The next week goes by quickly. Sidney and I are both burning up the mobile minutes calling Taylor. Her tests went well and she's allowed to work out to everyone's relief. There are plans for Taylor to get back on the ice next week which is happy news for everyone; especially her team who misses her desperately. Troy and Trina have come to see us before going back home. It's been nice having them here. Troy goes to the rink with Sidney and Trina and I do things together. Sidney has been working out a lot and the doctors just cleared him for contact today. He hasn't had any symptoms this week so they want him to try contact. They are going to do it much differently than last time; they're going to have a few guys work out with him with the sole purpose of banging him around. Ben Lovejoy was volunteered, he does everything full out, and Derek said he would help out too. Tomorrow is the first time they'll all practice together. The Pens blanked the Rangers today and Dan said there wouldn't be practice tomorrow.
We're getting ready for bed "Sidney, how are you guys going to do this to test you out?" He comes out of the bathroom in his shorts and I am just stunned by how beautiful he is; I can't seem to get enough of his body. "Sorry, what did you say?" He chuckles as he climbs on the bed. "We're going to do a lot of work down by the boards. This way I can do fast turns and motion drills but also have them banging me into the boards." I run my hands over his chest "Don't let them bang up this body too much. I'm very fond of it you know." I lean in and kiss his chest now adding tiny licks with my tongue. "I'll be fine … they'll um …" I've moved to his nipples with my mouth and running my nails up and down his stomach. I glance up "you were saying" and go back to his chest. "Um" is all he gets out as I move lower. Suddenly I'm on my back pressed down my 200lbs of hot male. "Look woman, you can't expect me to have a coherent conversation when you're doing that!" I laugh as he does too. "You really are an evil woman you know?" I stick my tongue out at him and, forgetting how quick his reflexes are, he kisses me before I can pull it back into my mouth. I grab a handful of his ass when "Angelia do you … oh dear" Trina walks in to our bedroom. To say that I'm mortified would be an understatement. To say that I'm praying to disappear or for death would be an understatement. I just cover myself, including my face, with the sheets and pray it all ends soon.
"Mom, sorry, I forgot to shut the door." Then I hear Trina say "I'm sorry to interrupt. Why don't we just talk tomorrow?" Then I hear her leave the room and Sidney shuts the door. I feel the bed move has he lays down beside me. "Angelia?" He tries to pull the sheets off of me. "Don't you dare try to touch me Crosby! In fact, don't you ever dare try to touch me again." "Angelia, it's ok, we weren't really doing anything. It's ok babe, really." I just want to die of embarrassment. "Babe, come on, the door is closed. You can come out from under the sheets." I let him pull the sheets down so that I'm looking at him. He bends down to kiss me but I scoot away. "Don't you dare Crosby. You are never touching me again!" He starts laughing like a loon; that high pitched laugh when he completely loses control. "You baboon! I'm serious, the last time you touched me is the last time you touched me. I will never be able to look your mother in the eye again." I give him a glare as he tries to control himself. When he finally does stop laughing, I say "are you finished?" He reaches out and I move away. "I'm serious Sidney." He tries to smother another laugh. "Angelia, I think my mother knows that we have sex." Oh God. "There's a difference between knowing it and seeing it. Oh God." He starts laughing again. I grab my robe and leave the room. I need a drink, or a cup of coffee, something to help me forget my embarrassment.
I enter the kitchen and run straight into Trina. We both just stare at each other; eyes and mouths wide open. We stare at each other for a few moments then both start giggling at the same time. Trina gives me a hug. "I don't know who is more embarrassed Angelia, you or me?" I hug her back "I know it's not Sidney. He thinks the whole thing is hilarious." She guides me into the kitchen. "He's a man dear. It's like scratching and farting, they think sex is funny. I was making a cup of tea but I think this moment calls for a glass of wine." She takes out two glasses and I nod. In fact, I'd love to down it right out of the bottle. She hands me a glass and I take very healthy drink. "I am sorry Trina. I didn't even think that the door was open." She pats my hand "I'm sorry too dear. It doesn't matter how old your son is, he's still your baby you don't think of him that way." We look at each other and laugh again. "Ok, let's put this behind now. Troy told me that Sidney is taking contact tomorrow, that's a great step." I nod at her "yeah it is and I like how they're going to do it too. It's much more deliberate than last time and they are planning to integrate him into the game slower. I think he's also wrapped his head around going back more cautiously with less to prove." Trina nods to me "that's good. I worry about him of course. It's great that he has you to help out now too. Oh, I heard about the interview. That's coming up isn't it?" I groan "don't remind me. I have a 'session' in a couple of days with one of Pat's people. We're going to do a mock interview. They also want to talk to me about hair, make up and clothes. I don't know why, Mariah will be dressing me of course." I'm really worried about this interview and I know that Trina can tell. "Angelia, just be yourself and take Sidney's lead. He is very experienced at these things and they'll be focusing on him most of the time anyway." That's true. We continue talking about interviews and her experience with them. Next thing I know, we're opening a third bottle of wine. As I'm finishing up another glass, Troy comes in.
"They're both down here Sid" he yells up the stairs. I'm finishing my glass of wine so I don't care as much about our earlier 'gotcha' moment. "Hi Troy, hi Sidney, yep we're down here." I grin up at Sidney and say "hi sweetie." He kisses my nose and says "you're drunk babe." I think about it for a moment, or maybe more than a moment, and say "yeppers, I am." Then Trina and I laugh together and Troy and Sidney just look at each other and laugh at us. "Come on babe, let me help you upstairs." He puts his arm around me and I look up at him "you're so beautiful Sidney." I stand up next to him and trip over my own feet. Sidney sweeps me up in his arms. "Awe, see Trina, he is such a gentleman. Remember not to drop me Crosby. It isn't romantic to drop the girl." Sidney calls "goodnight" over his shoulder and continues up stairs. "You really are pretty Sidney. I love your lips. Mmmm I could eat them up. Then there's your chest; before your mommy interrupted us I was eating it up. Take off this shirt so that I can taste you again."
Angelia is completely wasted. I hear dad helping mom up the stairs too so it looks like the two of them finished off a couple bottles of wine. I kick the door closed and then walk to the bed dropping her on it. She bounces a few times and giggles. "Sidney, come over here and take me." She doesn't quite pull off the sexiness of her statement because she giggles at the end and collapses onto the bed. I get her a glass of water and some aspirin from the bathroom. When I get back to the bedroom Angelia is snoring in the middle of the bed. She looks so cute. I move her under the covers and turn off the light on her nightstand. She's going to have a whopper of a headache in the morning but she does look damn cute right now. I slide into bed, grab my phone and scroll through my emails. Pat's sent me the details of the interview with Brian Williams. Looks like they want more time with both Angelia and I than we initially thought and I don't know how she's going to feel about it. They really want to focus on our relationship. We can still say no to the whole interview but Pat feels that we need to do it for the sponsors. I look over at Angelia and wonder how I can do this to her. I've never had to worry about this before; how my career will affect more than my parents and Taylor. I'll have to talk to her about it tomorrow. Tomorrow's going to be a big day; I start contact drills and we get figure out the interview thing. I sigh as I slide into sleep.
I wake up the next morning to a groan. It's not me groaning, it's coming from beside me and Angelia is groaning again. I look over at her and she's covering her eyes and groaning again. I stifle a chuckle and brush the hair from her eyes. "Don't touch me, my hair hurts along with the rest of my body." I roll over and grab the water and aspirin. "Here babe, take a couple aspirin." She sits up and groans again but takes the aspirin and water from me. "Will this kill me? Please, tell me this will kill me." I take the glass from her and get out of bed. While I'm in the shower, I hear her come in the washroom and she joins me in the shower. She pushes me out of the way and puts her face up to the showerhead and holds it there. I pour shampoo in my hands and lather up her hair. She moans at this in a way that makes my dick twitch. I know that she's in no condition to help me take care of my morning wood but I can't help that the problem is getting worse. Thankfully she doesn't notice my situation and leaves the shower after finishing up. I turn the water cold and pray it takes care of the problem. Unfortunately it doesn't help and I have to handle the problem myself. I lean with one hand against the shower and take myself in hand. I can't help but think of the time when Angelia tied me up and had her way with me. She was so damn sexy; I can remember her eyes as she held me in her hand and licked me up and down. Thinking of that moment, it doesn't take me long to solve my 'problem.'
When I get downstairs, everyone is eating breakfast; mom and Angelia are only having coffee and toast. I guess they both are feeling the wine from last night but everyone is dressed and ready to go to the rink. It looks like the entire family is going to practice today. I feel like I did when I was I a kid and mom and dad drove me to practice. I drink my protein shake and dad and I smile at each other. We finish up and pile into the car to drive to the rink. Mom and Angelia head to the stands and dad comes with me to the locker room. I begin my warm up and dad talks with Kadar. Benny and Engel come in and begin warm up too. "Guys, thanks for helping out, I appreciate it." Engel turns to me and says "someone has to babysit you kid and help you fix your boo boo." Great, it's going to be like this and it's going to be a very long practice. We dress and head out to the ice. I see mom and Angelia in the stands. Engel sees them too and says "awe Sid, your mommy and girlfriend are here to watch you." It's going to be a long fucking practice.
We start with one on one drills to the net with Benny on D. He pushes and shoves at me as I fly to the net. Over and over we run the drill; Benny plays D one way and Engel plays D the other way. I'm getting great wind testing and they are definitely bumping me. Kadar stops us and we gather at the bench for water. "How you feeling Sid?" Kades asks me. "I feel good. No symptoms but I'm definitely in need of more sprints." Everyone laughs and we get back at it. Both Benny and Engel double team me against the boards behind the net. They are definitely not taking it easy on me and I may just have bruises. It's hard on me and I am out of breath but there are no symptoms. We finish up and I thank the guys. I go over to the bench and Angelia comes down. "Looks like you had a good workout" she tells me. I know what she's asking but not actually asking. "I feel great; tired and probably bruised but great." She leans in to kiss me and then pulls back wrinkling her nose. "I'm so sorry Sidney but I just can't get used to the smell of that equipment." I laugh at her but she says "fuck it" and kisses me. I laugh again and head off the ice to get showered and changed.
When I come out, dad is waiting for me. "Our girls are waiting in the players' lounge for us. How are you feeling son?" It's the first time dad has asked me in a while so I want to be honest. "Dad, I'm actually feeling good. My wind sucks but it'll come back more practice. There are no symptoms, not a single one dad." I smile widely at him and he's smiling back just as widely at me. He gives me a big hug and I return it. We pull apart and are just smiling at each. He wraps his arm around me and we walk into the lounge. Angelia flies at me and gives me a hug; I just hold her for a moment. I see mom take dad's hand and they both smile at us. It feels so good having my family here for this moment. I can't believe I finally got contact in and I feel good. I push my nose into Angelia's neck and just breathe her in. I want to remember this moment. It's one that no one will ever know about and no one is filming it for future viewing but it's the moment I got my game back. I won't be playing tomorrow or even the next day but I'm coming back and very soon. The way the team is playing now we're definitely making the playoffs and when I'm back, we're making a run at the cup, I just know it.