Bored. I am so freaking bored. I hate work. Then again, I love work. Except when it's slow, then I hate it. I'm a pretty optimistic person in general and there's few things I hate but slow work is definitely on of them. But, one thing I am looking forward to is tonight. The championship hockey game. It's the biggest game of the season and I can't miss it for the world. Which is why I called my boss, aka my dad, and told him I'd be closing one hour earlier than usual to get ready for the game.
So now I only have about an hour and a half left until closing and this is going to be the longest hour and a half of my life. Just when I thought it couldn't get any better, my phone rings. I take no time to answer it. "Hello?" I ask into the phone.
"Hey Ally. How excited are you for the game?" Cassidy speaks.
"I'm so excited. This is a huge deal for the team and could really help them!" I gush.
"I know! So I was thinking, do you just want to ride to the game together?" she asks.
"That'd be great. I get off work in about an hour or so then I'll go home and get ready for the game." I notify her.
"Okay I'll pick you up at 6:30 that way we'll get there 30 minutes before the game and wish them good luck and get good seats and all." she informs me.
"Sounds good. See you soon." I say before we say our goodbyes and we hang up.
The hour passes by and next thing I know is I'm getting into the shower at home. As I quickly wash and scrub my hair and body I sing along to Carly Rae Jepson's new song. Once I'm finished, I get out of the shower and wrap a towel around my hair and body as I walk back into my bedroom. I rummage through my closet before deciding on black leggings, a white tight crop top, and a black and white flannel, paired with some black combat boots. I throw on a black beanie as I walk into the bathroom and begin doing my makeup.
By the time I'm finished doing everything, it's 6:15pm and I sit in my kitchen while waiting for Cassidy to arrive. Not even 10 minutes later, she pulls up. I grab my bag and jog out to her car and see she has two Starbucks cups with her. "Surprise." she smiles as she hands me one.
"Thank you." I smile before taking a drink.
"I'm so nervous about this game." she says after she pulls out of the neighborhood.
"So am I. I'm never usually nervous for games but this one I'm really nervous for." I say honestly.
"We're probably just psyching ourselves out. I mean, imagine how the guys feel and they're the ones playing the game." she jokes as she pulls into the parking lot of the rink.
"It's only 6:40. Think we have enough time to go see the boys?" I ask as I grab my drink and bag and get out.
"If they even let us." she points out as we walk inside and immediately see the stands filled with fans and posters everywhere.
"Woah." we say in awe. Sure, we've been here a thousand times before but 1.) it's never been this highly decorated and 2.) it's never been this crowded.
We make our way to the locker room and walk in without anyone telling us whether we could or not and we immediately hear 'hoots' and cheers and screams of the players as we walk back to find our players.
I see a patch of blonde hair out of the crowd of people and I see he's sitting down loosing his skate strings. I walk up behind him and wrap my arms around his neck. "I'm here." I whisper.
He turns around with a smile on his face before standing up and hugging me, slightly lifting me off the ground. "I'm so glad you're here," she exclaims. "Now I know we'll win for sure."
"Hey, I told you I would be here no matter what." I tell her while pointing a finger at him.
"Yeah yeah." he says with a wave of his hand.
"So you excited, scared, nervous?" I ask him eagerly.
"Why would I be nervous?" he asks.
"Oh you know, thousands of fans staring at you while they watch you make the right move and if you make just even one small little mistake that could let your team and ruin your career. It's a doozy." I say shrugging it and his eyes go wide.
"You're so not helping!" he exclaims.
"Oops." I say sheepishly before leaning up to kiss him.
Just then, the coach comes in and issues everyone to head on the ice so I look at Austin. "Good luck. Whatever happens, I'm proud of you." I quickly kiss him passionately before Cassidy pulls me away. I walk out of the locker room and go to grab some seats as Cassidy quickly goes to the concession stand before the game starts in five minutes not even counting if there's a delay
Cassidy gets back two minutes after the game was supposed to have been started. "That line was the worst thing I've ever endured." she says dramatically just as the lights go dim and the announcer starts to speak.
Once the announcers done, the teams come out and get into position and I immediately see Austin's jersey. 32. His lucky number. I smile as the game starts and Austin immediately gets the puck.
He glides across the ice and easily shoots it into the puck. Our side of the rink erupts into cheers, including myself and Cassidy.
It's the end of the game and the Manta Rays are down by one and Austin swiftly takes the puck from the opposing player. 20 seconds. Austin slides down the ice, dodging player after player. He's about to make the winning shot with 5 seconds to spare when the unthinkable happens all too fast.
Something drastic enough happens to where Austin falls and bangs his head against the ice. The crowd goes silent and all you can hear is the players going to Austin's aid. I immediately come back to reality and start pushing to people to get down to the ice. Once I'm there, I push through the team before kneeling down and holding Austin's head in my lap. He looks bad. His head is starting to swell and his face is busted up.
"Austin," I say through the tears. "Austin wake up." I cup his face in my hands. Time goes by all too slow before the ambulance finally show up. Cassidy comes down and holds me as I cry and talk about if he'll be okay or not.
"Sh it's okay. Austin will be fine, he's a strong guy." she says to smooth me as Dallas comes over and hugs us.
"I'm so sorry Ally but don't worry, im sure everything will be fine." he says hugging me once more.
As the paramedics put him in the back they look around for anyone in his family or related and I quickly come up there. "I'm his girlfriend. Can I come?" I ask politely.
He nods before I climb in the back. "I'll call you if you guys don't come." I quickly tell them.
"We're coming, don't worry." Dallas assures before they close the door.
I look down at Austin and even though he looks rough, and isn't coherent or conscience, he's still beautiful. I grab his hand and kiss it before I put my full attention on him.
Once we get to the hospital, I call his parents and notify them on everything and they said they'd take the next flight here from Seattle. Once that's done, I sit in the waiting room. After about an hour of waiting, I decide to get up and walk around.
As I'm walking, I come across a small church inside the hospital so I walk in and kneel down. "Dear god, please please please, let Austin be okay. I so wish I could take this all away and have it happened to me. I trust that everything happens for a reason so I'm hoping for a positive outcome of this. Just, please, let my baby be okay." I say as tears fall.
I get up and walk outside to see some other friends like Trish, Kira, Trent, and Dez. I hug all of them so hard that I feel like I'll break them but they don't seem to mind. All I've heard so far is "I'm sorry Ally," or "I'm sure he'll be fine, he's tough." I'm sick of hearing that because no one knows that he'll be okay, no one knows if he'll even wake up. But all we can do is hope.
After three hours of being there, it's around midnight. Or eleven. I'm not sure. I'm so delirious and drowsy. All of us are still here, no one has left. All of the sudden, I see a male doctor walking towards so I shake Trish as I stand up and the rest of the get up. "Austin Moon's family?" he asks in shock and we all nod or say yes.
He smiles. "Well, Austin's fine." He says and we al breathe a breath of relief. "But, there could be some side effects to the hard fall he took. Such as, concussion..." he says and I tune out the rest as I focus on concussion. Concussion.
"But we won't know much more until he wakes up." he finishes.
"So you do think he will wake up?" I ask hopeful.
"Oh Absolutely," he nods. "There's nothing too dramatic for him not to wake up. I'd just thought I'd remind you of the side effects and even those may not happen but I thought I'd forewarn you." he says.
"When can we see him?" Kira asks.
"Well it's after visiting hours but since you all have been here so long I'll let you go now."
"Thank you so much Doctor." I say shaking his hand before he walks away.
"Who's going fir—" I start but they cut me off by saying.
"Ally goes first." they say while pointing at me so I just turn around and walk to his room.
As I come in, he looks a lot better now that he's bandaged up. I sit next to the bed and grab his hand. "Hey Austin," I start as I fight the tears. "I know you probably can't hear me but I don't care. I want you to hear this. Possibly. I love you so much. You have changed my life in ways that I didn't even think were possible. We've had our ups and downs but it's made us the perfect couple. I wouldn't ask for anyone better to play with, to talk to about my problems, to argue with. You're the only person who understands me. This is just a little snag in the road and I won't let it affect anything. I love you. Don't forget that." I say as the tears fall.
Twitch. I feel a twitch. In my hand. I look down and see his fingers and hands start twitching. I look up at his eyes and see them fluttering open. I squeal out as I run into the hallway and yell that he's awake before running back in.
As the doctors and nurses and friends pile in they help him sit up and we all stare at him intently. "Austin, I'm Doctor Sanders. How do you feel?" he asks carefully.
"My head really hurts." he says hoarsely.
"That's normal. You took a hard fall." he confirms.
"I just have a question." he states.
"Yes?"
"Who are some of you guys?"
A/N: Hey guys, so it's been quite awhile since I last updated or even written a chapter of this story. I got such an amazing feedback from you guys and it made me so happy to where I couldn't let you guys down. So with that being said, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter and don't forget to Review!