Chapter Ten
"So what's going on between you and Geno?" Vero asked as I was painting her finger nails, getting her ready for a hockey event tonight.

"Why would you say that there was something going on between us?" I asked, already knowing that my face was turning a little red.

"You're blushing! You like him!" Vero squealed and I quickly grabbed her hand before she hand me mess up on her polish.

"Calm down, I just have a little crush on him, no big deal," I muttered and Vero smiled brightly.

"That's so cute, Geno's such a nice guy, Sar," Vero said and I smiled and nodded my head.

"Sarah," I heard and looked up to see my boss, Jackie looking at me, "I'm sorry, but can I borrow you for a moment?" she asked and I looked at Vero who nodded her head.

"Don't try to fix your hair," I smirked, remembering that she tried to put her hair in a pony tail right after i had polished her nails one time when I had first met her.

"I won't! God, one time, that was one time!" she said and i giggled and walked over towards me boss who was holding the cordless phone in her hand.

"Something wrong?" I asked.

"It's your kids' school," she said and I sighed and nodded my head, hoping that no one would be in trouble.

"Hello?"

"Hi, this is Stacy, I'm the nurse at the Crestwood Elementary school, is this Sarah?" the woman asked.

"Yes," I said simply, wondering who was in the nurse's office and for what reason.

"Well, Missy came in this morning saying that she didn't feel well, I took her temperature and she's running a low fever," the nurse said and I sighed.

"She said that she didn't feel this well this morning, but I thought she just didn't want to go to school," I said and then rubbed my face, "I'm going to try and have her Uncle pick her up, if he can't then I'll come and get her."

"All right."

"Can you have her brother bring home her homework?" I asked and the nurse agreed and then we hung up. I dialed Ian's number, hoping that he would answer.

"Hello?"

"Ian, hey, it's me."

"Sar? What's up?"

"I just got a call from the school, Missy has a fever, do you think you could go and pick her up?" I asked and looked at the clock, "I can't leave."

"Yeah sure, I'm with some of the guys now, but I'll head over there right now," he said and I breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thanks, Ian," I smiled.

"No problem," he said and I hung up the phone and then headed back over towards Vero, who was looking at the different polishes.

"Everything all right?" she asked and I nodded my head.

"Missy's sick, that was the nurse saying that she had a low fever, so I had to call Ian and ask if he could pick her up," I explained as I went back to work.

"Aw, poor thing," Vero said and I nodded my head.

-Ian-
"Something wrong?" Sidney asked as he skated over to the wall when I hung up my phone, the guys had just finished practice.

"Yeah, I gotta head out," I said and then shoved my phone back into my pocket.

"Need help with anything?" Kris asked and I shook my head as I headed down the hallway towards my office so that I could gather my things and head out of the arena.

It took me a while to get to the school, but by the time I did, almost forty five minutes had past. I buzzed into the school, showed my id and then waited in the office as Missy was brought to me. The nurse was holding her hand and carrying her backpack, I bent down and gave a small smile towards Missy, she looked a little pale and was sweating.

"Hey munchkin, you're not feeling too well, huh?" I asked as I picked Missy up and felt her snuggle into me and I hoped that I didn't get sick out of this. I thanked the nurse when she handed me Missy's backpack and then walked out of the office.

"Uncle Ian!" I heard and turned to see Jake running towards me, "Is Missy all right, Max said he saw her in the nurse's office?"

"Missy's not feeling too well buddy, I'll be back in a few hours to pick you up from school," I said as I ruffled Jake's head, "Can you remember to swing by Mrs. Needle's room to get Missy's homework?" I asked and Jake nodded his head, "Thanks, I'll see you later."

I drove home and carried Missy into the house, I had to push Rocko back from jumping up. I carried Missy up to her room, had her change into her pajamas and laid her in bed. I kissed her forehead and tucked her in, making sure that she had her favorite teddy. She was asleep in minutes, I sighed and then walked out of the room and headed down the stairs. As I reached the bottom step, the doorbell rang and I growled because I didn't want to wake Missy up, Rocko started to bark and I yelled at him to go away.

I opened the front door and was surprised to see Sidney, Geno and James standing there, "Hey guys, what's up?"

"You left in a hurry, you forgot your camera," Sidney said and I sighed and shook my head, thanking him and then taking the bag that my camera was packed in, "You all right?"

"Yeah, come on in," I said and the guys nodded their heads and I moved out of the way so that they could come in, "Sar called me saying the school called her, Missy had a fever so I had to go and get her," I explained.

"Awww, Miss, where is she?" James asked.

"In her room, but I suggest you stay away from her, don't want you getting sick," I said and Sidney gave him a hard look, but James ignored it, "I guess while you're here, I can show you the pictures that I caught at last night's game-" they groaned and then sat on my couch.
"Don't even bring up the game," Sidney muttered, holding his face, still upset that they had lost, against the Flyers none the less.

"It was a good game," I said and Geno shook his head, "You guys only lost by a point!" they groaned, "The score was six to five-"

"Just stop, Ian," Sidney said and I rolled my eyes and shook my head.

"So do you not want to look at the pictures before I post them?" I asked and Sidney sighed and waved for me to get the pictures.

-Sarah-
I pulled into the driveway to see that there was a big truck in the stop where I usually parked, so I had to pull in behind Ian. I got out of the car and walked towards the front door, behind sure to kick all of the snow off of my boots before I quietly snuck into my home and slipped out of my boots, hearing laughing in the other room.

I had to work a little later than I intended to, but it was worth it because I got a big tip from all
of my clients. I walked into the kitchen and was surprised to see that we had multiple guests.

"Auntie!" Jake yelled as he jumped away from Ian and ran over towards me.

"Hey buddy," I smiled and then grunted when he slammed his weight into me and pushed me up against the wall, "Whoa, calm down," I wrapped my arms around his head and he wrapped his around my waist.

"Careful, Jake," Ian said and I patted Jake's head and kissed his cheek.

"You guys eat?" I asked and they nodded their heads, "Good, did you do your homework?"

"No," Jake whined and I patted his back.

"How 'bout you do it?" I asked and Jake nodded his head an then walked out of the kitchen to grab his backpack, "Hi guys," I smiled as I waved to Sidney, James and Geno sitting at my table, "What's up?"

"Just came to visit, Ian left his camera at the arena and we brought it back," Sidney said and I nodded my head and walked over towards the sink to empty out the dirty container that my salad for lunch was in.

"How was work, Sar?" Ian asked.

"Good, was with Vero just about all day," I said and Sidney snorted, "Shouldn't you guys be getting ready for the event?"

"Event? What event?" James asked.

"Whatever one V was talking about?" I said.

"Oh, no, that's a charity event for the WAGs, we don't need to go to that," Sidney said and I nodded my head.

"What's a wag?" Jake asked as he walked back into the room and I made my way to the fridge to look for something to eat.

"Wives and girlfriends," James said and I smirked.

I looked through the fridge but saw nothing but things for lunches, I sighed, '...I need to go food shopping...'