Trina and Troy stayed through the weekend to watch the Pens beat the Rangers. Today we came to see the Tampa game and it was incredible, 8-1 for us. Geno had the best goal I've ever seen. He split four defenders to get a goal and then got a hat trick in the game. I don't know that I've cheered so loud. We had a great time with Nathalie and Mario and a couple of the kids. Sidney sat up in the press box as usual. He doesn't like the optics of any favouritism so he doesn't sit in Mario's box. Most people don't know that he has a box too and fills it with kids for every game. His foundation partners with various charities in the city to bring in kids that are sick or unfortunate in some way. Today, he's asked me to go with him to say hi to the kids. I was surprised when he asked, and a little anxious, but of course I said yes. I'm waiting for him in the Lemieux's box with his parents.

I feel his arm around me and he whispers in my ear "hi gorgeous." I never fail to smile when he compliments me and shiver when I feel his breath in my ear. "Hi back" I tell him. We say goodbye to his parents and head off to his box. "The people we're meeting are from a women's shelter. All of them today have kids too. Basically, they run out of their abusive homes with their kids and the shirts on their backs. This organization helps them get back on their feet, clothes, toys and then helps them get a place to live and a job. It's a really great organization. What?" he stops talking and it just looking at me. "What, what?" I ask him. "You've got a huge grin on your face and have stopped walking." I never noticed that I'd done both. "I'm sorry. I've never seen you like this Sidney. It's really beautiful to see you so invested." He grins back at me and then takes my hand. We walk into the box and many of the kids squeal and run over to us; to Sidney actually. I move around the hordes of kids to some of the women. I approach a couple of them "Hi, I'm Angelia." I introduce myself to them and we chat about the game and how much the kids enjoyed the game. One of the women named Sara says to me "It is so wonderful of Sidney to do this for us. The children have had such a wonderful time. I don't know which was more exciting; meeting Iceberg or Sid. Oh, please don't tell Sid, I don't want him to think we don't appreciate everything he's done for us." I place my hand on her arm and say "don't worry about it. I won't tell him." We just smile at each other.

I look over at Sidney and he's laughing and talking with the kids. There are many things to sign and some of them even made things for him. It is just so cute. There is one little girl in the corner who is just watching everything but not joining in with them. I wander over to her and sit down beside her. "Hi there, I'm Angelia. What's your name?" She looks up at me shyly and I offer a small smile. "Jenny" she says softly. "It's so nice to meet you Jenny. Do you like hockey?" She smiles again "yes." It looks like she's not much of a talker so I try again "did you get to meet Iceberg?" She looks at me again and says "yeah. I like penguins." Wow, four words this time. "Jenny, would you like to meet the most important Penguin?" She looks over at Sidney, back at me and back at Sidney with a shy smile. "Do you want to meet Sidney, Jenny?" She doesn't say anything this time but nods at me. I watch as some of the kids begin to leave with their moms. When most have left, I catch Sidney's eye and motion for him to come over. He does and sits on the chair next to Jenny. "Hi there." He says to her. "Jenny" I say "this is Sidney. Sidney, Jenny here loves penguins and is very excited that she got to meet Iceberg. She also wanted to meet you." He looks down at Jenny and says "wait one minute ok?" I look at him and he just winks at me and walks over to the Pens PR person who reaches into her bag and gives Sidney something. Sidney sits down beside Jenny again and hands her a stuffed animal. Jenny's eyes widen and she hugs the animal to her chest. That's when I notice that it's Iceberg and my heart melts. "Jenny, what do you say to Sidney?" Her mom, Sara, asks Jenny. "Thank you Sidney" Jenny says in a sing-song voice. "You are very welcome Jenny." Sidney gets up and I follow him to the door saying goodbye to Sara. "Thank you so much Angelia, Sidney. We really appreciate it." We both smile at her. As we turn to go, Jenny runs up and says "Sidney?" He turns around and she throws her arms around his waist. He looks at me surprised and puts his arms around her too. Just as suddenly as she hugged him, she was gone back to her mom.

As we walk to our car, I can't help the tears that have come into my eyes. Sidney notices and puts his arm around me. "I'm sorry Sidney. It was just so sweet of both you to give her the stuffed animal and her to hug you. To think about what that little girl has gone through and yet she was able to give you a hug." I can't go on. It's just too overwhelming. Sidney stops walking and pulls me into his arms. "Oh babe, it's ok. These are the moments why I do it. It's great that the foundation does great things for hospitals and large donations but I love meeting kids like Jenny." I pull back, look at the face of the man I love and fall a little deeper. I kiss him and we get into the car. "Hungry?" he asks me. "Actually, yeah I am. Your folks went out to dinner Mario and Nathalie. We have the house to ourselves. Just what do you think I'm hungry for sweetie?" He glances over at me reaches for my thing with his hand. He gets on the highway to head back to Sewickley and his hand slides higher up my thigh; I can tell he knows exactly what I'm hungry for right now.

I traveled with the team to Dallas and Colorado where they won both games and I got in some practice with no symptoms. I feel like any day I could be ready to play again which is both a terrifying and exciting feeling. It's quite an unusual feeling to be scared to play. Usually I would talk to the team psychologist about problems with visualizing the game. I just can't seem to do it this time. Maybe I should talk to Angelia; she usually helps. That's another interesting thought; I am looking to someone outside of hockey to help me with hockey. I have always worried that having someone in my life would make me less focused on hockey but it's just the opposite. I have been even more focused with Angelia beside me. She has helped me look at the game and how I play differently. I had always thought that a woman would be a distraction during the season. I guess that isn't true if it's the right woman.

The team is on a five game win streak and the morale is high. We didn't make any trades at the deadline and Ray has expressed his confidence in the current roster. I know I'm close to playing; I can feel just how close I am. The world is almost completely right although right now the only thing that would make my world right is getting into my bed. I hate coming back from a road trip out west; we don't get home until very, very late. It's 3am and I'm driving home yawning. As I drive up, I see the light on outside the house; another benefit of being involved with a woman during the season. When I get in the house, I see another light on for me and climb up the stairs. I drop my luggage, I just can't gather the stamina to unpack, so I just strip and slide into bed. I gather Angelia to me, it's been too long since I held her, and she snuggles into me in her sleep. Yep, everything feels right.

I sleep deeply if not long and wake up in the morning with Angelia stretching in my arms. "Mmmm Sidney, you're home." I pull her close to me "I am, now go back to sleep." She tightens her arms around me "I'm so glad your home. The games went well. How is Kris? Was he hurt badly last night?" It figures that she would ask after the guys; that's just how caring she is. "He's day to day but should be back in a game or two. Now, quiet, let's go back to sleep." She's quiet for a moment and I think she's going to sleep but she says "When do you have to be at the rink?" I sigh "I don't have to go in today so, please, let's go back to sleep." I can actually hear her brain working and I know there is no more sleep for me this morning. "Ok, Angelia, what's on your mind." I pull up, look at her and see that she's looking at me. "Let's go to brunch somewhere Sidney. We can actually have a day together, it is very exciting." I laugh and just pull her closer to me. "You know what I'd find exciting? More sleep babe, I'd be extremely excited if I could have more sleep." The minute it's out of my mouth her fingers are digging into my sides tickling me. I try to wiggle away but she slides on top of me and keeps tickling. I roll over and pin her beneath me. "Stop it woman, I need to get more sleep." She smiles up at me "no way Crosby. Let's get up, get dressed and get some food." I laugh knowing that there is no way that I'm going back to sleep. "Ok, fine, we'll get some food. When we get home, I definitely will need some more sleep." "Woo hoo!" she jumps out of bed and runs to the bathroom. Why does this woman have so much energy this morning? I roll over and hope for a quick nap before she's ready. "Get out of bed Crosby!" She yells at me from the bathroom. It looks like I've completely lost this one. I throw back the covers and get out of bed to get dressed.

We're out the door in less than twenty minutes and on our way to our favourite diner to meet Flower and Vero. "The game last night was great. How excited were Deryk and Aaron scoring? Those two don't really score never mind in the same game." "Yeah, they were both quite pumped by it. It was too bad Flower couldn't get the shut out though." We pull into the parking lot and I see that there is a line to get in. I text Flower to see if he's inside; he is so we get out of the car. "Let's go in the back" I tell Angelia. I hate walking through a line and don't want people to think I'm getting unfair treatment. We eat here enough that the regulars leave us alone and we can go through the back. We both greet the cooks and the owner who tells us where Flower and Vero are sitting. We manage to get to the table with little trouble. Vero and Angelia start chatting and I look at Flower. "You look how I feel Flower. Vero would let you sleep in either huh?" He shakes his head and sips at his coffee. The waitress brings my orange juice and Angelia's coffee then asks "are you all having the usual?" We all nod and she heads off.

"It's nice to be home all week, eh mon ami?" I look at Angelia "yeah, it definitely is nice to be home for a while." Vero looks at me "is it ok to ask how you're feeling Sid?" I smile at her; it's just like her to ask if she can ask. "Of course it's ok Vero. I am feeling good. I think I'm getting close to getting back. I've had no symptoms and at some point I just need to play to know how I'll be when I play." She smiles at me in the sweet way she has. "How go the wedding plans Vero?" I ask her and Flower kicks me under the table. I did it on purpose because Flower is so sick of talking about the wedding. Vero takes my question and runs with it giving us all of the details. I'm not that interested but I love that Flower's eyes are about to roll back in his head. I'm kicked under the table again only it's from Angelia. She knows what I've done and why. I can't get anything by her anymore. It's kind of comforting that she knows me that well.

"We should do something today." I look at Angelia as she says this; what is she up to now? Vero looks at her and says "yeah we should." "Oh" Angelia has an idea "let's go to the aquarium. It's supposed to be really great and I haven't gone yet." Seriously, she wants to go to the aquarium? Now Vero is getting excited about it too. I look at Flower and he is agreeing with a gleam in his eye. He knows that I have no interest in the aquarium and wants to get me back. Before I can do anything about it, we've paid the cheque and we're on our way to the aquarium.

While we're walking in, I give Flower a good punch on the shoulder. "Thanks a lot." I tell him. "No problem mon ami." He gives me his toothy smile and walks up to take Vero's hand. We start at the Giant Pacific Octopus exhibit. "Wow," Angelia says "it's unbelievable that an octopus can be 600 pounds and six feet long." I look at her surprised, she isn't reading anything, she actually seems to know this information. "Look at the way he's changing colour as we come up to the glass. He feels threatened." She continues to give us facts about the octopus and I can just marvel at her. When we're finished here, we move onto the turtles and then the sea horses. Angelia seems to know something about every animal we view. It's amazing and interesting. Who knew that I'd find the aquarium interesting? "Oh boy" she says "we have left the best until last." I look up and it's the penguin exhibit. I start laughing and Angelia is looking at me like I'm crazy. Flower looks embarrassed and Vero is trying to smother her laugh. We enter into the exhibit and Angelia sees what I'm laughing at; there is a sign that tells the visitors the different names of the penguins in the exhibit. One of those penguins is named Marc-Andre Fleury. Now Angelia is laughing too and people are starting to look at us. We get recognized and a few kids come over. Angelia and Vero wander off to look at the penguins while we take pictures and sign autographs.

We catch up with them in the next exhibit and I take Angelia's hand. "Are you having a good time?" she asks me. I smile at her "I am. How do you know so much about animals?" She chuckles "I love zoos and aquariums and have a photographic memory." I kiss her cheek and say "and you are a great guide. So Flower, did you say hello to your little buddy?" He walks by and slaps the back of my head. "Hey, watch the concussion Flower" to which he says something very crude in French. We go through the rest of the exhibits having a lot of fun; especially when Flower starts imitating the cat fish. We leave the aquarium laughing with each other and then say good bye at the cars. As we drive home, I glance at Angelia "that was a good idea babe." I can feel her smiling at me. "I know you thought I was crazy when I suggested it." Seriously, I can't get anything by this woman. "I did but it was fun and I'm glad you suggested it. I have also noticed that you managed to stop me from having my nap." Her hand slides onto my thigh "awe poor Sidney. Are you getting cranky without taking your nap?" Her hand starts sliding up my thigh "are you Sidney? Are you getting cranky?" Her hand slides even higher until it's sliding over my crotch. She's an evil woman who seems to love to taunt me, not that I'm at all complaining.

We stop at a red light and I pull her to me for a searing kiss. I hear a honk behind me and pull back from her smiling. I continue driving us home. When I pull into the drive way, I turn to Angelia but she's already heading into the house; evil, evil woman. I lock up the car and follow her up the walk. I notice her jacket hanging on the front door knob; interesting. I walk in and hang up our coats. I go down the hall to the stairs and see a bra on the railing; more interesting. I pick it up and head up the stairs. At the top, I find a pair of jeans. Moving down the hall, I find a pair of panties and definitely pick those up. Before I enter the bedroom, I look down at her panties and pull them up to my nose. As I breathe in and close my eyes, my dick responds. This woman has the most incredible effect on me. I swing her panties around my finger as I enter the bedroom. She is lying naked on the bed with that smile on her face; this evil, evil woman.

I strip off my shirt as I approach the bed. She's still just lying back on the pillows waiting for me. I walk up to the bed and grab each of her legs to pull her to the edge. Kneeling on the floor in front of her, I push her legs wide apart for me. I look up at her and she's biting her lip in anticipation. God, she is so hot when she's like this, open and waiting for me. I lean in and she takes her entire lip in her mouth. I lean further and swipe my mouth over her. She throws her head back and moans. My dick gets harder at that sound. I love that sound. I flutter my tongue over her clit and her hips begin to rotate slightly and she moans again. God, that has to be the sexiest sound in the world. I dip my tongue inside her and flutter in and out. Her hips begin to rotate now and she continues to moan. I slip my hand up and over her stomach to her breast. I continue to lick her up while I play with her nipples. She is so incredibly responsive. I move back to her clit and she cries out now. I work her clit faster and faster, I want to see her cum first, and roll her nipple between my thumb and finger. She moans again and again. I keep up until I feel her shutter and taste her. As she rides her orgasm, I lick her up on her thighs and then kiss them lightly over and over. I move up on to the bed beside her and watch her flush face. I run my finger over her lips lightly and she nips at it.

Before I can react, she slides on top of me and straddles me. It's my turn to moan as she runs her hands up and down my chest. I love how her nails feel against my skin and then her hips begin to rotate against mine. She leans down to kiss me and I pull her hard against me. I sweep my tongue through her lips and across hers. We continue to kiss deeply as she now rocks her hips against me. My dick is poised to enter her but she keeps just out reach. I slide my hands up and down her back in time to her rocking. We're so in tune with each other right now. She pulls back slightly and looks right into my eyes as she shifts and slides over me. It's my turn to moan as I enter her and we continue our rhythm. She sits up now and rides me. I put my hand between our bodies and rub at her clit when I know she's close. She shifts slightly and takes me in deeper. I am trying to hold on but can't. I go over the edge and hope that she's following me. She falls on top of me and I have a last coherent thought that she's gone over too. When we both can move, we lay side by side and I finally get my nap.