Will it be you?- Chapter 12

I open my eyes as I turn over as the clock reads 3:30.
Damn.
Standing up, I head up front as I sit on the couch while turning on the TV.
This is really getting to me.
I need to call someone and just talk to the.
Reaching out, I grab my house phone as I dial Sidney's cell number.

"Hello,"A sleepy Sidney says.

"Hi Sidney. It's Aaylah. Sorry to wake you,"I say.

"I just got to sleep so it wasn't a big deal. Colby is sleeping, so let me go into the bathroom,"Sidney whispers.

"Ok,"

"Ok, are you alright?"

"Yeah, I woke up to a dream that invovled my mother and it was worse then what happened to her,"

"Aww, I'm sorry. I would head over there but I'm stuck in Los Angales,"

"I know, I just needed to talk to someone and I wasn't going to wake up Vette with her temper,"

"And you called me, I understand that. So what do you want to talk about?"

"I don't know,"

"Are you going to the rink tomorrow or today?"

"I want to but, Vette may have to drive and pick me up. I dont think I'm ready for a car yet,"

"Ok, when you are praticing, just whack the puck silly. It will help you with the stress,"

"Ok, thanks for the tip,"

"Thats what I do,"

"How are your parents like?"

"Well they are very nice people to have raised me. They understandable,"

"Sounds like nice ones,"

"Yeah they are,"

"So who is your next game against?"

As he was about to say something i hear "Sid out of the bathroom. I gotta take a piss,"
I smile as I cover up my mouth.

"Alright army, sorry,"
I hear as Sidney walks out.

"It's ok,"

"Thats embaressing,"

"I've been alot worst then that,"

"Really? When?"

"It was on my 13th birthday and my dad was cussing out my mother and when my friend arrived, it was so embaressing when he did that to me,"

"Dang that sucks,"

"yeah, it was but it was all good cause he smiled as he relized that my friend was there,"

Sidney was about to response when I hear" Who are you talking to?"

He didn't cover the phone as he says" A friend of mine,"
I smile when he says that.

"Sorry about Colby. He's in a mood,"

"It's ok. I'm used to that with Yvette whenever she says over here with me,"
Sidney laughs as I smile.

"Well I'll let you get back to sleep, Sidney,"

"I'm awake now,"

"Ok, I wont be able to get back to sleep for awhile,"

"Me too,"

I talk to Sidney for the next few hours without stopping.


6:00 am

"Well I'm getting tired, I'll let you go Sid,"I say

"Alright, sleep well,"Sidney says.

"You too,"

I then hang up with him as i pull over my cover from the top of the couch.
closing my eyes as turn over.

Moving my eyes, I hear my cell phone beginning to ring.

"Damn it!"I shout.
Moving the covers off of me, I head slowly back to my room as I grab my cell from off my nightstand.

"Hello,"I say.

"Hey, it Vette. How are you?"Vette says.

"I'm alright Vette. I got up around 3 this morning then called Sidney. I needed to talk to someone,"

"Why didn't you call me? I could have came over there,"

"Cause your a bitch whenever you get woken up and i didn't want the bitching, so i called him,"

"Was he a dick when he answered?"

"No, he was nice. I guess he is a morning person,"

"Probably, so are you going to do anything today?"

"Yeah, I'm going down to the ice rink in a little while,"

"Want me to come?"

"No, i want to go by myself,"

"Alright,so no school today?"

"I'm not ready to go back.Tell Mrs.Jackson that,"

"Alright, well I just wanted to heck on you before i head down to CCAC,"

"thanks,"

"I'll call you later,"

"Ok. Have a good day,"

I hang up the phone with her as I head over to the closet.
Opening it, I pull out a pair of workout pants and a sweater.
I change from my old clothes to the sweater and WO pants.

I then grab my cell as i head out front to grab my shoes to place them on.

I then forgot, my car isn't here.
Opening my phone up, I dial Vette's number.

"Hey. Whats wrong?"Vette asks.

"Can you give me to ride to the store, where my car is?"I asks.

"Sure, I'll be there in a few,"

"Thanks,"
Hanging up my phone, I sigh.
Since I have about 15 minutes, I walk into the kicthen and grab me a pop-tart.
Then i walk over to the computer as I go online.

HockeyKitten- Morning Aaylah
PittBabe88- I dont wanna talk right now Kim.
HK- Whats wrong?
PB88- My mom died on Wednesday morning. :(
HK- Oh my god, Aunt Maggie is gone. Thats said :(
PB88- I'm going through it Kim. I watched her die!!
HK- I'm sorry Aaylah. It's just a shock for me.
PB88- It is for me too. i lost my mother
HK- I'm coming out there
I really dont want anyone to come out here.
PB88- No, stay home
HK- I'm not letting you go through this by yourself

As I was about to type, my cell goes off.
Moving my eyes, i answer the phone

"Hello,"I say.

"This Aaylah Nicole Thomason?"A woman asks.

"Yes, who is this?"

"I'm Dr. Carrie Edwards and i'm calling about your mothers body,"

"I haven't made any plans yet,"

"Alrighty, would you like the keep the body when your plans are final?"

"I plan on it,"

"Alright, thank you,"

Hanging up, that was a hard phone call that I ever gotten.

Going back over to the computer, Kim logged off but the last thing was
Hk- I'm calling and getting plane tickets to come out there. Plan on me being there in a couple of days.
Great, she's coming.

As I log off a knock came at the door.

"It's Yvette, Leah!!"

"I'm coming,"
Putting my cell in my pocket with my keys, I open the door and walk out.

"You look better today,"Yvette says.

"Thanks,"I say.

"Let's go get that car of yours,"

Walking down the stairs, I follow her to her car.
I get in and buckled up.

"Where is your bag?"

"Its in my car,"

"Alright. Ready?"

"Yep,"

She backs out and heads out onto the main road.

"I talked to my cousin today. She is coming out here,"I say.

"That's good,"

"No thats not. I told her not to come out here right now and she is,"
I can't stand whenever my family comes out here.
It's not that I hate my family cause i love them to death but, I just cope a different way then normal people do.

"She wants to and if i know from your family then she is coming out,"
I hit my head.

"Aaylah it won't be that bad,"

"With Kim it will be. She'll tell stories and everything,"

Vette shakes her head.

"And after that, i got a call from the hosptial about my mom's body. I haven't even made fureral plans yet. I can't even do that right now,"

"Calm down. Everything will be ok. You have me here with you,"

"Your a great friend, Vette,"

A few seconds later, she parks beside my black BMW.

"Thanks for the ride,"I say as I open the door up.

"Call me when you get to the rink,"Vette says.

"I will do,"
Closing the door, i head over to my car as I take out my keys.
Unlocking the door, I sit down in the seat as i began the car up.
Taking a deep breath, I put the car in Drive and began to drive out of the parking lot onto the main road.
I then look outside.
It was beauiful outside today and not raining.

10 minutes later I drive into the parking lot of the Southpointe rinks as I park in a spot to the front of the building.
Getting out of the car, I place my keys in my pocket as I open the back door to grab my bag.
closing that door, I lock the car up.
Walking into the rink, it was cold.

"Morning lazy. How are you doing?":Mark asks.

"I'm doing crappy but ok,"I say as he hands me a stick.

"Whats wrong?"

"My mother passed on a couple of days ago,"

"I'm sorry to hear that kiddo,"

"Yeah, its hard but I'm moving on. I know she would want it,"

"Good for you. Your rink is available today,"

"Thanks. See you in a few minutes,"
I walk to the back rink as I set my things down on the ground.
Taking out my keys and cell, I place the keys in my bag as I dial Vettes number.

"Hey,"

"I'm here ok,"

"Good, I gotta go. I'm in class. Bye,"
flipping the phone down, I place it into the pouch as my keys were in.

I take out my skates and everything yo change into them.
A few minutes later, I was ready to hit the ice.
I then grab a puck and throw it onto the ice as I grab my stick and head out onto the ice.
Skating around once, i grab the puck on my stick as i just began to shot it over and over again into the net.
Sidney was right, this is making me feel alot better

As I came around the ice, I could hear my cell phone ringing.
Getting off the ice, I take off one glove and get into my pouch tograb it.
Opening it up I say"Hi,"

"Hey, it's Sidney. How are you?"Sidney says.

"I'm doing good. This hitting the puck is making me feel alittle better,"

"That's good. I told you it would work,"

"Yeah, so whats up with you?"

"I'm on a plane heading back to Pittsburgh. Then when i get there, more praticing,"

"Where at?"

"At the Mellon Arena since nothing is happening over there tonight,"

"Oh ok,"

"Yeah, so this is my nap time and i'm talking,"

"Is everyone else sleeping?"

"Army and Geno aren't,"

"Oh, say hi to Geno for me and laugh at Army for me,"

"I will do. I gotta go, kick some pucks for me,"

"alright bye Sidney,"
Hanging up with Sidney, I put my glove back on and head to the ice.
I wasn't going to tell him about the things today cause i dont wanna start crying again.

2 hours later...

I pick up my bag and head out to the front.

"You were surely hitting them today,"Mark says.

"Yeah. A friend told me to do that,"I say.
I place the sticks on the countier.

"Bye mark,"

"Bye Aaylah. Take it easy ok?"

"I'll try to,"
Walking out of the rink, my cell was going off.
Grabbing it from my pocket i say" Hello,"

"It's Sid. I landed safety in the Brugh,"

"Alright, i actually just got finish with my praticing,"

"Nice,"
I was about to say something when I hear" hello,"
It was a voice i never heard before.

"Army,"

"Hi,"I say.

"Who is this?"he asks.

"Who is this?"

"Colby, now who are you?"
I smile as i hear Sidney in the background.

"I'm a friend,"

"Name?"

"Fine, I'm Aaylah,"

"Nice to finally talk to you,"
I didn't know what that meant but ok.

"Dang it, sorry about that. He just snatched it away from me,"Sidney says.

"It's ok. It made me smile,"

"I'm glad it did, so what are you going to do now?"

"probably go home and go to sleep,"

"Come down to Pittsburgh and watch the pratice,"

"You sure you want me too?"

"Yeah unless you dont want to come, then I'm fine with that,"

"I have nothing else to do, so I'll head down there,"

"ok, just park into the back and I'll meet you there,"

"Alright bye,"

"Bye,"

Getting my bag into the car, I get in as i began it up.
I was heading down to Pittsburgh to see Sidney pratice.

Pulling out of the parking lot, i head to the east to Pittsburgh.
I wouldn't believe that I was heading down there.

28 minutes later, I pull into the back parking lot of the Mellon arena, which didn't have very many cars but had a bus there.
I grab my keys and cell as I get out of the car.
Looking across the street, I see Sidney and a few of his friends outside.
Walking up, I cross the street and head over to were he was.

"Hey Aaylah,"Sidney says.

"Hey Sidney,"
I hug him.

"Hi Aaylah,"
I see Evgeni standing there.

"Hey,"

"You good?"

"I'm better then when you saw me last,"

"Good,"
He hugs me.

"Sidney come on, oh hi,"

"hi,"I say.

"This is Army,"Sidney says

"I'm Aaylah," I say.

"Were you the one at the game we had with the Jackets?"Colby asks.

"Yep,"

"Oh ok. Nice to see you again,"

"Likewhys,"

"Let's move it guys,"I see a older man walk up.

"Come on,"Sidney says.
I then follow him into the back part as Sid had his gear on.
Then he walks into the locker room.

"You can come in,"Sidney says.

"I'll wait for you out here, ok?"

"Alright,"
He heads in.
As he heads in, my cell begins to go off.

"Dang it,"
Opening it up I say"Hello,"

"Where are you? Your not home!"Kim exclaims.

"Why are you here? I told you not to come!"I exclaim back to here.

"Your my cousin and I'm here to support you. Where are you at?"

"It's none of your damn business,"

"aaylah I'm here to help you, now were are you?"
I begin to cry as I sit up against the wall.
then i close up my phone.
I'm not going to take that from here.

"You ok?"
I look up to see a man standing there.

"I'll be ok,"I say as I go back to place my head on my arms.

"You dont look like your ok,"

"Go away please,"

"Ok,"

I begin to cry and wanting to just die of the face of the planet just to be at peace.

"Aaylah are you ok?"I hear Sidney asking.
I look up at him.

"My freaking cousin is here to help me when I told her i didnt want it. Now she is being a bitch. Bla!!,"
Sidney in full gear and all sat down beside me.
I then place my head on his shoulder pads.

"You wanna go home?"Sidney asks.

"No, my stupid cousin is there. I dont wanna go there,"

"You want me to change and we can both watch pratice,"

"Na, go out and pratice,"

"I can't leave you like this. if i do, I'll be bad at playing knowing you are crying and no one is here for you,"

"Sidney, go out. I'll be out there ok,"

"Ok, if your not out there in 5 minutes. i'm coming back in,"

"Go,"
He stands up as he walks out.
Sighing, i got up and when out to the arena, which is huge.
Walking up to the benches, i sit down front row as I watch as they begin pratice.