Taylor sat in lounge patiently waiting for Max and Jordan and whoever else they were going to bring with them. She saw Jordan walking up first; Max was trailing behind him with the captain of the Pittsburgh penguins Sidney Crosby.
"Hey, Taylor!" Jordan waved.
"Hi!" She smiled.
"Taylor I'd like you to meet Sidney, Sidney this is Taylor." Max introduced them.
"Hi Taylor it's nice to meet you." Sidney smiled at her and shook her hand.
"Hi it's really nice to meet you." She looked down at their hands blushing. Taylor felt a wave of spark when he took her hand into his. She had never felt this way about a hand shake before, like as if it took away all her thoughts about Jake and all the pain, she never wanted to let go. Sidney finally realized their hands were still together and released hers. Taylor's fingertips still tingled as he let go.
Max realized the fireworks going off between the two young stars. "Well I have somewhere I got to be so I'll leave you two to get to know each other, come on Jordan."
"But I don't have anywhere to be." Jordan said.
"Well if you don't leave now you'll have to go to the hospital!" Max said clenching his teeth together.
"Aw come on man I just started to play again!" Jordan whined.
"Well then let's go if you wanna finish the season" Said Max.
"Fine." Jordan walked away with Max.
"Are they always like that?" Taylor laughed
"Pretty much." Sidney smiled
"Hey Sid they want everybody out of the arena, so people can prepare for the Taylor Swift concert tomorrow." Coach Dan Bylsma said walking past him and Taylor with his eyes glued to his BlackBerry.
"Oh okay." Sid responded. "Well some of the guys and I were going to get something to eat, but since they're gone you want to come with me?" he asked hoping she would say yes.
"Yeah sure that sounds great." She smiled. They got up and headed off to the parking garage. Once they got to Sidney's Range Rover, Sidney opened the passenger door for Taylor and once she got in he shut the door and made his way to the driver's side. Taylor was surprised by this gesture she couldn't remember the last time a boy opened up the car door for her, he made her feel special.
Once Sidney and Taylor arrived at the restaurant they got a seat in the back trying to avoid any unnecessary attention.
"It's a little nice in here for the way we are dressed isn't it?" Taylor asked realizing that the people around them were dresses in suits and fancy dresses and that Sidney's jeans, baseball cap and t-shirt and her large wool sweater, leggings and tank top didn't quite fit the dress code.
"I'm so hungry that I really don't care what they think." He smiled at her and she quickly returned it then looked down at her hands feeling nervous around him.
"Do you always not care about what people think?" She asked him quietly.
"Only when it comes to people who don't know me as a personally." He said.
"That's a good way to look at things." She smiled at him feeling more confident around him.
"I guess." The waitress came around to take their order and they realized they still hadn't even opened their menus yet. As they looked through the menu Sidney kept glancing over his to look at Taylor. They placed their orders and continued the conversation that had been interrupted.
"So what are your plans for the new year?" Sidney asked.
"This may sound a little crazy but I'm looking for the right guy to be with, I've been hurt to many times so I want to take my time to find someone. What about you?" She smiled and took a sip of her water and secretly wished he would be the one that she would be with. Taylor felt very open with Sidney in these past couple hours then with any other guy she has actually been in a relationship with.
"Well, I've decided that this year is about changes, so I've moved into my own place now I just need to share it with someone." Sidney said thinking why would he just say that he would never say that to anyone it's like she had some sort of spell on him.
"Hopefully we both find that special someone to be with." She said raising her wine glass and clanked hers to his. As they both thought hopefully that person is the one sitting across from me.
"We can only hope." He smiled taking a sip from his wine.
"What are you plans for tomorrow?" Taylor asked him hoping he was free during the day.
"Nothing really except going to your concert at night and that is it."
"You're going to my concert!" she said with excitement.
"Yep!" he answered realizing her excitement was contagious.
"Well I was hoping maybe you could show me around Pittsburgh for a bit." She said finding an excuse to hang out with him.
"Sure I'm not doing anything." He said trying not to sound too excited. The food finally arrived and they continued on with their conversation.
The ride remained mostly silent on the way to Taylor's hotel. Taylor stared out the passenger window for most of the ride occasionally smiling to herself.
"Here we are." Sidney said making Taylor look over at him.
"Oh great! Thanks for tonight I had a really great time." She smiled.
"No problem, so did I." He smiled back at her
"Well I will see you tomorrow." She said trying to hide the excitement that wanted to burst through her.
"Yeah I'll pick you up at around nine we can go get some breakfast."
"Sounds perfect!" She smile and reached over for him to give her a hug. When Sidney's arms wrapped around her and his muscles squeezed against her thin frame she felt as if that's where she belonged all along. When Sidney was wrapped in his arms for him it felt as if that's who he was meant to hold for the rest of his like and he secretly hoped she had felt the same.
"See you later, I had fun tonight." Sidney broke the silence between them.
"Yeah me too, I'll see you tomorrow." She smile and got out of the car.
Taylor entered her room and closed the door behind her sinking to the ground putting her head in her hand and smiling as wide as she could, she began kicking her feet no longer able to contain her excitement. She got up and all she wanted to do was play some music that made her happy and dance around the room and that she did. As she danced around in excitement she thought about the night she had and all her thoughts of Jake had disappeared, begin to think about it her thoughts of him left as soon as she meet Sidney. Suddenly the music cut out and Taylor tripped over her suitcase.
"Umm... sorry to interrupt but may I ask what are you doing?" Her mom asked confused it seemed like a moment ago Taylor was crying about Jake and now she's frolicking around her hotel room.
"I just had the best night of my life!" She exclaimed.
"Taylor you've had many 'best nights of your life' so what made this one so special?" Andrea asked knowing Taylor used the word 'best' very loosely.
"I went out with this guy, just out on a whim and had the most amazing night ever!" She shot up.
"And who is 'this guy' Taylor?" she questioned her daughter knowing Taylor could fall hard quickly and she wanted to try and avoid another devastating ending.
"This guy is... Sidney Crosby." She answered her mother sceptically.
"You mean that hockey boy?" she asked unsure if her daughter was serious or not.
"Yes mom." Taylor rolled her eyes. Her mother just smiled at her and left the room. Taylor continued her night dancing around her room.
As Sidney arrived home he felt lonely, yes he just spent the past couple hours with an amazing girl, but he had nothing to come home to, just a big empty house. No longer was he has living at the Lemieux's made Sidney realize how lonely he actually was. There were no kids running around asking him to shoot a few pucks, no dog to run to the door and greet you, nothing it was just him.
It's not like he had girlfriend to call, he didn't have one those, not for awhile anyways. Sure he's had girlfriends while in Pittsburgh but none of them knew what it was like to live such a busy life. Eventually they'd get fed up with him not being around and not realizing that he can only give so much of his time. So they'd leave him.
His parents were all the way in Canada so he didn't see much of them. Sure there were phone calls and e-mails, but that still didn't fill the void Sidney felt of being alone.