Fire on Ice (Sidney Crosby Fanfic)

Engaged

Not even seven months after Christina has moved in with Beau, he proposes to her. Of course she said 'yes' to him. I can barely believe how stupid she is. Don't get me wrong, I like Beau. He's never done anything to hurt her and make me think he isn't right for her, but I am not crazy to think that she is ready to get married. And what is she thinking marrying a young hockey player? The likelihood of it lasting is so low that I don't hide my disapproval.

But no matter what I say to her, it doesn't work, she's so stubbornly in love with him that she believes things are going to work out no matter what. It isn't until a month into their stupid engagement that I catch her crying.

"Christina, what's going on?"

She sobs, trying to wipe her face clean of tears, but it's too late to hide it. "Bri...!" she runs into my arms and cries even harder.

I pet her head. "What's wrong?" I already know what's wrong, though. "Christina, it's okay. Calm down..." I'm hoping that maybe she already broke up the engagement.

"...I... I'm...s... scare...ed... to get....ma...married," she's crying so hard that she can barely speak.

I mean, it was bound to happen sooner or later. "It's okay, you're really young."

"I know... I've been thinking about everything you said and I broke it off with Beau."

God, I'm so glad. I literally just saved her from a serious disaster. "Good... it's okay, it's for the best. Why are you crying?"

"I just... I love him.... and it's over and it's really hard for me..."

"What? You broke up with him completely?"

"Yeah, I didn't know how else to do it."

I sigh, yeah, that's probably simple enough to understand. I hug her, "Don't worry, it wasn't right of him to force you into anything, okay? You did the right thing for yourself. And if things are meant to be, then in the future they will be." I realize I'm saying the same thing all those invalid love prophets say.

Christina senses it too, and pushing me away she says, "Yeah," she smiles, "It doesn't matter anymore. I'll get over it."

I'm scared to ask, but, "Was Beau mad?"

"At first he was just sad and then he got mad at me and eventually things just burst into all directions."

I'll leave my imagination to determine what she means by that. "Don't worry, okay?"

"I'm not; it doesn't really matter to me anymore. Thanks for making me make the right decision. I'm so happy you're always here to look out for me."

I smile, "You too."

It only takes her a week to get her life back in its usual order. I think that not going to every Penguins game and not devoting so much time to Beau makes her life a lot better and easier. But that same restrain she had towards other guys while she was with Beau remains, which worries me. Although, considering we're both equally unwilling to date anyone until we're just crazy over them, it makes me feel more comfortable.

For a whole week the two of us live the party life, not in a bad way, though, and get around pretty well. I'm so glad I made Christina change her mind about Beau, she seems so much better of this way. We went to the movies together earlier today, and Christina showed some weird sort of sad emotion when we saw a dude with a Beau Bennett jersey on. I kept on asking her if she's okay in various ways, but she played it off like it was nothing unusual. Sometimes she can be confusing.

I'm supposed to go running with her in the morning, but it's such a cold winter that I doubt I'll be able to get out of bed that early in the morning. I take a shower and plan on going to sleep early so I am better rested, but then I remember there is a Panthers game tonight, so I stay up watching it. Outside, the first snowflakes of this winter are starting to crown my window. Around an hour before midnight, someone rings my doorbell. It's probably Christina. I don't know who else it could possibly be at this hour, but to my great surprise it turns out to be Sidney.