Chapter 22

I got a little writing happy at work today...so its kinda long but hopefully everyone likes it


Hadley’s POV



After Sid got me situated and in bed he did the same for himself, it was the 1st time he let go of me since he had gotten to my apartment and even know I didn’t really want to let go. I think he knew this because in a matter of minutes he was back at my side. He pulled me into him just like we had spelt so many nights before I hit a selfish streak and had to do things my way.


Even though I am exhausted I don’t think sleep is in my cards. I begin to let my mind wander. I honestly can’t believe I let myself think that everything was over, that the note meant nothing when it apparently did. He was serious. Whoever killed Katy was looking for me…did he want to kill me? On top of that I let myself believe that Sid had the flowers sent to me. Who delivers flowers at night…really? God I’m so stupid.


It was then that Sid started to rub my side, I swear he can read my mind, he must have known what I was thinking about and was trying to get me to relax.


Finally I think I was starting to relax…just having him here made it so much better. Then he said quite possibly the best thing that he could have at that moment.


“One night soon it’s just gonna be you and me and a romantic night…I promise.” It really is amazing how soothing those words actually are…I can’t believe how stupid I was not only with whoever is after me but with Sid he was just trying to keep me safe. I’ll do what he wants if it means he is going to be close to me…I just have to try and keep a normal lifestyle…I can’t change. I did that too much in the past.


Finally I decide to try and relax. I really need to try and get some sleep part of having a normal life is work…and I still have to go tomorrow and be professional and finish up that campaign.


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Sidney’s POV


My mind was going a mile a minute and I could tell hers was too. I don’t know what else I could do to calm her down so she could sleep so I just started rubbing her side and told her the first thing that came to my mind.


“One night soon it’s gonna be you and me and a romantic night…I promise”. It helped to ease my mind a bit and I hope it did the same for her.


Now I just have to find a way to keep her safe. Fuck I leave for another road trip the day after tomorrow and I’m going to be gone almost two weeks. I have to figure it out because I don’t know what I would do if anything happened to her.


Once I made sure she was asleep I rolled over to turn the alarm on because one thing I was sure of was the fact that she would want to try and maintain a normal lifestyle…that meant going to work. I have to keep her safe but I can’t let a repeat of a couple weeks ago happen again…I can’t lose her again…I need her in my life another thing that I am sure of.


I curl back up to her and get her as close to me as possible and try to sleep but I don’t know how well that is going to go.


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7:00 am rolled around and the alarm went off. Neither Hadley or Sidney got a lot of sleep last night. Hadley really just closed her eyes and let Sidney hold her…it was the only place that she wanted to be.


Sidney didn’t want to move either but he promised himself last night that they would keep things as normal as possible.


“Hads baby time to get up. We gotta get you to work.”


Hadley couldn’t help but smile a little because they weren’t going to have to fight about that which was good since they had just been reunited.


“mmmm ok” Hadley rolled onto her back stretched out and just looked at Sidney.


“I’m sorry” she felt tears threaten to fall again and tried to hold them in check.


“For what Hads”


“For not listening, you were just trying to keep me safe and now look.”


“Hads of course I want you safe but I should have listened to you about trying to keep things normal. I didn’t let you do that so I made it hard. It is just at much my fault if not more.”


“ Ok…fine we will say we are even. I know I have to get up but I don’t want to I just want to lay here with you” Hadley said as she wrapped her arm around a half naked Sidney and kissed him for the 1st time since before she left that day a couple of weeks ago.


God her lips felt amazing and he was seriously considering her offer. But as much as he wanted to stay like this with her he remembered again the promise he made to himself but this time started cursing it.


Hadley didn’t want to stop but she knew she had to. She really had to work on that campaign for her pitch later on today. So she finally pulled away and made her way into the bathroom to get ready for the day.


Sid laid there for a bit longer before going downstairs to make some coffee they were both going to need it today.


A little while later Hadley came down all dressed for work and Sidney felt his mouth go dry…she looked so hot in her pencil skirt…it was getting really hard to curb those feelings and he felt himself moving towards her for another searing kiss.


“Here is some coffee” he said in between kisses


“Thank you…but can I just have this instead” she said and continued to kiss him…this is what she missed most the sweet kisses they shared for no reason.


“Mmmm as much as I want say yes…I have to get you to work and then practice. Since you don’t have your car…I thought I could drive and we can figure out the car situation after.” He knew that he had to tell her about the trip but he wanted to wait until things got figured out


This made Hadley happy because she couldn’t help but think that if this guy knew where she lived he knew what car she drove and what she did with it while at work.


He kissed one more time and then made their way to the garage.


When they pulled up to Hadley’s office he couldn’t help but look around for anything strange, thankfully he didn’t notice anything.


“Ok I’ll pick you up at 5 but if you need anything someone will have my phone so it can be answered.”


“Ok I love you Sidney”


“I Love you to Hads.”


With that Sid watched her walk into her office building and made his way to the arena. He always did his best thinking there and he really needed that now.


He got to the arena not surprised to see anyone else’s car in the parking lot. He parked in his usual spot and made his usual way to the locker room got his skates on, grabbed his stick and a bag of pucks. He had until 10 to figure something out then he had to turn into hockey Sid for awhile.


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Mario pulled into the parking lot at 8:30 like he did every morning but this morning he had a surprise. Sids car in the parking lot and a fan waiting where they usually were.


“Good morning sir.”


“O please call me Mario”


“Can I have an autograph Mario?”


“Sure thing, here you go”


Mario hadn’t been asked for an autograph outside the arena like this in awhile so he didn’t think anything of it and put his focus back to Sid…something was on the kids mind…why else would he be here so early.


That was easier than I thought…and he walked away now knowing what kind of car golden boy drove. She won’t get away. Now time to get back to my love.


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Instead of going straight to his office he made a detour towards the ice and sure enough he found Sidney skating taking shot after shot at the net.


“SID” he yelled hoping to get his attention.


Sidney heard Mario call him looked up but took a few more shots and then made his way over to the bench where Mario was waiting patiently.


“What’s going on Sid? This is early even for you.” Mario said and waited for Sidney to start talking.


“I called Hadley last night”


“Well, that’s a good thing right?”


“Yea except when I called she was hysterical because that guy or whoever he is found her.”


“Wait a minute…what are you talking about?”


Sidney forgot that he hadn’t told Mario any thing after the Katy had been killed.


“Katy’s death was ruled a homicide so Hadley moved out and into another apartment. When she went to clean out the apartment for a new tenant she found this note…well she ignored it for awhile thinking that it was just a piece of paper until one night it fell out of her purse Vero picked up and handed it to her. It said that it should have been her and it was written in blood.”


“So that was the fight about keeping Hadley safe.”


Sidney just nodded


“So what do you mean he found her again.”


“He sent her flowers..The bastard walked right up to her door and left two bouquets five minutes apart from each other. Which means he watched her take the first one inside” Sidney had just realized that last part and punched the bench.


“Is she ok”


“Physically yes. But she is scared and she isn’t the only one. I went over there and we called the detective handling the case”


“Well she is ok…you need to let the cops do their job…ok don’t try to be the hero Sid”


“I know that but Mario I have to keep her safe. I can’t let anything happen to her, I can’t lose her.” Sid said and tears started to fall because he still hadn’t figured anything out. “I don’t know how I can do that and we leave for two weeks tomorrow. What the hell am I supposed to do?”


“Where is she now?” Even Mario was worried for her safety and Sid’s well being. He knew that he loved her and he had to help in any way he could.


“Work…She wants to try and keep a normal routine..I want that too if it is going to help her and keep her with me.”


Mario just nodded remembering the fight that Sid and Hadley had and how much that messed with Sidney and now he really knew why.


“Well I am not traveling with the team this trip so how about she come stay at the house with us and we will make sure that she is safe. I mean security and a driver so she can keep the normal routine you guys agreed on.”


“It sounds ok…but I’m not going to stop worrying about it”


“I am not saying you have to but you do have a team counting on you….so you need to focus on hockey too Sid…she will be fine at the house I can promise you that.”


“ OK and here I thought meeting my family was going to be the hardest thing that we were going to have to get through.” Sidney wanted to lighten the mood …he knew it wasn’t a good joke but he had really thought that…he knew what his dad thought about relationships during the season.


“OK well I’ll start working on those arrangements while you practice and we can figure all the other details out at dinner tonight..”


“Ok thanks Mario…I don’t know what I would have done if you hadn’t come down here.”


“Sid, I am always going to take care of family and the people they care about. Plus Nat will be happy that you two are fixed…she had been asking a lot if I knew anything.” Mario said keeping the mood light like he knew Sid was trying to do with that last joke he tried to make.


Sidney couldn’t help but laugh and it felt so good to laugh again.


“But for now go try and get some sleep…you look like hell”


Sidney just nodded and made his way back to his stall…took off his skates and collapsed on the couch in the lounge and fell asleep until practice.