Chapter One

"Say hello to Haley James!"

Haley heard her cue and smiled as she began to walk out onto the hardwood floor. She waved at all the cheering and applause from the crowd and made her way over to Ellen.

Haley giggled a little and swept her bangs with her hand, "Wow!"

"A lot of lovin'?!" Ellen smirked, holding out her arms for a hug.

"This is crazy!" Haley grinned, hugging the host and then pulling back, gazing out at the audience who continued to cheer, "Insane!"

"Have a seat!" Ellen grinned, motioning to the red velvet chair and waiting for Haley to sit before she did.

The applause died down and Haley ran a hand through her short brown hair. Ellen glanced down to the cards on the side table and placed her hands on her thighs, "Wow."

Haley continued to grin as she looked out to the audience, seeing her fiancé's jersey on several people, "Thank you, guys! That's amazing!"

The crowd started again and then quieted down after a moment; Ellen took that time to greet her guest and start the interview, "So how have you been? I don't think I've seen you since… when? The super-bowl when you sang the anthem?"

Haley grinned and nodded, "Yeah, long time! I've been good! How about you?"

"Good, thank you!" Ellen grinned back; she glanced to the table and looked at the CD case, "When you sang the anthem, I was amazed! You're so little and out comes this big huge voice!"

Haley ran a hand through her hair and twisted her green patent pump-clad foot around, "It was amazing!" She clasped her hands together and raised her shoulders, letting them fall, "It was seriously a dream come true singing the anthem-"

"It was so unique-" Haley mumbled a thanks while Ellen continued, "I've never heard someone sing it with just an acoustic guitar, you know? It was amazing and so simple and elegant!"

"Thanks!" The brunette glowed, "I always wanted to do that; I thought it would've been really nice, you know?"

"It was!" The older one nodded, "And you have your CD out now right?"

"Yeah, it came out today!" She nodded, glancing at the crowd and smiling, turning back to the host, "It was a lot of work, but I'm really happy with the outcome."

"You should be! It's amazing! I was listening to it backstage."

Haley blushed, looking away for a moment, "Thank you that means so much!"

"And you're going to be singing for us later on in the show, right?" Haley nodded and smiled at the once again, cheering crowd. "What song will you be singing?"

"Crazy girls," She nodded, knowing where this conversation was going.

Ellen began to smirk softly, her eyes lighting up, "That's a beautiful song; I was listening to it during rehearsals!"

"Thank you."

"It's on your CD right?" Haley nodded, running her tongue along the back of her front teeth; a nervous habit she had picked up in high school, "Want to tell us what it's about?"

"It's about loving and missing someone so much it makes you turn into a crazy girl," She grinned and shrugged looking at the crowd, "I think every girl feels that way, once in their life."

The crowd cheered again and Haley turned back to face Ellen, who was smiling at her, "And who was this song inspired by?"

Haley laughed, running a hand through her hair, "My boyfriend."

"And who's your boyfriend, Haley James?" Ellen pushed, dare written all over her face.

"Sidney Crosby," The crowd erupted into applause and hoots.

A blush crawled up on Haley's cheeks and she playfully glared at Ellen, who just grinned and patted Haley's leg, "I know, I just wanted you to say it!"

Haley bit her lip, trying to hide the grin while running a hand over her face. Ellen glanced out at the crowd who had quieted down and was now waiting for more information, "He's a nice boy; I met him backstage-"

"Oh yeah, you did! He's off for a couple weeks, so he's just tagging along with me."

"Well," Ellen started, turning to the camera, "We have to take a short break, but when we come back, we'll be talking more with Haley James about her relationship with the wonderful Sidney Crosby!" She glanced over to Haley who was still red and then turned back to the camera, "And we're going to play 'know your lyrics?' with Ms. James! So stay tuned!"

The crowd clapped and cheered as the camera's turned off and they went to a commercial break.

"You're a brat!" Haley grinned, swatting Ellen's leg.

"Oh come on," Ellen laughed, leaning forward to talk, "Everybody knows, besides you guys are a cute couple!"

"Thank you," Haley grinned.

"And we're back on in three, two…" The light came back on and Ellen turned to the camera.

"Hi hello! Welcome back! We're here with Haley James," The crowd clapped and Ellen continued, "Thanks again for joining us, Haley."

"Oh no problem, thanks for having me."

"Anytime!" Ellen smiled and patted Haley's leg again, "So, continuing on with our conversation before the commercial break… How's Sidney?"

"He's good," Haley nodded and smiled, "Just taking a short break from practice and before the season starts up again."

"Well, for some of you who don't know," Ellen started glancing out at the crowd and into the camera, "Sidney Crosby is the captain for the Pittsburgh Penguin's, making him the youngest captain of an NHL hockey team at 22, right?" Haley nodded, "And you're 21, right?"

"Yep."

"You've guy's have been dating for a long time, huh?"

"Almost two years now."

The crowd clapped again and Haley smiled in thanks to them.

"Wow, two years," Ellen seemed shocked, "Long time! Any talk of marriage or anything?"

The entire crowd went silent to hear the next answer and Haley swallowed. Sidney and she were keeping it silent for a little while longer until he finished his season- both of their publicists and agents had agreed on these terms, even though neither Haley nor Sidney cared. They wanted to share it with the world, but were worried the stress of the public engagement would take its toll on the Penguin's as a team.

Haley bit her lip and let out a sigh, deciding that their publicists were right. She didn't want to completely deny it so she went with a vague answer, "What happens, happens right? I mean, I'm only 21…"

"Invite me to the wedding," Ellen remarked quickly, smirking. Haley blushed again and placed a hand to her forehead, "Alright! Well, we have to take another break but when we come back we're going to play 'know your lyrics?' with Haley! Stay tuned!"

Ellen leaned forward and began talking. After the commercial break had come back, they played the game and went to another commercial, this time Haley could go back since she had another ten minutes before she performed on stage.

She said her goodbyes to the crowd and headed backstage and into her dressing room, seeing her fiancé lounging on the couch with the TV on, proving that he was just watching her.

"Baby, you did amazing!" Sidney beamed, standing up and going to meet her.

Haley hugged him, leaning her head against his sternum, seeming as how she was merely 5'3" and he was 6 feet. He encircled his arms around her and kissed her hairline.

"Thank you," She mumbled out against his soft dress shirt, relishing in the clean smell of him. She closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around his middle, "I love you."

"I love you too, babe."

There was a knock at the door and both groaned before Haley went to go answer it.

"Hey!"

"What do you want, Clay?" Sidney mumbled, coming up behind his fiancé, clearly seeing over her head and grabbing the door frame.

"Was I interrupting something?" Clay, Sidney's agent, wiggled his eyebrows and then stopped sharply after seeing Sidney's face.

"What do you want, Clay?" Haley repeated Sidney's words again.

"Well," He started, glancing between the two, "You have to go back on for a quick sound check and I have to go over details with Sid for tonight's sports banquet."

Haley ran a hand through her hair and turned back to face Sidney, "I don't know why I can do an interview and be fine without getting nervous and then the moment I have to sing, my stomach flips."

Sidney leaned down and pressed his forehead to Haley's, "You'll do great, Hales." He rubbed his nose along hers, "You fill my heart with so much pride and joy; you don't know how happy you make me."

Haley smiled softly and tilted her chin up to meet their lips in a quick, gentle kiss, "Just about as happy as you make me."

Sidney smiled down at her and gave her another kiss. Haley turned around and began to walk out, feeling a sharp tap on her bottom, "Hey!"

She glanced over her shoulder to see Sidney's hands fly up to his chest, "Pre-game ritual."

Haley smirked at him and rolled her eyes, "I bet."

Sidney smirked back and watched as Clay brushed by Haley. Haley blew a kiss over her shoulder and continued to walk down the hallway, her silky yellow and green strapless dress swayed with her movements.

"… and the bobcat's are going to be there," Clay informed as Sidney started to listen, "Some clients are going to be there as well. It's going to be a lot of fun, a lot of different people, different sports, and it's for a great charitable cause, you know?"

Sidney nodded, "Sounds great. What time do Haley and I have to be there at?"

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A/N: Hey, so i'm just kinda throwing this out there. it won't be updated as much as my new story: 'Somewhere I Belong', but i just wanted to know if you guys would read it?

i'm serious about this and i think it would be nice. it'd sorta be interactive as well, when it comes down to it, who would you like to see together? HaleyxSidney or HaleyxNathan? uh huh! One singer and two athletes, hell yeah. :)

let me know what you think please!