Thank you
chapter: two
"Natalie. I said stay away from the edge of the pool." We got out because it was getting chilly and we were sitting around the fire pit. Natalie came running back and jumped in my lap. It was about 9 and she was getting tired. I cradled her and she cuddled into me.
"I'm cold auntie." She said and snuggled closer. Sid stood up and came over. He had on a long sleeved shirt. He lifted it off and handed it to me. I stood Natalie up on my lap and Sid grabbed the shirt and slipped it on her. It was obviously big but she looked so cute in his shirt. I laughed at the bigness.
"It's a wittle big." She said. I laughed and pulled her into me snuggling her.
"But that way you will stay warm. What do you say to sidney?" I asked. She jumped off my lap and into Sids opened arms. She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed his cheek. Sidney smiled and kissed her cheek back. Then Natalie rested her head on his shoulder. I stood up and turned the fire out. I knew she wanted to go to bed.
We walked into the house and into the living room. I grabbed her special pillow and blanket she brings when she stay over and put it on the love seat. She usually sleeps with me and we go to bed together but since Sid was here I wanted to keep an eye on her. I don't want her rolling out of my bed.
"Do you want to watch a movie?" I ask as I sit down on the couch and pat the spot next to me for him to sit down. He sits down and shrugs.
"What about Natalie? Won't she wake up?" He asked and I laugh.
"She could sleep through a rock concert. Trust me. We will be fine." I pat his knee and get up and pick a movie.I pop it in and sit back down.
"Your really good with her ya know?" I say as the previews play.
"I have to be. With my job." He shrugs his shoulders and slumps into the couch more.
"I know who you are. You captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Golden Boy."
"Why didnt you say anything before?"
"I thought that if you knew that I knew who you were you wouldn't want to hang out because you thought I wanted you for your money. Which is so far from the truth. I like you Sid and your a fun guy and it doesn't matter to me that your a famous hockey star." I look at him and he has a huge smile on his face. He leans down and kisses me.
"Do you think it's possible to fall for someone in one day." He whisperes as we pull away. I smile as he wraps his arm around my shoulders and snuggle into him.
"Hell yes. Because captain, I have fallen for you."
"Go on a date with me?" He ask. I smile and look up at him.
"Of course." I was just about to lean in and kiss him again when the phone rang. Thats weird. No one calls this late. It must be Jess my sister, Natalie's mom checking in. I walk over and didnt recognize the number. She must be using the hotel phone. I pick it up.
"Hello?" I say.
"Hi. Is this Maggie Carlson?" The voice asks. I hesitate.
"Yes. May I ask whose calling?"
"This is the Orlando emergency center. Jessica James and Mike James were in a car wreck and killed instantly." As soon as she said this I drop the phone and fall the the floor crying. Sidney rushes in and crouches down. He picked up the phone but it's blank. I'm sobbing. I feel him pull me into his chest and I cry.
I don't know how long we sat there, me crying into his chest but he whispered comforting words and rubbed my back. I finally couldn't cry anymore. I probably looked like shit and here he was wiping my tears. He brushed my hair back and helped me stand up.
"What happened Mag?" He asked. He was rubbing up and down my arms. I looked up into his eyes.
"My sister an her husband are dead. Natalie doesn't have parents." I feel tears roll down my cheek and he pulls me back into his chest. I feel him start to walk me to my downstairs bathroom. We walk in an he shuts the door. He sits me down on the toilet and crouches in front of me.
"Hey it's going to be alright."
"No it isn't. I'm not ready to be a mom By myself." I choke on a sob.
"Your pregnant?" He ask. I shake my head no.
"In my sisters and brother in laws will it says if anything happens to them Natalie goes into my custody and I'm her legal guardian. But that was for like thirty years from now when they passed away from old age. Not now when I'm only twenty three. She is only two years old. How am I supposed to explain to a two year old that she will never see her parents again?"
"Hey. We will figure that out. But right now you need to let it all out. Cry if you want scream yell. But don't keep it inside. That doesn't work. And let me be here for you."
"You don't understand sidney. I lost my parents when I was 13. I have no one left. My longer distance family hates me. They have always like my sister. I don't have anyone." I sobbed and he pulled me back into his chest.
"You have me. You have Natalie. I'm pretty sure Natalie isn't going anywhere and I not gonna. And if you ask me I think Natalie and I are pretty great." I laugh. I pull away and look at him. He's smiling and I smile back.
"Stay over. I have a guest room but I don't want to be alone." I ask. He nods and kisses my cheek.
