Chapter Thirty Six

"Okay guys, we still have a chance to come back out there… we just need to block the twins and get the puck out of our end… Let's go out there and get to our game…" Sid did his best to get the guys back into it. The truth was that they were dying out there and those Swedish freaks seemed to be unstoppable. They were down 4-1 and he was running out of steam. He was tired and sore but he knew that there was a lot of guys on the team that were in worse shape and most of them got to enjoy the All-Star break. Of course he had to play but it was far from the hard hitting, ball rattling games they had been playing recently. It would be nice to play just an easy, fun game for a change.

"K, lets get out there and kick some ass…"

The cheers came from around the room as everyone got back up and headed down the hallway to the ice. Sid really wanted to win this one. He needed the confidence boost. Tonight was going to be the night. Him and Amber had been through a rough patch but they had come out stronger. Her parents would come around in time. He was convinced that Max had said or done something to poison them against him but he couldn't prove it and he certainly wasn't going to give Max the satisfaction of asking. In fact, Sid was pretty sure that Max had been madder then hell when he and Amber showed up hand in hand to the New Year's Eve Party. He could tell by the look on Max's face – one of pure shock – that them still being together, didn't fit into Max's plan.

Sid gave Dupes a fist bump – the last of the guys to exit the room and followed after him.

-.-

"Wow! Can you change goalies just for the shoot out? If you can… the Canucks should really do it… Lou sucks at shoot outs… I mean don't get me wrong, I love Lou but come on! Has he won one yet this year?" Sid watched with a smile, as Amber chatted about the game. The team had really pulled through tonight with three goals in the third, taking them to overtime. Overtime had produced nothing, so Sid went in and shut it down in the shoot out. Amber was right, Lou wasn't very good in the shoot out but he would have liked a little credit for the shot he did get past him. It was a beauty.

The bus pulled up in front of the hotel and everyone filed out. There were crowds of people, waiting for autographs and Sid dutifully indulged them. He watched as Amber disappeared ahead of them, surely making her way up to their hotel room. Sid had convinced Carol-Lynn, Dupuis' wife, to come on the trip with their new baby, so that he could blame her for Sid needing his own room. That way nobody would suspect the reasons why Amber was along for the trip as well. Only Max knew the real reason Amber was here but Sid was pretty sure that Max thought he was going to chicken out, especially since he didn't get permission from Amber's parents first. Sid was old fashioned but he was also determined.

After signing till his hand cramped up, Sid made his way up to their room.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Sid asked, as he walked into the room. Amber stood in front of the sink, brushing her teeth. She had already changed out of the dress she had on, into baggy sweatpants and a penguins t-shirt.

"mmmmat?" Amber asked, her mouth full of toothpaste.

"I wanted to go out…" Sid explained.

Amber spit into the sink and rinsed. "You didn't say anything…"

"I'm hungry…"

"I'm tired… just order room service," She offered.

"I arranged for us to have a car," Sid whined.

"Well go see if one of the guys wants to go with you."

"I don't want to go with one of the guys, I wanted to have dinner with you!"

"We can have dinner right here! Let's just order some over priced, over cooked seafood, rent a bad movie on pay-per-view and curl up… I'll even let you pick the movie… just no porn…"

"No! Get dressed! We are going out!"

"No… I am staying here," Amber climbed under the blankets and reached for the remote.

"Listen, you either get dressed or I take you out like that but one way or another we are going out… I will give you one minute to decide," Sid warned her.

"What? Are you going to carry me through the lobby in my pyjamas?" Amber laughed.

"Yes, if I have to," Sid crossed his arms in front of his chest. "You have thirty seconds..."

"I am not going anywhere," Amber glared at him.

"Ten… nine… eight…"

"You wouldn't dare Crosby!"

"Three… two… Seriously? You are going to make me do this?"

Amber just smiled and turned her attention back to flipping channels. Sid stared down at her. 'Why does she have to be so damn stubborn!' he thought to himself.

"FINE!" He walked over to the side of the bed where she laid, pulled the blanket back and scooped her up, all before she even had a chance to protest. He flipped her over his shoulder and headed towards the hotel room door.

"PUT ME DOWN!" She yelled, while kicking her legs and pushing herself away from his back.

"Are you going to get dressed?"

"LET GO OF ME!" she continued struggling.

Sid opened the door to the room and stepped out into the hall. A couple of the guys were hanging out, chatting in the hallway as Sid walked past them, Amber still hanging over his shoulder. They all turned and watched, laughing at the spectacle, as Sid hit the button on the elevator.

"Fine! I will get dressed! Put me down! I don't even have socks on!" Amber protested one more time.

"Promise? If I put you down, will you go get dressed?"

"YES!"

Sid lowered her to the floor and watched as she straightened her clothes. "Go get dressed then…"

Amber turned on her heels and stomped back to the room, with Sid close behind her. He wasn't going to let her get too far ahead, so she could lock him out of the room.

-.-

"I'll have a large double-double and a strawberry jam buster and a large hot chocolate and a bagel with light cream cheese," Sid stated firmly into the intercom of the Tim Horton's drive through.

"Can't you just have a donut like a regular Canadian?" Amber protested, looking over a Sid.

Sid rolled his eyes and turned back to the intercom. "And can I have one chocolate Timbit?" he turned back to Amber and asked 'Happy?' as if having a donut was about to kill him.

The girl at the window handed him his order and paused briefly as she took a second look. Sid quickly handed her the money and pulled out of the drive-through. He knew exactly where he was going, even though he had only been there once before.

He steered the car up the winding road and pulled into an empty parking lot. He looked over at Amber, who despite Sid's protests to wait was sneaking a bit of her donut.

"Hey, I said to wait! You're going to get icing sugar all over the place!"

"What do you care? It's not your car!"

"Just wait a minute!" Sid opened the driver's side door and climbed out. He opened the trunk and grabbed out a bag that he had packed. He pulled the blanket out of the bag and laid it out across the hood of the car, then walked around to Amber's door and opened it.

"Come on out… grab your coffee…" Sid instructed her, grabbing her hand and pulling her out of the car. He helped her up onto the roof of the car, climbing up beside her. "Does this look familiar?"

"Um… should it?" Amber asked back, looking around. She smiled to herself. Of course she recognized where they were…

"This is where we came… before the gold medal game… you had the exact same thing… remember?" Sid pointed to the donut and coffee.

"When I kidnapped you… oh my God, I could have gotten in so much trouble!" Amber laughed, leaning back against the windshield.

"That's the night I fell in love with you…" Sid said softly, looking over at her. "That's the night I knew that you were all I ever wanted…" He took her hand and pulled it up to his lips.

"You're so full of shit…" Amber rolled her eyes.

"What?"

"There is no way you knew that night!"

"I did!" Sid protested. "Could you just not argue with me…I am trying to be romantic here!"

"You can be romantic without being cheesy…"

"Cheesy? I am not being cheesy!"

"stinky cheese…" Amber teased, poking him.

"Anyways… what I was trying to say, is that I love you… is that cheesy?"

"No, its not. I love you too…" Amber leaned in and kissed Sid lightly on the lips.

"I brought you here for a reason…" Sid moaned into her mouth.

"To do me on the hood of a car, like you wanted to last time?" Amber asked with a smile.

"No but I wouldn't say no…" Sid smiled then slid off the hood of the car and pulled her close to him. "I brought you here to ask you a very important question…"

Amber watched as Sid reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a small silver box. He lowered himself to one knee and looked up at her.

"Amber, I could have asked you this the last time we were here and been just as sure…"

"Sid…" Amber gasped as he opened the little box.

"Will you marry me?" Sid heard the tremble in his voice, but hoped that she hadn't. He didn't want her to think that he was anything less then 100% sure of this decision because he wasn't. He knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that she was the woman for him. But he was nervous that she wouldn't feel the same and her current pause wasn't helping.

Sid looked up at her face and watched a small tear trickle down her cheek. "Yes… of course I will…"

"Really? For real?" It was all he could do to stop himself from full out tackling her. He grabbed her up into his arms and buried his face into her hair. He could feel her arms wrap around him tightly and finally was able to fully exhale. He felt like he had been holding his breath since they landed in Vancouver, the anticipation of this moment had consumed all of his energy.

"I guess you might want this…" Sid pulled back and brought the ring box around to her. He slipped the shiny object out of its holder and slipped it onto her finger.

"Wow… its beautiful…" Amber sighed, looking down at her hand.

"Don't ask Max how long it took for me to pick it out…"

"You went with Max?" Amber asked shocked.

"Yeah, it was my way of warning him, or whatever…" Sid admitted. "But I don't really want to talk about Max right now…"

Sid smiled coyly. "Now, what were you saying about doing you on the hood of the car?" He picked up Amber and placed her down on the hood, covering her lips with his.

"mmm… we cannot do this here…" She purred at him, while running her hands up under his shirt, over his chiseled abs.

'Why not? Who's around?" he kissed over her jaw and down her neck. He slowly undid the buttons on her shirt and slipped it down over her shoulders. He kissed over the exposed skin of her breasts, leaning her back on the hood of the car. He continued south, over her stomach, glancing up and catching her gaze. He smiled a devious smile back up at her and flipped the button open on her jeans.

"Sid NO!" Amber giggled and squirmed. He pulled her pants off, over her heels, leaving them in place. He pulled her bare ankles up to lips and kissed a trail up to her knees. He then placed her legs around her waist and bent over to connect with her lips once again. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him closer, tangling her tongue with his. The intensity increased, as she ran her hands down to the waist of his jeans and undid the fly, pushing his pants down with her feet. Sid felt his erection spring free, as his pants fell to his knees and the light weight fabric of his boxers did nothing to contain it. He drew in a sharp breath as she pulled herself closer to him and she purposefully ground herself into his cock. He wanted her this minute and couldn't wait any longer. He slipped his hand down between her legs and pushed her panties to the side, pushing himself inside her hot, wet pussy.

Sid let out a deep grunt of satisfaction as he plunged himself into her again and again, watching Amber arch her back off the car. She was so tight and her pussy seemed to pull him deeper inside of her. He could feel himself coming to the edge, his balls pulled up and his breathing became rapid and shallow. He held onto her tights, pushing them apart and pulling them into him at the same time. With one last thrust he felt himself release into her hot centre. He collapsed down on to her cold exposed chest, pulling himself out of her.

*bleep* bleep *

Sid looked up over the roof of the car and saw the flashing lights of a cop car. "Oh fuck…" He backed up quickly, tucking himself into his boxers and pulling his pants up over his waist. He quickly grabbed Amber's pants and chucked them at her while she did up the buttons on her shirt.

"Everything all right here?" An officer approached them, flashlight in hand, looking around. The officer flashed the light up into Amber's face, as she wrapped the blanket around her waist, hiding the fact that she had no pants on. "Mame, is everything okay here?"

"Yes… no problem here," Amber assured him, still slightly breathless.

"Are you aware that public fornication is a chargeable offense?" The officer redirected the light at Sid's face.

"Yes, sir. We were just enjoying the view…"

"Enjoying the view? Really? Its awfully cold out to be enjoying the view…"

"We were just saying that, about to pack up," Sid offered.

"Hey, are you - ? No way, you're Sidney Crosby! Holy crap! Let me just grab my partner!" The officer jumped back in the car.

"You are so freaking lucky!" Amber hissed and threw her shoe at him, as the officer ran back to his car. She quickly jumped off the hood of the car and pulled her pants back on.

"Are you complaining?" Sid laughed, as he watched her shimmy into her pants, watching her ass disappear beneath the fabric. He couldn't help but bite his lip, imagining what more he had in store for her tonight. 'No,' he thought to himself. 'This is far from over… the celebration is just beginning.'

-.-

Sid posed for pictures with the officers and signed their ticket book. They shook his hand and let him go with a warning and a wink. Sid climbed back into the car, where Amber had been sitting with the heat on full blast while Sid entertained the police.

"Well , shall we head back to the hotel for round two?" Sid asked, looking over at her. Amber smiled at him and bit her lower lip.

"I don't know if I can wait…" She purred, climbing out of her seat and shifting over to Sid's lap. "You got to finish before we were interrupted. I didn't…" She leaned in and pressed her lips to his.

"You are going to get me in soooo much trouble!" He laughed.

"Shut up and finish your job," Amber instructed him. Sid reached down and pushed down the lever that moved the seat into its far most position from the steering wheel and then put his hands on her hips and spun her around in his lap, so that she was facing the window. She leaned back against him, as he pushed one hand up under her shirt, cupping her breast and running the pad of his thumb over her firm nipple. With his other hand he undid her pants and slipped his hand down beneath the surface. He guided his hand down until his fingers found the wet centre he was looking for. He gently stroked the hard nub of her clit with two fingers, dipping in and out of her entrance. He increased his stoking speed and pressure as he could feel her pushing up against him. Her breathing was rapid, as he both bit and kissed down the side of her neck that was exposed to him. He could tell that she was close, as he slid his fingers inside of her and felt a new wave of warmth spill over him. He listened to her moan and watched her twist and flex her back.

"Am I finishing my job?" Sid whispered into her ear.

"Oh God yes! Just keep going! I am so close…"

Sid flicked her clit with him thumb and then returned to his quick motions over her it with two fingers. He sunk his teeth into her neck and listened to her scream in pleasure as she came, pushing up from his lap and throwing her hand up against the driver's side window. He felt an ounce of pride, as she collapsed back down on him with a sigh.

"Can we go back to the hotel now? I want all the guys on the floor to hear you scream like that," Sid whispered into her ear as he stroked her hair back out of her face.

"So much for their modest captain, eh?" Amber teased, sliding off Sid's lap and back into her own seat.

"I just want everyone to know what good care I am going to take of my future wife," Sid offered as an excuse, leaning in to kiss her.

-.-

"Good morning! What time is the bus to the rink?" Sid asked as he walked into the banquet room that had been transformed into a private dining room for the Penguins and grabbed himself a plate from the buffet line.

"9:30," Kunitz offered.

"We are a little surprised to see you up and looking so rested…" Staalze laughed. "You've got quite the screamer there…"

Sid didn't want to but he could feel his cheeks turning red. "Watch it now! That's the future Mrs. Crosby you are making fun of…"

"What?" several of his teammates asked in unison. Cooke reached over and patted Flower on the back, as he choked on his cereal.

"I asked Amber to marry me last night... and she said yes," Sid explained with a dumb grin on his face. It didn't take long before the guys were all up on their feet, congratulating him. Dupuis ruffled his hair, Cooke punched him and welcomed him to the 'miserable man club'. Flower complained because now his long-time girlfriend was never going to leave him alone.

"What's going on you bunch of homos?" Sid heard from behind him. He turned around to face Max, who had just walked in the door with Tanger.

"Siddy-boy is gettin' hitched," Adams explained to the new arrivals, reaching over and giving Sid a wet willy.

Max just stood in the doorway in shock, as Tanger leapt across the room and bear hugged his friend. He lowered his gaze to the floor and turned around to head out of the room. He needed to get away before he did something dumb. It had been bad enough hearing Amber all night, but now to know why the noises had been coming from the room, made Max sick to his stomach.

Max took two steps out of the room, then suddenly had to reach for the wall to balance himself. Everything was spinning wildly out of control, as he stumbled to the closest steady surface.

"Everything okay?" He heard Coach Dan ask, approaching from in front of him.

"No… nothing…" Max managed to spit out before leaning over and throwing up all over the hallway.