreed that she would be there. "awesome. it starts at 7." henrik, requested. "great, I'll see you then !" abby, replied. "oh, and don't forget your equipment !" he added. "oh you know i won't !" abby said as she exited the arena.

Henrik's POV
i sat there finding it hard to believe that abby is back, for good. her dad got fired from being the head coach of the penguins and returned to the canucks organization. I couldn't be happier. i guess someone this will belong to someone... he thought as he looked at the engagement ring he still had in his hand.
END OF POV

"oh my gosh, you are here ! you're really back !" Nicole screamed as she ran up to abby and hugged her. "nik, I...I..... can't....breath." abby tried to get out. nicole let go, "sorry about that." she apogized. "so you practicing with us tonight? tomorrow is captain try-outs, you know." nicole added. abby thought for a minute, "I can't. I have plans to skate with henrik and the canucks tonight." abby told nicole, she looked shocked. "You already saw henrik?" she asked. "yeah, I saw him before I came here." abby said. "oh, he wasn't with his fience?" nicole questioned. "no... wait, henrik is getting married?" abby's stomach dropped. "yeah, he's supposed to be getting married to his longtime girlfriend, samantha of 2 years." nicole explained. "they met at one of the canucks charity events while you were in pitt." Nicole continued. abby didn't know what to feel or say. "well, I better go, its getting late and my parents probably my want me home early." abby lied. "okay, well if you change your mind, we're practicing tonight, if you wanna come back out later." nicole reminded abby. they said their good byes and abby headed home.

the next morning was try-outs for those that wanted to be on the BC whales, but missed the primary try-outs due to not being there or not making the team and wanted to try again. it was also for the current players to try-out for the captain spots. abby got up, got dressed in her workout attire with a ponytail. she ran down stairs, grabbed her hockey bag and drove to the local arena where the try-outs were being held. when she got to the locker room and walked in, everyone gasped. "ABBY !!!!!!" they all screamed, except for Taylor. taylor was one of abby's old teammates, she didn't like abby and was glad when she moved. Taylor had an enormous crush on henrik; she was jealous of his and abby's close relationship with each other. "hi, guys." abby said as she sat down by Katelyn, the goalie. abby reminisced with her old teammates as they got ready to hit the ice. it was a long, intense try-out, but abby felt good about the results. "everyone gather in !" the coach, heather yelled. abby and the rest of her teammates took one knee as they gathered around in a circle. "everyone did a fantastic job; however due to a large amount of people trying out for both spots - to be on the team and captains, some of you will not make it." coach heather, announced. "the results will be posted Monday in front of my office." she added. "to those of you that made the cut, congrats, it'll be a great season and to those of you that didn't, thank you for trying out, we hope to see you come out again next year." she said and concluded the try-out.

as abby was getting undressed from her equipment, she noticed 3 unread text messages; mom, sid and henrik. she opened them all.

(mom): good luck at try-outs ! i know you can do it !

(s. crosby): sorry about your dad. but, thanks for saying good bye !

abby completely forgot to tell Sidney good bye when they left Pittsburgh. she quickly replied back: hey sid, I am so sorry. I completely forgot !

then, she opened the last one, which was from henrik.

(Henrik): missed you at our practice last night. hope you are okay, text me back when you can.

the next day was abby's first day of orientation on a new floor of her former hospital, instead of workin' on the PICU floor, she was now assigned to the emergency room as a nurse. orientation was to last 3 days since abby worked there before, she did not have to go through the whole week. (author's note: I am not a nurse, so I don't know if this is true or not, but it's going to be in my story)

Monday came around and it was the day that the results of the try-outs for the BC whales were posted, along with the seasons captains. abby made her way to the front of the coaches office to see the list. "congrats, slut. you made it." taylor said to abby as she pushed her when she walked by. abby looked at the list and couldn't believe what she saw.

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