How life can change in an instant

Chapter 6

Marc-Andre P.O.V

I arrived to the arena later that evening with Kaden on my hip. Walking in beside Sidney. Kaden had his head resting on my shoulder with his little arms wrapped around my neck. He was wearing his Fleury jersey with nice blue jeans and a pair of custome made Pittsburgh Penguins High top converse. Me and Sid both headed into the locker room. I set Kaden where my gear was. I grabbed my shorts and shirt I would be wearing underneath my gear. Kaden pulled out a coloring book and crayons to distract himself while I changed. Once I was changed. I packed his coloring book and crayons in his little back pack and I picked Kaden up. I luckily had already put some running shoes on. I did not know how rough the game would be so I did not want Kaden to sit on the bench. I walked up to where the home team's families normally sat since I knew none of the Penguins wives were here. As soon as I walked into the room Carey and his girlfriend Angela walked over to me.

"Hey Marc-Andre what's up?" Carey asked.
"I really hate to ask. But during the game would one of you be able to watch my son Kaden. I don't want him sitting on the bench incase of a puck flying onto the bench and him being hurt. I would ask one of the Penguins wives but none of them traveled here with us." I say. Carey smiled in understanding. He looked at his girlfriend.
"Of course we will watch the little cutie. Anything can happen during a game always safe then sorry." Angela says.
"Thank you so much." I say. I put Kaden down. He looked at me.
"Daddy has to go to work. But Angela and the other Montreal Canadiens will watch you while I work Ok." I explain.
"Ok daddy. You play hockey."Kaden says then hugs me.
"Yes I play hockey." I say kissing his head before standing up and handing his bag to Angela.
"He does speak English right?" Carey says with a smile.
"He does but he does not speak it very well. He is just learning the language French is his first language." I explain.
"Kaden try to cheer for the Pens." I say with a chuckle.
"I make no promises daddy. The Habs have Carey Price." He says with a smile. The room bursts out laughing.
"I will make a pens fan out of you yet even if you idolize Price." I say pouting. Carey is standing there laughing.
"As you can see he loves the Habs. He cheers for the pens except for when we play Montreal." I say. Carey smiles.
"Ok I need to go and get ready Kaden be good." I say.
"Ok daddy." Kaden says. I walk out of the room.

Kaden's P.O.V

We walk over to the other wives and Canadiens players. I hide behind Carey's legs out of shyness. Carey looks down and chuckles. Carey turns and picks me up and I hide my head in his neck. They all look at my Fleury jersey.
"Carey why are you carrying a pens fan." Tanguay says chuckling.
"This Kaden. Marc-Andre Fleury's son. None of the wives from the pens are here so he asked me if our girls can watch him during the game." Carey explains.
"Kaden can you say hi to everyone they are all nice I promise." Carey says. I wave. The girls all fawn over me.
Carey hands me to Angela. Carey and the guys that are playing tonight soon leave. Angela takes me to where I can see the game and color.
"Where were you born Kaden?" Angela says.
"Here in Montreal." I reply.
"Do you like hockey?" Angela asks.
"Yes hockey is life. I want to be a goalie when grow up just like daddy." I say.

A few hours later the game started.
In the first:
Sid got many shots on Price but he could not score in the first shift.(video is up top for the game it only showed the Penguins goals tho). Gonchar shoots and Price saved Malkin picked up the rebound for the first goal. The crowd booed him. Gonchar and Fedotenko both got an assist on the goal.
"Yayyy uncle Geno!" I say when Malkin scored.
It was a lot of back and fourth until about 3 minutes before the end of the first period Roman Hamrlik from the Canadiens scored to tie the game up at 1-1.

There was no scoring in the second period but there was a lot of back and fourth between the 2 teams. Daddy and Price were both very good tonight.

In the 3rd period at 9:46 into period Maxime Talbot scored a short handed goal to give the Penguins the lead then 45 seconds later Kris Letang scored to give the Penguins a 3-1 lead. The Canadiens tried everything they could but everything was stopped by Fleury. The Penguins ended up winning 3-1.

I looked at Angela. She looked sad that the Habs lost.
"Sorry the Habs lost Carey played good. The pens are a good team. When do you think Daddy will be ready?" I say.
"It happens we can't win every game. It could be awhile." Angela replies. 30 minutes later Carey arrived freshly changed and showered.

"Let's get you back to your dad what do you say?" Carey says with a smile. I nod. Carey picks me up and Angela grabs my bag and we walk down to the visiting team's locker room. I end up falling asleep on Carey's shoulder on the way down. The day's activities had tired me out.

Marc-Andre P.O.V

I was just walking to the dressing room after taking a shower with just a towel on when I seen Carey and Angela walking towards me with a sleeping Kaden on Carey's shoulder. I smiled at the sight of him asleep.
"Thanks for bringing him down Carey. Angela may want to wait out here most of the guys are still changing." I say with a smile. Carey laughs. I carefully take Kaden and place his head onto my bare shoulder. Carey carries his bag and puts it in my stall.
"Thanks for watching him for me. I owe you one." I say.
"It was no problem Marc. He is a good kid." Carey says.
We shake hands before he leaves. Geno who was fully dressed came over to me.
"I take him. You get dressed." Geno says trying as best as he can to speak English.
"Thanks Geno. If it is no trouble." I say. I pass him over to Geno who places him in the same position that I had him in.
"It is no trouble." Geno says. I nod. Geno walks over to his stall and sits down with Kaden who is still asleep.
I get dressed in a pair of jeans a black t shirt and a Penguins hoodie with a hat on backwards. I then tie my shoes. I quickly pack my bag quickly. I then throw my jersey and towel in the team laundry. Once I am ready I walk over to Geno with both mine and Kaden's bags on my shoulder. Geno hands me Kaden. He wakes up just as Geno is handing him to me.
"Shhh it's ok. It's just me you can sleep bud. We are just going to go to the home." I say rubbing his back. He quickly fell back asleep. His little hand grabbed onto my shirt. He had his Puppy in his hand. Me and Geno walked out and some of the fans got excited. I waved with a smile before walking to my car. I placed our bags in the trunk. Before walking over to the backseat where his cars seat was and gently buckled him in. Once he was buckled in. I closed the door. Geno had decided to ride with me. The hotel was on the way to my house in Montreal. I walked and got behind the wheel. I buckled my seat belt before starting the car. I ended up stopping where the fans were and both me and Geno signed a few things. Surprisingly the fans were actually fairly quiet especially because they seen that I had a 3 year old asleep in the backseat. Once we finished signing. I drove to the hotel and dropped Geno off before driving to my house. Once I parked in the garage and turned the car off. I grabbed Kaden from the car and took him upstairs to mine and Angela's room we did not yet have a spare room set up. I took his shoes off. I then woke up and helped him get into his penguin pajamas before helping him under the covers and gave him his stuffed Puppy. He quickly fell back asleep. I then grabbed our bags we had at the arena and brought them in before I locked up everything. I went back up stairs to my room and changed into jogging pants but I left my chest and feet bare before I climbed into the bed. It was not long after I layed down that I was out too. I felt Kaden crawl onto my chest before I fell into a deep sleep.