Ice

Ice 8

Three Weeks Later

" Julia, I don't care! This is the first time I've seen Henri in months! I don't want to come home yet!"

She all but growled on the other line. 
" Your love sick puppy calls me every day, asking if I know when you'll be back. If I have to  hear his depressed, lonely ass voice one more time I swear I'll go Crazy! Fuck!"

I frowned," Why does he keep calling? Shouldn't he be busy with games and practice?"

Julia scoffed," Wow? You have no clue do you?"

" What do you mean?"

She sighed," Kris isn't playing. He's out with a really bad concussion. It's not good. Doc says he's out for the rest of the season, poor fucker."

I suddenly felt the need to vomit, so I sat down slowly onto the stool in Henri's kitchen. 

Henri stopped chopping vegetables and gave me a weird look. 

" That bad?" I asked her. 
She chuckled," Yeah. He's on bed rest. Fucker can't get up without getting nauseous. "

I groaned," You're making me feel horrible! Why do you say these things! Why do I care?"

" Maybe because you're just as crazy about him as he is you and you're in denial?" she answered in a sarcastic tone. 

I rolled my eyes. 
" Of course. Yes. That's it exactly. Look I gotta go Jules. "
I sighed. 

" Bye, Frenchie!"
" Au revoir!" I chuckled, ending the call and setting the phone down, laying my head on the cold countertop. 

Henri cleared his throat," - qui ce ne va pas?"(what's wrong?)

I sighed, fingers playing with the ends of my hair. 
It was growing out now, ends just barely brushing the tops of my shoulders. 

" Je vais retourner a Pittsburgh" ( I'm going back to Pittsburgh)

He sighed, nodding as he set down his knife and walked around the counter to sit beside me. 

"Je me sens comme je viens de vous de rentrer et maintenant vous me laissant à nouveau. Je vais te manquer."
( I feel like I've just got you back and now I'm loosing you again. I'm going to miss you.)

I sighed, laying my head on his shoulder. 
" Vous ne m'avez pas perdu, Henri, je suis toujours un coup de téléphone. Peut-être que vous pouvez venir me rendre visite la prochaine fois. Oui?"
(you haven't lost me, Henri, I'm always just a telephone away. Maybe you can visit me next time. Yes?)

He chuckled, pulling me in for a hug. " Oui. Oui." Je t'aime,ma soeur. "(yes. Yes. I love you, my sister.)

I smiled, kissing his cheek,"je t'aime aussi, mon frere. "
( I love you also, my brother)

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Next Day. 
Pittsburgh

Kris POV

I could hear voices. One voice. 
Over the throbbing of my head I swear I can hear someone talking. 

I opened my eyes but it was still blurry. 

There was a moving blur in front of me and it seemed like the sound was coming from it. 

I groaned, rolling over in bed and digging my face into the pillows. 

" Kris. Kris?" the voice said. 

I looked up once more, and the blur cleared. 

It was Aurelie. 
I think. 

She stood was leaning over me, standing on the side of my bed. 

Her hair was messy and pushed back in a bandana. She wore a simple long sleeved white shirt and blue track pants. 
No make up, with bags under her eyes. 
But she was still beautiful. 

" Aurelie?" I asked, needing clarification as to if this was a hallucination or not. 

The doctors said I might get them. 

She smiled," Oui. It's me. How do you feel?" she asked, sitting on the side of the bed. 

I groaned, slowly sitting up so I wouldn't get dizzy. 

" I feel like i was crushed by a Russian beast who ran me into the boards and I hit my head on the ice," I said, then chuckled, " oh wait, I did"

She stared hard at me," That was not a funny joke."

I looked up at her," Why are you here?"

She sat up straighter, scoffing," Well, I heard about your injury and I came back to take care of you. But if you don't want me to I can always go-" 

I grabbed her wrist. 
" No. Stay. I'm just surprised is all. After you ran off I thought if never see you again. I'm happy you're here. " 

She nodded, looking down at me," What hurts? What can I do? Do you need medicine?"
She asked. 

I grinned, grinned, pointing to my lips, " Doctor, I think I'm injuries. Heal me?" 

She narrowed her eyes. " You think you're funny? C'est faux. Now seriously what hurts?" 
I sighed," my head. There's pills on the bathroom counter " I told her. 
She nodded, and got up, taking off to the bathroom to the right. 

I slowly moved my way to a standing position, leaning against the wall as I walked. 

" Is it this little white-Sacre Bleau! Jesus Kris!" Aury screamed as she walked out from the bathroom, and covered her eyes. 

I looked around confused, before looking down at myself and realized I was naked.
I sleep naked. So what?
" oh" I said, then laughed,"Aurelie, sweetheart, you've seen me naked before. We've had sex, this had been inside of you. Don't be so shy. " I grinned. 
Her eyes widened and she screamed, grabbing a pillow off the bed and throwing it at me before walking out the bedroom and down the hall. I threw the pillow down and walked over to the dresser carefully, pulling out a pair of boxers and pulling them on. 

I could hear her messing around in the kitchen, and walked down the hallway, leaning on the walls so I wouldn't stumble. 

"what are you doing?" i asked. 
She stiffened " making breakfast. Are you dressed?"

I smirked,"dressed enough." I lowered myself into a chair at the table with a sigh, watching her run around the kitchen. 

I smiled 
I don't know what convinced her to come back, but I'm glad she did. 

" do you like mushrooms?" she asked. 

" Yes. " I answered, confused. " what are you making?" 

She spun around with a grin," Omelettes. "

I smiled. She gasped," oh, here!" 
She poured a glass of juice and brought me my bottle of pills, setting down the glass and placing two pills into my hand. 

" got distracted." she muttered. I laughed. 

She went back to the kitchen, and ten minutes later brought back two plates and set one I front of me. 
She went to sit in a chair across from me, but I wrapped one arm around her waist and pulled her to sit in my lap. 

She laughed. " You aren't fooling anyone, Kris. I can see how pale you are. Your pupils are dilated and you're shaking. After this you're going straight back to bed. Don't get any ideas. "

 I shrugged, taking a bite out of the omlette 
" Will you lay down with me?"

She looked over her shoulder at me, raising an eyebrow. 
" Just to sleep! I swear. " 

She sighed. " fine just to sleep. I'm tired anyway."

I grinned while eating my food.
I'm glad to have her back.