Of Hearts and Hockey Sticks

~9 am in James' guest room~

Sid:( wakes up and sneaks out of bed without waking Kelsi. Goes down to James' room to see if James has some clothes he and Kelsi can borrow for the day.) ~knocks on James' door~

James:"Come in!"

Sid:(walks in) " Hey Nealer do you have some sweats and tshirts we can borrow?"

James:" Yeah sure. Kelsi will probably have to roll the pants up. Hold on I'll go grab something for you guys. (Goes to his closet and pulls out two pairs of black sweatpants and two pens tshirts.)Here you go!"

Sid:"Thanks bro. I owe you one!"

James:"No problem."

Sid:(goes back to the guest room and gets dressed. Then wakes up Kelsi.)"Hey time to get up. Practice starts in an hour."

Kelsi:(wakes up) "Oh ok. Umm I don't have any clothes here...."

Sid:"I know I already went and borrowed some of Nealers stuff for us. (Hands them to her) He said you may have to roll the pants."

Kelsi:"Sid I'm as big as you are. Did you have to roll them?"

Sid:"No..."

Kelsi:"Then why would I have to?"

Sid:"You wouldn't."

Kelsi:"Right. Well I'm gonna get dressed."

Sid:"Oh ok. Want me to leave?"

Kelsi:"No. We're a couple now, you can see me getting dressed. I don't mind as long as you don't."

Sid:"Ok."

~Kelsi gets dressed and they head to practice, stopping at McDonalds for breakfast.~

Sid:(Sees Cookie.) "Hey Cookie!"

Cookie:(sneaky smile)"Hey Sid."

Sid:"What's with the smile?"

Cookie:"Nothin...."

Sid:"Tell me."

Cookie:"I know about you and Kelsi. So does the rest of the team."

Sid:"HOW?!"

Cookie:"Um it's obvious you two were hangin all over each other last night. Plus we saw the little kiss today too."

Sid:(blushes)"Oh..........(worried) does coach know?!"

Cookie:"yes. He doesn't seem to care. In fact he was standing with us when we caught your kiss and I'm 99.9% sure he smiled."

Sid:"Oh ok."

Dan:"LET'S GO TEAM! Practice time!"

~on the ice~

Dan:"Ok gimme Flower in the cage, Tanger and Paulie on the D with Duper and the love birds up front!"

Sid:"Uh coach who are the lovebirds?"

Dan:"You and Kelsi."

Sid:"Right..."

Kelsi:"Ok...."

~They practice, in the locker room.~

Sid:(Gets a text.)

Text convo:
Max:"Hey buddy! Wanna come out to lunch with me? I'm gonna be in Pitt for the day."

Sid:"Sure..... can I bring my girlfriend so she can meet you?"

Max:"You have a girlfriend?!?!"

Sid:"Yes...."

Max:"OF COURSE! I'll bring my girlfriend too!"

Sid:"Ok where do you want to meet?"

Max:"How about Mike's?"

Sid:"Sure."

~At lunch~

Max:"HEY SID! Over here!"

Sid:"Hey Talbo!"

Max:"This is my girlfriend Jess. She's Phillys new assistant athletic trainer."

Jess:"Hiya!"

Sid:"Hi Jess. And this is my girlfriend Kelsi. She's the new Pittsburgh rookie."

Max:"Wow. You are very beautiful."

Kelsi:"Thanks."

Waitress:"Hello what can I get you for drinks?"

Sid:"Um water is fine."

Kelsi,Jess and Max:"Same"

Waitress:"Ok so four waters and do you need more time to decide your food or are you ready to order."

Max:"All four of us are gonna have a cheeseburger with fries."

Waitress:"Ok so four waters and four plain cheeseburgers with fries. Correct?"

Max:"yep. Thanks."

~after lunch~

Max:"Thanks for coming to lunch with us. I wish we could stay but we have plans with Giroux."

Sid:"It's cool. Have fun. It was good seeing you Talbo and nice meeting you Jess. I'm sure we'll see you around."

Jess:"Likewise Sid. Nice meeting you too Kelsi."

Kelsi:"Yeah nice meeting you! Maybe we can hangout sometime."

Jess:"Sure."

~Max and Jess leave, Sid and Kelsi head home.~

Kelsi:"That was fun. Max is hilarious and so is Jess."

Sid:"I know. (sigh) I miss Max, I wish he was still a Penguin."

Kelsi:"I know you do. But we can see him soon if you want."

Sid:"Ok. Do you want to go out tonight for dinner?"

Kelsi:"You mean like a date?"

Sid:(blushes)"Umm yeah..."

Kelsi:"Of course! Our first real date."

Sid:(smiles)"Yeah."