I wake up with a kink in my neck. I'm pinned to the bed and my neck is at a weird angle. I try to shift and move to a more comfortable position but I'm trapped where I am. As I pull rather than push, Sid pulls me hard against him and snuggles his face into my neck. I still can't move but at least I'm more comfortable now. The feel of Sid's naked body against mine reminds me of our 'adult time' together. My body is stiff and sore but very satisfied. All I want to do is snuggle back into Sid and fall asleep but my watch tells me that it's 3am and I have the early shift at 5am. I'm so glad that Miss Sally told me that she was going to sleep over last night so that I could stay with Sid if I wanted to and I definitely wanted to; needed to.

I try to slip out of Sid's arms but he holds me firm to him. Damn, I'm going to have to wake him up. I try one last time to slip out of bed but can't.

"Sid?"

He moans but doesn't move.

"Sid, I'm sorry but I need to get up."

More moaning and he shifts to his back pulling me with him. I shake his shoulder now and keep going until I see signs of life.

"Cat, it's the middle of the night."

"I know and I'm sorry but I have to be at work for the 5am shift. I have just enough time to get home, shower and then take the bus to work."

"Ok, give me a minute."

"Don't get up. I can call a cab." As I say that though, I wonder how I'm going to pay for it.

"You are not taking a cab home" Sid says and I know he's awake now. "Shower here, I'll drive you home to get changed and then drop you at work."

"Oh Sid, no. You have practice and definitely need sleep."

"You didn't get any more than I did and you have to work a full shift on your feet."

I don't think arguing is going to get me anywhere with Sid.

"Ok, I'll shower here as you suggested. Go back to sleep, I'll shower and get ready."

I try to climb out of bed but Sid pulls me back to him and takes my lips on a searing kiss. It takes my breath away. I don't even notice mine or Sid's morning breath I'm so lost in the kiss.

When we part, Sid whispers "morning."

I chuckle and reply "good morning."

As I'm just finishing the last syllable, Sid climbs out of bed with me in his arms.

"Sid, put me down!"

He ignores me and walks into the bathroom then right into the shower. He turns it on still holding me and quickly hot water and steam fill the air. I thought Sid would put me down now but he simply walks under the double shower heads and drowns us both.

"Sid, put me down!"

Sid simply laughs and holds me closer. I continue to fight against him until we're both almost drowning from laughing so hard and breathing in water. Finally, sputtering, Sid lets me slide down. As my wet body slides down the full length of his, I lose my breath completely. When my feet hit the ground I slide my hands down Sid's chest, stomach and then back up until I've clutched his face. Sid's wet curls are plastered over his forehead. Water is dripping off of his nose. I pull his face down to mine for a hard kiss. Sid pulls me so close that I fear I'll go right through him. He backs me up until I'm flush against the shower wall.

Sid takes over the kiss and it is devastating. He doesn't simply take over; he possess. I feel like I'm being branded and just try to keeping up. Sid pushes my arms over my head and holds them there with one hand. His lips stay on mine and his free hand slides down my body between my legs. He pushes them apart and his fingers between my folds. He pushes two fingers inside of me hard and fast then simply holds them there, cupping me, possessing me. With my hands held hostage above me, and his fingers inside of me, I'm completely under his control. It's so incredibly arousing having Sid in control. My body isn't my own right now; it belongs to him and I'm along for the ride. Oh and what a ride it is as Sid begins to move his fingers inside of me.

First he swirls them around and around stretching me out slowly. Then he begins to pump in and out. I cry out with every move of his hand. The one holding my hands releases them and slides down one arm, over my shoulder and on to my breast. Sid slides his body down now so that he's kneeling in front of me. He pulls one leg over his shoulder which opens my legs to him. His mouth replaces his fingers until his tongue is deep inside me darting in and out. He continues to work me over and over. I hear continued cries screamed and don't even recognize my own voice. I have to use my hands on Sid's shoulders to keep myself from crumbling to the shower floor.

It takes me very little time now to reach my orgasm. When it comes, I simply slouch back against the wall and watch Sid stand and rinse himself in the spray before turning back to me. I lay my forehead against his chest and Sid chuckles. Before he can say anything, I take him in hand and he's rock hard. I shift until our positions are reversed and I continue to stroke him faster and faster. We don't have any condoms so I'll have to do this the old fashioned way. Sid got fully aroused while making me cum so it doesn't take long to get him there too. He throws back his head and lets out a low groan when he cums.

I lay kisses across Sid's chest as he works to catch his breath.

"If that's the way we wake up, I'll get up at 3am for you anytime" Sid tells me and I chuckle.

"We'll see how you feel after practice today without eight hours straight."

"I rarely get eight hours in a row Cat. I'll be fine. You're the one who is going work for eight hours after very little sleep."

"Fourteen" I say without thinking.

"Fourteen what?" He asks.

I pour some shampoo into my hands and start washing my hair.

"I have a double shift so it's fourteen hours tomorrow, well, today."

Sid turns me around to face him and he looks angry. Confused, I wait for him to continue.

"If you had to get up so early and work a double shift, why didn't you tell me? We could have made it an early night."

The frustration is clear to me but I'm still confused.

"Sid, this isn't the first time I've worked a double on very little sleep. I been up all night with a sick child before and worked a double. It's all part of being a mom. Besides, I wanted to be with you tonight."

Sid's face looks less angry and more contemplative. I rinse my hair and then soap up my body.

"It's not right that you have to work so hard Cat."

I shrug and rinse my whole body. When done I kiss Sid's cheek then step out of the shower to towel off. There are a few bath towels so Sid will have one too.

Sid joins me outside the shower after I've towel dried my hair and body.

"Do you have a dryer?" I ask. It's way too cold out there to go out with wet hair. Sid doesn't answer but reaches around me to take a hair dryer out of the cupboard. After using some of his hair gel, and he has quite a lot, I use the dryer while Sid leaves for the bedroom. When I'm done, I follow him out.

"Here's some clothes for you to wear" Sid points to the bed.

He's laid out some warm up pants and a sweatshirt. They're going to be huge but much better than putting my dress back on. Sid also has a bag out and I can see my dress and other items inside. After dressing, I sit to roll up the pants which are a foot too long. Then Sid sits beside me and rolls up my sleeves. When he's done, he takes my hand and kisses it.

"Cat, you work too hard babe. You need to take care of yourself more."

"Sid, I've been doing this for a few years now. I know what I can handle and I'm ok, really."

I smile at him but he's still frowning. He doesn't say any more about it so I guess he's let it go. Instead he stands and helps me up.

"I have Crocks that might work for to go home with" he says so I nod. Once I'm in the socks and bright yellow crocks, we head down to Sid's truck.

We drive to my place in silence but it's full of meaning. Sid took my hand immediately after he started the truck and hasn't let go. Considering everything we done to each other this evening, holding hands shouldn't really be intimate and yet it is.

When we get to my building, Sid insists on walking me to my apartment. He holds me close to him as we do. At my door, I unlock it and turn to him where he gathers me into his arms. I simply breathe him in smelling the soap we both used and the fragrance that is uniquely Sid.

"I don't want to leave your arms" I confess.

"I don't want you to leave them either."

We stay there a few moments then I sigh and say "ok, I need to get changed. Come in but please be quiet."

Sid follows me in and I head to the bedroom while he sits on the sofa. Lizzy is in a deep sleep like only children can. Miss Sally is sleeping too. I grab my clothes and some clean underwear then go to the bathroom to change. Once I'm ready for work, I head back out to meet Sid.

"I'll wash the clothes and return them to you later" I whisper to him.

He pulls me down to his lap and we have a serious make out session; even if it is too brief.

"Seriously, Sid, I need to get to work." I tell him laughing and pull him off of the sofa with me.

Begrudgingly, Sid follows me out of the apartment and down to his truck. Again, Sid takes my hand after starting the car. When he pulls into the parking lot, the diner is dark. It looks like Tessa hasn't arrived yet.

"We beat Tessa. She should be along soon if you want to get going."

Sid replies "yeah right" then pulls me to his side.

I can't stop touching him and it seems that the feeling is mutual. Sid pushes his seat back and pulls me onto his lap.

"Don't go getting any ideas Sid. Tessa will be here soon and then you need to leave so that I can work."

He just chuckles and captures my lips with his own. That began our second make out session of the morning; if you don't count the shower fun. God, this man can kiss. His lips are soft and full as they move over mine and I can't help but take the bottom one between my teeth. I feel his lips curve for a second and then he pulls back slightly so that I release his lip. He quickly attacks mine; the kiss goes deep and hard fast. I am left trying to keep up and lose myself in the moment. All I know is Sid's lips over mine, his tongue sweeping my mouth and his hands everywhere.

I shift and, with some effort, manage to straddle him which gives me much more access to his body. Of course, he has more access to mine. Sid's hands pull my shirt out of my pants so that he can push his hands inside and cup my naked ass. As he does, he shifts my core closer and I can feel him harden and push at me through his jeans. I change the angle of the kiss so that I can taste him better but that's not enough. I abandon his lips to travel down his jaw and stop at his ear. I remember something from last night so I sink my teeth into his ear lobe and am rewarded with a deep groan that I feel right down to my core. My hips reflexively grind into him. I know that I 'm losing control. I am aware, vaguely, that we're parked in the lot at my diner where Tessa could come any moment. I just can't seem to care. I crave Sid like I've never felt before. I need to feel him deep inside of me, pushing and filling me completely, enough to make me scream loud.

We fly apart when a car horn sounds. I look out the front window and it's fogged up; all of the windows are fogged up but I can tell that the horn came from a car close to us. That's when I hear my phone go off. It's Tessa and she's texted me.

'I assume that's you and the hockey god in the truck with fogged up windows'

"It's Tessa" I tell Sid.

I text her back 'yeah, sorry Tess. I'll be in, give me a min'

I look at Sid and his face is flushed, he's breathing hard and, looking at his lap, I can tell it's not just his breathing that's hard. Unfortunately, I'm too embarrassed by Tessa catching us to finish what we started. I also remember that we are out in public. I lean my head back against the rest and try to catch my breath telling my body that it isn't fully aroused and in need of release.

"Ok, I really need to go inside" I say and glance over at Sid. Bad idea; now I want to jump him again.

"Ok, I'm really leaving" I give him a quick kiss on his cheek and evade his try to grab me. "Seriously, Sid, I can't."

"Fine but I'm taking a rain check for later" he calls to me. Before I can close the door, I hear Sid call to me so I lean back in the car.

"Yes" I say and lean in. He has the sweetest look on his face now; it's boyish and beautiful.

"You are truly incredible Cat. I leave tomorrow after practice. Can I come by tonight?" He asks me hesitantly.

I give him a huge smile "of course. Text me when you're done practice" I say before closing the door and head to the diner. Oh boy, I'm in so much trouble.

I'm dragging my ass. There is no other way to describe it except that I'm completely dragging my tired ass. Practice is short at least and we work on a few plays; the power play still sucks wind and we need to fix it, fast. A shortened season doesn't give you much room for errors of any kind. The gym is what I need. A hard, long workout will sweat some of the tired out of me. It also helps me to focus so that I don't continue to relive every moment of last night. I never anticipated that we'd have sex not to mention Cat actually spending the night; well, most of the night. What blew me away even more was, well, how good it was. Cat was, is, incredible. I'm still reeling from the best sex I've ever had last night. I thought since she was so young and had a three year old that Cat would be inexperienced.

Hmm, that makes me wonder. At twenty one, how much experience has she had and from who? She didn't want to talk about Lizzy's father when it came up. She said that she's been in foster homes since she was really young but didn't want to talk about that either. Who is Lizzy's father and where the fuck is he? Why isn't he taking care of his child so that Cat doesn't need to work so fucking hard?

"Sid, if you're just going to scowl and mutter at the weights then get your ass up so that others can, ok?"

I look over and see Craig and Brooksy.

"Sorry guys, my mind wandered. I'm done" I tell them and get up.

After some stretches to cool down, I head to the locker room but grab my phone before I shower. It's 2pm. Cat will still be at work and beginning her second shift. I wish she didn't have to work so hard. Again I wonder where the douche father is and want to punch him for abandoning his family. He didn't need to stay with Cat, I wouldn't have met her if that happened, but he should be taking care of his responsibilities.

'How's work?' I text her.

'Just finishing a break. How are you?'

'Exhausted but at least I'm finished. Are you dead on your feet?'

'Not quite. I think I've got my second wind.'

'You'll need a third one before the day is done.'

'I just might lol'

This gives me an idea.

'I'll come pick you up after work' I text her.

'You don't have to do that' she texts back.

I'm glad that she can't see me roll my eyes.

'I'm not doing it because I have to. I want to.'

'I'll need to go straight home so that I can put Lizzy to bed and spend some time with her'

Does she think I only want one thing now? I'll have to fix that.

'That's good, I'll get to see Lizzy again'

'Ok, if you're sure'

'Would you stop, I'm sure. What time?'

'Probably 6:30'

'Good, see you then'

She sends back a winky face that makes me chuckle. I can see her winking at me herself. I'm glad that I can pick her up. It worries me that she would take the bus home after a double shift and on three hours sleep. At least I was able to go home and grab some more before heading into the rink.

I don't want to wait to see her; 6:30 feels like an eternity away. I see Neal and Tanner come into the locker room.

"You guys want to grab some lunch?" I ask them.

They both say "sure."

After we shower and are heading to our cars, Nealer asks me "where do you want to go?"

"I have a great spot in mind" I tell him with a huge smile on my face.